HONOR & REMEMBER

7 2009 Annual Report

Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens 1927 East Orange Road PO Box 1833 Waterloo, IA 50704

NON-PROFIT U.S. POSTAGE

PAID WATERLOO, IA PERMIT NO. 139

In Memory of John & Mary Albers Joyce Wagner

In Memory of Meg Allbaugh

Ken Allbaugh

In Memory of Pearl Hawkins

Thursday Volunteer Group

In Memory of Robert Hoeft

Pat McGivern

In Memory of Judy Kammerdiner

Paul Kammerdiner

In Honor of Salem Lehman

Kathy Jo Doyle Lehman

In Memory of Bob Lehmeier

Kiwanis Club of Cedar Falls

In Memory of Herman Lemon

Barbara L Higgins

In Memory of Maxine Leymaster

Ralph Leymaster

In Memory of Henry Molinaro

Robert J. & Mary Ellen Molinaro

In Honor of John R. Miller

Brad A. Miller

In Memory of Ivan and Virginia Myers

Iann Walker-Veldhuizen

In Memory of Randy Pothast

Beverly Pothast

In Memory of Lloyd Petersen

Lois Petersen

Lynn Petersen

Kelly Conrad

Bill Dean

Chris Dean

Sue Dean

Jerry & Kathy Durham

Marian & Rich Elkowitz

Nancy & Bob Friedman

In Memory of Donald & Patricia Watson

Donna Bell

Carolyn Gminski

Glenda Martin

Elaine Watson

Kevin Watson

In Memory of Arnold Webster

James & Janice Fitkin

In Honor of Deb Young

Junior League of Waterloo-Cedar Falls

Tributes ENCLOSED FOR 2010

FRIENDS OF THE ARBORETUM MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS & UPCOMING EVENTS

Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens

1927 East Orange Road

P. O. Box 1833

Waterloo, IA 50704

Phone/Fax: 319.226.4966

www.cedarvalleyarboretum.org

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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DEDICATED FRIENDS

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Friends of the Arboretum

Board of Directors Dave Bern*

Wendy Butler Howard Craven* Ken Erpelding Linda Fisher Pam Flanders

Nancy Friedman* Jack Garrett Kathy Grimm Pam Hays*

Kevin McCrindle Jerry Schmitz

Susan Pelleymounter* Cindy Wells

Dorothy Wright *Executive Committee

Staff

Megan Berry, Education Assistant Marla Davidson, Educator

Mollie Luze, Director of Horticulture Linda Wolner, Program Coordinator

Committees Finance

Howard Craven Pam Flanders Carl Wehner Dick Yantis

Planning & Operations Karen Acton Dave Bern

Kelly Conrad Howard Craven Maurine Crisp Garry Gardiner Jack Garrett Jan Guthrie

Billie Hemmer Sara Jansen

John R. Miller Kathy Payne

Don Rasmussen Randy Robinson Jerry Schmitz Linda Schulte Melinda Young Education

Carolyn Carpenter Ken Erpelding Mary Fratzke Pat McGivern

Susan Pellymounter Donita Schmitz Mary TeWinkel Development Shanlee McNally Stephanie Witte Public Art

Pam Echeverria Jan Guthrie

Joan Webster-Vore Fall Harvest Festival Chairs

Kelly Fischer Billie Hemmer Linda Holmes Sara Jansen Cassie Luze Kathy Payne Linda Schulte

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On-site volunteers logged 275 group hours and 1,474 individual hours to accomplish the following (plus so much more):

• Removed the greenhouse in the Enabling Garden and remodeled the base

into a large raised bed with perimeter seating.

• Remodeled the current informational kiosk and added a second kiosk south

of the Enabling Garden.

• Hosted successful Memorial Day Event, Mid-Summer Celebration, Wine &

Scarecrows and the Fall Harvest Festival.

• Bought a new gator made possible by fundraising efforts and grant funds.

• Renovated the Head House to provide additional storage and a more

welcoming and safe environment for volunteers.

• Replaced the diseased catalpa trees in the parking lot with honeylocust

trees.

• Constructed a cement walking path from the Activity Lawns to the Shade

Garden.

The Board of Directors was also busy at work developing new policies to help The Arboretum operate smoothly and in a more professional manner. Policies included acquisition of public art, facility rentals, gift acceptance and on-site professional photography policies. Committees worked diligently to improve on-site programs and events as well as fundraise to meet our annual operating budget.

