The Monthly Magazine of the Vallarta Botanical Garden April 2017 The Leaflet The Monthly Magazine of the Vallarta Botanical Garden Puerto Vallarta, , April 2017 Vol. 7, No. 4

Publisher & Senior Editor: Neil Gerlowski Co-Editor: Bob Price Contributing Authors: Michaela Flores, Marcos Gómez, Greg R. Homel, Claudia Méndez Translator: Alejandra Carmona Style Editor (English): Dee Daneri Designer: Alejandra Carmona

Contents

3 1 Curator’s Corner 3 Art Inspiring Conservation from Africa to Mexico 4 Enjoying Birds and New Friends During the Vallarta Bird Festival 2017 6 Mexican Bird of the Month 7 Mexican Orchid of the Month 9 Celebrate Earth Day at the Vallarta Botanical Garden 10 Celebrating 150 Years of Canada through Flowers 6 12 Garden Giving 15 Education and Volunteer Report

Features

16 Vallarta Botanical Garden’s Calendar 17 From the Membership Desk 22 Donation Information

Cover: Parodia magnifica Photo: Mansur Kiadeh

www.vbgardens.org Michel Gauthier, Executive Director, Canadian Garden Council, Price,Bob Founder andCurator, VBG Warmest regards, investments intheGarden through membershipsanddonations are investments ingenerating tourism in ourregion. to inspireever-increasing serves ourtourists to theregion impact conservation andthoseofuswholive here. Your more effort. TheGarden Botanical inspires through beauty constantly enhancing ourvisitorVallarta experience.Our naturalthe naturalandrich treasures beauty ofourregion is, inmy opinion,where we needto concentrate much safest andmostsecure places intheworld andwhilewe candomuchbetter to keepourtown clean,maintaining security, destination cleanliness, and natural beauty. We in Puerto Vallarta have the great to live fortune in one of the reconfirmed tourist pillarsofmaintaining avenue:safety/ my long-held beliefinthethreeworld-class mostimportant GardenI justhadtherecent American to attend goodfortune the2017North Tourism Conference andmy timethere never betakenfor granted andrequires constant reinvestment to encourage future successes. also anexcellent timeto remind owners andmanagersofourregion’s that tourist traffic can businessesandproperties indications of our region.suggesting that this may be the busiest season in the history That’s excellent news, and this is We wholive andwork inPuerto Vallarta have beenblessedwithanincredible 2016/2017winter season;preliminary the largest inthetourism market.” sectors thangotocombined,America Disneyland andDisneyworld andmore thanvisitLas Vegas annually, itoneof making international tourists. According to Richard W.Garden Benfield, authorof (2012),Tourism “More peoplevisitgardens in great garden venues indetermining are thevacation factors destination driving decisionsofabout athird oftheworld’s For thoseofyou whoare notalready tunedinto anemerging economic force, Garden Tourism and isaboomingmarket FriendsDear oftheGarden, Curator’s Corner Addressing leaders of tourism and public horticulture Photo: Bob Price April 2017 | April 1 ), Dzanga Bai, Bayanga Region, Central African Republic African Central Region, cyclotis Bai, Bayanga ), Dzanga ( Loxodonta Elephants Forest Stern Andrew Photo:

2 | The Leaflet Art Inspiring Conservation from Africa to Mexico By Neil Gerlowski, Executive Director, VBG

Last month we received a very special guest, Todd McGrain, who participated in the Vallarta Bird Festival hosted by the Vallarta Botanical Garden and the University of Guadalajara. Todd introduced screenings of his 2012 film, The Lost Bird Project, to festival participants at both the University and the Garden. The Lost Bird Project is a documentary about his work creating and installing larger-than-life bronze sculptures memorializing birds of North America that have been driven to extinction by human causes. This work has earned him the Audubon Award for Art Inspiring Conservation.

During his time with us, Todd was inspired by Festival participants, the Puerto Vallarta community, and the grounds of the Vallarta Botanical Garden where people from throughout the world come together to interact with a rich, intact, yet imperiled Mexican forest ecosystem. He now hopes to begin a memorial sculpture to the Imperial Woodpecker, an extinct Mexican endemic, which until its recent demise was the largest living woodpecker in the world.

