2012: Another Busy Year at the Chesapeake Arboretum
Congratulations and many thanks to these newly-elected officers
of the volunteer Board of Directors at the Chesapeake Arboretum:
President = Jeff Cavanaugh
Vice President = Linwood Nelms
Secretary = Michelli Booker
Treasurer = Carin Schneller-Carr
Assistant Treasurer = Andy Merchant
We’ll be at the Virginia Flower & Garden Expo next weekend
and WE NEED YOUR HELP! Our booth needs friendly,
smiling faces to greet the hundreds of Expo attendees, distribute
literature about Friends of the Arboretum membership and in
general spread the word about what you love about the Chesapeake
Arboretum. Booth volunteers also get freebie admission
to the entire show (tickets are $10 this year), but WE MUST GIVE YOUR
NAME TO THE SHOW ORGANIZERS IN ADVANCE! If you can volunteer,
reply to this e-mail no later than Wednesday, January 18, indicating
your availability for these shifts:
Fri. Jan. 20 - 9:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 21 - 9:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sun. Jan. 22 - 9:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
THANKS! By the way, for the first time ever, our booth (and other
non-vendor area special interest groups’ booths) will be INSIDE
the actual exhibit hall instead of outside in the lobby as in year past.
Our next KIDS’ DAY is January 21st! Our new educational programming in
collaboration with the Virginia Museum of Natural History is SO exciting!
This photo of instructor Susan Walton is from the November 2011 program “Squirrels,
Trees and Other Nutty Things”.
January 21st topic = “Walking in the Winter Wonder Woods” — space is limited!
For registration details click here.
Look for 2012 MEMBERSHIP INFO in your snail mailboxes later this month!
If you prefer to take care of your renewal now, we FINALLY have online membership payment capability thanks to our good friend Amelia B. ! If you’re interested in VOLUNTEERING FOR THE 2012 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN, meet with us at the Homestead Farmhouse at noon on Friday January 13 for a working (chili) lunch. Reply to this e-mail to RSVP so we’ll be sure to have enough chili.
We note with sadness that this week marks the one-year anniversary of the death
of our former President, area environmental activist Jean Marie Eagler.
She would be VERY PROUD of the work our volunteers have managed to perform in the past year,
especially the replacement of Bridge A at the southern end of our trails system. This project
spearheaded by Phil Johnson was made possible in large part by the donation of time and materials by Dominion Virgina Power. We are grateful to all involved!
Nov. 27. 2011 Va Pilot Clipper article
Thanks to Va Pilot staff writer Sandra Pennecke for this great article!
Kids’ Day, Freebies, Specialty License Plate & MORE
This Saturday, November 19 is our second Kids’ Day (for grades K-5) in partnership with the Virginia Museum of Natural History. All the details here. Tentative future program dates: January 21, 2012, March 24, 2012, May 19, 2012 .
Hot off the presses! FREE to 2011 dues-paid members: The 2012 Virginia Department of Forestry wall calendar! Stop by the Arboretum HQ building between 9:15 and 11:30 a.m. on Sat., Nov. 19 or 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Mon., Nov. 21 to pick up your free copy. If you’re unable to stop by either of those days, just reply to this e-mail to make other arrangements. Even if you yourself can’t use this freebie membership perk, perhaps someone on your holiday gift-giving list would enjoy it?
For OTHER year-round gift ideas, don’t forget that we have our own on-line gift shop with lots and lots of items to select.
Did you know that Virginia now offers the option for a TREE-LOVERS’ specialty license plate?
If you want to get on the list to order one of these specialty plates, click here!
If you haven’t seen photos from this year’s AUTUMNFEST, click here . Our tentative date for 2012 is Oct. 20. Mark your calendars!
“Celebrating the joys of fall” – from Va Pilot
Click here to read Eric Feber’s ”Clipper” section article. We appreciate the Virginian Pilot’s coverage of our events!
Kindness in focus 2011
Shootforgood.org encouraged photographers to seek out acts of volunteerism across Hampton Roads on Saturday, October 8, 2011. You can see the Chesapeake Arboretum’s Kindness in Focus images here or all of the the entire 2011 Shoot for Good gallery here.
We are grateful to Paula Slagle for leading the Yoga For Life Breast Cancer Awareness benefit fundraiser, and to these participants and donors: Karen B., Jean Y., Midge W., Joan D., Marion A., Deborah E., Alvene B., Lia O., Suzanne O., Denise H., Barbara G., Lisa B., Gaye M., Carolanne C., Wanda B., Sean O’C., Renee A., Michelle O’N., Cathy and Charlie B. This (second annual) fundraiser benefits the Sid Oman Cancer Center and the Chesapeake Arboretum. We hope to continue this fundraiser each year to honor and remember breast cancer survivors and victims alike, especially our late Board of Directors President Jean Marie Eagler (1951-2011).
