Exploring the ARBORETUM magazine for the members of the LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN
winter/spring 2018 Tarzan & Jane On location at the Arboretum Wild Camellias As found in nature Forest Bathing Awaken the senses Japanese style
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beYonD tarzan September. Earlier this year, the Arboretum received the Conservancy’s Royce Neuschatz Preservation Award for Historic Landscapes. In her remarks, Linda recognized the Arboretum’s singular cultural significance; I cannot improve on her words: “The Arboretum is a microcosm of L.A. history; it is about land, people, buildings, plants and peacocks! In my many years of preservation, I have seen many sites, but I have to say that the Arboretum is one of the most layered and interesting places that I’ve experienced. “Something here captures you. Thousands come to learn about plants, enjoy concerts, and even get married, talk about making history! As Arboretum members, you support efforts to preserve this place and expand the number of people who value it. Thank you f I had to choose two visitors who would for making sure our past is part of our future.” come and never leave, Tarzan and Jane would be the I join Linda in expressing my deep thanks for your sup- Iperfect choice. Boundless and fearless in their love port in preserving the Arboretum’s natural and cultural of the “jungle”, a.k.a the Arboretum, they will be with treasures. From the upcoming event celebrating Holly- us forever. wood at the Arboretum, to extensive new tree plantings That the Tarzan franchise enjoyed such a long run in and the coming restoration of the Reid-Baldwin Adobe, our landscape is just one chapter in a remarkably rich the past 10 years have been a time of unprecedented past. Perhaps like no other California garden, the Arbo- progress in celebrating and renewing our heritage. Sim- retum embraces the broad swath of history that helps ply put, you, our members, have enabled the Arboretum make us who we are. to flourish like never before. Linda Dishman, CEO of the Los Angeles Conservancy, With my great appreciation and all best wishes for spoke kindly at our annual Members Meeting this past the new year. —Richard Schulhof, CEO
The Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation
Founded in 1948, the Foundation 2018 Board of Trustees has provided new gardens, President Connie Ching, PharmaD Charles L. Seitz, PhD extensive education programs, Dan Foliart Elizabeth Debreu Mario Tse, DDS Vice President Kathleen Ellison Betsey Tyler and publications serving Southern Leelee Clement Doughty Diane Grohulski Pamela Warner California. Today, the Foundation Treasurer Andrew Hoag Robert E. Willett leads a broad community of William Lincoln Karen Snider Houghton members, volunteers and donors Secretary H. Clay “Hap” Kellogg IV Honorary Trustees Robert Barnes in establishing the support needed Susan Kranwinkle George A. Brumder Mark Ledbetter Burks L. Hamner to realize the Arboretum’s potential Dana M. Baldwin, PhD Annette Castro Ramirez Kenneth D. Hill, PhD as a premier public garden and George Ball Midori Katsura Resler G. Arnold Mulder, MD educational resource. Sean Cain Emily Rosedale-Kousoulis Gilbert N. Resendez
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ARBORETUM winter/spring 2018 magazine for the members of the LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN
4 News & Highlights A new art exhibit in the Library, history talks, a journey to India on Peacock Day and more
8 Hollywood calling Tarzan found an ideal jungle in the wilds of the Arboretum.
10 Why did he do it? Tampering with the classic English Botany book series
11 Awaken your senses Experience forest bathing
14 January to June Calendar Events and classes
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A new art exhibition the naturalist’s desk: language + landscape he art and text cal books, artwork based on installations by specimens growing in TPamela Burgess explore the Arboretum, and collabora- the concept and meaning tions among Librarian Susan of landscape as seen through Eubank, Curator of Living a personal lens. Collections James E. Henrich Installed throughout the and the artist. A map and self- Arboretum Library, the show guided tour of the exhibition features a range of work will be available for visitors. in various media including Known for her ephemeral drawings and poetry, sculpture outdoor tapestry installations, and photography, and samples Pamela has always been of found roots and seeds fascinated with nature and its from the artist’s collection materials. Her work is focused of odd nature. not on the horizon or long view, The show, which opens Janu- but on the details of a land- ary 27, is divided into several scape—fragile plant material. sections, each one featuring The transitory nature of life a different kind of landscape is the underlying theme of her that includes selections from work, which she will discuss the Arboretum Library’s Saturday, January 27, at 3pm Mountain aloe (Aloe marlothii) archival pigment print extensive collection of botani- in the Library.
IT’S BACK! at the Gift Shop, January supplies last. You also will History Live 13 and 14 (excludes food be automatically entered January is and drink items). in the following: at the Library Member A complimentary tram In a series of talks, tour January 13 with our Weekly opportunity Mitchell Hearns Bishop, Appreciation Plant Information Specialist drawings with prizes, Curator of Historical Month at 10am and 11am; including Arboretum perks, Collections, will present: reservations required. restaurant and retail gift ur month-long Members’ Celebration cards, and more. Early Photographs of Omember celebration Day in the Library, January A special Arboretum Rancho Santa Anita returns with special offers 13 from 9am-12pm; enjoy Grand Prize drawing. January 7, 1-2 pm to thank you for being crafts, a scavenger hunt, Please use the form on A review beginning with the Arboretum members and treats, beverages and music. page 23 to join, renew, earliest known photographs supporters. All members For members who join, and/or purchase a gift in the Arboretum Collections will enjoy: renew, give a gift member- membership. For more by Carleton Watkins. ship or renew early during information or questions, Double discount on January, you will receive please call 626.821.3233 Capability Brown and regular-priced merchandise a free Arboretum gift while or visit arboretum.org. Humphry Repton March 4, 1-2pm The work of these two supremely important s Tomato talk kicks off Spring Plant Sale s landscape architects will be e g
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Peacock Day: Journey to India Saturday, March 24,10am-3pm,Included in admission; members free Peacocks have been admired for crafts, and photo and henna booths. thousands of years, particularly the Other activities include informative blue Indian species, which has made a walking tours about peacocks, story home at the Arboretum. They are time and a peacock costume parade descendants of several pairs of peafowl for children. Peacock Day is organized brought from India by Elias J. “Lucky” in collaboration with the Hindu Temple Baldwin in the late 1800s. To honor our Heritage Foundation, a non-profit peacock connection with India, we take organization devoted to preserving and a cultural journey to that country on promoting the rich heritage of Indian Peacock Day. Enjoy performances of culture. Join us for Peacock Day and Indian classical and folk dances, arts, take home a little bit of India.
SAVE THE DATE Who is this LaDY in the Arboretum QUeen anne Cottage? Summer Nights Mark your calendar for the lias J. “Lucky” ing of her was hung in the first of our popular Friday E Baldwin’s Queen Anne Cottage parlor. Both items night summer concerts, Cottage was constructed remain today and can be which begin June 15 & 29. in 1885-86 for his new wife viewed during tours of the Add these dates too for our Lillie Bennett, the 16-year-old Queen Anne Cottage on continuing concert series: daughter of architect Albert Sunday, May 20, 10am-3pm. July 6 & 27. Performers A. Bennett who designed Regular admission applies; and details will be available the cottage. Soon after the tour fee: $3 members; $5 soon at arboretum.org. couple separated, Baldwin general public; $3 children
turned the fanciful house 12 and older; under 11 free.
