Welcome to the Lunaria League

Hello Lunarians –

Just a reminder that the Second “Open Gates” will be this upcoming Monday,June 20,2011,at 6:00pm at the home of Kathy and Robert Yoshida. This garden was on the tour several years ago,and has matured lovely over time.

The address and directions to their home are:
1270 E Gettysburg St,Phone #342-8067

West on Park Center,Left (South) onto Law,Right (East) onto Regatta,Right (North) onto Harmony,Left (East) onto Gettysburg

Look forward to seeing you all!

Kecia

Betty Munis needs a few hearty souls,garden geeks,and garden lovers of any stripe to volunteer for the Garden Tour. Here’s the scoop from Betty:

To volunteer or if you have any questions please contact me by e-mail at betty@growingexcellence.com or by phone 860-3876 (cell) 336-1556 (home).

The Garden Tour is sponsored by the Lunaria League with proceeds benefiting the Idaho Botanical Garden. There will be 10 enchanting gardens on the 2011 tour,all of which are in the Meridian/Eagle area. The tour hours are from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. rain or shine. This will be the 25th anniversary of the Garden Tour and we have something very special planned – a variety of local artists and musicians will be sharing their talents in the gardens. It will be a day of inspiration from gardens,music and art!

I hope you will consider helping with this event. Volunteering is easy and you’ll receive a free ticket to the Garden Tour! Besides,it’s a great way to give back to your community and help the Idaho Botanical Garden. There will be three shifts at each garden:9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.;12:15 noon to 2:45 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. We are in need of three volunteers per shift.

Thanks for considering this opportunity,

Betty J. Munis

betty@growingexcellence.com

tel:208/860-3876 (cell)

2089/336-1556 (home)

2011 Garden Tour
Sunday,June 12th
Summary of Garden Volunteer Duties

The garden tour begins at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday,June 12th.

Volunteers sign up for one or more shifts.
Garden clubs or organizations can adopt a garden and staff a garden for all OR some of the shifts. Individual members are welcome to volunteer for a shift.
There are three people assigned to each shift,for each garden. Shift schedules are set as follows:

First Shift 9:45 am to 12:15 pm
Second Shift 12:15pm to 2:45pm
Third Shift 2:45pm to 5:15pm

What you will do on your shift as a Volunteer

“ A Garden Coordinator is assigned every garden to oversee set-up,tear-down,manage cash,answer questions and generally manage the Tour at a specific garden. You just connect with the Coordinator at the start of your shift at the garden you are assigned.

“ First and last shifts Volunteers can help their Coordinator set up or break down the table area.

“ Volunteers staff the registration table at a garden,validating tickets with a rubber stamp and accepting cash/checks from attendees,making sure all entrants are paid entrants.

“ This is a lot of fun,chatting with fellow gardeners,explaining how all of the proceeds benefit Idaho Botanical Garden.

“ You will encourage attendees to enjoy the gardens,visit with the owners/gardeners,and taking in performances of artists and musicians in the garden this year.

“ You will also encourage attendees to take advantage of the Blue Door Café Garden Plate luncheon coupon in their tickets – this also benefits the Idaho Botanical Garden.

Benefits to You for Volunteering

“ You will feel wonderful supporting such a worthy event that benefits Idaho Botanical Garden.
“ You will receive one complimentary Tour ticket (a $20 value),if you would like to tour the other gardens when you are off shift. If you are on an afternoon shift,identify yourself at any garden to obtain your ticket earlier in the day.
“ You get to spend a few hours in a beautiful setting surrounded by garden centric,or eccentric people!

Lunaria League 2011 Garden Tour

See 10 Inspiring Gardens on June 12

Check out our gorgeous new ticket/program for the 2011 Garden Tour:

This ticket,in its entirety and with the map of the tour,can be downloaded by clicking Garden Tour Program

If you have questions about the tour,just go to the very top of this page and click on FAQ about the tour.

This is just a little update and reminder memo

At our annual meeting of the League,we elected a brilliant new slate of officers and board members to lead us in the coming year. The minutes will be forthcoming,but we set some new records for the League in terms of monies raised and enjoyed some splendid gardens this past year. We also heard about the garden tour for 2011,which is coming together nicely and which has several new features. Check out the garden descriptions on the League’s website. And,lastly,we had a chance to do a round of introductions and get to know everyone a little bit better,share how we each became involved with the League and other interesting tidbits!

Many,many thanks to the outgoing officers,coordinators,chairs and co-chairs! Please welcome our new officers,coordinators,chairs and co-chairs:

Treasurer:Robin Caldwell
Volunteer Coordinator:Betty Munis
Potluck Auction Chair:Carol Cole
Potluck Auction Co-Chair:Janet Buschert
Garden Tour Finance Chair:Jill Johnston
Garden Tour Volunteer Coordinator:still need a leader for this position!
Open Gates Chair:Julia Rundberg
Open Gates Co-Chair:Harriet Calvery

As you can see,we still have a co-chair opening. And,remember,there are lots of opportunities to be involved without having to “lead” a project. We have lots of work to do to surpass our accomplishments of 2010!

IBG Winter Garden aGlow – Volunteer Night,Friday,December 10.

We need a few more folks to sign up. Please contact Karen at 343-8649. It’s a great way to see the Garden “aGlow”,the new model train,and help support the Garden (by the way,Monday night we got a sneak peak at the lights and the giant Sunflower Tree – it’s amazing)

Admissions: NEED 3 MORE
Janet Buschert
Russ Buschert (will also do refreshments –transporting the heavy coffee pots with cocoa &cider
Marj Dougherty
Refreshments:NEED 2 MORE
Barb Knapp
Debby McClure (with Barb)
Shelly Hofland
Robin Caldwell

Garden Outreach Table:NEED 1 OR 2

Store:NEED 1 MORE or will be ok with 1
Crickett Rudd

Grounds Monitor:
Greg Cole
Carol Cole
Steve Caldwell

General Support &Reliever:NEED 2 OR 3