News
2026 Recap
2026 took our impact nationwide! Our educational video module reached classrooms across the country, bringing our mission to students far beyond our local community in the Bay Area. Alongside our continued in-person classroom sessions, we engaged 1,000 students, planted ~5,075 California Melicgrass seeds to support local ecosystems, partnered with 18 schools, and presented at 9 climate events. From local roots to a national reach, 2026 marked our biggest step forward yet.
2025 Recap
2025 was a busy year! We inspired 987 students through hands-on classroom sessions, launched our first educational video module to expand our reach, planted ~5,670 California Melicgrass seeds to support local ecosystems, partnered with 22 schools both in-person and via our video module, and attended 7 climate events. Together, we're making an even greater impact—one classroom, one video, and one seed at a time.​
2024 Recap
2024 was a year of continued growth and impact! We reached 1,443 students through classroom sessions, planted ~7,867 California Melicgrass seeds, and partnered with 24 schools across the Bay Area.​
2023 Recap
What a year! In 2023, we engaged 831 students in classroom sessions, planted 7,675 California Melicgrass seeds, visited 13 schools within a 104.7 mile radius, presented to 10 grade levels, and built our cross-school team of 30 students.​
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2022-23 School Year Success!
Spring 2023
This school year, we QUINTUPLED our impact! In addition to expanding the team to include eleven students from two different high schools, we have now reached 1,200 students and grown 19,000 Super Plant seeds! In total, we have presented in 17 schools and 35 classrooms. We are excited to see what next year holds!
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Cross-School PSP Team Launch
Fall 2023
This fall, we launched our new cross-school team! This amazing group of people brings together 30 high school students from six schools across the Bay Area who are all recruiting students and building teams at their school.
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This Spring, Project Super Plants expanded our leadership team to include a new branch at The Nueva School. Our cross-school team now consists of eleven high schoolers working together to run classroom sessions and will allow us to have an even larger reach throughout the Bay Area.
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Expanded Leadership Team
Spring 2023
North Bay Science Discovery Day
Spring 2023
Project Super Plants ran a booth at the North Bay Science Discovery Day in Santa Rosa! An incredibly exciting and inspiring day!
We engaged 1000 visitors and planted car Super Plants with 350 kids, growing 3000+ native California Melicgrass seeds.
Families learned about the science behind Super Plants and planted their own in compostable pots to transplant into home gardens.
New Leadership Team
Fall 2022
Project Super Plants recruited a new leadership team this fall! Seven middle and high schoolers from across the Bay Area are working together to spread our project. We have now reached over 430 students and planted 9,160 Super Plant seeds!
Project Super Plants is on Instagram!
Fall 2022
Project Super Plants created an Instagram account! Follow us @projectsuperplants for updates, classroom session photos, and plant facts!
Flora Magazine Feature
Winter 2021
Flora, a magazine published by the California Native Plants Society, featured our project in its Winter 2021 edition.
Read the article here!
San Francisco Examiner Article
Fall 2020
Our team was interviewed by SF Examiner reporter, Robyn Purchia, who focuses on local Bay Area climate change stories. The interview was published in the newspaper here!
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, First Partner
of California, congratulated Project Super Plant's efforts in this Facebook post.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom Facebook Post
Fall 2020
OurEcho Challenge Winners 2020
Second Place
Summer 2020
The OurEcho Challenge through EarthEcho is a competition where middle schoolers across the US propose innovative solutions to protect their local biodiversity. After creating a proposal for Project Super Plants and presenting to a panel of judges and 450 people from 41 countries, we were awarded second place and a $5000 grant to implement our project!
