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| What's Growing - May 30, 2023Interpretive Volunteer Updates
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Dear Volunteers,
As one takes a closer look at the plants in the collections at the Gardens, countless questions unfold. How do the fruits of the cacao tree become chocolate? Why do some organisms such as the giant fishtail palm reproduce just once, then die? Do you have any juicy questions that you ponder or that visitors share with you?
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Interpretive Volunteer Registration and Resources
Botanical Garden:
Conservatory of Flowers: The migration of your volunteer registration from Calendly to the Gardens of Golden Gate Park Volunteer Portal is underway! Thank you to everyone who has completed the form and joined us for the virtual training and open office hour. Sarah has been reaching out to Conservatory volunteers individually to help you get adjusted to the new system. If you have been trained in using the new Volunteer Portal, please begin signing up for your shifts on the new calendar(s). If you have not yet been trained continue using the Calendly links available here and please email Sarah at ssawtelle@gggp.org to find a time to connect.
Japanese Tea Garden:
Learn more about the Japanese Tea Garden with these resources:
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Enrichment, Events, and Training
After School Celebration
Wednesday, May 31, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Botanical Garden, Children's Garden
Join us and celebrate the end of the school year with our Garden After School program in the Children's Garden. Students will share their favorite plants and tea recipes. In addition, they will highlight different projects that they ahve worked on throughout the year. Students will also offer tours or small walks to those interested. Stop by and show the Children's Garden some love and celebrate our incredible students with us! Tea and refreshments will be offered. There is no need to register for this event.
Public Event: Gamelan in the Garden
Saturday, June 3, 12:00 - 5:00 pm
Botanical Garden, Multiple locations
Gamelan in the Garden is a free showcase of Balinese performing arts held in the beautiful San Francisco Botanical Garden. Performances will be held throughout the afternoon in different locations in the Garden, treating audiences to a wide array of dance and music styles from across Bali, featuring new works from Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti, I Gede Oka Artha Negara, and Cok Istri Putri Rukmini. This event is family-friendly and we hope you can join as a guest or a volunteer.
RSVP for the public event here >>
Children's Program Refresher
Thursday, June 8, 10:00 - 11:30 am
Botanical Garden, Children's Garden
Summer is coming up fast, and we're looking for help with expanded Bean Sprouts hours and an expanded audience – many more school age kids! Join us to learn more about our summer programs and discover some great activities that our own Judianne Eynon has developed for kids during her time volunteering in the Children’s Garden. Judianne is a retired teacher who has put a lot of thought into creating simple, engaging activities that help focus children’s enthusiasm in the Garden.
Register here >>
Tour of Dandelion Chocolate Factory
Two dates: Thursday, June 29, 6:00 pm and Saturday, August 19, 10:00 am
Meet at Dandelion Chocolate 16th Street Factory (2600 16th Street, San Francisco)
How do the fruits of the Theobroma cacao tree become chocolate? Find out as we take a tour of Dandelion Chocolate's historic brick 16th Street factory with an expert Chocolate Educator. View the entire production line, and enjoy plenty of samples, from fresh cacao pulp to finished chocolate. We'll also dive deeper into chocolate history, as well as Dandelion’s sourcing and production processes.
Please sign up for only one and update your registration if you are not able to attend.
Register here >>
Nature Journaling
Typically second and fourth Mondays of the month at noon
Join our Nature Journaling Group! If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive updates on their next session or if you have any questions, please contact Mira Sinick at msinick@gmail.com.
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Thank you again to everyone who helped make our first Gala for the Gardens a marvelous success! Together we raised $535,000 for the Gardens of Golden Gate Park: Conservatory of Flowers, Japanese Tea Garden, and San Francisco Botanical Garden. Your support will ensure the advancement of these three historic garden treasures and places of community, our extraordinary plant collections, lifelong learning programs, and access to these public gardens for all. To see photos from the event by Drew Altizer Photography, please click here.
Best wishes,
Crystal
Crystal Lee Stone | Volunteer Program Manager
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Gardens of Golden Gate Park
P (415) 661-1316 Ext. 400
9am-5pm, M-F
clstone@gggp.org
P.S. Did you miss an update? Catch up by viewing past newsletters on Volunteer Central.
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1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122
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