Red Butte Garden Winter 2019
U T A H ' S
B O T A N I C A L
G A R D E N
2020 ANNUAL CALENDAR JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
Plant Highlight: Paperbark Maple, Lacebark Pine
Plant Highlight: Lenten Rose, Witch Hazel, Winter Jasmine
Plant Highlight: Magnolia, Snowdrop, Crocus, Squill, Mini Iris
Enjoy half-price admission January through February Art Exhibit: Jennifer Worsley Pastels & Woodblock Prints
Spring Poetry Contest
Summer Camp registration opens
Art Exhibit: Terence Stephens Acrylic Florals
Classes & Workshops
Volunteer Fair
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
Plant Highlight: over 500,000 Daffodils & Other Blooms
Plant Highlight: Wisteria, Crabapple, Peony, Lilac
Plant Highlight: Rose, Serviceberry, Iris, Viburnum
Poetry Month
Outdoor Concert Series
Monday Family Nights
Spring Orchid Show
Art Exhibit: Utah Watercolor Society
Greenhouse Tours
Classes & Workshops
Spring Poetry Contest Classes & Workshops
ZAP Free Day - Arbor Day Bulbs & Blooms Festival
Annual Spring Plant Sale Fundraiser
Art Exhibit: Wasatch Camera Club Garden Variety Wildlife
Spring Bonsai Show
Complimentary Tram Tours
Outdoor Concert Series tickets go on sale to members
Classes & Workshops
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
Plant Highlight: Daylily, Rose, Hibiscus, Coneflower
Plant Highlight: Butterfly Bush, Lavender, Rudbeckia
Plant Highlight: Aster, Autumn Crocus, Fall Anemone
Monday Family Nights
Sundance Institute Film Series
Fall Bulb & Native Plant Sale Fundraiser
Outdoor Concert Series
Complimentary Tram Tours Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
ZAP Free Day - Pioneer Day
Sundance Institute Film Series Outdoor Concert Series
Monday Family Nights
Outdoor Concert Series
Complimentary Tram Tours
ZAP Free Day - Labor Day
Outdoor Concert Series
Art Exhibits: Leslie Scopes Anderson Photography
Complimentary Tram Tours
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
Plant Highlight: Ornamental Grasses, Toad Lily, Fall Foliage ZAP Free Day - Zeke Dumke Day Fall Bonsai Show Garden After Dark Classes & Workshops
Plant Highlight: Oak Collection, Fall Foliage, Crabapple Fruits Fall Orchid Show Art Exhibit: Glass Art Guild of Utah Classes & Workshops Closed Thanksgiving Day
Plant Highlight: Conifer Collection ZAP Free Days - Holiday Open House & Art Fair Winter Solstice Celebration Audubon Society Bird Count Art Exhibit: Glass Art Guild of Utah Classes & Workshops Closed December 24 - January 1
Complimentary Tram Tours
Art Exhibits: The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Ecaterina Leonte - Mandalas
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
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STILL GROWING AFTER 35 YEARS As the end of my time as the Executive Director at Red Butte Garden draws ever closer, I find myself reflecting more and more on Red Butte Garden’s relatively short, though remarkable, history. At just 35 years old, the Garden has made impressive strides from its humble beginnings as an army dumpsite and firing range to a full-fledged garden enjoyed by its 11,000 members, 450 volunteers, and a quarter of a million visitors each year. With 65,982 square feet of built facilities, 21 acres of gardens, more than four miles of hiking trails, over one-half million springtime blooming bulbs, plant collections that include 2,818 different species and varieties, and an ever increasing selection of events, programs, and educational offerings for individuals, families, students, and children the Garden has grown from an abstract idea of Zeke Dumke, Jr., to a full-fledged cultural institution that is now ranked on Trip Advisor as the third best thing to do when visiting Salt Lake City. The Garden has virtually been built entirely with private donations, so our remarkable progress has been due in very large part to the Garden’s many sponsors and donors. Donor support has also been crucial to the Garden’s ability to maintain its facilities and gardens. As I ponder the future of the Garden, it is clear that you, the Garden’s friends and donors who have done this, who have made Red Butte Garden possible, also will be the means by which the Garden continues to grow and improve. In the short term, I hope you will consider supporting the Garden’s current operations with an endof-year gift, but more importantly that you will reflect on the Garden’s importance to the cultural life of the Salt Lake community and how you can be a sustaining supporter of that future—whether it be through regular annual gifts, an automatically renewing membership, or by tying your legacy to the Garden’s future through an estate or planned gift. In this Thanksgiving season, please know that that Garden is deeply appreciative and thankful for your support.
