Upcoming Events at the Arboretum
VALENTINE'S DAY
Loveliness...
for the one you love!
The EJC Arboretum offers two ways...
...to show someone special how much you care! Order online here to browse from a selection of beautiful cyclamen, begonias and orchids. Then pick up your order on Sunday, February 12, 1-4:00 pm, Monday, February 13, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., or on Valentine's Day in the Frances Plecker Education Center 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Or walk in to shop at the Frances Plecker Education Center from a select inventory of beautiful plants available any of these days and times. These thoughtful blooming plants will last, like your love, throughout life's seasons.
And..
Valentine's Day Carriage Rides
Reserve your romantic Sunday afternoon or Valentine's Day evening carriage ride! Give your loved one a romantic experience they'll remember always. To reserve phone, (540) 568-3194, weekdays 8:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Prices are $10 per person for adults, children seven years and younger are $7, children two years and younger who ride on a lap are free. Up to six seats are sold in each carriage. For a private carriage for any group size from a couple, to up to six people in a family group, the price is $58.
Paid reservations are made by phone using any major credit card or walk in weekdays at the Frances Plecker Education Center with cash or check. Walk-up rides days of events may be available, but are not guaranteed. Call ahead day of during event hours. Each carriage ride is approximately one mile in length, and completes a circuit through the arboretum forest on a graveled, unlit route. Carriages leave every twenty minutes from the Frances Plecker Ed Center on schedule. Please arrive at the Frances Plecker Ed Center 10 minutes ahead of your scheduled ride time. No guarantee late arrivals can or will be reseated on a later ride, and may be forfeit. Rides support the EJC Arboretum.
Moderate inclement weather: carriage roofs go up! Dress for the weather forecast! Extreme inclement weather: postponement may be posted on arboretum website, day of. If not posted on website, rides proceed. Tickets are transferable. Tickets are non refundable. Parking available in Convo F&G lots. The parking lot at the Frances Plecker Ed Center is closed due to horse and pedestrian activity. For parking for riders with handicapped tags, please phone in advance and parking accessibility arrangements will be made. Thank you!
And don't forget to check out our carriage ride gallery
Fern Terrarium Workshop
Create a wee world of Fabulous Ferns
February 15, 2012, 12:00– 1:30 pm
in the Frances Plecker Education Center
Don't miss this fun way to learn all about ferns! You'll create a fern terrarium using a covered two gallon covered apothecary jar.
Facilitated by Jan Sievers Mahon, Arboretum Director, the workshop will include a lecture and overview of everything you'll need to know about ferns and their environment, and how to best care for your fern terrarium.
Click here to register online, or phone (540) 568-3194.
The Sixth Annual
Frances Litten Botanical Lecture
Presents a free lecture open to the public
Planting Natives for Sustainable Ecologies
Lecture by Author, Entomologist and Wildlife Ecologist,
Director for the Center for Managed Ecosystems and
Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE,
2008 Silver Medalist Awarded Author
Dr. Douglas Tallamy
March 1, 2012, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Festival Conference Center, Ballroom A
at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
No one is saying drinking coffee prevents Alzheimer's disease. But evidence mounts ~ drinking coffee and caffeinated beverages is linked with brain health and lower Alzheimer's stats. There could be more to enjoying coffee than just great java taste!
Register to walk or run in Sigma Kappa
and the EJC Arboretum's April 22nd second annual
Alzheimer's benefit 5k!!!
Sigma Kappa will begin registering runners and walkers at 12:30, April 22, 2012, Sunday, and will be serving free water, coffee, tea and snacks. The 5k will begin at 1:00 on the Arboretum lawn. Afterwards, feel free to spread a blanket or bring and settle into lawn chairs on the lawn while bands set up to play from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.
REGISTER AT:
http://www.active.com/5k-race/harrisonburg-va/sigma-kappa-annual-alzheimers-benefit-5k-2012Parking in JMU Convo G lot.
LIVE MUSIC
April 22, 2012,
2:00-3:00 pm
After the 5K walk or run, starting at 1:00, benefiting Alzheimer’s Research
A Walk
You'll
Remember
Interested in seeing what's coming up next? Please check our calendar of events.
Promotional photographs are taken by staff of arboretum events. Written requests to the Web manager to remove a photograph will be honored.
