Nutshella bi-monthly publication

of news and events

MARCH/APRIL 2012

Arbor Day April 28, 10am - 4pm

Arboretum Updates

Join our expert horticulturists in an eye-opening pruning series. Acquire skills as you move through our collections pruning under the guidance of our Horticulture Department and learn how to prune your own plants to perfection! Topics include Rejuvenation Pruning, Young Tree Development, Pruning for Effect and Pruning Conifers. This class is open to all levels of experience and is designed to enhance competency and confidence in gardeners! Please dress comfortably for the weather. Each session is $15 (only $10 for members!), 9am – noon. Sign up for the whole series or individual classes. Specific dates, times and topics are:

Celebrate Trees at Arbor Day!One of our most important mission-related events happens on April 28. Our annual Arbor Day Festival offers tree climbing, educational activities, crafts, a chance to see what’s going on locally in conservation, as well as nature-related stations for all ages. This year, Flumpa® and Friends LIVE! presents an energetic event, interactive family adventure combining engaging music, physical movement, and colorful sets with science “fun facts” and the wonders of biological, earth and physical sciences. Visit 10am - 4pm to join the fun while supporting The Arboretum. Collect all your recyclable paper documents

and dispose of them securely with the Shred-It Truck, available at _____________. Celebrate all that trees offer us and the importance of being green! This event is sponsored in-part by the Energy Cooperative. Free Corylus americana (American hazel) shrub to the first 250 families!

Rejuvenation PruningSaturday, April 21, 2012Visitors Center

Rejuvenation pruning is the practice of pruning old growth back so new, more vigorous growth can grow in its place. As shrubs age, they become less vigorous, produce fewer flowers and fruits, and often have lots of dead branches. Rejuvenation results in an invigorated plant that produces more flowers and fruits, is smaller in size and just looks better in the landscape. At the end of this class, participants feel comfortable pruning and capable in determining how best to approach rejuvenating different shrub types.

Young Tree DevelopmentSaturday, May 26, 2012Zand Education Center Greenhouse Classroom

Achieving a strong structure in a young tree in the first five to seven years is critical to ensure a healthy tree. For

this to happen, a young tree should be visited at least once per year so decisions can be made and action taken to direct proper development. Horticulture staff reveals how these pruning decisions are made in the care of these plants. Learn how to prune as well as become proficient in determining how best to direct the development of a young tree.

Pruning for EffectSaturday, June 16, 2012 Visitors Center

Watch for more details on this program in the next issue!

Pruning ConifersSaturday, July 14, 2012 Visitors Center

Watch for more details on this program in the next issue!

The Arboretum Earns Accreditation! The Dawes Arboretum has been awarded a Level IV Accreditation through the ArbNet program. By achieving particular standards of professional practices deemed important for arboreta and botanic gardens, The Dawes Arboretum is now recognized among other professional public gardens in the Morton Register of Arboreta with the highest level of ArbNet accreditation.

ArbNet, the Morton Register and the Accreditation Program are coordinated by The Morton Arboretum as an international initiative to support the work of arboreta in saving and planting trees.

Get Hands-On Pruning Experience

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the gardens, they are a-changin’...

If you have been to The Arboretum within the last several months, you’ve probably noticed that the All Seasons Garden (ASG) is looking a little…different. But change is a good thing in this instance. Although unattractive to look at right now (it’s a “mudhole”), I assure you that there will be much to see once the redo is complete.

The All Seasons Garden has been home to herbaceous plants since this garden area was created. Mike Ecker, Director of Horticulture, has seen many transitions occur since his arrival at The Arboretum. “In its infancy, the All Seasons Garden was simply a grassy area with beds of annuals; sometime in the late 1970s trees were planted as well.”

As the area matured and the trees grew, garden shapes were always changing to meet the light-source requirements for annuals. Perennials did not have much of a presence in the garden until the late 80s and early 90s. Explains Mike, “As trees grew bigger, trying to grow annuals beneath their canopies became impossible due to competition for light and moisture. Annual beds became smaller and moved to the outside of the traditional ASG. More perennials were added.”