Gregory J. Lee, Ph. D., Executive Director
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IN THIS ISSUE VOLUME 11 ISSUE 3 ON THE COVER
Black Capped Chickadee Photo by: FotoRequest
EDITORS
Jayne Anderson Kate Randall CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
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Sarah Barlow Greg Lee Bruce Pavlik Marita Tewes Tyrolt
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CONIFER COLLECTION
By Marita Tewes Tyrolt
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COLORFUL WINTER LANDSCAPES
By Marita Tewes Tyrolt
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
10 AUTOMATED POLLINATOR MONITORING REVEALS
MANY VISITORS TO PENSTEMON FLOWERS By Sarah Barlow and Bruce Pavlik
Jason Baker Eddy Dawson Leslie Hanna Janine Hutchinson Pierce McConnell Eric Peterson Kate Randall Heidi Simper Fang Wang GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Leslie Hanna PRINTED BY
IC Group
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Red Butte Garden is the largest botanical garden in the Intermountain West, and together with the University of Utah, a state arboretum. The Garden is renowned for plant collections, themed gardens, over 500,000 springtime blooming bulbs, a world-class outdoor summer concert series, and awardwinning horticulture-based educational programs.
Red Butte Garden has received gifts honoring the following individuals Norma L. Angus
Helen Dinwoodey
Jean Crask Raybould
Lei Nani Dansie
Bernice “Buffie” Kelbaugh
Cherry Ridges
Norma Matheson For more information, contact Greg Lee, Executive Director, at 801.581.3878 or gregory.lee@redbutte.utah.edu.
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L: Picea abies 'Pusch' (Pusch Norway Spruce) Female Cone R: Cedrus atlantica 'Pendula' Needles
CONIFER COLLECTION BEAUTY, COLOR, AND STRUCTURE What is more symbolic of winter than a snow-kissed evergreen? Long after flowers are cut back and trees lose their leaves, conifers remain a dominant feature in the Garden providing year-long beauty and color. The conifer collection is one of Red Butte Garden’s largest and most diverse living plant collections, comprising 1,496 individual plants representing 238 taxa (different species, cultivars or varieties). Used in a variety of ways throughout the Garden, the conifers range in size from mature trees to shrubs and are located in every themed garden and within the natural area. The plantings along the north perimeter are among the oldest at Red Butte Garden. This area has mature specimens of White Fir (Abies concolor), Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra), Blue Spruce (Picea pungens), Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens), Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), and Himalayan Pine (Pinus wallichiana). More recent plantings in the area include Swiss Stone Pine (Pinus cembra ‘Chalet’ and ‘Silver Sheen’), and Birds Nest Spruce (Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’), a low shrub form. Further east, along the shore of our upper pond, a new planting includes Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata ‘Virescens’) and Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum ‘Shawnee Brave’). Mature conifers are worth preserving and protecting. A favorite Garden specimen is a Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara ‘Cream Puff’). It was part of the Garden’s original plantings but had to be removed and stored while the Rose Garden was being constructed. The tree was root pruned by staff several months before being moved using a 90-ft tree spade, the largest we could find in Utah at the time. Its root ball was secured in a large wire basket and stored in the ground for over a year during construction. Before progress in the Rose Garden limited access to heavy equipment, the redbuttegarden.org
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tree was lifted from its temporary dwelling using the wire basket and placed in its new home where construction and planting resumed around it. After being tied up for almost two years to protect it from damage, garden staff spent over a year training every single branch of the Deodar Cedar to obtain the beautiful habit it has today. An iconic Juniper deer topiary reveals the entrance to the Children’s Garden where the branches of an Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’) gracefully envelope the framework of the entrance arbor. This Garden also holds mature Bristlecone pines (Pinus aristata), Piñon pines (Pinus edulis), and a dwarf Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Von Martin’). Other plantings in the Children’s Garden include a selection of dwarf conifers— Spanish Fir (Abies pinsapo ‘Horstmann Nana’), Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris ‘Little Brolly’), Bosnian Pine (Pinus heldreichii ‘Banderica’) and Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Dainty Doll’). These are planted on tiered slopes with large boulders that provide ideal nooks and landings for dwarf and miniature conifers. Dwarf conifers are also prominent in the Garden’s stunning outdoor containers, particularly in the winter arrangements. With so much year-round appeal, be sure to plan a visit to Red Butte Garden this winter. The conifer collection, with views of the Wasatch Mountains and the Salt Lake Valley, is especially beautiful just after a light sprinkling of snow. Cedrus deodara ‘Cream Puff’
Horticulture Director Marita Tewes Tyrolt has been with the Garden since 1994. She has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Northern Kentucky University and an associate’s degree in applied science (horticulture) from Cincinnati Technical School.
