Azalea Garden Tour Grants
For over 50 years, the Azalea Garden Tour, sponsored by Cape Fear Garden Club, has proudly returned thousands of dollars to New Hanover County. Since 2003 we have awarded $240,300 in Standing Grants and $1,149814 in Applied Grants. Tour profits benefit local community organizations through beautification and horticulture grants. In addition, funds support scholarships at UNCW and Cape Fear Community College and finance conservation efforts at Battery Island, a National Audubon Society sanctuary and the largest nesting site in North America for ibis, egrets and herons. Other special projects supported by the tour include garden therapy, youth gardener projects, and horticultural programs.
Grant Recipients 2023
$52,817 was awarded on October 25, 2023
Burgwin-Wright House
Cameron Art Museum
Cape Fear Clinic
Community Enrichment Initiatives
Domestic Violence Shelter
Eden Village of Wilmington
Alderman Elementary School
Friends School of Wilmington
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington
Good Shepherd Ministries
Grace United Methodist Church
Island Montessori Charter School
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society (Latimer House)
North Carolina Coastal Federation
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
Parks Conservancy of NHC
Pine Valley Elementary School
Rise Up Community Farm
Winter Park Elementary School
Standing Grants
$9,300 was awarded on October 25, 2023
Audubon
Cape Fear Garden Club Endowed Scholarship – Cape Fear Community College
Cape Fear Garden Club Endowed Scholarship – University of North Carolina Wilmington
October 25, 2023 Grant Recipients