Annual Nomadica Mini Meadow Grant Winners
2024 Grant Winner
Eugenia Book
"I’m committed to preserving the native fauna and flora in my area and to supporting habitats for our indigenous and migrating wildlife" - Eugenia
Living on a hill in Texas adjacent to the Monarch Highway, Eugenia resides on a property mostly covered by wild cedar, juniper, and oak forest. She cleared a patch next to her house, an ideal location for a mini-meadow. It is sunny, well-drained, and protected. It has long been her dream to convert this area into a habitat with native plants, particularly to support the migrating monarchs, whose milkweed food supply has significantly dwindled in the region.
"Lots of milkweed would be wonderful, bee balm, bluebonnets, coneflowers, black eyed susan, coreopsis, flax, poppies, blanket flower, joe pye weed, and salvia. We are in the heart of the Monarch migratory corridor, and I’m concerned about the dwindling supply of wild milkweed I see every year," she wrote in her grant application.
The Monarch Highway serves as a crucial migratory route for monarch butterflies, providing a vital pathway as they journey between their breeding grounds in the north and their wintering grounds in Mexico. This mini meadow will serve as a safe haven for pollinators and migrating monarchs for years to come.
Below: Eugenia and a before picture of the soon to be mini meadow.
2023 Grant Winner
Lindbergh Community Garden
A neighborhood established and maintained native pollinator garden located in Fairfield, CT. Follow along with their progress on Instagram @lindberghpollinators
2025 Applications will Open January 1st, 2025.
DETAILS: January 1st through the 31st of January, 2025, I will accept applications from those living in the continental US for a mini meadow grant of $500. One winner will be selected and announced by Christina and team of native plant lovers in the first week of February, 2025. The grant includes a $500 store credit to Prairie Nursery, for you to order online all the plants and seeds needed to start your mini meadow. *This is not being sponsored by any company other than Nomadica.
WHY? One of the most rewarding and beneficial gardens for biodiversity is a mini meadow of native plants for your pollinators and back yard critters. Rewilding part of your unused lawn to what should, and needs to be there, will help our threatened bird species and pollinators we rely on to live. We can’t count on national parks for conservation. As landowners, we have a responsibility and privilege to manage our piece of earth as if it’s our own national park. We already have birds and pollinators that are threatened or endangered. Most alarming is perhaps the findings of studies of bird populations.
“The Rufous Hummingbird, Greater Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jay, and 67 other birds in the United States are teetering on the edge of disaster, having lost at least half of their populations in the past 50 years. A report released by North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) calls these birds “Tipping Point” species, on track to lose another 50 percent of their populations in the same time frame if conservation efforts do not improve.” -National Audubon Society
And of course we all know about the monarchs, and their dwindling numbers due to pesticide use and loss of land. They don’t stand a chance without our help, and we don’t stand a chance without our pollinators.
The Eastern migratory monarch butterfly is at risk: new reports show a sharp population decline and a loss of habitat in the forests where they winter each year. In just one year, the presence of monarch butterflies in their wintering grounds dropped 22%, from 7 acres to nearly 5.5. acres. This is part of a mostly downward trend over the past 25 years—when monarchs once covered more than 45 acres of forest.” World Wildlife Fund
HOW: Apply by filling out the form below. Please take your time, and really think about this! We will accept one application per household for review. Applications close January 31st, 2025 and one winner will be announced the first week of February, 2025 via email. Thank you and good luck!
Legal Notes:
Eligibility: This contest is open to legal residents of the United States who meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the official rules. Void where prohibited by law.
Entry Requirements: Entrants must adhere to the specified entry guidelines and deadlines outlined in the official rules. Incomplete or late entries will be disqualified.
Selection Process: One winner will be selected based on a panel of native plant lovers. The decision of the judging panel is final.
Prizes: Prize details are outlined above. Winners are solely responsible for any taxes or fees associated with their prize.
Notification of Winners: One winner will be notified via email and required to respond within 3 days. Failure to respond may result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner.
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Modification or Termination: Nomadica reserves the right to modify or terminate the contest at any time for any reason.
Official Rules: The complete official rules of this contest can be found above.
By participating in this contest, participants agree to abide by these legal notes and the official rules of the contest.