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Sign up now for these informative seminars! Learn how easily you can transform your kitchen scraps and backyard cuttings into rich compost for your plants and gardens.
Two different seminars are available.
Vermiculture—Composting Food Scraps with Worms
Backyard—Traditional Composting with Yard Waste and Other Organics
Due to the popularity of these seminars, we require a $10 reservation fee per seminar; or attend both on the same day for $15. Sorry, no refunds or carryovers for no-shows. Each seminar is limited to the first 50 registrants. Register now at www.shipleynature.org. Payments accepted via PayPal.
March 21 May 16 June 20 July 11
Vermiculture (Worms) Traditional Backyard
9:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m.
Backyard Composting Bins ($95) and Vermiculture Kits ($125) will be available for purchase on seminar day.
Exclusive Offer for Huntington Beach Residents
HB residents who attend a seminar will receive a $50 voucher towards the purchase of their choice of Composting Bin or Vermiculture Kit. Offer is limited to one discount per household. Proof of residency (recent city utility bill) required. The 2009 Composting Education series is made possible by City of Huntington Beach, Rainbow Disposal Co., Inc., VermiPRO and Friends of Shipley Nature Center.
THE MAGIC OF COMPOSTING 2009
On February 7, Shipley's regular one time per month volunteers' work day, we had rain, really good downpour type of rain. Our work days are advertised as rain or shine events, but we weren't sure how many would be intrepid enough to show up (even though 80 Key Club students were signed up to come.) Well! They came in droves. All our wonderful managers had full complements of teams and finished all the projects. The volunteers got soaked to the skin, but still left with smiles having
enjoyed the challenge. Not only did the volunteers get a good soaking, but all of the Shipley habitats AND our Pond (which actually has some water in it again.) A big thanks go out to all of our much appreciated habitat volunteers! Shipley can't live without you and the grounds look terrific.
And a very big thanks to Chevron for donating $5,000 for program support.
RESTORATION DAY WITH VOLUNTEERS
Volume 6
Issue 1
March
2009
A First, by Juana Mueller, Habitat Manager
Location: 17851 Goldenwest Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1052, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Phone: 714-842-4772 E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.shipleynature.org
Operating Days and Hours: Monday—Saturday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
President’s Message, by Kathryn Goddard
CONTACT US — FRIENDS OF SHIPLEY NATURE CENTER
Special points of
interest:
Docent Training
February 28th
Docent Lecture
March 7th
Compost Lectures
March 21st
May 16th
June 20th
July 11th
Earth Day Event
at Rainbow
Disposal
April 19th
Spring Festival
April 25th
Native Plant Sale
April 25th
Restoration Day
First Saturday
Friends of
Shipley Nature Center
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Friends of Shipley Nature Center
Friends Docents have been responsible for keeping the gates of Shipley open every Saturday from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm, rain or shine. Docents also keep the gates open Thursday evening in July and August. D o c e n t s wo rk c l o s e l y w i t h d o c e n t coordinator, Mary Ann Koepp, providing school tours.
Docents include retired school teachers, engineers, accountants and many other fields.
Training sessions are provided for new Docents. Next Docent training session is February 28 at Shipley at 9 :00 am . To keep Docents upda ted several lectures are provided during the year. If you are interested in becoming a Docent please e-mail [email protected] or call me at 714-847-8371. The Docents have get-together social times and visit other centers.
On March 7, there is a lecture on Native Americans at Shipley from 9:00 am until 11:00 am.
We have a wonderful opportunity to learn more about our heritage here at Shipley from someone who has done a lot of research on the Native Americans who lived in this area of Orange County.
Louann Murray, who has studied this history, will present the program on the earliest people living in the region. This is a “not to be missed” lecture and I hope you will attend.
Everyone is invited, all ages!
DOCENT TRAINING AND LECTURE
CALIFORNIA NATIVE TREE
Late winter brings on the show of magenta to rosy pink blossoms lining the bare branches making a spectacular splash of color from February through April.
The Redbud is a deciduous tree and grows 8-20 ft tall with a 10 ft spread. It can be planted in full sun or part shade and needs water once a month during the dry season. It does well in planters and is a fine addition to small gardens.
Good native companion plants include: Ceanothus, Penstemon, S a l v i a , B l u e - e y e d G r a s s (Sisyrinchium bellum) and Woolly Blue Curls (Trichostema lanatum).
In 2002, the Western Redbud was designated the official tree of Huntington Beach.
So, hopefully, we will be seeing more of these showy, drought to lerant spec imens p lanted throughout the city. If you need a small tree for your garden, the Shipley Nursery has the Western Redbud for sale; available in 1 gallon sizes.
Mark you calendar for the next big California native plant sale. We will have large supply and wide variety on Saturday, April 25th beginning at 9:00 am until 2:00 PM.