In the late 1990s, the focus in the All Seasons Garden began shifting from annuals to perennials. This has resulted in a collection that today stands at over 450 different kinds of perennial plants. Although annuals are utilized much less throughout the ASG, up until this past fall a large concentration of annuals had been planted around the base of an upright European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’), which created a very eye-appealing and vibrant burst of color visible from the Visitors Center Deck.

Future development of this distinctive area in The Arboretum will focus on this area’s perimeter as we continue growing our herbaceous collection. Theme-focused gardens will be incorporated throughout this space’s borders along with spurts of annuals intermixed for seasonal color. However, the center of this garden will be kept open to accommodate events and weddings. Inevitably, the garden itself will take on a new moniker as we bid farewell to the area long known as the All Seasons Garden. Keep dropping by The Arboretum to see our progress. We have a new space planned for all to enjoy this summer!

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vice president’s pop hit turns 100

The Evanston Historical Society, headquartered in the former home of vice president Charles G. Dawes, has announced the 100th anniversary of Dawes’ “Melody in A Major.” Many of us have heard the popular tune thanks to songwriter Carl Sigman, who revived the piece in 1951 by adding lyrics and the title “It’s All in the Game.” Ironically, Dawes never heard the lyrics as he died soon after Sigman finished his piece.

Charles Dawes, brother of co-founder Beman Dawes, was interested in music early on; as a youth he played the flute and piccolo, and as an adult was known to play the piano. He also composed music as a hobby. One day, while at the piano, he set a pleasant melody he had in his head down on paper. Without his knowledge, a friend submitted the piece for publication, plunging the unsuspecting composer into the world of music.

The famous violinist, Fritz Kreisler, was struck by the composition’s merit and included it in his repertoire, fostering both the tune’s popularity and a lifelong friendship between the performer and composer. This friendship led Kreisler to become a tree dedicator in 1939.

In the 1940s, Tommy Dorsey created a swing version of Dawes’ melody. Yet, the song reached its height of popularity in 1958 when it climbed to the number one spot on American Billboard’s music chart with Tommy Edwards’ Doo Wop adaptation. Now considered a pop standard, the piece has been recorded many times by a wide variety of artists including Dinah Shore, Van Morrison, Isaac Hayes, Merle Haggard, Barry Manilow, Elton John, Freddy Fender and Keith Jarrett, to name a few.

Thus, Charles Dawes is acknowledged as the only U.S. Vice President and probably The Arboretum’s only tree dedicator with a #1 pop hit.

Charles G. Dawes and Fritz Kreisler at Kreisler’s tree dedication in 1939.

Eighty-seven years ago, in March of 1925, Charles G. Dawes (1865-1951), was inaugurated as our country’s 30th vice president. He is familiar to our readers as the brother of Arboretum co-founder Beman Dawes , as well as The Arboretum’s second tree dedicator in 1927. Charles Dawes, the oldest son of Rufus and Mary Gates Dawes, was born in Marietta, Ohio on August 27, 1865. Of all of his accomplishments, Charles is most noted for serving as Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge, 1925-1929.

Before serving as vice president, Charles was a prominent financier and was appointed Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Department of the Treasury in 1897. During WWI, he served with the Allied Expeditionary Forces under General Pershing where he attained the rank of Brigadier General.

With the formation of the Bureau of the Budget in 1921, Charles became its first director. He co-authored the Dawes Plan in 1923-24, a program to enable postwar Germany to stabilize its economy and make reparation payments to Allied nations. For his work he shared the Nobel Peace Prize for 1925.

Charles also served as Ambassador to Great Britain from 1929-32. He resigned as ambassador to direct the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, created by Congress in 1932 to provide financial aid to state and local governments, banks, railroads and other businesses during the Great Depression.

a snapshot in history...

by David Vermilion, Historian

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With spring arriving soon, you may see a flurry of wildlife activity. Birds begin to build nests, salamanders come out of the Earth’s soil into vernal pools and early spring fawns are seen alongside their mothers. There still might be snow on the ground and frozen lakes and ponds. Have you ever wondered how aquatic wildlife manages to survive during the winter months? There is actually a combination of strategies wildlife uses that permit them to survive until the ice begins to melt.

