Red Butte Garden Newsletter Summer 2018

Summer 2018 Volume 10 Issue 2

Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO®Bricks Sundance Institute Summer Film Series Remembering Zeke Dumke, Jr.

Cover Portrait and Dedication Ezekiel “Zeke” Dumke, Jr. 1923 - 2018 As Zeke Dumke strolled with his wife Katherine (Kay) along Red Butte Creek in the early 1980’s, they encountered a shaded streamside oasis and conceived an idea that would lead to the founding of Red Butte Garden and Arboretum. The creek area at that time was a waste dump for the University of Utah, and the adjacent hillside had been an Army firearm practice range.

It took a visionary to see the potential for a botanical garden on the stream bank and dry hillsides, but for Zeke the seed had been planted and be began to nurture it.

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At that time the small staff of the State Arboretum of Utah was being displaced from their greenhouse office on the University campus. Coordinating efforts with Arboretum director Dick Hilldreth, Zeke arranged for cleanup of the stream banks and engaged planners to devise a preliminary vision of buildings, gardens, and circulation on the Red Butte site. Their persistence was rewarded in 1985 with the University of Utah President’s and Board of Regents’ agreement to dedicate land south of Red Butte Canyon for a botanic garden.

Through Zeke’s efforts — and those of a growing community of volunteers, supporters, and staff — gardens, landscaped areas, paths, ponds, and waterfalls were developed along Red Butte Creek. Zeke funded Garden master planning and utility infrastructure improvements leading to construction in 1994 of the Cottam Visitor Center and initial hillside gardens, thereby securing a home and fertile bed for the growth of Red Butte Garden.

A tireless Garden advocate for over three decades, Zeke supported its growth financially, emotionally, and physically. It was not unusual to see him hiking the property with a shrub pruner in hand marking trails and devising the future growth of Red Butte Garden. Zeke always encouraged Garden self-sufficiency, and in 1986 he promoted the idea of an amphitheater to provide a venue for community activities and revenue vital to the future financial health of the Garden. Zeke’s gentle hand and wisdom is manifest in most of the building plans, fence lines, mountain trails, and spirit of the Garden.

Zeke’s vision was more than simply reclaiming the creek environment and creating a green belt for the University community. He wanted Red Butte Garden to become a “community project” with wide support and broad reach, a place for all to enjoy, a setting where “memories would be made” and important life events would take place. Wedding proposals, marriages, dedications, memorials, and many private moments the Red Butte Garden witnesses all testify to the success of that idea.

Because of Zeke and Kay’s vision and passion, Red Butte Garden was created and it has flourished as a result of their devotion and support. Their legacy exists in the fragrant walks, sheltering trees, vibrant blooms, facilities, programs, and events at Red Butte Garden.

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his June marks my 15th year anniversary at Red Butte Garden.

During that time I had the opportunity to work with Zeke Dumke, Jr. on a number of projects. He was not your typical donor.

My first summer here we talked about the Garden’s long-term parking needs at one of our frequent meetings. A few days later I found Zeke, in sport coat and tie, out in the parking lot with a tape measure measuring distances, elevations, etc., to determine how and where we could add more surface or structured parking spaces. Not your typical donor.

The Garden’s Martha Ann Healy Rose House project was classic Zeke. It was originally designed to be shoehorned in between the Garden’s Floral Walk to the south, utility easement to the north and the rose garden to the east, with the west wall coinciding with a now absent massive retaining wall. The Garden couldn’t build it with the rest of the Rose Garden because of funding constraints, so it was put on hold for a couple of years. In the interim, we experienced tremendous growth in our concert program in our new Amphitheatre and learned through experience that we needed it to be a larger facility with more storage space to handle the needs of our expanded concert series and more prominent performers.

The problem was that we had no place to expand it. We were constrained by the finished Rose Garden to the east, the Rocky Mountain Power power line to the north, the floral walk to the south, and that stone wall to the west. Everyone took those boundaries as fixed constraints, everyone but Zeke. I mentioned the problem to him one day and within a week he came up with the idea to use the stone wall’s position for the reception room boundary and to put all of the changing rooms, catering kitchen, and restrooms on the other side of the wall, using the steep drop in grade to put a large storage garage underneath. He correctly reasoned that the space we would be expanding into was just back-of-house space so it wouldn’t take out any attractive garden plantings or assets. So Zeke more or less designed the final footprint for the Rose House, and the architects added the details. Not your typical donor.

I often found myself thinking Zeke was born to be an architect and just got waylaid into another career along the way. I remember one project where the architects had prepared the blueprints. Our in-house project manager, Jim Bach, and I had studied them thoroughly, and with the architects assuring us that they had paid attention to every detail, we had a meeting with Zeke to show him the plans. We got to about the third or fourth page of the drawings and he quickly points to something and says, “This doesn’t look right.” The architects are about to say something dismissive, and then they realize, “Oh my gosh, we did make a mistake here.” You should have seen the respect they gave Zeke’s suggestions after that! I, myself, learned pretty quickly that if Zeke made a suggestion I didn’t agree with, I better think on it overnight to see what I was missing, because he was seeing something I had overlooked.

Zeke never insisted that we do what he thought best, though. Never.

Now, if you didn’t decide to do what he thought best, he let it go. And he moved on—until the next time you met, then he would bring it up again, and again, and again, until either you came around to his way of thinking or you could show him why it was not the best thing to do. But when you could show him that there was a better option, he got right on board and helped to make it happen because all he really wanted was what was best for the Garden.

Your typical staff person tends to think about what they need to get done that day or that week, and occasionally what they need to accomplish before the end of the season or the year. As the Executive Director I am charged to worry about day-to-day issues, but I am also charged to think about the next several years and beyond. Now, the next several years was old news to Zeke, he was thinking 10, 15, 20, and 30 years into the future, whether it was about long-term parking needs, trail systems, utilities, income streams, you name it. One day I was weeding out some of the Garden’s old files and stumbled across minutes of a 1986 meeting of the Garden Development Committee, wherein Zeke was quoted

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for the University and the Garden, despite his best intentions to “retire” on multiple occasions, planning for the future and bringing projects to life were embedded in who he was. I don’t know that he was capable of stopping. Not your typical donor.

The opportunity to work with and to get to know Zeke has been the most treasured of all of my Garden experiences. His presence is everywhere here, not just in the projects he envisioned and brought into reality, but also in the way we think through projects and problems and how we treat each other. His and his wife Kay’s kindness and graciousness towards everyone here are part of this organization’s culture; his long-term view towards projects, infrastructure, and fiscal soundness influence how we approach everything; his desire to make the community a better place to live and to raise families is the foundation for our programming. He wasn’t just the founder of the Garden, he was and remains its soul. saying, “An amphitheater will be vital to the Garden’s long-term financial stability.” And so the Garden’s amphitheatre was built and outdoor concerts started. He was about 20 years ahead of everyone on that one.

Not your typical donor.

Time and again, we have these epiphanies at the Garden and realize that this, that, or the other thing will be important to the long-term health of the Garden, only to realize that Zeke was there 10, 15, or 20 years before us. At Red Butte Garden, “vision” is not a six-letter word. It is a fourletter word spelled Z.E.K.E. Not your typical donor.

In 2010, at the age of 86, Zeke told me he was going to retire from active involvement in the Garden on his 90th birthday. He followed that with a March 22, 2010 letter that started, “Dear Greg: Time is passing and I will make no further commitments that can’t be finished or well under-way by June 2013.” Then, as a reminder, he sent me another letter dated August 13, 2010, which stated, “As I have told you any project I have must be finished or started by June, 2013.” My response to Zeke was that I didn’t want, and the Garden didn’t want, to lose his wisdom or his vision. I told him if he was going to retire from his role as the Garden’s number one volunteer, that I wanted to hire him as a project planner. Not your typical donor.

As June 2013 came closer, I and many others at the Garden were saddened by Zeke’s impending retirement. We were going to miss his insight, his wisdom, and his encouragement. It was about that time I stumbled something in the University’s central development office archives that Zeke, himself, had written. In a letter to Chase Peterson, then President of the University of Utah, dated April 5, 1989 Zeke wrote: “Dear Chase: Last June I notified the State Arboretum Board that I would devote time and money for five (5) more years. When I turn 70 in June of 1993 my plans are to be free of all commitments.” Fortunately

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Zeke left me with many wonderful memories. I would like to share one more with you. It was spring. I had invited Zeke to come to the Garden for a short visit with Jim Bach and me. It was about six months after Kay had passed away and we hadn’t seen much of Zeke in the interim, which was unusual. What was even more unusual was that when I had seen him, his wonderful smile and the ever present twinkle in his eyes weren’t there. They weren’t there this day either. He seemed “down.”

The sense I got was that with Kay’s passing the joy of his life had been lost. It was sad, worrisome, and touching. We then started to talk with him about what had happened at the Garden over the past six months, focusing on projects he had either initiated or shown interest in. At first, he just sat there and listened, which was an altogether different kind of experience for us because he was usually a constant stream of thoughts, questions and ideas.

After listening to us go on for a while, he finally asked a question, but without his typical energy or enthusiasm. A few moments later came another question. Then more questions and a few suggestions. Our short visit ended up lasting somewhere between 90 and 120 minutes.

At the end of it I remember thinking that maybe I had seen a hint of that sparkle that disappeared with Kay’s passing, but I wasn’t sure.

Two weeks later, his daughter Claire, came to the Garden to work with us on her mother’s memorial bench. As we were walking to the site for the bench, someone asked Claire how Zeke was doing. She said that the week previous he had told her, “I have to live for three more years.” And that her response was, “That’s wonderful Poppa, but why three years, why not four or two or five, why three?” To which he replied, “Because I have three more years of projects I want to get done at the Garden.” I don’t have the exact dates for these conversations but it was three years ago this spring.

Zeke made those three years, and two weeks before he died, wheelchair bound, he saw the completion of and toured his last big project, the Kay and Zeke Dumke, Jr. Horticultural Operations Center. As he was leaving the building at the end of his tour, he announced that he was “very pleased.” If there was ever anyone who, through sheer persistence and will, could keep their motor running to see something through to completion it was Zeke. I would like to think that having seen that facility through to completion, having finished his last three years of projects at the Garden, that he was satisfied and finally felt free to join his beloved Kay.

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met Zeke Dumke in 1982 when I was hired to head the horticulture department at the State Arboretum of Utah and to assist with the development of a new botanical garden at the mouth of Red Butte Canyon. I had the good fortune to work for Dick Hildreth, a superb plantsman and visionary who was asked to lead the development of the new garden. One of the first things that Zeke did was ask us to go on a road trip to see other botanical gardens and learn from them, as we were about to embark on a master plan for the 185 acre site. Can you imagine the joy and discovery of visiting botanical gardens in England and the eastern United States?

But that was how Zeke was — he believed in good planning and was committed to learning from other gardens and applying that knowledge to the newly formed Red Butte Garden.

Zeke was truly meant to be a designer himself, he had the vision and design sense of a landscape architect and was the best trail blazer in Utah. I was his hiking partner as Zeke traipsed through the foothills laying out the trails for future visitors and students. His instincts were superb, “Follow the contour lines and the deer trails” he would say, that’s the best way to create a trail that is comfortable to hike and not too steep. Zeke always carried his loppers to cut branches overhanging the future trail line and old shirts to mark the trail. If you’ve enjoyed the many trails at Red Butte Garden, you

From the initial land transfer in October, 1984, that dedicated the land for Red Butte Garden until now, Zeke Dumke, Jr. did so much for Red Butte Garden, and in the process for the 250,000 people who now visit us every year. In recognition of this, a few years ago the Garden’s Advisory Board unanimously approved the motion, “that in recognition of and gratitude for Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr.’s seminal role in the founding of Red Butte Garden in October, 1984, and his subsequent major contributions to the planning, design, growth, and funding of the Garden, that the first Monday in October is to be Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Day at Red Butte Garden and that Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Day will be a day of free public admittance to the Garden.” He was a remarkable man who led a remarkable life and left a magnificent legacy. It was my great pleasure and an honor to be able to work with him and know him.

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have Zeke to thank for them. I will always have a place in my heart for the trails at Red Butte Garden, we hiked every inch and would talk about how the new Garden would impact generations to come.

Zeke was also a man with strong ideas and a passion for the new Garden, he didn’t take the word “no” very easily and had a charming way of moving things forward. Our dear board member and friend, Carl Minden, once wrote a poem about Zeke that he shared at a Garden party. My favorite line describing Zeke is “persistence but insistence, with a smile.”

That’s how he was about Red Butte Garden, he didn’t take no for an answer and helped us sell the dream to the University and the community.

I consider Zeke Dumke to be one of my finest mentors and biggest challenges, we didn’t always agree on design strategy but respected one another and always worked through the challenges. His large footprints will forever be found on the trails of Red Butte Garden and on its beauty and strong regional design. He loved the red sandstone, the old quarry, and remnant buildings on the site and he believed that the dream of the Garden was possible when no one else did. We all were inspired by Zeke Dumke; Red Butte Garden simply would not exist today without his commitment, generosity, and vision. I owe much of my success at Red Butte Garden and the Atlanta Botanical Garden to the remarkable and delightful Zeke Dumke.

He taught me how to plan and prepare for any opportunity — he always said that we needed to have plans in place for the occasion when a donor might come and ask us about a potential project. That was key to our success and remains so today. What an honor to have him as a mentor, donor, board member, and friend. He will be dearly missed.

With warm regards, Mary Pat Matheson The Anna and Hays Mershon, President & CEO Atlanta Botanical Garden Red Butte Garden Executive Director, 1991 - 2002

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breakthrough in finalizing plans and conveying them to others.

With that start we moved ahead with plans and operations for this wonderful public garden.

A few years later, Zeke and I had a serendipitous meeting.

Early one morning Zeke walked into my office, in his suit and dress shoes. “Good morning. Let’s go for a walk”, he said. The plans for a walkway in the garden were rolled up under his arm. He wanted to walk that path to see what was proposed.

Off we went to dream about Red Butte Garden. We walked to the top of a hill, to what is now the Water Conservation Garden with its expansive views. On the way down he talked about his desire to be of further help to the Garden. As we walked he saw a coiled up Great Basin rattlesnake. Zeke poked at it with his rolled up garden plans. Fortunately it was cold and the snake was not interested in moving.

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he dedication of the Cottam Oak Grove was a significant event for me. I met Zeke which started the multi-year relationship of his assistance to Red Butte Garden. After our introduction Zeke asked what plans I had for the Garden and Arboretum. I had ideas and concepts, but no real plans that I could show anyone. Zeke hired a landscape architect and interpretive specialist at his own expense. This provided a major

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I learned that Zeke was bold and daring. He wanted to make his mark on the world around him. He looked for opportunities to be of service and to make a difference.

Richard Hildreth Red Butte Garden Founding Executive Director, 1984 - 1991

Plant a Seed for the Future of Red Butte Garden When you make or update your will, please consider including the Garden in your plans.

For more information please contact Wendy Loyning, Development Director at:

801.585.5658 or wendy.loyning@redbutte.utah.edu

Thank you for your continued support!

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Did you know that Red Butte Garden showcases nature-themed art in the Visitor Center?

Enjoy a wide range of media from photography, oil on canvas, encaustic, pastels, textile landscapes, watercolor and glass.

Regular Garden Admission/ Garden Members Free.

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Artist Reception Sat, May 26 from 2-4PM

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Artist Reception Saturday, June 23 from 3-5PM

SANDI OLSON WATERCOLOR EXHIBIT JULY 20 – AUGUST 12

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AUGUST 17 – SEPTEMBER 9

Red Butte Botanical Garden, located at the University of Utah, is one of the largest botanical gardens in the Intermountain West, renowned for plant collections, themed gardens, over 460,000 springtime blooming bulbs, a world-class outdoor summer concert series, and award-winning horticulture-based educational programs.

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LATE NIGHT IN THE GARDEN

Friday, August 3 | 7 – 11PM Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre Garden Members: $20 | Public: $25 Tickets on sale June 1 – August 1 Online registration only: redbuttegarden.org/late-night Join us for an unforgettable evening of lawn-games, LEGO® brick-inspired crafts, and a late-night screening of "The LEGO Movie" on the Amphitheatre lawn. Plus enjoy access to the Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks exhibit. Perfect for families, friends, and date night!

Sculpture by Sean Kenney

MONDAY, JULY 30TH 2018 \ RED BUTTE GARDEN AMPHITHEATRE SHOW AT 7:00 PM, GATES AT 6:45 PM \ FREE! ALL AGES WELCOME

2018 HORTICULTURE SPOTLIGHT LECTURE SERIES FREE LECTURES AT RED BUTTE GARDEN 6:30 - 7:30PM REGISTRATION REQUIRED

JUNE 25 LARRY RUPP

Selecting, Propagating, and Growing Utah Native Plants

Register at: redbuttegarden.org/horticulture-lecture-series

JULY 9 KATIE WAGNER

25 Great Deciduous Trees for the Salt Lake Landscape Register at: redbuttegarden.org/horticulture-lecture-series

AUGUST 27 EDDY DAWSON Ornamental Grasses

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consultation evolved into working with the civil engineer on grading and aligning the full loop connecting the upper and lower Gardens, now the Dumke Floral Walk and path around the Terrace Gardens.”

“That was a time of the Garden’s major expansion up the hill, with construction of the Cottam Visitor Center coinciding with opening of the Four Season and Courtyard Gardens. It was also a time of change in Campus Design’s policy for designers, and they began requiring inclusion of a local landscape architect on all design teams. It was a case of right time-right place for me, and I had the good fortune to have some part, large or small, in nearly every design project from then until 2002 when I joined the staff to represent the Garden’s interests to those design teams.”

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t the end of February this year, Project Coordinator Jim Bach retired after a 27 year association with Red Butte Garden, 11 years as a consulting landscape architect and nearly 16 years on staff.

Of his experience at the Garden, Jim writes: “My work with the Garden started in 1991 when then-director Mary Pat Matheson hired me to look at optional alignments for a path up through the wooded hillside now called the Great Wall. That

“I loved my years of involvement with Red Butte Garden. The Garden came to feel like home and the staff grew to feel like family.

There is something in the soul of the Garden that attracts talented and dedicated people, who stay and invest themselves in making RBG the best it can be. That spirit of Red Butte, captured in the affection, sincerity, support and respect we showed for each other, made it so easy to come to work, and so hard to leave the Garden.”

“I’m proud that I could have a part in the Garden’s history and I look forward to watching Red Butte Garden continue growing in stature and recognition among the world of botanical gardens.”

2018 SUMMER FILM SERIES Your favorite free movie nights are back with even more screenings and locations!

Learn more at sundance.org/utah

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NATURE CONNECTS® Art with LEGO® Bricks featuring sculptures by artist Sean Kenney June 2 – September 16, 2018 Nature Connects is an award-winning, record breaking exhibition now touring North America, Asia, and Europe. Created with over threemillion LEGO pieces, the full show includes hundreds of sculptures built with LEGO bricks

by New York artist Sean Kenney.

Red Butte Garden is thrilled to be a part of this world-wide exhibition this summer!

Inspired by nature and built from more than 450,000 LEGO pieces, the Garden’s exhibition features 14 pieces of larger-than-life sculpture that represent the incredible connections that sustain life on Earth. Please join us to explore the ways that you can connect with nature in the Garden this summer.

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NATURE CONNECTS OPENING DAY EVENTS - JUNE 2

Celebrate the arrival of Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks with a day jam-packed with activities, events, and more!

How Many Bricks?

Visitor Center | 10AM – 3PM How many LEGO bricks are in our jar? Enter your guess to win a free Family or Circle of Friends Garden Membership.

Nature Connects Walking Tour Courtyard | 10 – 11AM & 1 – 2PM Learn more about the sculptures on display through an in-depth tour lead by one of our knowledgeable Garden Docents.

Brick Build Contest Showcase Orangerie | 10AM – 3PM Drop by the Orangerie and help select the winners of our Nature Connects Brick Build Contest. Entries include sculptures made by LEGO brick enthusiasts of all ages.

LEGO Brick STEAM Activities Sprout House | 10AM – 3PM Explore the natural world using STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) and LEGO bricks.

LEGO® Brick Challenge Throughout the Garden | 10AM – 2PM Put your LEGO brick building skills to the test and compete in one of our Brick Challenges.

• 10AM | Tower Topple | Orangerie Courtyard •

11AM | Zany Zip Lines | Four Seasons Garden

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2PM | Crazy Cars | Water Conservation Garden

Play-Well TEKnologies Orangerie | 10AM – 1PM Investigate the world of robotics and engineering with fun, interactive drop-in activities Duke’s Italian Ice Courtyard Purchase a sweet treat from Duke's Italian Ice to enjoy while exploring Nature Connects. With a variety of vibrant flavors including lemon, guava, rainbow, and more, there’s sure to be something for everyone. All Italian ice flavors are fat free, dairy free, and gluten free.

NATURE CONNECTS ONGOING ACTIVITIES

More fun ways to interact with Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks after opening day.

Nature Conncets Scavenger Hunt Find clues and search the Garden for all 14 LEGO® brick statues.

Chauncey’s Brick Guide An activity booklet for kids of all ages full of fun games, puzzles, and other activities related to Nature Connects.

Nature Connects Walking Tour Learn more about Nature Connects and discover fascinating details about the sculptures on display through an in-depth private tour lead by one of our knowledgeable Garden Docents. All private tours must be booked in advance and are limited to 15 guests per docent.

The Brickyard Guests of all ages can create, tinker, take apart, build, and collaborate using over 30,000 LEGO bricks. Located on the second floor of the Visitor Center.

Open weekdays from 9AM – 4PM. Tale Blazer Games Location-based mobile app games that provide unique nature-themed interactions in the Garden.

The newest game, Nature Reconnects, incorporates Nature Connects LEGO exhibition pieces for fun adventure!

Find more games at: www.redbuttegarden.org/taleblazer Special thanks to XMission for sponsoring our latest Tale Blazer game.

Please visit: www.redbuttegarden.org/garden-tours to book your private tour. Cost: $30 per docent.

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Outdoor Concert Series Stage, Circa 2006

THIRTY-ONE YEARS OF SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE GARDEN

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By Kate Randall, Marketing & Public Relations Associate

ith its 3000-capacity Amphitheatre featuring a lineup of consistently sold-out shows, Red Butte Garden is the place to experience some of the best summer concerts in Utah. Concertgoers get it all—panoramic views of the Wasatch Mountains, the Salt Lake Valley sunset, a botanical garden, and of course, talented top-name acts on stage. As Utah’s botanical garden, Red Butte Garden may seem an unlikely place for a major concert venue, but the grassy area near Red Butte Creek has been home to summer concerts for the last 31 years.

The Garden opened to the public in 1985, and in 1986, the idea of a concert series was born in a suggestion by the Garden’s founder, the late Zeke Dumke, Jr., as a way to introduce more people to the Garden and provide additional financial support for its operations. And just like that, in 1987, the “Second Sunday Concert Series” began featuring local jazz, bluegrass, and folk musicians. For the next 10 years the stage was built of concrete pavers under a temporary canvas canopy, tickets were purchased by mail order, volunteers set up tables to take tickets, and concertgoers brought picnics and blankets to experience a handful of intimate summer concerts in the Garden.

Things began to change in 1997 when then Development Director, Susan Kropf, hired Chris Mautz to book national acts. Mautz left in 2001 and Derrek Hanson joined the Garden, eventually becoming the new Events Director. The number of concerts increased year after year and they were selling out fast!

By 2003, the series had grown to 11 concerts including surprise break-out artist of the year, Norah Jones.

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With the growth and success of the concert series came the need for an improved stage and amphitheatre. So, in 2008, after a major expansion and renovation of the venue, the Garden launched its first concert series in the brand new Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre. Since then, Hanson and Mautz (who returned in 2006), have worked together to build and book the series lineup each year.

In the last five years, the Outdoor Concert Series has grown into an annual lineup of 25-30 major acts stretching from May through September. The Amphitheatre has also become home to community events such as our Annual Spring Plant Sale and the Sundance Institute Summer Film Series.

Zeke Dumke, Jr. was right, from its small beginning 31 years ago the concert series has increased Garden membership and revenue which enables the Garden to improve and expand its educational programming, plant conservation efforts, gardens, and facilities. And now—much like then—concertgoers return show after show, spreading out blankets and picnics on the lawn to experience big, yet intimate summer concerts in the Garden.

2003 Outdoor Concert Series Brochure

Members Save the Date!

Explore the Nature Connects®:

Art with LEGO® Bricks exhibit at the Garden and meet new friends.

Watch for your e-vite with information on how to register for these member-only summer events: July 10 - 21+ Member Event: Join us for an evening Garden stroll and delicious hors d'oeuvres July 17 - All Ages Member Event: Enjoy an evening of fun, family-friendly activities

We can’t wait to see you at the Garden, thanks for your support!

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Garden Adventures Classes for children ages 4-12 and a parent. Each Garden Adventures class focuses on a different topic and seeks to help kids connect with plants while encouraging them to explore the wonders of the natural world. Classes are designed for parents or caregivers to attend and participate with their child.

Limit one adult/caregiver per child. Each Garden Adventure has two sessions: 10-11:30AM or 1-2:30PM

June 9 Sensational Summer

We’re kicking off the summer with a sensational celebration! Join the festivities as we learn about the Summer Solstice (June 21), create a cool summer treat, and plant summer lovin’ plants to take home.

Garden Members: $8 | Public: $10

June 23 Perfect Pollinators – SPECIAL

It’s National Pollinator Week (June 20-26) and we’re celebrating in the Sprout House! Discover the amazing things pollinators do for the Garden and learn why these little critters are a vital part of the environment.

Then explore a few of the larger-than-life pollinators found in the Nature Connects: Art with LEGO® Bricks exhibit before returning to the Sprout House to create a LEGO brick-inspired pollinator.

Garden Members: $24 | Public: $30

July 14 Plant-iful Pizza

From sage and basil to tomatoes and peppers, you can put almost any plant on pizza! Learn more about this tasty Italian dish and the plants that help make it oh-so-delicious. Then, create a scrumptious mini pizza using a variety of flavorful plants.

Garden Members: $8 | Public: $10

July 28 Larger Than Life Art – SPECIAL

BIG things are happening in this Garden Adventure! Explore the larger-than-life sculptures of the Nature Connects: Art with LEGO® Bricks exhibit and discover their real-life counterparts found here at the Garden. Then, return to the Sprout House where we’ll create LEGO brick-inspired art of our own. Don’t miss out on this class filled with colossal-sized fun!

Garden Members: $24 | Public: $30

August 11 Miniature LEGO® Brick Gardens – SPECIAL

Send off the summer by creating a unique miniature garden—with LEGO® bricks! After learning what a miniature garden is and how to care for it, participants will work together to plant and decorate miniature gardens using LEGO bricks, LEGO Minifigures, handcrafted decorations, and natural materials from the Garden. Containers, plants, LEGO brick pieces, and more provided. Garden Members: $24 | Public: $30

August 18 Incredible Ice Cream

Summer might be ending, but there is still time for one last celebration in the Sprout House—with ice cream! Join us as we explore the science of making this frozen treat and investigate the plants that help make it oh-so-tasty. Then we’ll mix up a batch of homemade ice cream and flavor it with a few common (and not-so-common!) plants.

Garden Members: $8 | Public: $10

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Lil’ Buds

Bring your preschooler to a pint-sized class just for them! Each class features a special exploration in the Garden, fun crafts, hands-on activities, a delicious snack, and an engaging story connected to our age-appropriate themes.

Our goal is to help your Lil’ Bud make new friends, prepare for preschool, and develop curiosity while exploring the natural world. And don’t forget, all classes are designed for caregivers to attend and participate with their child.

Individual Class Cost Per Child (ages 3-4), Caregiver Included: $16 Garden Members / $20 Public All classes from 10:30AM-Noon

Touch

Wednesday, June 6 It might be soft and fuzzy or stiff and scratchy but you’ll have to come to the Garden to find out!

Hear

Wednesday, June 13 Do you hear what I hear? From animals to plants blowing in the wind, there is so much to discover if we open our ears!

Taste

Wednesday, June 20 So much food and flavor comes from plants. Come taste your way through the Garden and see how much of a locavore you can be!

Opposites

Wednesday, August 22 Tall, short, rough, smooth, hard, soft—the natural world is filled with differences! Discover the world of opposites using the plants and animals of the Garden.

Shapes

Wednesday, August 29 From triangular trees to circular flowers, we’ll explore the different shapes found in the natural world. Be there or be square!

More Lil Bud’s Classes this September and October!

Sensational Senses

Wednesday, June 27 Come taste, touch, smell, see, and hear your way around Red Butte Garden. This class is sure to delight all the senses!

Colors

Wednesday, August 1 Brighten your Lil’ Bud’s day as we explore the rainbow of colors found in the natural world.

Letters

Wednesday, August 8 From A to Z, discover the letters of the alphabet with the help of Chauncey, the Red Butte Garden Gnome, and his favorite plants.

Numbers

Wednesday, August 15 One, two, three, how many plants do you see? Count on a fun time as we hunt for numbers hidden in the trees, flowers, and shrubs of the Garden.

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MONDAY FAMILY NIGHT

Courtyard Garden 6 to 8PM with performances from 6:30 – 7:30PM Garden Members: Free Public: Regular Garden Admission

Spend a fun summer night exploring the diversity in our community at Monday Family Night! Enjoy live music, dance performances, and more all while enjoying the beauty of the Garden. And don’t forget to visit Duke’s Italian Ice to purchase a sweet treat to help you cool off at each show. With a trio of great performances, you won’t want to miss any of our Monday Family Nights!

JUNE 4 - RINCEOIRI DON SPRAOI IRISH DANCERS Experience the art of traditional Irish dancing! Rinceoiri Don Spraoi (pronounced “rin-KOR-ee don SPREE”) is Gaelic for “dancing for fun.” This performancecentered school is dedicated to sharing their love of Irish culture and dancing with the Salt Lake Valley.

JULY 9 - THE MOOD SWINGS BAND Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie to the music of The Mood Swings Band! Based in Northern Utah, the band consists of five, self-described “seasoned” women performing a lively mix of original songs and classic covers sure to get your toes tapping and your hands clapping.

AUGUST 6 - BEST OF AFRICA Witness the culture and beauty of traditional African dancing with Best of Africa!

Featuring authentic drums, costumes, music, and more, this West Valley-based dance group aims to share time-honored dancing from various African countries with Utah.

CAMPOUT

Friday, June 22, 5:30PM to Saturday, June 23, 8:30AM Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre Garden Members: $32 | Public: $40 Registration opens June 1. Online registration only.

Space is limited, so register early!

Have you ever wondered what happens at the Garden when the last guest leaves? The only way to find out is at our Campout! Bring your tent, camping gear, and a picnic dinner to enjoy an overnight, low-stress camping experience complete with flushing toilets and running water. Spend the evening relaxing at your campsite or join one of our interactive family adventures including games, crafts, s’mores, and more. We’ll also provide a scrumptious Saturday morning breakfast catered by Waffle Love to complete your camping adventure.

Friday night dinner, tents, and other camping gear not provided, please bring your own.Registration required for all participants. All ages welcome. Registration not required for children under the age of three. redbuttegarden.org/campout 16

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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Registration is required. To register for Red Butte Garden courses call 801.581.8454 or visit: www.redbuttegarden.org For University of Utah Lifelong Learning courses ( ) call 801.587.LIFE (5433) or visit: www.lifelong.utah.edu HORTICULTURE

COOKING

FOLLOW THE WILDFLOWERS (LLHG 489) ONCE PER MONTH ON WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-8:30PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $135 / PUBLIC: $150

COOKING IN THE GARDEN WITH PURNIMA GANDHI JUNE 21, THURSDAY 6-8PM JULY 19, THURSDAY 6-8PM AUGUST 7, TUESDAY 6-8PM GARDEN MEMBERS $44 / PUBLIC $55

