Celebrate the birthday of one of founders of the SYV Botanic Garden by giving back to the garden that gives so much to all of us! Nature is a friend for all of us, thank you to Puck for helping found the garden and her continuing dedication for growing this amazing community space to enjoy nature and explore!
For her birthday as a goal she would love to increase our membership for 2021 or donate to the garden for our coming year! Happy Birthday Puck!
“As I firmly settle into my seventh decade, I hope we all share my faith that 2021 will be better for all...the impoverished, the homeless, the unemployed and those who have lost their way. A few weeks ago, someone asked me who was my first friend. Without hesitation or a moment's thought I replied, "Nature." Nature, that complex ever evolving organism that surrounds us, has given me company, solace, and unending faith in my journey. So for my birthday this year, for the first time, I am celebrating by creating a goal for the next week. I would love everyone to join me in renewing or becoming a member in the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden. Through this trying year, as people have grappled with so many challengers, we have seen families and individuals come to the Garden to find a moment's peace, to reconnect, and open their minds to possibility. A young woman made a journey from Los Angeles just to do some fall pruning, smelling the spent blossoms as they dropped to the ground. Our garden depends on you. Just as we have all helped feed our neighbors this year, we at the Garden want to continue to feed their spirits.”
–Carol Puck Erickson-Lohnas