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Fall 2010 – Vol Friends of the JC Raulston Arboretum Newsletter Fall 2010 – Vol. 14, No. 2 Words from the Director News Flash from the Director By Ted Bilderback, Director in the center of the Arboretum. Th e Master Plan team used this time to embellish some of the previous design ideas, and we Th e JCRA fi nally got rid of that look forward to a truly magnifi cent Ellipse project in 2011. interim director, plus they got a full Annual Color Trials time director of development! Th e Th e new Annual Color Trials location is a panorama straight inside scoop is that I have accepted off the color chart. Th e sweeping lazy curve of planting beds the off er to be the director of the forms a rainbow of colors across the landscape. For the fi rst JC Raulston Arboretum, and Anne time, we have a container trials area as well, and each color Porter’s responsibilities are also crop entry is watered independently to changing to make her a full-time assure top performance. director of development for the JCRA. We are excited! Our programs and events held during the spring of 2010 were well attended and very Th ese changes provide us with a successful. Th e Friends of the Arboretum point of reference to reach forward Lectures continued to off er great to our future, try some new things, Japanese Garden speakers for enthusiastic attendees. act on some new ideas, and advance the Mark Weathington’s Plantsmen’s mission and the fi duciary stability of the Tours held the fi rst or second JC Raulston Arboretum. Th e “we” in all of Tuesday of each month provided this involves our dedicated staff , plus our entertainment and lots of plant volunteers’ gifts of time and talents, and the knowledge to an entourage of eager generosity of so many avid gardeners and the learners. Friends of the JC Raulston Arboretum. We estimated that over 2,000 folks Our recent past has been busy! Th e Japanese Garden visited the JCRA during the News renovation and new stone walkways were completed just in & Observer Birdhouse Competition time for a grand opening on May 2 at our Gala in the Garden. held April 10 and 11. In conjunction We were sad that Donald Moreland, Ph.D., passed away just with the Birdhouse Competition, before the renovated Japanese Garden was completed. Before we held our fi rst ever JCRA Plant Sale that raised $14,442 in his passing, Don provided the funds to install the walks in plant sales and brought in 32 new Friends of the Arboretum memory of his beloved wife, Verdie. Th e handcrafted stone memberships. pathways really are beautiful, and form the centerpiece of this tranquil garden. Th e Gala in the Garden was again a very big success for the JCRA. Approximately 600 people attended, not counting Th e new Lath House construction began in August and will be Alice, a white rabbit, and a mad hatter or two. Our total net completed in October. Th e elegant design was created by Frank revenue for the event was more than $80,000—providing Harmon Architects of Raleigh. With the construction of the critical support for the Arboretum’s daily operations, garden Lath House underway, we delayed development of the Ellipse collections, research, and public outreach. Planning and planting for a better world. We also hosted the Landscape Field Day in May and the Color Plant Field Day in June, Ted Bilderback Appointed both well attended by landscape and green as Director of the JC industry professionals. Raulston Arboretum at NC Staff State University Our upcoming schedule includes a new Ted Bilderback, Ph.D. Director lineup of interesting FOA Lectures and Ted Bilderback, Mark Weathington Assistant Director and Plantsmen’s Tours in addition to other Ph.D., has been Curator of Collections Tim Alderton Research Technician exciting programs. Th e International Plant appointed di- Nancy Doubrava Interpretive Specialist Propagator’s Society Southern Region rector of the Christopher Todd Glenn Programs and Education Coordinator meeting is in Raleigh this year, and they JC Raulston Barbara Kennedy Volunteer Coordinator visit the JCRA on October 12 for dinner Arboretum eff ec- Faye Koonce Facilities Coordinator Ida McCullers Housekeeper and a Question Box. tive July 1, 2010. Judy Morgan-Davis Membership Assistant He has served as Anne M. Porter Director of Development It’s sure to be an exciting journey, and we interim director Ann Swallow Plant Records Assistant Valerie Tyson Plant Recorder are glad that you are going with us. since January 1, Board of Advisors 2009. Ted is the fourth director Debbie Hamrick, Chair Helen Kraus, Ph.D. Wisely Watering of the Arboretum since it was estab- Anne Clapp, Vice Chair Ken Kukorowski, Ph.D. Jerry Jackson, Secretary Bryce Lane lished in 1976. Tom Bland, Past Chair Richard Olsen, Ph.D. July 2010 was “Smart Irrigation” Ted Bilderback, Ph.D. Bob Peter month for North