Lending a helping hand in our community!
From hanging holiday lights at the Folsom Zoo to volunteering at several sites in Folsom, we roll up our sleeves and pitch in.
Our club is perennially busy helping out in our community. Here are some of our favorite projects, past and present.
We help hang holiday lights on the animals’ enclosures, and decorate a tree with ornaments for the Zoo’s popular “Wild Nights and Holiday Lights” annual event. When the holiday season is over, we assist the Zoo by removing the lights and taking down the holiday tree.
We participate with other Folsom organizations in the Folsom Senior Care Bag Project. We collect household items, office supplies, toiletries, and miscellaneous items such as playing cards, games, slippers, and holiday ornaments. We decorate the bags, and include a holiday card for each of the senior recipients.
Our members volunteer at Folsom’s Twin Lakes Food Bank Garden which produces thousands of pounds of fresh food each year for our local food bank. We plant, harvest, weed and provide general maintenance of the raised beds and the garden grounds throughout the year.
This Folsom garden was created on property owned by Gladys Trejo, a former Club President (2000-2002). After Gladys passed away, her family allowed us the continued use of the property as a community garden. Several garden club members, neighbors and other non-members garden their individual plots filled with vegetables, herbs and flowers. Members support Gladys’ Garden with regular cleanup workdays.
The Blue Star Memorial program honors all men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. We care for two Blue Star Memorials in Folsom; one in historic Old Town and another at the entrance to Lembi Park.
At the Blue Star Memorial and the Rose Garden at the Folsom Garden Club Park in historic Old Town Folsom, we keep the roses pruned and healthy with regular pruning and maintenance workdays. We replaced the old Folsom Garden Club bench with a new one that is ADA-compliant. It’s a lovely spot to sit and enjoy the roses.
At Lembi Park, we were honored to assume the preservation of the Blue Star Memorial when the Organic Garden Club of the Golden Foothills District disbanded in June 2026.
At every club meeting, members contribute their pocket change to the Penny Pines Reforestation Program, a project administered by the USDA Forest Service. Every $68 we collect pays for 325 seedlings to be planted in the California National Forest of our choice.
The CHiPs for Kids holiday toy drive collects new unwrapped toys for children in need. The CHP partners with many organizations, including the Folsom Garden Club, to collect and distribute these toys.
Our members write a holiday card for each resident of the convalescent hospital. When requested, we’ve also provided holiday decorations for the residents to enjoy.
When Oakmont first started their garden, we provided gardening advice and helping hands to plant and maintain their raised garden beds. Residents enjoyed the beauty and bounty of the harvest and loved spending time in the garden.
In the past, we’ve helped the museum volunteers to clean up and maintain the museum’s garden to keep it looking its very best.
