Grants
VICTORIAN SCHOOLS GARDEN PROGRAM
The Victorian Schools Garden Program (VSGP) offers seed funding for new garden projects or revitalising existing gardens in schools and kindergartens across Victoria. Grants of up to $4500 are available as nursery vouchers or product packages. Categories include: edible, sensory, habitat, orchard, turf/sensory, compost/worm-farming, tools, seedling packs, steel planter kits, and more.
Timing: Grant applications have closed for this year, but are expected to reopen for 2026 in March. Find out more here.
VICTORIAN SCHOOLS GARDEN AWARDS
The VSGP offers prizes for impressive school and kindergarten gardens, ranging in value from $250 to $5000 - in the form of nursery vouchers or products.
Timing: These awards usually open term 3, this year's round closed in September.
STEPHANIE ALEXANDER AND VICHEALTH GRANTS
30 grants are on offer from Stephanie Alexander and VicHealth, recipients receive a 2 year subscription to the Kitchen Garden Program, plus a $1500 infrastructure grant to finance new kitchen garden equipment or supplies. Learn more here.
Timing: These grants open in Term 3
JUNIOR LANDCARE & BIODIVERSITY GRANTS
These school garden grants of up to $5000 are to supports biodiversity and environmental projects for youth groups, schools, Scouts, Girl Guides, and Junior Landcare groups.
Timing: These grants have closed for 2025, with the more than 100 winners already announced. The next round of Junior Landcare grants is expected to open in 2026.
About Us
Founded by Christie Cooper, Melbourne TV News Journalist, "Green Thumb Reporter" on YouTube and mother to 3 school and kindy aged kids. This social enterprise is a labor of love and an accumulation of everything I'm passionate about. This isn't about re-inventing the wheel, it's about modifying things that already exist to better suit learning environments, connecting with organisations who are already doing brilliant things in this space and helping to make the growing process as easy as possible for educators.
This program is made possible thanks to the generosity of Quality Plants and Seedlings. They're the best edible seedlings I've come across by by a mile, check them out via the "plants" page.