This work would be a return for Todd to the world of sculpting and a return to North America for that matter. Todd has spent much of the past four years in the Central African Republic producing a film about the plight of the African Forest Elephant, the smallest, least understood, and most threatened of the three extant elephants species. Its current crisis is critical as a rapidly expanding web of logging roads increasingly gives poachers easy access to the elephants, whose ivory provides temporary tickets to relative riches in this war-torn and impoverished section of the world. Todd’s new film, Rue des Elephants, is due for release this fall, and it is our sincere hope that the awareness it raises can help the dedicated protectors of this species to curb the unsustainable mass slaughter it is currently suffering.

In our own corner of the planet, we have much to lose as well if we don’t figure out a way to live more sustainably. The forests around Puerto Vallarta and the animals that depend on them are increasingly affected by habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation. The Imperial Woodpecker may be gone forever, but its memory can help inspire our community to save species on the brink of extinction in the wild, like the Yellow-headed Parrot (practically gone from the Vallarta region since about the 1980’s, except for an occasional sighting) and others of concern like the Military Macaw. The illegal pet trade fuels demand for this macaw and thus its continued poaching as witnessed by the dwindling numbers in our skies. But there is still plenty of hope as long as local citizens are committed to positive change. Art can help encourage this kind of change! Todd McGrain and crew at work in Africa work at McGrain and crew Todd Stern Andrew Photo:

April 2017 | 3 4 By Claudia Méndez, Biologist, Military Macaw Conservation Program, CEMBAB A.C. FriendsEnjoying Festival Vallarta New 2017 and Bird the Birds During to honor the extinct imperial woodpecker imperial that once to honor theextinct a group, we discussedhow appropriate itwould be if hewould create andinstalloneofhisworks here. As and itwould beagreat honorfor usinPuerto Vallarta Isensedadeepinspiration viewinghisdocumentary In someone passionate and transparent with much to give. special guest Todd Personally McGrain. Ifound in Todd who Iwas withthis weekend ableto connect was our side visitto theRancho. ElSantuario The firstpersonality Sunday at the Vallarta Garden andanamazing Botanical Guadalajara), Iwas ableto attend bothSaturday and by theCentro Universitario delaCosta (University of Although Imissedthefirstday ofthe Festival hosted poaching andlossofnatural nestsites. nests to help theirpopulations rebound from years of throughare theintroduction now ofartificial supported Novoa. The Macaws that naturally occur intheirsanctuary ”,Santuario by aproject Francisco andJorge EspinoIbarra through our growing relationship with the “Rancho El with thework for ofcaring Macaws inthewild, especially in Puerto Vallarta hasbeenincreasingly interconnected Macaw rescue, care,work withMilitary andrehabilitation invitation inthe to participate Vallarta Bird Festival. My back sooner, my most recent return was prompted by an year ago, and although I have no excuse for not coming firstvisit to theMy Garden Botanical was abouta Vallarta | TheLeaflet

Rosita and Giancarlo getting to know each other Photo: Fernando Velez participants whomade thispossible. participants and Ithankthe Vallarta Garden andallofthe Botanical I hadamostpleasant experience thisentire weekend as we spokewithFestival attendees aboutconservation. in presenting Macaws, Paco apair of Military andRosita, Fernando Velez andGiancarlo Velmarch accompanied me oftheenjoyment. friends My with oldonesisabigpart and reconnecting and meeting new friends social activity (Passerina ciris).Butfor many ofus, birding isalsoavery birds Isaw thatwere morning apairofpainted buntings incredible timefor bird observation. The mostspectacular Sunday at morning theGarden was anespecially species. extraordinary they canhave aphysical reference to contemplate this see thisdramatic woodpecker flyingthrough thepines current andfuture generations. Although theywillnever forests would resuscitate of thisiconic bird inthememory sculpture in a popular botanical garden bordering pine graced ourregion’s pineforests. The presence ofsucha

Playa cabana Photo: Giancarlo Velmarch Tityra semifasciata Claudia Mendez visits the VBG with Paco and Rosita Photo: Giancarlo Velmarch Photo: Fernando Velez April 2017 | April 5 Mexican Bird of the Month Xiphorhynchus flavigaster Article and photo by Greg R. Homel www.birdinginpuertovallarta.com/[email protected]

