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Coa s tal M ai n e Botan i c al Gar d e ns
2008
T
Dear Volunteers,
he Gardens Volunteer Corps now numbers above 475 volunteers!
More than 125 new volunteers joined our Gardens Volunteer Corps
in 2008. In the five busiest months of 2008, volunteers worked 6,416
hours. (In the whole of 2007, volunteers worked 6,012 hours!)
Volunteer opportunities at the Gardens now include 11 ongoing
programs with volunteers working regularly scheduled hours, and
11 special events, with thousands of hours logged by our volunteers.
Listed below are the programs and events. Inside this newsletter, read
about all who helped to make 2008 our most successful year to date at Coastal Maine
Botanical Gardens.
2008 Programs:
Front Desk Volunteer Program
Gift Shop Volunteer Program
Gardens Docent Program
Gardens Volunteer Mailing Program
Pink Lady Slipper Survey
Gardens Shuttle Drivers Program
Gardens Flower Arranging Program
Gardens Volunteer Catering Program
Grounds Work Volunteer Program
Last-Minute/On-Call Volunteer Program
Literature/Poster Distribution Program
2008 Special Events:
Portland Flower Show
Artist Receptions (6)
Garden Fair Preview Party
Garden Fair & Native Plant Sale
Books & Blooms Book Fair
Antiques in the Gardens Preview Party
Antiques in the Gardens
Hidden Treasures House & Garden Tour
Maine Fairy House Festival
Alfond Children’s Garden Groundbreaking
Kitchen Garden Series Dinners
From all of us who
love the Gardens,
whether we work as
a staff member or
volunteer or simply
enjoy: Thank you!
No wonder Gardens volunteers logged a record number of hours! I have been
honored to work with all of you. I appreciate how each of you has worked with me,
helped me out in my occasional scrambles, given me really valuable advice to make the
programs run more smoothly, and remained flexible…all for the Gardens. From all of
us who love the Gardens, whether we work as a staff member or volunteer or simply
enjoy: Thank you!
I was able to thank more than 100 volunteers on August 28 in Kerr Hall at the 2008
Volunteer Appreciation event. Acknowledgements of the very important Overseers
of Volunteer Programs (who oversee the day-to-day execution of volunteers in their
respective programs) and all the Co-Chairs of committees and events went as follows,
with a huge Thank you:
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Martha Heald & Jane Lunt—Co-Chairs on House & Garden Tour
Dick Snyder & Walter McDonough—Traffic Co-Chairs on House & Garden Tour
Anne Vartabedian—Volunteer Gift Shop Buyer
Mollie Moore—Overseer of Gardens’ Mailing Program
Pam Rawden—Overseer of Grounds Work Volunteer Program
Joanne Sharpe—Overseer of the Pink Lady Slipper Survey
Jean Hamilton—Overseer of the Gardens’ Flower Arranging Program
Susan Haviland & Heather Livingston—Co-Chairs of the Garden Fair Preview Party
BJ Dobson—Overseer of the Native Plant Sale
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2007 Holidays
at the Gardens
I
am starting my year’s
review of unbelievable volunteering
efforts at the Gardens
with the 2007 holiday
season. The Volunteer
Newsletter is published
in the fall, leaving out the
accolades due to those
volunteers who made
2007’s holiday season such
a success.
On December 1 of
last year, the Gardens threw their first Winter Wonderlands
Holiday Tea, a sold-out afternoon that required Mollie and
Wells Moore to teach Gardens staff members and volunteer
Dianne Ward how to make the delicate sandwiches and how
to present scones, jams, Devonshire cream, and sweets on
each plate. Dianne again came in early on the day of the tea to
prepare the plates (She also brought in her collections of tea
pots, sugar bowls and creamers!), and at the event’s start, Judy
McAllister and BJ Dobson became veteran tea brewers in a
matter of minutes, brewing and timing pot after pot after pot.
The Gardens hosted Guided Winter Walks at night led
by docents Wells Moore, Judy Linker, BJ Dobson, and Tom
Hilton. If you remember last year’s December, we had lots of
snow, and paths were shoveled around the Main Campus for
the docents and their walkers.
