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TheThe GarGardenden NewsNews The University of Nebraska - Lincoln Botanical Garden and Arboretum Volume 8, Issue 1 Winter 2002 The Garden refers to all the Gardens and plantings on both City and East Campus including Maxwell Arboretum In this Issue: Japanese Garden ♦New Programs for Design: Inspiration You in 2002 ♦Personnel for your Garden Updates January 17, East Campus Union, ♦From the Director presentation given by Eileen Bergt ♦Adopt-An-Area Litter Campaign ♦ Book Review: The Nature of NE ♦Landscape New Programs For You in 2002 Services Annual by Kay Kottas, Programs Manager Awards Luncheon ♦Project Updates New UNLBGA programs will begin in 2002. and other record-keeping aids that gardeners use. ♦ "Glasscrete" We Among them are Third Thursday Programs at 7 p.m. Since this speaker is coming from Plattsmouth, we Put A Sparkle.. on the third Thursday of each month (except April) have chosen the following Thursday as a snowday. ♦Education in the Garden from January through August. The first such pro- We will announce postponed or cancelled events on ♦Thank You gram will be a talk by Eileen Bergt, University of Ne- KFOR radio (AM1240). UNLBGA braska-Lincoln, Landscape Architect, entitled Japa- On Saturday, March 9, Linda Vavrus will Supporters nese Garden Design: Inspiration For Your Garden. give us some pointers on Propagation and Division ♦ UNLBGA We all dream about the coming Spring. This year, of Perennial Plants (location TBA). Linda is a Mas- Garden Friends Annual Meeting dream about the possibilities of incorporating some ter Gardener and Owner/Manager of her own com- ♦2002 Calendar Japanese design principles into your garden, as you pany, Gardeners at Large. Come to “Pruning Prac- enjoy a talk and slide presentation. Eileen spent six tice w/ Jeff: A Spring Pruning Primer” on Thurs- weeks in Japan studying Japanese gardens and the day, March 21 at 7 pm. Jeff Culbertson, East Campus relationship between the garden and the home. She Landscape Manager will tell you everything you need will share some of these ideas with you. to know about good pruning techniques and will even Second Saturday Sessions will teach you a let you practice. little about the science of Botany and Horticulture. These programs are free and open to the Printed on These sessions are held on the second Saturday of public. Please call our office to register (472-9139) so recycled paper each month beginning in February. On February 9, that we can plan for an appropriate number of people. at 10 a.m. (East Campus Union), learn why a banana We would appreciate a call at least one week prior to is a berry; why you should eat triploid endosperm; the event, but we want to see you there, so don't let the difference among bulbs, corms, tubers, and roots; late registration stop you. how plants are classified and what to look for when Later in the year look for Wednesday walks, you try to identify your plants at home. This Second Jazz in June tours, and Field trips. Come to presenta- Saturday Session is entitled Botany For Beginners tions on weed identification, orchids, nature pho- and is presented by Kay Kottas, Manager of Educa- tography, bonsai, and sketching nature. Also, look tional Programs. for announcements on Spring Affair, Arbor Day cel- On February 21, (the third Thursday), en- ebrations, the 35th Anniversary of Maxwell Arbore- joy Garden Record Keeping presented by Jane tum the Festival of Color and Gardener's Gala! Fees UNLBGA is an Diesen, Manager of LandMark Gardens in may apply when field trips take us to a park which affiliate site of the Plattsmouth, NE. Jane has managed this Hosta busi- requires an entrance fee; or for materials in a hands- ness for about 15 years, and keeps immaculate records on demonstration. Call our office at 472-9139 with including labels, journals, maps, and photography. questions about any of these events. (see Calendar We will also share examples of the labels, software, page 7) Garden Notes Personnel Updates: Winter Blooms Welcome to: Landscape crews are reporting that flowering quince was blooming on campus on December 20th. ♦ Janette Roth, Groundskeeper, Flowering quince (any one of three East Campus Chaenomeles sp.) comes from wooded mountain areas in China and Japan. Only ♦ Brian Dieterman, two of the species are hardy to zone 5. They Groundskeeper, are cultivated for their early spring flowers. East Campus Well formed buds that normally overwinter may open in the fall when the weather re- mains warm, as we have seen this year. This may cause some reduced flowering the following spring. From the Director Howdy! It is through these programs that we tie our mission to the As I