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ARB_Jan-Jun 2018.indd 5 12/10/17 10:46 PM Collections Wild Camellias As found in nature, they bear simple, delicate flowers with ornamental features, many of which are not present in the more robust, showy, modern-day hybrids. By James E. Henrich
he Arboretum have myriad diverse morphological the taxonomic authority), 97 occur in historically had a characteristics. Yet, they all share China alone, of which 76 are endemic. significant collection basic floral structure that makes them And, more than 20,000 named cul- of Camellia species Camellia—stamens numerous in 2-6 tivars are known. The International and made important whorls, outer whorl generally for- Camellia Species Garden in China Tcontributions to plant breeding and ming a tube and fused to the petals, is dedicated to collecting, conserv- introductions in Southern California ovary superior, 3-5 seed chambers, ing and breeding Camellia species. from 1957 to 1991. Last spring, we cotyledons fully developed and fleshy The only related genera native to the acquired and planted 67 species of with high oil content, and absent of United States are Franklinia, Gordonia camellias to restore the collection’s stored food. and Stewartia. Tea, camellia oil and diversity and preserve the species The species have: growth habits ornamental plants are significant in cultivation. as evergreen shrubs or small trees, commercial products from camellias. The plants, generously donated by rarely large trees; leaf shapes ranging The site where you’ll see our new Tom Nuccio (Nuccio’s Nurseries, Al- from ovate to lanceolate; leaf surfaces camellias has high deciduous tree tadena), were placed in the Asia/North smooth to rugose, or having depressed canopy and the soil is friable sandy Temperate area near the Meyberg Wa- or raised veins on the upper surface; loam—ideal for these plants. The terfall. They were among the first sig- leaf tips rounded, narrowly pointed, to watering regimen was twice weekly nificant infusion of plants in this area having a tail-like appendage; leaf mar- through October, then once weekly in many years. The nativities of these gins entire to serrate; leaves ranging depending upon precipitation and newly added species range from Nepal from 1-5 inches wide and 1-11.5 inches retained soil moisture. The plants are to China to Indonesia. Their habitats long; young branchlets glabrous to mostly 1-2 feet tall currently. All initi- include deciduous and evergreen covered with long rigid hairs; flowers ated new growth and most developed forests, thickets, and thickets along sessile to stalked; petals 5-8(12), no flower buds. Camellia azalea flowered rivers/riverbanks at 330-10,500 feet. double flowers as we see in hybrids; in June and the fall-flowering species While most grow in acidic soil, some flower color in shades of red, white began blooming in mid-October. They grow in forested, calcareous hills. or yellow; and flowers 0.5-4 inches in will become mounding to erect shrubs
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ARB_Jan-Jun 2018.indd 7 12/10/17 10:46 PM Hollywood Tarzan reTurns to the arboreTum
The garden has a long and storied history with the Tarzan film franchise as a stand-in for the wilds of Africa in a dozen of the 52 authorized films about the jungle hero. By Scott Tracy Griffin n o i s s i m r e p
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debut in the silent movie, Tarzan of 30 where I will share a behind-the- cemented the ape-man’s status as a h O t
the Apes, which was a huge hit with $1 scenes look at Tarzan movie making at cultural icon in the 1930s and ‘40s. The f o
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All-Story, was followed by 52 authorized the swamps of Louisiana, and in Holly- When MGM declined to renew its r a T Tarzan movies and 24 novels. wood at Griffith Park, the old Selig Zoo, contract, independent producer Sol
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Filmed at the Arboretum Tarzan Escapes (1936) Tarzan Triumphs (1943) Tarzan’s Desert Mystery (1943) Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) Tarzan’s Magic Fountain (1950) Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) Tarzan’s Peril (1951) Tarzan’s Savage Fury (1952) Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle (1955)
Tarzan Returns Saturday, June 30 Please join us as we celebrate a day of Hollywood history and jungle fun, 10am-3pm. Enjoy classic Tarzan movies, exhibits of film posters and comic books and a behind- the-scenes look at Tarzan movie making on location at the Arboretum. Children will enjoy jungle crafts, a scavenger hunt and banana bar. For details see page 19.
Lesser signed a deal with author Huntress. Weissmuller donned advances in technology and trans- Burroughs to continue the series with the loincloth six more times for Lesser, portation made filming in locales like Weissmuller and Johnny Sheffield, before retiring to play comic-strip Africa, India, Thailand and Brazil an who played Boy. Brenda Joyce hero Jungle Jim. Lex Barker assumed affordable proposition. This marked the eventually replaced O’Sullivan as the lead role of Tarzan for five films end of an era for shooting Tarzan on the ape-man’s mate. shot partially at the Arboretum location in Southern California. Lacking access to MGM’s jungle (with a different actress portraying backlot, Lesser decided that the Jane in each) before muscleman Scott Tracy Griffin, author of Tarzan on Arboretum was the ideal stand-in for Gordon Scott was hired in 1954. Film (Titan Books 2016) and Tarzan: the Africa in evocatively titled films like Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle, starring Scott Centennial Celebration (Titan Books, Tarzan and the Amazons, Tarzan and in 1955, was the final Tarzan movie 2012), is Director of Special Projects for the Leopard Woman, and Tarzan and the filmed at the Arboretum, as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. in Tarzana.
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Library
a revisionist classic, English Botany, unbound
By ellen ellickson
estled in the Library’s rare book collection is a N24-volume version of English Botany, or Coloured Figures of British Plants, With Their Essential Characters, Synonyms and Places of Growth. Originally published between 1791 and 1814 in 36 volumes, it contained 2,592 hand-colored copper-plate engravings by James Sowerby (1757-1822), each accompanied by a page of text by James Edward Smith (1759-1828). Smith, the founder of the Linnaean Society of London, stated in his preface that he classified the plants according to the Species Plantarum of Linnaeus as well as other recently published floras. He wrote that he “will spare no pains to have his botanical characters and the Royal Society, an honor granted to are bound in or laid in, and some synonyms accurate,” and he hoped the those who were judged to have made pressed specimens are present as well. reader will approve. a “substantial contribution to the The letters include one from Sir George Edward Frere (1807-1887), improvement of natural knowledge.” William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), the owner of the Library copy of English His was a time of widespread and a systematic botanist and director of Botany, disagreed with many of Smith’s enthusiastic interest in botany as well the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, choices to the extent that he had his as botanical taxonomy. and others from George B. Wollaston, 36 volumes disbound and reassembled His text includes extensive an expert on British ferns. into 24 of his own arrangement. He also annotations including cross-outs and To see our English Botany, contact had additional blank pages bound in to re-naming of Latin names as well as Arboretum Librarian Susan Eubank provide space for his own commentary. the re-numbering of plants to match at [email protected]. Frere, a barrister, was an avid his rearranging scheme. Newspaper amateur botanist and also a Fellow of clippings, advertisements and letters Ellen Ellickson catalogs our rare books. Landscape: Natural, Urban and Imagined, A Poetry Event Saturday, February 24, 2-3:30 pm, included in admission; members free Suzanne Lummis, poet and editor of the anthology Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, will lead a discussion and poetry reading with four of L.A.’s most distinctive and popular writers and performers. Brendan Constantine, Mary-Alice Daniel, Nicelle Davis and Olga García Echeverria, will create poems inspired by their visits to the Arboretum and in exploration of the themes of natural, urban and imagined landscapes. k n a b u e
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health & wellness
Immerse yourself under one of the Arboretum’s many green canopies like the bamboo grove.
Forest Bathing Experience the Essence of Nature De-stressing with the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku by Ted Tegart
hen I was invited to my first & Fisheries began a program to help the Try it, you will forest bathing session, I wasn’t nation’s harried citizens relax and to preserve feel refreshed W sure what to expect. I knew it Japan’s vast forests. Through the years, 8-10am, $25 per class was a guided walk along trails and under for- research there has shown that forest bath- members; $35 non- est canopies at the Arboretum. What I learned ing reduces stress and blood pressure, and members, January 20, was, even though I work at the Arboretum bolsters the immune system. February 17, March 17, every day, I wasn’t actually connecting with Research in the United States and else- April 21, May 19, June 16 nature. where has shown the physiological and Guides: Ben Page, Because of my familiarity with the grounds, psychological benefits of humans having close Jackie Kuang I wasn’t appreciating what they had to offer. encounters with nature. Florence Williams On your walk with a describes the restorative effects in her book, Our guides, Ben Page and Jackie Kuang, took certified guide, discover us through a series of guided invitations to The Nature Fix, Why Nature Makes Us Happier, your own authentic assist us in finding our own way of interacting Healthier, and More Creative. with the garden. They encouraged us to slow In January, the Arboretum will add forest way of interacting with k n nature at the Arboretum. a down, open up our senses and take it all in. bathing (details right) to its Health & Wellness b u Two hours later I felt deeply relaxed by the programs. Ben, founder of Shinrin-yoku LA There’s no right or wrong e h
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Outdoors at Nature Camp Imagine your child spending this spring or summer break exploring the lush gardens of the Arboretum, discovering the awesomeness of nature, and having some old-fashioned fun outdoors. Nature Camp offers all this and more at one of Southern California’s most celebrated gardens. All activities are led by instructors and guided by counselors. Weekly sessions of Nature Camp are offered in the spring and sum- mer, Monday through Friday for children ages 5-11. Registration is now open for spring and summer sessions. Please call 626.821.4623 to register. For more information, contact Chris Orosz at 626.821.5897.
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The state of California will be teaching concepts is at a crossroads for that can best be taught science education that here in the Arboretum and has given the Arboretum fill the growing need of the unique opportunity to experiential education for be a leading example in those students who need developing programs for it most. This program will the new state standards. be free for local Title 1 If you are not a teacher, students from 4th, 5th you probably are not and 6th grade classes and familiar with the Next our goal is to welcome Generation Science 2,000-2,500 students Standards (NGSS). The annually. This will not NGSS were adopted only fill the need students by California from the have, but also the needs federal level with the of local teachers to enrich goal to better prepare their students’ learning students for science at experience. the university level and Our instructors will be the workplace. The NGSS teaching a new generation encourage more hands-on of students all about and experiential education plant structures and in the classroom so functions, guaranteeing t the Arboretum as far away as Northern students have a better an appreciation and we are always California and Texas while understanding of understanding of the A looking for ways on school field trips to the scientific concepts. natural world. We cannot to host more impactful L.A. region. Believe it or What makes our wait to see the lasting programs for the not, we had almost 15,000 new program so impact this program thousands of students students visit! With this groundbreaking is that it has on our community who visit us every school continually growing is being developed with and thank the generous year. Last year we saw demand for educational the help of local science donors who helped make our largest number of programs, we have teachers from Pasadena, it possible! students visiting for self- decided to expand school Arcadia, and Los Angeles guided and guided tours programs with the help of school districts. With their Chris Orosz is School and with classes coming from our generous donors. feedback and input, we Youth Programs Manager.