“NeighborWoods Month” at the Chesapeake Arboretum
October is exciting and very busy at the Chesapeake Arboretum, and we want to make sure your calendar is marked to join us for some of the fun!
All month:
Sweetgum is the Chesapeake Arboretum featured Tree of the Month
Sat., Oct. 8:
1. Bridge “C” re-alignment work party begins at 8 a.m. Team leader is Phil Johnson. (This bridge was damaged by Hurricane Irene water surge) If you’re not already on our volunteer roster, please bring this completed form with you for our files.
2. Help make a giant pumpkin piñata! Begins at 9 a.m.; team leader is Michelli Booker. We’ll use the piñata at our October 22 AUTUMNFEST, but more than half the fun will be in the making of it! Kids of all ages are invited to help; we ask that anyone under 8 be accompanied by an adult. Bring this completed form for our files, please. This project continues on Sat., Oct. 15.
3. Yoga for Life Breast Cancer Benefit. Begins at 10 a.m.; team leader is Paula Slagle. All the details here.
4. All day: We are one of the Hampton Roads sites for Shoot for Good, a region-wide photography initiative.
Sat., Oct. 15:
Help make a giant pumpkin piñata! Begins at 9 a.m.; team leader is Michelli Booker. We’ll use the piñata at our October 22 AUTUMNFEST, but more than half the fun will be in the making of it! Kids of all ages are invited to help; we ask that anyone under 8 be accompanied by an adult. Bring this completed form for our files, please.
Sat., Oct. 22:
Third annual AUTUMNFEST begins at noon! We are a NeighborWoods Month nationally certified event for 2011, and we expect great weather, a fun crowd and of course LOTS OF FUN. It’s also the date of our annual Friends of the Chesapeake Arboretum meeting. If you’re a dues-paid 2011 “Friend”, you will receive a ballot via e-mail soon to vote for the Board of Directors members. (Note: Although we had originally planned for an evening dinner/square dance on Oct. 22, we have postponed that part of the celebration.)
Oh! and we haven’t forgotten Tues., Oct. 4:
Great job by Shrub Planting Party Leader Mike Andruzyck and all his team. Phase #2 of northern edge homestead grounds planting improvements made in record time!
Sept.-Oct. Arboretum events reminders
DATES TO REMEMBER:
September 17 - “A Day at the Arboretum” (This is the one for “grown-ups” !)
10 a.m. - Choose: “Make your own rain barrel” or
edible plants walk with Vickie Shufer
noon - Picnic in the pecan grove
12:30 – Herbal sorbet workshop with Billi Parrus
Pre-register here
(Note: The deadline has passed for the catered box lunch option, but
you’re still welcome to register and bring a bag lunch. Walk-in registration
accepted but not encouraged)
Sept. 24 - First in a series of youth programming in conjunction with
the Virginia Museum of Natural History. Details and pre-registration form
on our website homepage. ALSO NOTE FUTURE CLASS DATES!
October 8 - Yoga For Life - Benefit for the Sid Oman Cancer Center & the Arboretum
Absolutely no yoga experience required!
October 8 &/or 15 – We invite kids of all ages to help us make a giant pumpkin piñata
for our Oct. 22 AutumnFest. Show up at 9 a.m. in your “get-dirty-artsy-craftsy” clothing.
(adult – please accompany children under 8)
October 22 - AUTUMNFEST / Annual meeting: ”Friends of the Chesapeake Arboretum”
Noon – 4 p.m. FESTIVAL – Free Admission/Free Parking!
Evening fundraising dinner/square dance is NEW this year!
5 p.m. : Barbecue dinner
5:30 – 8 p.m. : Square dancing called by L. Skearce of Alexandria, VA
$40 ($35 current Arboretum member) dinner/dance
(includes pulled pork, grilled chicken, side dishes, soft drink, 2 ”adult” beverages
$15 ($10 “Arb” member) DANCE ONLY (very limited number available)
See Chesapeake Arboretum Board members
or call 757 382 0760 to buy tickets
It‘s a “barnraising” casual-attire OUTDOOR event!
