Projects

Penny Pines Program

Concerned about Reforestation, Global Warming, and Carbon Exchanges?

Want to do something about it in California?

The Penny Pines Program was initiated in California in 1941. It started small but now is a major project supported by Garden Clubs.

We collect donations at every meeting and for every $68 collected we can buy a plantation of 350 trees (and not just pines) which will be planted by volunteers and maintained for five years by the National Forest Service.

Through the California Garden Clubs website, you can also purchase a plantation yourself to honor a loved one, and you will receive a certificate noting your tax-deductible contribution.

To donate go to
https://www.californiagardenclubs.com/penny-pines/

Conservation Projects

These are groups that the Garden Club regularly supports:

• Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC)

• CA Oak Foundation

• California Native Plant Society

• El Cerrito Community Garden Network

• El Cerrito Trail Trekkers

• Friends of Five Creeks

• Muir Land Trust

• Pollinator Posse

• Regional Parks Foundation

• Ruth Bancroft Garden

• Save San Francisco Bay Association

• University of California at Berkeley Botanical Garden

• Watershed Project

Sundar Shadi Front Yard Garden Awards

These awards are given every year to front yard gardens (visible from the street) in the city of El Cerrito. The nomination period each year is February through the first week of April. Winners are generally announced in June.

Feel free to nominate your own garden or a neighbor’s garden for consideration!