The native plant center will honor Bill Cary, garden

writer for The Journal News, with its Acorn Award on Sunday, October 20, 3–5 p.m., in the Gateway Center at Westches-ter Community College. The award recognizes an individual or a group that inspires people to learn about native plants and to grow them in their own gardens.

Bill’s many articles and blog posts over the past 10 years about the importance of native plants and their benefit to the environment have reached and educated

a wide audience. His coverage of The Native Plant Center and other like-mind-ed organizations and individuals and his feature stories about nature continue to kindle an interest in native plants.

“I’m honored to be recognized with this award,” Bill says. “I’ve always ad-mired The Native Plant Center’s advo-cacy of a very specific cause, one that has enormous impact on the ecology of the whole Hudson Valley.”

Bill grew up in Louisville, Ky., in a family of gardeners. He earned a BA in history from Duke University and an MS in journalism from Columbia University.

He lives in Manhattan and escapes to his eight-acre former chicken farm in Ulster County

for a weekend of, as he puts it, “vari-ous overly ambitious gardening chores.” There he recognizes first-hand the ben-efits of natives.

“I’ve come to love native plants for their toughness, their ability to survive and thrive no matter the weather,” he says. “As I keep adding more natives to my garden, I notice more bees, more but-terflies, and new species of birds.”

Join us for this special day. For more information and reservations, please call or send an e-mail to The Native Plant Center.

Garden Journalist Bill Cary to Receive Acorn Award

SPECIAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT: OCTOBER 4

Jump-Start Your Knowledge of Natives

The Native Plant CenterN E W S L E T T E R

at Westchester Community College

No. 31 • Fall 2013

Past Recipients2008 Martha Stewart, Founder, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

2009 Gregory Long, President and CEO, The New York Botanical Garden

A Few of His FavoritesClockwise from top: Rudbeckia spp. (black-eyed Susan); Hydrangea quercifolia (oakleaf hydrangea); Baptisia australis (wild blue indigo)

Go Native U at Westchester Community College is offering a special series of three classes on a single day, Friday, October 4, to make it easy for home gardeners and professionals alike to jump-start a certificate if they wish—or simply learn about native plants. Landscape architects can also earn up to six hours of LA-CES-approved credits.

Enroll in one, two, or three sessions: 10 a.m.–12 p.m. :

Native Plant Communities 12:45–2:45 p.m. :

Native Perennials: Summer/Fall 3–5 p.m.: Native Conifers

For more information, visit The Native Plant Center’s website. To register, call 914-606-6830 and press 1.

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save the date: Sunday, October 20, 3–5 p.m., Gateway Center, WCC

The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community CollegeSTEERING COMMITTEECo-Chairs Bob DelTorto • Catherine LuddenDevelopment Chair Laura BlauBrooke Beebe, Jan Blaire, Nancy Dexter, Kim Eierman, Barbara Fischer, Patricia H. Keesee, Ursula LaMotte, Guy Pardee, Heather Sandifer, Denise C.R. Santomero, Jessica A. Schuler, Carolyn Summers, Phillis Warden, Elizabeth S. Wattles, Lucille Werlinich, Anthony Zaino

FOUNDERSMarybeth Weston Lobdell • Marie Smith Schwartz • Betsy May Stern

STAFFCarol Capobianco, Director Jennifer Beaugrand, Horticulturist/Educator Susan E. Palmer, Administrative Assistant/Events Coordinator

ABOUT The Native Plant Center is a program of the Westchester Community College Foundation and the first affiliate of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

OUR MISSIONEducating people about the environmental necessity, economic value, and natural beauty of native plants in the Northeast

CONTACT The Native Plant Center

Westchester Community College 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla, NY 10595

nativeplantcenter.org • 914-606-7870wcc.nativeplant@sunywcc.edu

Volunteer Spotlight: Barbara FischerBarbara Fischer is the Derek Jeter of The Native Plant Center: When help is needed, she steps up to the plate and delivers. The requests are varied—speak-ing engagements, plant rescues, invasive vine removals—but the results are the same. Barbara appears and is ready to assist.

She also takes on big long-term tasks such as co-founding and serving as administra-tive “dean” of Go Native U, through which she also teaches. She has coordi-nated volunteers for the annual plant sale and has been a leader of The Native Plant Center since 2002 as a Steering Committee member. And, her home garden is comprised almost exclusively of native plants.

