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The Peony Garden Turns 90! The Peony Garden Turns 90! friends newsletter • spring-summer 2012 Inside: Great Lakes Garden, Gifted • A Farm Grows at Matthaei • Student Prizes • and more caring for nature, enriching life 1800 N. Dixboro Rd. U-M Regents Ann Arbor MI 48105 Julia Donovan Darlow, Ann Arbor Laurence B. Deitch, Bingham Farms Robert E. Grese, Director Denise Ilitch, Bingham Farms Olivia P. Maynard, Goodrich Karen Sikkenga, Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor Associate Director Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park S. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe Farms friends newsletter Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor Joseph Mooney, Editor Mary Sue Coleman, ex officio [email protected] For information: 734.647.7600 mbgna.umich.edu Printed on 100% recycled fiber, with 50% post-consumer content. Processed chlorine free, using non-oil-based inks. Matthaei-Nichols updates news, views, information & more Gift Boosts Great Lakes Garden Bonsai Garden Update A major gift of $800,000 will primarily fund con- Construction of the new bonsai display garden struction of the Great Lakes Garden at Matthaei. continues. Grading for the site was completed in The gift is the largest since the Matthaei family April and will be followed by the fencing, gravel, donated over 200 acres to the University in 1957 plumbing, and wiring. The benches, beautifully for the creation of Matthaei Botanical Gardens. constructed by volunteer Bill Sloan, are ready. Construction will begin in late summer or early The vagaries of construction and weather make fall 2012. For more information, see p. 7. it difficult for us to predict exact times but if all goes well, installation and placement of the plants Nine Decades of Peonies is scheduled for later this summer or fall. Pending This season marks the 90th anniversary of the a few crossed fingers, the bonsai garden structure Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden. In addition may be ready by end of year. The new garden to its famed blooms, the garden is also benefiting will allow us to display much more of our bonsai from the Peony Initiative, a multi-year restoration collection than currently possible. Stay tuned for project. Tree peonies are being planted, as are heir- more updates. loom annuals for visual interest after the garden finishes blooming. Don’t miss the largest collection Connecting People & of heirloom peonies in North America! Peak bloom Nature with Restoration late May through mid-June, weather depending. Call Matthaei-Nichols is co-sponsoring with the or visit our peony Facebook page for updates (search School of Natural Reources & Environment, for “The Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum”). Grand Valley State, and others the fourth annual Students Garner Prizes, Fellowships meeting of the Midwest-Great Lakes Society for Ecological Restoration, May 4–6 at Matthaei. Annual prizes and awards recognize creative work and Conference includes a keynote address on the scholarship related to the Matthaei-Nichols mission. Great Lakes by Helen Taylor of the Nature Con- The Nanette R. LaCross and William D. Drake prizes servancy, four workshops, over 50 contributed honor work by students in the School of Natural presentations, off-site field trip, and much more. Resources & Environment (SNRE) or Program in Visit the Midwest-Great Lakes SER chapter home the Environment (PitE) who link their studies with page for registration information: ser.org/mwgl. us. The Winifred B. Chase Fellowship helps students in systematic botany research, plant geography, and other phases of botany requiring field study. This year’s Save the Dates winners, who take home a total of $13,000 in prizes: May 12–13, 10 am–4:30 pm, Matthaei Chase Prize: Daniel Katz (SNRE); Tess Nugent, Earth Mother’s Day Weekend Fundraiser & Sale & Environmental Sciences (EES); Na Wei, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Drake Prize: Laurent Beriont Hanging baskets and containers. (EES/PitE); Ayehlet Cooper (SNRE); Helen Graham PICTURED, TOP TO BOTTOM: May 19–20, 10 am–4:30 pm, Matthaei (SNRE); Daniel Katz (SNRE); Lindsey MacDonald Heirloom & Water-Wise Fundraiser & Sale A wide-angle view of the Peony Garden in (SNRE); Diana Portner (SNRE). LaCross Prize: Erin Water-resilient perennials for shade and bloom. The Garden celebrates its 90th Dreps (SNRE); Allyson Green (SNRE); Jen Horton sun, plus herbs and vegetables grown and anniversary this year. (Urban Planning) The Presidential Management Fel- sold by Cultivating Community. Hanging baskets at the ready for the Mother’s low winner is Ben Johnson (SNRE). The PMF is a paid leadership development program at the entry level Day Weekend Sale & Fundraiser at Matthaei. May 19, 10 am-4:30 pm, Matthaei for advanced degree candidates. An eastern massasauga rattlesnake makes (Note location and date change) its way across a section of pavement at the Eastern Massasauga Workshop Peonies Galore Fundraiser & Sale Botanical Gardens. Antique and heirloom peonies for sale. Join us for a free workshop highlighting the eastern massasauga rattlesnake. For this program, Yu Man Lee, Mid-May-early June, Nichols Arboretum a conservation scientist with Michigan Natural Fea- Nichols Arboretum Peony Festival tures Inventory, and Matthaei-Nichols’ staff member The Peony Garden is early this year! Call Steven Parrish discuss the massasauga, its biology and ahead or visit our website for festival ecology, detection and survey methods, and its habitat- and bloom updates. management challenges. Steven will describe the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-funded project Thurs.