Red Butte Garden Newsletter Winter 2017-18

Winter 2017 Volume 9 Issue 4

Gardener's Tools Conifer Collection Annual Calendar

Fragrance Garden

Water Conservation Garden

Water Pavilion Garden

GIVING THANKS

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ith my favorite holiday of the year, Thanksgiving, just a few days away, I want to take the opportunity provided by this column to thank all of the wonderful, amazing people who give so much of their time, knowledge, experience, energy, and resources to Red Butte Garden. This includes our 11,000 members, 437 active volunteers, 58 year-round and 99 seasonal staff, many donors, Advisory Board, and the many members of the University community who assist us with construction, accounting, payroll, benefits, legal, risk management, parking, and other services. As a self-supporting unit of the University of Utah we could not do it without all of the above. Thank you!

With all of this help and support Red Butte Garden has had another successful year. We opened our three-acre Water Conservation Garden, which will continue to fill in and improve as the years go by; had a fabulously successful summer concert series selling over 96 percent of tickets for the season; increased our active volunteer force by 75 people, bringing us to 437 active volunteers; launched a new, mobile-friendly website; upgraded WiFi capability in parts of the Garden; initiated construction on a 15,500 square foot horticultural operations and plant research facility; hosted over 900 summer camp registrants; and participated in exciting research that is bringing attention to Solanum jamesii, the four-corners potato, and its use by ancient native cultures. These are just a few of the things that went on at the Garden this year.

Every one of the above-mentioned accomplishments was made possible by all of the great and generous people who support the Garden. Without them, without you, we could not do it. Together, we are all building a wonderful asset that is continuing to grow and improve and that each year provides more and better educational, recreational, and memory-making moments for our community. Red Butte Garden has much for which to be thankful.

Gregory J. Lee, Executive Director

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 450,000 springtime blooming bulbs, a world-class outdoor summer concert series, and awardwinning horticulture-based educational programs.

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Bryn Ramjoué Kate Randall

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Gregory Lee Marita Tewes Tyrolt Sara Sorensen Amie Cox Susie Kohler

Jason Baker Leslie Hanna Pierce McConnell Kate Randall

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MAY Plant Highlight: Wisteria, Crabapple, Peony, Lilac Annual Spring Plant Sale Fundraiser Outdoor Concert Series Complimentary Tram Tours Art Exhibit: Carol Bold Classes & Workshops

SEPTEMBER Plant Highlight: Aster, Autumn Crocus, Fall Anemone ZAP Free Day - Labor Day Fall Bulb & Native Plant Sale Fundraiser Outdoor Concert Series Complimentary Tram Tours Art Exhibits: Chase McCleary, Jeff Clay Classes & Workshops

FEBRUARY Plant Highlight: Lenten Rose, Witch Hazel, Winter Jasmine Green House Tour Art Exhibit: Lucy Peterson Watkins Spring Poetry Contest Summer Camp Registration Opens Classes & Workshops

JUNE Plant Highlight: Rose, Serviceberry, Iris, Viburnum Monday Family Nights Outdoor Concert Series Complimentary Tram Tours Art Exhibits: Utah Water Color Society Classes & Workshops

OCTOBER Plant Highlight: Ornamental Grass, Toad Lily, Fall Foliage ZAP Free Day - Zeke Dumke Day Fall Bonsai Show Garden After Dark Celebrates 20 Years Art Exhibit: Jeff Clay Classes & Workshops

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MARCH Plant Highlight: Magnolia, Snowdrop, Crocus, Squill, Mini Iris Spring Bonsai Show Art Exhibit: Chris Adams Volunteer Fair Classes & Workshops

JULY

Plant Highlight: over 450,000 Daffodils & other Blooms ZAP Free Day - Arbor Day Bulbs & Blooms Festival Poetry Month Spring Orchid Show Art Exhibit: Carol Bold Outdoor Concert Series Tickets Go On Sale Classes & Workshops