“Native plants just make so much sense,” says Barbara. “These plants are not only lovely, but important to the whole ecology of this area—multi-task-ing gardening!”

Barbara, a retired sustainability consultant to corporations, is a Master Gardener and certified horticultural therapist.

To volunteer, please contact us.

FROM THE DIRECTOR

Fall for LearningThere’s something about fall that excites me. The crisp

weather, the change in light, nature’s earthy palette, school back in session. Here, the campus comes alive with the bustle of students and the glow of goldenrod in the meadow.

I invite you to take part in this autumnal rite by enrolling in Go Native U. We offer a variety of courses—even one on goldenrods (see insert)! A good way to quick-start a certificate is with our special event, An Introduction to Native Plants, which presents three important classes in one day, October 4.

On October 20 we honor long-time Native Plant Center friend and Journal News/LoHud writer Bill Cary with our

Acorn Award. Bill personifies the award’s intent, and his features and blogs educate us. Come and toast him for all you have learned in reading his stories.

September would not be complete without reporting what we did on summer vacation. As you can see from the text and photos in this issue, we were busy on many projects. We also created a new brochure to promote Go Native U, with the help of Janet Marinelli, former editor of the popular Brooklyn Botanic Garden book series Guides for a Greener Planet.

As we look ahead, I’d like to thank Laura Blau (top right) for her hard work and support during three years as co-chair of The Native Plant Center’s Steering Committee. She has taken on the new role of Develop-ment Chair, working to build revenue that will sustain the Center into the future. Cathy Ludden (bottom right) has assumed the role of co- chair along with Bob DelTorto, who is in his third year. Cathy is a passionate advocate for the use of native plants and will help us become an even stronger voice for the environment. —Carol Capobianco

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New Environmental Degrees at WCCIn September Westchester Community College will launch two new Associate in Science (AS) degrees: Environmental Science and Environmental Studies. Cur-ricula for both are designed for transfer to a four-year school. Coursework will give students a thorough understanding

of concepts associated with sustainability, global climate change, ecosystem protec-tion, natural resource management, and environmental policy and protection.

For more information, contact Professor Michael Priano, Michael.Priano@sunywcc.edu, 914-606-6588.

The native plant center has been working with many partners, including Westchester Community Col-

lege’s Physical Plant Department, to bring native plants

to areas of the Valhalla campus beyond the Center’s demonstration gardens.

The next time you visit, explore these sites.

Native Planting Projects Transform the WCC Campus

Gateway Gardensabove A new native plant garden was installed at the entrance to the Gate-way Center in May by a team from the Divney Tung Schwalbe planning, engineering, and landscape architecture firm. These volunteers designed and planted the garden, an anonymous WCC Foundation Board member donated the plants, the College’s Physical Plant staff helped with site preparation and plant-ing, and Gateway staff kept the plants watered for this project coordinated by The Native Plant Center.

Jerry Schwalbe (pictured above left),

an alumnus of the college, said the undertaking was a labor of love. “It was very special for me to be able to give something back to the institution that provided the educational foundation for my career.”

College staff have already seen signs of wildlife among the native plants: butterflies and bees, a fawn, and a hawk capturing a chipmunk.

Meadow Borderbelow left Under the leadership of Steering Committee Co-Chair Bob DelTorto, a dozen youth ages 14–18

from the Greening Project, a summer employment program of the White Plains Youth Bureau, enhanced the perim-eter of the Lady Bird Johnson Demonstration Garden. They worked several days in July clearing invasive species, planting trees and perennials, and watering the new plants during a hot spell. To add to their outdoor educational ex-perience, Native Plant Center staff taught them about the importance of native plants,

and Professor Michael Priano introduced them to the College’s new Associate De-gree programs in Environmental Science and Environmental Studies.

Nature TrailOver the years, a trailway through a wooded section of the campus used by students in the 1970s became overgrown, washed-out, and unrecognizable. Work on this “forgotten” nature trail is now under way with a state ZBGA grant. The firm of WSP USA Corp. is creating a site plan, inventory, and specifications for trailway improvements. Steering Com-mittee member Anthony Zaino and the College’s Physical Plant staff have been helping to guide the process.