Spring Into Green! Los Angeles Environmental Education Fair Saturday, March 10, 9am-3pm Included in admission; members free Join us as families, educators, scouting groups and students from all over the Los Angeles area come to network with local environmental community resources. You will learn about lifestyle solutions that impact the health of our planet through hands-on workshops and in-booth presentations. Other event activities include sustainable food sampling, tours, multicultural music, science scavenger hunts, art activities, eco-friendly demonstrations and nature games for all ages.
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EVENTS: Crescent Farm Workshop ART Lasagna Mulching From Cape to Karoo: Saturday, January 20; 10am Custom-Made Wooden Walking tour of South Included in admission; members free Bluetooth Speakers African section Learn to use cardboard and Saturday, January 6; 1:30-3pm Saturday, January 6; 11am mulch to build fertile soil. Included in admission; members free Included in admission; members free Demonstrator: Bet Sharry-Veilleux Guide: Frank McDonough, Winter Garden Care Watch as reclaimed wood is Botanical Information Consultant Saturday, January 27 transformed into speakers. Plants from South Africa make 10am-12pm ideal additions to local gardens. $25 members; $35 non-members Art Workshop Instructor: Laramee Haynes Mondays, January 8-February 26 Early Photographs of Time for winter tasks such as plant 9:30-11:30am Rancho Santa Anita dividing, fertilizing and mulching. $40 members; $50 non-members Sunday, January 7; 1-2 pm For details visit arboretum.org. Instructor: Mitchell Hearns Bishop, Curator of Historical Collections KIDS & FAMILY Library Knitters & Makers See page 4 for details. Bookworms: A Friday, January 12; 6-8pm; Free Storytelling Program A time of (botanical) inspiration Baiko-En Bonsai Kenkyukai Could it Rain? When Water Flows and creativity for crafters. Show & Sale Saturday, January 6 For details visit arboretum.org. Saturday & Sunday, Wednesdays, January 10 & 17 January 13 & 14 Thursday, January 25 Oil Painting CLASSES 10am-4:30pm 10:30am Saturdays, January 20- Included in admission; members free Included in admission; members free February 24 (both classes) This is the only show of deciduous, Children ages 3-6 enjoy nature Beginners: 9am-12pm miniaturized trees presented in stories and a take-home craft. $69 members; $79 non-members the United States. FAMILY BIRD WALK Intermediate-Advanced 12:30-3:30pm Southern California Saturday, January 13; 8-10am; $89 members; $99 non-members Camellia Show $5 general public; Arboretum and For details visit arboretum.org. Saturday, January 20; 1-5pm Audubon members free; children Sunday, January 21; 9am-4:30pm 12 and under free BOTANICAL ART & For details see page 6. Guide: Katy Mann, Pasadena ILLUSTRATION Audubon Society Tuesdays, January 9, 16, 23, 30 GARDENING For details visit arboretum.org. 10am-2pm (includes lunch break) Rose Pruning 101 $275 members: $295 non-members Saturday, January 6 COLLECTIONS Instructor: Cristina Baltayian 10am-12pm Plant Information For details visit arboretum.org. $25 members; $35 non-members Wednesday, January 3; 1:30-3pm Instructor: Jill Morganelli, Included in admission; members free HEALTH & WELLNESS Horticultural Supervisor Instructor: Frank McDonough, Tai Chi Ensure the health of roses with Botanical Information Consultant Thursdays, January 25, proper pruning and soil building. For details visit arboretum.org. February 1, 8, 15; 9-10:30am $35 members; $45 non-members What’s Happening Reading the Western Instructor: Master Arnold Chien in Gardening Landscape Book Club For details visit arboretum.org. Winter Session: Thursdays. California Mexicana Missions to January 11-March 1 Murals by Katherine Manthorne Forest Bathing 9:30am-12pm Wednesday, January 31; 7pm; Saturday, January 20 $140 for the series; $25 per class Free For details see page 11. Hosted by Matt-Dell & Leader: Susan Eubank, Rebecca Tufenkian Arboretum Librarian YOGA IN THE GARDEN For details visit arboretum.org. For details visit arboretum.org. Tuesday evenings, Santa Anita Depot Tours January 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Landscaping with Trees Tuesdays & Wednesdays 5:30-6:45pm Saturday, January 13 10am-4pm $45 members; $55 non-members 10am-12pm Sundays, 1-4pm (5 days); $15 drop-in per day $25 members; $35 non-members For details visit arboretum.org. Thursday mornings, Instructor: Jerrold Turney January 4, 11, 18, 25; Learn to select the perfect trees Docent-Led Walking Tours 9:30-10:45am for your yard and care for them. Tuesday-Friday, 10am $35 members; $45 non-members; Saturday, 10:30am $15 drop in, per day For details visit arboretum.org. For details visit arboretum.org.
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EVENTS Raised Bed Gardening COLLECTIONS with Farmscape Pacific Rose Society Saturday, February 24 Plant Information Annual Auction 10am-12pm Wednesday, February 7 Saturday, February 3; 9am-5pm $25 members; $35 non-members 1:30-3pm Included in admission; members free Instructor: Matthew Geldin from Included in admission; members free The annual auction offers more Farmscape Instructor: Frank McDonough than 100 hard-to-find, unusual, This workshop will cover selecting For details visit arboretum.org. new and direct-from-growers the right soil for your raised bed, rose plants. manual and automatic irrigation Reading the Western Landscape Book Club techniques, garden planning and Mushroom Fair Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles seasonal growing tips. Sunday, February 11 and Beyond edited by Suzanne 10am-4:30pm Lummis COOKING Included in admission; members free Wednesday, February 28; 7pm Los Angeles Mycological Society Hands-on Kombucha Free (LAMS) holds its annual fair that Brewing For details visit arboretum.org. will include demonstrations on Saturday, February 10 Santa Anita Depot Tours growing, cooking and identifying 10am-12pm Tuesdays & Wednesdays mushrooms. Professional $30 members; $40 non-members 10am-4pm; Sundays, 1-4pm mycologist(s) will be on site. Instructor: Brie Wakeland Learn how to brew and bottle For details visit arboretum.org. L.A.’s Blooming Tree kombucha safely at home. The Docent-Led Walking Tours Obsession class will include everything you A Walking Tour need to brew your first batch. Tuesday-Friday, 10am Saturday, February 24; 11am Learn brewing methods and Saturday, 10:30am Included in admission; members free take-home recipes. For details visit arboretum.org. Guide: Frank McDonough, Botanical Information Consultant KIDS & FAMILY ART From Bough to Box, Many of the colorful trees found in Bookworms: A with the Bandsaw Southern California are here as a Storytelling Program result of efforts by a Los Angeles Who Lives in the Compost Pile? Saturday, February 3; 1:30-3pm dermatologist whose frequent Decomposers Included in admission; members free trips to Hawaii left him longing for Thursday, February 1 Demonstrator: Jeanette Gonzales color. Wednesdays, February 7 & 21 Learn how to create a wooden box Landscape: Natural, Saturday, February 17 from a solid block of found wood. Urban and Imagined 10:30am BOTANICAL ART & An Arboretum Library Included in admission; members free ILLUSTRATION Poetry Event For details see page 14. Saturday, February 24; 2-3:30pm Tuesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27 Included in admission; members free Family Night Hike 10am-2pm (includes lunch break) For details see page 10. Adventure $275 members: $295 non-members For children 7-12 Instructor: Cristina Baltayian GARDENING Saturday, February 3; 5:30-7pm For details visit arboretum.org. $10 per child members; Wild Mushroom $12 per child non-members Library Knitters & Makers Identification Explore the Arboretum at night Friday, February 9; 6-8pm Saturday, February 3 and learn about nocturnal animals Free 10am-12pm and our night sky. Children must For details visit arboretum.org. $25 members; $35 non-members be accompanied by an adult Instructor: Dr. Jerrold Turney HEALTH & WELLNESS An overview of the major genera Family Night Hike Forest Bathing and species of mushrooms Adventure that are common to Southern Saturday, February 17 For children 6 and under For details see page 11. California and where they are Saturday, February 17 likely to be found in this region. 5:30pm-7pm YOGA IN THE GARDEN $10 per child members; Crescent Farm Workshop Tuesday evenings, $12 per child non-members February 6, 13, 20, 27; Strategies for Infiltrating Water See details above. Saturday, February 17; 10am 5:30-6:45pm Thursday mornings, Included in admission; members free FAMILY BIRD WALK Learn techniques for capturing February 1, 8, 15, 22; Saturday, February 10; 8-10am 9:30-10:45am rain water to irrigate your For details visit arboretum.org. landscape. For details visit arboretum.org.