Dear Volunteers, Members, Friends, Donors, and other Supporters, What a great year 2009 has been for The Arboretum! “We’re all about growing . . ., “ has been my theme for the year. As you read through this annual report, you will see the many ways that The Arboretum has grown during the year – site improvements, new volunteers doing some new tasks, new sources of funds to help develop and maintain our green space, new knowledge gained, and best of all simply more people enjoying The Arboretum in the ways that help them grow and thrive. However you have helped this year – by lifting that shovel, writing that check, coming up with that great idea, pulling those dratted weeds, taking that photo, making that emergency repair, inviting that new person to join, contributing those beautiful annuals, mowing that vigorously growing grass, studying that financial report, writing those personal notes, creating one or more of those incredible scarecrows, cooking those potatoes, reading that story to children, tending to those fish ponds, or killing those Japanese beetles, YOU have made this a successful year for The Arboretum – a Growing Year for us all. Thank you! Your invaluable support makes it possible for Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens to be an ever-growing part of our community. We’re all about growing . . . because of you. Here’s to exciting growth in 2010, because of you. Pam Hays – President, Board of Directors

2009 Season Accomplishments

Your Friendship

Matters

Thank You!

$25 Friends Schmitz, Patti Guenther, Nicole Rasmussen, Don & Marlene

Bolin, Dorothy Slaikeu, Duane & Doris Gunderson, Kari & Eric Reed, Jack & Donnita

Boyce, Carol Sprengeler, Tim Haes, Tom & Bonnie Rewerts, Kay

Brandt, Barb & Greg Wells, Craig & Cindy Hall, Jean Rickert, Bonnie & Jeff

Burda, Angie Witte, Stephanie Harman, Eldred & Donna Rudolph, Nancy & Cliff

Curtis, Kathryn Zhorne, Arleen Hemmer, Billie Rule, Bob & Ginny

DeHeck, Audrey $40-$100 Friends & Families Hemmes, William & Laura Schneider, Roxanne

Dierks, Joanne G. A-Line Iron and Metals, Inc Hendrickson, David & Anita Schulte, Charles & Linda

Eblen, Charlene Andrews, Harold & Audrey Hendrickson, Mark Shepeck, Jennifer

Edelnant, Vicki Bern, David and Kaylene Hoffman, James & Janice Sienknecht, Ron & Koral

Floralia Arrangers Guild Boyenga, Janet & Phillip Homewood, Jerry & Diane Taiber, Jonathan & Emily

Galloway, Lynn Bradford, Robert & Margaret Jackson, Steve & Terri Thompson, Darla & Gene

Ganske, Mary Brobst, Dan & Carol Jauch, Barbara Thompson, Marion & Marietta

Hammelman, Fern Brown, Gene & Linda Kimball, John & Pat Thoms, Derek & Aaron-Marie

Hanse, Jay & Jeanne Chapman, Karen Kokotan, Russell & Sandra Voigts, David & Anabeth

Higgins, Barbara Christensen, Greg and Dani Kramer, Hannah & Pete Walker-Veldhuizen, Iann

Hogan, Gert Clark, Bruce & Diane Kuhlmann, Julia & Denis Warren, George & Mary Ellen

Johnson, Elinor Cline-Brown, Kimberly Larsen, Ruth Watson, Mary & Bryce

Lekar, Carrie Conrad, Kelly & Tony Lau, Bill & Pat Wehner, Carl & Wanda

Leymaster, Ralph Craven, Roberta & Howard Lemmon, Norm & Kay Willy, Joyce & Paul

Linder, Marlyn Creswell, Jan & Keith Lorenz, Dan & Chris Wright, Jack or Dorothy

Martin, Jane Crisp, Jay & Maurine Ludolph, Janet & Steve Young, Melinda

Miller, Marilyn DeKoster, Jim & Marilyn Luze, Larry & Marcia Young, Rick & Cathy

Perl, Shirley Delveau, Kelly & Bob Luze, Mollie $250 Friends & Neighbors

Peterson, Bob and Dianne Erpelding, Ken Luze, Randy & Cassie Bitter, Yvonne

Phelps, Dianne Flanders, Pam McCadam, Stan & Bev Christensen, Ross and Pat

Pirages, Joe Fratzke, Mary McCausland Laylin, Linda $250 Business Friends

Pothast, Beverly Freese, Mr. & Mrs. Frederick McGivern, Pat BMC Aggregates L.C.

Primrose, Beth Friedman, Bryan & Robyn McMahill, Harriet Ravenwood Nursing and Rehab

Rampton, Angela Friedman, Marc & Colden McRobie, Orville & Nancy the isle casino & hotel at waterloo

Reeves, Joanne Funk, Judith Miller, John Robert & Mary Lou Dave Bartlett Construction, Inc.

