lydamorehouse | A Grant! I Got a Grant!

I found out today that I have been awarded a grant to make a bee-friendly space in my yard! I am super excited about this, because one of the big deterrents for me for a project like this is exactly that: COST. Like, native wildflowers are expensive, y'all! Plus, this program comes with a bunch of help, which I totally need! Because I love gardening, but I kind of suck at it!!

So, like, just starting to read through everything now, but it seems there are two workshops that I can sign up for, one that will just help me navigate the grant process, and another that will help with planning and design. I can also have a consultation with an expert via phone or video, because they really do want to guarantee not only success starting it, but keeping it going.

Plus, they make it easy to participate on any level of expertise. This money will help cover the costs of one of four project types: pocket habitats, planting bee friendly trees or shrubs, pollinator lawns, or pollinator meadows. I am kind of a novice, so my plan is to create a pocket habitat. It's actually in the "moderately difficult" zone, because the easiest is just planting a couple of bee-friendly shrubs, but our yard has a lot of shade. I think it might be better to pick one of the sunnier spots and see what I can do with it.

Anyway, SO MANY RESOURCES! I'm going to probably spend much of the rest of the day dreaming up my pocket habitat!!

I mean, I think it is kind of hilarious that the first grant of my life that I have ever been awarded is to help me pay for a bee-friendly lawn and not, say, my writing career, but I am so very, very excite!

Go, Bees!