AUGUST

Plant Highlight: Daylily, Rose, Hibiscus, Coneflower ZAP Free Day - Pioneer Day Monday Family Nights Campouts Sundance Institute Film Series Outdoor Concert Series Complimentary Tram Tours Art Exhibits: Utah Water Color Society, Sandi Olson Classes & Workshops

Plant Highlight: Butterfly Bush, Lavender, Rudbeckia Monday Family Nights Campouts Sundance Institute Film Series Outdoor Concert Series Complimentary Tram Tours Art Exhibits: Sandi Olson, Chase McCleary Classes & Workshops

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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

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RED BUTTE GARDEN CONIFER COLLECTION By: Marita Tewes Tyrolt, Director of Horticulture

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n the spring of 2017, Red Butte Garden and Arboretum was honored to be named as a reference garden for the American Conifer Society’s Western Region.

found within the Garden’s Natural Area. The collection currently includes over 1,450 accessions representing 230 different taxa from six families and 22 genera.

Conifers have always been one of our primary living plant collections. Our collection is focused on displaying a wide variety of conifer and other gymnosperm taxa, emphasizing their diversity of size, form, color, and texture. As we continue to expand our collection, we will increase the diversity of Utah native species, water-wise species, unusual or rare forms, and miniature and dwarf varieties. This collection shows guests examples of the nearly endless variation of conifers that perform well in Utah, and can be an important part of a designed landscape.

Our local climate is a semi-desert steppe, with the Salt Lake City area typically averaging 16.5” inches of precipitation per year.

The foothills receive slightly more moisture. Summers are hot and dry, and winters are cold, sometimes with persistent snow cover, but recent years had dry periods that can be tough on conifers and shallow-rooted trees. Many of our soils are high in alkalinity and sometimes high in salts. Red Butte Garden staff research potential acquisitions of select species we believe will perform well in our climate and these soils. Staff also carefully select sites that are best suited to each new planting, making wise use of the Garden’s many microclimates to assure the best success of our conifers. Because of this, many conifers that were previously thought to not do well in Utah, have flourished at the Garden!

Conifers can and should be used in a variety of ways, such as: focal point, backdrop, groundcover, or in mass. Red Butte Garden’s Conifer Collection is located throughout the themed gardens: Courtyard, Four Seasons, Floral Walk, Herb, Medicinal, Fragrance, Children’s, Water Pavilion, Rose, Amphitheatre, and our newest garden, the Water Conservation Garden. In addition, several Utah native conifer species are

The plantings along the Garden’s 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 www.redbuttegarden.org

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Spruce (Picea pungens), Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) and also a 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’). 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’). Finding a nursery source that hadn’t limbed up the base branches of the Bald Cypress was a challenge, but worth it!

The Rose Garden is not typical of rose gardens, in that it was designed to show how roses can be used in a landscape with companion plants. Many of the companions in our Rose Garden are conifers, serving not only to enclose spaces and provide a backdrop for the roses, but also to bring their own beauty and diversity of form and texture to the space. Conifers in this garden include Bosnian Pine (Pinus heldreichii ‘Iseli Fastigiate’), Oriental Spruce (Picea orientalis ‘Gowdy’), Yew (Taxus cuspidata ‘Amersfoort’), Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum ‘Cascade Falls’), Weeping Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum ‘Tolleson’s Weeping Blue’), Larch (Larix decidua), Blue Spruce (Picea pungens ‘Sester Dwarf ’), and Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora ‘Golden Ghost’), to name a few.

damage, garden staff spent over a year training every single branch of the Deodar Cedar to obtain the beautiful habit it has today!

