Letter from the Director Dear Arboretum Friends, As the monsoon wanes and the desert slowly cools, nature slowly reveals her bounty. The delicate scent of sage blossoms wafts on the afternoon breeze, and desert bighorn sheep and a local bobcat family are frequent visitors in the canyon. Spiny lizards and butterflies are everywhere! We've had successful hard hat tours of the Wallace Collection as the exhibit springs to life before our eyes. The grounds team is busy cleaning up debris after the summer storms and preparing the gardens for the fall swell of visitors. The retail team is hard at work preparing for the Fall Plant Sale as most of the plants are propagated here at Boyce Thompson. We hope it will be our largest sale yet! In facilities, we welcome a new member of our family, Joe McLaughlin. The staff and I recently waved goodbye to a good friend of the Arboretum, Paul Wolterbeek. His shoes will be difficult to fill, and he will be missed by many, staff members and volunteers alike. We also recently bid goodbye to BTA Board Member, Jim Reynolds. At the same time, we welcome the University of Arizona’s new Director of Plant Sciences, Matt Jenks, to our team. He is very enthusiastic about the possibilities for expanding research, coursework, and internships for Plant Science faculty and students. Speaking of research — I need to send out a thank you to Linda Wallace Gray of the Wallace Research Foundation for introducing me to Dr. Keith Bildstein and the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary research team. This weekend, Dara and I joined the research team, baiting and radiocollaring turkey vultures. We’ve already collared four of the five vultures we’d hoped to trap. This research will help to determine if the vultures are Boyce Thompson year-round residents or migratory visitors. The collars last for several years, so I’ll keep you in the loop as information comes in about our feathered friends! Last weekend, the Central Arizona Butterfly Association visited the Arboretum to count the swarms of butterflies in the park. Later this month, Randy Babb, of Arizona Game and Fish, will be out again to net and identify area bats. We have a wide variety of fall events planned for you, so please show your support of Boyce Thompson Arboretum by coming for a visit. I look forward to seeing you soon! Best Wishes,
Gaylyn Yanke Acting Director Boyce Thompson Arboretum
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CONTENTS 10 | Wallace Desert Garden Update BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM STAFF Dara Heward | Editor Joseph Pacheco | Graphic Designer CONTRIBUTORS Preston Cox, Vicki Johnson, Cathy Babcock, Dana Warnecke, Ron Rutowski, Jean-François Therrien PHOTOGRAPHERS & ARTISTS Dara Heward, Preston Cox, Joseph Pacheco, Annie Wolf, Marceline VandeWater, Jeff Colling Karen Martin, Randy Babb, Paul Landau, Sue Tatterson
BOARD OF DIRECTORS President | LeRoy Brady Past President | Ian Thompson Vice President | Jim Reynolds Secretary | Rick Gibson Treasurer | Kent Ennis Mila Besich-Lira Shelly Esque Joseph Giacobazzi Sabrina Helm Jared Langkilde Bobbie Miller Jay Ream Marcia Thompson SAY HELLO TO US 37615 E. Arboretum Way Superior, Arizona 85173 602.827.3000 BTAinfo@ag.arizona.edu www.btarboretum.org JOIN OUR SOCIAL COMMUNITY facebook.com/btarboretum instagram.com/btarboretum twitter.com/BoyceThompson youtube.com/btarboretum PUBLICATION DATE ©Boyce Thompson Arboretum | October 2018
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16 | 2018 Butterfly Count at BTA 20 | A Night in the Desert with
Randy Babb
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Happenings
UPCOMING EVENTS NEW WINTER HOURS! DAILY FROM 8:00 - 5:00 | GATES CLOSE AT 4:00 PM Fall-Winter Hours Continue Through April. OCTOBER 13-28 | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM FALL PLANT SALE MEMBERS GET FIRST PICK OCTOBER 12! 20% OFF FOR MEMBERS! OCTOBER 13 | 5:00 P.M - 8:00 PM DOGTOBER FEST OCTOBER 27 | 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM 3RD ANNUAL TRICK OR TREAT HALLOWEEN EVENT!
BRING CLOSE TOED SHOES AND FLASHLIGHTS
NOVEMBER 24 - 25 | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL THANKSGIVING WEEKEND! Sign up to our weekly eNews to stay up to date with all our events! Walks, tours, classes, and workshops! Sign up by emailing your email to jpacheco@cals.arizona.edu
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You know you want to October 13-28 October 12
Members get first pick! 8 AM - 5 PM
Embrace your inner “Crazy plant lady”! You’re only one plant away! Boyce Thompson Arboretum’s FALL PLANT SALE 4 | Boyce Thompson Arboretum | Fall 2018
Horticulture Tips
“Falling” Into Spring Flowers Text by Preston Cox - Horticultural Specialist - Az. Certified Nursery Professional I know most of us don’t think of desert wildflowers in the fall. I’m not saying there aren’t beautiful flowers in the fall, like Sunflowers, Salvias, or Coreopsis to name just a few. When most people think of desert Wildflowers we picture in our minds fields or mountainsides covered in Poppies, Lupine, Penstemon, Brittlebush, Chia, or Globe Mallow. We expect to see these jewels of the desert in spring. However, if we want to see them in our own gardens we need to prepare for them in the fall. Many of our native species such as Penstemon grow best when planted in October or November. They need the cooler, shorter days of fall to get over the shock of planting and establish a strong root system. Fall is also time to sow wildflower seeds such as Poppies or Lupine. Here’s a few tips on how to sow seeds:
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Be sure the soil is loosened. A rake works well for this.
Sow seeds evenly in the area you prepared. A handful of sand mixed with the seeds sometimes helps.
Gently rake thin layer of soil over the seed bed and lightly dampen the soil. If you receive fall rain and then rain again in early spring you should have a fabulous display. If need be, due to drought, you can water occasionally.
So, if you desire a spectacular spring show in your garden, come check out the many varieties we have at our fall plant sale. You can pick up wildflower seed in the Gift Shop as well.
Photo by Preston Cox
I’ll see you at BTA!
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Artists in the Gallery The Boyce Thompson Arboretum features monthly exhibits of local artists. They can be seen in the Visitor Center Art Gallery daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To review other recent gallery shows, please see our website at https:// cals.arizona.edu/bta/ featuredartist.html.