Hartford Hall PoolThe Native Plant Center assisted the Physical Plant staff in selecting native plants for the reconstruction of this long- neglected area, located between NPC’s headquarters and Parking Lot 2.

Help Us Spruce Upabove Volunteer Nelson Staley has been regularly weeding and watering the demonstration gardens to keep them looking their best. Paul DiRoma also helps with watering, and he plants the containers around campus. We are growing a team of volunteer garden-ers who can offer TLC to the beds and complement the work of our contracted landscaping crew. If you are interested, please call or e-mail us.

I’d like to become a Member of The Native Plant Center (For details about membership benefits, please visit our website.)

$50 Friend • $100 Household and Garden Clubs/Organizations • $150 Supporting$250 Advocate • $500 Sustaining • $1,000 Conservator • $3,000 Heritage Circle

Membership Level $ Additional LBJ Wildflower Center Membership $ 30 Yes/No(Membership to the LBJ Wildflower Center is included in Supporting level and above.)I am enclosing an additional donation of $I’d like to purchase a gift membership in the amount of $

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Save the DateMarch 17, 2014The Native Plant CenterSpring Landscape ConferenceDr. Doug Tallamy, author ofBringing Nature Home, will beone of the featured speakers.Send us an e-mail to stayinformed as details unfold.

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$10,000+The V & L Marx Foundation

$5,000–$9,999Ms. Catherine Ludden

$3,000–$4,999Academic Expeditions, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Larry FinkRosedale Nurseries, Inc.Ms. Carolyn SummersMrs. Phillis Warden

$1,000–$2,999Joseph & Sophia Abeles

Foundation, Inc.Mrs. Brooke BeebeLaura B. BlauMs. Lena CrandallMrs. Margaret FalkMs. Barbara FischerMs. Jennifer GeerMs. Michele HertzIn The Garden, LLCMrs. Patricia KeeseeThe Lauder FoundationLeon Levy FoundationMs. Cynthia P. SammisMrs. Denise C. R. SantomeroMr. & Mrs. Michael H.

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$500–$999Mr. John BlauBronx River/Sound Shore

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Mr. Joseph SquillanteMs. Marcia CaseMs. Janet CloughMr. Robert DelTorto &

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$250–$499Ms. Victoria AlzapiediMr. Michael BakwinMs. Jacquelyn BergonziMrs. Janice BlaireBriarcliff Manor Garden ClubMs. Lorraine BurtonMs. Betsy Hills BushMrs. Catherine CampbellMrs. Lisa CohenMs. Patty CohenMr. Peter CumminMrs. Christian Daviron

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Ms. Athena KanarisKaren Design, LLCMs. Diane KatzinMs. Anne KennedyMr. Joseph Kijak Jr.Ms. Sandra KinetMs. Kathleen KitkaMr. Larry Kressley and

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LobdellMr. Mark MagnoneMs. Laryca MakarczukMs. Elizabeth MartinMs. Ann MartiniMs. Carolyn MayoMs. Kathleen McArdleMrs. Amy McCrackenMrs. Claire McDonaldMs. Karen MendilloMs. Gayle MetzCharles MikulkaMrs. Beatrice MillerMr. Gary MillerMs. Deborah MitchellMrs. Lisa MitznerMrs. Cynthia MooneyMrs. Katherine MooreEliot P. MoshmanMs. Eva Mullervy-KlattMs. Mary Beth MurphyMrs. Christine MurrayMargaret NatarelliNative BergenNelson Pope & Voorhis, LLCMs. Diane NeskiMs. Joyce NewmanDr. Nancy NygreenMs. Karen O’BrienMr. & Mrs. Joe O’ConnellK. O’ConnorMr. Charlz PapovitchMr. Guy PardeeMs. Jody PayneMs. Marianne PeiMrs. Marjorie PhillipsMs. Jane PoehlerMs. Arlene PopkinMr. Donald PowellMrs. Christel PuginMr. Richard QuigleyMrs. Iwona RainerMs. Pat ReberMs. Helen RichardsonMrs. Janelle RobbinsMrs. Cynthia RobertsMr. Michael RolandMs. Barbara RomeoMrs. Dorrie RosenRye Garden ClubMrs. Heather Sandifer