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Santa Anita Depot Tours EVENTS March 15-May 3; 9:30am-12pm $140 for the series; $25 per class Tuesdays & Wednesdays Monrovia Rock Hounds For details visit arboretum.org. 10am-4pm; Sundays, 1-4pm Show & Sale For details visit arboretum.org. Saturday & Sunday, March 3 & 4 Crescent Farm Workshop 9am-4:30pm Weaving Docent-Led Walking Tours Included in admission; members free Saturday, March 17; 10am Tuesday-Friday, 10am; Saturday, Gems, minerals, fossils, geodes Included in admission; members free 10:30am and jewelry will be on display. Learn to weave bio-mass (plant For details visit arboretum.org. waste) into cordage, trellises, Capability Brown and tomato cages and shade shelters. ART Humphry Repton custom Wood Sign Making Sunday, March 4, 1-2pm COOKING: Saturday, March 3; 1:30pm-3pm For details see page 4. FRESH: CELEBRATING Included in admission; members free THE TABLE Demonstrator: Lou Barcelo Los Angeles Watch how to make a custom sign. Environmental Wednesday, March 7; 3-5pm For details visit arboretum.org. Education Fair OIL PAINTING classes Saturday, March 10; 9am-3pm KIDS & FAMILY Saturdays, March 3-April 14 For details see page 13. Beginners: 9am-12pm Bookworms: A $69 members; $79 non-members Ikebana International Storytelling Program Show & Sale Intermediate to Advanced: What’s a Mushroom! 12:30-3:30pm Saturday, March 17; 11am- Thursday, March 1 $89 members; $99 non-members 4:30pm Wednesday, March 7 & 21 For details visit arboretum.org. Sunday, March 18; 9:30am-4pm Saturday, March 17 Included in admission; members free 10:30am ART WORKSHOP Different styles of Japanese flower For details see page 14. Mondays, March 5-April 23 arrangement: classical, naturalis- 9:30-11:30am tic and avant-garde designs. The Science of Seeds! For details visit arboretum.org. Planting for spring Great Tomato Talk Saturday, March 3; 10-11:30am BOTANICAL ART & & Spring Plant Sale $10 per child members; ILLUSTRATION Friday-Saturday, March 23-24 $12 per child non-members Tuesdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27 9am-4:30pm Kids ages 6-11 learn about seeds 10am-2pm For details see page 4. and take home seeds to plant. For details visit arboretum.org. Peacock Day FAMILY BIRD WALK Library Knitters & Makers Saturday, March 24; 10am-3pm Saturday, March 10; 8-10am Friday, March 9; 6-8pm Included in admission; members free For details visit arboretum.org. For details visit arboretum.org. For details see page 5. Butterfly Brigade! NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY Egg-ceptional our local butterflies Saturday, March 17; 7:30-10pm Celebration Saturday, March 17; 10-11:30am $30 members; $40 non-members Saturday, March 31 $10 per child members; $12 per Instructor: Frank McDonough 8-9am members; 9am-12pm child non-members Night offers unique photographic Regular admission applies Children 6-11 visit our butterfly opportunities in the garden. Activities fee: hubs and take home a caterpillar! $3 per child members; HEALTH & WELLNESS $5 per child non-members SPRING NATURE CAMP For details visit arboretum.org. Session 1: March 19-23 Tai Chi For details see page 12. Thursdays, March 1, 8, 15, 22 GARDENING 9-10:30am For details visit arboretum.org. Tree Identification Collections Saturday, March 3; 10am-12pm Plant Information YOGA IN THE GARDEN $25 members; $35 non-members Wednesday, March 7; 1:30-3pm Tuesday evenings, Instructor: Jerrold Turney For details visit arboretum.org. March 6, 13, 20, 27; 5:30-6:45pm Southern California has one of the Thursday mornings most diverse urban forests. Learn Reading the Western March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 9:30-10:45am Landscape Book Club about 20 species of these trees. For details visit arboretum.org. Ordinary Lights: A Memoir What’s Happening by Tracy K. Smith Forest Bathing in Gardening Wednesday, March 28; 7pm Saturday, March 17; 8-10am Spring session: Thursdays, For details visit arboretum.org. For details see page 11.
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EVENTS $30 members; $40 non-members Reading the Western Instructor: Brie Wakeland Landscape Book Club American Ceramic Society- Learn how to safely pickle beets Karl Bodmer’s America Revisited: DC Festival and Gift Show and other vegetables. Landscape Views Across Time by Saturday & Sunday, April 7 & 8 Robert M. Lindholm (images), W. 9am-5pm GARDENING Raymond Wood (introduction), Included in admission; members free David C. Hunt (foreward) Southern California clay artists Intro to Plant Wednesday, April 25; 7pm present unique, handcrafted work. Identification For details visit arboretum.org. Fridays, April 6, 13, 20, 27 Fragrance Secrets 1:30-4pm Santa Anita Depot Tours Walking Tour $60 members; $70 non-members Tuesdays & Wednesdays Saturday, April 7; 10am Instructor: Frank McDonough 10am-4pm; Sundays, 1-4pm Included in admission; members free An excellent primer about plant For details visit arboretum.org. Guide: Frank McDonough classification and identification. Learn about some plants that Docent-Led Walking Tours provide fragrances for perfumes. Tree Identification Tuesday-Friday, 10am Saturday, April 7; 10am-12pm Saturday, 10:30am Santa Anita Derby Day 5K $25 members; $35 non-members For details visit arboretum.org. Saturday, April 7; 8am For details see page 16. Details: kinaneevents.com/ ART EVENTS/SA Keep It, Toss It or Prune It! How to Renovate an BOTANICAL ART Spring Iris and existing Garden & ILLUSTRATION Bulb Show & Sale Saturday, April 14; 10-12pm Tuesdays, April 3, 10, 17, 24 Saturday & Sunday, April 14 & 15; $25 members; $35 non-members 10am-2pm 9:30am-4:30pm Instructor: Laramee Haynes For details visit arboretum.org. Included in admission; members free Give your garden a makeover by Making a Toy Chest Presented by the Southern choosing which plants to keep, California Iris Society and remove and prune for a new look. Saturday, April 7; 1:30-3pm Southern California Hemerocallis Included in admission; members free & Amaryllis Society. Crescent Farm Workshop Demonstrator: Mike Ward Creating Bee Gardens and Watch how to create a toy chest. SCHAS Daylily Show & Sale Attracting Pollinators Library Knitters & Makers Saturday, April 21; 9am-4pm Saturday, April 21; 10am Sunday, April 22; 9am-3pm Included in admission; members free Friday, April 13; 6-8pm Included in admission; members free A guide on attracting California Free The annual show is presented native bees to your garden! For details visit arboretum.org. by the Southern California NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY Hemerocallis & Amaryllis Society. KIDS & FAMILY Saturday, April 14; 7:30-10pm Rose Show & Sale SPRING NATURE CAMP For details see page 16. Saturday, April 28; 1-4pm Session 2: April 2-6 Sunday, April 29; 9am-2pm For details see page 12. ART WORKSHOP Included in admission; members free Mondays, April 30-June 18 Bookworms: A The Pacific Rose Society attracts 9:30-11:30am Storytelling Program For details visit arboretum.org. exhibitors from all over Southern Who’s Hiding There: California who display their roses. Camouflage and Mimicry HEALTH & WELLNESS Wednesdays, April 4 & 18 A Faery Hunt Saturday, April 14 Forest Bathing Saturday, April 28 Thursday, April 26 Saturday, April 21; 8-10am 9:30am-12:30pm 10:30am For details see page 11. $10 members (adults and For details see page 14. children); $15 non-members YOGA IN THE GARDEN For details see page 12. FAMILY BIRD WALK Tuesday evenings, Saturday, April 14; 8-10am April 3, 10, 17, 24; 6-7:15pm COOKING For details visit arboretum.org. Thursday mornings, FRESH: CELEBRATING April 5, 12, 29, 26; 9:30-10:45am THE TABLE Collections For details visit arboretum.org. Wednesday, April 11; 3-5pm Plant Information For details visit arboretum.org. Tai Chi Wednesday, April 4; 1:30-3pm Thursdays, April 12, 19, 26, May 3 pickling at Home Included in admission; members free 9-10:30am Saturday, April 28 For details visit arboretum.org. For details visit arboretum.org. 10am-12pm