Once ice forms on the water’s surface it acts as an insulator for the rest of the water underneath, keeping the temperature above 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Fish are cold blooded, which means that their body temperature will change to mirror that of the surrounding water. In winter a fish’s metabolism slows down and it doesn’t have to eat as much, which is a good thing because there is considerably less food available than in the summer months. Some fish, such as carp, catfish and bass, will bury themselves in the mud and hibernate during the winter. Certain kinds of catfish can become completely frozen, but when spring warmth thaws the mud and ice these fish will swim away completely unharmed!

Fish also store as much fat as possible during the summer so they will have enough energy to survive all winter. Smaller fish, like perch and crappie, will actually stay active during the winter months; they have adapted by being able to raise their body temperature, even in cold water. These fish must continue to eat in order to maintain this feature, and their winter food consists mainly of tiny immature larvae from the large variety of aquatic insects that inhabit a pond. Some zooplankton (microscopic organisms that swim in water) are also a potential food source.

Fish are not the only aquatic animals living under the ice; invertebrates (animals with no backbone) have adapted well when it comes to surviving the winter. Some invertebrates, like water boatmen and back swimmers, have a fluid in their bodies similar to antifreeze, and this helps them to survive the freezing waters. Crayfish remain active as well, although they tend to burrow into wet meadows and river banks and await the arrival of spring.

Turtles will settle beneath logs and plant debris, or they might seek shelter in muskrat and beaver dens. Sometimes they can be seen moving around under clear ice, but for most of the winter they hibernate until spring. As with fish, their body

temperature drops to nearly the same temperature as the surrounding water, and their metabolism slows down as well. Once the days start to become shorter, turtles realize winter is near and start to head for warmer waters; otherwise they can become cold-stunned and unable to function.

Beavers build dams in woodland streams and lakes in order to raise the water level, thus creating their own little wetlands. Once they raise the water level, it is much easier for beavers to collect and store food. For winter they build houses made from sticks and mud with entrance tunnels under the water. This protects them from hungry predators such as wolves, foxes and coyotes during the winter months. Beavers primarily feed off branches and twigs, which they store close to the entrance tunnels. They have a thick layer of fat and fur and produce an oil-like substance from their scent glands called castoreum, which they comb their fur to make it waterproof, allowing them to tolerate the freezing waters in winter.

Muskrats in many ways behave like beavers: they build lodges from vegetation and mud, and they have thick waterproof fur. However, muskrats do not store food as beavers do, but instead go out in search of nourishment (although sometimes they will eat the inner vegetation in their lodges). Muskrats spend much of the winter months sleeping and eating, and they become a lot more active in early spring when their mating season arrives.

The next time you find yourself passing an ice-covered pond or a frozen

wetland, pause for a moment to think about some of the wonderful adaptations possessed by animals that allow them to endure these icy conditions.

by Shane McGuire, Conservationist

Natural Wonders: aquatic life in winter

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Ever wonder what to do with the pile of flats, cell-packs and flower pots that seems to grow larger and larger every planting season? Those mountains of plastic containers that brought so much beauty to your garden are now an eyesore piled in the shed, behind the garage, or in a corner of the yard. Most local recycling programs do not except these polypropylene and polyethylene flower and plant containers, leaving them to pack our landfills.

In 2010, Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens, at The Ohio State University, began a recycling drive to collect plastic pots and trays in which plants are sold. Phoenix Recycling, of Columbus, Ohio, collects the items and transports them to their plant where they separate and grind the plastic to sell to industrial companies for hundreds of different uses.

The horticulture staff also benefits from the recycling of pots, as they set aside ones that can be cleaned, sterilized and reused for propagation purposes. The event was an instant success and Chadwick Arboretum is now in its third year of this recycling drive.