So, with all the hype over the years… you’ve probably Though they are cavity nesters, they do not usually heard of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Right? However, construct their own nesting chamber; rather, they may have you ever heard of the Ivory-billed Woodcreeper? modify a naturally occurring tree hollow, or previously- That’s what I thought…. constructed former woodpecker nesting cavity, where they lay two to three eggs cushioned only by bark flakes. Well, even if they haven’t heard of you, either… you can bet your bottom dollar (or Peso, as it were), one of them The Vallarta Botanical Garden hosts one species of has at the very least heard you, unnoticed, as you walked woodcreeper, though another, the more svelte White- right under it! These cryptic wonders blend perfectly striped Woodcreeper, is found nearby and a little higher in and pleasingly with the myriad patterns of tree bark altitude, within pine-oak encinal habitat surrounding the in Vallarta’s surrounding thorn and tropical broadleaf small mountain hamlet of La Provincia. Why not test your forests, within which, they adeptly hitch their way up visual acuity and see if you can find one of these cryptic, vertical trunks—alive or dead—then fly to the base of the tree-dwelling will-o’-the-wisps with your own eyes! I bet next tree to repeat the process; all the while foraging for you’ll be impressed! their favored insect and arachnid prey.

Quintessentially adapted for an arboreal life, the aptly- named Ivory-billed Woodcreeper has a narrow, fusiform profile, the better to blend within a sometimes dangerous world of vertical trunks, where at any moment a raptor or other predator may threaten. A powerful, ivory-colored bill is their go-to tool for probing under bark flakes or to invade any wooden fissure, with the goal of extricating hidden though delectable morsels ranging from moths to spiders; even scorpions. Strong feet with three toes forward and one aft, give these specialized birds Velcro- like clinging ability, to boot.

Perhaps their most noticeable morphological uniqueness are their hardened, downwardly-pointed distal tail feather barbs that give them incredible, “spring-like” vertical support that would be the envy of any telephone lineman! In essence, every time they stop to rest, feed or survey their environment, they are always sitting pretty! When seen by visitors from the temperate zone, it’s usually after giving away their hitherto hidden station by uttering a loud, whistled, somehow pleasing downward staccato vocalization. Immediately, viewers are struck by how much this Neotropical denizen recalls a much larger version of North America’s Brown Creeper or Eurasia’s Tree Creeper, though they are completely unrelated. In fact, woodcreepers form their own Neotropical family—the Dendrocolapidae—with 13 species occurring in Mexico and many more as one travels south into Central and South America. 6 | The Leaflet Mexican Orchid of the Month Meiracyllium gemma Rchb F. Article and photo by Marcos Gómez, Propagation Coordinator, VBG

Many of the world’s orchids have barely been studied as is the case of the Meiracyllium. With only two scientifically described species from deep in the jungles of and , these pink little beauties are practically begging for additional scientific research.

Although Meiracyllium trinasutum is commonly encountered in amateur orchid collections, neither this species nor its seldom seen cousin, Meiracyllium gemma, have much data available regarding their ecology or conservation status. So it’s interesting to imagine the botanical secrets locked within these two-centimeter long flowers, which we are proud to present as part of the VBG’s native Mexican orchid collection, in bloom now in the Vallarta Conservatory of Orchids and Native .

We hope that Meiracyllium gemma inspires your curiosity as it has captivated ours!

References: • Dressler, R. L. (1960). The relationships of meiracyllium (). Brittonia, 12(3), 222-225. • Nagel, O. (2016). Notas relativas a la distribución de orquídeas mexicanas. Botanical Sciences, (11), 17-22. April 2017 | 7 8

| TheLeaflet There isno “Planet B.”

