Seeds of Friendship

Seeds of Friendship, 2026 by Pat Kuczak, Chair Thank you, Karen Hovey, for your many years of leadership and commitment to the GCO Seeds of Friendship project. This has been a transition year for The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Programs and Partnerships staffing as well as for my taking on the role as Chair. Janet Eads, a long-time volunteer with the program, agreed to deliver the seeds to the people of Rwanda, and Debra Turner gave me the “green light” [...]

SEEDS OF FRIENDSHIP DONATION INFORMATION by  Pat Kuczak, Chair January 21, 2026Garden Club of Ohio has supported the PIC (Partners in Conservation) Seeds of Friendship project since 2003.Jeff Ramsey, who coordinated the distribution of seeds, garden gloves, and financial assistance is no longer employed at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.  His position has not yet been filled and the new person may not be able to complete the deliveries in time for this year’s planting season.I will continue to accept cash [...]

2024 Seeds of Friendship Joyce Roth, GCO Seeds of Friendship Chair Partners in Conservation (PIC) was founded in 1991 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in response to the genocide of the people of Rwanda. Garden Club of Ohio, Inc. has been a partner since 2007 with the goal of respectfully saving the rain forest and mountain gorillas. If local people do not have to use these resources to care for their families, the forest will thrive and the animals will [...]

Another year of the COVID Pandemic and few meetings, however, so many clubs still remembered Seeds of Friendship and the people of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Your faithful support of this state wide project to save the African mountain gorillas by helping the people living there is very impressive. We received 1,936 pkgs. of 8 kinds of seeds and 2 boxes of Zinnia seeds; 104 pair of garden gloves.  All of the clubs that sent checks including [...]