The Dawes Arboretum is just as committed to keeping our landfills free of unnecessary debris and would like to invite you to join us as we take part in the recycling drive at Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens. Items with a recycling symbol and a number 1 through 6 will be accepted, as well as non-food foam, such as packing peanuts and computer and TV packing forms. Please be sure to fully empty dirt and debris from the containers before drop-off. The Dawes Arboretum will collect these items and transport them to Chadwick Arboretum for your convenience.

2012 collection dates include Arbor Day, April 28, from 10am to 4pm; during Plant Sale May 18, from 6 to 8pm; and May 19 from 9am to 4pm. Watch for signage to direct you to the drop-off location. Thank you for helping us to keep our ecosystems clean and free of unwanted debris.

flower pot recycling program

After five weekends of hard work, scout Shane O’Reilly finished building a wood-storage unit near the Log Cabin. The structure now holds the wood used for those toasty fires in the Cabin during Maple Syrup Madness.

For over 50 years, Boy Scout Troop 4033 has been chartered with The Arboretum, collaborating for various on-site projects, and using the grounds for weekly meetings. Shane says that Boy Scouts is a great learning experience. He explains, “The boys learn knots, first aid, fire starting and a lot of other skills that we will need later in life.”

In fact, this particular project ties in with his future plans. His goal is to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. “I used math skills and some simple physics which helped in making sure the building was going to stand and figuring out how it was to be built,” says Shane, who used tools such as saws, hammers and levels to complete his plan. Shane admits the most challenging part was planning work time and ensuring that he had all the necessary equipment and supplies.

His work paid off, because Shane earned his Eagle Scout rank due to his involvement on this project. He also feels like he was able to contribute something to The Arboretum in the process. Says Shane, “It just feels great that it wasn’t just me, but also Troop 4033 who gave back to Dawes.”

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The sugar moon shone brightly all the way to the forest floor. The previous day’s snow showers had clung to the windward side of the tallest tree trunks. The snow had melted midday but by midnight was refrozen. It glistened as if the forest were celebrating its 100th birthday with cool-lit wooden candles. Winter had not yet revolved to spring. Already the great horned owls were caring for their young, winging steaming morsels back to the nest in the regular intervals that a newborn requires.

A smaller-than-microscopic sugar molecule rested in a root just a foot or two beneath the forest floor. By this time of year, its subsurface respite was no warmer than the frosty leaf bed at the surface.

Months ago in August, the sugar was produced in a fresh green leaf way up in the canopy of the forest. On that partly sunny day, a stoma pore lay open on the underside of the leaf. Carbon dioxide gas released by a passing car wafted up the pore. As water traveled the up-only xylem tube elevator from the roots, through the trunk, to the leaves, to transpiring in the air, the gas snagged the water. After their chemical dance in the green chlorophyll light, the sugar was created and a puff of oxygen exited through the pore. This sugar maple tree had already produced its helicopter seeds for the season and had already grown a thick ring. The sugar energy was not put to immediate use and remained in the leaf until the cool of autumn tightened the tubes of the treetop. Under the pressure, the sugar sank down through the phloem tubes inside the bark and rested the winter in the root bed.

As dark rolled to light on this wintry day in March, the shadows of the tree trunks remained long. The sun, still low in the sky, shined most constant on the trees’ southern bark. The glaze on the treetops melted to the tune of a drip, drip. With the ice gone, the black-brown of the trunks readily soaked up the warmth of the sunshine. The wood and every tiny space within expanded. The sugar began to rise, drawn back up the straw of phloem tubes.

The buzz of a power drill vibrated the sugar in its watery home. The sugar continued its steady rise up the trunk of the maple tree, just inside the bark layer. It rose about four feet off of the forest floor. Meeting a fork in the road, so to speak, it jutted off to the side toward the light at the end of a spile tunnel. It paused in filtered daylight at the end of a metal platform. Other sugar molecules in this tiny bath backed up behind it. When the crowd became too large, they all dove

into the bag of sap with a plink.