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ctober 2018 marks the third consecutive year that Boyce Thompson Arboretum has hosted an exhibit of Darrell Sheppard’s acrylic landscape paintings of Arizona. “My inspiration is the astonishing clarity of light in Arizona. I love the long shadows of dawn and dusk, and the blistering intensity at high noon. I’m drawn to our giant vistas and our magnificent skies – but I also love and respect the hardihood, resilience, and variety of our desert and upland plants. I don’t paint the Grand Canyon or Sedona. I’m much more interested in the place with no name; the little dirt road in the desert, or the single alligatorbark juniper or saguaro against the sky.” Sheppard’s style has been described as graphic and direct, with an emphasis on contrast and texture. A resident of Arizona since 1972, he lives with his wife in Mesa. Darrell Sheppard’s “Meet the Artist” exhibition reception is at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum’s Visitor Center on Sunday, October 14th from 1:00pm to 5:00pm.
Darrell Sheppard | October
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reathtaking botanical closeups fill our visitor center gallery during November 2018, a glimpse into the art of macro photography by acclaimed Florence artist Eirini Pajak. This is an exciting year for Pajak: a frequent contributor to Arizona Highways Magazine, with a book underway and likely to be released in 2019. Meet the artist on November 3 and discuss the art of photography during a gallery opening reception; to be on the guest list, which includes a free pass to visit the Arboretum that day, email eirinipajak@gmail.com or connect on instagram @eirinipajak.
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ou’ll see unique takes on familiar Arboretum scenery with December’s gallery exhibit here at Boyce Thompson Arboretum: a group show by advanced photography students from Central Arizona College’s Creative Arts Department. “Our goal is to bring attention to CAC’s Digital Media Arts Program, and the two tracks: Graphic Design and Digital Photography and Video,” said show curator Sue Tatterson, Creative Arts Division Chair and faculty at CAC. (Continued on Page 8.)
Central Arizona College Advanced P hotography Students | December
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Central Arizona College Advanced P hotography Students Exhibit Continued... “Most importantly its about the students and giving them the opportunity to have their work exhibited outside of CAC’s student gallery. It’s a terrific opportunity for them!” Tatterson plans a meet-the-artists reception, an opportunity for students to talk with visitors about their work for a morning or afternoon in the gallery. Connect online for the specific date/time, and to find a printable or downloadable invitation: https://www.facebook.com/cacgraphicdesign or contact her by email susan.tatterson@centralaz.edu “Our exhibition will feature images taken by students during their field trip to BTA. Field trips with the advanced photography students are a great opportunity for me to get them out of the classroom and photographing all the Arboretum has to offer. I find it especially helpful with an assignment I give that focuses on line, shape, form, pattern and texture. The arboretum is just a delightful place to find stunning examples of all these concepts. It helps students understand the powerful role nature plays in what they often think of as man-made subject matter.” “I really enjoy watching the students develop their own style; some are naturally drawn to black and white imagery, so you’ll definitely see some great examples of that genre; and of course, I have others who just naturally have a wonderful eye for color and again, you’ll see very strong use of color in their compositions. The show will have something for everyone!” “The Arboretum is my favorite place to escape to when I just want to make photos for the sheer joy of making them! Lately I’ve become enamored with macro photography and BTA is the perfect environment — so many butterflies and bugs. Of course, for me there’s always the Drover’s Shed — I can never get enough. The light is always different and each time I’m there I notice something I haven’t noticed before — it’s just fun!” “The photography program at CAC is growing. Up until this year the photography classes have been part of the graphic design degree. I’m really excited we will be offering an AAS degree in Digital photography & Video beginning Fall 2018.” “CAC’s Digital Media Arts Degrees transfer directly to ASU’s Graphic Information Technology Program at the Polytechnic campus. Students can choose from different tracks, including commercial photography, web design and graphic design and they start the ASU program as Juniors. I’m really excited about this partnership and I have several CAC graduates going through the ASU program already. I’m also really proud of the students who have graduated from the graphic design program and are working in the industry.” Connect with Sue Tatterson and students at www.facebook.com/cacgraphicdesign or call Arboretum staff during daytime business hours at 602.827.3000.
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Book Club
Artists in the Gallery | Book Club
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he Boyce Thompson Arboretum Book Club focuses on books about Arizona as well as books written by Arizona authors. Over the past 5 years, members have read 65 books including novels, memoirs, mysteries and Arizona history. The Book Club meets on the first Friday of the month at 9 AM in the Smith Building Lecture Room and is open to all book lovers. The atmosphere is casual, and light refreshments are served, followed by a lively discussion of the month’s book.
Members of the Book Club also enjoy occasional field trips related to books of the month. In July the group attended the Payson Book Festival, and in September will be going to Oracle, Arizona to visit the Oracle Historical Society and Acadia Ranch Museum. Enlightening visits from authors such as Jan Cleere and Carolyn Niethammer have been another highlight of the Book Club. The authors offer further insight to their books and describe their writing process. The Book Club is free for Arboretum members and free with admission to the Arboretum. For more information or to RSVP, email Vicki at btabookclub@msn.com
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Letters from Wupatki by Courtney Reeder Jones
Gardens in the Dunes by Leslie Marmon Silko
Desert Wife by Hilda Faunce
When David and Courtney Reeder Jones moved into two rooms reached by ladder in a northern Arizona Indian ruin, they had been married only two weeks. Except for the ruin’s cement floors, which were originally hardened mud, and skylights instead of smoke holes, the rooms were exactly as they had been 800-years before. The year was 1938, and the newlyweds had come to Wupatki National Monument as full-time National Park Service caretakers for the ruin. Remote in time and place, their story as described in Courtney’s letters will take readers into a dramatic landscape of red rocks, purple volcanoes, and endless blue sky. Here, some 60-years ago, two young people came to terms with their new life together and with their nearly total reliance upon each other and their Navajo neighbors.
A sweeping, multifaceted tale of a young Native American pulled between the cherished traditions of a heritage on the brink of extinction and an encroaching white culture, Gardens in the Dunes is the powerful story of one woman’s quest to reconcile two worlds that are diametrically opposed. At the center of this struggle is Indigo, who is ripped from her tribe, the Sand Lizard people, by white soldiers who destroy her home and family. Placed in a government school to learn the ways of a white child, Indigo is rescued by the kind-hearted Hattie and her worldly husband, Edward, who undertake to transform this complex, spirited girl into a “proper” young lady. Bit by bit, and through a wondrous journey that spans the European continent, traipses through the jungles of Brazil, and returns to the rich desert of Southwest America, Indigo bridges the gap between the two forces in her life and teaches her adoptive parents as much as, if not more than, she learns from them.
