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The Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund is a 501 (c) (3) domestic nonprofit organization.  It was founded by the Cherokee Garden Club in 2008.

The purpose of the Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund is to protect, improve and to restore the environment of the surrounding community through programs and actions in the field of education and conservation.  We accomplish this goal by awarding grants to qualified organizations.

For more information concerning our grant program:
Click here for Grant Guidelines

Click here for online Grant Application

Inquiries to: Tavia McCuean
Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund President

cherokeegc.commfund@gmail.com

The Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund accepts donations from individuals and corporations throughout the community it serves.

2024 Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Grantees:

  • Atlanta History Center for installation of a camellia garden in honor of Philip Trammell Shutze.
  • Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy for pruning and repairing a "Champion" Water Oak and cleaning out an adjacent tributary.
  • The Boyce Ansley School for a school wide field trip to the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
  • The Center for Children and Young Adults for garden signage and garden improvements, including bringing solar power to a garden shed and replacing the roof of the chicken coop.
  • Cherokee Garden Library for the digitization of the southeast garden postcard collection.
  • Concrete Jungle for extensive garden improvements to Dogwood Farm.
  • Food Well Alliance to update the outdoor classroom at GROWL with a canopy, seating, a bulletin board and signage.
  • Georgia Conservancy for summer program scholarships for Georgia Conservancy Stewardship Trips which expose youth to the environment through outdoor recreation experiences.
  • Global Growers to purchase supplies for the improvements to several of their gardens.
  • Historic Oakland Foundation to renovate the greenhouse for educational and cultivation purposes.
  • Park Pride to support the 12 week Visioning Internship Program which educates interns on a wide variety of urban environmental challenges.
  • Skyland Trail for planters and supplies to connect the 12 Places of Pause along the Recovery Garden Trail.
  • Smith-Gilbert Gardens to purchase native plants, supplies and butterflies for “Garden with Wings”, educating the public on the importance of pollinators.
  • Trees Atlanta to remove kudzu and then plant native shrubs and trees to enhance the East Decatur Greenway.
  • Trust for Public Land for benches and a pollinator garden at Hope-Hill Elementary.

2023 Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Grantees:

  • Adair Park for educational signage to commemorate the ancestral homelands of the Muscogee. 
  • Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy to plant ground covers and shrubs to improve erosion and stabilize an area at Wesley Drive.
  • The Boysce Ansley School for a school wide field trip to the Atlanta Botanical Garden to see the Scarecrows in the Garden.
  • The Center for Children and Young Adults for garden improvements, including bringing electrical access to the chicken coop and multiple garden points.
  • Concrete Jungle for extensive garden improvements to Dogwood Farm.
  • Food Well Alliance to provide necessary upgrades to the irrigation system at the Jolly Avenue Garden.
  • Georgia Conservancy for a summer program to educate local Scout troops about our natural resources and conservation needs.
  • Global Growers to purchase supplies for the improvements to several of their gardens.
  • Historic Oakland Foundation to fund critical tree care necessary as a result of the extensive winter freeze damage to the property.
  • Park Pride for a 12 week Internship Program in conjunction with GA Tech’s Serve-Learn-Sustain program, educating interns on a wide variety of urban environmental challenges.
  • Skyland Trail for supplies to begin planting in a newly developed area of the property in support of their Horticultural Therapy Program.
  • Smith-Gilbert Gardens to enhance and extend the time frame for their most popular butterfly exhibit “Garden with Wings”, educating the public on the importance of pollinators.
  • Trees Atlanta to plant native shrubs in conjunction with tree plantings to significantly enhance an area of the Atlanta Beltline Arboretum near University Avenue.
  • Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture for support of an established summer program educating inner city youth on the importance of good environmental stewardship and gardening practices.
  • Trust for Public Land for pollinator and edible garden plantings at Scott Elementary.

    2024-2025 Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Board of Directors

    Tavia McCuean, President

    Maggie Staton, Vice-President

    Lisa Hoffman, Secretary

    Hyde Desloge, Treasurer

    Caye Oglesby, Past President Cherokee Garden Club

    Julie Balloun

    Pam Elting

    Anne Marino

    Fluffy McDuffie

    Questions? Contact us:  cherokeegc.webmaster@gmail.com


      
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      Member, Garden Club of Georgia, 1928 


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