SHOCK, Area Businesses Aid Landis Arboretum

ESPERANCE, NY (08/14/2007)(readMedia)-- On August 13 - 14, inmates from the Summit Shock Correctional facility (Summit, NY) will be working at the Landis Arboretum to gather and ship more than 4,000 abandoned tires from the property of the Landis Arboretum. Valente Companies of Halfmoon will remove the tires from the Arboretum property.

Later this week, the Arboretum will implementing a Stanley Smith Horticulture Trust Grant to landscape the hillside above the entry to the Arboretum from the lower parking lot. The work incorporates new dwarf conifers to be introduced into the Quarry Garden.

• With the help of area businesses such as White Birch Nursery and the Brickman Group (both of Schenectady), the Arboretum will install more than $10,000 worth of landscape between August 16 – 17

• Conscurrently, the Arboretum will benefit from donations from the Middleburgh, NY, facility of Carver Stone Products and assistance from Plantscapes (Duanesburg) to relocate its Visitors Center from the existing parking-lot area to the carriage house adjacent to the Farm House, and expand the parking area to accommodate the increase in visitations to the Arboretum.

• Within this period, the ARboretum plans to install hundreds of new Trail signs that have been created for the Arboretum by Capital Supply (Delanson).

• The ARboretum acknowledges the donations and support from the Esperance Elks, BOCES, NYSARC, and receipts from the July 21 fundraising concert featuring Fulton County’s award-winning soft rock back FLAME and Schoharie County’s senior sizzlers Ms. Cherie and the Hot Pots.

Editors, Please Note: Visit Landis, the Capital Region’s Arboretum to see for yourself. The Arboretum staff will be pleased to work with you in any way to inform your readers/viewers about the improved, and more beautiful than ever, Landis Arboretum.

LOOKING AHEAD

TIREFEST ’07, Saturday, August 25, 9 AM - 3 PM Coming' round again! Don’t put those work gloves away just yet! Bring them and your tireless friends to the Arboretum’s third annual tire clean-up. We also could use a couple of four-wheel drive pickups—if you have one we could use, please let us know. Lunch provided. Tire disposal funded by Iroquois LEAF of the Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company and implemented through R.J. Valente Companies (Halfmoon, NY), Charlie Parker and James “Nick” Spath (both of Esperance), Lion’s Club president Patrick Donnelly (Lawyersville), award-winning nature photographer Bill Combs, Jr, (Cobleskill), and with the help and goodwill of the inmates of the Summit Shock Incarceration facility (Summit, NY). Tirefest is a labor of love – and fun. Free, of Course!

The First Annual Arboretum 5K Cross- County Forest run, Saturday, Sept 1 Run /Walk/Compete for Family Fun! Achieve your Personal Best! AND enjoy the spectacular views of the Schoharie countryside at the beautiful Landis Arboretum. Prizes awarded to runners in each age group in this timed event. All proceeds to benefit the non-profit Landis Arboretum. Race start: 10 am, Meeting House lawn. Race Day Registration: 8:30 am--9:30 am. For more information: 518-231-2290. Just for the thrill of it!

Annual Arboretum Fall PLANT, BOOK & BAKE SALE, September 15 – 16, 10 am – 4 pm. An Autumn Delight! Browse 'n' buy or 'chat 'n chew surrounded by the spectaular natural splendors of the rolling Schoharie countryside in Fall. Perfect for the entire family in Picture Perfect Schoharie County. Count on it!

For raffle tickets for the 2007 MINI Cooper to benefit the Landis Arboretum, call 518-875-6935. Only 350 will be sold at $100 each. Buy now. Play later. The Arboretum acknowledges the generous support of Keeler Motor Car Company of Latham, NY.