All your gifts in one place. Holiday Open House December 7 & 8 from 10 am - 5 pm Free admission thanks to ZAP. redbuttegarden.org/holiday-open-house
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COLORFUL WINTER LANDSCAPES PLAN AHEAD FOR YEAR-ROUND SPLENDOR Winter can be a welcome break from the busy gardening season. Even though plants are resting during this seemingly slow period, the landscape can still offer plenty of interest and beauty. Many plants exhibit showy colors and unique textures during the winter and some provide food and shelter for wildlife. Ornamental grasses continue to look attractive well into winter. There are many species from which to choose—from grasses that can reach ten feet or more in height to those that are less than a foot tall. The broad selection of taxa offers a wide range of foliage color, leaf texture, and seed heads from which to select. Grasses also provide winter protection for beneficial insects and a seed source for birds. Prune warm season grass clumps back late February to early March, and consider interplanting them with spring blooming bulbs for early color until they resume their growth in late spring. (Since cool season grasses start their growth in early spring, cut them back as needed during the winter.)
Top L: Cotoneaster apiculatus, Top R: Cornus 'Winter Flame' Bottom: Malus transistora 'Schmidcutleaf' (Golden RaindropsÂŽ)
Conifers play a large and important role in the winter landscape since most have evergreen foliage. Conifers come in a large range of sizes, habits, foliage colors, and textures. As with ornamental grasses, the opportunities for conifers in the landscape are endless, from being focal points to massing and everything in-between. Several members of the Rose family have persistent fruit, offering both cold season interest and a source of food for wildlife. Many shrub roses develop showy hips if their flowers are left to mature into fruits instead of being removed by deadheading. Hips vary in size and shape and are usually red or orangish in color, but they can also mature into darker hues. High in vitamin C, rosehips are edible and are often used in teas. Look for larger hips, which have more edible flesh surrounding the hairy, inedible seeds.
