September 13, 2006

PASADENA PLANT BANK REDEDICATED

The self-service Pasadena Plant Bank was rededicated today for the enjoyment of local residents.

A 25-year tradition, the plant bank is a public repository of plant material that otherwise would be thrown away. Any Pasadena resident can “deposit” surplus shrubs, trees and flowering plants and, by the same token, “withdraw” what they need for their own gardens.

The plant bank’s display area has been freshly painted and there is a new sign with directions that are very simple: Bring a plant/Take a plant.

A partnership of the city of Pasadena and Pasadena Beautiful Foundation, the plant bank requires no sign-in process or fees. Plants may be deposited in pots, cans, milk cartons and other containers.

The plant bank is at the southeast end of the parking lot at Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave.

For more information visit www.pasadenabeautiful.org, call (626) 795-9704 or email plantbank@pasadenabeautiful.org.

Photos below. For high-res digital images, please email aerdman@cityofpasadena.net.
 

Pasadena’s plant bank includes shrubs and flowering
plants. Photo: Zack Stromberg/City of Pasadena.

The plant bank sign is simple: Bring a plant/Take a plant.
Photo: Zack Stromberg/City of Pasadena.

Pasadena resident Angie O’Brien makes a deposit at the
plant bank. Photo: Zack Stromberg/City of Pasadena.

Pasadena Public Works Supervisor Mike Monroe uses
garden shears to cut the ribbon, officially reopening the
Pasadena Plant Bank. Left to right: City Councilman
Chris Holden, Pasadena Beautiful Foundation board
member/Plant Bank Committee chair Hester Bulmahn,
Monroe, board member Betsey Tyler and
City Councilman Sid Tyler.
Photo: Zack Stromberg/City of Pasadena.