Mother's Day Appreciation

 

Steady Harvest Workshop

 

Docent Training at the Arb

 

2024 Docent Training  

by Helena Murray - Education Manager

 

 

Coming this April, the Arboretum at Flagstaff will be hosting 3 Saturdays of education for anyone interested in becoming a docent for the 2024 season!

 

Docents at the Arboretum are vital volunteers who help us interact with the public, sharing the amazing work that we do while increasing the understanding, appreciation and conservation of plant and plant communities native to the Colorado plateau by leading tours to the public throughout our season. 

 

Topics covered through the course of classes include an overview of our conservation projects, wildlife at the Arboretum, botany, the history of the Arboretum, touring the gardens and the greenhouses and learning how to give a tour as a docent. 

 

Docent classes will be held on Saturdays April 6th, 13th, and 20th from 10:00am-2:00pm with approximately 30 minutes for lunch (please bring your own) and will feature staff as well as current docent/volunteer speakers. 

 

Attendance is free to members or with the purchase of a membership. All docents of the 2024 season who serve 18+ hours at the Arboretum will receive a free renewal of their membership for 2025. 

 

Please make sure to wear comfortable and weather appropriate clothing as we will be exploring the Arb grounds together! 

 

 

Please register online by clicking this link.

Pollinator Fest at the Arboretum

Arboretum in October

 In case you are not a member of the Arboretum I am including this lovely description of the Arboretum this month from their online newsletter.

NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR

 

October is one of my favorite months in the garden. Here at The Arboretum, signs of fall can be seen all around.

 

‘Autumn Joy’ Sedum and our native asters have burst into flower while some of our late summer bloomers including Coneflower, Firewheel Gaillardia, and Maximilian Sunflowers are still putting on a colorful show. The sumacs have turned a fiery red in the courtyard, and the old needles are yellowing on our ponderosas.

 

In the vegetable garden, Squash, Beans, and Tomatoes are ready to harvest amongst the edible Calendula, Borage, and Nasturtium flowers.

 

The Aspens, Amur Maples and Service Berries are lighting up our gardens in red, yellow, and orange.

 

Pumpkins, Squash, corn stalks, and autumnal vines are peeking out around every turn, providing excellent photo opportunities in front of the newly snowy peaks.

 

Fall truly is a magical time!  

 

We hope to see you out enjoying the fleeting fall colors and our last month of activities at The Arb.

 

It’s a great time to add a few more plants to your garden before the soil freezes, and we can help you with that! We still have a nice selection of native perennials for sale in our nursery.

 

Get into the Halloween spirit when you bring your family out to learn about bats with Stu Tuttle during our Wild Weekends lecture on October 8th or come experience our live raptor program on October 29th. Find your inner artist with our Sunset Watercolor Class on October 5th.

 

This year we are also excited to bring back our very popular Pumpkin Walk. Come out to the free pumpkin carving on October 29th from 3-6 pm at Dark Sky Brewing Company. All ages are welcome while supplies last. Then, visit The Arboretum on Saturday evening, October 29th to see the community’s jack-o-lanterns lit up throughout the grounds. The night will also feature old-fashioned carnival games, story times, face painting, spells from The Garden Witch, Halloween Fun with Tynkertopia, Hatcher Shack Bar-B-Q, beer by Dark Sky and Historic breweries and music by Lady Beard. There will be something for everyone, whether you help carve for free, come party on the 29th (tickets available at thearb.org), or come out for the entire Halloween experience.

 

We hope to see you celebrating fall and another successful year at The Arboretum before we close for the season on October 30th.  

Nate O’Meara

Executive Director @ The Arb

Volunteering at the Arboretum

Gardens:

Garden Clean-up: Wednesdays from 12pm-2pm - Weeding, pruning, dead-heading, and invasive plant removal, general garden clean up of gardens. This opportunity is usually in full sun, so sun protection is encouraged.

Horticulture:

Plant Sales: July 16th and September 11th

- Set up/clean up, assist with customers purchasing plants, assist with transport of plants to visitors vehicles, greeting visitors

Visitor center / gift shop:

Opening the Visitor Center: Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 8:15am - 10:45am - Prep Visitor Center for the day: make coffee, count/prepare cash drawer, pull up frequently used websites, place the admission sign outside, set up glass flower display, unlock the doors at 9am, take admission, answer phone calls and visitor questions, ring up gift shop sales, straighten displays, general organization and cleaning

Weekend Greeter: Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30am - 1:30pm - Become familiar with consignment pieces and frequently asked visitor questions, provide directions to visitors, greet visitors as they arrive, straighten displays, restock cafe items. For this opportunity, it is recommended that the volunteer knows a lot about native plants in order to answer visitor questions.

Pollinator Festival

 

Arboretum Docent Training

3/36 10am-4/23 Weekly in person and zoom. Fee $35.  thearb.org