Always Green
In 1900, your fellow Sempervirens Fund supporters launched the redwoods conservation movement. Join us throughout 2025 to reflect on your 125 year legacy of protecting redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains to help ensure redwoods remain “sempervirens”—always green.
125 Years
125 years in photos! In 1900, a group of citizen activists banded together to form Sempervirens Club—now Sempervirens Fund—and committed to protecting and nurturing coast redwoods. As we reflect on our legacy and look forward to the future, we are forever thankful to our vast community of supporters like you for your unwavering commitment to protecting redwoods.
Chronodiversity in Redwood Forests
Among the hallmarks of healthy redwood forests are trees of varying ages growing and thriving together. Achieving this diversity of ages, or chronodiversity, can improve old-growth conditions, which leads to greater habitat diversity—two essential outcomes for redwoods to thrive in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Read on to learn about the importance of chronodiveristy in coast redwood forests.
Redwoods Festival | May 18, 2025
On May 18, 2025, 125 years after Sempervirens Fund was founded, hundreds of supporters joined us at the historic Roaring Camp, for our first-ever Redwoods Festival to celebrate 125 years of protecting redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains! Thank you for your support!
Our Vision
At Sempervirens Fund, we envision a future where majestic redwood forests stand resilient, especially in the face of climate change. Redwood forests protect water, air, and wildlife, and deserve our protection. Learn more about our vision.
Our Work
Protecting Our Redwoods
Healthy, connected coast redwoods ensure vibrant habitat, clean air and water, and climate resilience. Your support purchases, restores, and safeguards redwood forests in the Santa Cruz Mountains, ensuring they will never be developed, degraded, or destroyed. Learn more about how we work.
Visit the Redwoods
Most people glimpse their first redwood in a public park. Your support expands our great local redwood parks, sharing new destinations with the public, and helping make the land more accessible and welcoming for everyone. Discover the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Redwood Science
The redwood forests we protect are strategically identified for their ecological and conservation values. Many of these lands serve as critical habitat corridors. And redwoods are resilient allies in the fight to address our climate crisis. Explore Redwoods Science.
Caring for our Lands
We work in the forests, repairing and restoring the delicate balance of life, protecting and healing the best habitat. You can volunteer with us—helping tend to the forests—and you can fund the stewardship of the redwood forests you cherish. Learn more about caring for our lands.
