Recipients
In 2024, Hillside Gardeners of Montclair proudly made several donations and awards to worthy educational, conservation, research organizations and individuals.
2024 Grant Recipients
Conservation Awards
- Bryophyte Society
- BIRC - funding project to research buckwheat as a cover crop
- Palm Garden at Lake Merritt - funding purchase of understory plants
- Morcom Rose Garden - funding to continue maintenance
- Children’s Fairyland - funding for their youth programs
- Friends of Sausal Creek - funding towards their ongoing habitat restoration
- Botanical Garden at Tilden Park – towards general maintenance
- Lake Merritt Institute - supporting their clean-up efforts
- U.C. Master Gardeners - funding towards the demonstration garden at Lake Merritt
- Planting Justice - supporting their nursery which focuses on training previously incarcerated individuals
Grant Awards
- Allison O’Brien, Druids, Program Director at San Lorenzo High School to aid their leadership trips and purchase plants
- Lisa Giordano, Executive Director, Friends of Sausal Creek, and Intern Tylor Kingsbury
- Peralta College Foundation, Laura Forlin and Chris Grampp Co-chairs of the Landscape Department
- Carlos Cruz, Kat Gritt,and Jesus Cruz, Merritt College Interns
- Peralta la Hacienda Historical Park, Holly Alsonso, Executive Director, for their summer camp and 3 Interns including Jorge Lara
- U. C. Botanical Gardens at Berkeley, Lewis Feldman, Executive Director, Anthony Garza,
- Supervisor of Horticultural and Grounds and Sadie Radinsky, Volunteer/Intern