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January 2019 Friends of the Arboretum Newsletter

Volunteer Spotlight: The Train Guys Many of you have probably noticed the amazing addition to our Train Garden. Filled with unique features like waterfalls, interactive components and elevated tracks (unique to G-scale train layouts), the new North Layout adds to the charm of the existing Leaky Roof and Old Town layouts and will continue to … Read More

September 2018 Friends of the Arboretum Newsletter

Chair’s Corner – Linda Patterson This has been a challenging summer for attendance at the Arboretum.  April and May were exceptionally cold and then we transitioned to extremely hot weather, and what a lot of it we have had this year!  All summer, however, there have been some hardy souls who have ventured out and … Read More

August 2018 Friends of the Arboretum Newsletter

Wolf Creek and the Arboretum Wolf Creek is a highly important waterway in Overland Park. It is a headwater of the Blue River which takes flow from Wolf and Coffee Creeks and runs through eastern Kansas and Missouri, eventually dumping into the Missouri River east of downtown Kansas City. Impacts on Wolf Creek can resonate … Read More

Friends of the Arboretum July 2018 Newsletter

Matching Gifts Help Grow the Arboretum Do you know if your employer – or past employer if you are retired – has a charitable matching gift program? Each year, Corporate America, makes $2-3 billion in donations to the charitable organizations “their people” support. Take a look at these impressive statistics compiled by “Double the Donation”: … Read More

Friends of the Arboretum June 2018 Newsletter

Home Tweet Home The wrens are coming to Kansas from their winter resorts in the south, as far as South America. The lil’ songsters sing from dawn ’til dusk. Their mission is searching for tree stumps, abandoned woodpecker tree nests, and “believe-it-or-not” a preferred backyard birdhouse. Here are some birdhouse construction tips: Choose the following type … Read More

May 2018 Friends of the Arboretum Newsletter

Volunteer Spotlight This month’s featured volunteers are a group of individuals who are envied by many. It is a highly requested task at the Arboretum – working in the greenhouse. Groups of three to four volunteers work daily, doing tasks necessary to cultivate and care for plants that will later be distributed in the gardens. … Read More

April 2018 Friends of the Arboretum Newsletter

New Plants at the Arboretum By Anne Wildeboor There are so many things to look forward to in spring: longer days, warmer weather, blooming trees and flowers. At the Arboretum we are looking to forward to those things, but also the new layout of the Train Garden opening, the Whirlwind kinetic art exhibit, the new … Read More

March 2018 Friends of the Arboretum Newsletter

Updates on the Leaky Roof Line: Train Garden I hope you’ve all been out to see the progress with our final phase of the Train Garden.  This new area is complete with six tracks that wind over the sidewalk, around mountains, over waterfalls and up to a special destination.  For those of you new to … Read More

February 2018: Friends of the Arboretum Newsletter

Kentucky Coffeetree By: Jim Earnest More than fifty-percent of the 300 acre Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is covered by naturally planted woodlands. Along with the elm, hackberry, walnut, ash, Osage Orange and many others is my favorite tree (one of them anyway), the Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioica). While it is not common here … Read More

January 2018: Friends of the Arboretum Newsletter

The Marder Woodland Garden Karen Kerkhoff The Marder Woodland Garden has been mentioned several times in this newsletter and Henry and Betty Jo are the support behind the garden.  In the late 1990’s, Henry and Betty Jo approached Jim Cox, expressing an interest in supporting the natural area where the Arboretum sits.  This area is … Read More

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