–Sun., June 7–24, Nichols Arboretum currently underway at the Gardens to restore massasau- Shakespeare in the Arb ga habitat. Discussion is followed by a field trip of the The Merry Wives of Windsor Gardens’ property to view massasauga survey methods Early, day-of-performance ticket sales (condition dependent) as well as management practices and discounts for members. used to restore massasauga habitat. See p. 4 for details. campus, “giving them opportunities to further Matthaei-Nichols updates news, views, information & more connect, learn, and explore while on site at the Farm Grows on Campus Gardens,” Dengate adds. The student farm points to important socio-political A issues, too. If one definition of sustainable food and farming is “food that is produced, distributed, and processed in a way that supports environmental longevity and health, and social equity,” according to the master’s team, then business as usual—profli- gate use of pesticides, large-scale monoculture, and other detrimental food-growing practices—won’t insure we are stewarding the world for future gen- erations. A campus farm, the student master’s team leaders say, provides an avenue for exploring and educating about alternatives. 3 Having a Farm, and Getting There, Too An issue of growing importance is transpor- tation to Matthaei Botanical Gardens. No The campus farm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens: for U-M students, a gathering public transportation exists, and options are place and learning center for sustainability and best practices in growing food limited to car, bicycle, or walking. Since the Gardens is some miles from campus and here does our food come from, how is it last year the Campus Sustainability Integrated narrow, winding Dixboro Road lacks a bike Wgrown, and why does that matter? Many Assessment (CSIA). The Sustainability Execu- path, few opt for the two-wheeled approach of us are asking similar questions today about tive Council chaired by President Mary Sue and almost no one for the two-footed. the food we eat. Coleman endorsed the study and recommend- ed that the University create a campus farm. Students are willing to be creative, however: Soon, University of Michigan students will car-pooling or hopping on a bus that brings find their own answers as they create and grow Commenting on sustainability after the release classes to Matthaei are two possibilities a campus farm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, of the CSIA, President Coleman pointed out under discussion, though a bus may make first with a small pilot garden this summer, that the University’s role in addressing these the most sense from volume and environ- followed by a formal groundbreaking in 2013. issues is to lay the groundwork for “the next mental perspectives. Discussions with the generation of scientists, leaders, and engaged As much laboratory as classroom, the farm Ann Arbor Transportation Authority are also citizens.” will connect students with nature in ways ongoing but as of this writing there are no they might never have experienced before. Along with undergrads, graduate students in definite plans to create an AATA route on Such hands-on experience, Matthaei-Nichols the School of Natural Resources and Environ- Dixboro or divert other lines. Director Bob Grese believes, provides invalu- ment will be working with Grese, Matthaei- Nevertheless, there is avid interest among able lessons in small-scale food production for Nichols staff, and U-M faculty members to students who responded to a survey about students who—even if they don’t go on to be make the farm a reality. transportation to Matthaei Botanical Gar- farmers—“will play a role in food production Planning for a sustainable food program and dens. In the survey, conducted earlier this and delivery systems as policy makers, plan- campus farm implementation will serve as the year, 47% and 25% of students, respec- ners, health professionals, social workers, student group’s capstone master’s project. The tively, were somewhat or very interested in and ecologists,” he says. farm would be part of a University-wide effort visiting the Gardens, while 77% of respon- Strong Student and to increase students’ knowledge of critical food dents who had visited the Gardens said that topics so they can make informed food choices they had used a car. Nearly three-quarters University Support for themselves and help educate others. were somewhat or very comfortable with Whatever their academic stripe, U-M students using a bus to get around, and 75% were certainly champion the farm idea.
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