Clubs & Nonprofit Organizations
PGCI was organized in 1950 and incorporated on September 4, 1963. We federated with California Garden Clubs, Inc (CGCI) in 1992. We are:
a Standing Member of National Garden Clubs, Pacific Region Garden Clubs.
a Standing Member of California Garden Clubs, Inc., in the Buttes District.
a 501(c)3 (nonprofit) under the umbrella of the CGCI group tax-exemption program.
Our Flower: the redbud.
Our Logo: Emblem (shown in the banner of this webpage) and watering can (shown on the front page of each edition of The Watercan Post, our newsletter).
Our Motto: “Coming together is the beginning. Working together is progress. Staying together is success.”
Our Purpose, and we quote: “The object of this club shall be to devote its activities and funds to promote community interest in beautiful gardens, flower arrangements, landscaping, cultivation of horticulture and beautification of the community.”