Garden Walk Buffalo Beautification Grant Application

Gardening can be expensive, and Garden Walk Buffalo's Beautification Grant committee knows it!  Past grants have helped to fund 52 garden beautification projects over the last six years, for a total of more than $20,000. But hurry!  Deadline for application is December 30, 2009.

The committee awards amounts based on the overall project cost and the eligible recipients are required to include matching funds from government, private contributions or volunteer sweat equity. In turn, the award projects will be highlighted during this year's Garden Walk. Past recipients can be found here.

"Garden Walk Buffalo is very pleased to once again partner with block club and neighborhood groups who are working on various community garden and beautification projects that help to provide a catalyst for redevelopment in our neighborhoods," said Beautification Grant Committee Chair, and GWB treasurer, Jeffrey Tooke.  "Projects like these, performed by regular residents in the neighborhoods, are contributing to the rebirth of our urban neighborhoods in the City of Buffalo."

Garden Walk Buffalo, the largest garden tour in the U.S., is held the last weekend of July each year. In 2010, the free event will be Saturday and Sunday, July 24 & 25, 10AM to 4PM. More than 340 residences and businesses throughout the West Side of Buffalo open their creative urban gardens for tens of thousands of visitors from around the U.S. and Canada.