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Nature Connects has a proven track record of dramatically increasing visitation, revenue, memberships, sponsorships THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION VOLUME 32, ISSUE 1, 2017 and donor participation, and programming. Now booking CONTENTSFOCAL POINTS Japanese House Archaeology 6 Japan in 1876 Philadelphia: through 2020 and Educational Outreach Program Contact Ed Lyon, Shofuso House and Garden is rediscovering its past and engaging its future. Teens are being introduced to archaeology and then serve as Docents, Reiman Gardens’ Director interpreting the findings to visitors. A curriculum has been developed to bring at 515-294-6212 or awareness of local history to nearby middle school students. [email protected]. 10 Solar and Energy-Efficient Greenhouse Technology for the Modern Public Garden: Working Through the Optimization of Light New technology is available to increase efficiencies in our greenhouses and reduce costs. Learn what’s up and coming. BACKBONES studioOutside 14 Digging Deep: Ethnobotany and Millennial Volunteers 20 Learning in the Garden: New Tools, New Perspectives PERENNIALS 5 Executive Director’s Note 16 Photosynthesis 18 Nationally Accredited Plant Collection™ Showcase 22 How Does Your Garden Grow? 24 Garden Exhibit 25 Garden Professional Spotlight 26 Things We Love This Winter Working with Botanical Gardens for 15 Years ANNUALS MASTER PLANNING AND GARDEN DESIGN American Public Gardens Association 214 954 7160 32 www.studiooutside.us Annual Membership Report EDITOR IN CHIEF Joan A. Thomas American Public Gardens Association MANAGING EDITOR Dorothea J. Coleman American Public Gardens Association ASSOCIATE EDITOR Caitlin Simkovich American Public Gardens Association EDITORIAL ADVISORY GROUP Carissa Kowalski Dougherty The Morton Arboretum Jenny Young DuPont Shari Edelson The Arboretum at Penn State University Erin Grajek Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Dago Lopez, Jr. Pitzer College On the Cover: Sharon Loving Longwood Gardens Tracy Magellan Montgomery Botanical Center Sharing ethnobotanical information with garden Don Rakow, Chair Cornell University volunteers can provide a direct connection to local Andy Sell University of Michigan knowledge, history, and personal health. At the San Melanie Sifton Brooklyn Botanic Garden Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, we’ve found that Greetings, Public Garden Readers, DESIGNER: sharing historic uses of plants with millennial Alena Scogna Visionaerie What does the future hold? What will our future members, gardens, and industry look like? volunteers resulted in a greater enjoyment in the PRINTER: Sheridan volunteer activity. By providing “real-life” examples of EDITORIAL CONSULTANT: how plants were and are used, volunteers can feel Gail Brodhead-Kae GBK Research, LLC That seems to be the question on everyone’s minds lately. One thing is clear: Public gardens are more connected to their environment and be AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS indispensable, and we must continue to be their champions. empowered to make positive changes. PRESIDENT — Sabina Carr Atlanta Botanical Garden VICE PRESIDENT — William M. LeFevre Sarah P. Duke Gardens Gardens offer a fertile ground for horticulture educational opportunities, especially for young people as Photo: Eve Vigil, Founder of the San Luis Obispo TREASURER — Kara Newport Filoli Center they “dig in the dirt” and take on projects that could lead to future career paths in the public garden world. Botanical Garden SECRETARY — Carmia Feldman University of California Davis Arboretum and Public Garden Two stories in this issue offer fascinating pathways to NextGen engagement—attracting Millennials IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT — Kenneth J. Schutz Desert Botanical Garden through ethnobotany programming (San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden), and partnering with a science DIRECTORS AT LARGE and technology middle- and high-school leadership program on an archeology project (currently underway Grace Chapman Elton Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden in Philadelphia). These two efforts inform a larger dialogue. Michael S. Dosmann The Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University I’d encourage those interested to learn more about two complementary national initiatives associated M. Patrick Griffith Montgomery Botanical Center Scott LaFleur Sherman Library and Gardens with horticulture leadership and support. Seed Your Future focuses on horticulture/plant science careers. Jane O. MacLeod Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture serves to provide umbrella recognition and set federal research Ray Mims United States Botanic Garden priorities for the 158-billion-dollar end-use horticulture industry. Mark Runciman Royal Botanical Gardens Shane D. Smith Cheyenne Botanic Gardens The future of our industry is also dependent on how well public gardens “walk the talk” with regard to Sharon VanLoon Berends Hendricks Stuit Insurance, Inc. environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Melanie Sifton’s Focal Point article spotlights a Denver Botanic Gardens Brian Vogt number of emerging greenhouse technologies that will give our members inspirational ideas for operating EX OFFICIO more sustainably. ADVERTISERS – In alphabetical order Anamari Dorgan The Morton Arboretum AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION D. Casey Sclar Executive Director, American Public Gardens Association As the saying goes, the only thing constant in life is change. Change is everywhere, even in future issues ANNUAL CONFERENCE ........... Inside Front Cover AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION of this magazine. With the next issue, Don Rakow passes the torch of the Public Garden Editorial Advisory NATIONAL PUBLIC GARDENS DAY ..................... 27 351 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Group to an adroit team led by new Chair Tracy Magellan (Montgomery Botanical Center) and Vice Chair Phone: 610-708-3011 • Fax: 610-444-3594 MEDIA KIT ......................................................... 31 www.publicgardens.org Shari Edelson (The Arboretum at Penn State University). I’d like to personally thank you, Don, for your BHS INSURANCE ............................................... 1 many years of leadership in developing exceptional magazine content—and in the spirit of this issue— Volume 32, Issue 1, 2017. 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