Cooper-Frost-Austin House is the oldest documented house in Cambridge and owned by Historic New England. A propaated clone of the “Longfellow Linden” was planted there by CP&GC.

The Cambridge Community Center has been serving children, youth, and families throughout Cambridge for over 90 years. A long-time project for CP&GC, we hope to again garden there.

Blair Pond is a one-acre clay pit dug tucked in a seven-acre reservation. Now part of the DCR’s Alewife Reservation, CP&GC partnered with the small but mighty Friends of Blair Pond and the DCR to develop a plant survey and planting plan for the site.

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.

CP&GC has been greatly enriched by its association with Ekua Holmes, a Boston-based mixed-media artist and children’s book illustrator. This spring, CP&GC was pleased to be able to honor Ms. Holmes with a Garden Club of America Commendation for Civic Improvement.

On the morning of Saturday, June 4, twenty-three CP&GC members and friends mobilized to plant the young sunflowers.

The students at Prospect Hill Academy partnered with CP&GC during the COVID lockdowns. The club looked for novel ways to engage with the community and, specifically, with local students remotely, to inspire in students a closer connection with nature, public spaces, and knowledge of the plant world.