Boyce Thompson Arboretum Member Magazine - January 2020

Boyce Thompson

ARBORETUM NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS

THE WALLACE DESERT GARDEN GRAND OPENING!

WINTER 2020

TWO COLLECTIONS, TWO ERAS, COMBINING LEGACIES

THE GARDEN ON THE MOVE

Letter from the Director

Dear Arboretum Friends, This newsletter is about all that’s new at Boyce Thompson Arboretum, from the Wallace Desert Garden opening to new initiatives in our Horticulture Department.

While we have much to celebrate, the state of our world seems daunting. I am not one for New Year’s Resolutions. They sound good, and they make you feel good, but rarely do we really keep them for any length of time. However, with the latest climate news— animal species going extinct, sea levels rising, extreme wildfires—I’ve been thinking about resolutions we can promise to the earth and to ourselves.

I’ve also been thinking about what all of us at Boyce Thompson Arboretum can promise to you, our members. Our mission, of course, is to conserve and educate—to do our part to protect our little piece of the earth, home to our plant collections and all the wildlife that lives here. We want to impart the knowledge that we have—to inspire stewardship and even love for our landscapes. Knowledge facilitates connection. Knowledge encourages us to pay attention. If we don’t know which plants and animals live in our backyards—if we can’t name them—how will we care about them, or protect them from threats?

Here is what we promise to you at the New Year. We will hold this place—Boyce Thompson Arboretum— for you. You will be able to gain knowledge here.

We will hold its beauty, and its value, for you. When so many of us are not hopeful for the future of our planet, Boyce Thompson Arboretum will be here to remind you—and me—of the healing power of nature, and of our ability to care for the earth.

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to be out in nature more often, consciously connecting to other living things, so that I can truly live a life of stewardship.

To all our members—I wish you a New Year of health, peace, and joy, surrounded by nature. And I hope to see you all at the Wallace Desert Garden Opening!

Onward!

Lynne Nemeth Executive Director Boyce Thompson Arboretum

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CONTENTS 6 | W.B. Thompson vs. H.B. Wallace:

BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM STAFF Dara Heward | Editor Joseph Pacheco | Ad Designer

CONTRIBUTORS Preston Cox, Sylvia Lee, Jeff Payne, Lynne Nemeth, Pedro Pablo Celedón PHOTOGRAPHERS & ARTISTS Keegan Rider, Preston Cox, Joseph Pacheco, Barefoot Productions, Dara Heward, Shelbi Lindesmith COVER PHOTO Dara Heward Image of the three Yucca sp. in the Wallace Garden INSIDE COVER PHOTO Keegan Rider | www.keeganrider.com Images of Rider's Artwork Series, Desert Cactus Landscapes Series

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President | Jay Ream Vice President | Shelly Esque Secretary | Rick Gibson Treasurer | Kent Ennis Mila Besich LeRoy Brady Joseph Giacobazzi Dr. Bobbi Lancaster Jared Langkilde Bobbie Miller

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lynne Nemeth

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Two Collections, Two Eras, Combining Legacies

8 | Wallace Desert Garden Update

The Grand Opening!

12 | New in the Horticulture Department 14 | A Visit to Our Sister Institution,

Boyce Thompson Institute

18 | Garden on the Move — the Movie

Save the Date!

After five years of planning and hard work, Boyce Thompson Arboretum celebrates the grand opening of the Wallace Desert Garden.

Please join us for a very special donor and VIP preview event.

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020 The Wallace Garden Party Tours, cocktails, seated dinner INDIVIDUAL TICKETS START AT $150 FULL TABLES AND CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE CALL 520-689-4588 OR EMAIL SUPPORT@BTARBORETUM.ORG PUBLIC GRAND OPENING SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2020

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Irises

LIVING RAINBOWS

Text and Photos by Preston Cox | Retail Nursery and Sales For thousands of years, the iris flower has fascinated people. To the Ancient Greeks, it represented the goddess of the rainbow. Ancient Egyptian kings marveled at the exotic beauty of the iris. Many cultures used the iris for perfume or medicine. During the middle ages, the iris came to represent royalty. In Japan, irises were well known for their purifying elements and to ward off evil.

Finally, in China, they were known as messengers who heralded summer's arrival.

Today, irises are still well known as one of the easiest perennials to grow in a flower garden or border. Irises are also one of the most varied in color and height. There

Irises in the desert successful planting

are hundreds of varieties of iris in a staggering array of colors. As you walk through the Arboretum, you will find a fantastic collection of irises in the Demonstration Garden.

Most of these are standard and tall bearded and put on a stunning show in spring.

There is another iris collection just past the Herb Garden.

These irises are classified as arilbreds. Aril irises come from the Middle East and parts of Asia. They have been crossed with bearded iris to form arilbreds. These irises have the beauty and drought tolerance of the arils, and the hardiness and ease of care of the bearded.

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Do irises grow well in the arid southwest?

Yes, irises grow exceptionally well in our desert gardens, particularly the bearded varieties. They are low maintenance, low water, and can take a lot of heat and neglect.

1 Plant in the fall when temperatures drop below 90 degrees F. 2 They are best planted in areas with partial afternoon shade.

3 Be sure your soil is loose and well drained.

4 Create shallow ditches and mound up the soil in the middle. Place rhizomes on top of the mound and run their roots down the sides, then backfill with soil until only the very top of the rhizome can be seen.

5 Gently water newly planted Irises so as not to wash them out of the ground.

Irises should be watered weekly in the summer, and once to twice a month in the winter.

6 Established Adjust according to temperatures and weather.

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Use a timed-release or diluted fertilizer in October and again in March to boost blooms. Make sure it is low in nitrogen and high in phosphorus.

8 Every 3 or 4 years, dig up Irises and divide them by cutting the rhizomes apart, then replant. To prevent

bacteria from killing freshly cut rhizomes, dip the cut tip into an antibacterial soap solution or a mild bleach solution.

Join the Arboretum Social Community! | #1Arb @minazona: Was taking a macro shot of the cactus flower and he kept popping on to get some grub. Glad he got in the way. #boycethompsonarboretum #1Arb Photo by Minnie Ponicki @stiffknee_photography: Enjoying the morning @btarboretum with the plants and animals. The reptile in this image is a greater earless lizard.

Photo by Stiff Knee Photography (Steph Larson)

@adrianagreismanphotography: Blooming Aloe. #focusstacking #macrogrammers Photo by Adriana Greisman www.adrianagreismanphotography.com @michelebuntin: From fruit, to process station, to jar. I've only processed half the bucket so far. We have perfected a method that allows me to get the seeds and skin off without using any gloves!!! #pricklypear #pricklypearjuice #livingofftheland #boycethompsonarboretum #desertliving Photo by Michele Buntin

@keithkuttler: Photographed at the #boycethompsonarboretum #bee #flowers #cactus Photo by Keith Kuttler @moments4littlethings: Hummingbird chicks... I first saw this Hummingbird nest at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum about a month ago when mama hummingbird was first building it. How exciting this morning to see two little ones cuddled up and waiting for mama to return with breakfast!