SILENT AUCTION begins 5 p.m./ends 7:30 p.m. Some of the items included:
* $50 gift certificate to Natural Elements Spa
* Hand-made wooden mantel clock (crafted by Phil Johnson)
* Assorted live trees (5 – gallon size)
* Family membership, Chesapeake Arboretum
* “Staycation” night at the Hyatt Place Greenbrier Hotel
* 60-day trial membership Town Point Club
“Day at the Arboretum” Reminder, plus — Outdoor Yoga, Piñatas, and AUTUMNFEST 2011
Remember our “Day at the Arboretum” is just around the corner!
It’s a Triple Header!
Saturday, September 17th!
Vickie 
Billi 
At 10:00am, you have a choice of two ‘hands-on’ activities:
The Chesapeake Master Gardeners, Chesapeake Dept. of Agriculture and Chesapeake Dept. of Public Works is sponsoring a Rain Barrel Making Workshop{Separate Pre-registration & Fees noted below}
- OR - Also at 10:00am, we’ll have Vickie Shufer: “Edible Wild Plants” tasting tour.
After enjoying a boxed lunch from Bergey’s Breadbasket at noon we’ll continue our tripleheader “Day at the Arboretum” with Billi Parus, giving us a tasting of her Herbal Sorbets and Ice Creams!
Billi Parus will be sharing her creative cooking-with-herbs skills with us as she shows us how simple it is to make these wonderful treats. Billi is a Virginia Beach Master Gardener, Life member of the Herb Society of America, a member of the British Herb Society, as well as owner of Lavender Hill House, an Internet gift basket business. She lives in Virginia Beach where she and her husband grow over 200 varieties of herbs. They are curators of 8 registered National Collections, through which they help preserve rare and threatened varieties of herbal plants. Billi travels the country, teaching about cooking with herbs.
10:00 am Rain Barrel Workshop {$40 materials fee} *
- OR - Edible Wild Plants Talk, Tour & Tasting** with Vickie Shufer
12:00 pm Lunch in the Pecan Grove from Bergey’s Breadbasket
12:30 pm Herbal Sorbets Workshop with Billi Parus
* Rain Barrel Workshop: fee to Chesapeake Master Gardeners; includes barrel, supplies, help with assembly and handouts. Sponsored by Chesapeake Dept. of Agriculture, Master Gardeners and Public Works Call 382-6348 to register or access the registration form on the website at
http://www.chesapeake.va.us/services/depart/pub-wrks/pdffiles/Rain-Barrel-Workshop-Form-2011.pdf
| Rain Barrel Workshop, Lunch & Sorbet Workshop: $40 fee (to CMG) +$15 non-member; $10 current Arboretum member Edibles Tour, Lunch & Sorbet Workshop: $25 non-member; $20 current Arboretum member Space for Tour & Workshops is limited; to pre-register click here
We’re thrilled to observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month with
Yoga For Life on the Arboretum Headquarters Lawn….
Saturday, October 8 Bring all your friends!
 We’re busy preparing for AutumnFest 2011! (Saturday, October 22)
— KIDS — (including those of you who are “Kids-At-Heart”)
Want to help us make a giant pumpkin piñata that we’ll use for AutumnFest?
Wear your “get-dirty-artsy-craftsy” clothes,
show up at 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 8 and/or Saturday, October 15.
Chesapeake Arboretum – 624 Oak Grove Rd.(Adults – please accompany anyone under 12)
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Sept. 17 = “A Day at the Arboretum”
Make your plans now! Vickie Shufer and Billi Parrus are local “horticultural celebrities”, and we’re so happy to be hosting them both on the same day that our friends at the Chesapeake Master Gardeners are making it possible for you to make/take your very own rain barrel!
REMINDER: A few spaces are still available for:
Pawpaw Guided Tree Tour
10 a.m. – noon. Spaces limited; reservations required. Call 757 382 7060. No fee; donations welcome. Mik Lestyan, City of Chesapeake’s Urban Forester will guide this informative tour. We recommend sturdy walking shoes, forest-appropriate attire, personal water supply, insect repellent, camera. The Chesapeake Arboretum (www.ChesArbor.org) features a large collection of the native Pawpaw tree, exclusive host plant to the Zebra Swallowtail butterfly. http://chesapeakearboretum.com/trails/tree-of-the-month/march-2011/
Virginian Pilot / “Gracious Living” article Sun. Aug. 7
We hope you saw this article in Sunday’s Virginian Pilot, but if you’re not local, or for some reason you missed it, here’s a link: http://hamptonroads.com/2011/08/pawpaw-bit-tropics-here ENJOY!
Notice, too, that the August 27 guided Pawpaw tree tour is prominently mentioned in the article. Please call 757 382 7060 to reserve for the tour, as space is definitely limited!
