Individual Plant Grant

Our ecosystems are in crisis and need your help by planting more native plants. Bona Terra is offering Plant Grants to individuals who are ready to start making a difference in their communities.

Choose your plan of action from the approved options below to bring more native plants to your community. You will be responsible for dividing and either directly planting them or potting them up to be given away for free to members of your community. Individuals may choose 2 community pot quarts of seedlings per pick up, and may receive more community pots when they email photos of their plantings to plantgrant@bonaterradc.com.

How to Receive an Individual Plant Grant

The intention of the Plant Grant is to create habitat, inform members of our communities about the importance and value of planting natives, and to make native plants more accessible in our communities.

Go over our Seedling Division Guide. This guide will give you a good idea of what you can expect to do after your receive your seeded quarts as well as step-by-step instructions for dividing your seedlings. This guide contains a lot of useful information, even if you’re an experienced gardener. There’s also a helpful video!
Fill out an Individual Plant Grant Application Form and wait for an approval via email. .
Receive your confirmation email with instructions on how to receive your seeded quarts. Please read it over carefully as there are multiple pick-up options.

Seeded quarts can be picked up at our nursery in Indian Head, MD (by appointment only) or at our office in Washington, DC (once a month, on the last Friday of each month). Your confirmation email will go over specific steps of each pick-up procedure and to receive the address of each location.

You can see which species of seeded quarts are currently available by viewing our Seedling Inventory. Different species grow in at different times, so please note that the inventory lists all of the species that will be available this year, and only those listed as available (those with numbers listed in the “Seeded Quarts Available” column) are currently available. See our Seedling Planning for Planting Schedule for a handy guide for approximately how and when you should request seeded quarts

Individual Plant Grant Application Form

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Name

Phone

Address within 120 miles of DC

Please select one or more approved plans(required)

Divide and personally plant the seedlings at four or more separate private properties Divide and personally plant them at one or more public spaces Divide, pot up, and grow out the seedlings until they are large enough to be given away to members of your community for free Create or add to an existing demonstration garden that is directly adjacent to and viewable from a public space. Demonstration gardens must have an informational sign that is readable from the adjacent public space and informs the community about the value of native plants (signage is not provided, so get creative and have fun with it!)

Where would you like to see Bona Terra concentrate its efforts next? Would you like to see us do more plantings, seedling giveaways, informational lectures, classes, or any other suggestions? We’d love to hear your ideas!

Seedling Division Guide

Check out our Seedling Division Guide for instructions on how to divide seedlings, mix soil, and important factors to consider for the health and longevity of your native plant seedlings.

Bona Terra General Seedling Division Guide Download

Seedling Planning for Planting Schedule

Trying to figure out which species will be available at which time of year? Use our Seedling Planning for Planting Schedule! This schedule shows the best times for direct-to-ground planting for seedlings, when container planting is advised, and when not to divide your seedlings. Use this schedule when deciding how and when you should get your plants in the ground and when you should email in your seeded quart requests!

Seedling-Planning-for-Planting-Schedule-for-website-1 Download

Volunteer to Help Plant Grant!

Help support the Plant Grant by volunteering at our nursery in Indian Head! This is a great opportunity to meet other native plant enthusiasts, visit our nursery, and ask Jeremy questions about his growing process and about your planting projects.

Use the link below to access our Volunteer Sign-up Form!

Volunteer Sign-up Form