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Earth from space Photo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/1_Earth_%28blank_2%29.png 22 April 23 April Paco and Rosita Date Photo: Bob Price 11:00 am 2:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 1:00 pm 8:00 am 8:00 am Time Initiatives Presentation ofConservation Garden Tour Birding intheForest Screening of Lost Bird Project” “The Initiatives Presentation ofConservation Garden Tour an artificial nest Macawsfor the an artificial demonstration oftheinstallation of andaspecial Macaw Observation Field Tripto Agenda Day for 2017 theEarth Weekend at the VBG Rancho for ElSantuario Activity Hall ofFlowers Ballroom intheHallofFlowersMeet at 1pm ofOrchids Vallarta Conservatory lotat 8am inparking Meet applies for thisfieldtrip. Note: cost anextra of$200pesosperperson Hall ofFlowers Ballroom intheHall ofFlowersMeet at 1pm Meet in Meet lotat 8am VBG parking Location Daycelebration! Weekend person for ourspecial Earth We hopeyou canjoinusin forof activities you to enjoy. through aweekend further We’re thisonestep taking celebration 22. onApril the official international noise aboutthisduring to makesomeextra hurt Nonetheless, itdoesn’t diversity.its floristic our planet, especially the natural wonders of Garden where we celebrate at the Vallarta Botanical Every Garden Vallarta Botanical Weekend at the Celebrate Day Earth day is Earth Day day isEarth April 2017 | April 9 10 that communities whoinvest anditsrelated inpublichorticulture promotion standto reap rewards. enormous festival. ofamillionvisitorsattendance theten-day during ataquarter nearly ofattendanceThis isproof-positive kind interpretations of diffuse with varying Canada’s and culture. history The hard paidoffwith clearly work record-breaking theme was “Oh! Canada” andthediversedisplays array throughout ofhorticultural theirvast indoorexhibit spaces were to makeitoutto the wildlypopularCanada Blooms—Canada’s Largest Garden andFlower Festival. This year their myDuring travels to Toronto Garden American thispastmonth for the2017North Tourism Conference Iwas alsoable celebrations, andfestivities have already begunthroughout theirprovinces andterritories. Sesquincentennial (150years) oftheirConfederation. more thanjustaday Butsomethingthismonumental deserves of coming July2nd, whenwe inMexico celebrate NationalGardens Day, Botanical ourCanadian amigoswillcelebrate the It’s nosecret that we at the Vallarta Garden are Botanical incredibly fond ofourmany amigosfrom Canada. This Article and photo by Bob Price, Founder and Curator, VBG Celebrating 150 Years of Canada through Flowers | TheLeaflet

Maple Flower Bed How to say 150 in flowers April 2017 | April 11 Give Every Month – Become a Garden “GEM”

Dividing your contributions to the Vallarta Botanical Garden into monthly payments can help you better budget your annual giving and allows us a dependable monthly income to carry the Garden through the slower times of the year. A new Give Every Month “GEM” page is now up on the Garden’s website www.vbgardens.org for you to begin this kind of contribution today.

Commemorative Cantera Benches

Would you like to honor or memorialize someone with a permanent cantera bench at the Vallarta Botanical Garden? Benches are finished with beautiful hand-painted ceramic tiles. We can help you create a custom design with text and images of your choice. Prices are at $7,000 USD for a Banca Real (Regal Bench) and $5,000 USD for a Banca Distintiva (Distinctive Bench). Dividing this up into payments over the course of three years is a commitment of only $194 or $139 USD per month. These gifts qualify for tax-deductible contributions in Mexico, the US, and Canada. Interested? Great! Please visit our website or call 322 223 6182 and ask to speak to the Garden’s Membership Coordinator, Michaela Flores.

Your Legacy Lives on at the VBG

Including the Vallarta Botanical Garden in your wills, trusts, and estate planning is an investment in the long-term viability of this important natural sanctuary for Puerto Vallarta and the exquisite flora of Mexico and world tropics. A member of the Garden’s Legacy Committee would be happy to talk to you about the best options for optimizing your philanthropic potential and further blessing a community. Please write to [email protected]. Antirrhinum majus Bob Price Photo: 12 | The Leaflet Flower Fascination at: [email protected] Contact Cheryl out soon! the Garden inyour homeeveryday pleasereach youIf would liketo enjoy your specialpiece of and vision. theGarden’spaintings to helpfurther mission proceeds for upto 15personalized custom floral GardenI would community offer 50% of the to aneffort giveIn back to the Botanical Vallarta and ourvisitors. for allofusinPuerto special sanctuary Vallarta the supporting Vallarta Garden asa Botanical I amapassionate of believer intheimportance the Vallarta Garden at Botanical thesametime? flower andmakeameaningful contribution to What ifyou could have apainting ofyour favorite inyourconnection home? How would you liketo experience your visit the Vallarta Garden? Botanical you feel connected to whenyou Do you have flower aspecial that Photo: Paul Desmond April 2017 | April 13 14 | TheLeaflet

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Education and Volunteer Report By Marcos Gómez, Propagation Coordinator, VBG

On March 15 we received a group of 46 students and teachers from the genetics class of the J. J. Fernandez de Lizardi High School in Puerto Vallarta. Newly recruited VBG staff member, Edith Pamela Cázares, helped me tour the students around the Garden and give them a special presentation of the VBG’s In Vitro Laboratory which we use for propagating orchids, ferns, and potentially many other kinds of plants. From a genetics perspective, these are very fertile grounds for experiments!