Another new space for conifers is the Water Conservation Garden, a three-acre showcase of low-water-use plants. This new garden enabled us to expand the Conifer Collection to include several Utah natives, cultivars of Utah natives, and non-native water-wise conifer taxa. Plantings include prostrate Scotts Pine (Pinus sylvestris ‘Albyn Prostrate’ and ‘Hillside Creeper’) planted adjacent to each other so that guests can observe their differences, Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata ‘Joe’s Bess’) used as a hedge; massings of Japanese Stone Pine (Pinus pumila ‘Dwarf Blue’), White Fir (Abies concolor ‘Charming Chub’), and Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa ‘Mary Ann Haecock’) to highlight their forms. Other conifers in the Water Conservation Garden include Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata ‘Blue Bear’), Pinon Pine (Pinus edulis ‘Farmy’), Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana ‘Uncle Fogy’), Singleleaf Pinon (Pinus monophylla), and Rocky Mountain Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum ‘Woodward’). The use of conifers in the Water Conservation Garden shows our guests that conifers can be a smart choice for low water landscapes, and sites exposed to sun and wind.

An iconic Juniper deer topiary announces 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 Mature conifers are arbor. This Garden also worth preserving and holds mature Bristlecone protecting. A favorite pines (Pinus aristata), Pinon Garden specimen is a Cedrus deodara 'Creampuff' and Larix decidua pines (Pinus edulis), and a Deodar Cedar (Cedrus dwarf Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Von Martin’). Recent deodara ‘Creampuff’). It was part of the Garden’s original plantings, plantings in the Children’s Garden includes a selection of but had to be removed and stored while the Rose Garden was dwarf conifers, including Spanish Fir (Abies pinsapo ‘Horstmann constructed. The tree was root pruned by staff several months Nana’), Scott’s Pine (Pinus sylvestris ‘Little Brolly’), Bosnian Pine before being moved using a 90” tree spade, the largest we could (Pinus heldreichii ‘Banderica’) and Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparis find in Utah at the time. Its rootball was secured in a large wire basket and stored in the ground for over a year during construction. obtusa ‘Dainty Doll’). Their location, on both sides of a bridge underpass, has tiered slopes with large boulders that provide ideal Before progress in the Rose Garden limited access to heavy nooks and landings for dwarf and miniature conifers. Dwarf equipment, the tree was lifted from its temporary home using the conifers are also heavily used in the Garden’s outdoor containers, wire basket and placed in its new home in the Martin Overlook particularly for winter container displays. above the Rose Garden, where construction and planting resumed around it. After being tied up for almost two years to protect it from 6

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Other Garden favorites include a gorgeous specimen Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica ‘Blue Pyramid”), Weeping Western White Pine (Pinus monticola ‘Pendula’) that we are training on a sandstone wall, a Bunya tree (Araucaria bidwilii) in the Visitor Center, a blue-leafed Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Powder Blue’), Weeping Nootka Cypress (Cupressus nootkatensis ‘Pendula’), Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana ‘Rowe Arboretum’), Red Pine (Pinus resinosa ‘Don Smith’), creeping Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani ‘Sargentii’), Japanese Umbrella Tree (Sciadopitys verticillata ‘Gruene Kugel’) and a Weeping White Spruce (Picea glauca ‘Pendula’) that is featured in a plant story titled "Evergreen Elegance" on the Plant Select website (www.plantselect.org).

Red Butte Garden is well worth the visit, not only for our ever-expanding and diverse Conifer Collection, but also for our beautiful gardens with views of the Salt Lake Valley, Wasatch Mountains, and our other fabulous living plant collections!

For more information on our Conifer Collection, as well as our other living plant collections, please visit: www.redbuttegarden.org/plant-collections

Picea pungens 'Sester Dwarf'

To learn more about the American Conifer Society please visit their website: www.conifersociety.org

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17TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE & ART FAIR

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 & 3 FROM 10AM-5PM

Kick-off the holiday season and find unique holiday gifts made by local artists.

Handcrafted jewelry, pottery, fiber art, glass, photography, and more.

FREE Garden admission thanks to ZAP To make your shopping weekend even brighter, Dec 2 & 3 are the same dates as the Red Butte Garden Gift Shop Annual Holiday Sale.

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First graders investigating plants in the Garden

RED BUTTE GARDEN FIELD CLASSES

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By: Sara Sorensen, Programs Director and Amie Cox, School Programs Manager

o you remember taking your first hike or the last time you felt completely connected to nature and the world around you?

