Buffalo Bayou Partnership
This represents the second half of our pledge. This will fund the Perennial Gardens at the Wortham Fountain (part of the Buffalo Bayou Park Project). River Oaks Garden Club will be recognized with a donor plaque.

Pro-Vision (a charter school)
For the school's Urban Farm (a large agricultural initiative on the campus; the production and sale of produce instills a spirit of entrepreneurialism in underserved young men): Premium Garden Mix soil for 1/4 acre of land

The Brookwood Community
For the Meditation Garden around the Worship Center: supplies (trees, benches, shrubs, flowers, soil, and irrigation system), the labor to refurbish the area, and the labor for maintenance.

Nature Discovery Center
A water feature in Russ Pittman Park (the park is a very popular destination for serious birders) in Bellaire to provide habitat for migrating and native birds. The grant will cover stone, sand, pump, valves, electrical, piping and piping labor, plumbing labor, etc. The Nature Discovery Center is an educational center to enhance and instill a love of nature in children, and to spark an interest in the study of nature and science. School groups visit the Center nearly every day.

The Women's Home
To refurbish the outdoor seating in the pocket gardens at the Treatment and Transitional Housing Program, and to add additional seating in the Serenity Garden at the residential block. The Women's Home provides programs and shelter for single women who have histories of addiction, mental illness, homelessness, domestic abuse, etc.

Buffalo Bayou Partnership
To fund the Perennial Gardens at the Wortham Fountain, part of the Buffalo Bayou Park Project

Crossroads School
To purchase materials to create two green spaces for an outdoor classroom to include a herb garden, vegetable garden, compost section and flower and potting station.

Houston Parks & Recreation Department
To create the Memorial Park Greenhouse Outdoor Education area for the public, with thirteen demonstration beds ROGC will be recognized with a donor plaque.

The Menil Collection
To revitalize the Menil House Rose Garden and remove and replant trees.

Urban Harvest, Inc.
For a grant to assist in funding "I Grow Houston", a program to build a community garden in Sunnyside, an area with poor access to healthy fresh food.

YES Prep Public Schools, Southeast Campus

Buffalo Bayou Partnership
To be applied to an Invasive Plant Species Eradication Unit. Specifically, funds would be used to purchase tools and materials such as shovels, rakes, axes, clippers, uniforms and other necessary equipment needed to fight invasive species.

Camp for All
To purchase 5 new 95 gallon Live Oaks to place in key program areas where shade is needed.

Student Conservation Association
To help fund SCA's community conservation crew programs in Houston. The crews provide underserved urban teens, an opportunity to transform themselves while also transforming the green space of Houston.

Peckerwood Garden
To support ongoing operations:

Bo's Place
For seasonal spots of color to help maintain Bo's Place's environment

Brookwood
To underwrite a portion of the 2010 fall bedding plant crop

Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Towards trees for habitat restoration of the Tapley Tributary of Buffalo Bayou

Camp Allen
Towards solar panels for the "Little Green Schoolhouse," a part of the Discovery Program at Camp Allen. This secular, school-year education program provides students the opportunity to learn about ecology and the environment

Camp for All
For ranch entrance beautification project

Cystic Fibrosis/University of Houston
For garden spot and irrigation at U of H for Cystic Fibrosis' annual walk-Great Strides, Taking Steps to Cure Cystic Fibrosis

DePelchin
For landscaping University of Texas charter school on DePelchin campus

Durham Elementary School A&M Organic Research Garden
For a test garden and prominent signage for new Earthkind roses (collaboration of Bayou Bend through Bart Brechter and Bonnie Campbell, A&M, and ROGC)

Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugarland
Towards the creation of a large demonstration garden focusing on pollination and green gardening

Memorial Park Conservancy
To support the Memorial Park Conservancy Forestry Conservation and Management Plan

Neuhaus Education Center
Funding for a pair of benches and signage in the native garden and along the pathway

Ronald McDonald House
For fans and outdoor furniture

University of Houston President's House - Wortham House
To beautify the flower beds at the front street entrance of the Wortham House

Casa De Esperanza
Money given to help complete new parking area and beautify the entry

Trees for Houston
Donation to be used to plant and maintain 32 (15 gallon) trees in support of tree replacement after Hurricane Ike

Lamar High School - H.I.S.D.
In support of the continuing grounds improvement plan, money will be used for iron and masonry works on the school's signage along Westheimer

SCA
Students Conserving America - Provides money for a local high school student to participate in the summer Houston Conservation Crew program

Students Conserving America
For a high school student to participate in the Houston Conservation Crew programs

Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
Toward a water line for the enhancement fo the front gate and drive

