滿懷關愛 Lots of Compassion 花園補助計畫
滿懷關愛 Lots of Compassion 是我們在美國所倡議的，旨在表揚並支持那些運用社區空地培育花園，透過社區花園的培育，關愛人們的美好力量。梅耶夫人提供財務支持與教育資源，幫助美國各地的居民將閒置空地轉變為促進社區成長的花園。
從閒置的空地到社區成長的花園
從花園啟發的香氛到花園啟發的社區，Mrs. Meyer’s 深信一座花園能帶來無限可能。來認識我們的花園補助金獲獎者，看看他們如何透過種植，為社區帶來更多幸福與健康。
Growing a More Compassionate World
We transformed our first lot in Chicago, where we partnered with Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative — an organization dedicated to building community wealth on Chicago’s south side. In 2023, 2024, and 2025, we have given out 30 grants to communities across the country. We have connected more than 40,000 people to engaging garden-based learning opportunities and created 70,000 square feet of gardening space.
30
garden grants
awarded
45k+
community members
impacted
83k+
sq. ft. of land
transformed
Our Kindest Scent
Our one-of-a-kind Compassion Flower scent is a hybrid of a pansy meaning “to think of” and a spreading viola, to help grow kindness. We hope to fund $1 million in grant programs over a five-year span (up to $200k annually until 2027, for a total of $1 million) so that local gardens and their surrounding communities can thrive.
From Vacant Lots to Gardens for Community Growth
From garden-inspired scents to garden-inspired communities, Mrs. Meyer’s believes one garden can grow a lot. Meet our garden grant recipients and see how they are gardening their way to happier, healthier communities.
Erie Food Policy Advisory Council
Erie, Pennsylvania
The Erie Food Policy Advisory Council aids and fosters the growth of their local food movement through policy, community advocacy, and education. They will transform a vacant lot to grow food for markets and Emmaus Ministries, which provides free meals and food for their community.
BACR (Monument First 5 Center)
San Rafael, California
BACR’s mission is to promote the healthy development of individuals and families, encourage service and volunteerism, and build community. They are transforming a vacant lot into a garden to serve as an outside learning space for gardening, relaxation and connection.
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. The organization is transforming a vacant lot space into a thriving garden for the community to enjoy.
Tucson Audubon Society
Tuscon, Arizona
The Luna y Sol Community Habitat is a vibrant green space in South Tucson. Luna y Sol Cafe, the first sit-down coffee shop in South Tucson, joins forces with Tucson Bird Alliance and Barrio Restoration to address historic inequities by fostering community wellness, ecological awareness, and a thriving natural habitat for both residents and local wildlife.
Civic Works, Inc
Baltimore, Maryland
Civic Works is a Baltimore-based nonprofit that strengthens communities for people of all ages through education, skills development and community service. The organization is using the grant to create a green space, garden and putting green to bring golf to Baltimore youth through ‘Putting with a Purpose’.
Cocoplum Nature School
Delray Beach, Florida
Cocoplum Nature School’s mission is to provide early childhood, elementary school and related programs built on the pillars of nature-based, place-based, and play-based learning. Cocoplum Nature School is transforming a vacant lot in their community into a garden to advance their vision to co-create a healthier planet.
Summerhill Neighborhood Development Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia
The mission of the Summerhill Community Garden is to be a welcoming outdoor space where the focus is on people, sustainable gardening, learning, teaching, making healthy food choices and hosting inclusive community activities. The Summerhill Neighborhood Development Corporation is transforming a vacant lot into a community garden where people can come together and create a sense of community pride.
Killeen Creators
Killeen, Texas
Malama Sanctuary
Pahoa, Hawaii
Malama Sanctuary stands at the intersection of social work, sustainable agriculture, and animal welfare. Their vacant lot will be transformed into a demonstration garden that not only provides culturally relevant food for the community and preserves disease-resistant coconut varieties, but also shows how fruits and vegetables can be grown in backyards to produce extra income.
SustainEd Farms
Edgewater, Colorado
SustainEd Farms works within the mission: Growing Food. Growing Knowledge. Growing Justice. The vision for SustainEd Farms’ project is to develop a food forest and annual garden beds that will be integrated into high school work-study programs.
Erie Food Policy Advisory Council
Erie, Pennsylvania
The Erie Food Policy Advisory Council aids and fosters the growth of their local food movement through policy, community advocacy, and education. They will transform a vacant lot to grow food for markets and Emmaus Ministries, which provides free meals and food for their community.
BACR (Monument First 5 Center)
San Rafael, California
BACR’s mission is to promote the healthy development of individuals and families, encourage service and volunteerism, and build community. They are transforming a vacant lot into a garden to serve as an outside learning space for gardening, relaxation and connection.
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. The organization is transforming a vacant lot space into a thriving garden for the community to enjoy.