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ArchitectMs. Fran TomkowidTown of New CastleTramontano and RoweMr. Doug TraverMs. Karen TreppMrs. Elinor F. UrstadtMrs. Aliki ValsamakisMs. Rosemary Van WartMs. Meg Veith-HeibMs. Amy VerelMr. Mark VergariMs. Catherine WachsMs. Sandra WeberMs. Susan WeisenbergerMs. Lisa WeissMrs. Mitzi WeissmanMs. Amy Wildey-McgillMr. Michael WilliamsMs. Norma WilliamsMrs. Florence WilsonMr. Stephen WingMs. Mary Ann WitteMs. Mei WuMr. Stephen YarabekMr. Anthony ZainoMr. Jay ZaslowAudra Zuckerman and

Mitchell Rubin Foundation, Inc.

Under $100Ms. Ann AchesonDr. Marie AmorusoMs. Eva AndersenMs. Carolyn AppelMs. Janet BealMs. Janet BeckerMs. Deborah BehlerMr. Ron BernhardMrs. Sandra BlumNancy BonomoMs. Julie Bouchet-HorwitzMs. Cynthia BrennanMr. Dennis BriscoeMs. Elaine Brown & Mr. Carlos

PerezMr. T. Patrick BurkeMs. Janis ButlerMr. Leonard CardilloSuzanne CarlockMs. Elizabeth CarltonMr. Robert CarrollMs. Diane CaspeCentral Westchester Audubon

Society

Friends of The Native Plant CenterThe Native Plant Center is grateful to all its donors and members whose generous contributions have supported our work to educate people about the value of native plants, August 1, 2012–July 31, 2013.

Continued…

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Mrs. Joan CharischakMrs. Margaret ChinMs. Louise ClarkMs. Regina ClarkinMrs. Margarida ClouetMr. John Conners & Mr. H.

King McGlaughonMrs. Mary ConnorMs. Anita ConwayDr. Iris CookMs. Lesta CordilFr. Hugh CorriganMs. Kathleen CotterMs. Karen CouzensMs. Marion CowlesMs. Frances DearingMrs. Gracemarie Dell’AngeloMs. Marcy DenkerMs. Ilma DietzMs. Lisa DinonMs. Barbara DiStasioMs. Lisa L. DorfmanMs. Catherine DorseyMrs. Margaret EidenMs. Nina EisenmanMr. John EisnerMr. David EmersonMr. Alan EpsteinDr. Nina FallickMs. June FarnhamMs. Elaine FaverMrs. Kirk FergusonRita FerruzzaMs. Ann FitzgeraldMs. Kerissa FoccilloDr. Scott FormanMs. Diane FosterMr. Dennis FoxMs. Stephanie GarberThe Garden Club of YorktownMr. William GlanerMs. Suzanne GlendenningMr. James R. GmelinMr. Henry GodfreyMs. Kristina GoldsteinMs. Danielle GoodmanMrs. Helen GoodmanThelma GordonMs. Carol Gracie

Mrs. Suzanne GrahamGreenwich Garden

Design LLCMs. Carole GriffithsMs. Joanna GroarkeMs. Madyn GwynneTheresa A. HansonMrs. Maria HarrisMs. Norma HartMs. Diane HaywardMrs. Leslie HenshawMs. Roma HermanLois HerzbergMs. Sandy HillMrs. Penelope HofmannMs. Susan HoldenMs. Merle HuebnerMs. Margaret HughesKenneth HupartMs. Elise HurleyIBM Matching Grants ProgramMs. Beverly IsisMs. Anne Jaffe-HolmesMarie JensenMs. Rhona JohnsonMs. Sarah JohnsonMs. Lauretta JonesMs. Melissa JoyceMs. Margorie KaplanMs. Maxine Jewel KaplanMr. Max KardonMs. Carolina KassmelMr. Glenn KaufmanDonna KellettMs. Patricia KellyMs. Anne KingMs. Susan KirkpatrickMrs. Ellen KleinMrs. Barbara A. KlestadtMs. Margaret KrachyL. Brandon KrallMs. Adrian KringasMr. Richard LaFleurMs. Dorothy LanderEllen LarobinaMr. Frank LecceseMrs. Joanne LeddyLee Weintraub Landscape