Hilda Faunce lived at an Indian trading post on an Arizona reservation during the years of the first World War. In Desert Wife she traces her journey with her husband from Oregon to Arizona in a wagon pulled by two horses across the desolate North and Southwest and then their life running the trading post in northern Arizona. Although she had some of the prejudices of the time, Hilda grew to have respect for and friendship with the Navajo while living there. She records the intimate life of the Navajo as well as the story of her life as a trader living in a remote settlement. She dispensed medical care and observed medicine men. During the Spanish flu she had to helplessly watch as entire families died, and her own husband fell ill. From quiet moments of contentment to dramatic moments of mortal danger, Hilda Faunce has a voice that speaks to the reader of the colorful desert and ancients lives of the first Americans. This is a firsthand account of the lives of native Americans as seen by a woman of the 20th century.
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Wallace Desert Garden
1,387
boxed plants planted
283
understory plants planted
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Wallace Desert Garden
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t should be common knowledge by now that Boyce Thompson Arboretum has acquired the plant collection of the Wallace Desert Garden estate. The last of the plants were salvaged and brought to BTA at the end of October 2017. Planting of the boxed specimens began in earnest on February 9, 2018 after several planning meetings. It took several weeks to get a real rhythm going; as you can imagine, working in such a large area is a bit like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. Coordinating manpower, several pieces of very large equipment, staking according to the plans laid out by Logan Simpson, landscape architects, staff approval, and planting is no small feat; making sure to not get boxed in at the end of the day is especially difficult (no pun intended). Several spaces were hard dig areas in solid rock; looking at the piles of rubble, it was hard to imagine that any plant could survive in such a situation. But as everything gets put in the ground, it is as if the plants are breathing a sigh of relief at being freed from their fetters. For some, it has been almost two years since being boxed up. To enter the trail area, one has to walk by the Wallace roses. The flowers are a nice greeting before encountering the Wallace Gateway Garden, which offers a fabulous view of Picketpost Mountain after turning the corner. As planting has progressed, Native Resources International (NRI), the salvage contractor, has moved across Queen Creek and up the hill, another hard dig area, to plant the three yucca forests: Chihuahua, Mojave and Sonora. The Chihuahuan Yucca Forest is the most impressive, containing the largest and most numerous yucca specimens. As one stands amid these striking trees, one can’t help but feel dwarfed. As you move up the hill
into the Sonoran Yucca Forest, you encounter spectacular views of the west end of the Arboretum. Coming back down and turning east, visitors will ascend a mild hill toward the top of a ridge. From here, the trail goes steeply uphill for the African loop trail. Planting this section took some finessing from the equipment operator, as it would have been very easy to tip the machine over while digging into the rock. My hair stood on end sometimes, as I watched him go up and down the hill each day while working that area. After Africa was done, NRI worked plants into the bottom of the hill and along the trail up to the ridge. They finally started down the hill to the east of the rock outcropping planting the new Baja/Cactus and Succulent Gallery. One of the plants that staff were excited to see go in was the large 54” boxed Pachycormus discolor (Elephant Tree). At the bottom of this section of trail, NRI then moved into the “grotto” area, where the rock wall screamed out for a seep. A water tank and filter were installed with a solar feature for activation. NRI is now in the last phase of planting – the Desert Plant Gallery, which includes the Ephedra collection – and will be connecting that area back in to the Chihuahua Yucca Forest. As of this writing, 1,387 boxes have been installed along with 283 understory plants. All planting and irrigation should be completed by the end of the year. There is still much to be done: benches need to be installed; shade structures need to be funded and constructed; signage and interpretation need to be finalized; a pedestrian bridge needs to be funded and constructed; and a pavilion needs to be funded and built to house the specimens that need protection from sun and cold. A grand opening of the entire trail is slated for fall 2019.
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Research & Conservation
Arizona Plant and Wildlife Research & Conservation The Boyce Thompson Arboretum plays a pivotal role to many research and conservation efforts. Our main research is supported through our Desert Legume Program (DELEP) and the University of Arizona, however, we also have many partnered organizations sharing the same goals. There are on ground and off ground efforts being done by many organizations ranging from, state, federal, non-profit and private.
ARIZONA
HEDGEHOG
CONSERVATION
In October of 2008, BTA made its first relocation of Endangered Arizona Hedgehog Cacti, Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus, to the Arboretum from construction sites within the Tonto National Forest along Highway 60. Twenty of the specimens were returned to the Tonto National Forest and test seed plots were established. Desert Botanical Garden (DBG), a member of the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC), were given spine samples and a specimen for testing. In June 2012, the Arboretum gathered over 20,000 seeds and kept them identified by plant accession. A second salvage was conducted in the fall of 2014. The arboretum has continued working with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), DBG, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tonto National Forest, Resolution Copper Company and private contractors in an effort to protect and preserve the species.
QUEEN CREEK 2017 AQUATIC SPECIES AND HABITAT SURVEYS FOR ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT Excerpts from Arizona Game and Fish Department survey report currently in Draft; provided by Dana Warnecke with Habitat, Evaluation and Lands Program Region VI.
In October of 2017, the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGF) conducted fish and aquatic herpetological surveys to document the presence or absence of native aquatic species (fish, amphibians and reptiles), sampled water quality and investigated the flow regime of an approximate 1 mile reach of Queen Creek between the Town of Superior and the Boyce Thompson Arboretum (BTA) in Gila county, Arizona. Surveys were conducted on Tonto National Forest (TNF) and State Parks (BTA) lands downstream of the Superior Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) and FR 989. The Department conducted a visual encounter survey on October 23, 2017, to determine presence/absence of aquatic herpetological (herp) species (amphibians and reptiles). Four surveyors walked both sides of the stream along the wetted greenline and narrow floodplain to efficiently detect aquatic herp species.
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Research & Conservation ONGOING BAT NETTING - ARIZONA GAME AND FISH PARTNER WITH BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM TO EDUCATE THE IMPORTANCE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION Arizona Game and Fish Department's Wildlife Viewing Program hosts bat netting nights at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Bat netting is a great activity to get our members out at night, learning about the desert and the local bat species that call it home. This program promotes wildlife viewing and conservation through these public or member events while subsequently doing bat monitoring around the state. All the information they collect goes to a state-wide database that the Arizona Game and Fish Department keeps. The database connects back to monitoring and overall management implications for the department, for instance, what they have seen, where they’ve seen it, if populations are changing, etc. That's one of the great benefits of being a member with the Boyce Thompson Arboretum! If taking a part in a great activity like bat netting excites you, please look for future bat netting nights as this is usually a member only event. You might see many species such as Pallid bats, Townsend's big-eared bats, Mexican leaf-nosed bats, Yuma myotis bats, Cave myotis bats, and maybe even a Mexican long-tongued bat!
