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Celebrate Arbor Day in the Nature Park

The South Pasadena Public Library and Department of Public Works is sponsoring an Arbor

Day Celebration in the South Pas Nature Park. The program is open to

children and adults.

When: 3/8/2014, 10 - 11 AM


Where: South Pasadena Nature Park, 100 block Pasadena Ave, South Pasadena, CA

What: In observance of Arbor Day, the South Pasadena Public Library invites

families on a field trip to the Arroyo Seco - South Pasadena Woodland

and Wildlife Park, located at 100 Pasadena Avenue, South Pasadena. 

Participants will have an opportunity to discover the secrets of native

trees and other native plants and wildlife.  Leading the exploration

will be Barbara Eisenstein, a native plant gardener, horticulturist,

speaker and blogger (www.weedingwildsuburbia.com). 

She founded and runs the Friends of the South Pasadena Nature Park, a

citizen stewardship program, and received the 2007 Arroyo Verde Award

for Best Citizen Activism. She is also horticulture chair for the San

Gabriel Mountains Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, and

research associate at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. Barbara lives in

South Pasadena where she tends her own native plant habitat garden.

Registration

for this field trip is required.To sign up, visit the Library website

at www.southpasadenaca.gov/library and click on “Sign Up for Youth

Programs” box. Registrants will receive further information about how

to complete a City liability waiver and receive an official field trip

ticket.


This field trip is funded by a grant from South Pasadena Beautiful

and is free to the public. Other sponsors include the Friends of the

South Pasadena Nature Park and South Pasadena Public Works.

Contact Info: Maida Lin Wong, Children's Librarian,  mwong@southpasadenaca.gov


Website:

http://www.southpasadenaca.gov/library
Phone: 626-403-7358

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