After CP&GC member Renata von Tscharner founded Charles River Conservancy in 2000, the Conservancy continues to thrive under a new director. CP&GC has collaborated on multiple projects with the Conservancy, most recently at Hell’s Half Acre to reclaim the river bank.

CP&GC has long worked at the site of the second oldest house in Cambridge. Donating and planting trees, renovating the Colonial Revival fence and gate, planting thousands of spring bulbs, managing lawn care, completing myriad clean ups among many other contributions.

On The Rise is a day program in mid-Cambridge that provides safety, community, and advocacy for homeless and formerly homeless women.

The Cambridge Common is a central component of busy Harvard Square, and its 16 acres are traversed by an estimated 10,000+ pedestrians and cyclists daily. This urban green space is a National Historic Landmark where George Washington took command of the Continental Army.

Since the 1950s, CP&GC has worked to preserve the last remaining piece of marsh in the Charles River Basin, Hell’s Half Acre, which is now 7-1/2 acres of urban wildland administered by the DCR.

In the ’70s, two activist members proposed and established the Cambridge Committee on Public Planting to advise and support the city in improving public planting. Expertise of club members is a significant resource as the City maintains existing public plantings and considers new ones.

CP&GC has been an avid advocate for keeping the iconic London Plane trees as the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) plans to refresh a one-mile stretch of Memorial Drive.

The Fresh Pond Reservation – 162 acres surrounding and protecting Fresh Pond Reservoir – is the largest open space in densely populated Cambridge.

CP&GC began advocating for Longfellow Park in 2015 as we had concern about existing trees, planting around the poet’s monument, crumbling stone steps, non-working light posts, and lack of benches.