Press Releases
 
11/15/05 Major TPF contributor  and founder Ed Peterson passes away
We're very sorry to share the passing of Ed Peterson. Ed was a very gentle, quiet, unassuming man
whose contributions should be an inspiration to all of us. He was a founding member of the Theodore Payne
Foundation and served the Foundation with exceptional distinction for 45 years. He put together the
Foundation's seed program and amassed a knowledge of native plant seeds that is unsurpassed. He was also the oldest surviving member of the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club.

On April 9, the Foundation celebrated Ed Peterson's 100th Birthday. Pictured, left to right: Lucy Yarick, Nancy Spiller, Ed Peterson, Holly Wagner, and Mira Lighthart.

In his own quiet way, he changed the world in positive, meaningful ways. His legacy to all of us is his dedication to the Foundation, to the appreciation and preservation of our wild areas, to the pursuit of knowledge.

His family has indicated that there will not be a service and that his ashes will be spread on Mt. San Jacinto in the Spring, a spot where he and his brothers camped as children and learned to appreciate the wilderness.

11/01/05 Major Revisions on TPF Website
The Menu structure has been completely reworked for easier navigation. In addition, now over 400 plants grace the native plant library.

 

7/01/05 Garden Party & Fundraiser
Theodore Payne Foundation's Garden Party and Fund Raiser was again a big success. A big thanks to the Gottliebs for hosting the party in their beautiful home with a California Native Garden setting.  Click here for the digital photo album

 

5/01/05 TPF Partners with PINE
TPF continues to participate with other organizations in Southern California as  a member of the Partners in Nature Education (PINE) Program at the University of  California Riverside Extension.   Members of TPF are entitled to a discount on all  outdoor courses offered through the Natural Sciences Department.  These include botany and plant identification and may be taken for credit or recreation.  We hope to use the Foundation as a site for some of these University classes in the future.