Have you ever witnessed an “ah-ha” moment from a child who has just discovered that seeds have tiny plants called embryos growing inside of them? How about that feeling of accomplishment when you and your friends hiked to the top of a mountain and were greeted by a refreshing breeze and a spectacular view of the valley below? These types of experiences are just a small snapshot of what field trips are like at Red Butte Garden.

Last school year, over 15,000 students visited the Garden on two-hour field trips. Using hands-on, inquiry-based methods, our “Field Classes” help students connect with plants and the beauty of living landscapes while enhancing the science education standards delivered in the classroom.

Field Classes are customized for grade levels: Kindergarten through second grade classes discover our themed gardens and learn about topics like the plant life cycle, pollination, and seed dispersal utilizing live plant specimens and conducting plant part dissections.

Third and fourth grade classes explore the Natural Area of the Garden during a two-mile hike where they observe and discuss

plant ecosystems, habitats, and adaptations. Hands-on activities include identifying plants with a dichotomous key, investigating animal signs with scat and track charts, and observing the different biomes in the area.

Fifth and sixth-grade curriculum is currently under development. Check out our website or inquire with the School Programs department for more information.

Teachers can also explore the Garden with their students on a "self-guided field trip", where students and teachers can chart their own exploratory adventure. These experiences are open to all grade levels and are available year-round.

For groups seeking an exciting full-day opportunity, the Garden partners with the Natural History Museum of Utah for an “allday experience.” Students are able to visit both locations and have lunch at the Museum, making for a fun-filled day of nature and science-based learning!

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Hiking through the Wildflower Meadow the underbrush, to watching a row of fuzzy baby ducks paddle behind their mother at the Water Pavilion, Field Classes are a fun way for students to find a connection to the living world around them.

It takes a small army of about 30 dedicated volunteers and seven staff members to run the Field Classes. Each morning, staff and volunteers gather at the Garden entrance awaiting school busses, sharing stories of previous field trips and updating each other on the top attractions of both the Natural Area and developed Garden. The bus arrives and after a brief safety orientation, students are divided into groups of 10-12 and paired with a Red Butte Garden guide for the duration of the Field Class.

After completing their two-hour journey through the Garden, students are anxious to share their thoughts and observations.

Here’s what a few have had to say: • “Field trips are one of my favorite things, in fact, they are my favorite things!”

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“When I grow up I want to live at Red Butte Garden”

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RBG guide: “What do plants need to grow?” Student: “Water, sun, soil, and Love!”

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“My favorite part was seeing all the nature”

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“I saw a wasp that was black with a blue butt, and that was an adventure…it was better than a playground!”

An overwhelming body of research reveals that exposure to nature positively impacts children’s long-term social, academic, psychological, and physical well-being. The Garden’s goal is to deliver highly effective environmental and horticultural education programs that will have a meaningful and measurable impact on teachers and students of varying grade levels and backgrounds.

We take pride in being a community resource that facilitates children’s connection with nature.

Thanks to funding from the Utah State Legislature, Red Butte Garden Field Classes are offered at no cost to public and charter schools. Private schools receive a discounted school-group rate.

To learn more about Field Classes and our other programs tailored for teachers and students, please visit: www.redbuttegarden.org/teachers-and-students

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In Memory Of John and Pat Whinnery Carol Joanne Whinnery John A. Brooke Robert L. Sluder Joseph Aoki Richard Fisher

Winter Solstice Celebration Saturday, December 16, 9AM - NOON

It’s the first day of winter, and we’reWINTER throwing a radiant SOLSTICE celebration in the Children’s Garden! Join the festivities and celebrate the day with flair as we learn about the Winter Solstice, create fun winter crafts, listen to stories from our professional storyteller, and make wishes at our Yule Log. Garden Members: $3 General Public: General Admission + $3 Children ages 2 and under are free!

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with handle lengths varying by many inches, and in increments as small as half an inch. They also could be gotten for a right- or left-foot dominant worker. The person who cultivated the earth knew how they wanted their contrivance to fit. And, the toolsmith knew how to fabricate it so that the device would be reliable, safe, long-lasting, and perfectly useful.

