Penny Pines Program

NGC and the USDA Forest Service are proud to have formed a partnership sustaining our national and urban forests through this reforestation/forest education program.

Your Garden Club can participate in a meaningful and practical conservation project by contributing $68.00 to a Penny Pine plantation as part of the costs of replanting replacement and/or trees indigenous (Not Just Pine Trees) to a particular damaged area, whether by fire or by other natural catastrophe. You may designate a specific State you wish to have benefit from this contribution.

Under a Conservation agreement, the Forest Service will do the planting, using your donation together with Federal funds, and will provide to the plantation the same protection from fires, insects, and disease given other forested areas. The plantations are a part of the regular National Forest reforestation program planted on burned-over and brush-covered areas which are potentially productive timberlands. Planting sites are selected by the Supervisor of each National Forest. These plantations provide soil protection, watershed protection, soil stabilization, future harvestable timber, as well as beauty and shade for recreation.

State regions, districts, clubs and/or individuals may participate in this program by donating in multiples of $68. A $68 donation may be made in honor or in memory of ONE individual, organization or theme.

For more information, contact  Art Loesch, NGC Penny Pines Chairman or click below to download further information:

Penny Pines Donation Form -   WORD or  PDF

Penny Pines Fact Sheet

PENNY PINES PRESS RELEASE

Penny Pines Rejuvenates Forests Across The U.S.

More Than 80 National Forests Benefit As National Garden Clubs and U.S. Forest Service Team Up For The Environment

Click here for to download the complete press release.