2018 BUTTERFLY COUNTING AT THE ARBORETUM WITH CENTRAL ARIZONA BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION On Saturday September 8, the Central Arizona Butterfly Association (CAzBA) ran the 12th annual butterfly count using the Arboretum as a focus. This count is part of a database administered by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) (https://www.naba.org/butter_counts. html). There are about 450 established count sites in North America and Mexico and each is a circle 15 miles in diameter where butterflies are counted at least one day a year. The count data include the number of each species seen and are entered into a website run by NABA. These data are used in scientific research that monitors butterfly populations and factors that influence butterfly abundance and diversity. The count circle that includes the Boyce Thompson Arboretum is centered on the Superior High School. We routinely visit several sites within the circle: the grounds of the Arboretum, the Arizona Trail trailhead, the Apache Tears riparian area, Oak Flat, Upper Devils Canyon, and the town of Superior. TO LEARN MORE, SEE ARTICLE ON PAGE 16 OF THIS NEWSLETTER.
Illustration by Annie Wolf
SURVIVAL & BREEDING OF TURKEY VULTURES IN THE SONORAN DESERT Following its long-standing principle of protecting a species while it is still common, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary has been conducting research projects around the globe to assess the status and trends of raptor populations. In many regions of the World, vulture species are facing an uncertain future where habitat loss, direct persecution and/or unintentional poisoning are affecting them daily. This is most unfortunate as we are losing species filling a critical role in the ecosystem. Simply put, nobody wants to do the job that vultures provide: getting rid of dead and decaying carcasses. By their sole feeding behavior, vultures are providing a service that would cost billions of dollars annually. For more than 12 years now, Hawk Mountain has conducted roadside surveys to assess vulture populations across the Americas and tracked several dozens of individual vultures migrating across the continent using telemetry transmitters to assess, among other things, migration connectivity, as well as survival rates among populations across its entire range (Canada to Argentina). Over the last 5 years, our research projects have brought us to the Sonoran Desert of Arizona to study the whereabouts of these important creatures. A new collaboration with the Boyce Thompson Arboretum aims to document in details migration timing and routes and to assess survival and breeding rates of turkey vultures inhabiting the region.
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Research & Conservation
Impacts
of the Desert Legume Program & Boyce Thompson Arboretum Following our latest Special Edition of the Boyce Thompson Arboretum’s Fall 2018 Member Newsletter on the Desert Legume Program (DELEP), here are some other great impacts accomplished by DELEP and BTA. This program contributes to the research component of BTA’s mission and fills many other roles as well.
DELEP MISSION:
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To acquire and preserve in perpetuity seed of legumes native to the arid and semi-arid lands of the world,
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To learn more about the nature and utility of these unique species,
To share this germplasm with professionals and laypersons having a legitimate interest, and
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To aid in the preservation of desert legume biodiversity through both in situ and ex situ means.
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Hatch Grant - Researching effects of different salinity levels on legume seed germination.
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Sankyo Company, Ltd, Japan - Provided plant material for analysis for biomedical research.
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USFWS - Grew/installed 200 plants of Acacia angustissima on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge for masked bobwhite quail project. Seeds from this legume are an important winter food source for the endangered masked bobwhite quail. Published in Aridus 3(4) 1991.
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International Floratech, Mesa AZ - Smoke Tree Project – grew/ planted over 500 plants in Wellton, AZ for study of seed oils and aromatic resins for economic potential. Published in Aridus 5(1) 1993.
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SW Center for Natural products & Research & Commercialization & University of Texas - Provided plant samples for biomedical research. Published in Aridus 8(2) 1996.
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AZ State Land Department - DELEP grew thousands of tree seedlings for planting in AZ for conservation purposes. Included legumes and others.
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Sam Bamburg & Associates / Chemgold Inc. Picacho Mine, Imperial CA - DELEP grew 300 desert Ironwood seedlings for revegetation project.
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Collaborative: Foundation for Research/Clayton Foundation, Boyce Thompson Institute, University of Texas Medical Center, UA SW Center for Natural Products Research and Commercialization - DELEP provided legume plant samples for pharmaceutical screening.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM - DELEP provided leaf samples for genomic sequencing.
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Iowa State University - DELEP hosted Dr. Joe Miller for collecting plant samples of Acacia for phylogenetic analysis leading to taxonomic reevaluation of the genus.
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United Kingdom - DELEP hosted Dr. Mark Newman, botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for several weeks on two separate occasions for seed collecting expeditions in AZ, NM, & CA. 87 accessions collected, most were new to Kew.
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South Africa - DELEP hosted Mr. Ian Oliver, curator, Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden, Worcester, South Africa.
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Japan - DELEP hosted Dr. Toshiyuki Akiyama, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
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Plant Protection Research Institute of the Agricultural Research Council, South Africa - DELEP hosted Dr. Fritz Heystek & Dr. Yoganambal Kistensamy who were investigating mesquite twig girdlers as a biocontrol agent for invasive mesquite in South Africa.
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2018 BUTTERFLY COUNT AT THE ARBORETUM Text by Ron Rutowski | President of Central Arizona Butterfly Association
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n Saturday September 8, the Central Arizona Butterfly Association (CAzBA) ran the 12th annual butterfly count using the Arboretum as a focus. This count is part of a database administered by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) (https://www.naba.org/butter_counts.html). There are about 450 established count sites in North America and Mexico and each is a circle 15 miles in diameter where butterflies are counted at least one day a year. The count data include the number of each species seen and are entered into a website run by NABA. These data are used in scientific research that monitors butterfly populations and factors that influence butterfly abundance and diversity.
Photos by Marceline VandeWater
Below is a Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), a member of the Nymphalidae family, the largest family of butterflies with more than 6,000 species.
Photos by Marceline VandeWater American Snout (Libytheana carinenta), a member of the Nymphalidae family
Queen butterfly, a member of the Nymphalidae family. There are seven subspecies.
