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 [...]
Thanks to Va Pilot staff writer Sandra Pennecke for this great article!
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 [...]
Click here to read Eric Feber’s ”Clipper” section article. We appreciate the Virginian Pilot’s coverage of our events!
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 - [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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