Photo by Alan Mermelstein @lori_vial: Had such a wonderful day at #boycethompsonarboretum Photo by Lori Vial @drbriancurtice: Son (Daughter???) of Mothra! Went mothing. Yes it is a term! Take a light, a white sheet hanging from a tree, (and a little sugar in a bowl to gild the lilly), and some patience. To my delight, this big guy showed up. A Western Poplar Sphinx (Pachysphinx occidentialis, I believe, means thick Sphinx of the west, which about covers it.) Gentle and beautiful, its grip stength caught me by surprise.

Photo by Brain Curtice

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here is no versus about it, although there were a few differences between the two men’s lives. If they had known each other, they would surely have traded ideas, suggestions and knowledge, and perhaps would have helped each other in different ways. But Thompson was born in 1869 and Wallace in 1915. Thompson died in 1930 when Wallace was yet a stripling. Wallace died in 2005.

There was no note in our archives stating that Thompson and Wallace ever met, however, the results of the two men’s work came together during the time Dr. William “Bill” Feldman was the director of the

TWO COLLECTIONS, TWO ERAS, Combining W.B. Thompson vs. H.B. Wallace Text by Sylvia Lee, BTA Historian

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decreased number of plants in their natural settings and brought dryland plants from around the world into his “backyard” to maintain a gene pool of their original diversity.

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Photo by Joseph Pacheco

Boyce Thompson Arboretum (1984-2005). Matt Johnson, the manager of the Desert Legume Program (DELEP) and Bill Feldman would visit H.B. Wallace each year. After looking at all of his plants, they would sit down to lunch and write plans for DELEP for the coming year. Then 6 | Boyce Thompson Arboretum | Winter 2020

Wallace would provide a $20,000 grant to the Arboretum for the next fiscal year.

Wallace was born into wealth but amassed a fortune himself through developing techniques that boosted the poultry production in the

Photo Courtesy of Wallace Desert Garden Photo by Barefoot Productions

from association with mining administrators, miners themselves, and the men he hired to assist him in gathering information.

Both men were philanthropists who became concerned with feeding the burgeoning population of the world. Thompson set up the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum Corporation to research dryland plants and to search for plants that could increase food production for people and animals, and increase the production of other necessities. Wallace became concerned about the decreased number of plants in their natural settings.

He brought dryland plants from around the world into his “backyard” to maintain a gene pool of their original diversity. Thompson built the Boyce Thompson Arboretum (BTA) near Superior, Arizona, to house his collection of dryland plants, which were to be used both for research and as a beautiful public garden. In his backyard garden, Wallace amassed one of the world’s most extensive private collections of cacti and succulents. The two men thought very much alike.

Photo by Joseph Pacheco

Both men became attracted to the Sonoran Desert. Thompson built a second winter home and the adjacent arboretum (BTA) after seeing the riparian land and desert along Queen Creek during his first trip to inspect his newly-acquired Magma Mine. Wallace settled at North Scottsdale after retiring because he had become fascinated by saguaro cacti. Thompson first spent time in his house at BTA, Picket Post House, from late October into December 1923. He and his wife returned one or more times almost every year United States, thus helping feed people with an until his death. Wallace moved to Arizona in inexpensive source of meat and eggs. Thompson 1985 and lived in Scottsdale until his death. was born in middle class circumstances and acquired his wealth through his interests in There was one significant difference: Thompson’s mining. The formal schooling of the two men arboretum was located on land that was was interesting. Wallace studied genetics easily accessed by and available to the public. while earning a Bachelor of Science degree at Wallace’s garden was located within a private Iowa State College. Thompson studied mining gated community and was open to groups only engineering for only one year at Columbia by appointment. However, scientists used both University, then relied on his informal education gardens to perform research. btarboretum.org | Boyce Thompson Arboretum | 7

Wallace Desert Garden

Wallace Desert Garden Getting Ready for the Wallace Garden Opening

Text by Jeff Payne, ACLP, Certified Arborist WE - 9449A | Director of Horticulture Artwork by Keegan Rider & Photos by Dara Heward and Joseph Pacheco

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he long-awaited opening of the Wallace Desert Garden will take place in March 2020. The project began in August 2015, when the first boxed specimen cacti arrived at Boyce Thompson from north Scottsdale.

Since that time, we moved a total of 5,870 plants, finally finishing the transfer in 2017. Three key employees are now bringing this massive project to completion: myself, lead foreman, Miguel Hernandez, and gardener Derek Lopez. Some of the original players who were very instrumental in getting this project off the ground have either retired or moved on. Cathy Babcock, longtime Director of Horticulture, retired in early 2019. Clayton Newberry, Eddie Valenzuela, and Lisa Galford have new employment elsewhere.

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New staff members working on the Wallace Garden include our plant recorder, Becky Stephenson, and a new full-time groundskeeper, Angela Velducea, as well as a temporary fulltime groundskeeper, Christine Gomez.

We will be adding another full-time groundskeeper very soon.

The final plantings— what we are calling the understory plants— will be in the ground by the time you read this, as will all the plant labels. These understory plants are the smaller plants that BTA staff salvaged from the Wallace Desert Gardens, driving every week on Wednesdays in 2016 and 2017 with two or three trucks and trailers. Every week we would load up the vehicles with bare root specimens or vegetative cuttings for propagation. After doing this for well over a year and a half, we amassed more than 3,300 + plants that we housed in six temporary shade structures at

In this issue, you will find many pieces of artwork by Keegan Rider, a Tucson based artist who has a love for botanical and cactus gardens. Keegan's recent series is called "Desert Cactus Landscape Series." It might remind one of the diversities found in the desert and how colorful it can be if only one looks. His collection has similar colors and textures that you can find in the upcoming opening of the Wallace Desert Garden. To see more of his work, visit his website at www.keeganrider.com.

Keegan mainly finds inspiration for his artwork from the surrounding landscape and environment. Having spent several early childhood years on one of the Indian reservations outside of Tucson, he was greatly influenced by traditional Native American and Mexican figurative art. Following his family’s move to South Tucson, Keegan was also instantly captivated by the local street art and murals. Because of these experiences, he has forged a distinct personal style with bright colors and bold line work. To further diversify his abilities and subject matter, Keegan has vigorously studied several renown Contemporary American illustrators, as well as some of the classic masters of the Impressionist Era. Combining all of these inspirations, his resulting artwork is a balance between beauty and nature, and emphasizes desert flora and landscapes, as well as portraits and illustrations.