Rogers, Bruce Garris, Ron & Sharon Mitchell, Dave & Chris $500 Circle of Friends

Rondorf, Donna Glasson, Janice & Gilbert Morrison, Maxine Friedman, Nancy & Robert

Sadler, Kathryn Glenny, Denise Mukai, Teru & Karen Hays, Pam & Al

Schmitz, Gerald Green, Kathy & Reg Nerison, Margaret Waters, John & Cheryl

Schmitz, Hattie Grimes, Vicki & Geof Pelleymounter, Susan

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Learn…

What a wonderful summer of classes we had this year at The Arboretum! We couldn’t have asked for better summer weather, which led to a lot of fun in the Children’s Garden! Our Terrific Tadpoles (ages 3-5) had no problems learning through fun messes of painting flowers with Kool-Aid, digging through different kinds of dirt, and soaring around the Children’s Garden as birds! A huge thanks goes to the parents and grandparents who attended the Terrific Tadpole classes with their little ones! We were able to go a bit more in-depth with our Friendly Frogs (ages 6-8) classes. These students got to build “Veggie Vehicles,” create artwork with plant material, and sketch prairie grasses in their Iowa’s Prairie Sketch Books Story time was a great success again this summer! Those who had come last summer and then returned this year saw how big Jake the Snake had grown over the winter. From spiders and bees to butterflies and fairies, our wonderful storytellers delighted children of all ages at each Wednesday story time! 2009 was the 7

th year of the “Petals and Blooms” program which brought together children and adults with

disabilities to form meaningful relationships while learning about nature. Adult programming was also very popular with classes ranging from photography to container gardening and landscape design.

As far off as summer may seem, it shall soon return and we will once again be playing and learning in the gardens. We hope to see you again in our 2010 classes!

Fall Harvest Festival Weekend Thank you for supporting The Arboretum’s 11

th annual Fall Harvest Festival!

The 2009 theme was “Green Space, Your Place!” Between the Saturday evening fundraiser to the Sunday family festival, the weekend was enjoyed by over 3,000 visitors. For the first time, Wine & Scarecrows was a fundraising event with all proceeds helping support The Arboretum’s general fund. Guests sipped wine while strolling through the music-filled gardens, bid on silent auction items, and ate a delicious pork dinner in the gardens. Make sure to not miss this event next September! The Sunday free festival included an open-air market, petting zoo, food vendors, and children’s games and craft activities while over 80 scarecrows were displayed in the gardens. Thank you to the event’s major Sponsors: City of Waterloo Hotel Motel Tax Fund, John Deere Waterloo Operations, Northeast Iowa Family Practice Center, Service Roofing Co., and On Media Precision TV Advertising. Thank you to the business and individual in-kind donors listed below; 125 volunteers; and free entertainment provided by UNI Community Music School – Kindermusik, UNI Suzuki School String Musicians, UNI student jazz musicians, Kinetic Energy School of Movement & Music and Cedar Falls High School Madrigal Singers. We hope to see you at this year’s Wine & Scarecrows celebration September 18th and Festival on September 19, 2010!

Peoples Company – Cedar Falls Peterson Hudson Hardware Pier I Pita Pit Platt’s Pump Haus Pub & Grill Rainbow Ridge Produce Randalls Randy & Cassie Luze Reataz Deli & Market Robert Friedman Photography Sandra & Gene Walker Service Roofing Co. Sharky’s BBQ Southtown Steamboat Gardens Taco Bell Target Terry Dixon The Art Store & More The Great Frame Up Time 4 Bags Top Notch Salon UNI Athletic Department UNI Gallagher Bluedorn Vintage Iron Walgreens Waterfalls Car Wash Waterloo Black Hawks Waterloo Center for The Arts Gift Shop Waterloo Hotel Motel Tax Fund Western Home Witham Auto Center Witt Photography World's Window

Good Things Grout Museum Hansen’s Dairy Hardees Harmony House Heartland Acres Museum Henry W. Myrtle Gallery Hickory House Restaurant Home Interiors Inc. Hy-Vee Indulgence Jamesons Jan Guthrie Jeanne’s Photography Jiva Lifestyle Salon Joensy's Restaurant John Deere John & Lisa Reindl Jolene Rosauer Karen Acton Kelly Conrad Kitchen Essentials & Gifts LaPorte City Bakery LaPorte City Golf Course LB Jewelry Mark & Keri Kittrell Mary Fratzke Maurine Crisp Maximum Sight & Sound Mickey Johnson, Loon Studios Mid American Energy Mix 96 Montage NE Iowa Family Practice Center OnMedia Oster Regent Theatres Peek-a Boo Baby

