In celebration of Miracle-Gro’s 75th anniversary, Miracle-Gro and KidsGardening are partnering to fund 75 intergenerational youth garden grants in 2026. Intergenerational gardens provide opportunities for older gardeners to pass along traditions, knowledge, and skills to the next generation or share the experience of developing skills if new to gardening. In turn, young people bring their curiosity, wonder, and contagious enthusiasm for learning and life, exciting everyone involved in the growing process.
The 2026 Growing the Future Intergenerational Garden Grant is designed to support gardens that intentionally bring children and older adults together through shared gardening experiences.
In 2026, 75 programs will receive a grant valued at $750.
Eligibility
Any nonprofit organization, school district, university, government entity, or tax-exempt organization, such as religious organizations and Tribal governments, in the United States and U.S. Territories serving at least 15 youth and seniors is eligible to apply. Applicants must be planning to use the funds to install new or improve existing gardens.
- Provide proof of tax-exempt status or partner with a fiscal sponsor with this status.
- Support, work with, or serve under-resourced communities (those most impacted by systemic inequities and situational hardships.)
- Have fifteen or more youth and seniors participate in the garden program.
Funding Priorities
The selection of winners is prioritized based on demonstrated need and program impact. KidsGardening considers a variety of factors when determining needs, including:
- Socioeconomic & Sociodemographic Factors: How does the program exist within or engage a community that has been systematically denied resources, whether physical assets and money or representative leadership and community services? Organizations affected by multiple socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors are given priority.
- Program Funding and Support: Does an organization have access to consistent,
- substantial monetary support or prior grant funding? Or are pre-existing resources (financial or otherwise) limited? Organizations experiencing the latter are given priority.
- Impact: Will grant funding dramatically expand learning opportunities for program participants? Does the intended impact reflect the needs of the community? Organizations working with more than 50 youth will be given priority.
Award Packages
In 2026, 75 programs will receive a grant valued at $750.
Grantees will receive:
- A $500 cash award check
- A $250 coupon to purchase essential gardening supplies from ScottsMiracleGro.com
How to apply
The deadline for application submission is Friday, May 15, 2026, at 11:59 pm PT.
You can download a copy of the questions below.
- 2026 Growing the Future Intergenerational Garden Grant (Word doc)
- 2026 Growing the Future Intergenerational Garden Grant (pdf)
We strongly advise answering and saving the questions in a Word document and then pasting the answers into the online application rather than composing your answers directly into the online form. Many browsers timeout after 30 minutes of inactivity (or sometimes sooner), so you may lose your work if it takes longer than your browser’s setting to complete or save your entry.
Award Notification and Fulfilment
Grantees will be announced and contacted by email in July. A list of grantees will also be posted on KidsGardening.org. Checks and product coupons will be distributed in late July.
Grant Recipient Requirements
Grant awardees are required to provide a quick update by September 15, 2026, and then complete a grant-end report by December 15, 2026. These reports help KidsGardening and the Miracle-Gro determine the overall impact of the grant program.