The count circle that includes the Boyce Thompson Arboretum is centered on the Superior High School. We routinely visit several sites within the circle: the grounds of the Arboretum, the Arizona Trail trailhead, the Apache Tears riparian area, Oak Flat, Upper Devils Canyon, and the town of Superior. Most counts are run on or around July 4th, a time of high butterfly abundance in most parts of North America. However, this is not a good time for counts in the central Arizona desert because this is the end of our summer dry season and there are relatively few butterflies flying then. So, we do this count in early September. This year we had 11 counters and ended up seeing a total of 1,415 butterflies and 35 species. The number of species was a little below the average of what we have seen over the last 11 years (average 39 species), but the number of individuals was higher than ever before (previous high just under 1,200 individuals). What was especially interesting this year was that over 847 (60%) of the individuals counted belonged to a single species, the American Snout butterfly! This species is notorious for undergoing huge population explosions in the late spring and late summer. This year the count just happened to fall at a time when this species was spectacularly abundant. The results of the now 12 counts we have done are being compared to climatological data to test ideas about what determines the number of species and individuals we see at the Arboretum. CAzBA appreciates the Arboretum’s assistance in facilitating and promoting these counts over the years and look forward to many more counts to come!
Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola), a member of the Lycaenidae family
Xami Hairstreak (Callophrys xami), a member of the Lycaenidae family
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Nature
Big Horn
Sheep DARA HEWARD This male ram desert big horn sheep (Ovis canadensis) is adept at climbing and maneuvering about rocky, rugged cliffs. He has adaptations that allow him to jump easily. Some of these include having keen vision, split hooves that aid him in balance, and rough hooves for grip. He has been spending a lot of time jumping from rock to rock following a female (ewe) around. Who knows, maybe we will see a lamb or two in the near future if we're lucky.
A Big Horn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) spotted at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum by the Suspension Bridge off the Main Trail. This Ram (male) was captured jumping by nature photographer Jeff Colling. You can follow Jeff on Instagram at @arizona_nature_photos.
Photo by Jeff Colling
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A Night in the Desert with Randy Babb Once the sun sets on our Arizona Deserts, the landscape completely changes to something otherwordly. AZGFD and BTA share similar goals showing just how amazing the desert is. TEXT BY DARA HEWARD
There is something special about the Desert as it is, but a beautiful, secret world awakens after the sun goes down. Once the sun sets on our Arizona landscape, the air becomes cooler and the flora and fauna put on a show. The night continues to cool until the sun rises again. With the air as dry as it is, there is very little moisture keeping the heat in. That’s why our Arizona nights can be so cold, but the daytime is still so hot and dry; with temperatures ranging from freezing to well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
this CAM process, instead of plants that use the C3 or C4 processes. CAM plants, like cacti, differ from other plants, in that the stomata only open during the cool hours after the sun has gone down. In this way, the cacti experience less water loss through transpiration. CAM plants such as cacti chemically fix organic acids and store carbon dioxide at night. When the sun rises, they are able to complete the photosynthetic process which requires light. What if you’re a plant and you want to be pollinated, but you only bloom at night or at dawn? That’s where the nocturnal and crepuscular pollinators play a role. Once the day pollinators complete their work day, the night shift takes over. These pollinators include species like the Lesser Long-nosed Bats, Mexican Long-tongued Bats, the White-lined Sphinx Moth, the Tomato Sphinx Moth, and Yucca Moths. Blooming at night, from an evolutionary perspective, is a great solution to avoiding competition among showy, daytime bloomers.
Through thousands of years of evolution and natural selection, the flora and fauna of the desert have adapted to the intense summer heat and the barren, dry environment. How have they done this? Well, many species have adapted to avoid the high daytime temperatures and have developed the ability to be nocturnal or crepuscular (active at dusk or dawn). For instance, the many cactus species that are here at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum have learned to survive in this arid land by using adaptations which enable them to change the timing of their photosynthetic cycle. As you can imagine, the local predators have also adapted to this night time activity, and Photosynthesis is the process in which plants collect carbon dioxide through holes Arizona is known for its clear, dark skies meaning in their leaves, called stomata, and convert it photographers flock here to capture the beauty of the into usable forms of energy like sugar. How heavens on camera. These Saguaros are under a blanket do plants change the timing of this cycle? of star trails as the stars appear to circumnavigate the Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) or CAM earth. photosynthesis. Many cacti and succulents use
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night is when they come out to hunt. For example, bats do their flying under the stars. “Birds are on the day shift, bats are on the night shift, fighting the birds for similar resources. Bats have adapted to a nocturnal lifestyle to limit competition and to avoid predators, similar to owls and night hawks,” says Arizona Game and Fish Wildlife Viewing Program Manager and Wildlife Biologist, Randy Babb. He and I talked about the Desert, and how amazing it is at night. Arboretum members and I joined him at a bat netting night here at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Randy’s program hosts the bat netting nights here, which is a great activity to draw our members out at night. Through these events, participants can learn about the desert and the local bat species that call it home. His program promotes wildlife viewing and conservation through these public or member events while subsequently conducting bat monitoring around the state. His goal is to teach people how to appreciate wildlife and nature. Here in the Arizona desert, a big part of the flora and fauna come out at night. Many people don’t get out at night, but that’s the time to be out in the desert! If you haven’t tried it, he highly recommends it. According to Randy, “People say what they value, and they value what they know about.” That’s why it’s so important to educate people of all ages on our desert, both in the daytime and at nighttime. It’s part of our mission with The Boyce Thompson Arboretum: get out, educate, research, and conserve. We Karen Martin photographed this beautiful shot of an aloe at night during a night photography workshop that the Arboretum has here in the park. There’s endless possibilities when it comes to night photography.
Dara Heward shot this night shot during late spring when many of the night-blooming cereus ceroid cacti are blooming at the BTA. This one is an Argentine Giant (Echinopsis candicans).
Photo by Karen Martin
One of Randy Babb’s bat images, taken at the Arboretum, of a bat flying in the darkness. This is a Townsend's bigeared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii).