WONDERFUL WORLD OF ROSE GARDENING JUNE 5, TUESDAY, 6:30-8:30PM & JUNE 9, SATURDAY, 10AM-NOON GARDEN MEMBERS: $53 / PUBLIC: $59

(LLHG 528)

WELLNESS AND YOGA

GARDEN MAINTENANCE (LLHG 547) JUNE 12, TUESDAY, 6-9PM & JUNE 16, SATURDAY, 10AM-1PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $73 / PUBLIC: $80 GROWING LAVENDER (LLHG 913) JULY 9, MONDAY, 6-9PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $45 / PUBLIC: $50 PRESERVING FRESH HERBS (LLHG 548) JULY 17, TUESDAY, 6-9PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $45 / PUBLIC: $50 PERENNIALS: LATE SUMMER AND FALL BLOOMERS (LLHG 618) AUGUST 1 – 8, WEDNESDAYS, 6-8:30PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $64 / PUBLIC: $70 GARDEN DESIGN

GARDEN TREASURES: SALT LAKE TOUR JUNE 13 – 20, WEDNESDAYS, 6-8PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $53 / PUBLIC: $59

(LLHG 545)

LECTURES

HORTICULTURE SPOTLIGHT SERIES MONDAYS, 6:30-7:30PM

GIFTS OF BOTANICAL BEAUTY (LLHL 175) JUNE 23 – 30, SATURDAYS, 10AM-12:30PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $88 / PUBLIC $95

LECTURES ARE FREE, BUT SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER AT: REDBUTTEGARDEN.ORG/ HORTICULTURE-LECTURE-SERIES

JUNE 25 - LARRY RUPP JULY 9 – KATIE WAGNER AUGUST 27 – EDDY DAWSON

LIVING WREATH WORKSHOP (LLHG 588) JUNE 9, SATURDAY, 10AM-NOON GARDEN MEMBERS: $75 / PUBLIC $79 WATER FEATURES FOR THE HOME GARDEN JULY 25, WEDNESDAY, 6:30-8:30PM JULY 28, SATURDAY, 9AM-NOON GARDEN MEMBERS: $63 / PUBLIC: $69

GARDEN MEMBERS $96 PUBLIC $120 (PER SESSION) DAILY DROP IN – MEMBERS $13 / PUBLIC $17 YOGA IN THE GARDEN SESSION ONE: JUNE 5 – JUNE 28 TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7:30-8:30AM YOGA IN THE GARDEN SESSION TWO: JULY 10 – AUGUST 2 TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7:30-8:30AM YOGA IN THE GARDEN SESSION THREE: AUGUST 7 – AUGUST 30 TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, 7:30-8:30AM SUNDAY YOGA IN THE GARDEN JUNE 10, 9-10AM JULY 1, 9-10AM AUGUST 5, 9-10AM GARDEN MEMBERS $12 (PRE-REGISTER PRICE) PUBLIC $15 (PRE-REGISTER PRICE) DAILY DROP IN – MEMBERS $13 / PUBLIC $17

(LLHG 507)

BOTANICAL ART

BOTANICAL DRAWING 2 JUNE 6 – JULY 11 (NO CLASS JULY 4), WEDNESDAYS, 6-9PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $188 / PUBLIC: $235 BOTANICAL PEN & INK 1 JULY 19 & 20, THURSDAY & FRIDAY, 6-9PM JULY 21, SATURDAY, 9AM-4PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $160 / PUBLIC: $200 NATURE SKETCHING AND JOURNALING: A WILDFLOWER WORKSHOP JULY 26 & 27, THURSDAY & FRIDAY, 6-9PM JULY 28, SATURDAY, 9AM-4PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $160 / PUBLIC: $200 BOTANICAL COLOR PENCIL 1 AUGUST 2 & 3, THURSDAY & FRIDAY, 6-9PM AUGUST 4, SATURDAY, 9AM-4PM GARDEN MEMBERS: $160 / PUBLIC: $200

GUIDED GARDEN TOURS

REGULAR GARDEN ADMISSION/GARDEN MEMBERS FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. CALL 801.581.8454 OR VISIT WWW.REDBUTTEGARDEN.ORG EARLY MORNING BIRD WATCHING ALL TOURS FROM 9-11:30AM SATURDAYS, JUNE 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 WEDNESDAYS, JUNE 20 & 27 SATURDAYS, JULY 7, 14, 21 & 28 WEDNESDAYS, JULY 11 & 18 SATURDAYS, AUGUST 4 & 18 EVENING EXPLORATION – GARDEN TOURS JUNE 21, JULY 12, AUGUST 23, THURSDAYS, 7-8:30PM NATURAL AREA GARDEN TOUR JUNE 19, TUESDAY, 6 - 8PM

DAILY COMPLIMENTARY TRAM TOURS MAY 1 – SEPTEMBER 30 MONDAY – FRIDAY 10AM-2PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY 10AM-3PM INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. GROUPS OF FOUR OR LESS. GROUPS OF FIVE OF MORE ARE REQUIRED TO SCHEDULE A PRIVATE TRAM TOUR BY CALLING 801.585.0899. $30

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YOGA IN THE GARDEN Session 2: 7/10 - 8/2 Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:30 - 8:30AM

7/14 Plant-iful Pizza 7/28 Larger Than Life Art

Session A: 10 - 11:30AM Session B: 1 - 2:30PM

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Follow the Wildflowers (3/4) 5:30 - 8:30PM

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Evening Exploration Tour

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Gifts of Botanical Beauty (2/2) 10AM - 12:30PM