All day the bag expanded as more sugar joined the cold bath. Late afternoon brought the hum of a gasoline motor

and the crunch of tires on snow. The bag was lifted off of the spile and dumped into a large barrel, rocked by the running motor beneath. The sugar sloshed back and forth as the vehicle coasted downhill. It paused at the porch of a one-room log cabin. A trail of chimney smoke and a billowing of white steam revealed the cabin’s occupancy.

The sugar kept tumbling as it went from one barrel to another and then to a metal bucket. The sugar joined its neighbors in a waterfall toward a steaming pan. It immediately began to vibrate in the warmth. It glided past other molecules in the hot bath, becoming more and

more crowded and less and less colorless as the water bath evaporated as steam. It was released from the commotion through a spout and put into yet another bucket, to be whisked away and processed further.

Later, when its temperature had cooled considerably, the sugar syrup was transferred again from container to container and sent back to the cabin on a Saturday afternoon. It was slurped through parted lips and found itself in a dark tube once again.

a day in the life of... by Beth Spieles, Interpretive Educator

Read with Kids!Maple Sugar

Join Beth and fellow Education team members for a public maple syrup tour at 2pm on the following Saturdays: February 25, March 3, March 10!

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natural process. There is nothing more satisfying to me than seeing that connection—kids on their bellies checking out bugs, adults deeply looking at plants, and the faces of everyone smiling as they walk through the gardens.”

Jenny admits to having a few other unique passions as well. “I love to play with fire,” she explains, “with a torch or in a kiln that is.” Jenny makes jewelry in her spare time by fusing fine silver and glass. She also enjoys listening to live music. She and her husband attend music festivals two to three times a year, their favorite being Austin City Limits.

Feel free to stop by the purple office in the lower level of the Visitors Center and greet our new jewelry-making, music-loving Education Director! She is particularly excited about some of the current programs The Arboretum is offering this summer for young teens, as well as some adult programs she recently helped design.

One of Jenny’s favorite quotes is from Brian Capon in Botany for Gardeners—“Plants, in one form or another, can exist forever without animals, but animals cannot exist without plants.” She views this as a very powerful statement. Says Jenny, “Plants do not need us but we sure need them. It behooves us to be mindful of and good stewards of our environment, to care for it the best we can should be everyone’s goal.”

New Staff: education director

Pay a visit to our spring Plant Sale & Garden Fair featuring live and silent auctions. Purchase from many gems grown in The Arboretum’s nursery—several are rare and hard to find in local garden centers and nurseries. Browse the array of wares and services in gardening, landscaping and home décor offered by merchants and professionals. A variety of annuals, perennials, herbs and garden vegetables will be available for a one-stop shopping experience. Wagons are welcome to transport all of your treasures.

Plant Sale & Garden FairFriday, May 18: 6 – 8pm—Partnership Level members and above Saturday, May 19: 9am – 4pm—Public Sale Horticulture Complex

meet jenny pope With a splash of bright purple paint on her office walls, Jenny Pope joins the Education Department and is all-too-happy to jumpstart plans for creative ways to educate. As The Dawes Arboretum’s new Education Director, this Ohio native says she’s “looking forward to meeting and speaking with the members, volunteers and visitors.” She is confident

insight will come through conversation with supporters and provide inspiration for creating the best programs.

This philosophy also helped during her time as Program Manager for Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens at The Ohio State University. While in that position, Jenny says, “I was involved in coordinating their volunteer program, educational outreach, student interns, and establishing a horticultural therapy program.” Horticulture therapy is beneficial for adults with developmental and physical disabilities, hospital rehabilitation patients and others. She has also spent time at Franklin Park Conservatory, another neighboring garden to The Dawes Arboretum. This diverse range of experience has fostered her passion for public gardens.

“In our increasingly urban society, public gardens play an important role in helping people commune with and understand nature and the

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The Dawes Arboretum is happy to welcome back the MS Walkathon. The National MS Society, Ohio Buckeye Chapter, will be holding the Newark Walk MS on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at The Dawes Arboretum. The route is approximately three

miles long and is fully accessible. Check-in begins at 8am and a celebration breakfast will follow the walk. All proceeds raised from Walk MS will provide programs and services to the 20,000 Ohioans living with MS and their families. Money raised will also fund research to find a cure for multiple sclerosis, much of which is being done right here in Ohio. There is no registration fee for this event so form a team or walk as an individual, all are welcome!

