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Community Projects

For more than 90 years, Country Garden Club has been financially supporting the creation and maintenance of gardens and green spaces in our community. CGC is passionate about the many ways we can steward and sustain our natural environment.

Since 1934, the Club has raised more than $750,000 for community projects supporting Perrysburg and Northwest Ohio.

The deadline for applying for a Community Project Grant is January 15 each year. Grants are then awarded each April.

Community Projects Application Form

CGC History of Giving

Scraps to Soil Perrysburg Composts!

Black Swamp Conservancy

Boys & Girls Clubs

$10,660 to cover the second year of this composting program. There are 12 bins at 2 locations in Perrysburg. Waste is collected by GoZero.

$37,000 to purchase a used tractor for property management.

$2,000 for four raised beds for children to learn more about plants and gardening.

Isaiah 117 House

Wood County Parks

Toledo Day Nursery

$2,907 toward fencing, shrubbery and planting supplies.

$1,385 for new cutting teeth for their CAT skid steer track loader.

$2,463 for a nature garden at their Stickney Avenue facility.

577 Foundation Bee House

City of Perrysburg

Timothy's Perrysburg Foundation

$4,000 for programmatic displays.

$4,500 for flowers and holiday decorations.

$346 to add fresh herbs to their two raised beds over the 2026 gardening season as well as compostable bags to grow their composting initiative.

Community Project Grant Information

• Grant applicants must be located in Northwest Ohio.
• Projects must relate to Country Garden Club's mission to promote knowledge of horticulture and conservation and to enhance our community's natural environment.
• Applications for grants are accepted year-round for the following year. The deadline for submission is January 15 of each year.
• The Community Projects Committee will contact applicants and arrange for site visits to review proposed grants.
• The Committee meets to finalize recommendations in February which are sent to the CGC Board.
• Country Garden Club members vote on the proposed grants.
• Approved grants are announced in April.
• Funds are provided to grantees when projects are complete.
• Final reports on grant progress are due to Country Garden Club by May 31 of the following year.