Photo by Dara Heward
Photo by Randy Babb
Photo by Paul Landau
Scottsdale photographer Paul Landau has an eye for capturing the moon as well as many other things from hummingbirds to insects. He has mastered the art of photographing the microscopic world. For this image he used a DSLR body and a Schmidtt Casegrain telescope. It's 1/800 second shutter speed.
share many of the same goals as our partnering each night. It’s a whole secret world, another organizations, whether they’re state, federal, dimension. All you have to do is just go out and non-profit, or private. Like the Arboretum, look at it. It’s readily available to anybody, and the Arizona Game and Fish Department holds like so many of these things, you won’t see it unless you are out at night. programs to educate people, “to conserve and protect I love being out listening I love being out listening to the amphibians calling, and Arizona’s wonderful wildlife to the amphibians calling enjoying the violent monsoon so we can all appreciate the everyday magic of it.” Randy and enjoying the violent showers and lightning, or just standing outside under helps achieve this goal by monsoon showers and a starry sky and looking at running a fantastic program and getting people out to see lightning, or just standing the milky way. There’s a lot of gratification in that kind of the desert while engaging outside under a starry thing. I appreciate the solitude safely with the wildlife. and the whole beauty of the sky and looking at the world at night. There’s a lot Just like many of us desert dwellers, Randy enjoys the Milky Way. There’s a lot of going on, and it’s wonderful solitude and the wildlife of gratification in that kind to be out there with it. Most people don’t go out at night the desert at night. “There’s of thing. because they just have never a whole different world done it before. There’s nothing [outside], while we’re sitting to be afraid of, it’s a great place inside watching TV in our houses. People don’t engage with it and people out there. There’s nothing trying to eat you or don’t know all this stuff is right outside their back get you, or anything like that. There’s a lot to door and these incredible stories are unfolding enjoy if you just take a few moments to do it.” 24 | Boyce Thompson Arboretum | Fall 2018
Natural History
Pallid Bat Scientific classification Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Species:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Vespertilionidae Vespertilioninae Antrozoini Antrozous Antrozous pallidus
ABOUT THE PALLID BAT Pallid bats are the most common bat we see here at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. It is an extremely widespread species across Arizona. This bat is one of the two known bat species immune to scorpion venom and it’s the only bat species that catches the majority of its prey on the ground. They’ve been known to get caught in mouse traps because they hunt so close to the ground.
General Characters
The pallid bat is distinguished from other bats by its large ears, large eyes, and light colored fur and white belly.
Habitat & Range
Pallid bats are commonly found in arid regions and grasslands in the southwest United States from Canada to Mexico. They roost in small colonies in rocky outcroppings and are selective to picking places near water.
Diet
Conservation Status
Pallid bats are predators of a documented 54 species of small vertebrates and invertebrates, including crickets, scorpions, centipedes, ground beetles, grasshoppers, cicadas, praying mantis, long-horned beetles, and even lizards and rodents.
Common and of least concern, however, there is concern as Pallid bats are sensitive to human impacts on their natural habitats.
How You Can Help •
Be a bat ambassador! • •
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Reduce pesticides Promote natural bat habitat
Avoid disturbing sensitive roosting areas
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Join the Arboretum Social Community! @robertlicano: #coopershawk #nesting #chick #boycethompsonarboretum #robertlicanophotography #nikonusa Photo by Robert Licano @countyroadnine: When I snapped this picture of Elsie, it was just a cute little girl frolicking in the cutest children’s garden at the arboretum. Looking back at it now, it’s a perfect symbol of promises fulfilled. She’s my rainbow baby, travel buddy, and the perfect, spunky addition to our fam bam. Photo by Mikala Reiswig @carynthomas33: All natural. Still on the bush. #rose #pink #pinkrose #boycethompsonarboretum Photo by Caryn Thomas
@biggirlveronica: Exploring Boyce Thompson Arboretumn and appreciating all the thriving plants since all I see are the ones struggling to stay alive back at my place. @agnesartandphoto: Her skirt plus that light...match made in heaven. #vsco #engagement #agnesartandphoto #agnescouples #truelove #phoenixphotographer #arizonaphotographer #phoenixweddingphotographer #boycethompsonarboretum #anthropologie @anthropologie @ btarboretum @kimberlyk17 @devinsworld #liveauthentic Photo by Agnes Art & Photo @azphotoandabroad: PASSION FLOWER Photo by David Levine @luxinthedesert: The Arboretum was absolutely beautiful yesterday. It rained the night before and brought the desert to life! . Photo by Melissa Carroll @rogersterlingthecat: King of the jungle. #kingroger #superiorarizona #boycethompsonarboretum #boycethompson #arizonabeauty #catonaleash #graytuxedocat #adventurecatsorg #adventurecat #hikingwithcats Photo by Tracy Howell
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Fare Thee Well!
JIM REYNOLDS: A GREAT BOARD MEMBER AND A GREAT HUMAN BEING. Text by S. H. Sohmer
J
im Reynolds retired in 2007, after a very successful career as Director of Public Works in Northbrook, Illinois. Northbrook is a community over 100-years old and nestled in 13-square miles of the Chicago metropolitan area with over 33,000 dynamic, affluent, serviceoriented citizens. Jim managed a department of 58 full-time people, 4 permanent part-time staff, and 17 seasonal workers with an annual operations/ capital budget of more than $13.5 million. As the Director of Public Works for thirty years, he worked effectively with people from diverse ethnic, socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as with an excellent management team including the Village Manager’s office, Development, Planning, Engineering, Police, Fire, Finance, Public Relations, Human Resources, Information Systems, the Village Board and various commissions, as well as citizens, contractors and consultants. Blessed with common sense, insight, intuition, and a strong work ethic, his approach to problem solving is straightforward, honest, practical and service-oriented. Jim had extensive FEMA/DHS emergency management training and deployments assisting public agencies. He was the Village’s most senior department head and administrator; he was responsible for the planning, care, maintenance, operation and repair of the Village’s diverse and aging infrastructure with a replacement value of hundreds of millions of dollars. This included: water production and distribution; sanitary and
storm sewer collection/conveyance systems; streets including street lighting, signage, traffic controls, parkways, trees and sidewalks; buildings, grounds and commuter parking lots; snow and ice control operations; fleet/ heavy equipment maintenance; emergency and disaster preparedness and response; training and mentoring; and a host of other community support services. All this experience allowed Jim to offer the Arboretum great leadership and vision during his service on the board which began in 2007, and soon included the position of Board Vice President. I would not have been at BTA without his strong support, and I benefited immensely from his wise judgement and counsel on many of the issues that needed mending at the Arboretum when I arrived. Jim and his wife, Kally, were among the first to welcome me to the Arboretum and even took my wife and I into their home for an extended stay when Hill House was under renovation. We could not have been made to feel more at home, right down to a sweet resident cat and the ‘book club of two’ that Sara and Kally immediately formed. Now health issues require his resignation from the board. This must be a source of great regret for all those who have BTA’s best interest at heart. Leadership of such integrity, interest and ability is rare indeed. Many, many thanks for your leadership, care, and kindness.
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Fare Thee Well!