10th Inning Restaurant 4 Queens Dairy Cream All Star Plumbing & Heating Antiques by Jim at Barn Happy Ashley Schrage Photography Barn Happy Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community Basket of Daisies Becky Runyan Betty Sadd Bill Close Cadillac Lanes Caribbean Tan & Spa Carol Callahan Carol Garrett Casey’s Cedar Falls Utilities Cedar River Milling Cedar Valley Vet Clinic Coldstone College Hill Arts Festival Cooper Image Design Cottonwood Canyon Gourmet Coffee Cup of Joe CU Restaurant CVS Pharmacy Debra & John Umbdenstock Dick Blough Donna Rondorf D & W Carpet Design Studio Earl May Nursery & Garden East Central Iowa Coop Elements Massage & Spa Fareway Farm House B & B Flowerama

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LOYAL SERVICE

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Donors

In-Kind Gifts & Services

Grants

Agribusiness Supply

B & B Builders

Richard Blough Farms

Partners American Horticultural Society American Public Gardens Association Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa Dierks Tree Transplant Frost Tree Farms Greater Cedar Valley Chamber of Commerce

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Nancy & Kevin

ECIC Energy Center

Laurel Ridge Farms

Moving Reflections, LLC

In 2009, hundreds of dollars of plant material and other items were donated thanks to the many volunteers and community gardeners that tend

the gardens throughout the season. There are too many to list here, but The Arboretum thanks you for your financial support and volunteer

hours. The gardens are bright and beautiful with color because of you! We would also thank the many Cedar Valley businesses that have given

in-kind gifts throughout 2009.

Linda

Have you considered putting The Arboretum in your will? Besides a bequest, there are also many ways to give a planned gift to The Arboretum. The Arboretum will be happy to work with you or your financial advisor concerning this. One planned giving option is to donate to The Arboretum's Endowment Fund, managed by the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa. Contact the Community Foundation at 319-287-9106 or visit http://www.cfneia.org for further information if this is an option you prefer.

Endowment Contributions Bill & Margaret Langlas Family Fund

Loveall Family Fund

Rindels, Kari

Sessler, Kathryn

Outstanding Service

As we celebrate our 2009 accomplishments, we’d like to acknowledge the outstanding service of three board members as they complete their board terms: Linda Fisher, Nancy Friedman, and Kevin McCrindle. Linda – is completing a three-year term on the board of directors. Besides serving as a board member, Linda has made many different types of contributions to The Arboretum, not the least of which is making possible the pig roast for Wine and Scarecrows! Linda has faithfully created and maintained community gardens for many years, and also has been active with marketing projects. Kevin – is completing his second three-year term on the board. For six years, he has supported the board regularly with his attendance and his active support of all events. Being an attorney, he has been alert to any potential legal considerations the board might have to deal with and has helped The Arboretum develop needed policies regarding different issues. Nancy – has been on the board for the last six years, serving as president of the board for three of those years, Fall Harvest Festival chair for 2009, and on the Director of Horticulture Search Committee in 2007 board term. Through her tenure with The Arboretum, dating to its beginning in 1995, Nancy has served on numerous arboretum committees and chaired many of them! She creates and maintains two community gardens annually and contributes to The Arboretum in every possible way, dealing with the most down and dirty tasks (she can be found digging and weeding most days in the summer at the arboretum) as well as with some of the most complicated (issues of high finance and vision!).

Up to $99 Lehman, Kathy Jo Doyle Shirey, Craig & Nancy Locke Funeral Home

Afridi, Arif & Zeeni Lemmon, Norm & Kay Spragle, Larry & Mary Loveall, Susan

Aurand, Eileen & Wayne Lemons, Nancy & David TelecomPioneers IA Chapter 17 McCadam, Stan & Bev

Bradford, Robert & Margaret Lively Purple Chix Temeyer, Michelle & Don McCrindle, Kevin & Beth

Braun, Kathy & Bob Lorenzen, Loren & Luane Velasquez, Christine Miller, James & Doris

Breckunitch, Kathy & Jim Luvert, Carol Vore, Marv & Joan Webster Schmitz, Gerald

Clark, Bruce & Diane Luze, Larry & Marcia Waterloo Garden Club Sexton, Paula

Cline-Brown, Kimberly McCollough, Mac & Bev Weigel, Barb Sutherland, John & Carla

Dean, Priscilla McNally, Sean & Shanlee Wells, Craig & Cindy Watco Construction, Inc.