To register your team or yourself, visit MSohiowalk.org or call 800.344.4867.

Thank you to Tap My Trees for donating 250 spiles (which are used to extract sap from trees) to The Dawes Arboretum’s Education Department. These spiles are being used for Maple Syrup Madness, as well as programs on grounds and in the community.

The Dawes Arboretum is proud to bring Walk with a Doc to The Arboretum’s grounds in 2012! WWAD was created by Dr. David Sabgir, a board-certified cardiologist who practices with Mount Carmel Clinical Cardiovascular Specialists. This program helps encourage healthy physical activity in people of all ages, and reverses the consequences of a sendentary lifestyle. Improve your health and well-being by joining a walk and getting tips from a physician!

Upcoming WWAD Dates: Saturday, April 7, 10am Saturday, April 14, 10am Saturday, April 21, 10am Saturday, April 28, 10am

Saturday, May 5, 10am Saturday, May 12, 10am Saturday, May 19, 10am Saturday, May 26, 10am

Opening May 14, 2012 10am — noon

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Friends and family of Lacey LaRae Pope donated for a Legacy Tree in her memory. The Gold Spangle sawara false cypress, Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Gold Spangle’, is north of the Observation Tower, east of the Auto Tour.

A Legacy Tree, north of the Japanese Garden, was arranged in memory of Rodney (Teddy Bear) Shutts by his friends and loved ones. They chose an Atropurpureum Novum Japanese maple, Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum Novum’, to label.

The family of Ken and Anna Disch arranged for a Special Legacy in memory of George Kennett and Anna Disch. The bald cypress, Taxodium distichum, is located east of Dawes Lake. In loving memory of Ed and Jo Mutchler, the Ehrmin family arranged for an Enhanced Legacy Tree. The Golden Rey Chinese elm, Ulmus parvifolia ‘Golden Rey’, is north of the Daweswood House Museum.

Legacy Trees & Gifts

Russ & Sheila AblesStanford M. AckleyCorinne AilesDonn & Marilyn AlspachTom & Martha AlthauserMarjorie K. AndrewsHugh & Bevan ArcherRobert & Jessica ArmentroutDuane & Elinor BakerBaker’s Acres, Inc.Donald & Marion BatemanJ. R. & Judith BeallDeborah Bennett & William MooreCharles & Jacquelyn BethelDon BishopRonald Bloomfield & familyJim BlytheLaurie BowerCarol BranscombTim Brotzman Billy & Hilde BrownCarol CampbellDave CampfieldBarbara & Michael CantlinT.J. & Jill CongerRich & Pam ConnellJane CooperJim & Julie CooperChester CovertLarry & Katy CowanJoan & Robert CullenJudith CzubaDalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher & Co., LLCJoanne DavisDan & Diane DeLawderLouise DennyGrant & Susan DouglassJack & Joyce E. DuncanHarold D. EagleEdwards Sheet MetalLivia EmdeRowan Evans & Joseph CastnerDan & Diane FarthingWilli FausnaughMary A. Bashore FeltyAl & Audeen FentimanRichard & Judy FenwickMichael FosterSimson First FoundationFraternal Order of Police Mike & Susan FribleyFriesner Auto Service, Inc.Christopher GecikMaryann GibsonEddie & Patricia GillPaul & Jill Griesse

