ARIZONA STATE PARKS: For Immediate Release
Managing and conserving Arizona's natural, cultural and recreational resources, both in our Parks and through our partners for the benefit of the people. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Stone at (520) 689-2811, Ellen Bilbrey at (602) 542-1996 or (602) 228-8518, or Monica Enriquez at (602) 542-6997. Contact by Email: pio(at)azstateparks.gov
(Phoenix, Arizona - October 17, 2008) - The final weekend of the annual Fall Plant Sale at Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park will include a special guided tour through the gardens by author and landscape expert Tom McDonald. Following the tour on October 25, a steel drum band and concert will take place in the picnic area.
The tour will begin at 3:00 pm and the band will perform between 5:00 and 6:30 pm.
McDonald is the owner of Smiling Dog Landscapes and is a popular fixture at Arboretum plant sale fundraisers. The Gold Canyon resident will lead a tour of "Tom's Top Ten" plants and trees for desert landscaping. He'll take visitors into the Demonstration Garden, and other colorful areas, and explain landscaping specifics including water-saving concepts.
Visitors are invited to bring a picnic and enjoy the concert.
The Arboretum is open every day from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm during the plant sale, which ends October 26.
Trees of the Arboretum New Guided Tour
Sunday, October 19 from 1:30pm until 3:30 pm, then again November 16
Many visitors ask the question, "What is an Arboretum?"
Certified Arborist Russell Freeman will answer that and many more questions during a new guided tour through the forested areas of Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park. Visitors will learn about the towering sycamore and cottonwood trees, native hackberry and mesquite, and much more.
Freeman manages Florence Farms Nursery and is a University of Arizona Master Gardener. He teaches arboriculture in the Pinal County Master Gardening Program.
Arboretum Presents Live Music Festival
Saturday, November 8 from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm
Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park will present a Live Music Festival to showcase some of the performers that made the Arboretum's Summer Music Evening events so popular last summer. Singer Lawrence Haack and also the Mountain Rain Trio are "back by popular demand" for the festival along with newcomers Jim Pipkin and the Close Enough String Band.
The festival will feature performers each hour in various gardens and collections throughout the Arboretum. Visit ag.arizona.edu/bta beginning the last week in October or phone 520-689-2723 for a complete list of performers and concert times.
The concerts and tour are free with park admission.
Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park is located three miles west of historic Superior on U.S. Highway 60.
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