Channel 13 News Interviews John Abbuhl About Pine Hollow Arboretum

Phil Bayly of Sunday Forum 13, Channel 13 News interviews John Abbuhl about Pine Hollow Arboretum. Show is set to air Sunday, November 24 at 6:00 a.m. If you're not an early riser you can watch it from the WNYT website (www.wnyt.com) once the T.V. station posts it later that day. Look for it under the Forum 13 heading off the home page.
Congratulations John and thank you Helen Figge for making this happen!

BIRD WATCH AT PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

The Pine Hollow Arboretum is happy to announce that we have partnered up with the Audubon Society of the Capital Region for our first bird watch which will take place on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 @ 9:00 a.m. at the Visitor Center.   Craig Thompson, Audubon member and recently retired director of Five Rivers Environmental Education Center will lead the walk around the arboretum and will teach us techniques about finding and identifying birds.  He will also answer questions you may have about attracting birds to your own yard. Craig recommends bringing along a notebook and pencil to jot down notes and identifiable bird features so you can look them up in a bird book afterwards. This event is free and open to the public.  Please bring binoculars if you have them but if you don't they have a some to share.  Also, make sure to wear long, comfortable pants and closed toe shoes.  We will have some breakfast treats and beverages as well.   **Please note, if there is a steady rain on the morning of the event we will have to reschedule.**

Also, during the month of September, the Bethlehem Public Library will be showing artwork created by our very own members and friends who have been artistically inspired by their visits to the arboretum.  There will be over 30 works of art displayed including photographs, oil and acrylic paintings and drawings.  It is something you will not want to miss!  The work will be on display starting Tuesday, September 3, 2013 during library hours.

We hope to see you soon and thank you for your continued supportrday, Sept. 7 @ 9:00 a.m. at the Visitor Center.   Craig Thompson, Audubon member and recently retired director of Five Rivers Environmental Education Center will lead the Craig recommends bringrt

ARTWORK BY BETHLEHEM CENTRAL STUDENTS HANGING-OUT AT PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM

We are fortumate to have some of the art work from the Bethlehem Central School District hanging in our Visitors Center for the summer.  The art works are from a cross section of the School grades and in a variety of styles.  The Visitors Center is open on weekends from  10 - 4 for you to enjoy .  A good thing to do on a rainy day!  

Students with work available to view are: 
Calla Meyer, Zoey McCarthy, Emma Edgar, 
Kamryn Lezatte, Anna Kranson, Lilah Chase, 
Camilo Ibanez-Granados, Emily Mueller, 
Satjiv Kanwar, Corinne Anderson, 
Catherine Jennings, Tressa Hornbeck, 
Patrick Lenden, Larissa Engel-Flores,
Olivia Fottrel, Eliana Sanders, 
Mikeala Arena, Melissa Cathone.

A sample of their wonderful work is posted below.

 Calla Meyer

  Corinne Anderson

  Patrick Lenden

 Tressa Hornbeck

SIGN IN PLACE FOR PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM

  Anyone driving on New Scotland Ave. in Singerlands has now the chance to see directions to Pine Hollow Arboretum on the signpost marking the intersection of New Scotland Ave and Maple Avenue. We hope that many who have said they knew we existed but did not know where will come across our sign and make the turn. There is a sign marking the Arboretum and parking information off of Maple Ave. as well. Pine Hollow Arboretum is open to the public every day from dawn to dusk.

  Pine Hollow Arboretum volunteer, Jerry Deighan was instrumental in getting the sign in place.
Thanks to him for his help.

 -- Alan Casline

SUN AND RAIN AT PINE HOLLOW ARBORETUM

The 2013 season is moving along into June with a past week of rain showers, hail storms, thunder and lightening mixed with periods of  blazing hot sun. All of the rain water has the ponds filled and ditches running and a few low areas too wet to walk about in. No significant wind damage has been reported at Pine Hollow Arboretum and the moisture has been good for our new tree plantings and understory growth. It is a green environment at the arboretum these days. Figure out how to dress for the weather (your guess is as good as mine) and stop by for a June visit. here are some photos from my June 2, 2013 visit.
                                                                                                  ---  Alan Casline

                   

Sunday, May 5th for our 2013 Open House

April 22, 2013

Dear Members & Friends,

Each season brings its own beauty to the Pine Hollow Arboretum. Whether exploring the trails, taking in the blossoms, or simply relaxing, a new discovery awaits you with each visit to our 25-acre preserve. To mark the arrival of spring, we invite our members and friends to join us to celebrate nature’s renewal on Sunday, May 5th for our 2013 Open House from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at 16 Maple Avenue in Slingerlands for walking tours, family fun and refreshments.

Our Open House will feature a magnificent display of magnolias & azaleas, which bloom throughout the month of May. Dr. John Abbuhl will be on hand to lead a tour of the grounds. A self-guided tour is available to those who wish, on their own, to explore the trails, groves and 12 wild life ponds. This season, we will add over 50 new plants to the 3,350 trees in the collection. We are open dawn to dusk for visitors to enjoy the longer days.

Experience the Arboretum, become a supporting member, or renew at your current expiration date. Your contributions support proper care and upkeep of the grounds and environmentally conscientious preservation of the horticultural collection.

Enjoy the peace, tranquility and especially, the trees. We look forward to a wonderful season, and hope that you will drop by for our Open House on May 5^th and experience for yourself the ways in which your support helps sustain “trees in a natural environment”.

Sincerely,

Dr. John W. Abbuhl

Founder

FIRST DAY OF SPRING

Still in winter's grip. The first day of Spring came to Pine Hollow Arboretum with a coating of sticky snow and only a few occasional breaks in clouds to bring sun to the fields. A pleasant day for a walk on the grounds with surprising white snowball tree-flowers and shadows on the snow that were identifiable by genius and species. These photos were all taken on a late morning walk on March 20, 2013
                               --Alan Casline      click on photos to enlarge them

snow field for walking

The cultivation of trees is the cultivation of the good, 
the beautiful and the ennobling in man.
                                                                       -- J. Sterling Morton

Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods 
and poets.
To plant a pine, one needs only a shovel.
                                                ---  Aldo Leopold

snow flowers look like white magnolias

stuck with snow flakes

shadow sketched on snow

Each generation takes the earth as trustees.
We ought to bequeath to posterity as many
forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.
                            ---J. Sterling Morton