•Recycling •Garden Outreach
• Arbor Day Project
•Donations
•Trees for Troops
•Trash to Trees
•Someone’s in the Kitchen Cookbook
• Holiday Gifts for Pets & Their People
Garden Outreach
Luan Akin joins Tagawa Garden Center as Garden Ambassador!
 Luan Akin, former TV News Reporter, joined us in 2008 as Garden Ambassador. She is available (along with Grandma Mimi for children's groups) to present seminars for your garden club, ladies group, school classroom, etc.
If you garden club, community group, HOA or other organization would like to have a presentation about a garden topic, Tagawa Gardens can help! Our Outreach Dept is happy to help provide a tour, seminar or other activity at Tagawa Gardens, or come to your location*!
(*Fees may apply for offsite events.)
If your group wishes to raise funds at the event, be sure to ask about our Garden Outreach Fundraiser Gift Cards! Your group can collect $5 for each $25 Gift Card sold or $11 for each $50 sold! Gift cards can be pre-sold and the Garden Outreach representative speaking at your event will bring them to the event, and can have extras available.
If you are interested in more information about this exciting new Outreach Program, please contact Michelle in our HR/Donations/Outreach at (303) 690.4722 x107, or at Michelle@tagawagardens.com.
Tagawa Gardens/Colorado Tree Coalition Arbor Day Project!
Each year, Tagawa Gardens is honored to help collect much needed funding for the Colorado Tree Coalition to
Help Re-Forest Colorado's Parks and Forests!
The Colorado Tree Coaliton leads Colorado's efforts to Preserve, Renew and Enhance
community forests in our state.
For every $15 donation to the Colorado Tree Coalition, you will receive one coupon for 25% OFF one tree purchased at Tagawa Gardens!
Donations collected at our Customer Service Desk, checks and cash only for donations,
payable to Colorado Tree Coaltion.
Our Program for 2010 collected over $2200 for the Colorado Tree Coalition, thank you to all who donated!!
Since the inception of this program, Tagawa guests have generously donated over $12,000 to plant trees in Colorado!
(Fun Facts: Colorado Arbor Day is the third Friday in April,
National Arbor Day isthe fourth Friday in April.)
You Can Help!
 You can help local cancer patients!
A delicious collection of recipes from the employees and instructors at Tagawa Gardens. For only $9.99 you'll discover fabulous recipes for Appetizers & Beverages, Soups & Salads, Vegetables Side Dishes, Main Dishes, Breads & Rolls, Desserts, and Cookies & Candy - also includes those yummy treats in our "This and That" category.
Pick one up today for yourself and another for a friend! They make great gifts and stocking stuffers for the upcoming holiday!
Net proceeds from the sale of these cookbooks go to The Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers Foundation. They provide financial assistance for Colorado cancer patients. This organization has been instrumental in helping Tagawa Gardens employees during their struggles battling cancer.
We Appreciate Your Support
 Holiday Gifts for Pets & Their People
Nov. 6 & 7, 2010
This event debuted in 2007 with great success for many of the animal rescue grou particpating. In 2007 we raised $5000 for these non-profit organizations!
The 2008 Holiday Gifts for Pets & People was a very succenssful event that benefited nearly 40 animal organizations! 10% (at least!) of all proceeds of this event went to the non-profit animal rescue/shelter groups participating, which amounted to $12,268 for all the groups! Thank you for your support!
Our event in 2009 raised over $15,000 for animal rescue groups!
You and your pet* are invited to our 2010 Event, which is our fourth annual craft/artisan fair featuring unique, hand-crafted gifts for pets and their people! Over 60 artisans and Animal Rescue groups will provide Pet Photos with Santa, Caricatures, gift wrapping, a bake sale, animal communication, nail trims, caroling, unique craft items and more--at least 10% of proceeds go to non-profit organizations. Bring a donation from the Wish List for the pet supplies drive and get entered into the raffle! See HolidayGifts4Pets.com for additional information. Thank you to Chris Collins of Licks & Snuggles Pet Sitting for coordinating this event.