From late November to late December, the Gardens
held holiday events nearly every night. These were catered
by members of the Gardens Volunteer Catering Program:
Martha Heald, Ginny Conn, Anne Marie Kurzius, Patty
Zinkowski, Jane McBride, Patty and Jane’s friends visiting
them (That’s the way to recruit—put your friends to work!),
Anne Butler, Barby Johnson, Ned Freeman, Joni Sherman,
my Round Pond volunteers—Kathy Moses, Martha Masters, Bambi Hanna, and Carolyn Dolbear—Maren Fischer,
Ginger Deucher, Carol Clay, Pat Kiley, Judy McAllister,
Maria Doelp, Jan Hamblen, and Pam Rawden. Wow! The
cookies and hors d’oeuvres were incredible. Pat Jeremiah,
Anne Butler, Judy McAllister, Merry Fossel, Jeannie Allen,
Claudia Greene, and Pam Rawden tidied the tables all night
(and nibbled the goodies—how could they resist?)
These same nightly celebrations required front desk and
gift shop volunteers to take time out of their own holiday time
with their families. Penny Matthews, Emery Royall, Barbara
Leonard, Lydia Elliot, BJ Dobson, and Jan Brennan took care
of admissions and sales.
Finally, the 2007 S’mores and More Party found Hardy
Banfield, Bill Cooney, and Leighton Anderson tending fires
for a casual outing of warm cheer.
Thank you to all!
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LETTER
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ü Bonnie Potter—Chair of the Garden Fair Education
Keynote Speakers
ü Lynne Nordhoff & Ruth Story—Overseers of the Books
& Blooms Author Reception
ü Claudia Greene—Overseer of the Antiques Preview
Party
ü Shery Kerr—Chair of the Moonlight, Music & Magic
Party
Also celebrated were nine volunteers contributing Outstanding Volunteer Service. Rather than list all the times and
the different capacities in which they have volunteered, please
read about them throughout the rest of the newsletter: Todd
Poole, Pat Neely, Anne Butler, Carole LaFountaine, Barbara
Leonard, BJ Dobson, Ginger Deucher, Anne Vartabedian,
and Pat Jeremiah.
The following volunteers were acknowledged for their
dependability and willingness to jump in when the need
arose: Larry Wilson, Cathy Miller, and Tom Hilton.
Out of the many, many new fantastic volunteers, four
were celebrated for Outstanding Service by New Volunteers:
Harold VanSiclen, Cathy Messmer, Pat Schubert, and Carol
McCarthy.
And finally, Ned Freeman was awarded a beautiful handcrafted walking stick for his personal recruitment of many
volunteers in 2008. I have found in three short years of being
the Gardens’ Volunteer Coordinator that the best recruiter
of volunteers are volunteers themselves, and in this Ned is
exemplary—he’s a natural, with enthusiasm to boot!
I have enjoyed writing this newsletter and remembering
the busy season of 2008 with all the hours of fun and hard
work I spent with “my” volunteers. It has made me realize,
once again, how lucky and grateful we are to have such wonderful people supporting us with their time, talents, passion,
and energy.
Thank you everyone!
Amanda
Your Volunteer Coordinator
at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Gardens Volunteer Catering Program & Reception
Clark plattering and presenting the
food by volunteer caterers Ginny Conn,
Penny Pollard, Nancy Tindal, Anne
Butler, Ginger Deucher, Pat Jeremiah,
and Krista Clark (who also helped with
Downeast Magazine’s reception for
Gardens Maine Style). Then Pat and her
husband, Bob, stayed to tend bar and
tidy the tables.
For smaller events, but important
just the same:
ü Rebecca Hutcheson brought in platters of cookies for the Plein Air Painters reception on July 5, in addition to
shuttling the artists back and forth.
ü On August 3, Martha Heald came
to Patricia McLean’s artist reception
with lemonade and an apron on.
A
rtist receptions and preview
parties were many in 2008.
The much-expanded Gardens
Volunteer Catering Program
did a magnificent job covering some very
big and some nice, small events.
On April 18, the Jake Day reception
for the family of the late Maurice “Jake”
Day (a feature of the Beloved Maine
exhibit) was a wonderful event with
more than a hundred people attending.
