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 $231,000 in Standing Grants and $1,096,997 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 2022
$60,805 was Awarded on October 26, 2022
Alliance for Cape Fear Trees
Burgwin-Wright House
Cape Fear Clinic
Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity
City of Wilmington
Community Enrichment Initiative
DREAMS Center for Arts Education
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Friends School of Wilmington
Grace United Methodist Church
Historic Wilmington Foundation
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society
Lower Cape Fear LifeCare
NC Coastal Federation
Pine Valley Baptist Church
Pine Valley Elementary
Rise Up Community Farm
Trask Middle School
Standing Grants
Audubon
Cape Fear Garden Club Endowed Scholarship – Cape Fear Community College
Cape Fear Garden Club Endowed Scholarship – University of North Carolina Wilmington