2008 Plant Dane! Matching Grant Program

The 2008 Plant Dane! Matching Grant Program deadline is 4:00 p.m., Friday, November 16, 2007. Click below for an application.

Grant recipients will be notified in January and required to attend a mandatory workshop on rain gardens in February 2008. Grant recipients will receive an order form, which is due the day of the mandatory workshop with a check for half of the amount of their plant order. The Plant Dane! Matching Grant Program is possible through gift from the Graham-Martin Foundation.

This is the fourth year of the Plant Dane! program. In 2005, a $150,000 gift initiated the Plant Dane! Grant Program, a native plant and seed grant program coordinated by the Madison Area Municipal Storm Water Partnership (MAMSWaP) and Dane County. The grant program provides a match for schools, nonprofit organizations and for individuals.

Homeowners, schools and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for a grant of plants or seeds to establish rain gardens or prairies in 2008. Municipalities and businesses are not eligible. Grant recipients are required to attend a workshop as a stipulation to receive the seeds or plants. Grants will be awarded in the form of plants and seeds. No cash awards are given. Projects must be completed in 2008.

Questions should be directed to Sarah Krahn, Graham-Martin Foundation, 608-226-2553, customer.service@grahammartin.org

Rain Garden Listserv

The Office of Lakes and Watersheds currently maintains a discussion group for those interested in rain gardens in Dane County. To subscribe, send a blank email to daneraingardens-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. To email the listserv, send email to daneraingardens@yahooogroups.com.