Sarhai Rivas, the teacher who coordinated their visit, and her students were pleased beyond their expectations to learn about hybridization, epigenetics, and the role of botanical gardens in genetic biodiversity conservation. This was my first opportunity to share freshly acquired knowledge from my recent participation in a conservation themed workshop at the Centro Nacional de Recursos Geneticos (National Center of Genetic Resources) in Tepatitlán de Morelos in Los Altos de Jalisco. Teaching something is the best way to expand one’s knowledge and doing so with such an attentive and appreciative audience was a great experience for me as an educator and plantsman.

April 2017 | 15 16 Daily Guided TourGuided Daily Early “Bird” Opening 6days/wkOpen 7days/wkOpen Garden Hours 22-23 | TheLeaflet 30 16 9 2 3 DATE Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr techniques Vanilla at BlossomExpo the VBG –1pmdemonstration ofhandpollination Earth Day Weekend Earth Easter (Garden remains openfor allofHoly Week except Monday, 10th) April Palm Sunday Palm Walk –1pm Garden closedMondays from April until December THE GARDENISCLOSED ONMONDAYS FROM APRILUNTILDECEMBER EVENT [email protected] for more information. Garden Volunteer andStaff Appreciation Day –Please Flores write to Michaela * Some activities subject to change. subject activities * Some The mostcurrent calendar, withlinksto often further event information,further canbeviewed at www.vbgardens.org/calendar.

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BENEFACTORS ALAN & PATRICIA BICKELL RUBEN COTA & MICHAEL SCHULTZ DEE DANERI RICHARD DITTON PAM GRISSOM RALPH OSBORNE BETTY PRICE

ROBERT PRICE CHERYL L. WHEELER

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EMILIANO SANCHEZ MARTINEZ BETH TESLER JAY POWELL & VICKIE JENSEN PAULA SAVAGE TIM THIBAULT & K.E. OLSHEWSKY WILLIAM PROCTOR & KATALINA MONTERO BEVERLY SCHOFIELD NEIL & MARY THOMASSEN JOSEPH PORTNOY NIEL SECHAN & MATTHEW MESSNER TIK & JON THURSTON MARK & CARIE PRYOR RONALD SEDGWICK & LINDA WILD FABIOLA TORRES GARCIA DANIEL RAMIREZ DIAZ SANDY & CHRISTINE SETH JOSE TORRES ED REED & LEN PACITTI CAM & DEB SHAPANSKY PABLO & DIKI VOIGT DAVE & ELLIE QUISLING JENNIFER SIKOV THOMAS & PATRICIA WAGNOR ANA LIGIA QUINTERO AGUILAR DAVID & CECILIA SIMPSON THOMAS WARMERDAM & LORENA DÁVILA PETER REX PHIL SIMS & FABIAN LEYVA ABBY WARNER & GREG CZECH JESÚS ALBERTO REYES GARCÍA ERIC SLEIGH & CHRISTOPHER WISEMAN NANCY WARNER RICKI RICARDO DAVID SOKOLOWSKI & THOMAS HARVEY JOHN & BARBARA WARREN ROBBIN RICHARDSON & ARLENE PREVIN DAVID & MARGARET SOLOMON JOHN WAUCHOPE & VIRGINIA CARLSON MICHAEL RICHKER JIM STAGI & FELIX BANUELLOS BILL WEIL & ALINES HAPIRO KEN & KATHY RIESER GREG STANTON & GABRIELA HIDAIGO DAVID & SUSAN WELLWOOOD STEVE & MARYANN ROBALINO BETTY STORK ROBERT & MARYANNE WEZENBECK JESSE ROSE ROBERT CHARLES & MARIANNE STROZEWSKI JOHN & CHERYL WHEELER DOUG ROBINSON & MICHAEL ELASSER CLIFF & ROSEMARY STUEHMER GREG WHITE & PEGGY REMSEN JOAQUIN ROMERO DONALD & MARIE SULLIVAN JUSTIN WILLIAMS LICIA ROSSETTI & JOHN LUND KENT & SUSAN SWANSON THOMAS & NOEL WILSON AL & CATHERINE ROUYER DAVID SZYSZKA & GIOVANY MARCELENO JON WORTHINGTON & BRYAN HOULETTE KEN & THERESA ROWLEY DAVID TARRANT RODOLFO ZAGARENA