Blanche and John HaganRob & Vivian HendricksBarbara HerzogEulalia HeubachNancy & Robert HeyMichael & Shelly HigginsMary & Stan HolmquistHenry Hook M.D.Robert HorvatRobert & Elizabeth HoudekJosephine HuneErich & Mary HunkerMr. & Mrs. Frank HuppLeAnn JonesCharles & Karen KammPaul & Marge Kaparoff & familyAnne KauffmanDennis KeeseeHarold E. & Carol KelchMark KellerJohn C. KitsmillerBernard KreimJacqueline LangeRichard LarsonSteve & Julie LindseyRobert LipkaSarah LongMichael & Michelle LovelessDoris LowneyLaura LuthSteve Tilley/ Main Events Party RentalGilbert & Linda MartinezMary Beth & C. Weldon MathewsWilliam McConnellJohn & Martha McCormacJim & Marsha McCormickMichael McEvoyF. Parker McGeeH. Theodore MeyerMid-West Landscape, Inc. Gerald MillerKent & Susan MillerTim & Lori MillerTom MillsDouglas & Joan MockMichael & Cindy MorganTrisha MorrisKay MorrisonRichard MortensenScott & Sharon MuellerJim & Jeannine MurphyAndy Mulvey & Nina MutoneNelson Tree ServiceMona & Russell OlsonConstance PaulMike & Cheryl PettitMartha PickenpaughLinda & Thomas Pierce

Pine Grove Nursery Inc. Andre PowellRichard T. PrasseDouglas PriceDebra RamseyRaymond RauschKarin Dahl & Paul RiceMarilyn Richardson PaloPatricia L. RileyBrian RobertsBarbara H. RobertsonDave & Nicole RobieRod RobinsonDarrell & Jan RomineCharles RoutMartha RowlandDr. & Mrs. K. RumlRichard & Elizabeth RuppertSarah Fischer Kathy SalemDavid & Nancy SandersJanette SandyJerry SatterfieldBetty SawyersSteve ScarbroughSharon SchenbeckGreg & Kathy SchneiderJanet & Tom SchultzRobin & Richard SchurichtSteve & Mary SealMaureen ShanahanDodie ShapiroBob & Nancy Shumaker

Jim & Nancy SiegelTed & Phyllis SimpsonDr. Charles & Barbara SinsabaughEdison & Mickey SmithTerry & Pat SmithNoble & Kathy SnowJon & Sharon SpahrDoug & Beth SpielesHelen SunkleDavid & Karen SwiftMary & Rainey Taylor The Energy CooperativeMary & Robert ThomasTerry & Lori TotmanAnna Eleanor UngerDon & Barb Urban & familyGeorge & Lorraine WalesKathleen & Richard WallaceGerald WaughGene & Pat WelshRichard WenzelbergerPaul & Anna WhetstoneRosemary WhiteWayne & Diana WilsonAbram WintersDon & Sally Wiper Jr.Gary & Beth YaekleJoe & Sue YeeKen & Marilyn YostGeneva Zahora

Annual Fund GiftsFrom 10-1-11 through 1-9-12

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PatronColumbus Zoo & Aquarium

SustainingMarc & Laurel BergdahlPeter & Janet HallidayJeff Shaffer & Amy Serre

ContributingReese & Kaye AlbanAnn AndersonStephen & Mary Ellen BellBen Branch & Joan CampbellTim Brotzman Bob GalbraithChristopher GecikThomas & Beth HallNora HilandShari HivelyMark IsselJeffrey JamesMark KellerVirgil & Elizabeth LandisBarbara McKayMark & Karen McVayKirk & Nancy MillemanJoan Muellerleile & Dumont JonesJane MykrantzJim NicholsonPackaging Corporation of AmericaAl & Janette PantherBarbara RansopherSteve ScarbroughJ. Park Shai, IIIBarry, Linda & Heather ShannonPerry SimpkinsDoug & Beth SpielesVince & Sue SwinehartRosemary WhiteDon & Sue Yehling

PartnershipTed & Patricia BarclayAnissa & Duane BingmanGerry BirdMichael & Elaine Boaz & familyBill & Patti BuscheVicky & Jeff ChristiansenBrian & Brooke ChuteNancy CoadEsther Boykin & William Conrad

Joseph McCollumThomas M. McCrayStephen McLaneMark MechlingBetty MeierBarbara MillerDon MillerMichele A. MooreDon MoshgatBruce MoyerKaren MyersSandra NyeBetty O’NeillHerbert A. OdleShirley PalmerEdward S. RaybouldDonna RobertsJeanne RothMarthalee SchaubBarney SmithPatrick TaynorRobert TolandLew TownsendCynthia VeermanO. K. WatersGerald WaughMary YagerGeneva ZahoraW. Tom ZurSchmiede, Jr.