Cutting, Pruning An enormous variety of scissors and knives were also produced in the 19th century, but now might be the best time to find just the right cutting, pruning, lopping, and sawing devices because of the availability of high-carbon steel blades that keep their edges sharper longer. Blades are now coated with titanium for less wear on the edge, and spring-loaded for less wear on the hand. Lightweight aluminum and plastic handles make it easier for gardeners to use long-reach pruners for long periods of time with less fatigue.

Bypass Hand Pruner

GARDEN TOOLS THAT GET THE JOB DONE

By Susie Kohler, Horticulture Dept.

Administrative Assistant

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very profession has its own set of specialized tools to perform the work that needs to be done. Gardeners are fortunate in that we are the beneficiaries of thousands of years of refinement and relatively recent innovation. The simplest hand-held cutting and digging tools were once sticks, bones, and stones. Now a “stick” or length of ash or hickory can be attached to forged steel to make a wonderful, long-lasting shovel, spade, or fork for digging. For cutting, the greatest mechanical improvement occurred when someone attached two sharp blades in a hinged x-shape to make a Class 1 lever (scissors).

Digging, Scraping, Tilling The constant march of time does not always parallel progress.

The heyday of garden tools for working the earth was probably in the British Isles in the mid to late 1800s, when the variety of sizes and shapes of shovels, forks, rakes, hoes, mattocks, pokers, and trowels was the largest. Shovels and spades were made to order

Harvesting, Carrying, Hauling All garden jobs are, in their essence, the movement of rock, soil, water, and living or dead plant material from one place to another. Bags, buckets, and wheelbarrows aren’t technically tools, but they are essential for getting any gardening job done.

Lightweight, looped bags are great for harvesting fruit, nuts, and seeds. Small to medium size buckets and cans work for carrying heavy dirt and water. Tarps and wheelbarrows are best for transporting the big stuff, whether that’s heavy rocks or heaps of leaves. There are a few universal qualities to all these containers—an open top that stays open, large handles that don’t cut into the hands, and sturdy materials that are lighter than what they are meant to hold.

What do we expect from our garden tools?

Often, too much! We want versatility in most tools and perfection from the single-task tool. We all have our old favorites, and at the same time are looking for the next problem-solving feature to magically appear in our own be-gloved hands. The development of plastic and fiberglass has made tools lighter, and mass production has made them less expensive, but there are always trade-offs when considering cost and materials. Brittle plastics break and soft steel bends. Thanks to creative toolsmiths and woodworkers, handcrafted, rather than mass produced tools, are still being made. Today’s toolsmiths who employ traditional techniques are fortunate to have access to higher quality metals to forge a variety of shapes, sizes, and strengths of tool parts.

Finding the most reliable tools for your needs means looking everywhere and trying different products. The best wheelbarrow may not look pretty; it may be the decades old, slightly rusty one found at a garage sale that is missing part of the handle but has the solid rubber tire that never goes flat! www.redbuttegarden.org

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Soil Knife A poll of horticulturists at Red Butte Garden revealed some interesting likes, dislikes, and lessons learned Purchase one expensive tool and try it before diving headlong in for six. Same with inexpensive tools—just because it’s marketed well or on sale, doesn’t mean it will work for you. Be innovative!

Solve problems with non-garden tools. Scrape weeds and dirt out of sidewalk cracks with a drywall knife or old screwdriver. A mulching mower for the lawn can also work very well for cutting back flowering perennials.