The Seniors Place
Toward the building of the garden at their new facility

Clayton Library Friends
Toward the creation of a Southern Heritage garden

Friends of Mandell Park
Toward electricity for the garden shed and security lighting

Camp for All
To help fund necessary improvements to accessible nature path

Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Toward the Coffee Building plaza landscaping

Brookwood Community
Greenhouse Patron - Assist in funding the teaching and training component of the functionally disabled adults

Museum of Health & Medicine
Sensory Garden renewal

Lamar High School
Assist in funding the Campus Grounds Master Plan

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Bayou Bend Visitor Center

Trees for Houston
Branching Out Project

Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum
Guardian of History

Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Purchase native trees and enough wildflower seeds for a one acre of prairie

Camp for All
Tree planting at the wetland ecology pond near the equestrian center

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
To fund the renovation of one of the two Woodway fountains at entrance

Houston Public Library
Friends of Texas Room - Help produce a documentary video on historic photograph collections, including gardens and flower arrangements in early Houston homes

Kipp School
A public charter school. Provide 3-6 oak trees in front of the new KIPP Houston High School

Peckerwood Gardens
Funding a guide to the Quercus collection at Peckerwood Garden

Urban Harvest
Grant to help build a school garden at Farias Early Childhood Center

Washington on Westcott Roundabout Initiative
One pair (2) of benches to be placed in the native gardens that surround the roundabout

Bo's Place
landscaping for its Memory Garden

Cedar Brook Elementary
landscaping for its bus drop entry

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Craft Garden

Urban Harvest
Emergency Garden Fund

Camp for All
To add landscaping to the existing grounds

Houston Zoo
To build a landscaped area in front of the Bear Habitat

University of Houston
To create a rose garden in front of The Moores School of Music

Seniors Place
To provide a garden at the Day Care Center for Alzheimer's patients

Buffalo Bayou Partnership
To plant 3 acres of wild flowers and to restore a key tributary in an area originally designed by Charles Tapley

Hope Center for the Retarded
To build a herb garden

Park People
To fund the Tree Registry program

The Brookwood Community
Casa de Esperanza
The Chinquapin School
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Friends of Hermann Park
Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
Park People
Peckerwood Garden Conservation Foundation
Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Trees for Houston
University of Houston
Upper Kirby District Foundation

Friends of Hermann Park
Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
Park People
Peckerwood Gardens
Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Trees for Houston
University of Houston
Upper Kirby District

Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Camp for All
Houston Arboretum Nature Center
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas
Peckerwood Garden Foundation
Brookwood Community
The Children's Museum of Houston
Student Conservation Association, Inc.

Houston Museum of Natural Science
Upper Kirby District
Student Conservation Association, Inc.
The Woman's Home
Star of Hope
Camp for All
Friends of River oaks Park
The Senior's Place
Houston Heights Association
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Museum of Fine Arts - Rienzi
Casa de Esperanza
The Park People

The Brookwood Community
Camp for All
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Nature Conservancy of Texas
Rienzi
Trees for Houston
Student Conservation Association, Inc.

The Brookwood Community
Casa de Esperanza
Lamar High School
River Oaks Park
National Wildflower Research Center
GCA Project 2000
Nature Conservancy of Texas
Harbach-Ripley Neighborhood Center
Student Conservation Association, Inc.

Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Casa de Esperanza
Contemporary Arts Museum
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas
Ronald McDonald House
Star of Hope
The Women's Home
Student Conservation Association, Inc.

Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
Houston Audobon Center
National Wildflower Research Center
Neuhaus Educational Center
River Oaks Elementary
Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Trees for Houston
Upper Kirby District Foundation

Armand Bayou Nature Center
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Heritage Society/ Jack Yates House
Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
Mercer Arboretum
Nehemiah Neighborhood Center
The Women's Home
San Jacinto Battleground State Historical Park
Student Conservation Association, Inc.
Trees for Houston for Gallegos Elementary School
Urban Harvest

Member of The Garden Club of America, River Oaks Garden Club was founded in 1927 and has made many contributions to the Houston community in the areas of conservation, horticulture and civic beautification. Proceeds from the Azalea Trail support these ongoing projects:

Maintenance of River Oaks Garden Club Forum of Civics Building and Gardens. The gardens are open to the public.

Maintenance of the 14-acre gardens of Bayou Bend, the former estate of Miss Ima Hogg, and now the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Establishment of the Bayou Bend Gardens Endowment, a charitable trust for the perpetual maintenance of the gardens. The endowment is supported by public contributions.

Host of the annual Sadie Gwin Blackburn Environmental Seminar, which is open to the public. Admission is free.

Publication of A Garden Book for Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast.