Upcoming Events at the Arboretum
2013 FALL PLANT & BULB SALE
Friday & Saturday, October 4 & 5, 2013,
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
At the Frances Plecker Education Center
Fall is a great time to plant! Temperatures moderate and soil holds warmth allowing for rapid root development. Perennials, shrubs and trees planted in the fall establish to be ready for a spring bloom that will burst into enviable color! Shop the sale with friends and family for a fun way to enhance the beauty of your home or business landscape.
Beginning September 16th, bulb orders can be placed online at the arboretum website. Advance orders will be available to pick up ahead of JMU Family Weekend. Online ordering is easy!
Your purchase with cash, check, or charge, supports JMU's and Harrisonburg's favorite arboretum which is open daily from dawn to dusk, free to the public. Orders begin on-line starting mid-September.
Clip our DNR ad Tuesdays Sept 17th or 24th as a 10% discount coupon!
Children's
Harvest
Festival
at theEJC Arboretum
Saturday, Oct 19, 2013, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Gus Bus, JMU early childhood education students, crafters, dancers, musicians, and Harrisonburg's favorite horses from Classic Carriage, all join together with the EJC Arboretum, for the 2013 Children's Harvest Festival!
Harvest tree seeds and nuts to be involved in plantings that benefit Virginia waterways and the Chesapeake Bay
Visit and go aboard Gus Bus to enjoy the final Storytime in the Understory of 2013
See JMU gymnastics demonstrations and learn basic tumbling
Enjoy watching Blair Dance Studio's dance competition team perform, and learn some jazz dance steps
Hear live instrumental and vocal music performed by JMU music performance degree students
Walk the magical forest on a learning quest
Enjoy a simple snack during your afternoon of adventure
Make a beautiful fall craft
Buy a $2 ticket, and enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride
Registration is not needed, it's free! Severe inclement weather automatically cancels this outdoor family event.
Fall Color Carriage Rides
For the cost of a movie,
make a memory of a lifetime.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Celebrate the 2013 fall tree color in the arboretum in a memorable way. The beauty of the woods fall color can be enjoyed in an historic reproduction convertible vis-a-vis carriage in afternoon splendor. Carriages travel the forest trails in Harrisonburg's favorite place for marriage proposals, relaxing, and celebrating with family and friends! Whether carriage riders are out of town guests, or locals, enjoy one of the nicest ways to experience the EJC Arboretum!
Prices are $10 per person for adults, children seven years and younger are $7, lap riders two years and younger 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, the price is $58.
See website for inclement weather notice.
call: 568-3194 to reserve
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. Handicapped parking is available at the Frances Plecker Ed Center for carriage events. Handicapped parking is available in Ed Center lot. Thank you!
2013 Fall Remarkable Trees
EJC Arboretum Field Trip to
Nelson Rocks Outdoor Center
Select either the Tree Canopy Tour or Via Ferrata Rock Climbing!
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Field Trip meets at 8:00 am in the parking lot of the Frances Plecker Ed Center, returns there approximately 5:00 p.m. Cost: $90 per person, transportation included, pre-registration required. Experience over a mile of fun through the Nelson Rocks canopy! Enjoy 12 exhilarating zip lines, 3 adventurous sky bridges, and a 40 foot assisted rappel back to the forest floor with a Canopy Tour! Or for a rock climbing adventure like NO other, registrants can choose to experience the Via Ferrata that offers a mile of fixed-anchor, pro guided rock climbing with a sky bridge transition between rock faces. No experience needed for either tour! Just be in relatively good shape, and weight between 70-250 lbs. required
Enjoy an all-day van tour visiting regional sites that are home to some of our area’s most incredible trees and nature resources. Pack your lunch. You should be in relatively good physical condition for these trips.
Click here to register online.
Extreme or dangerous inclement weather may cancel or postpone arboretum events and programs, visit website for details as needed.
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.