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EVENTS GARDENING Reading the Western Landscape Book Club Novel Mexican Plants Tree Identification Manual for Cleaning Women for Southern California Saturday, May 5; 10am-12pm by Lucia Berlin Walking Tour Instructor: Jerrold Turney Wednesday, May 23; 7pm Saturday, May 5, 11am $25 members; $35 non-members For details visit arboretum.org. Included in admission; members free For details see page 16 Guide: Frank McDonough Santa Anita Depot Tours On this walking tour of our Mexi- Crescent Farm Workshop Tuesdays & Wednesdays can collection, learn about trees Meadow Planting and Care 10am-4pm; Sundays, 1-4pm and other plants that are well Saturday, May 19; 10am For details visit arboretum.org. suited for Southern California. Included in admission; members free Learn how to create a continuous- Docent-Led Walking Tours Baldwin M. ly flowering meadow using native Tuesday-Friday, 10am Baldwin’s Papers and compatible flowers from seed. Saturday, 10:30am Sunday, May 13, 1-2pm For details visit arboretum.org. Included in admission; members free Greywater 101: Grow Instructor: Mitchell Hearns Bishop fruit with your home bath ART For details see page 4. and laundry water Saturday, May 26; 10-11am Christmas Ornament Geranium Society Included in admission; members free with a Removable Top Show & Sale Presented by Greywater Action Saturday, May 5; 1:30pm-3:00pm Saturday & Sunday, May 12 & 13 Greywater from sinks, showers Included in admission; members free 9am-4pm and washing machines can be a Demonstrator: Pete Carta Included in admission; members free great source for outdoor irrigation. See a piece of wood turned into The International Geranium a beautiful Christmas ornament Society, Los Angeles branch, KIDS & FAMILY that doubles as a small gift box. presents this wonderful annual Bookworms: A Library Knitters & Makers display of geraniums. Storytelling Program Friday, May 11; 6-8pm Up Close and Faraway: Descanso Chrysanthemum For details visit arboretum.org. Seeing it all Spring Plant Sale Wednesdays, May 2 & 16 Saturday & Sunday, May 19 & 22 Botanical Art & Saturday, May 12 Illustration 9am-4pm Thursday, May 24 Included in admission; members free Tuesdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22 10:30am Over 150 varieties of rooted 10am-2pm Included in admission; members free chrysanthemum cuttings will be For details visit arboretum.org. For details see page 14. available at the show as well as NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY perennial flowers, shrubs and FAMILY BIRD WALK Saturday, May 19; 7:30-10pm vegetable plants. Saturday, May 12; 8-10am For details see page 16. For details visit arboretum.org. Annual Epiphyllum Show & Sale HEALTH & WELLNESS Cooking: Sunday, May 20; 9am-4pm Forest Bathing Included in admission; members free FRESH: CELEBRATING Saturday, May 19; 8-10am Enjoy displays of these unusual THE TABLE For details see page 11. and gorgeous flowers and learn all Wednesday, May 9, 2018; 3-5pm about the plants. For details visit arboretum.org. YOGA IN THE GARDEN Tuesday evenings, Queen Anne Cottage Tour Hands-on Steam May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 6-7:15pm Sunday, May 20; 10am-3pm Canning: Strawberry Thursday mornings, For details see page 5. Lemon Marmalade May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Saturday, May 12; 10am-12pm 9:30-10:45am Santa Anita Bonsai Show $30 members; $40 non-members Five classes: $45 members; Saturday-Monday, May 26-28 Instructor: Brie Wakeland $55 non-members 9am-5pm Learn how to safely make home- For details visit arboretum.org. Included in admission; members free made strawberry lemon mar- The Santa Anita Bonsai Society malade, using the affordable and Tai Chi will present trees trained to look efficient steam canning method. Thursdays, May 10, 17, 24, 31 like miniature forest giants with 9-10:30am trees up to four feet tall such as Collections For details visit arboretum.org. maples, junipers and pines will Plant Information be on display. Wednesday, May 2; 1:30-3pm For details visit arboretum.org.
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EVENTS Daylily Show & Plant Sale Tarzan reTurns Saturday, June 2: 9am-4pm Saturday, June 30 Sunday, June 3; 9am-3pm 10am-3pm Included in admission; members free Included in admission; The Southern California members free Hemerocallis & Amaryllis Society We devote a day to Tarzan sponsors this annual show that and movie making! Join us! features educational displays and At 3pm there will be a demonstrations. special presentation, Los Angeles International On Location: Tarzan at the Fern Society Show & Sale Arboretum, by Scott Tracy Saturday & Sunday, June 9 & 10 Griffin. Fee for the talk is 9am-5pm Included in admission; members free $5 members; $15 general Enjoy displays of ferns and other public (includes admission). exotic plants at their finest. Infor- Details at arboretum.org. mative lectures are scheduled for both days with opportunity draw- ings throughout each day. 10:30am Demonstrator: Paul Dershem Arboretum Summer Nights Included in admission; members free Benefits, restrictions and For details, see page 14. Fridays, June 15 & 29 various wood color application Details soon at arboretum.org. techniques will be demonstrated FAMILY BIRD WALK and discussed. San Gabriel Valley Orchid Saturday, June 9; 8-10am Hobbyist Auction Guide: Katy Mann, BOTANICAL ART & Thursday, June 21; 6-9:30pm Pasadena Audubon Society ILLUSTRATION Free For details visit arboretum.org. Tuesdays, June 5, 12, 29, 26 For details see arboretum.org. Collections 10am-2pm $275 members: $295 non-members Plant Information PASADENA SYMPHONY & POPS Instructor: Cristina Baltayian That’s Entertainment: Wednesday, June 6; 1:30-3pm For details visit arboretum.org. Gershwin to Sondheim Included in admission; members free Saturday, June 23 Instructor: Frank McDonough Library Knitters & Makers 5:30-10pm For details visit arboretum.org. Friday, June 8; 6-8pm For details see page 5 or Free Reading the Western For details visit arboretum.org. pasadenasymphony-pops.org. Landscape Book Club Not Without Laughter by NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY GARDENING Langston Hughes Saturday, June 16 Crescent Farm Workshop Wednesday, June 27; 7pm . 7:30-10pm c
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Going All In for Historic Preservation The Arboretum is grateful to Mr. Kenny D’Aquila everyone who supported the Jennifer deSpain Lucky Baldwin Poker Tournament Walter & Shelley Dominguez on June 10 in support of historic Blanche D’Souza preservation. The event, held Jordan Eiler & Carrie Eiler on the lawn of the Queen Anne Adam Farahan Cottage, included cocktails, Drew Flaherty dinner, games, auction, entertain- Mr. & Mrs. Danford Foliart ment and poker tournament. Scott Goldstein & Susan Tick Mario Lopez, from the Extra TV Patrick Gorman show, hosted the evening, and the Denon Professional Yvonne Green Colm Ofaolain Arboretum also thanks our Queen Casa Mexico Gabriel & Janice Grimm Pasadena Symphony & POPS Anne Cottage Sponsor, Tiffany Mr. George Hall Mr. & Mrs. Steven Peralez & Co. The event was a success EVENT HOST Ms. Teresa Heim Pumilia & Adamec, LLP thanks to the hard work of Tour- Mario Lopez Freddi & Dr. Kenneth D. Hill Paul Raczkowski nament co-chairs, shown above- Edwin Hodge Kerri Rivas from left: Margaux Viera, Emily DONORS Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Hoffer Shervin Roohparvar Rosedale-Kousoulis and Karen Steve & Sandy Auer Sean Jackson Tiffany Rosedale Snider Houghton with Mario. Mr. & Mrs. George Ball Bret Jacobs Mrs. Emily Rosedale-Kousoulis Katherine Ball Cleo Kades & Dr. Nick Kousoulis QUEEN ANNE COTTAGE Mr. Jacob Barga Kevin Kane & Sandy Snider Sylvia & Paul Rosenberger Tiffany & Co. Mr. Robert Barnes Ms. Yelena Katchko Mr. Richard Schulhof & Ms. Deborah Klar Mrs. Midori Katsura Resler & Ms. Sandra Goodenough COACH BARN Mr. & Mrs. Tom Beck & Mr. Jeff Resler Mrs. Karen Snider Houghton Santa Anita Park Mr. Jeffrey Bellamy Kellogg Garden Products, Inc. & Mr. Jim Houghton Mr. & Mrs. Art Bereuter Sandra Khalili Janet Stephens REID-BALDWIN ADOBE Mr. Greg Blanchard Jennifer Klein Mr. & Mrs. James Tanner City of Arcadia Mr. Jason Booth Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Kovacic Nicole Tekiela Janet Braun Susan & Doug Kranwinkle Britney Thomas RANCHO SANTA ANITA Mr. & Mrs. George Brumder Grace Lazenby Mrs. Betsey Tyler Parsons Corporation Carrie Burke & Matt Hylton Dominic Lazzaretto Brad Vuong BBVA Compass Michelle Butler Mr. & Mrs. William Lincoln Mr. Edward Watson Robert Willett Annette Castro Ramirez Yolanda McCreary & Ms. Pamela Warner Dolphin Event Services & Julio Ramirez Mrs. Jill Morganelli Susan Wei Peacock Café Mrs. Winnie Chan Ms. Victoria Bennett Murray Carol Welsman La Petite Fleur Mrs. Analia Cooper Jill Narciso Mr. Jay Whitcraft Bang & Olufsen Cole Dalton & Caroline Carter Mr. & Mrs. Byron Nelson IN-KIND SUPPORTERS Bacchus Kitchen Garden she loved, and they grandchildren, Malissa and Tim Asa Kaftans Inc. continue to celebrate the Halopoff. B & K Electric Wholesale lives of other loved ones with While it all started with Bang & Olufsen tributes located elsewhere in Mom, Marcia Kay, her daugh- Mr. & Mrs. Art Bereuter the Arboretum. For a family ter Malissa Fairbrother, and Casa Mexico Tequila like the tight-knit Radelets, the Marcia’s current husband of Citrus Valley Health Foundation memorials represent a deep 29 years, Ron Radelet, have City of Arcadia
and profound connection to the become very generous Arbore- Crossings r e
Arboretum. tum Benefactors. Through the David John & Rachel Kennedy g r “I always think about what Arboretum Memorial & Tribute Francis & Kathleen Mahoney e b
Friends of Robinson Gardens n It All Started I have and what I have had,” program, they dedicated a tree e s