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STAFF FAVORITES FOR WINTER GARDENS Conifers Abies concolor (white fir) Cedrus deodara ‘Cream Puff’ (Cream Puff deodar cedar) Cupressus arizonica (Arizona cypress) Cupressus nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ (weeping nootka cypress) Picea glauca ‘Pendula’ (weeping white spruce) Picea orientalis ‘Nigra Compacta’ (compact oriental spruce) Pinus aristata (bristlecone pine) Pinus heldreichii var. leucodermis (Bosnian pine)
Ornamental Grasses Achnatherum calamagrostis (silver spike grass) Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama grass) Festuca arizonica (Arizona fescue) Festuca mairei (atlas fescue) Muhlenbergia rigens (deergrass) Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) Sesleria autumnalis (autumn moor grass)
Perennials – with seeds for birds
Cupressus arizonica 'Chaparral'
Achillea (yarrow)
Beyond roses, there are hawthorns, cotoneasters, crabapples, and mountain-ash that can be delightful additions to an otherwise drab winterscape. Newer crabapple cultivars are not the messy trees of yesteryear, and branches laden with persistent fruit are quite beautiful in the fall and winter. Make sure to select a cultivar that is known to be disease resistant, and consider the ultimate size and growth habit, as well as flower color, fruit size, and persistence. Waiting to prune back certain perennials until spring not only adds to winter interest but can offer food for birds and habitat for beneficial insects. Perennials with strong hollow stems provide winter shelter for pollinators and native bees. Last, but not least, several plants bloom in late winter and are a welcome sight as they herald in the spring. Look for lenten rose, winter jasmine, cornelian-cherry dogwood, and vernal witch hazel to give next year’s garden an early, vibrant start. Horticulture Director Marita Tewes Tyrolt
Aster (aster) Echinacea (cone flower) Echinops (globe thistle) Eupatorium (joe pye weed) Helianthus (sunflower) Monarda (beebalm) Monardella (coyote mint) Penstemon (beardtongue) Rudbeckia (black-eyed Susan) Salvia (sage) Solidago (goldenrod) Pycanthemum (mountain mint)
Roses – with showy hips Rosa alba ‘Semi-plena’ (white rose of York) Rosa glauca (red-leaved rose) Rosa ‘MEIpoque’ (Pink Meidiland® rose) Rosa moyesii (moyes rose) Rosa rugosa (rugosa rose)
Trees – with showy fruit Crataegus (hawthorn) Malus (crabapple) Sorbus (mountain ash)
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Pollen wasps mating in White River Penstemon flower 2018.
AUTOMATED POLLINATOR MONITORING REVEALS MANY VISITORS TO PENSTEMON FLOWERS Red Butte Garden’s Penstemon pollinator research in the Uintah Basin is now in its second year. The project, funded by the state of Utah’s Endangered Species Mitigation Fund and The Nature Conservancy, is determining whether proximity to human disturbance reduces pollen flow and seed set in two rare species, White River Penstemon (P. scariosus var. albifluvis) and Graham’s Penstemon (P. grahamii). The disturbance is largely the result of oil and gas development in the form of roads and well pads that divide and reduce the natural landscape where pollinators nest, roam, and forage. As in previous projects (see Summer 2017 newsletter), we are using cutting-edge “Rana” technology to monitor and quantify pollinator visitations to Penstemon flowers throughout the flowering season. Rana is an automated digital monitoring system that uses spatial and motion recognition to record time-compressed videos of insects visiting flowers over extended periods of time. Consequently, it provides an unbiased record of time-stamped, species-specific observations that can be statistically linked to fruit development and seed set on monitored plants. During the spring and early summer of 2018, the Red Butte Garden conservation team positioned 15 Rana units on 53 individual plants of White River Penstemon, observing pollinator activity for nearly 2,000 hours (compared to 10-30 hours of manual observation recorded by a previous study). Similarly, we used 15 units on 48 plants of Graham’s Penstemon during 2019. Both species were studied at five sites each (at varying distances to development) and tens of thousands of seeds were collected from the monitored plants. Given the large amount of video that needs to be carefully redbuttegarden.org
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watched and quantified, the team does not yet have an answer to the fundamental question, “Do Penstemon populations that are close to developments receive fewer pollinator visits, have lower seed set, and become more vulnerable to extirpation?� The final analyses and results are anticipated to be presented to conservation agencies by spring 2020. One of the remarkable things about recording so many humanfree hours of video in the wild is the surprising array of visitors to the study species. A diverse array of native, nectar- and pollen-foraging insects were observed visiting flowers, along with other animals having other reasons to visit Penstemon flowers. The most frequent pollinators were Osmia ground-nesting bees and a specialist species of pollen wasp, Pseudomasaris vespoides. Other, less frequent visitors were caught on camera, including a variety of native bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and even herbivorous chipmunks.
Automated monitoring of endemic Penstemon populations with the Rana camera system in 2018. Rana software triggers a web camera to record when pollinators visit flowers and stores the video data on a small datalogger (just visible inside storage boxes shaded with white cloth).
Only some of these animals are actually effective in carrying pollen to the right spot within a flower, but the documentation of biological diversity surrounding these rare and seldom-seen plants emphasizes the integrated and interdependent nature of species that share a landscape. Dr. Sarah Barlow is a Research Ecologist in the Conservation department and Adjunct Assistant Professor of biology at the University of Utah. She joined the Garden in 2017 from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London and is affiliated with Newcastle University, UK. Dr. Bruce Pavlick is the Conservation Director at Red Butte Garden.