Maren Fischer, Todd and Mary Lou
Poole, Melissa Coleman, Betty Repa,
Joanne O’Conner, Anne Butler, and
Ginny Conn prepared scrumptious food
for this really lovely exhibit reception.
On June 5, the Garden Fair Preview
Party recruited the culinary talents of
Volunteer Caterers Melanie Steane,
Anne Butler, Anne Marie Kurzius,
Nancy Tindal, Carole LaFountaine,
Ginger Deucher, and Betty Torrance.
Glenna Clark, Sharon Ring, Diana
Riggle, and Priscilla Alden did a marvelous job presenting the foods, which were
gobbled up way too soon! Mary Gevaudan and Jean Hamilton created the table
decorations before the event, while Mary’s
husband, Lee, and John Brennan bartended during the very busy party. Carole
Cochran and Jan Brennan took tickets
and then helped out with the food table.
That event made more than $4,000 for
the Gardens, mainly due to the foods and
labor contributed to the event by none
other than “my” Gardens volunteers.
The August 16 reception for artist
Anna B. McCoy found Bob and Glenna
&
Books
Blooms
The Gardens Volunteer Catering
Program is a hugely important volunteer
effort here at the Gardens, saving and
earning the Gardens thousands of dollars,
not to mention offering volunteers the
chance to meet the artists celebrated and
honored at the Gardens during the year.
These gatherings are one of my favorite
times of working with volunteers. We all
seem to be low-key enough to laugh and
problem-solve and stir up our creative
tendencies while we work together. A
huge Thank you to all of you!
Food does that: Stirs up creative
juices, makes one want to be social and
share creations. Ask Pat Jeremiah, who
has volunteered at every dinner in the
Kitchen Garden Series. She greets and
serves and busses and visits, the latter
being her real talent! Bonnie Ginger
has helped out, too. To both of you:
Thank you!
O
n July 12, Wayne Sheridan of Maine Writers & Publishers
Alliance partnered once again with the Gardens to execute
the Books & Blooms Book Fair. This year found 70 authors
up on the event lawn signing books and chatting with fans.
Author Tenders Devon Miller, Sari Weiss, Morgan Mitchell, Lexa
Panagore, Tori Paxon, Jezell Pinkham, Evelyn Tibbits, Jessie Wilkey and
Andrea Nevins took care of the authors during the event. Nancy Bogg,
Naomi Naierman, Ingrid Nevins, and Maren Fischer took care of the
luncheon for the authors, and Ruth Story and Lynne Nordhoff took care
of the author reception held afterwards. You will hear more about Todd
Poole, but Todd distributed the posters around town announcing the
event. Thank you to all who volunteered on this event that was such fun.
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Garden Fair & Native Plant Sale
This inaugural event was a huge endeavor, and it became a
real winner for the Gardens, thanks to the volunteers.
Garden Fair
Native Plant Sale
This new event saw volunteers take charge and truly make the
event successful. BJ Dobson was, in all respects, a one-person
powerhouse as she directed, planned and controlled the Native
Plant Sale. Her work began in the fall of 2007, as she researched
and documented and ordered the plants. She directed other
volunteers, Maren Fischer, Ginger Carr, Betty Repa, and Susi
Hamblen, both prior to and during the event. The whole group
executed the Native Plant Sale with the precision and professionalism of any staff that an organization would be proud to
call their own, but these were volunteers! Thank-you!
On Friday, Melanie Steane and Rebecca Hutcheson tended
the members-only check-out table, and the clerks at the table
during the other two days of the Fair were just as busy: Helen
and Walter Norton, Lynne Nordhoff, Priscilla Alden, Judy
McAllister, Cathy Miller, Carole LaFountaine, Emery Royall,
Sarah Giles, Polly Gibson, and Philippa Morton.
At the Education Table, Elsie Freeman, Penny Matthews,
and Mary Gevaudan passed out informational literature,
while Barbie Eldred, Marty Landorf, Enid Johnson, Rebecca
Goldfine, Mary Ann Blycher, and Patty Zinkowski tended the
“Holding Tent” for plants awaiting pick-up. Thank you!
Cynthia Hosmer chaired the amazing
Display Gardens unit of the Garden
Fair. She also donated the flower pedestals on which the Flower Arranging
Competition participants displayed
their creations.