said Marcia Kay, whose first in honor of dear friend Dick Golden Boy Promotions o R with Mom husband Paul Halopoff died in Anderson, and another cel- Mr. George Hall a i
Like many gardens, the a 1979 plane crash. “It’s very ebrating Marcia Kay’s son Tim John Moran Auctioneers v l y
Arboretum is a place where sad, but you can be joyful and Halopoff, who passed away in La Petite Fleur S
people honor loved ones and thankful for what has been 2015. A bench honors Les Fair- Mt. Lowe Brewing Co. y b
friends with a special tribute of given to us. Like with the Ar- brother, Malissa’s late husband Museum of Neon Art t e New Stone Age Mosaic Studio l a tree, bench or other memo- boretum. That has come to us who passed in 2014. e Pasadena Symphony & POPS d rial. In our Rose Garden, you through my parents. I wonder if The family’s commitment a R
may have noticed that the east we would have taken advan- has deepened over time. “The Perverse Sunglasses ; d
arbor is dedicated to Miriam tage of the Arboretum were it thing I love about the Arbo- Mrs. Emily Rosedale-Kousoulis r a
Albertson and the west arbor is not for my parents.” retum is it’s a learning and & Dr. Nick Kousoulis w o
named for Frederick Albertson. Miriam and Frederick Albert- growing garden,” said Marcia Royal Nomad Jewelry H
Symmetry is something their son, originally from Estherville, Kay. “You are also expanding Singpoli Group n a Skin Care by Marlene Federico y daughter Marcia Kay Radelet Iowa where Marcia Kay and on what you have and adding R
appreciates, being a collector her two sisters were raised, things that are pertinent to our SoulCycle y b
of Victorian pieces, so it was ultimately settled in Arcadia. world. I want the Arboretum to Suerte Tequila r e
only natural to have bookended Miriam enjoyed gardening and carry on with its legacy.” The Butcher’s Daughter k o P
grew beautiful hydrangeas and With friends like the Rade- Mr. Edward Watson
arbors in tribute to her parents. : & Ms. Pamela Warner s The family first honored roses. The couple visited the Ar- lets, the Arboretum will flourish o t
Miriam’s memory in the Rose boretum frequently with their for future generations. Hon. Robert Willett o h
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ARB_Jan-Jun 2018.indd 20 12/12/17 10:08 PM Thank You Huntington Hospital Barbara & Frank Jameson for a Night Jeanie & Terry Kay to Remember Beverly C. Marksbury Like the honorees Susan Judy & Steve McDonald Kranwinkle and Peggy Rahn, Methodist Hospital the October 1 tribute to these Mary Anne & Lary Mielke ladies was all fun and laughter Donivee & Merrill Nash with entertainment by MUSE/ Annette & Julio Ramirez IQUE, French cuisine and more. Sharon & Nelson Rising The event, in support of children’s Gregory Stone & Cindy Vail education, helped us meet a Tetra Tech $75,000 Challenge Grant from DONORS the Confidence Foundation. From left: Susan Kranwinkle, Richard Schulhof, Peggy Rahn Mark Abernathy Children’s Champion Dean & Margo Allen $10,000 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Andersen Mr. & Mrs. Carl L. Herrmann Dr. & Mrs. Charles Seitz Nancy & Michael Harahan Jim Asperger Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hoecker Nancy Smith & Christine Adams Mr. & Mrs. Schuyler Mrs. Karen Snider Houghton Youth Education Advocate Mike & Carole Babcock Hollingsworth & Mr. Jim Houghton $5,000 Mr. & Mrs. Guilford C. Babcock Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hotaling Mrs. Peggy Stewart Anonymous Brett Barnard Dr. & Mrs. Ulf Israelsson Mr. Warren Techentin Mary Blodgett & Carlton Calvin Mr. Robert Barnes Sandra Johnson Catherine Thomas Bill Carrick & Beegie Truesdale & Ms. Deborah Klar Mireya Jones & Larry Jones Gail S. Titus Harvey & Ellen Knell Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William Bedford Mr. Brian Kabateck & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Tosetti Terri & Jerry Kohl Mrs. Martyn Belmont Roxanne Hampton Ms. Danzey Treanor Susan & Doug Kranwinkle Mr. & Mrs. James S. Bennett Mrs. Midori Katsura Resler & Dr. & Mrs. Mario Tse Offsite IT Mr. & Mrs. John F. Benson Mr. Jeff Resler Sally Tyne Mr. Richard Schulhof Carolyn Benson & Grace Edgar Mr. & Mrs. H. Clay “Hap” Kellogg Andrea Van de Kamp & Ms. Sandra Goodenough Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Bent Amy & Jeff Knowles Mr. & Mrs. Scott Ward Tom & Laney Techentin Mrs. Christine C. Benter Ms. Gale Kohl & Mr. Rene Chila Mr. Edward Watson James R. Ukropina Mrs. Jill Berry Mr. & Mrs. Russel I. Kully & Ms. Pamela Warner Bob Willett Mr. & Mrs. Franklin O. Booth III Mr. Bruce Lazenby Ms. Cheryl Wegge Edwina Broderick Sharon Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Martin H. Field Science Sponsor Mr. & Mrs. George Brumder Mr. & Mrs. William Lincoln Weiss, M.D. $2,500 Paulette Burkitt & Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Lindgren Isabel Wells Dana Baldwin William Burkitt Mr. Peter Lynch Karen Weseloh Connie & Walter Ching Mrs. William D. Burrows Ms. Dianne Magee Mr. Jay Whitcraft Elizabeth & Stanislas Debreu Dr. & Mrs. James C. Caillouette Dr. & Mrs. Allen W. Mathies, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ian L. Sue & Jim Femino Ms. Julie Campoy Sandy Matranga White-Thomson Gale Kohl & Rene Chila Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Cathcart Mr. & Mrs. David McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. John P. Williams Mark & Sara Kranwinkle Mrs. Catherine Cheney Mr. & Mrs. William F. McDonald David & Marilyn Wooten Phaedra & Mark Ledbetter & Mr. Barry Jones Ms. Sally J. McKenna Doug & Cara Yokomizo MonteCedro Mr. & Mrs. John L. Cooper Mr. Bob Mendoza Harriet Zachary G. Arnold & Gretl Mulder Margery Countzman Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell J. Milias Natasha Zaharov Jane & Ron Olson Mrs. Gloria Cox Ms. Louisa N. Miller William & Eileen Zimmerman Steven & Anita Peralez Jean Crabtree Ms. Sally H. Miller Jane & David Pine Mitzi Cutler Erin B. Mills IN-KIND SUPPORTERS Peggy Rahn Cole Dalton & Caroline Carter Mrs. Annamarie Mitchell Malika Abbas & Abbas Ghulam Eileen White Read Mr. & Mrs. Tim Delaney Mrs. Carolyn P. Moss Mr. Robert Barnes & Ms. & Charles C. Read Dr. & Mrs. William Dietrick Dr. & Mrs. G. Arnold Mulder Deborah Klar Tanabe, McMahon, Tanimoto & Leelee Clement Doughty Mr. & Mrs. David Murphy Connie & Walter Ching Farmer Group-Merrill Lynch Sarah Dusseault Mr. & Mrs. Peter Murphy Dance Syndicate Entertainment Los Angeles Mrs. Richard Econn Andrea Nagata Elizabeth & Stanislas Debreu Mrs. Betsey Tyler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Ellison, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Novell Adam Delaney & Selena Mrs. Judith Epley Ali O’Brien Donovan Kids Garden Guru Ms. Joan Fauvre Artemis Onuma Susan Delaney $1,000 Ms. Nancy Feldman Mr. & Mrs. Dennis N. Page Mr. Mark Hornish & Mrs. Achieving America Family & Mr. Damon Siples Mrs. Lynda Patton Alexandra Poer Foundation Ms. Patricia Fiedler Ms. Sara Pelton Jerry & Terri Kohl ACME Technologies James & Linda Foss Nick & Lillian Plati Gale Kohl & Rene Chila Coleen & George Ball Peter C. Foy Judith Plunkett Susan & Doug Kranwinkle Ann & Olin Barrett Rose M. Frampton Mrs. Barbara Poer Mr. & Mrs. Mark Ledbetter Bill & Claire Bogaard Haley & Anita Fromholz Mr. & Mrs. Laurence H. Pretty Mt. Lowe Brewing Co. Susan Chandler Jim & Peggy Galbraith Shannon Quinn Dr. & Mrs. G. Arnold Mulder Remy L. Chatain, Jr. Foundation Theodore Gardner Marcia Kay Radelet & Malissa Panda Restaurant Carl & Lynn Cooper Linda Gates Moore Fairbrother Mr. & Mrs. Charles Plowman III Peggy Dark Mrs. George C. Good Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Rahn Peggy Rahn Susan Delaney Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Grant, Jr. Ms. Christy Rakow Annette & Julio Ramirez Dolphin Event Services Diane Grohulski Winnie Reitnouer Renee’s Garden Seeds Cheryl & Dan Foliart Mr. & Mrs. Paul Grossman Mrs. Emily Rosedale-Kousoulis Mr. Richard Schulhof & Ms. Bob & Kathy Gillespie Linda W. Groth & Dr. Nick Kousoulis Sandra Goodenough HKG, LLP Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Hamme Dr. & Mrs. Ken Sabbag Smith Brothers Restaurants Freddi & Dr. Kenneth D. Hill Kristin T. Harrison Garet Sakamoto Mrs. Betsey Tyler Tracy Hirrel Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Hastrup Ms. Eugenie Schlueter Vinotera Wine
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ARB_Jan-Jun 2018.indd 21 12/10/17 10:46 PM THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS Celebrating Arboretum Benefactors The Arboretum Community is made up of many individuals who share a commitment to the vital role a garden plays as a place of learning, inspiration and enjoyment. We are grateful to our Arboretum Benefactors and celebrate their role as the organization’s highest level of supporters. We are also proud to recognize our other special friends, members, foundations and corporations which made contributions between May 16 and October 31, 2017 at the $100 level and above. Thank you to all our donors for your continuing support.