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Garden Adventures (see side bar) Gifts of Botanical Beauty (1/2) 10AM - 12:30PM

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Garden Maintenance (2/2) 10AM - 1PM

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Garden Adventures (see side bar) Rose Gardening (2/2) 10AM - NOON Living WreathWorkshop 10AM - NOON

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Nature Connects Opening Day

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Sheryl Crow Concert

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Garden Adventures

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Utah Watercolor Society 6/22 - 7/15

ART EXHIBITS Ron Headings Enduring Forest 5/5 - 6/17

BIRDING TOURS 9 - 11:30AM

SUNDAY YOGA 6/10 9 - 10AM

YOGA IN THE GARDEN Session 1: 6/5 - 28 Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:30 - 8:30AM

6/9 Sensational Summer 6/23 Perfect Pollinators

Session A: 10 - 11:30AM Session B: 1 - 2:30PM

GARDEN ADVENTURES

10:30AM - NOON 6/6 Touch 6/13 Hear 6/20 Taste 6/27 Sensational Senses

LIL’ BUDS

Events at Red Butte Garden

Camp Out 5:30PM Fri to 8:30AM Sat

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Full Moon

Sundance Institute Free Film

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Cooking in the Garden 6 - 8PM Evening Exploration Tour 7 - 8:30PM

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Botanical Drawing 2 (4/5) 6 - 9PM Michael Franti and Spearhead Concert

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(1/2) 6 - 8PM Botanical Drawing 2 (2/5) 6 - 9PM Violent Femmes Concert

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Botanical Drawing 2 (1/5) 6 - 9PM

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Dispatch Concert

Natural Area Garden Tour 6 - 8PM

GARDEN ADVENTURES

Free Horticulture Spotlight Series Lecture 6:30 - 7:30PM

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Last Summer on Earth Tour Concert

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Garden Maintenance (1/2) 6 - 9PM

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Sandi Olson 7/20 - 8/12

ART EXHIBITS Utah Watercolor Society 6/22 - 7/15

BIRDING TOURS 9 - 11:30AM

SUNDAY YOGA 7/1 9 - 10AM

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Cooking in the Garden 6 - 8PM

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Perennials: Late Summer & Fall Bloomers (2/2) 6 - 8:30PM

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Perennials: Late Summer & Fall Bloomers (1/2) 6 - 8:30PM Utah Symphony Concert

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Pioneer Day ZAP Free Day

Preserving Fresh Herbs 6 - 9PM

Gipsy Kings Concert

Lost 80’s Tour Concert

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Late Night w/ The LEGO® Movie 7 - 11PM

Pencil 1 (2/3) 6 - 9PM

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Nature Sketching (2/3) 6 - 9PM Full Moon

Chris Isaak Concert

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Botanical Pen & Ink 1 Botanical Pen & Ink 1 (1/3) 6 - 9PM (2/3) 6 - 9PM Botanical Pen & Ink 1 Cooking in (3/3) 9AM - 4PM the Garden 6 - 8PM Retro Futura Jackson Browne Concert Concert

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ART EXHIBITS Sandi Olson 7/20 - 8/12 Chase McCleary 8/17 - 9/9

BIRDING TOURS 9 - 11:30AM

SUNDAY YOGA 8/5 9 - 10AM

YOGA IN THE GARDEN Session 3: 8/7 - 30 Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:30 - 8:30AM

8/11 Miniature LEGO® Brick Gardens 8/18 Incredible Ice Cream

Session A: 10 - 11:30AM Session B: 1 - 2:30PM

GARDEN ADVETURES

10:30AM - NOON 8/1 Colors 8/8 Letters 8/15 Numbers 8/22 Opposites 8/29 Shapes

LIL’ BUDS

Garden Hours 9AM - 9PM Except on concert dates, hours are 9AM - 5PM The Garden is open July 4 and July 24

TajMo Concert

Water Features (1/2) 6:30 - 8:30PM

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Non Profit org.

US Postage PAID Salt Lake City Permit #1529

300 WAKARA WAY SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84108

GARDEN INFORMATION

2018 ADVISORY BOARD: Tim Welsh, Chair Tory Magleby, Vice Chair Nancy Martin, Secretary Erin Armstrong Byron Barkley Sandi Behnken Susan Bollinger Thomas Brickey Kym Buttschardt David Classen Fred Esplin Jeff Herring Chuck Horman Lucinda L. Kindred Kristy Larsen Gregory Lee Ron Motzkus Kevin Murphy Steven Price David Reymann Susan Speer Lyle C. Summers Stephen Urquhart Emeritus members Sandy McOmber David Gee

Hours:

January 2 - March 31 Daily 9AM - 5PM April 1 - 30 Daily 9AM - 7:30PM May 1 - August 31** Daily 9AM - 9PM September 1 - 30** Daily 9AM - 7:30PM October 1 - December 23* Daily 9:00AM - 5PM *Closed Thanksgiving Day and December 24 - January 1 **Days when outdoor concerts are scheduled, hours are 9AM - 5PM.

Groups of 12 or more receive $1 off regular admission price for each person.

Full group payment is due at time of Garden entry.

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Visitor Center 801.585.0556 Private Event Rental 801.585.9563 Volunteer 801.585.5688 Membership 801.585.7172 Donations 801.585.5658 Class Registration 801.581.8454

Visit Us! Visitor Center, Gift Shop, & Mailing Address: 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Website: www.redbuttegarden.org Comments: 801.581.4938 or e-mail bryn.ramjoue@redbutte.utah.edu