Promotion of Allotment Gardening
Support for allotment gardening in Brandenburg to strengthen allotment associations through investments in infrastructure, public relations, and training. The guideline is valid from 12.09.2025 to 31.12.2026. Applications must be submitted in writing to LELF Potsdam.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Promotion of allotment gardening in the state of Brandenburg to increase urban greenery, for climate and environmental protection, as well as to improve quality of life through investment-based community projects for public relations, public accessibility, and training measures.
Eligible expenses
- Capital expenditures for the maintenance, conversion, and expansion of club buildings
- Renewal of structural facilities including accompanying plantings
- Proper dismantling and disposal of asbestos-containing building materials
- Initial equipment with office furniture and basic IT equipment
- Public relations work (flyers, publications, exhibitions)
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Non-eligible expenses
- Rehabilitation of private sewage pits
- Expenses for food and beverages
- Expenses for advertising materials
- Personnel costs within the associations
Eligible to apply
- Non-profit Organizations
Funding requirements
- Proof of small garden charitable status according to § 2 Federal Small Gardens Act
- Proof of tax-exempt charitable status for the state association
- Current extract from the register of associations
- Valid association statutes
- Site plan and action concept
Documents required for application
- Fully completed application
- Project description or brief concept
- Proof of own contribution (bank statement)
- Proof of small garden charitable status
- Proof of tax-exempt charitable status
- Current statutes
- Current extract from the register of associations
- Resolution on implementation and financing
- Lease or usage agreement
- Site plan of the small garden complex
- Site plan of the measure
- Photos of the current state
Description
The funding guideline for strengthening allotment gardening in Brandenburg supports non-profit allotment garden associations and the Brandenburg State Association of Garden Friends e.V. in investment community projects in the areas of infrastructure, public relations, and qualification. Between September 12, 2025, and December 31, 2026, eligible organizations can apply for a one-time grant of up to €30,000 per calendar year. Investment measures include the preservation, conversion, or new construction of club buildings and structural facilities, the renewal of outdoor facilities including accompanying plantings, the professional removal of asbestos-containing building materials, as well as the initial acquisition of office furniture and basic IT equipment. Furthermore, non-investment expenses for flyers, publications, exhibitions, further training, conferences, and workshops are supported. The funding rate amounts to 60% to 80% of eligible costs, with in-kind contributions up to 40% being credited.
Requirements include proof of allotment gardening or tax-related non-profit status, a current extract from the register of associations, as well as a site plan with a project concept. For the application, the fully completed form must be sent to the State Office for Rural Development, Agriculture, and Land Consolidation in Potsdam-Groß Glienicke. The application must be accompanied by a project description or brief concept, financing plan with proof of own contribution, valid statutes, lease or usage agreement, site plans, and photos of the current condition. Payment is made after approval on an advance basis; the final proof of use must be provided in the form of a factual and numerical report. With this funding, allotment gardening makes an important contribution to greening urban spaces, climate and environmental protection, as well as improving the quality of life in Brandenburg’s communities.
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