'Osmia' bee visiting flowers of 'Penstemon grahamii' recorded by the Rana automated monitoring system.
A variety of educational and botanically-inspired gifts
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GIVE TO WHAT YOU LOVE Consider Red Butte Garden in your will
A bequest is a creative way to help the Garden in the long term while still retaining full control of your assets during your lifetime. Many donors and volunteers find that a bequest is an effective and simple way to make a lasting impact on the Garden. You can structure your bequest to leave a specific item or amount of money, make the gift contingent on certain events, or leave a percentage of your estate to Red Butte Garden. Just a few simple sentences in your will or trust are all that is needed. Let your legacy be our future. Please consider including a gift to Red Butte Garden in your will or living trust. For more information, contact Gregory Lee, Executive Director, at 801.581.3878 or gregory.lee@redbutte.utah.edu.
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WINTER 2019 CALENDAR DEC 21 Winter Solstice Celebration Sat from 9am - Noon Join the festivities in the Children’s Garden Sprout House. Create winter crafts, explore the winter Garden, make solstice wishes, and usher in the new year. Registration not required. Garden members $5 General public $5 + regular Garden admission Children age 2 and under free
ART EXHIBIT ARTISTS
Top: Glass Art Show Bottom: Holiday Open House and Art Fair
ART EXHIBITS
Featuring a range of nature-themed media from photography, oil, watercolor, pastels, and glass. Year-round in the Visitor Center. No admission fee required to shop. NOV 2 - DEC 17 Glass Art Show Artist reception Nov 2 from 2 - 5pm JAN 31 - MAR 8 Jennifer Worsley Pastels & Woodblock Prints
EVENTS
DEC 1 – FEB 29 Happy Holidays Half-price admission DEC 1-24 Holiday Shopping Hotspot Red Butte Garden members and Natural History Museum members receive 10% off purchases at each other's gift shops. DEC 7 & 8 Holiday Open House & Art Fair Sat & Sun from 10am - 5pm Handmade holiday gifts created by 19 Utah artisans. Free admission thanks in part to ZAP. DEC 7 & 8 Red Butte Garden Gift Shop Holiday Sale Sat & Sun from 9am - 5pm Save an additional 10% on all gift shop items. Free admission thanks in part to ZAP.
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DEC 21 Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count Sat from 10am - Noon Join the longest running citizen-science survey in the world, providing critical data on bird population trends. Adults only. Call 801.581.8454 to register. Garden members free Regular Garden admission
DEC 24 - JAN 1 Holiday Hours Red Butte Garden will be closed to the public. Jan 6 - Feb 15 Poetry Contest - Submission Dates for Spring Poets of all ages are invited to enter original, spring-inspired poems. Winners' poems will be displayed in the Garden throughout April to celebrate National Poetry Month. Apply at redbuttegarden.org/ call-for-poetry. FEB 24 2020 SUMMER CAMP & LIL’ BUDS CLASSES Registration opens on Feb 24 for Garden members, Feb 26 for the public. Check our website in January for more information. redbuttegarden.org/ summer-camp redbuttegarden.org/lil-buds
Details and registration at redbuttegarden.org
FEB 25 & 26 University of Utah Giving Day Join us for the 2nd annual U Giving Day. Alumni, parents, friends, students, faculty, and staff will unite for 1,850 minutes in honor of the U’s founding year to celebrate, engage, and make an investment in the future of the University and its unique organizations.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Red Butte Garden offers its own unique classes and partner classes with University of Utah Lifelong Learning (U). Find class descriptions and register online at redbuttegarden.org/ adult-education, or call 801.581.8454.
