Santa Rosa Club Projects
Annual Plant Sale - Each Spring SRGC holds a plant sale to raise money for our various Club Projects, including grants and Scholarships.
The Spring sale -- Rosies, Posies and More -- will be held in partnership with the Redwood Empire Rose Society on
Saturday, April 25, 2020 from 9:00am to 1:00pm at the Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center. Propagated plants from members gardens, succulents, and gently-used garden items will be for sale.
The Spring sale -- Rosies, Posies and More -- will be held in partnership with the Redwood Empire Rose Society on
Saturday, April 25, 2020 from 9:00am to 1:00pm at the Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center. Propagated plants from members gardens, succulents, and gently-used garden items will be for sale.
Grants and Scholarships - The SRGC awards annual scholarships to students majoring in horticulture, environmental studies, natural resources, or viticulture at Santa Rosa Junior College. In 2018, with the help of Harvest for the Hungry, SRGC awarded five scholarships. In addition, the Marge Ogard Floral Design Award was given to a student in that program.
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Dean Linscott Memorial Garden - Year-round the SRGC maintains the showcase garden at the rear of the parking area of the Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center on Yulupa Avenue. Special workshops are held in the Spring and Fall for upkeep of the garden.
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Arbor Day Tree Planting
Each year, the club purchases and arranges for the planing of a tree to commemorate California Arbor Day on March 7, Luther Burbank's birthday. In 2018, the trees were delivered in time for National Arbor Day and Earth Day in late April.
Two schools whose grounds suffered badly from the October received trees. Schaefer Elementary School received an espaliered Fuji apple tree, which went into their edible garden, and can be harvested in the late summer when the students are on campus. Riebli Elementary School received a Chinese Elm shade tree for the area occupied by their youngest students. We thank Urban Tree Farm for their generous support of this project. |
Community Gardens - As recognition to the importance of community gardens in the area, the Santa Rosa Garden Club allocates a sum each year for their support. In 2018, Schaefer Elementary School and Riebli Elementary School each received funds to replace tools and equipment used in their students' vegetable gardens which were destroyed in the October wildfires.
Penny Pines/Reforestation - The purpose of these programs is to replant areas devastated by forest fires. CGCI adopted this program in 1957, and over the years groups have contributed over a million dollars to these reforestation efforts. At the monthly SRGC meetings, members and guests have an opportunity to contribute to this program. More information can be found at Penny Pines Project.
Project: Mission Blue Phase II - The mission blue butterfly is a federally endangered species located only in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2011 CGCI partnered with Golden Gate National Park Conservancy to raise funds to increase lupine diversity and stabilize the mission blue butterfly population. Santa Rosa Garden Club has been supporting this project since its inception. The program was successful in increasing the number of mission blue butterflies. In 2016 the Project entered Phase II to extend the existing fundraising through 2022. Funds will be used for propagation materials, planting and scientific experiments for lupine larval plants and twelve native nectar plants that have been identified. Pictured are five of the twelve native nectar plants.
Blue-eyed grass (Sysyrinchium bellum)
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Checkerbloom (Sidalcea malviflora)
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Golden Aster (Heteotheca sessiliflora blonder)
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Coast Buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium)
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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
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Blue Star Memorial - In June 2014 the Santa Rosa Garden Club purchased and placed a Blue Star Memorial Byway Marker in a special veteran's section at Santa Rosa Memorial Park in Santa Rosa.
Luther Burbank House & Garden & Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center - In 2015 the Santa Rosa Garden Club donated funds to install a birdbath in the garden area at the House & Garden site. As a memorial to long-time members, the Club donated and planted a Maple tree in the patio area of the Art & Garden Center.
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