Page Dickey Grant for American Gardens

At any organization there exist individuals whose distinct fingerprints will remain far beyond their official years of service. At the Garden Conservancy, there have been few as extraordinary as our dear friend and longtime board member Page Dickey. To honor her lasting impact on the Conservancy and the national gardening community, we are pleased to launch the Page Dickey Grant for American Gardens.

More than thirty years ago, Page Dickey served on Frank Cabot's advisory committee to help launch the Garden Conservancy and went on to cofound the Conservancy's celebrated Open Days program. Since the launch of the program in 1995, Open Days has welcomed over 1.35 million visitors into thousands of inspired private landscapes. We are tremendously grateful for Page’s singular impact on both the Conservancy and the national gardening community.

Beyond her service to our organization, Page is an unmatched voice in the realm of garden writing. The author of eight books, she has written of the material challenges and successes of creating her own gardens, Duck Hill and Church House, and of transcendent notions such as the spirit of place. She is both garden designer and philosopher, and her distinct perspective is an inspiration for so many passionate gardeners. 

To honor Page’s lasting contributions to the Garden Conservancy and to garden enthusiasts nationwide, we are delighted to announce the Page Dickey Grant for American Gardens, a grant of $10,000, which will be awarded each year to a distinguished small public garden making a significant impact in its community through garden-based programming.  

The Page Dickey Grant for American Gardens is part of our Gardens for Good initiative.

In 2021, the Conservancy awarded eleven Gardens for Good grants totaling over $80,000 to support a broad range of initiatives nationwide, including:

• the restoration of historic garden structures at a public garden in Salem, OR; 
• urban farms providing fresh produce in New York City; 
• landscape horticulture training for underserved communities in Milwaukee, WI; 
• relief funds for a public garden after the devastating winter storm in Hempstead, TX.

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If you would like to support this initiative, please consider making a donation in support of the Page Dickey Grant for American Gardens

Please select "Page Dickey Grant for American Gardens" in the donation dropdown to allocate your gift to this initiative. 100% of gifts designated this way will be included in the permanent Page Dickey endowed fund.

You may also make a donation over the phone by calling Sarah Parker at 845.424.6500, M-F, 9-5 Eastern