Essentials, in no particular order: • Soil Knife, a one-piece replacement for both the dandelion digger and the hand trowel • Bypass Hand Pruner (not Anvil), that can be fitted with replacement blades • Hand Saw for cutting green wood • Loppers for reaching and cutting branches • Broom and Dust Pan, large and sturdy for quick cleanup • Hedge Shears that can be easily sharpened for cutting back masses of grasses and shaping boxwood • Pop-up Bins that hold a lot of waste and can be stored in a small space • Spade for edging beds • Steel-tine Spring Rake, gentle on plants and soil surfaces while still collecting masses of leaves Specialty tools: • Shrub Rake for reaching under and between shrubs • Kana Hoe, a Japanese hand-held cultivator hoe with a very sharp, angled blade • Floral Shovel, smaller head and pointy blade for tight spots • Digging Bar, an extremely weighty tool that breaks up compacted soil; also used as a lever for prying up boulders and tree stumps • Lavender Harvest Sickle with a notched end so it doesn’t slip out of the hand, and less fatiguing than hand pruners 14

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Lavender Sickle Cut & Hold Telescopic Pruners for cutting and grasping clusters of grapes and elderberries

Stay away from: • Scythes, unless you are prepared to take a course on technique • Multi-pack Tool Sets, they look like a team but only one or two players may work well and the others could end up on the sidelines Care and Safety Take care of your hands by wearing protective gloves, not just with sharp tools, but for digging and lifting projects too. Take care of your body by letting the tool do the work. Use a tool up to its capacity, not beyond. Plastic and wood have only so much give before they will snap. Forced blades can chip and jam. Taking care of tools improves long-term durability and dependability. Wipe away moisture and sap with a lightly oiled rag. Oil moving parts and use a pocket file to keep blades sharp. Remove mud before storing tools even short term. Mud draws the moisture out of wood and holds enough water to cause rusting. Mark your tools with spray paint to make them easier to find, especially before using them at work parties—otherwise, once they get dirty, it’s hard to tell whose is whose.

Speaking of work parties… Red Butte Garden provides volunteer opportunities for organizations and companies to work in the Garden helping with plantings, mulching, weeding, and other projects that could take weeks to accomplish otherwise. It’s fun to volunteer with a team of horticulturists. We’ll provide the tools and you can help us get a big project done, and maybe discover a new favorite tool.

For more gardening tips, visit the Gardening in Utah page on our website: www.redbuttegarden.org/gardening-in-utah Check out our group volunteer opportunities here: www.redbuttegarden.org/volunteer

GIVE TO WHAT YOU LOVE

PLEASE CONSIDER RED BUTTE GARDEN IN YOUR WILL • You can structure the 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. One example of bequest language is: “I (name), of (city, state, ZIP), give, devise and bequest to Red Butte Garden at the University of Utah, a body politic and corporate of the State of Utah, (amount or percentage of the estate, or description of property) for its unrestricted use and purpose.”

LET YOUR LEGACY BE OUR FUTURE. INCLUDE A GIFT TO RED BUTTE GARDEN IN YOUR WILL OR LIVING TRUST. For more information, please contact Wendy Loyning, Development Director at: 801.585.5658 or: wendy.loyning@redbutte.utah.edu

Calling All Poets!

April is National Poetry Month and it’s time for our fourth annual Spring Poetry Contest.

Local poets of all ages are encouraged to enter original, spring-inspired poems. Submissions accepted Jan 3 through Feb 17.

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Check our website this winter for official submission criteria: www.redbuttegarden/call-for-poetry www.redbuttegarden.org

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Garden Adventures Garden Adventures are classes for children ages 4-12. Each 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.

Registration required. No infants please.

For more information and to register visit www.redbuttegarden.org/garden-adventures

FABULOUS FUNGUS AMONG US!

It’s time to put the fun in fungus in this special Garden Adventure! It won’t take mush-room in your schedule to learn about the fabulous, and freaky world of fungi. From dedicated decomposers to dastardly diseases, freaky forms to fabulous facilitators, deadly dangerous to delicious dinners, fungi have it all! You’ll really lichen the chance to explore the ways fungi can help and hinder our world, and even take some delicious fungi home to grow!

Saturday, January 20 | Session A: 10 – 11:30AM | Session B: 1 – 2:30PM Members: $24 | Public: $30

BOTANICAL VALENTINES

Kickoff your Valentine’s Day celebrations in this special Garden Adventure! Using found objects from the Garden and other natural materials, participants will work together to create unique, handmade valentines perfect to give to friends, family members, and more! After, we’ll snack on chocolate covered botanical treats and even take home a special, heart-shaped houseplant.