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ANA AGUILAR MANSUR KIADEH JUDITH ROTH IMRE ALMASSY MARLEN ANN KNAFELC MARY ANN ROTH CARMEN BERKOWITZ KITTY LEONARD ANN SAVIO CLAUDIA BROWN VELORA LILLY CHRISTIE SEELEY MARCIA BUTTEL LEONOR LOPEZ PATRICIA SLOWEY MARCIE CAVANAGH DEAN MCINTYRE SHIRLEY SMITH SANDRA CESCA HELENA MUSIELAK MICHAEL SNYDER FABRIZIO CETTO PADILLA ANN NEFF JOE STROUD DENISE DERAMEÉ PAT NICHOLS WILLIAM THEILEMAN MARTIN DYER THOERRIN OLDENBOURG SHERRY TOFFIN BONNIE ECCLES KATHLEEN PHELPS PAULINA VALÉS TORT LUZ MARIA GONZALES VILLAREAL DON PITMAN CATHY VON ROHR FREDEKE GOODYEAR FREG PRUDAT BARBARA WASHINGTON CURT HAHN LARRY READ LISA WILSON MCCLEERY BARRY HAYHURST LUIS REYES BRAMBILA ALICE WINBORNE HAL HOULDING DAVID ROSE DONNA WYMANN BIFANI KENNA

If your name is missing or you find an error, please alert the Membership Coordinator, Michaela Flores: [email protected] Thank you. (S) = student (I) = individual = deceased

We Also Thank the Following Foundations for Their Recent Support: BROOKLYN BIRD CLUB CHARLES H. STOUT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CLUB MELINDA MCMULLEN CHARITABLE TRUST STANLEY SMITH HORTICULTURAL TRUST April 2017 | 21 Your Donations to the Vallarta Botanical Garden are Greatly Appreciated

México - Tax-deduction receipts are avaiable for donations to the Vallarta Botanical Garden made through the Fundación Punta de Mita (FPM). - Please send an email earmarking your gift for the Vallarta Botanical Garden to [email protected] with a copy to [email protected] -In this email please include your name, the date your gift was sent, and the amount of your gift.

Checks may be mailed to: -Please provide FPM with your email and information to be Fundación Punta de Mita, A.C. included in the tax-deductible receipt (wich will be sent by email). Carretera Federal Libre 200 Km 18.05 -Please provide FPM with confirmation (copy of check) for tracking. Punta Mita, , C.P. 63734 México.

Wire transfers: Bank: Banamex SWIFT CODE: BNMXMXMM Account in Mexican Pesos (MXN): 09840115760 CLABE 002375098401157608 Account in US Dollars (USD): 09849002101 CLABE 002375098490021017

Paypal: www.fundacionpuntademita.org/en/how-to-help

Canada - Our educational programs qualify for USA - Our direct support 501(c)3, tax-deduction receipts provided by “Friends of Vallarta Botanical Gardens, A.C.” The Canadian Children’s Shelter of issues tax-deduction receipts: Hope Foundation (CCSHF) Checks may be mailed to: Cheques may be mailed to: Friends of Vallarta Botanical Gardens, A.C. Canadian Children’s Shelter of Hope Foundation 759 North Campus Way 87 Lavinia Ave Davis, CA 95616 Toronto, ON, M6S 3H9 Wire transfers / direct deposits are accepted: Canada Please write to [email protected] for routing and account numbers. Please write “VBG” for “Vallarta Botanical Gardens” Credit Card Payments: on your cheques. Call us w/ your card info: +52 322 223 6182 Alternatively, you may donate using a credit card Donations of stocks and IRA distributions: through CanadaHelps.org (whose donation page is - Charles Schwab Account # 46789311 DTC linked to the CCSHF website www.ccshf.ca) selecting Clearing # 164 Code: 40 the “Vallarta Botanical Gardens Fund.” - Chase Brokerage DTC # 0352 Account # 7422361

Thank you for your generous contributions!

Phone: 01 52 322 223 6182 (international calls) or 223 6182 (local calls)

Email: [email protected] Web: www.vbgardens.org