BTA. It’s quite an involved process, getting these plants in the ground. We first tag a plant in a shade house and then record the inventory control label (contains genus, species, and a specific inventory number). We then create a spreadsheet with the current plant location, I.D. number, genus and species, and its native place of origin. Once this is complete, we take small fluorescent colored marking flags and write the corresponding data from a plant inventory tag on the flag, which shows the plant’s original shade house location, inventory number, genus, and species. We then sort the flags by each plant’s origin and the location where it will be planted in the garden.

Wallace Garden staff is given an inventory sheet, and plants are transported from the shade house to the planting location and put into the ground.

Wallace Garden staff also work on weeding, plant care and maintenance, irrigation monitoring, garden trails—and staying cool and hydrated!

Weeding is an ongoing and essential task. As some of the plants have been in the ground for two years now, they are becoming established and beginning to grow—so maintenance is a high priority. Irrigation monitoring in such an

Wallace Desert Garden extensive collection is time-consuming as well. There are a few plants that still need supplemental irrigation to ease them along.

Trail construction is almost complete, and by late winter, a final layer of decomposed granite will be placed on the main Wallace loop trail.

Proofing the plant signage has been a lengthy and tedious process, but we wanted to get it right.

At the end of December 2019, we completed plant labels and interpretative signage.

December 17 was our plant label day, with BTA Collection Committee members and a number of staff planning an all day placement “blitz” of 700+ signs. Each plant label shows an accepted common name, the most updated botanical name, and the plant’s native origin.

The transplanted and transformed Wallace Desert Garden—now on 13 acres with 1.5 miles of trails—offers access to H.B. Wallace’s beautiful collection of desert plants from around the world, as well as spectacular views of the Superstition Mountains. We hope to see every one of you at the Wallace Garden opening in March!

Lastly, we are waiting for the final construction dates on the crossings over Queen Creek, part of the Wallace Desert Garden main trail.

Palo Borracho, Ceiba speciosa hybrid

Yucca sp.

Desert Spoon, Dasylirion wheeleri flower stalk

Palo Borracho, Ceiba speciosa hybrid

Aloe sp. leaf.

Book Leaf Mallee, Eucalyptus Kruseana

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Agave victoriae-reginae

Moroccan Mound, Euphorbia resinifera

THE WALLACE GARDEN

Grand Opening - M a rc h 2020 -

Member & Volunteer Preview | March 27 Public Opening | March 28

Thirteen acres, 1.5 miles of new trails, and 5,000 desert plants from around the world.

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Horticulture

HORTICULTURE DEPARTMENT Update by Jeff Payne ACLP, Certified Arborist WE - 9449A Director of Horticulture

Photo by Barefoot Productions

Meet the Boyce Thompson Arboretum's new Director of Horticulture, Jeff Payne! Jeff is pictured here with his sweet girl Rose, a brindled Mastiff rescued in the Boyce Thompson Arboretum's parking lot.

While

Mexico, and Arizona in the U.S., and Coahuila, Chihuahua and Sonora in Mexico. This collection is designated for the preservation and conservation of these trees and their genetic material. We also conducted a fiveyear study on the trees, recording growth habits and growth rate, among other aspects.

Let's not forget that the Arboretum has three The study also considered which of these significant nationally accredited collections trees would be an excellent selection to associated with the Plant Collections Network possibly introduce into the nursery trade.

(PCN) in the American Public Gardens The second PCN collection at the Arboretum Association (APGA). is the Desert Legume collection, including The first is the Southwest Oak collection, the Desert Legume Program and seed bank encompassing taxa from the genus Quercus. in Tucson. This collection also has seed We have 114 individual trees representing secured in the U.S. Department of Agriculture 29 species in this group. The collection seed vault in Fort Collins, Colorado, and at consists of a concentration of oaks from the the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which is an desert southwest, including west Texas, New international seed bank inside the Artic Circle all of us at the Arboretum are very involved in opening the new Wallace Desert Garden, we are also working on other horticulture projects, plans, and collections.

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Horticulture

north of Norway established to bank seed for long term in case of a global crisis or catastrophe.

rosettes, in colors generally ranging from green to bluegray. They are native to the Superstition Mountains near the Arboretum, and throughout the central Arizona mountains in areas of exposed rock outcroppings and cliffs.

Typically, they are not noticed until their last spring bloom season. Their flowers are on a 12- to 18-inch stalk, and the colors are yellow, orange and red. Recent stories in the news reported on the illegal harvesting and collecting of Dudleyas native to California—endangering and even wiping out entire populations of certain species.

Our third PCN collection is the Eucalyptus collection.

We have 307 accessions, comprising of 529 individual plants representing 111 taxa.

The Eucalyptus collection is one of the oldest collections in the Arboretum, with many planted as early as 1926.

Based on a collections assessment in 2014, we ranked as the 10th largest global holder of accessioned Eucalyptus and the 2nd largest Eucalyptus collection in the United States. Six of the taxa are globally unique to Boyce We are also re-establishing the arilbred iris collection, Thompson Arboretum. whose remnants are out We have also started in the canyon along the a conservation and Main Trail just past the educational collection of Herb Garden. So, what is two Arizona native species an arilbred? The term aril of Dudleya, a genus of applies to two groups of succulent perennial plants irises: the Oncocyclus from that resemble echeverias, the Middle East, and the graptopetelums, or hens Regelias from central Asia. & chicks. The two species The word "aril" refers to we have been collecting, the prominent white color Dudleya saxosa and Dudleya seen on the seeds of these pulverulenta, are wild seed types of iris. We have made grown by local rare plant contact with some arilbred enthusiasts. The fleshy iris growers and collectors, have generously leaves occur in basal who

donated approximately 50 small various rhizomes to Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

Another big project we are currently finishing up is an expansion of the Chihuahua Desert Garden.

We are creating another trail loop representing the community of flora native to a montane oak forest one might see in the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico. We are utilizing specific species of Yucca, Agave, Quercus, and cacti as foundation flora for the area. This new trail should be open by early March 2020.

Finally, we are just starting the preliminary plans for a Mohave Desert Exhibit.

We will be diving right into this in mid-2020, after the completion and opening of the Wallace Garden. This new exhibit will have a core foundation of species of Yucca, Agave, and cacti indigenous to the Mohave Desert region. This new exhibit will parallel the north side of the Chihuahuan Exhibit.

Stay tuned for Horticulture Department updates!