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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 To register for University of Utah Lifelong Learning courses ( ) call 801.587.LIFE (5433) or visit: www.lifelong.utah.edu

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HOLIDAY WREATH MAKING WORKSHOPS GARDEN MEMBERS $54 / GENERAL PUBLIC $67

FABULOUS FRUIT TREES (LLHG 554) FEBRUARY 1 & 8, THURSDAYS 6:30-8:30PM FEBRUARY 3, SATURDAY 10AM-1PM GARDEN MEMBERS $81 / GENERAL PUBLIC $90

DECEMBER 1, FRIDAY: SOLD OUT! SESSION 1: 6-9PM DECEMBER 2, SATURDAY: SOLD OUT! SESSION 2: 9AM-NOON SESSION 3: 1-4PM SESSION 4: 5-8PM DECEMBER 3, SUNDAY: SOLD OUT! SESSION 5: 9AM-NOON SESSION 6: 1-4PM DECEMBER 4, MONDAY: SOLD OUT! SESSION 7: 6-9PM SUCCULENT TERRARIUMS JANUARY 20, SATURDAY, 10AM-NOON GARDEN MEMBERS $28 / GENERAL PUBLIC $35 BOTANICAL ART

BOTANICAL WATERCOLOR 3 NOVEMBER 15-29, JANUARY 3-17, WEDNESDAYS 6-9PM GARDEN MEMBERS $188 / GENERAL PUBLIC $235 COLORED PENCIL 2 JANUARY 25 - 27, THURSDAY & FRIDAY 6-9PM, SATURDAY 9AM-4PM GARDEN MEMBERS $150 / GENERAL PUBLIC $187 SCRATCHBOARD WORKSHOP FEBRUARY 8 – 10 THURSDAY & FRIDAY 6-9PM, SATURDAY 9AM-4PM GARDEN MEMBERS $150 / GENERAL PUBLIC $187

BOTANY FOR GARDENERS (LLHG 488) FEBRUARY 13 - 27, TUESDAYS 6:30-8:30PM GARDEN MEMBERS $74 / GENERAL PUBLIC $80 TOMATO PROPAGATION WORKSHOP MARCH 3, SATURDAY 9AM-NOON GARDEN MEMBERS $43 / GENERAL PUBLIC $53 SOILS: DIG DEEPER INTO GARDENING (LLHG 615) MARCH 5 & 12, MONDAYS 6:30-8:30PM GARDEN MEMBERS $52 / GENERAL PUBLIC $57 PRUNING 101 (LLHG 505) MARCH 6, TUESDAY 6-9PM & MARCH 10, SATURDAY 10AM-1PM GARDEN MEMBERS $69 / GENERAL PUBLIC $75 VEGETABLE PROPAGATION WORKSHOP (LLHG 609) MARCH 7, WEDNESDAY 6:30-8:30PM & MARCH 10, SATURDAY 10AM-NOON GARDEN MEMBERS $68 / GENERAL PUBLIC $74 GUIDED GARDEN TOURS

118th ANNUAL AUDUBON SOCIETY CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT DECEMBER 16, SATURDAY 9AM-NOON REGULAR GARDEN ADMISSION / GARDEN MEMBERS FREE RED BUTTE GARDEN GREENHOUSE TOUR FEBRUARY 1, THURSDAY 10-11:30AM OR 1-2:30PM REGULAR GARDEN ADMISSION / GARDEN MEMBERS FREE SAVE THE DATES

SUMMER CAMP & LIL’ BUDS CLASS REGISTRATION OPENS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 RED BUTTE GARDEN VOLUNTEER FAIR SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 11AM-1PM

www.redbuttegarden.org

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Full Moon

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ART EXHIBITS Lucy Peterson Watkins Fiber Art

1/20 Fabulous Fungus Among Us

Section A: 10:00 - 11:30AM Section B: 1:00 - 2:30PM

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Christmas

Wreath Workshops 6:00 - 9:00PM

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GARDEN ADVENTURES

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Wreath Workshops 9:00AM - Noon 1:00 - 4:00PM Holiday Open House 10:00AM - 5:00PM

