About

In the Community

Piscataqua Garden Club is active in York and across the Seacoast, through hands-on projects and through grants.

Projects

A few of the community projects our members have completed:

  • Maintaining the Old Gaol park in York Village
  • Adopt-a-Spot in Portsmouth, NH
  • The Serenity Garden at York Hospital
  • Restoring the global herb garden at Strawbery Banke
  • A book on the Cocheco River and a video on the Piscataqua River, made with Dover students

Grants

Philanthropy is central to our work. Recent grants have supported:

  • YWCA gardens, Portsmouth, NH
  • NH Master Gardener Association (NHMGAA)
  • Portsmouth Smart Growth for the 21st Century (PS21)
  • Dover Public Schools, Horne Street School environmental unit
  • Student Conservation Association of NH scholarship fund
  • GCA Boston Committee, Environmental Scholarship Program and Founders Fund

Grant applications

Apply for a grant

Download the application, fill it in and mail it to Piscataqua Garden Club, PO Box 363, York Harbor, ME 03911.