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Photo by Lynne Nemeth

Nature

A Visit to Our Sister Institution,

Boyce Thompson Institute Together, We Will Identify Pertinent Research Questions and Keep William Thompson's Mission Alive Text by Lynne Nemeth, Executive Director Photos by Mike Carroll, BTI's Communications Associate

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n my very first day as BTA’s Executive Director, I already had mail waiting for me: a welcome letter and invitation to visit from the President of Boyce Thompson Institute, David Stern. In October, I traveled to BTI, which is located on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Boyce Thompson Institute’s mission, “to advance and communicate scientific discovery in plant biology to improve agriculture, protect the environment, and enhance human health,” specifies that the goal of plant science is to benefit society. William Boyce Thompson believed that people’s basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter must be met before As the very first director of BTA to visit BTI, I was greater social goals of education and political invited to sign the Guest Book—a tradition for stability can be met. He wanted the scientists “important” visitors. I am honored to have my at the Boyce Thompson Institute to explore name—and BTA’s—in the book that dates from the mechanisms of the most elemental life 1924. processes, and knew that this progress would ultimately provide the foundation upon which My visit included a tour, a briefing on three many discoveries could be made. research projects, and various meetings.

I met individually with David Stern, the BTI Senior As William Boyce Thompson would have Leadership Team (David Stern, Paul Debbie, Dir wanted, Greg Martin’s lab at BTI studies tomato of Research and Business Development, and speck, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, Stephanie Meyer, Vice President for Institutional a common bacterial disease that occurs Advancement), BTI’s greenhouse manager, worldwide wherever tomatoes are grown. The Brian Bell, and researchers Susan Strickler and disease can substantially reduce crop yields, Fay-Wei Li. obviously affecting food supply. Martin’s lab

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Research utilizes genomics, molecular biology, plant breeding, plant pathology and structural biology, among other fields, to develop plants with increased natural resistance to diseases.

One way they are doing that is by back-breeding domestic tomato breeds with wild relatives that have natural immunity. I saw greenhouse after greenhouse filled with different varieties of tomatoes and tomato relatives as researchers attempt to develop those disease-resistant plants.

bear, deer, and foxes. Researchers are working to identify the genome sequence of the beech, particularly those trees that exhibit a resistance to the insect scale.

One of my goals is to develop a research program at Boyce Thompson Arboretum, and I spoke with David Stern and other BTI staff about it. BTA and its various collections of 18,900 plants offer opportunities for many different kinds of research—from studying genome sequencing to monitoring the effects of climate change. My time at BTI included enthusiastic discussions about how we (BTA and Scientist Fey Wei shows visitors a pocket-size DNA sequencer.

BTI) need to identify mutually beneficial Boyce Thompson Institute’s projects and pertinent mission, “to advance and research questions.

BTI researchers have also taken on another disease, this one with great potential for ecosystem disruption.

Beech bark disease is found on American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and on European beech (Fagus sylvatica). The disease, which results from the interaction between a scale insect and canker fungi, communicate scientific is found in mixed-hardwood discovery in plant biology to forests. The effects of the As we continue to build disease are severe cankering a research program at improve agriculture, protect the on beech trees, deformation BTA, our colleagues and environment, and enhance human of the stem, and eventual friends at BTI will help health.” tree death. Beech trees are us—with ideas, contacts, an important species in and enthusiasm. I look the northeast forest—and forward to our continued a major food source for many mammals and dialogue. You can visit Boyce Thompson birds, including squirrels, chipmunks, black Institute at www.btiscience.org.

Greenhouse Director Brian Bell.

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This past fall, the seasonal residential flock of turkey vultures departed on their annual migration. ASU Professor Dave Pearson led a walk observing the big, black birds and educating the public about how incredible they are.

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The members only "4th Annual Halloween Spooktacular" took place this past October. Costumes were encouraged, and our guests and volunteers did not disappoint! Bottom left, employee Becky Stephenson poses on the Benson Bridge. Bottom right, Jeanne Ann Brush, one of our master gardeners, dressed as a garden gnome, fitting of a garden Halloween event. Volunteers and guests enjoyed engaging with one another while walking around the trick-or-treat stations placed around the garden path.

Along with trick-or-treating, members got to enjoy a Witch Dance Flash Mob, a presentation on scorpions, a classic horror movie, a drum circle, and live music.

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"The Arboretum Rocks!" Annual Gem and Mineral Festival took place on Sunday, December 8, 2019. There was a fluorescent mineral display, a meteorite presentation, a Geology Walk, and a Plants and Minerals Connection Walk. Many vendors also set up in front of the Visitor Center selling jewelry, stones, crafts, and more.

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The "Fall Foliage Festival" took place November 30 - December 1, 2019, Thanksgiving Weekend. Many attended and were able to witness the fall hues of the Chinese pistache trees and experienced live music in the garden under a great orange canopy. The colors this year hit their peak during the second week of December!

Photos by Joseph Pacheco

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FILM

UPDATE Garden on the Move A Half-Hour Documentary that Explores the Unprecedented Feat of Merging Two World-Class Plant Collections Interview with Pedro Pablo Celedรณn, Founder & Director, Barefoot Productions Photos Courtesy of Barefoot Productions

1. Tell me about the "Garden on the Move" film.

Garden on the Move follows the story of the Wallace Desert Garden Collection's move to its new location at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

The film presents audiences with the challenges facing the relocation of an entire botanical garden, the move of close to 6,000 plants and trees from the Wallace Desert Garden to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Both garden founders, H.B. Wallace and Colonel Thompson, loved the desert environment and were committed to finding ways arid land plants could benefit mankind. It seems fitting that although the gardens were started 75 miles from each other and eighty years apart, together, they are much more than the sum of their parts and will further the founders' original intent.

GOTM explores why these plants are important, why biodiversity is essential, and why moving this garden to its new location was vital to its survival. But questions and dilemmas aren't the only things this film has to offer; it also provides unique solutions to issues raised by climate change, food security, and water shortages.

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2. How did the film project get started?

In 2015, my company, Barefoot Productions, was brought on to produce a 5-minute video for the Wallace Desert Gardens in Scottsdale, AZ. The original project was to document the dismantling of their 6,000+ piece collection of rare, full-grown desert plants and trees, which were being donated to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, located 75 miles away in Scottsdale.

It quickly became apparent that there existed a much larger story than a physical move across Arizona, as dramatic as that already was. That original short-form video was used to raise funds.

The short aroused enough interest to produce this half-hour documentary, which explores more than just the allure and value of desert ecosystems. In this new format, we wanted to bring to the forefront the personalities and pathways involved in passing the baton from one idiosyncratic garden to another, along with all the unprecedented work required for the literal merger of two astounding plant collections.

3. How long have you been working on it?

We got involved with this project in November 2015, and the film will be completed in time for the opening of the new Wallace Desert Garden at BTA in late March 2020. That means it’s been about five years!

4. What was an eye-opening experience you had while working on this film?

The most impactful experience throughout this project has been simply in the observation of such a robust desert landscape. We seem to hold this idea that deserts are monotonous and inhospitable, when in reality, if you come close enough, they truly are wonderlands of vitality, variety, and beauty.