was writing this article I began to think of all the greater vision of the University of Nebraska. We are a wonderful projects and continued changes brought about part of a tremendous effort to mold our campus into an by our staff during the past year. I began to reflect on environment that is safe, educational, aesthetic and man- the various types of people and programs that ageable for present and future Nebraskans. our department has the opportunity to work With the help of all our staff, Campus Admin- with on a daily basis. Further, I thought about istrators and Friends groups, we provide a cata- how terrific it is to be a part of a University lyst for student and faculty recruitment that is that supports a myriad of ideas and visions the foundation of the campus experience. creating an environment of progress and change. As we close out the year of 2001, it is impor- tant to consider where we have been and what Whether it is our landscape staff clearing we have accomplished. I urge you to take leaves, pruning trees and mowing turf or our time to reflect not only on the projects we com- design team designing numerous pockets of pleted or seminars attended, but also on our beauty throughout campus, we are all a part relationships that we have developed as well. of our campus environment. As our campus And as we approach the New Year please continues to expand, our operations and irri- challenge yourselves to be engaged in the gation crews always seem to meet the challenges pre- world around you. We are all caretakers of the land, and sented by last minute changes in the plans. When our as such, the Gardener in all of us should take solace in the education division collaborates with academic depart- rejuvenating qualities of our environment. ments to provide an extended learning environment, we begin to forge perpetual relationships that benefit our In closing out another great year, I would like to say Thank University on a broader scale. Additionally, with the You to everyone that has worked directly with and in financial support of our support groups, UNL Garden support of our UNLBGA mission throughout the year! Friends and Friends of Maxwell Arboretum, we have expanded our interpretive and educational impact throughout both campus locations. Robert Hensarling Director, Landscape Services, UNLBGA Volume 8, No. 1, page 2 Adopt-An-Area Litter Campaign from the Landscape Services Litter Task Force The University of Nebraska-Lincoln person or group of people within organizations, departments, campus spends approximately $181,445 or buildings. Interested persons can adopt the area around a per year in labor costs for litter pick-up. building , parking lot, and/or garden near their building, and Landscape Services crews spend an challenge other groups to do the same. average of 10,700 hours per year pick- Participants will spend a few minutes each day or ing up litter on campus. week picking up litter in their adopted spot, then visit our web We know that many of the campus page and report the hours to us. The initial campaign will last community are concerned and willing from January 14 to April 26. We will acknowledge success- to help with this problem. For that rea- ful participants in early May. We are confident that the son, we are offering the opportunity for those who work and campus community can help reduce costs, contribute to the live on campus to have a positive impact on the beauty of this beauty of campus, and improve campus pride and involve- campus and the pride we have as a united community. We ment. hope that they can help Landscape Services reduce the number Members of the campus community, including stu- of hours and expense involved in keeping the campus beauti- dent groups can sign up for this endeavor by logging onto our ful. web site http://busfin.unl.edu/landscape filling out the at- An announcement will be issued with a list of build- tached form and sending it to Litter Task Force at Land- ings, parking areas, and gardens that can be adopted by a scape Services. For more information contact Kay Kottas at 472-9139. Book Review by Kay Kottas The Nature of Nebraska The book contains a guide to natural areas and preserves in by Paul A. Johnsgard every county and descriptions of Nebraska's vanishing spe- cies. The book is filled with his personal sketches (and those The Nature of Nebraska is the latest of 41 books of other artists) of Nebraska's native species. written by author Paul Johnsguard. I got my autographed I cannot do a better job of describing the book than copy as soon as they went on sale. My love of my native by quoting from it. "One of the purposes of this book will be home State and nature drove me to it.