Queen Anne Cottage Mrs. Jane Z. Delahanty Dr. Edward Lax Mr. & Mrs. David Huang Benefactors $25,000+ Bonnie Dexter Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Ken N. Lindgren Mrs. Judy Lee & Mrs. Lin Ho Lee Mr. & Mrs. Carl L. Herrmann Ms. Cathy Gendron Ms. Diane Marcussen Mrs. Betsey Tyler Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Gillespie & Mr. David Kristoff $100+ Ms. Erica Hahn Mr. & Mrs. William F. McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Bissett ENGELMANN OAK Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hirrel Mr. & Mrs. Jim Meagher Mr. & Mrs. Larry Callaham BENEFACTORS $10,000 Gale Kohl & Rene Chila Ms. Joan Michael Ms. Hsiao Chang Megan Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Mann Mr. Gerald W. Miller Ms. Carol E. Cuthbertson & Christen Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Anthony McMahon Erin B. Mills Mr. & Mrs. William S. Davila Jeanie & Terry Kay Dr. & Mrs. G. Arnold Mulder Mr. Robert Muse Sybil A. Davis Susan & Doug Kranwinkle Molly Munger & Ms. Diana Selland Mr. Don Fandry Dr. & Mrs. Charles Seitz & Stephen R. English Mr. Stuart Nowinski Ms. Nadine Felix Mrs. Karen Snider Houghton Ms. Wendy Munger Mrs. Joan Oakes Mr. Domenic Ferrante & Mr. Jim Houghton & Mr. Leonard Gumport Lorraine Ow & Vincent Chan Mr. & Mrs. David Flores Alyce & Warren Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Merrill L. Nash Ms. Janet Rea Ms. & Mrs. Gail Gerbode Mrs. Louise Neiby & Dr. Edward Mittleman Mr. & Mrs. Bob Goodwin BALDWIN CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. Steven Peralez Mrs. Suzanne Rheinstein Mr. Bob Graves BENEFACTORS $5,000 Charles & Eileen Read Lorraine & Ted Richter Mr. Hong Ho & Dr. Jessica Chen Dr. Dana M. Baldwin Susan Rzeppa Redpath Dean & Jean Rosenberger Mrs. Dorothy C. Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. George Ball Mr. & Mrs. David Rogers Leticia Sanchez Dr. & Mrs. Jeremy B. Jones Annette Castro Ramirez Sylvia & Paul Rosenberger Mrs. Terry Seidler Joanne & Donald Kay & Julio Ramirez Dr. Elaine Sarkaria Sandy Snider & Kevin Kane Thomas & Justina Lee Connie & Walter Ching & Ms. Amy Sarkaria Dr. Jonathan Spanier Dr. & Mrs. Allan Y. Lee Diane Grohulski Dr. Janice Sharp Michael & Peggy Stahlheber Ms. Rosie O. Lizcano Harvey & Ellen Knell & Mr. Dane Hoiberg Mrs. Peggy Stewart Mrs. Harriett Lyle Jerry & Terri Kohl Mr. Vincent R. Talbot Mr. Greg Stone & Ms. Cindy Vail Mr. & Mrs. Murray B. Marsh Mr. & Mrs. William Lincoln Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Techentin Ms. Victoria Stratman Mr. & Mrs. David R. Mast Gilbert N. & Terese G. Resendez Dr. & Mrs. James Walters & Mr. Ron Stratman Ms. Maryon Matsuda Hon. Robert Willett Mr. Nathan Watson Mr. Michael Strickling Ms. Kathleen McCauley & Mrs. Ying Qiao Hee Dr. & Mrs. Robert Tager Mr. & Mrs. Charles Miller TALLAC KNOLL Mrs. Maria Way Mr. & Mrs. L. Sherman Telleen Mrs. Gail Montury BENEFACTORS $3,000 Mr. & Mrs. Matt Weaver Ms. Danzey Treanor Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Murphy Mr. Robert Barnes & Ms. Ms. Marie Zimmerman Mr. Jake Trieu Mr. & Mrs. Art Narevsky Deborah Klar & Mr. Jim Mohr & Mrs. Mandy Huang Mrs. Kathryn Novak Mr. & Mrs. Sean Cain Mrs. Christine Wei & Ms. Martha Hoffman Mrs. Elizabeth Debreu TULE POND BENEFACTORS & Mr. Jeff Chen Mrs. Carol O’Toole & Mr. Stanislas Debreu $500 Ian & Barbara White-Thomson Dr. & Mrs. Garrett Paine Leelee Clement Doughty Anonymous Bonnie Youngdahl Mrs. Harriet Plunkett Jim & Sue Femino Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ames Mrs. Doris M. Popoff Mr. & Mrs. Danford Foliart Wayne Andlovec donor list Ms. Jean Prinz Freddi & Dr. Kenneth D. Hill & Donna Campbell $75,000+ Richard W. Shaffer Mrs. Midori Katsura Resler Ms. Suzanne Beatty Confidence Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John Sheehan & Mr. Jeff Resler Mr. & Mrs. James S. Bennett Dr. & Dr. Steven Teutsch Mr. & Mrs. H. Clay “Hap” Kellogg Mr. & Mrs. Craig Bonholtzer $50,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Charles Thornton, Jr. Ms. Diana Leach Janet Braun The Rose Hills Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Troy Mark & Phaedra Ledbetter Mr. & Mrs. George Brumder & Mr. Ken Broder Marcia Kay Radelet Mr. & Mrs. Mark Charvat $25,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Tom Walker & Malissa Fairbrother Mr. & Mrs. Richard Chavira Wells Fargo Foundation Ms. Odile Wann Peggy Rahn Mr. & Mrs. Carl Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Robert Weber Mrs. Emily Rosedale-Kousoulis Ralph & Barbara Crane $10,000+ Mrs. Karen Whitehill & Dr. Nick Kousoulis Sharyn Crown Rockler Companies Incorporated Ms. Patricia Wilmot Mr. Richard Schulhof & Ms. Victoria Crown & Ms. Sandra Goodenough Mr. & Mrs. Bryant C. Danner $2,500+ GARDEN SPONSOR Dr. & Mrs. Mario Tse Mr. & Mrs. Edward de Beixedon Arlene C. Bell members Mr. Edward Watson Dr. John Doyle & Dr. Marie Csete Kellogg Garden Products, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Diaz & Ms. Pamela Warner Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Eisele Pasadena Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Engs III Dr. Lincoln Fairchild Mr. & Mrs. John V. Hallstrom MEADOWBROOK Ms. Marilynn Filbeck $1,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hoecker BENEFACTORS $1,000 Mrs. George C. Good Santa Anita Park Dr. & Mrs. Jeremy B. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Guilford C. Babcock Mrs. Douglas Goodan Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Ms. Susan D. Martynec Mr. & Mrs. Richard Barlow Mr. & Mrs. Frank Griffith Mr. Bob Mendoza Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Bell Mr. Burks Hamner $500+ Mrs. Jean Rowe & Mrs. Debbie Ms. Deborah Beveridge Sally L. Harris Arboretum District of California Bishoff Henry & Betty Botzbach Mr. & Mrs. David Hensley Garden Club, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jamie Stephens Mrs. Hannah G. Bradley Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Holland Mr. Rhett D. Beavers Mr. & Mrs. Ken Twomey Mr. & Mrs. Simon Burrow Mr. & Ms. Curt Jacobsen Mrs. Carole Buss Ed & Susan Johnson $250+ IN-KIND Mrs. Catherine Cheney Mr. & Mrs. Larry Kaiser Ms. Rayma Harrison Ms. Leigh Adams & Mr. Barry Jones Mr. Edward Kleinbard Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Chuck Dr. Joseph Barbaccia Mr. & Mrs. Mel Cohen & Ms. Norma Cirincione The Community Foundation Botanico de Torretes Estacion Peggy Dark Mr. & Mrs. Russel I. Kully of Utah Biologica-Jardin