My crew and I spent roughly four and a half years going to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum and the Sonoran Desert, in every season, and we quickly came to understand how alive this ecosystem is.

5. When do you expect the film to premiere and where?

We’re hoping to hold the premiere of our documentary, Garden on the Move, as part of the activities planned for the grand opening of the new Wallace Desert Garden at BTA in March of 2020.

6. While meeting with you, you showed me a video of Superior Mayor and BTA Board Member Mila Besich and Board Member Joe Giacobazzi trying out the VR headset with a virtual tour of the garden. Tell me more about this project, and where can the public find this?

The Garden on the Move Educational Guide is an evergreen toolkit that has the potential of reaching hundreds of thousands of students and their families across Arizona and beyond.

Instructional units will integrate specially shot and edited sequences from Garden on the Move to better engage students in their scientific, artistic, and historical investigations.

Superior, AZ Mayor and Board Member, Mila Besich, trying the new virtual reality headset with an education guide video created

by Barefoot Productions

We have a special team working with educators and curriculum specialists to align these virtual reality videos to nationally accredited teaching standards, such as the Next Generation Science Standards, Core Concept State Standards for Language Arts, the National Core Standards for Visual Arts, and History Standards.

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Spring Plant Sale MARCH 13 - 22 Members Only Day | MARCH 13 THOUSANDS OF PLANTS EXPERTS ON SITE

Artwork by Keegan Rider

20% OFF FOR MEMBERS

20 | Boyce Thompson Arboretum | Fall 2019

THANKS TO OUR MEMBERS AND DONORS! $10,000 CORPOR ATE MEMBERSHIP Resolution Copper Company BOYCE THOMPSON SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP Karen Applewhite Walter Brown Mary Faul Chris and Nora Hohenlohe Mr. Tom Kornoelje Bernard and Faye Pipkin Dick and Nancy Smith Dr. and Mrs. Phil Upchurch Mr. and Mrs. Russell Webster Lucy Wing Roy A. Young Dick and Betty Youse DIRECTORS CIRCLE Janet and James Badden Carolyn Baecker Covert and Lea Bailey Leslie and Jonathan Baney Bill Benson Sarah and Kenneth Bernstein Dr. and Mrs. Carlos Carrera Constance and Arlyn Clark Bea and Mike Dalton Robert and Kathryn Elsaesser Joseph and Gail Giacobazzi Rick and Lexia Gibson Martha and Steve Goode Alice Grosbach Joseph and Joyce Hartung Imre and Lorna Kertesz Bobbi and Lucy Lancaster John R. and Deborah McEvoy Barbara Miller and Steven Trimble James Nafziger Lynne Nemeth and Lanny Morrison David and Diana Oberpriller Perry and Teresa Pearson David Raring and Kathleen Putek Jay and Delana Ream Jim and Kally Reynolds Janet Spadora Keith and Brenda Taylor Natalia White PICKETPOST SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP William and Susan Ahearn Clare Angell and Craig Angell Ann Beisser and Kandy Kendall Judi and Bob Braudy Charles and Jeanne Ann Brush Russ and Jeanie Carlson Rene' Clark William and Cynthia Collings Gay L. Dybwad and Joy V. Bliss Jim and Elizabeth Fordemwalt Mark and Maggie Graham Jeffrey Heimer and Linda Brock Art and Claudia Helfgott Max and Marguerite Horn Colin and Ruth Kaltenbach Barbara King and Dr. Harold Johnson Chuck Lee and Patricia Hance John and Jodi Morgan Pearl Nancarrow Edgardo Rivera Gregory and Lorraine Scaven James Schenck and Michaele Cozzi William and Barbara Schneider Todd and Lisa Sekundiak Rachel Trinder

George and Linda Walda Mary Welch-Keesey and Joe Keesey Melvin and Silvia Werre Richard and Patricia Wiedhopf Rusty Wilkinson Louis and Judy Young BOOJUM CLUB MEMBERSHIP Richard and Bonnie Anderson Susan Andrews and Linda Campbell Bob Autrey and Vicki Autrey Andrew Ayers and Tanja Vaughn Rosemary and Susan Berg Paul and Tania Bergner John and Georgiana Boyer Mary Ann Bradbury LeRoy Brady and Joseph Salazar Sandra, Roger Bryan and Karen Farner George Cairo Sean and Barbara Clark Rick and Suzy Clarke Jane Conrow David A. Coup and David C. Smith Linda and Jeremy Cowing David and Elizabeth Cronk Patti Dennis and Peggy Peterburs Alexander Dioyenis and Mary K France John and Connie Drilling Craig and Carole Eberle Ken and Rose Elkins Robert Favuzza and Jane Simpson Thomas and Lynne Forre Mark Foster David Glaeseman Warren Goff Dr. Bill and Lynn Haak Lois and Peter Hammer Terry Henley William and Diana Herron Ronald and Catherine Hill Angela and Philip Huddleston Diane and Tom Huffman Perry L. and Shahara V. Hughes Gary and Mary Irish Marianne Jensen Michael and Linda Jett Matt Johnson Douglas, Julia and WH Jones Dick and Sandy Joyce Donald and Lynn Keith Allen and Renee Klein Robert Kleinsasser Gregory Knowlton and Wlatka Peric- Knowlton Donna and LeRoy Kuta Georganna Lagen Wayne and Bonnie Lichtenberger Laney and Keith Lindor William and Mary Lum Barbara S. Macnider and Michael A. Sullivan Ann Mangold Trevor Martin Gilbert and Jenny Maw David and Sandra McEldowney David McGowan and Anthony Rosmarin Holly McKenzie and Robert P. Martin Janene McNeil Richard and Lois Meyer Michael and Mary Miller Duane and Margaret Morse Charlotte Needham Charles "Carlos" Oldham and Joan Goforth Larry and Margret Olson Tom Parkhurst Barbara Peters