HORTICULTURE JAN 29 - FEB 5 Fabulous Fruit Trees U (LLHG 554) Wed, 6:30 - 8:30pm & Sat, Feb 1, 10am -1pm Garden members $81 General public $90
FEB 29 Tomato Propagation Sat, 9am - Noon Garden members $43 General public $53
MAR 3 & 7 Pruning 101 U (LLHG 505) Tue, 6 - 9pm & Sat, 10am -1pm Garden members $69 General public $75
FEB 6 - 20 Botany for Gardeners U (LLHG 488) Thu, 6:30 - 8:30pm Garden members $74 General public $80 FEB 22 Selecting & Caring for Houseplants U (LLHG 523) Sat, 10:30am -1pm Garden members $40 General public $44
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WINTER 2019 CALENDAR BOTANICAL ART FEB 24 - MAR 23 Botanical Watercolor 1 Mon, 6 - 9pm Garden members $188 General public $235 GARDEN DESIGN DEC 6 - 8 Holiday Wreathmaking Session 1 Fri, 6 - 9pm SOLD OUT! Session 2 Sat, 8 -11am SOLD OUT! Session 3 Sat, Noon - 3pm SOLD OUT! Session 4 Sat, 4 - 7pm SOLD OUT! Session 5 Sun, 8 -11am SOLD OUT! Session 6 Sun, Noon - 3pm SOLD OUT! Session 7 Sun, 4 - 7pm SOLD OUT! Garden members $60 General public $75
MAR 4 & 7 Vegetable Propagation U (LLHG 609) Wed, 6:30 - 8:30pm & Sat, 10am - Noon Garden members $68 General public $74 MAR 10 - 31 Irrigation Switch to Drip U (LLHG 908) Tue, 6 - 8pm Garden members $109 General public $119 MAR 19 - 26 Soils: Dig Deeper into Gardening U (LLHG 615 Thu, 6:30 - 8:30pm Garden members $49 General public $54
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MAR 14 or MAR 21 Rose Pruning U (LLHG 606) Sat, 10am -12:30pm Garden members $40 General public $45
MAR 14 Wisteria Pruning U (LLHG 607) Sat, 9am - Noon Garden members $40 General public $45
JAN 25 Succulent Terrariums Sat, 10am - Noon Garden members $32 General public $40
Details and registration at redbuttegarden.org
JAN 11 Home Tweet Home Sat, 1 - 2:30pm Not all birds fly south for the winter. Learn the tricks our feathered friends use to survive this chilly season and create a unique birdhouse to give the birds of Utah a cozy new home for the winter. Garden members $8 General public $10 FEB 15 Dandy Candy Sat 1 - 2:30pm Did you know that sugar is made from plants? Learn about the plants that can be made into sugar and make yourself a plant-based sweet treat to take home. Garden members $8 General public $10
GUIDED GARDEN TOURS
JAN 30 RBG Greenhouse Tour Thu, 10 -11:30am or 1- 2:30pm Get a behind-the-scenes tour of our state-of-the-art greenhouses where we grow 100% of the Garden’s annuals and container plants, as well as the plants found in the Orangerie and Visitor Center. Registration required free for Garden members Regular Garden admission
BY THE NUMBERS Youth Education Programs August to October 2019
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS GARDEN ADVENTURES For kids (age 4-12) with a parent or caregiver. Price includes one child and a caregiver. Register online at redbuttegarden.org/gardenadventures
DEC 14 Wreath Workshop for Kids Sat, 1 - 2:30pm Learn about Utah’s conifer trees. After a short lesson on conifers and evergreen identification, work with twigs, pine needles, and other winter plant materials to create your very own miniature wreath. Garden members $24 General public $30
Grow Lab Outreach 83 teachers attended Grow Lab workshops 21 first grade classrooms visited 614 students taught Botany Bin Outreach 33 Botany Bins checked out On-site Field Trips 74 field trips hosted 4,115 students visited the Garden
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2019 ADVISORY BOARD OUR MISSION
Tim Welsh, Chair Tory Magleby, Vice Chair David Classen, Secretary Troy Aramburu Erin Armstrong Byron Barkley Sandi Behnken Brandi Bosworth Kym Buttschardt Jeff Herring Chuck Horman Kristy Larsen Gregory Lee Ron Motzkus Kevin Murphy Steven Price David Reymann Kathleen Riebe Laura Snow JoLynda Stillman Emeritus members David Gee
To connect people with plants and the beauty of living landscapes.
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 9am - 5pm
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