Concrete Jungle 

The Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund accepts donations from individuals and corporations throughout the community it serves.

2024 Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Grantees:

• Atlanta History Center for installation of a camellia garden in honor of Philip Trammell Shutze.
• Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy for pruning and repairing a "Champion" Water Oak and cleaning out an adjacent tributary.
• The Boyce Ansley School for a school wide field trip to the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
• The Center for Children and Young Adults for garden signage and garden improvements, including bringing solar power to a garden shed and replacing the roof of the chicken coop.
• Cherokee Garden Library for the digitization of the southeast garden postcard collection.
• Concrete Jungle for extensive garden improvements to Dogwood Farm.
• Food Well Alliance to update the outdoor classroom at GROWL with a canopy, seating, a bulletin board and signage.
• Georgia Conservancy for summer program scholarships for Georgia Conservancy Stewardship Trips which expose youth to the environment through outdoor recreation experiences.
• Global Growers to purchase supplies for the improvements to several of their gardens.
• Historic Oakland Foundation to renovate the greenhouse for educational and cultivation purposes.
• Park Pride to support the 12 week Visioning Internship Program which educates interns on a wide variety of urban environmental challenges.
• Skyland Trail for planters and supplies to connect the 12 Places of Pause along the Recovery Garden Trail.
• Smith-Gilbert Gardens to purchase native plants, supplies and butterflies for “Garden with Wings”, educating the public on the importance of pollinators.
• Trees Atlanta to remove kudzu and then plant native shrubs and trees to enhance the East Decatur Greenway.
• Trust for Public Land for benches and a pollinator garden at Hope-Hill Elementary.

2023 Cherokee Garden Club Community Fund Grantees:

• Adair Park for educational signage to commemorate the ancestral homelands of the Muscogee. 

• Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy to plant ground covers and shrubs to improve erosion and stabilize an area at Wesley Drive.

• The Boysce Ansley School for a school wide field trip to the Atlanta Botanical Garden to see the Scarecrows in the Garden.

• The Center for Children and Young Adults for garden improvements, including bringing electrical access to the chicken coop and multiple garden points.

• Concrete Jungle for extensive garden improvements to Dogwood Farm.

• Food Well Alliance to provide necessary upgrades to the irrigation system at the Jolly Avenue Garden.

• Georgia Conservancy for a summer program to educate local Scout troops about our natural resources and conservation needs.

• Global Growers to purchase supplies for the improvements to several of their gardens.

• Historic Oakland Foundation to fund critical tree care necessary as a result of the extensive winter freeze damage to the property.

• Park Pride for a 12 week Internship Program in conjunction with GA Tech’s Serve-Learn-Sustain program, educating interns on a wide variety of urban environmental challenges.

• Skyland Trail for supplies to begin planting in a newly developed area of the property in support of their Horticultural Therapy Program.

• Smith-Gilbert Gardens to enhance and extend the time frame for their most popular butterfly exhibit “Garden with Wings”, educating the public on the importance of pollinators.

• Trees Atlanta to plant native shrubs in conjunction with tree plantings to significantly enhance an area of the Atlanta Beltline Arboretum near University Avenue.

• Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture for support of an established summer program educating inner city youth on the importance of good environmental stewardship and gardening practices.

• Trust for Public Land for pollinator and edible garden plantings at Scott Elementary.