PAUL
¡ H A S TA L A P R ÓX I M A , A M I G O S ! Sue Tatterson captured this perfect moment from Paul Wolterbeek's going away party.
A note to BTA volunteers, members and friends I was unable to tell in person:
I
’ve enjoyed talking with you in the gardens, and each time our paths crossed while out walking the main trail during my 18 years on staff. In July I was hired as communications manager for Gila County; I’m the ‘public information officer’ and media liaison – a new challenge, and a job that’s literally within walking distance of my home in Globe (our county seat!). If you’re unfamiliar with Gila County, it’s a slice of central Arizona with 4,796 square miles ranging from Sonoran Desert to ponderosa pine forests above 8,000 feet elevation –encompassing communities from Globe-Miami to Payson, Star Valley, Pine-Strawberry, Hayden and Winkelman. Gila County includes two of Arizona’s largest lakes (Roosevelt, San Carlos) and three separate Apache Nations: San Carlos, Tonto, White Mountain.
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Leaving BTA wasn’t an easy decision; I knew I’d miss the gardens, birds, lizards – and countless people who make the Arboretum unique. Leaving BTA, I keep with me a sincere gratitude for singular opportunities over the years – chances to meet and befriend some of Arizona’s premiere wildlife biologists; Grand Canyon State authors, painters and photographers who exhibited in the visitor center gallery - dedicated volunteers selflessly willing to share their time, energy and creativity. I’m thankful to all who shared of themselves to make BTA an enriching, inspiring environment – and staff who earned my respect taking risks to protect and preserve it. All who work at BTA are employed by the University of Arizona; I’m also appreciative of UA as an employer – among other things, for the courtesy of allowing me to retain use of my email, pwolterb@cals.arizona.edu, for those reading this who’d like to stay in touch, or contact me -- until we meet again! ~paul wolterbeek
Welcome!
Meet Joe! J
oe is our new General Maintenance Mechanic! He is from Mesa, Arizona and lives in Miami, Arizona. He is excited to be a part of the Boyce Thompson Arboretum team. One of his favorite things about the Arboretum so far is the people. He also loves that he gets to work close to nature, plants, and animals. On his third day of work he was lucky enough to see some Big Horn Sheep! He has a black Labrador Retriever named Jack, who joins him on adventures and travels. Some of his hobbies are fishing, canoeing, karaoke, hiking, and music. An interesting fact about Joe is that he has
made his own banjo. He apprenticed with Hickler Banjo Company in Mesa, Arizona and the White Mountains. He is excited to get to work on the maintenance of the Arboretum. When asked how he wants to help Boyce Thompson Arboretum, he responded, “I want to be a good steward to the Arboretum and its history.� Welcome to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum family, Joe!
A few facts about Joe: FAVORITE ANIMAL? "I don't have an absolute favorite, but I like giraffes and unicorns."
IMPRESSIVE ARBORETUM PLANT? "So many! The Boojums, hedgehogs, pincushions, so many!"
FAVORITE COLOR? "Green"
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BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM HAPPENINGS Sign up to our weekly eNews to stay up to date with all our events! Walks, tours, classes, and workshops! Sign up by emailing your email to jpacheco@cals.arizona.edu or by visiting our website at btarboretum.org Allow 60 to 90 minutes for guided walks and tours; start times shown below. Event times are as listed.
OCTOBER NEW WINTER HOURS
20 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS MEET-UP
5 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
21 GENERAL TOUR | 10:00 AM
5 BOOK CLUB | 9:00 AM
21 CARLA KEATON ART AND WINE CLASS
HOURS CHANGE FROM 8:00 AM
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
6 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM 7 DRAGONFLY WALK | 8:30 AM 7 MONARCH MIGRATION BUTTERFLY WALK 9:00 AM
21 TREE TOUR | 1:30 PM 27 BUTTERFLY WALK | 9:30 AM 27 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION PRESENTATION 9:30 AM
7 GENERAL TOUR | 10:00 AM 12 LANDSCAPE PLANTS WALK | 10:00 AM 12 FALL PLANT SALE! (MEMBER'S ONLY)
27 GENERAL TOUR | 10:00 AM 27 HALLOWEEN TRICK-OR-TREAT EVENT 5:30 PM
13 FALL PLANT SALE! (OPENS TO PUBLIC)
28 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
13 EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS WALK
28 EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS WALK
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
14 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
NOVEMBER
14 CAMERA BEGINNERS WALKABOUT
2 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
9:00 AM
14 GENERAL TOUR | 10:00 AM 19 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM 20 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
2 BOOK CLUB | 9:00 AM 3 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM 3 SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN MASTER
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GARDENERS "SHORT STUFF" | 11:00
THEY'RE NOT JUST DOGS. THEY'RE TRAIL DOGS. We all choose our own paths. If we’re lucky they’re dotted with adventure and paw prints. Marked by wet kisses. Surrounded by all the smells. The Boyce Thompson Arboretum is for the outdoor minded. Those who prefer a different route to a life full of nature. Escape with your pup, take them on a trail here at the Arboretum.
DOGTOBER FEST | An Exclusive Boyce Thompson Arboretum Evening Event Saturday, October 13 | 4 - 7 PM Free Event with Paid Admission | Free for Members Dog Costume Contest & Prizes, Silent Auction, Dog Walk, Plant Walk, and a Pooch Picnic
4 CARLA KEATON ART AND WINE CLASS 12:00 PM
11 GENERAL TOUR | 10:00 AM 11 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM 16 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
DECEMBER 1 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM 1 HISTORY OF THE ARBORETUM TOUR 10:00 AM
1 SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN MASTER GARDENERS "XERISCAPE” DOES NOT MEAN
17 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
“ZERO-SCAPE!" 11:00 AM
17 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS MEET-UP
2 GENERAL TOUR | 11:00 AM
10:00 AM
17 PLANTS OF THE BIBLE LANDS: AGRICULTURE PRESENTATION 1:30 PM
18 CAMERA BEGINNERS WALKABOUT 9:00 AM
7 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM 7 BOOK CLUB | 9:00 AM 8 - 9 ARBORETUM ROCKS 2ND ANNUAL GEM AND MINERAL FESTIVAL | 9 :00 AM
8 EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS WALK 1:30 PM
18 JOAQUIN TRUJILLO - "LIVING SUPERIOR" BOOK READING/SIGNING | 10 AM
9 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
18 GENERAL TOUR | 10:00 AM
9 GENERAL TOUR | 11:00 AM
18 TREE TOUR | 1:30 PM
16 GENERAL TOUR | 11:00 AM
24 GENERAL TOUR | 10:00 AM
16 TREE TOUR | 1:30 PM
24 GEOLOGY WALK | 1:30 PM
21 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
24 - 25 FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL
22 GENERAL TOUR | 11:00 AM
25 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
22 GEOLOGY WALK | 1:30 PM
25 GENERAL TOUR | 10:00 AM
23 GENERAL TOUR | 11:00 AM
25 EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS WALK
23 EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS WALK 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
NEW WINTER HOURS!