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ARB_Jan-Jun 2018.indd 22 12/10/17 10:46 PM Jim Brewer Ms. Brittany Fabeck Sara Campos Sylvia & Paul Rosenberger Gift Memberships Rick Cirino Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Craig IN MEMORY OF Share the beauty of the garden and give Peter Del Tredici DR. GORDON R. DYER the gift of an Arboretum membership! Diana Donnellan Bruce Dyer An Arboretum membership makes the perfect gift— Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Flaming Ms. Colleen Kelly friends, family and loved ones will enjoy benefits year- Mr. & Mrs. Michael Geva Keani Goar IN MEMORY OF LOUISE round when they receive your gift of membership. Your Madhu Goodman GELBER INCLUDING gift is even more meaningful because it helps to support Ken Greby MEMORIAL TREE the Arboretum’s educational programs and to maintain Ms. Rayma Harrison Ginger Gelber the beauty of the garden. Arboretum memberships also James E. Henrich Julie McCoy make great client, office and teacher gifts! To order gift Donald R. Hodel memberships, call 626.821.3233 or visit arboretum.org. The Holden Arboretum IN HONOR OF MARTHA Heather & Michael Holden ROSETT INCLUDING Huntington Botanical Gardens TREE DEDICATION Membership Categories Jardi Botanic de Barcelona Liz Thomas Jardim Botanico da Madeira Jardim Botanico de Lisboa IN MEMORY OF DR. DAVID £ NEW £ RENEWAL/ I.D.#______£ GIFT A. GOLDSTEIN INCLUDING Jardin Botanico Canario £ $50 Student/Teacher “Viera y Clavijo” MEMORIAL TREE Jardin Botanico de Castilla-La Goldstein Family (admits 1 adult) Mancha £ $60 Individual Jardin Botanico de La Rioja IN MEMORY OF JASON Jardin Botanico de Olarizu ILHARREGUY INCLUDING (admits 1 adult) MEMORIAL TREE Jardin Botanico-Historico La £ $55 Senior(s) Concepcion de Malaga Cynthia Rodriguez Jardin Botanico Universitario de Ilharreguy Family (admits 2 seniors 62 and older) Sierra Nevada (Granada) Holland Chiropratic £ $85 Family Jungle Jack’s Dave Karp IN MEMORY OF JOHN (admits two adults & children under 18) SKOV KRISTENSEN Mr. & Mrs. Bradford D. King, Jr. £ $175 Garden Sustainer Julie Lannom - Estate of David Disney In Home Creative Lannom (admits 2 adults and children or grandchildren under 18) Dr. Robert Lupinacci - Estate of IN MEMORY OF AL LOPEZ •Admission for two additional guests when Dr. Gordon R. Dyer Mrs. Eleanor Andrews accompanied by member Ms. Darlene Mantecon •Two portrait photograhy fees waived (a $100 value) Nancy Mauth IN MEMORY OF Mr. & Mrs. Emmett McGuire PIQUI INCLUDING £ $325 Garden Sponsor Waltraud Milani MEMORIAL TREE (admits two adults plus two guests and children under 18) Mt. Lowe Brewing Co. Meredith Adams Two one-day guest passes Nuccio’s Nursery Denisse Adue • Mr. & Mrs. Lou Orr Mr. David Choe •Recognition in the Arboretum Members Magazine Ou Rick Te Lori Davis Denny •Complimentary Arboretrum gift Pasqual Mara Estate Ana Estevez For information on Benefactor memberships, Plants for the Southwest/Living Kirstie Field please call 626.821.3237. Stones Nursery Grace Fuller Jim Pontello Bernadette Gillespie PLEASE PRINT Real Jardin Botanico de Madrid Green Brooms Music Academy First Member Name (Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr.): Real Jardin Botanico Juan Ann Ogawa Carlos I, Universidad de Alcala Molly Sakahara ______Mr. Thomas A. Revak Heidi Sampson Mr. & Mrs. Steve Robinson Second Member Name (Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr.): Jeff Shaw IN MEMORY OF JIM POTTER ______Ron & Joan Stolba Mr. & Mrs. Don Eifert Taiwan Forestry Research Address: Institute IN HONOR OF WILLIAM Scott Tracy Griffin H.H. & RUTH REEDER ______Roy Wiersma INCLUDING BENCH DEDICATION City, State and Zip: HONORARIA Reeder Family & MEMORIALS ______IN MEMORY OF ARLEN IN MEMORY OF SWEET PEA W. BELL INCLUDING Patti Teale Telephone: ______MEMORIAL TREE E-mail Address:______Arlene Bell IN MEMORY OF INEKO Diana Kinsella YOKOSHIMA UYENO ______#Check payable to Los Angeles Global Blood Therapeutics Arboretum Foundation (LAAF) IN MEMORY OF JAMES BROWNFIELD IN HONOR OF NORMAN £ Visa £ MasterCard £ Discover £ Amex Ms. Shake Mamigonian WIGGLESWORTH AHS Class of ‘51 IN MEMORY OF Reunion Committee Credit Card#:______TIM CONROW Charles Beichman Please call the Development Office Exp. Date:______/______CVV:______Mr. & Mrs. Richard Benson at 626.821.3237 if we inadvertently Mr. & Mrs. John L. Carlton misspelled or omitted your name. Signature ______
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Get Involved Giving teachers 24/7 Volunteers provide hospitality, information and support staff in all areas of the access to book tours garden. For more information about becoming a volunteer, contact Nancy Carlton at 626.821.3210 or [email protected]. When volunteer Terri Mando became Become A Docent School Docent Co-Chair No experience necessary—just enthusiasm for plants, history and an eagerness to in 2013, the Arboretum learn and share the knowledge. Docents are needed to lead both adult and school was using a manual system tours. As a docent, you will spend time learning about the Arboretum’s collections and local California history. Becoming a docent is a great way to meet new friends of call-in reservations and become an integral part of the garden. and handwritten notes
to manage its monthly Getting Here school tour schedule. The Arboretum is located in the city of Arcadia, just 2 miles east of Pasadena. Exit Today, teachers can off the 210 Freeway on Baldwin Avenue and travel south. Or take the Gold Line access an online system 24/7 to book tours for (metro.net) to Arcadia where you’ll find a shuttle to the Arboretum. If you bike, racks their students thanks to Terri, who utilized her are available at the Arboretum parking lot. Parking is free. Handicapped parking is 20+ years in computer support, automation, available. process improvement, and project management Peacock Cafe to develop a program for the Arboretum. Tuesday-Sunday; 9am-4:30pm Because of her hard work and that of so many The Fresh Gourmet staffs the Peacock Café and offers a varied selection of gourmet other volunteers, a record number of students sandwiches, wraps, salads and special items from the grill. No picnics are allowed on visited the Arboretum during the 2016-2017 the Arboretum grounds, but picnic tables are available outside the main entrance. school year, according to Chris Orosz, School and For large parties and catering, call 626.446.2248. Youth Programs Manager. “It is great working with Terri! She is a prob- hours and admission lem solver at heart and loves a challenge which Open daily 9am-4:30pm (Members enter at 8am) are only two of the many reasons she is so valued here. We have been so privileged to have Terri $9 General Admission; Members Free volunteer with us and we look forward to having $6 Seniors, Full-time students her continue the progress of our mission.” $4 Children 5-12
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