Penny Pines Award

July 7, 2022- The Garden Club of Johnstown received a Penny Pines Award. The Penny Pines Project is a partnership between the National Garden Clubs and the USDA Forest Service. Since launching a partnership in 2004 with the United States Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Garden Clubs Inc. and its affiliates across the nation have raised funds on the local and state levels to sustain our national and urban forests.

                “...approximately 200 replacement seedlings can be planted with a $68 donation.”

This conservation effort entails the planting of replacement trees that are indigenous (not only pine trees) to forested areas damaged by insects, fires or natural catastrophes. The plantations provide soil protection, watershed protection, soil stabilization, as well as beauty and shade for recreation.

Penny Pines began in California in 1941 as a statewide conservation program but expanded to all 50 states. Early on, seedlings could be produced for one cent each and approximately 680 seedlings could be planted in a typical acre, with 10 acres of seedlings costing $68. That amount has been retained as a minimum donation through the years. Today, approximately 200 replacement seedlings can be planted with a $68 donation.  

For more information, Penny Pines | National Garden Clubs, Inc.