Our 1st social is 10-29-2026 at The Comeau Building
St. George's Society of Palm Beach, PO Box 783, Palm Beach, FL 33480, US
Our 2021-2023 Tree Event Fundraiser--pictures below
"A Walk in the Forest"
As we closed out the 2022 calendar year, we finished up our tree donations. Our "A Walk in the Forest" project turned out to be a great success, despite covid's constant interference. Here is an update:
Part 1 of our project: 1,000 trees have been planted in the Liverpool, England area in conjunction with local planting group Mersey Forest! We are so excited to be able to help bring more trees back to the City of Liverpool, Merseyside, and its suburbs--an area of great need. Liverpool only has 6% canopy coverage--so our tree donation is making a tremendous difference! Trees are being planted again this Fall. This planting was through the Queen's Green Canopy as part of the Platinum Jubilee to honor HRM Queen Elizabeth II. Learn more about the Queen's Green Canopy at: https://queensgreencanopy.org/ The QGC tree-planting partner for the Liverpool and surrounding area is The Mersey Forest. Learn more at: https://www.merseyforest.org.uk/
Part 2 of our project: 5 Thatch Palms were planted on Chilean Avenue in Palm Beach--as part of Pan's Garden. The trees we donated were planted the last week of August 2022 and are natives--perfect for Florida's first all native public garden. A couple blocks from Worth Avenue! Pan's Garden is maintained by the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach. Learn more at: https://www.palmbeachpreservation.org/
Part 3 of our project: 37 flowering trees were planted on November 5, 2022 on the empty city-owned parcel on Woolbright Road, just west of Congress Avenue and the fire station. This empty parcel is a bit of an eyesore, so our trees will go a long way in beautifying the area and help with their climate change mitigation efforts. Thousands drive by here daily and will enjoy our trees. This is a donation to the City of Boynton Beach.
Part 4 of our project: We donated 10,000 trees to Forest Nation to be planted in Tanzania! This was part of our 15th birthday celebrations in July 2022. Learn more about Forest Nation at: https://forestnation.com/ Learn more about our donation at: https://forestnation.com/net/forests/sgsofpb/ December 2022 update: Forest Nation has donated an additional 10 trees to our Tanzania project as a holiday gift.
Part 5 of our project: We are donating 5 signature trees to the City of West Palm Beach to be planted in the main road of the Woodlawn Cemetery (an historic cemetery across from The Norton Museum of Art) on S Dixie Highway. The area is sorely lacking in trees. These will be flowering trees that will beautify this area of West Palm Beach and help with their climate change mitigation efforts. Thousands will drive by or view or flowering trees from the many tall buildings in the city daily. The donation was made on January 9, 2023 and the trees were planted on May 24th.
Part 6 of our project: We donated 96 trees to the Queen's Green Canopy in February 2023. A few large donors (Dame Giselle A Parry, Susan Oyer, Bahya Oumlil-Murad, and Elizabeth Leonetti) made additional donations to provide for a second set of 96 trees to be planted at the same time. Donations were made to the Queen's Green Canopy as they finish their platinum jubilee plantings of over 3,000,000 trees. Our trees will be planted in Little France Park on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh has approximately a 17% canopy coverage and is working to become a million tree city. The trees will be planted near the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, one of Scotland's largest hospitals in an empty field that backs up to a new housing development. This planting is one of the last tree-planting projects for the QGC for the Platinum Jubilee and to honor the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Here is a short video of the area: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kIaHsckDBE Here is more information about the park: http://www.elgt.org.uk/projects/greenspace-improvements/little-france/ And learn more about the massive achievements from the Queen's Green Canopy at: https://queensgreencanopy.org/
*3/2024: 5 urban trees and 66 urban woodland trees - planted in Liverpool
Event name inspiration is this 1965 hit by Horst Jankowski:
Our Palm Beach tree donation, Pan's Garden 9-11-22. Major sponsors: Erick & Susan Reickert and Susan Oyer. Part 2 of our project.
11-5-22 Boynton Beach Tree Planting--37 flowering trees on Woolbright Road west of Congress Avenue. Part 3 of our project.
July 2022 Tanzania Tree Donation--10,010 trees donated. Par
10,100 Trees Donated to Forest Nation to Tree Up Tanzania
We donated 10,010 trees to tree-planting company Forest Nation. This company has been planting trees in areas of need for years. Learn more about our donation at:
https://forestnation.com/net/forests/sgsofpb/
Through funds raised during our "A Walk in the Forest" project, as well as donations raised during our 15th birthday luncheon, we were able to pay for 10,000 trees to be planted in Tanzania (a Commonwealth nation)!!!! We are so excited to be able to support the Trillion Tree Project that Forest Nation is a part of, as well as supporting Tanzania during the Platinum Jubilee year where Commonwealth countries are planting trees to honor HRM Queen Elizabeth II in this 70th year of her reign. Dual purpose. In late 2022, an additional 10 trees were donated to our project by Forest Nation. Pics below.
If you are unaware, Tanzania is in desperate need of trees--the water wars started a few years ago. Forest Nation has been working to solve this tree-deficiency problem for a few years now. We are thrilled to be a donor towards this transformative project. https://forestnation.com
5-24-23 West Palm Beach--5 signature flowering trees at Woodlawn Cemetery. Susan, Jesse, & John (Patron). Part 5 of our project.
5-30-23 Little France Park, Edinburgh, Scotland to see our 192 planted in memory of The Queen. the Trees for Cities Project. Part 6 of our project.
Platinum Sponsors--$5,000 and up
Thank you to our Platinum sponsors:
Thank you to our platinum sponsors :
The James Williford Family
Susan Oyer, Realtor
2026-2027 Save the Dates
9-24-2026 Noon -7pm
Shop For A Cause at Sunny + Salty in Lantana - can't attend, shop online using code SGS to get the discount.
10-29-2026 6-8 pm
Cocktails at The Comeau featuring speaker Dr. Sandra Norman "The Curious Case of the Lancashire Witchcraft Trials" - perfect for Halloween.
12-12-2026
6pm cash bar & holiday shopping
7pm dinner
Christmas dinner with live entertainment - Marriot WPB
1-23-2027 9:30am
Tour of Pan's Garden
Lunch after at Pizza al Fresco -- attend one or both
February (date TBD)
Tour of FAU archives
Lunch after at the Faculty Club
3-6-2027 1 pm
Lunch at Bricktops, Palm Beach