Tucson Audubon Society
Tuscon, Arizona
The Luna y Sol Community Habitat is a vibrant green space in South Tucson. Luna y Sol Cafe, the first sit-down coffee shop in South Tucson, joins forces with Tucson Bird Alliance and Barrio Restoration to address historic inequities by fostering community wellness, ecological awareness, and a thriving natural habitat for both residents and local wildlife.
Civic Works, Inc
Baltimore, Maryland
Civic Works is a Baltimore-based nonprofit that strengthens communities for people of all ages through education, skills development and community service. The organization is using the grant to create a green space, garden and putting green to bring golf to Baltimore youth through ‘Putting with a Purpose’.
Cocoplum Nature School
Delray Beach, Florida
Cocoplum Nature School’s mission is to provide early childhood, elementary school and related programs built on the pillars of nature-based, place-based, and play-based learning. Cocoplum Nature School is transforming a vacant lot in their community into a garden to advance their vision to co-create a healthier planet.
Summerhill Neighborhood Development Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia
The mission of the Summerhill Community Garden is to be a welcoming outdoor space where the focus is on people, sustainable gardening, learning, teaching, making healthy food choices and hosting inclusive community activities. The Summerhill Neighborhood Development Corporation is transforming a vacant lot into a community garden where people can come together and create a sense of community pride.
Killeen Creators
Killeen, Texas
Malama Sanctuary
Pahoa, Hawaii
Malama Sanctuary stands at the intersection of social work, sustainable agriculture, and animal welfare. Their vacant lot will be transformed into a demonstration garden that not only provides culturally relevant food for the community and preserves disease-resistant coconut varieties, but also shows how fruits and vegetables can be grown in backyards to produce extra income.
SustainEd Farms
Edgewater, Colorado
SustainEd Farms works within the mission: Growing Food. Growing Knowledge. Growing Justice. The vision for SustainEd Farms’ project is to develop a food forest and annual garden beds that will be integrated into high school work-study programs.
Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
Cleveland, Tennessee
Emerald South generates community wealth and amplifies local culture through shared pride, power and investment for Chicago mid-South Side. Emerald South partnered with Mrs. Meyer’s to transform the first-ever “Lots of Compassion” garden near 63rd and Kenwood on the South Side.
City Fields
Cleveland, Tennessee
City Field’s mission is to be a catalyst for change in Cleveland, Tennessee’s most overlooked neighborhoods. City Fields transformed a city-owned vacant lot into a garden to provide fresh produce to their community and inspire healthy eating habits.
Food Exploration and Discovery
Monrovia, California
Food Exploration and Discovery’s mission is to empower all ages to think and act sustainability in their neighborhoods and ecosystems through reimagining outdoor education in gardening, composting, and volunteering. They transformed a vacant lot into a thriving garden with raised beds, storage, proper fencing, and a compost program.
Material Institute
New Orleans, Louisiana
Material Institute transformed a vacant lot into a garden to promote equitable access to vegetables, encourage lasting community relationships with soil, and build community liberation through the land. The new garden provides fresh vegetables and plants and is a hub to support the development of additional garden endeavors in Southeast Louisiana.
Natchitoches Parish 4-H
Natchitoches, Louisiana
4-H’s mission is to provide meaningful opportunities for youth and adults to work together to create sustainable community changes. They transformed a vacant lot into a compassion garden, fostering a healthier and more empathetic community. The garden serves as a platform for youth to connect with nature, learn sustainable practices, and develop a deeper understanding of the importance of caring for both the environment and their community.
Shamokin Community Gardens and Pocket Parks
Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Shamokin Community Gardens and Pocket Parks’ mission is to maintain community gardens and pocket parks as well as transform vacant lots into new gardens. By transforming a vacant lot into a community garden in the Fifth Ward, residents have gained a sense of community and pride while reducing, in some part, food insecurity.
Umoja Community Gardens
Troy, New York
Umoja Community Gardens is igniting a new infrastructure for Black leadership through mentorship and community events that offer healing, connection, and education. Umoja Community Gardens transformed a lot into a garden that grows food and fosters healing and compassion.
Workin Rootz
Detroit, Michigan
Workin’ Rootz is a Black woman-owned urban farm focused on fighting against food apartheid in the Nolan neighborhood of Detroit by providing fresh local produce to communities in need. Workin’ Rootz’ was one of the first grant recipients of Lots of Compassion and received a grant to plant a compassion garden to help fight food insecurity.
Brookelyn Elias Promise
Wyoming, Michigan
The nonprofit Brookelyn Elias Promise works with youth completing community service hours due to being involved in the juvenile court system. The organization transformed a vacant lot into a garden to provide an opportunity for youth to learn to garden in the city.
Project GO
Pickens, South Carolina
Project GO is an alternative program for at-risk students serving grades 6-12. The organization received a Lots of Compassion grant to create a garden for students to immerse themselves in a garden and be hands on to develop skills like empathy, compassion and responsibility.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
RMHC helps facilitate family-centered care that fosters health and well-being for the whole family while their children seek life changing care. RMHC received a Lots of Compassion grant to plant their garden that provides farm-to-table experiences for families in need with fresh produce and herbs.