Tanya Peters and Denise Arredondo Kirsta and Ryan Phelps Deirdre Poyor J. David and Shirley Prest Daniel and Janis Ramirez Clark and Sophia Rogers Rylan Schimelpfenig, Leslie Peaslee and Jackie Clausen Lois Schneberger Donald and Ingeborg Senuta Richard and Karyn Shaffstall Paul and Victoria Shimp Linda and Ron Skinner Brian and Pat Smith Don and Ginny Smith Brian Studer and Therese Messerschmitt Ginny Sylvester Kathryn W. Torgeson Don and Gloria Traicoff James and Carolyn Tripp Elly Van Gelderen Karen Wargo and Deb Place Steve and Joni Rae Westwood Kay Wiesner J. Andrew Wood and Dwayne Hitchcock Dennis and Mary Young Leo Zureick CONTRIBUTOR MEMBERSHIP John and Pam Abbott Marina and William Akins Jim and Marie Akridge Shirley Alberg Elizabeth Aldrich James and Debra Allen Peter Alt and Cynthia Lindle Alt Paul & Dora Ancharski and Myrna Guzman Morris and Deb Anderson Joseph and Julie Antonio Sally Appel Jeff and Kimberly Arbuckle Nadine Atkinson Troy and Kristi Atwood Jordan and Cristina Ball Raymond and Barbara Ball Gordon and Sally Barnes Anthony and Carole Basile Steve and Linda Baxter Todd and David Bayne and Laura McGrory-Bayne Ashley and Tim Beach Curt and Corinne Bender Peter and Sarah Benedikt Sharalyn and Jesse Benko Mary Bennett and Mike Josephson Bethany Berkseth Dan and Marie Bernstein Sarah and Geoffrey Berthiaume Mark Bierner George and Millie Bilotta Cheryl and John Birdwell Irv and Mary Jo Bitman Darlene and James Bjelland Jack and Beverly Bonnette Joshua Bonnette and Ashley Terry-Bonnette Vincent and Catherine Bonventre Kathryn Bottjen Maxine Boyce Steven and Gail Boyd Alicia Brainard and Kaleb Corrigan Carolyn Bridge Fred Brink Mark Broadus and Nancy Dye Christinia Brown and Camille Goulding Donna and Bob Brown

Renie and Bart Browning Heidi and Sim Brubaker Barbara and Rick Brumley Barbara and John Bruner Steven, Alisa Rae & Adria Rene Bruzonsky Mark Bullard and Karen Gremminger Charlotte Bunger Teresa and Lee Burnett Michael and Tanya Burns Barbara Burton Gina and Don Bush Frank and Laurel Byrne Brian and Lauren Cantoni Laura Carpenter Connie and Woody Caspers Ralph Castaneda and Bobbie Mills Julie Anne Castilla and Steve Nunn James and Donna Caudle F. James and Ramona Celis Fausto Channave Charlene Choc Yanbiao Chu and Shu Yang Amanda and Stanley Clague Taunjua Clark Rhiannon Clark and Dylan Machajewski William Cook and Janice Cook Copper Triangle Mining Services Fernando and Melissa Cortes June Cosgrove Willam A. Covington and Connie J. Struve Mike and Sadie Cowart Daphne and Justin Crook John and Diana Crummey Micheal Curtis and Melinda Melton Mary Kathryn Dale and Bailey Dimmitt Jeannine and Steve Daniel Bruce and Sandra Davidson Elizabeth and Joseph Davidson Gary and Lucinda Deatsman Dennis and Faye DeBough Gina and Rick DeGraw Jenifer Devine Jean Dili and Jerry Dili, Jr. Mark and Susan Dobson George Dockstader Carol and Michael Dolle Alan and Danae Dover Lindsey Downing Sarah Doyle and Jason Smith Arthur and Kelly Draper Diane G. Dungan Allan Dunstan Hermann and Jo Eckert Linda Eikenberry Kimberly Eilert Ann Ewen and Mark Edwards Thomas A. and Sandra S.Ewing Lewis A. and Melinda M. Fairfield Sarah and Jon Fein Ken Fells and Megan Warner Lisa Fitzner and Terry Phillips Sally Flanders and Alice Harris Stephanie Franklin-Martos Harold and J. Anne Frede Peter and Julie Fritz Dusty Lee Fullinwider and Scooter Jones Ray-Ann Galindo David and Janette Gann Bob and Sandy Garrity Denise Gaudet and Julia Watson Joe and Elaine Gavelek Cathy Geiger, Carolyn Bonk and Rosemarie Mack Tom and Karen Gilbertson

THANKS TO OUR MEMBERS AND DONORS! Kevin Gilbreth and Georjia Motta Jack and Cindy Gilmore Anna Gilreath Dr. Craig and Ruth Gimbel Sue Goodwin Steve and Maxine Gorman Henry and Patricia Gougelmann Frank and Helen Grannis Nancy and Mike Grant Bill and Ann Marie Graves Susan Gray and John Gilkeson Brendon Grice and Lynn Samuels David and Mary Griffy Robert Gunnink and Miriam Olson Nancy Haddorff and Jody Gerst Rudolf and Anneliese Hagemann Jeri Haklik John and Merideth Hale Elyse Hall Thomas Halverson and Judith Peters Verle and Jan Hammer Barbara, Michele Hanigsberg and Brad Lundahl Jeanne and David Hannon Melody Hannon Robyn Hansen William and Miriam Hart Karen Hatch Robert and Debra Hayles Randal Heath and Richard Solem Carl and Margaret Hedlund Richard and Sandi Heidinger John Heindl Jana Henige Mike and Carolyn Hills Joyce Hing Jane Hobart, Sheri Jones and Brandy Miller Laura Hocknull and Nancy Meserve Lisa and Jay Hodak Maggie Hoffman and Sydney Bogart Howard M. and Milja Z. Hohnsen Richard and Carole Holmes Eric and Heather Holst Peter and Jeanne Horner Robert and Judy Hughes Karol Hunt Mary, Mike and Erin Hutchinson Don and Mary Isham Kaitlyn Ives Don Jacobs Barry Jacobsen and Jane Standley Melissa and Aaron Jacobson Yvonne Jacques Lois James Rosemary James Patricia Jay and Jennifer Bass Dale and Mary Jensen Frances Johansen Matthew Johnson and Patricia Rorabaugh Steve Jones and Debbie Jones Patella Kathy Jones Craig Jordan and Mark Ford William Joslin Anthony Julik Tom and Jennifer Kaiser Kathy Keegan-Davis and Bert Davis Kathy and Timothy Keister U. Kelasa Vincent D. Kelley and Connie L. Smith Ronald and Nancy Kemp Alan and Cynthia Kempner Steve and Sandra Kernagis Grant and Liz Ketterman Tyler Kimmel and Millinea Carlson-Kimmel Tammie Kinard Ron and Marilyn Kingma

John and Beth Kirkpatrick Charles and Kathleen Kline Sheryl Knights Robert and Marilyn Koester James Michael Kolida Dave and Kathy Kormanik Tracy Kralicek and Dave Lunn Dennis Krygier and Jerri Pennington Mary Kubesh Fred Kuykendall, Jr. and Olga Kuykendall David and Cathy Laffler Gretchen and Troy Larsen Bruce and Terri Larson Ken and Maryann Laska Jim and Brenda Lee and Kelly Sharak Anne and Katie Leight Larry and Diane Lenhardt Louis and Maureen Lesser Victoria Levin and Erich Drinkwater Jerry Levine and Laura Allison Orme Lewis Jr Raul and Mary Nell Leyba Arnold and Susan Licht Barbara and Ron Lieberson Carole Lindemann David and Valerie Lindemuth Marshall and Ellie Linden Carrie Lipka and Robert Gansman Rea and Jim Ludke John and Jill Lundgren Michael Lynch and Emilia Martins Jennifer Mack Debe and Bob Mahoney Peggy Malsom Paula Maniszko and Michael Jaworski Elizabeth Marriaga and Barbara Wulf Michelle and Michael Marzano Robert and Mary Marzke Lewis G. and Kathleen M. Mason Timothy and Mary Lou Massal Kirti Mathura and Rosa Crespo Patricia Mayes Maureen McCarthy and Joe Accardo Rachael McCleary Thomas and Kathy McDonald Mary Joe McElroy Robert and Mary McFadden Dianne McGee and Robert Bickes John D. McGuire Pierce McIntosh Scott McKay Rodney McManamy and Tammy Ostroski Stacy Meader Kathi Metzger Jennifer, Cam & Beverly Mewhorter Laura Miller Robert and Victoria Millies Edwin W. Minch Bill and Ginann Mitchell John Mitchell Christina Moncayo J.T. and Pamela Montgomery Gloria and Tom Moore Brad and Elaine Morse Sandra and Michael Morse Jim and Mary Mosier Mike and Jeanne Moss Darrell and Brett Moyer Tom and Barb Mozdzen Diane Mueller Frank and Mary Mujica Darla and John Murphy Vanessa and Martin Navarrette Sara Ruth Neel and Ann Eastman Edward and Virginia Neiman Edward Neiman Jr and Virginia Neiman Judi Nelson

Ms. Linda J. Ness and Mr. Ariel Ness Rieken Steven and Araura Nestor Paula Newcomb and Krista Fox Don and Ruth Newton Steve and Bethany Niemeyer Jay and Ellen Norton Laurie and Iver Odegaard Michael and Anna O'Hara Dean Olson and Kathi Olson William and Joyce O'Morrow Kathi and Patricia Osbakken Ms. Lacey Pacheco Allan and Vise Palmer Kathy Pankow and G.W. Vessels Richard, Jennifer Parets and Ramiro Suastegui David Patterson and Kay Hart Ralph and Brenda Pattison Shelly and John Peacey Katie Pena and Al & Susan Ells Dan Perin William and Phyllis Perkins Mrs. Thelma Peters Charles Peterson and Renae Bertagnoli Jeffrey Petrie Bob and Judy Petrokas Bruce and Kathleen Pettycrew Chamtu Nancy Pham and Camnhung Nguyen Sue Plati Adi and Barbara Pohan John and Meg Polainer Deetra and Dave Polito Lawrence and Rachel Pollack Mark and Deborah Prator Wally and Fay Quanstrom Judy Quinn and Ruth Myers Annie Rasar William Rasey Robert and Sandra Rausch Wallace and Karen Rave Jolee and Russell Ray Annemarie Ready Lenny and Sonia Reid Roger and Sharon Rekstad Brenda Reyes Carl Richards Mark and Margaret Richmond Cynthia Riley John and Chris Robinson Richard Rons and Natalie Caralli Donald and Patricia Ross Glenda and Michael Ross Charles and Maria Ruiz John and Karen Runberg Jim Russell and Judy Russell Dennis and Sharon Ryan Scott and Janet Saline Kenneth and Lee Salwitz Samantha Sanchez and Tristen Malone Paul and Patty Sandness Advienne Sears-Lake and Hailey Ligon Nancy and Owen Shedroff David and Kathleen Shields Jhenifer and Nate Shipe Jeffrey D. Short II Elaine, Dave Sims and Jeanine Swick Frank Sitter Donna Slaughter Jason Smith and Bethany Kuenstler Kim and Al Smith Kim Smith-Stout and Michael Traubert Charles and Peggy Snow Rodo and Susan Sofranac Roy and Darleen Sordi Nancy and Robert Sorenson Ronald Souder Larry Sprechman and Michelle Caisse

Mark and Susan Stodola Don and Shirley Stromberg Stephen and Karen Swoope Ted and Andree Tarby Jim and Judy Taylor Mike and Linda Taylor Jim Taylor Paul Tefft and Kristi Cook Lillian Teubner Hugh and Whitney Thatcher John & Beverly Thompson and Jennifer Lessie Helen and Paul Totten Harriet Trieskey Jennifer Turner James Uanis Lowell and Gail Ann Ulrich Sherrin and Terry Upgaard Shauna Van Houten Matthijs Van Soest and Rebekah Hines Nancy and Jessica Van Vleet Erica VanDerHeyden and Shelly Lanham Eric and Marceline VandeWater Daniel and Anne Varner Cheryl and Samuel Venhuizen Kathy and John Vig Howard and Ellen Wack Wulf D. Wagner and Jorge Luiz Cuono Sue and Dave Waibel Fred Walker James and Elizabeth Walker David Wall and Connie Chen Andrew Wallace and Steven Steinhauer Nancy Wanek and Russ Baron Dolores Ward Rosemary Ware and Beverly Hernandez Richard and Margaret Watson Rick and Kim Weaver Bob and Kathy Weaver Harry Webber and Mariann Holder Lita and Marshall Weinstein Chris Weitman Dr. R.H. and Mimi R. Wettach Bob and Marquetta White Kevin Wight and Sharon Hampton Wild Birds Unlimited, Dave Rod Wilkins and Nancy Burns Zach Williams and Melissa Silva Paul and Norrine Williams Penny Wilson Cathie and Brian Wilton Barry and Cecilia Woody Keith Worth Woody Wray and J.S. Gobershock John and Evelyn Yaple Randy Yavitz Joyce and Steven Yingling Shawn Zack and Tonya Penkrot Joseph and Diana Zerella Alan Ziv and Debora Bloom Andris and Sue Zvirgzdins Ronald and Judith Zwickl

Palo Borracho, Ceiba speciosa hybrid

THANKS TO OUR MEMBERS AND DONORS!

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED 10/02/2019-12/12/2019 $5,000+ Richard and Linda Fries James Nafziger $1,000 - $4,999 Peter and Judy Allard APS Bill Benson Elizabeth Higgins Paul and Jacklyn Horton Imre and Lorna Kertesz Resolution Copper Company Edgardo Rivera Barbara Miller and Steven Trimble $500 - $999 Orme Lewis Jr Tracy Kralicek and Dave Lunn Wing Xi Trust Wing Apartments Barbara Miller and Steven Trimble $100 - $499 Dianne McGee and Robert Bickes Pearl Nancarrow Art and Claudia Helfgott Brian Studer and Therese Messerschmitt Rick and Suzy Clarke David Wall and Connie Chen Georganna Lagen James Nafziger Anita and Dennis Rohde Charles and Jeanne Ann Brush Peter and Jeanne Horner William Rasey Chris and Lynnea Spencer Mrs. Thelma Peters John and Karen Runberg Lynn Kelly Charles Martin Ball and Michael Martin Larry Koehn and Marti Hogan-Koehn Lowell and Gail Ann Ulrich William Rasey Phyllis E Wells Nikki Blanchard Dr. Bill and Lynn Haak Cynthia Riley Richard and Bonnie Anderson Wally and Fay Quanstrom Melvin and Silvia Werre Kim Nees Cassandra Joos Gary Long Robert and Mary Marzke Cheryl and John Willis Gordon W. Rosier and Roy W. Mainger Patricia World Mike and Linda Taylor Delores Sullivan and Teri Bryant Firoj Kabir and Tulip Khan Verna and Jim Burkett

Jim Malusa Jay and Delana Ream Bobby Hernandez Janene McNeil Sara Ruth Neel and Ann Eastman Christina Clark Terry Henley Paul and Sandra Everett Richard and Karyn Shaffstall Dan and Pat Benton Warren Goff Ann Beisser and Kandy Kendall John and Kay Nelson Dorothea Ludeman Jim and Kally Reynolds Rusty Wilkinson Clara and Vernon Page Mark and Diane Ochs Charles and Maria Ruiz Robert and Mary McFadden Lois Schneberger John and Evelyn Yaple David Glaeseman Chris and Clarence Needham Bill and Ann Marie Graves James Mandaville Mark and Susan Dobson Morris and Gretchen Hatley Angel and Loraine Valadez

WING HERB GARDEN Fred Wong

RESTRICTED CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED 10/02/2019 - 12/12/2019

Thank you to all our donors!

Due to space constraints, we are unable to list contributiors of less than $100. In the future, all contributors will be listed on our website.

CHIHUAHUA TRAIL William and Martha O'Day IN MEMORY OF JOY MCPHERSON SMITH Ian Murray GLORIA WING ONG CHILDREN'S GARDEN Fred Wong BTA ENDOWMENT Jim and Kally Reynolds

IN KIND DONATIONS

Desert Way Gardens, Inc. Mountain States Wholesale Nursery Smiling Dog Landscapes, Inc. Miles Anderson Judi Nelson Cheri Mossie and John Wrocklage

WALLACE DESERT GARDEN Keith and Brenda Taylor Jay and Delana Ream Peter and Judy Allard Jeffrey Heimer and Linda Brock Bert and Nadine Cutler Scott Russell, Ph.D. and Sue Neel John and Marie Dentes Edwin and Barbara Gartin John and Evelyn Yaple Sandra Wente and Mary Wente-Lindsay San Francisco Succulent and Cactus Society Jeffrey and Mavis Luther Karen Applewhite Dianne Galligher and Tom Gordon Charlotte Needham Jim and Mary Mosier JoAnn Besich and Mila Besich Julie Stimple William Rasey Pierce McIntosh Mary Faul Lois Schneberger Ted and Andree Tarby Michael and Judy Mitchell Pierce McIntosh Lois Schneberger Audrey Porter James and Barbara Herbert WALLACE GARDEN BRIDGE Fred Walker

Thank you!

Queen Victoria agave (A. victoriae-reginae)

Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID SBSDM

37615 E. Arboretum Way Superior, AZ 85173 The mission of Boyce Thompson Arboretum is to inspire appreciation and stewardship of desert plants, wildlife, and ecosystems through education, research and conservation.

WINTER HOURS DAILY FROM 8 AM - 5 PM GATES CLOSE AT 4 PM Fall-Winter Hours Continue Through April.

BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM HAPPENINGS Sign up to our weekly eNews to stay up to date with all our events, walks, tours, classes and workshops!

For more info, visit our website at www.btarboretum.org. Plan for most tours and walks to take about 90 minutes.

Pre-registration required | Register by calling 520.689.4546.

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JANUARY DAILY TOURS | 11 AM

11 EDIBLE & MEDICINAL

PLANTS TOUR | 1:30 PM

12 PHOTOGRAPHY WALKING WORKSHOP | 9 AM

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14 GOURD ART WORKSHOP:

BASICS & BEYOND | 9 AM

18 BTA PHOTO CLUB | 9:15 AM 25 FOREST BATHING

WALKABOUT WITH CAROL ROBERGE | 9:30 AM

26 EDIBLE & MEDICINAL

PLANTS TOUR | 1:30 PM

FEBRUARY 1 HISTORY OF THE

ARBORETUM TOUR | 10 AM

1 GOING WILD WITH

FEBRUARY

ART WORKSHOP: * 8 KEATON FINE ART ‘PAINT & * 11 GOURD WINE’ CLASS | 12 PM MASKS | 9 AM

15 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM 15 BTA PHOTO CLUB | 9:15 AM 15 SAGGIO & FRIENDS CONCERT | 11 AM

22 GEOLOGY WALK | 1:30 PM 22 FOREST BATHING

WALKABOUT WITH CAROL ROBERGE | 9:30 AM

23 EDIBLE & MEDICINAL

PLANTS TOUR | 1:30 PM

*25 GOURD ART WORKSHOP:

THUNDER GOURDS | 9 AM

MARCH 6 BOOK CLUB | 9 AM

* 2 KEATON FINE ART ‘PAINT &

* 7 THE ARBORETUM’S

7 BOOK CLUB | 9 AM

WATERSHED WORKSHOP 1 PM

8 EDIBLE & MEDICINAL

7 SURVIVING THE SONORAN

9 PHOTOGRAPHY WALKING

8 PHOTOGRAPHY WALKING

PLANTS TOUR | 1:30 PM

WORKSHOP | 9 AM

DAILY TOURS | 10 AM

DAILY TOURS | 11 AM

WILDFLOWERS | 11 AM WINE’ CLASS | 12 PM

MARCH

DESERT SUMMER | 1 PM

WORKSHOP | 9 AM

ART WORKSHOP: * 9 GOURD PINE NEEDLE COILING ON GOURDS | 9 AM

12 & 19 - CHI GONG WITH

DEBORAH JOYA | 9 AM - YOGA WITH DEBORAH JOYA | 10 AM - GUIDED MEDITATION WITH DEBORAH JOYA 11:30 AM

13 SPRING PLANT SALE

MEMBERS ONLY | 8 AM

14-22 SPRING PLANT SALE

8 AM

ARBORETUM’S * 14 THE WATERSHED WORKSHOP 1 PM

14 EDIBLE & MEDICINAL

PLANTS TOUR | 1:30 PM

22 EDIBLE & MEDICINAL

PLANTS TOUR | 1:30 PM

27 WALLACE DESERT GARDEN MEMBER & VOLUNTEER PREVIEW