DeKoster, Jim & Marilyn McRobie, Orville & Nancy Willy, Joyce & Paul Wehner, Carl & Wanda

Edelnant, Vicki Miller, Brad A. Witt, Sara Wilson, Nixon and Nell

Floral Study Group Miller, Mary B. Witte, Stephanie Wright, Jack or Dorothy

Funk, Judith Miller, Sharon Wolner, Linda Young, Jane R.

Galloway, Lynn Mitchell, Dave & Chris $100-$249 $250-$499

Garretson, Rita Moser, Judy & Gordon Andrews, Harold & Audrey Christensen, Ross and Pat

Glass, Paula J Niemeyer, Elizabeth Bern, David and Kaylene Fratzke, Mary

Glasson, Janice Hahn and Gilbert Olsson, Ann & Jons Butler, John and Jean Miller, John Robert & Mary Lou

Green Thumbs of Black Hawk County Ormord, Roger and Kathy Cedar Falls Garden Club Rewerts, Kay

Guetzlaff, Robert & Dorothy Pelleymounter, Susan Conrad, Kelly & Tony $500-$999

Hall, Jean Petersen, Lois Craven, Roberta & Howard Hays, Pam & Al

Hansen, John & Martha Pirages, Joe Diamond, Saul & Joan Kittrell, Mark & Keri

Harty, Steve & Sue Pirages, Joe Dutton, Mary & Dave Molinaro, Robert J.

Higgins, Barbara Pothast, Beverly Enderlein, Ann $1000-$4999

Hoelscher, Norma Purcell, Mary Erpelding, Ken Crisp, Jay & Maurine

Hofner, David Pyle, James and Beverly Fister, Jon Beck, Jean

Howsare, Kathy & Galen Quasqueton Federated Garden Club Flanders, Pam $5000+

Hudson Lions Club Rasmussen, Don & Marlene Franklin, Mark & Cynthia Barrett, Pauline

Iowa One Gift Program Rasmussen, Roger & Judy Goodfellow, Marshall & Pamela Friedman, Nancy & Robert

Keith, Katinka Rather, Janice R. Hoekstra, Gregory & Anne Guthrie, Jan

Kobliska, Lynn & Martha Rogers, Bruce Johnson, Glen & Irene Guernsey, Helen

Koontz, Rick & Bea Runyan, Becky Karr, Gary & Jeri Jenner

Kruger, Dennis Schmiesing, Erl & Kay Kinnetz, Judith A.

BMC Aggregates, L.C.

Cedar Falls Kiwanis Club

East Central Iowa Cooperative

Black Hawk County Gaming Association Garden House

City of Waterloo Hotel Motel Tax Fund - Marketing

Community Foundation of NE Iowa - Shade Garden Path

Green Scene of Black Hawk County - Replacement Trees

Guernsey Charitable Foundation - Operating Expenses

John Deere Waterloo Operations - Fall Harvest Festival

Leighty Fund, Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa - Garden House

Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust - Horticultural Salary

Nagle Sign Co.

Ritland Landscape Architects

Service Roofing Co.

Green Scene of Black Hawk County Harmony House Hawkeye Community College Iowa State University & Extension Leave A Legacy Iowa Maifeld Landscaping

Meyers Nursery Orange Elementary Petersen & Tietz Florist & Greenhouse UNI Botanical Center Waterloo Convention & Visitors Bureau

Mission Statement The mission of the Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens is to enhance the quality of life for all individuals through horticulture. We seek to enrich life by nourishing and sharing the beauty of the natural world, the joy of gardening, knowledge of plants, and the diversity of our world. We accomplish this mission by:

Maintaining an extensive plant collection, in which trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plant material are cultivated for scientific, educational and ornamental purposes. Providing a focal point for individuals and groups across the Cedar Valley that share a passion for horticulture, botany, and the natural world. Generating excitement and interest concerning the variety and importance of the plant world and fostering respect for the earth by being an environmental education center for both adults and children of all ages.

Promoting knowledge and appreciation of plant species that thrive in the Cedar Valley.

Providing a place where people can walk, gather and rest in areas where they can enjoy trees and shrubs, and plantings are clearly labeled and explained for educational purposes.

Maintaining open, green space, which provides a showcase of environmental stewardship of 74 acres of Iowa land, pro-tecting the natural habitats of bird and animals.

Providing a beautiful, outstanding outdoor venue for community celebrations, as well as a leisure destination for visitors, tourists, and prospective employees.