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Keeping the Gates Open, by Shirley Dettloff, Education Chair
Western Redbud, by Carol Williams, Nursery Coordinator
A must-see at Shipley this month is the Western Redbuds (Cercis occidentalis) that are blooming all over the nature center. You can’t miss the bright magenta to pink flowers that just pop out as you walk the trails. The Western Redbud is a tree that looks attractive in all seasons. In winter, the structure of the barren multi-trunk tree with its reddish-gray branches looks like a sculpture in the garden.
Redbud Photos: above by Mike Dees and on cover by Marcia Napoli.
Election Results, by Denise Ruocco, Secretary
BOARD & OFFICERS 2009
Upon voting by the members at large and by Board o f D i rec tors ’ acclamation, the following volunteers have agreed to serve during 2009.
President: Kathryn Goddard
Vice-President: Jake Hoffman
Secretary: Denise Ruocco
Past-President: Stephen Engel
Treasurer: Phil Ridout
Director: Juana Mueller
Director: Dan Kanne
Director: Jean Nagy
Director: Chuck Glenn
Director: Timo Waterman
Director: Shirley Dettloff
Director: Stephen Holden
Director: Ron Schnorr
Director: Nancy Harris
Director: Luanne Cook
The Board and General Meeting is held the second Saturday of each month at 9:00 am at Huntington Beach Central Library.
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Yes, I want to join the Friends of Shipley Nature Center.
NEW MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
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Mail to: P.O. Box 1052, Huntington Beach, CA 92647.
Online, By Credit Card: Log onto www.shipleynature.org and choose “Donate” for the PayPal link.
Membership Level
Individual $20 Senior (55+) $15 Patron (Individ./Family) $500
Family $30 Student $5 Lifetime (Individ.) $100 Lifetime (Family) $150
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The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the birds are singing, and the kids are streaming along the paths of Shipley Nature Center excitedly talking and exploring the outdoors. While on the roof of the cart shed, working on the shade cloth over the vermiculture area, it was so wonderful to see and hear the groups of kids as they moved about the Nature Center intent on all of the activities and lessons that abound in the program “Inside the Outdoors.”
The sound is a very happy one, not that I could catch distinct words or voices, but just the joyful noise of kids deeply involved in learning about our natural world and sharing with each other the excitement of a new thing they saw or the butterfly that was fluttering near their face or the new plant just around the next corner. It fills my whole being with pleasure at the sight and sound, the color and movement of all these kids and accompanying adults absorbed in and participating in our world of nature.
With it also is the feeling of gratitude that all of us at Shipley are able to help in this through the different things we do. What a great feeling it is each Friday while working in the Nursery area to see and hear a happy, excited world around us.
The City of Huntington Beach officially kicks off its year-long Centennial Celebration. The Centennial Committee has designated April, 2009, as “Environmental Month.”
There will be BIG trucks, a recycled trash bag fashion show, and prizes for all! This promises to be a great opportunity. Plan to participate now!
The Friends of Shipley Nature Center will also be hosting a booth, along with many other Valued Community Service Organizations.
Food, Drinks, Entertainment
Lots of Varied, Useful Information on Building a “Green Community.”
Tours of Rainbow Disposal’s Newly-Modernized Facility.
For question, please contact the Rainbow Planning Team at 714-847-3581, ext. 253, and ask to speak with Sue Gordon.
VOLUNTEERS
Up On The Roof, by Chuck Glenn, Board Member EARTH DAY, APRIL 19, Sunday
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Hosted by Rainbow Disposal, Inc. Location: 17121 Nichols Street (off Warner Between Gothard and Beach Blvd)
NONPROFIT ORG
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
PERMIT NO. 1033
Friends of Shipley Nature Center
P.O. Box 1052
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Mission Statement: The Friends of Shipley Nature
Center is a non-profit organization formed to manage
the nature center as an ecological sanctuary for
California native plants and wildlife and to provide
environmental education in an urban setting in
partnership with the City of Huntington Beach, the
local community, and with the wider world.
SPRING FESTIVAL — SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2009 — 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM
FAMILY—FUN, FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT! FREE ADMISSION
ACTIVITIES:
Continental Breakfast / Lunch
California Native Plant Sale, large variety & selection
Live Music featuring Blue Grass Lite
Tours of our back country with our talented team of Docents.
Interpretative Displays and Activities for kids and families.
Maypole Dance at 11:00 am
Sales by nature-friendly organizations and vendors.
LOCATION AND PARKING
Shipley parking lot located at 17851 Goldenwest Street, south of Slater Ave. Follow the path from the parking lot to the green Shipley Nature Center gates. Additional parking in Central Park lot off Edwards.