(*Pets must be leashed or restrained, and owners agree to be responsible for damages).
Deadline for applications for the 2010 event is Aug. 1, 2009! Visit the Holiday Gifts For Pets & Their People website for detials and an application!
Visit the Official Website of Holiday Gifts for Pets & Their People for more details. Tagawa Gardens is grateful to Chris Collins of Licks & Snuggles Pet Sitting for coordinating our Holiday Gifts for Pets & Their People event.
Thank you to everyone who has and who will participate and support this animal community fundraising event!
Trees for Troops
Thank you to all of you who participated in this worthwhile endeavor in 2009! With your help, Tagawa's proudly provided 224 Live Trees for troop families! Nationally, there were 16,500 trees provided.
In 2008 and 2009, we were grateful to CBS Outdoor for providing 25 billboards throughout the Denver metro area as Public Service Annoucements, and Becky Holden for helping with production of the TV Public Service Announcement for Trees for Troops. Thank you to Nancy, our Nursery Supervisor, for coordinating our involvement in Trees for Troops, as well as our Promotions Guru, Dick, for his amazing help!
Trash to Trees!
A Community event hosted every December at the Inverness Hotel!
Tagawa Gardens is proud to help sponsor this fun program that raises much-needed funds for local schools.
Other sponsors include the Inverness Hotel, Tree by Tree/Mile High Million and Radio Disney.
Fresh-cut trees (provided by Tagawa Gardens) are decorated by local students using only sustainable and recyclable products. The trees will be sold at a silent auction. Trees are on display at the Inverness Hotel, (200 Inverness Drive West, Englewwod.) Vote for your favorite and bid in the silent auction!
If your school group would like to participate or your company would like to consider sponsoring Trash To Trees, click here for a link to the Inverness Hotel's 'Trash to Trees" webpage.
Garden Plastic Recycling
This special program began in 2009 and is sponsored by Garden Centers of Colorado, an association of independent garden centers in Colorado.! Tagawa Gardens was honored to be part of the original pilot program.
Bring us your empty plastic garden pots, packs, carrying trays and hanging baskets (wire hangers removed) and put them in our Garden Plastic Recycling Bisn, located near our Soils & Bark area. All items to be recycled must be empty of soil and any wires removed.
You may bring your garden plastics to us anytime during our regular business hours. Plastics from this program will be recycled into decking, toys and new bottles and containers.
Thank you for participating in this program!
Internal Recycling Program at Tagawa Gardens!
Because Tagawa Gardens is a facility that produces VeriFlora® Certified Sustainable Plants, we are committed to protecting our environment and recycling as much as possible. Cardboard, office paper, magazines, many types of plastics, bottles, aluminum and other products are recycled. Lumber used in shipping cartons is re-purposed into display tables and other items. Many other items are re-used and re-purpsed in many ways. At times, a wormery compster has been used to recycle lunchroom scraps.
Product Donations to Community Groups
Tagawa Gardens strivse to help our community and our Earth in as many ways possible We donate at least 5% of our net profits back into our community in the form of plants and garden supplies.
If your organization wishes to request a donation from Tagawa, please fill out our Donation Request Form obtained at our Guest Service Desk in our front shop area. Please fill out the form completely at least 30 days prior to the event. This will help us to better serve our community by providing a more mutually convenient, fair and expedient method by which a decision can be made regarding your request for a donation.
We request that your organization be non-profit, non-religious, and charitable in order to to be considered.
You will be contacted by phone or e-mail with our response in approximately 10 (ten) working days prior to our Donation Office receiving your Request.
You may contact MIchelle, our HR/Donation/Outreach Coordinator, for a Donation Request Form at 303-690-4722 ext. 107 or MIchelle@TagawaGardens.com
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