Still plenty of time for nonprofits and schools to apply
The Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association Community Garden was among the most recent recipients of the Saul Wiseman Garden Grants, presented by the Sacramento Perennial Plant Club. Photo by Risë Ryan, courtesy Sacramento Perennial Plant Club
With school starting again, the region's garden groups and community nonprofits also swing back into action soon. It's a good time to remind them all that grants are available for area gardening projects from local garden clubs. It's not too early to put the application deadlines on the calendar.
The Folsom Garden Club presents grants each year to nonprofit organizations within the city of Folsom. The funds are raised each year from the club's garden tour, and they typicaly are distributed in amounts from $200 to $1,500. The submission deadline this year is Oct. 11.
The grants committee evaluates applications with the following criteria:
-- The botanical, horticultural, historic, and/or educational interest of the project.
-- The community impact of the project: The project location, public access, and interest, etc.
-- The planning, future maintenance and/or monitoring of the project: How it was developed and how it will be executed and maintained.
-- Funding history and plans: Other sources of funds, current budget, and goals for future funding.
The application and other information can be found here: https://www.folsomgarden.org/2023-grant-application/
Incidently, the Folsom Garden Club also offers scholarships for college students in Placer, Sacramento, El Dorado or Yolo County pursuing degrees in horticulture, landscape design, botany or related topics. Application deadline for the 2024-25 academic year is April 15, 2024. More information is available here.
Another grant program is offered by the Sacramento Perennial Plant Club. The Saul Wiseman Gardening Grants, the club notes, are awarded annually to nonprofit groups, schools and community groups within Sacramento County. The funds are intended to help with gardening projects or activities that emphasize education, service and enhancement to the area's diverse community.
This past year, the club presented grants to four schools and three other gardens: the Grassland Garden at Niños Parkway in South Natomas, the Project AWE Youth Farm in Elk Grove, and the Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association Community Garden.
The deadline for these grant applications is Jan. 12, 2024. The application form can be downloaded at https://sacplants.org/grants/
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Garden Checklist for week of April 21
This week there’s plenty to keep gardeners busy. With no rain in the immediate forecast, remember to irrigate any new transplants.
* Weed, weed, weed! Get them before they flower and go to seed.
* April is the last chance to plant citrus trees such as dwarf orange, lemon and kumquat. These trees also look good in landscaping and provide fresh fruit in winter.
* Smell orange blossoms? Feed citrus trees with a low dose of balanced fertilizer (such as 10-10-10) during bloom to help set fruit. Keep an eye out for ants.
* Apply slow-release fertilizer to the lawn.
* Thoroughly clean debris from the bottom of outdoor ponds or fountains.
* Spring brings a flush of rapid growth, and that means your garden is really hungry. Feed shrubs and trees with a slow-release fertilizer. Or mulch with a 1-inch layer of compost.
* Azaleas and camellias looking a little yellow? If leaves are turning yellow between the veins, give them a boost with chelated iron.
* Trim dead flowers but not leaves from spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips. Those leaves gather energy to create next year's flowers. Also, give the bulbs a fertilizer boost after bloom.
* Pinch chrysanthemums back to 12 inches for fall flowers. Cut old stems to the ground.
* Mulch around plants to conserve moisture and control weeds.
* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, radishes and squash.
* Plant onion sets.
* In the flower garden, plant seeds for asters, cosmos, celosia, marigolds, salvia, sunflowers and zinnias.
* Transplant petunias, zinnias, geraniums and other summer bloomers.
* Plant perennials and dahlia tubers for summer bloom.
* Mid to late April is about the last chance to plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.
* Transplant lettuce seedlings. Choose varieties that mature quickly such as loose leaf.
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