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Gardening with Disabilities Trust

Grants for Gardening

A small, volunteer-run Kent charity (no. 255066) that gives grants of a few hundred pounds, UK-wide, to help disabled adults keep gardening actively: raised beds, planting tables, polytunnels, greenhouses, adapted tools, access paths and ramps, plants and compost. The trust says it helps 'individuals and groups', but the application process is built for disabled individuals (medical evidence and PIP or Blue Badge proof). It pays suppliers directly or gives vouchers, never cash, and reopened for applications on 26 August 2026.

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You could get
Amount not specified
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • UK residents
  • The trust says it helps individuals and groups across the UK who support people with disabilities to continue to garden, but cannot help children (under 18)
  • Preference goes to keen gardeners who can no longer garden because of physical disability
  • The application form is written for an individual applicant: it asks for the disabled person's details, a doctor's or other health professional's letter, and PIP or Blue Badge proof
  • No separate route, criteria or documents for organisations are published, although the form asks 'Who will it benefit? How many people?' and a testimonial describes a sensory garden at a special needs college

What it funds

Small items and small-scale adaptations that help disabled people garden actively:

  • Raised beds and planting tables
  • Polytunnels
  • Greenhouses (only where a base already exists)
  • Tools and adapted tools
  • Small garden adaptations such as access pathways, ramps and handrails for outside steps
  • Plants, shrubs, seeds, bulbs and compost

Purchases are ordered from a list of named suppliers (e.g. VegTrug, Vegepod, Woodblocx, Halls Greenhouses, First Tunnels, Travis Perkins, Peta-EasyGrip, National Garden Gift Vouchers).

Grants are 'in the hundreds (not thousands) of pounds'.

What it will not fund

  • Children under 18
  • Fencing
  • Gates
  • Seating
  • Clearing
  • General or ongoing maintenance
  • Turfing
  • Tree removal or cutting down trees
  • Provision of a gardener
  • Decking (rarely, 'almost never' funded)
  • Greenhouse bases or greenhouse installation
  • Requests in the thousands of pounds

Repeat applications are considered only after 4 years. Grants are never paid to the applicant directly, and builders are never paid up front.

How to apply

  1. Read the 'How we can help' and Terms & Conditions sections on the Apply page and check your request is in the hundreds, not thousands, of pounds
  2. Work out your project, itemising each cost (e.g. raised bed, compost, delivery, labour) and get quotations from suppliers
  3. Complete the online application form (https://www.gardeningwithdisabilitiestrust.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/grant-application/) and upload your quotes and medical proof
  4. A volunteer case-worker reviews the application and may ask questions or for extra ID
  5. Viable applications go to the committee, which meets roughly every 2 months; if successful, the trust pays your chosen supplier or sends vouchers
  6. Send receipts and photos of the finished work; the trust may visit

Documents can instead be emailed to info@gardeningwithdisabilitiestrust.org.uk or posted to PO Box 285, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 9JD

Applications without all required documents cannot be processed

Have ready

  • Letter from a doctor or other health care professional confirming the disability
  • Copy of an official document relating to the disability, e.g. PIP or Blue Badge (showing your address)
  • Two headed, itemised quotations from suppliers or builders
  • Details of the project, items needed and their costs, including delivery

Two quotes are needed if labour is required; one if family, friends or volunteers will do the work

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