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Wednesday

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Sunday

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Full Moon

New Years Day

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Botanical Watercolor 3 6:00 - 9:00PM (4/6) (continued from November)

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Winter Solstice Celebration 9:00AM - Noon

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Christmas Bird Count 9:00AM - Noon

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Wreath Workshops 9:00AM - Noon 1:00 - 4:00PM 5:00 - 8:00PM Holiday Open House 10:00AM - 5:00PM

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HOLIDAY SHOPPING HOTSPOT NOW - DEC 23 Red Butte Garden & Natural History Museum of Utah Gift Shops.

Members receive 10% off at both gift shops.

GLASS ART SHOW 11/3 - 12/17 Presented by the Glass Art Guild of Utah

12/2 & 3 Free Admission Save 10% on all Gift Shop Purchases

10:00AM - 5:00PM

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE & ART FAIR

Events at Red Butte Garden

Wreath Workshop 6:00 - 9:00PM

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Winter Solstice

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Monday

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Garden Hours: 9:00AM - 5:00PM Closed December 24 - January 1 Enjoy Half-Price Admission through February

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2017-2018 Winter DECEMBER

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Presidents’ Day

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6:30 - 8:30PM (3/3)

Botany for Gardeners

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6:30 - 8:30PM (2/3)

Botany for Gardeners

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6:30 - 8:30PM (1/3)

Botany for Gardeners

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Summer Camp registration opens

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Valentine’s Day

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Scratchboard Workshop

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Scratchboard Workshop

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6:00 - 9:00PM (2/3)

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Colored Pencil 2 6:00 - 9:00PM (2/3)

Colored Pencil 2 6:00 - 9:00PM (1/3)

Scratchboard Workshop

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9:00AM - 4:00PM (3/3)

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10:00AM - 1:00PM (2/3)

Garden Adventures (see sidebar)

Fabulous Fruit Trees

Colored Pencil 2 9:00AM - 4:00PM (3/3)

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Succulent Terrariums 10AM - Noon

Garden Adventures (see sidebar)

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Red Butte Garden Volunteer Fair 3/10 from 11:00AM - 1:00PM

Soils: Dig Deeper Into Gardening 3/5 & 3/12

Vegetable Propagation Workshop 3/7 & 3/10

Pruning 101 3/6 & 3/10

SAVE THE DATE: Tomato Propagation Workshop 3/3

ART EXHIBITS Lucy Peterson Watkins Fiber Art 1/5 - 2/25

2/3 Botanical Valentines

Section A: 10:00 - 11:30AM Section B: 1:00 - 2:30PM

GARDEN ADVENTURES

Garden Hours: 9:00AM - 5:00PM Enjoy Half-Price Admission through February!

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Full Moon

Groundhog Day

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Botanical Watercolor 3 6:00 - 9:00PM (6/6)

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Watercolor 3 6:00 - 9:00PM (5/6)

Bring Your Sweetie to the Garden!

6:30 - 8:30PM (3/3)

Fabulous Fruit Trees

6:00 - 9:00PM (1/3)

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6:30 - 8:30PM (1/3)

Fabulous Fruit Trees

10:00 - 11:30AM 1-2:30PM

Greenhouse Tour

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Garden Hours: 9:00AM - 5:00PM Enjoy Half-Price Admission through February!

Monday

CALLING ALL POETS! Submit your original, spring-inspired poems between 1/3 - 2/17

1/5 - 2/25

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UARY FEBRUARY

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 Byron Barkley Sandi Behnken Thomas Brickey David Classen Fred Esplin Jeff Herring Chuck Horman Lucinda L. Kindred Kristy Larsen Gregory Lee Ron Motzkus Kevin Murphy Steven Price Joe Sargetakis Susan Speer Lyle C. Summers Stephen Urquhart Emeritus members E.R. Dumke, Jr. Sandy McOmber David Gee

Hours:

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

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