Sample urban gardening project application

Sample application for urban gardening projects (application form)

Completing an application for gardening activities

First, you need to have a non-profit organization which you will be able to use to apply for a tender for gardening activities. Think about your friends who may have an organization which would be happy to engage in gardening activities.

You can also quickly establish an association. You will need at least three people for that. You can establish an organization electronically: https://www.registrucentras.lt/p/671

You will also need a team of at least three gardeners whom you will enter in the application. You must describe your purpose in the application, indicating why you want to conduct gardening activities in one of the areas.

Remember to mention the benefits which your project will bring to the local community. Do you plan to involve it? If so, do you already know how? Specify your planned activities which would contribute to the

strengthening of social well-being (such as educating school children, lunch for neighbors, vegetables for nursing homes, etc.). Specify which of your activities will promote environmentally friendly solutions (e.g. rainfall collection, composting, biodynamic farming, application of permaculture principles, creation of a sustainable environment for healthy ecosystems, etc.).

Specify the activities which you plan to implement, indicating where you will start and what you plan to do in the upcoming years.

If you have experience with similar projects, be sure to mention them in Table 3 of the application.

Indicate the data of the three key gardeners in Table 4.

If you have been selected to carry out gardening activities, you will have to sign a 5-year contract with Vilnius City Municipality. You will need to submit a short report each year, outlining the activities you have implemented. You will be able to extend the contract after five years, if you so desire. The contract may also be terminated earlier unilaterally or by an agreement of the parties.

Should you have any questions, you can always contact both the City Landscape Office of the Chief City Architect Division of the Vilnius City Administration and the Public Institution Vilniaus Miesto Parkai. The latter organization can advise you on gardening matters, while the City Landscape Office can help you with formal administrative issues, providing information on possible sources of funding from municipal programmes.

However, please note that this tender is not a funding program. It has the only purpose: to obtain a permit for gardening activities. Funding programmes are discussed in the “Practice” section of this guide.

Having obtained a gardening permit, you can immediately start looking for additional funding, mobilize the community and create a sustainable gardening space.