New & Renewed Members

*From November 10 through December 31, 2011.

Debby & Frank FortkampGregory GoeddeFranklin W. & Ruby GwinnLeslie Hamrick-LutzMr. & Mrs. Louis D. HidegLisa HofferKathy & Richard HoffmanLarry HohmanJoanne HullDon & Barbara HunterJerry J. HurtLinda IsselDiane Elwell & James JonesJohn & Rosemary JoyceDana & Brenda KitchenMr. & Mrs. David KliesDonald KundratJohn & Lois MinskerCindy & Dennis MorehartValerie Starkey & Dean NaderBob & Connie Pond & familyShanna ReadLinda RobinsonDonna & George SchweighoferCharles SlisherDan, Erika & Devyn SowryRoman & Dorothy SteciwJim & Margene StewartJ. David & Virginia SwainLois ThorpJames ToneyTerry & Lori TotmanThomas & Linda WeeksDoug, Molly & familyMike & Florence White & familyMarianne Wright

Friend Plus OneCarol BranscombHelen & Jeri ClarkBeverly CooperTimothy CooperDean & Cindy CourtneyEddie & Patricia GillSteven & Elaine GlassTom HanlonKimberly Fultz & John HarveySarah HooverAnn R HustonTheresa JohnsonTripp & Mary JonesKim Thompson & Jim KeanAlan KingTim KirbyAlan & Ruth KnabeIra & Cheryl LafolletteSvenn & Joy Lindskold

Mary Beth & C. Weldon MathewsDale E. & Norma MillerSteve MillerJim MurphyMike & Susan NashMona & Russell OlsonWilma OsborneRosanna PryorDick & Ginny PutnamDarrell & Jan RomineSandy & Rod RossRick RutanBarbara ScottRichard & Karen SemerNancy & Bill SmithMichael & Vicki SnellingEric & Pamela SoiuPatricia A. StonekingCharles & Marilyn TyndallBarry WeberElizabeth WellsRobert & Edith WiechelPhyllis K. & Ernest E. WilcoxEdna & Linda Woolard

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Let us wisk you away on a daytrip through the countryside to experience a mix of horticulture, history and conservation! Wade & Gatton Nurseries in Bellville, Ohio, is a wholesale-retail-landscape nursery located in the Clear Fork Valley. Explore the well known large display and botanical gardens of over 2,300 varieties of hostas and over 1,500 varieties of daylilies, as well as collections of perennials, conifers and ornamental trees. Stroll among giant Canadian hemlocks, white oaks, sugar maples, white pines and 80- to 90-foot tall European larch, which add overhead shade to the small stream and waterfall within the gardens.

Recharge your energy along the way at Troyer’s Dutch Heritage Restaurant and experience the unique Amish and Mennonite culture while enjoying traditional home-style cooking and hospitality. (Lunch is included in trip price.)

Next, it’s into the rolling countryside of Richland County, where Louis Bromfield, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and dedicated conservationist, created his dream—Malabar Farm. Inspired by his love of the land, educational exhibits and demonstrations explain the benefits of techniques such as crop rotation, no-till seeding, strip cropping, contour plowing, green manure (tilling crops back into the soil), wind breaks, cover crops, water conservation and minimizing energy inputs.

The last stop is Kingwood Center Gardens in Mansfield, Ohio, a 47-acre former estate garden open to the public since 1953. The historical home of Charles Kelley King, who made his fortune working with the Ohio Brass Company, currently houses an extensive horticultural library. In addition, much of the main floor is on display in a manner similar to its original arrangement with many of Mr. King’s furnishings.The grounds include an herb garden, formal garden and woodland garden intermixed with beautiful displays of seasonal color.

Trip is May 12, 2012 FOD: $70 Non-FOD: $85 (lunch included) Please register by April 10, 2012 Call

Horticulture Trip for Friends of Daweswood on May 12