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Ms. Elizabeth PerkinsMs. Laura PerkinsMrs. Jeanette PeronMs. Peggy PetercsakMs. Sondra R. PetersonMr. F. PfistererPhilipstown Garden Club, Inc.Ms. Clare PiersonMs. Cheryl PineMs. Judy PinsdorfMs. Sabina PirrottaMs. Donna PolizioMs. Phyllis PrussinMs. Judi RaymundReader’s Digest FoundationMs. Barbara RiccardiMargaret S. Rice and Henry

Hart Rice FoundationMrs. Mary RiceDr. Nancy RiceMs. Barbara RissmeyerMr. Steven RobbinsMs. Debbie RobertsMs. Donna RobertsonCarolina RojasMrs. Kathleen RoseMs. Hope RyanDr. Emma SailorsMs. Kathleen SandersMs. Janet K. SchloatMr. Robert SchmidtMs. Ann SchmittMr. Duncan SchmittMr. & Mrs. Richard SchnallMrs. Frances SchorrMr. Steven SchulnerMs. Carol SencenMr. & Mrs. Mike SigalMrs. Elizabeth C. SluderMs. Joan SnellJoy SolomonDr. Carol E. SommerfieldMs. Patricia SpatolaMr. & Mrs. Brad SpauldingLori SpeightMr. Talbert SpenceMr. Michael SperlingMr. Nelson Staley Jr.Mrs. Maralyn Steeg

Ms. M. Joanne StraussMr. Peter StromMs. Emma TamburliniMs. Nadia TaylorMrs. Susan TaylorMs. Adele TerlizziSuzanne E. TerraccianoLinda Thompson-ZumbachMs. Susan ThorsonMrs. Ruth ToffMrs. Susan TragerMs. JoAnn TrautmannMs. Barbara TroyAndrew TullyMs. Roberta TwomblyMrs. Tara TybergMrs. Mattie VarvaroVerdant LandscapesMrs. Beth WallachMrs. Carla WallachMs. Caroline WalzThaddeus WandelMs. Vivian WashingtonMr. Craig WaymanMs. Julia WeinsteinSusan WerbeWestchester Land TrustWestmoreland Sanctuary, Inc.White Plains Garden ClubJulia G. WikeMs. M.J. WilsonMs. Camilla WordenMs. Kris WyciskMary Ellen WynneMary YorkMr. John ZekauskasMrs. Hope ZiffMr. Jeffrey Zuckerman & Ms.

Clare Gorman

In-KindThe Care of TreesDivney Tung SchwalbeDr. Niel SquillanteMrs. Phillis WardenWhite Plains Youth Bureau

Friends… Continued

Core Classes:Plant Identification in the FieldSat., Sept. 21, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.,$55. Jessica A. Schuler.

Northeastern Native Plants in Our Landscapes3 Wed., Oct. 2–16, 6:30–8:30 p.m., $130. Carolyn Summers.

Native Woody Plants2 Thu., Oct. 3 & 10, 6–8 p.m.,$100. Jessica A. Schuler.

Go Native U Fall Classes

Elective Classes:Native Plant Alternatives to Turf2 Mon., Sept. 16 & 23, 1–3 p.m.,$100. Kim Eierman.

Goldenrod Field StudyThu., Sept. 26, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.,$55. Melissa Fabel.

NEW! Advanced Plant ID in the FieldSat., Sept. 28, 10 a.m.–12 p.m., $55. Jessica A. Schuler.

NEW! Aster Field StudyThu., Oct. 3, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.,$55. Melissa Fabel.

Native Plant Communities Fri., Oct. 4, 10 a.m.–12 p.m., $55. Eti Katoni.

Native Perennials: Summer/Fall Fri, Oct. 4, 12:45–2:45 p.m., $55. Barbara Fischer.

Native Conifers Fri., Oct. 4, 3–5 p.m., $55. Carolyn Summers.

Ecological DesignThu., Oct. 10, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.,$55. Eti Katoni.

NEW! NY Wetlands: Balancing Ecology, Laws, and Aesthetics2 Wed., Oct. 23 & 30, 6–7:30 p.m.,$80 (+ $5 materials fee, payable to instruc-tor). Kyle Turoczi.

NEW! Native Bugs in Your Garden2 Mon., Nov. 4 & 11, 7–8:30 p.m.,$80. Lawrence Forcella.

For course descriptions and instructor bios, visit our website. To register, call 914-606-6830 and press 1, or register online at www.sunywcc.edu/ce.

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