As part of Earth Day celebrations last month, Franklin County commissioners and Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman announced the organizations selected to receive support for community gardening projects this spring.

Eighty-three applications were submitted to the grant program, and 60 awards were made.

Awards included funding, in-kind product donations compliments of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., access to educational programming through the Franklin Park Conservatory, or a combination.

Local organizations receiving awards are:

• A Living Community Church Inc.

• Actors' Theatre of Columbus

• Advent United Church of Christ

• AmerCrest Improvement Group

• Arts & College Preparatory Academy

• Blendon Township

• Brown Road Community Church

• Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association

• Christ United Methodist Church

• Church of All People-Ganthers Place

• Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist

• Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center

• Columbus Recreation and Parks Community Recreation Council-Barrack

• Columbus Recreation and Parks Community Recreation Council-Indian Mound

• Community Development for All People

• Community of Holy Rosary and St. John the Evangelist

• Community Refugee and Immigration Services Inc.

• Concordia Lutheran Church

• Corpus Christi Church

• Earthtouch

• Epworth United Methodist Church

• Excel Preparatory Schools Inc. dba Mansion Day School

• Faith Ministries Inc.

• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church

• Four Seasons City Farm

• Friends of Goodale Park

• Friends of St. Stephens Inc.

• Friends of the Cultural Arts Center

• German Village Society

• Glenwood United Methodist Church

• Grace United Church of Christ

• Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers

• Highland West Neighbors Associa-tion

• Hilltop Christian Community Development Corp.

• Koinonia Development Corp. Reeb-Hosack Community Baptist Church

• Livingston Park Neighborhood Improvement Association

• Mount Vernon Avenue District Improvement Association Inc.

• Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation

• Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio

• New Harvest Urban Arts Center

• Ohio Environmental Council

• Ohio Orthopedic Center of Excellence Foundation

• Olde Towne East Neighborhood Association

• Otterbein University

• Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

• Ramseyer Presbyterian Church

• Rebuilding Together Central Ohio

• Tawi Family Village

• The Homeless Families Foundation

• The Salvation Army

• Union Grove Baptist Church

• Upper Arlington Lutheran Church

• What It Takes

•Young Men's Christian Association of Central Ohio