Fall Newsletter 2022

September 27, 2022
8:59 am

Fall Newsletter 2022

We are excited and pleased to announce the return of our newsletter. We plan to have a newsletter for each season with “what’s new” in the gardens, Membership Update, member or volunteer spotlight, and upcoming events in the garden.

Our next event is our 14th Annual Fall Fun Festival!

Special Features at the Alta Vista Botanical Gardens Fall Fun Festival

Magical Faerie Music on Recorders with Dorothy and Bart 11:00 to Noon at the Palapa Patio. Their music will transport you to wonderful sunshine experiences!

Songs and Guitar with Vic from 11 am to 1:30 p.m. in the Children’s Garden. His songbook has thousands of pages, and he will even treat us to his own compositions! Vic is a mainstay at our FFF and we welcome him back!

New this year is Sohaila’s Shining Stars Dance Troupe.

New this year is Sohaila’s Shining Stars Dance Troupe. Performance 12:30 -1:00 p.m. at the Palapa Patio. Please give Shining Stars Dance Troupe a warm welcome!

If you would like more information about our Fall Fun Festival, please go to the link below.

Fall Fun Festival – Alta Vista Botanical Gardens

AVBG Volunteers:

Calling all Great Greeters and Garden Shop Support!

Volunteers are what keep our gardens growing and we are hoping that’s you. We are currently looking for some friendly faces to help us greet visitors at the welcome and information kiosk. Our Garden Shop needs additional staffing so we can keep the shop open more often. Monthly volunteer day is the last Saturday of the month 9-Noon. For more information, please email volunteeravbg@gmail.com to volunteer.

Join Farmer Jones the second Saturday of the month. 10 AM – Noon

Contact Farmer Jones to sign up farmerjonesavbg@gmail.com

Our Bugs, Birds and Butterfly Children’s Garden is home of many unusual plants. Directly across from the Serpent Sculpture is the Dragon Fruit plant, also known Pitaya or Strawberry Pear. Its botanical name is Hylocereus undulates, is in the cactus family and native to Central and South America. It produces an amazingly beautiful large white flower that only flowers at night. When this flower is fertilized by insects or by hand it produces Dragon Fruit. It is a very exotic looking fruit, very tasty and full of antioxidants, vitamins, and fiber, as well as low in calories and fat. This plant is easy to grow, likes a sandy soil, full sun and likes to be kept slightly moist. It also requires support of a trellis or stake. Please enjoy the photos and if you would like some starter pieces, please contact me at:

naomibdesigns@gmail.com
Naomi Stein

Garden Manager

I am happy to announce the creation of a new position at the Garden to help us improve our ability to conduct business and better serve our community. Starting July 1, the beginning of our fiscal year, we will have a Garden Manager to support our Garden. Rusti Dixon is our first Garden Manager, and we look forward to her serving in this new position. Please coordinate with her on garden business, and she will contact Board members and volunteers as needed. Rusti will be a part time employee, working 25 hours a week. Rusti’s email is gm4avbg@gmail.com

Ronald L. Holloway
President
Alta Vista Botanical Garden