25 ARBORETUM CLOSED! BTA CLOSED!! MERRY
DAILY FROM 8:00 - 5:00 GATES CLOSE AT 4:00 PM Fall-Winter Hours Continue Through April.
30 BIRD WALK | 8:30 AM
CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
30 GENERAL TOUR | 11:00 AM
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"Peak Week" should be right on schedule for Thanksgiving
weekend, and our Fall Foliage Finale Festival capitalizes on the color. Our famous Chinese pistachio trees typically show their vivid shades of harvest gold, pumpkin orange and burgundy during Thanksgiving Weekend. Bring (or send!) your out-of-town guests here Thanksgiving weekend with two days worth of live music, spiced cider and arts/crafts vendors. Thanksgiving Day Weekend! Sat. & Sun. | November 24-25 Under the Pistachio Trees 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
FALL INTO
NATURE! FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL
3rd Annual Halloween Event
FOR MEMBERS
October 27 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
This will be a fun family event and costumes are encouraged but not required. Remember to bring a flashlight and wear close-toed shoes to protect your feet from the occasional desert creature that might want to join the fun. There will be a NEW witch flash mob, a bat lecture, movie, drum circle, hot apple cider, and candy stations. In the midst of all this, we will have local musician Steve Holmquist playing guitar near the Clevenger House. He may even work a couple of ghost stories into his repertoire. Always remember, however, that there’s no protection against zombies. Or so I’ve been told. Gates open at 5:30 PM - Membership card is required. Costumes are encouraged. Bring a flashlight and wear closed-toed shoes. Please help us plan in advance so we know how much candy we need for the event. If you plant to attend, RSVP to Membership Services Lori Coletta: loricoletta@email.arizona.edu Please bring a can of food to contribute to the Superior Food Drive!
THANKS TO OUR MEMBERS AND DONORS!
PICKETPOST SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP William and Susan Ahearn Clare Angell and Craig Angell Leslie and Jonathan Baney Ann Beisser and Kandy Kendall Charles and Jeanne Ann Brush Rick and Suzy Clarke William and Cynthia Collings John and Diana Crummey Gay L. Dybwad and Joy V. Bliss P.D. Folk and C.L. Lasko Jim and Elizabeth Fordemwalt Jeffrey Heimer and Linda Brock Claudia and Art Helfgott Gary and Mary Irish Chuck Lee and Patricia Hance Barbara Miller and Steven Trimble John and Jodi Morgan James Nafziger Pearl Nancarrow Trevor and Carol Parrott Gregory and Lorraine Scaven William and Barbara Schneider Rachel Trinder Melvin and Silvia Werre Richard and Patricia Wiedhopf Rusty Wilkinson
Bill Benson Rosemary and Susan Berg Paul and Tania Bergner George and Millie Bilotta Mary Ann Bradbury E. LeRoy Brady and Joseph Salazar Sandra, Roger Bryan and Karen Farner Frank and Laurel Byrne Sean and Barbara Clark Joel and Rebecca Coats Jane Conrow David and Alice Cook David A. Coup and David C. Smith Linda and Jeremy Cowing David and Elizabeth Cronk Jamie Curierre Patti Dennis and Peggy Peterburs Alexander Dioyenis and Mary K France Ken and Rose Elkins Thomas and Lynne Forre David Glaeseman Warren Goff Dr. Bill and Lynn Haak Lois and Peter Hammer William and Diana Herron Ronald and Catherine Hill Michael and Linda Jett Matt Johnson Dick and Sandy Joyce Colin and Ruth Kaltenbach Donald and Lynn Keith Gregory Knowlton and Wlatka Peric- Knowlton Georganna Lagen and Carlene Dundas Orme Lewis Jr Wayne and Bonnie Lichtenberger Laney and Keith Lindor Barbara S. Macnider and Michael A. Sullivan Ann Mangold Trevor Martin John and Catherine Matthews Brian and Nicole May David and Sandra McEldowney Janene McNeil Richard and Lois Meyer Duane and Margaret Morse Charlotte Needham Jerry and Joan Payne Don "Gerry" and Jean Peters Tanya Peters and Denise Arredondo Barbara Peters J. David and Shirley Prest Daniel and Janis Ramirez Brenda Reyes Clark and Sophia Rogers Glenda and Michael Ross James Schenck and Michaele Cozzi Marc and Rikki Schmidt Lois Schneberger Donald and Ingeborg Senuta Richard and Karyn Shaffstall Frank Sitter Linda and Ron Skinner Brian and Pat Smith Don and Ginny Smith Brian Studer and Therese Messerschmitt Bob and May Swanson Kathryn W. Torgeson Don and Gloria Traicoff James and Carolyn Tripp Elly Van Gelderen George and Linda Walda Karen Wargo and Deb Place Phyllis E Wells Steve and Joni Rae Westwood Kay Wiesner Leo Zureick
BOOJUM CLUB MEMBERSHIP Peter and Pat Amundsen Gordon and Sally Barnes
CONTRIBUTOR MEMBERSHIP John and Pam Abbott Marina and Williams Akins
$10,000 CORPOR ATE MEMBERSHIP Resolution Copper Company $2,500 CORPOR ATE MEMBERSHIP Arizona Public Service (APS) Northern Trust, NA Omya Arizona, Inc. 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 Sarah and Kenneth Bernstein Constance and Arlyn Clark Bea and Mike Dalton Kate Ellison Robert and Kathryn Elsaesser Joseph and Gail Giacobazzi Martha and Steve Goode Joseph and Joyce Hartung Max and Marguerite Horn Imre and Lorna Kertesz John R. and Deborah McEvoy David and Diana Oberpriller Larry and Margret Olson Perry and Teresa Pearson Rich and Penny Post David Raring and Kathleen Putek Jay and DeLana Ream Jim and Kally Reynolds Stan and Danette Schepers Mark and Jane Siegwarth Janet Spadora Keith and Brenda Taylor Natalia White
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