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 next Spring sale will be in April, 2018. Propagated plants from members gardens, succulents, and gently-used garden items are but a few of the things that will be for sale.
The next Spring sale will be in April, 2018. Propagated plants from members gardens, succulents, and gently-used garden items are but a few of the things that will be for sale.
Club members are propagating plants from their
own gardens for sale at the annual plant sale
Grants and Scholarships - The SRGC awards annual scholarships to students majoring in horticulture. In 2016 four scholarships were awarded to second year SRJC students for their school year 2016-2017.
Sonoma State University Butterfly Garden SRGC in cooperation with the Kenneth M. Stocking Native Plant Garden at SSU, has created a habitat for butterflies. Members volunteer every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 9 to 11 am to help maintain the garden.
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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 - The club buys and plants a tree in the city of Santa Rosa to commemorate California Arbor Day on March 7th. The 2016 recipient was the Brush Creek Montessori School where a gala apple tree was planted in a huge, old tire.
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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. The 2016 support was given to Terrace Neighborhood Community Garden in Healdsburg, Mendocino Avenue Community Garden in Santa Rosa, and Sunrise Community Garden in Petaluma.
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 - 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 sessiflora 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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