Carolina, recog- Ted is a professor in the Department Al Cooke Susan Rollins Dave Duch, Ph.D. Jere Stevens nized by Governor Beverly Perdue of Horticultural Science, where Judy Harmon Bobby Ward, Ph.D. in a proclamation recommended by he began his academic career in David Johnson Ross Williams Cheryl Kearns Mike Worthington the North Carolina Green Industry 1977. He worked closely with J. C. Charlie Kidder Helen Yoest Council. Th e Green Industry’s Smart Raulston in the early years of the Ex-offi cio Members Board Manager Irrigation program is part of the Arboretum’s development and Ted’s Bradley Holland Anne M. Porter Water Wise Works public education students were responsible for plant- Julia Kornegay, Ph.D. campaign partnership with the North ing many of the older specimens in _______________________________________________ Carolina Department of Agriculture the collections and the older holly JC Raulston Arboretum to place smart controllers in public border. NC State University Campus Box 7522 gardens across the state. Raleigh, NC 27695-7522 Ted served as a nursery Extension • 4415 Beryl Road Th e JC Raulston Arboretum has just specialist from 1987 to 2009, work- Raleigh, NC 27606-1457 received a 30-station smart control- ing in close collaboration with the ler valued at $4,000 to be installed in nursery industry. He continues to (919) 515-3132 • fax (919) 515-5361 the Annual Color Trials. Th is is the serve as an educational adviser to www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum second smart controller provided to the North Carolina Nursery and Arboretum Open Daily the JCRA as part of the public edu- Landscape Association. His research April-October – 8:00 AM–8:00 PM cation campaign. led to the development of cost-eff ec- November-March – 8:00 AM–5:00 PM tive and environmentally-conscious Bobby G. Wilder Visitor Center Smart controllers determine plant cultural practices for growing nurs- Monday-Friday – 8:00 AM–5:00 PM water requirements based upon ery stock, with emphasis on contain- Saturday* – 10:00 AM–2:00 PM Sunday* – 1:00 PM–4:00 PM plant types, soil types, and soil infi l- er substrates, irrigation practices, *Weekend hours are based on volunteer availability tration, plus fi ve environmental fac- and plant and substrate nutrient lev- Christopher Todd Glenn, Editor tors, including: precipitation, solar els. His research investigations have [email protected] radiation, temperature, humidity, included 24 graduate students and Photographs by Jeanne Andrus, Tim Alderton, and wind velocity. Today’s weather resulted in 57 scientifi c papers and Linda Bilderback, Nancy Doubrava, determines tomorrow’s irrigation a total of 541 published articles. His Christopher Todd Glenn, Cindy Heinlein, Annie Hibbs, needs. Th ey save water by applying Extension programs introduced new Barbara Kennedy, Becky Kirkland, and Mark Weathingtong it only when it’s needed. Smart con- technologies to the nursery industry trollers are “Water Wise” and they through county horticulture agents ©S© SSeptemberepepttembmmbberer 2012020100J0 JJCCCR RRaulstonaululstostonAn AArboretumrbobbooretreettumum “Work” by using environmental con- via distance education courses and ditions and plant water needs rather to the nursery industry through than an arbitrary clock setting. many workshops and popular nurs- ery publications. Th e JCRA extends a big thanks to the North Carolina Green Industry Ted is married to Linda Bilderback Council for making this possible. and they have two adult sons. 2 Horticulture Plants in the Newly Renovated Japanese Garden By Mark Weathington, Assistant Director side of the country. Based on the amount creeping Rhododendron ‘Fuzzy’ may be and Curator of Collections of variegation, we’re guessing this is a slow the choice for you. Th is Polly Hill hybrid grower. between R. nakaharae and R. oldhamii Th e May grand opening of the fully reno- grows to less than 1’ tall, but spreads to 4’. vated Japanese Garden, which was funded One of the more unusual types of var- Every leaf and stem is covered with dense by the late Donald Moreland, Ph.D., in iegation, much loved by the Japanese hairs and the late fl owers open orange-red memory of his wife, Verdie, was greeted and less well known here, is often called with a deep red blotch. with excitement by staff , members, and ghost variegation or viridescence. Plants garden visitors alike. While retaining showing this characteristic emerge white As Don Moreland often said, the Japanese much of the feel of the original design, and become green over the course of the Garden should be a place of serenity many new features were added to cre- summer. Th e new Pittosporum tobira where the plants can stand out as part of ate an entirely new garden. Th e long ‘Mountain of Snow’ is a wonderful ever- a harmonious whole.
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