Gardens Shuttle Drivers chipped
in, too, driving people from here to
there with their hands full of plants and goods purchased at the
fair. Thank you goes to Tom Hilton, Brewster Hathaway, Lee
Gevaudan, and Dick Vogels.
Garden Fair “Floaters” were those volunteers willing to do
anything for their shifts: Sharon Ring, Diana Riggle, Elsa VanBergen, Barby Johnson, Ann Springhorn, Muffie Van Voorhis,
and Ann Hughes.
And the “Parkers”? The parkers outdid themselves (as
you will see they did all summer!) Larry Townley, “practicing” for July’s Antiques in the Gardens, chaired the parking for
the Garden Fair, directing John Van Voorhis, Charlie Birlem,
Nick Caristo, York Fischer, Bob Clark, Ina Heafitz, Cal Carr,
Carl Morin, John Heald, Bruce Johnson, Andrew Matthews,
Richard VanBergen, Robbie Roberts (and his relatives!), and
Ted Repa. I get to brag about Volunteer Parkers two more times
in this newsletter: Thank you to “my” parkers!
Then came the docents pitching in: Judy Linker, Sonja
Johansen, Rebecca Hutcheson, Wells Moore, Lynne Nordhoff, Diantha Robinson, Janice Pisano, and Ned Freeman.
Thank you!
And the volunteers who tended the many, many speakers throughout the event: Bonnie Potter (who also chaired
this aspect of the Fair), Gail Rowe, Sue Brown, Chris Kipp,
Phyllis Guss, Claire Hunt, Catherine Elizabeth Corson,
Tom Tedeschi, Tina White, Katherine Moores, and Monique
Mitchell. Thank you!
As you can see, the inaugural Garden Fair & Native Plant Sale
was a huge endeavor and it became a real winner for the Gardens, thanks to the volunteers.
Portland Flower Show
At the 2008 Portland Flower Show in March, Gardens volunteers started their year in full force. Penny Matthews, Cathy
and Steve Berger, Tina White, Alicia Harding, BJ Dobson,
Tom Hilton, Ellen Knox, and Anne Krebsbach tended our
display table, handed out hundreds of informational brochures,
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and signed up new members. We all have such a nice time visiting with newcomers and each other, talking about the Gardens,
expressing our dreams about our own gardens, and catching
up on our families. The Portland Flower Show is great fun for
volunteers. Thank you!
Antiques in the Gardens
A
nother unbelievably huge
event was the July 17
Antiques in the Gardens,
with Martha Stewart as
the volunteer Honorary Chair. At the
Preview Party on July 16, the following
businesses volunteered their labor and
donated their food: Bintliff 's Ocean
Grille, Belle Fête, Glidden Point Oyster
Sea Farm, Maine Chefs, Capers Catering, Atlantic Baking Company, Aurora
Provisions, Black Dinah Chocolatiers,
Just Atwater and Stir, Brown Brothers
Wharf, Fisherman's Wharf Inn, River’s
End Farm, The Gallery Gatherings &
Events, Treats of Maine, Robinhood
Free Meetinghouse, Red Plate Catering
& Events, Cold River Vodka, Silvery
Moon Creamery, Cranberry Island
Kitchen, Matt’s Coffee LLC, and 74
Maine Bistro. Thank you!
Claudia Greene oversaw the Preview Party, contracting and arranging for
delivery and pick-up of the potted plants,
helping me direct the volunteers, helping
with traffic (ugh!), and helping with cleanup (another ugh!) Thank you, Claudia!
Also at the Preview Party, we enlisted
six volunteer bartenders who worked
harder than any of us ever imagined they
would have to: Steve and Cathy Berger,
Nancy Tindal, Susan Miller, Joni Sherman, and Andy Abello. Thank you!
Shuttle drivers were recruited for
lots of driving and shuttling, up and
down, back and forth: Dianne Ward,
Dick Vogels, Bob Cressey, Carole
LaFountaine, Ned Freeman, and Tom
Hilton. Thank you!
Throngs awaiting entry to the
Preview Party were held back with polite
gusto by Gardens volunteers: Claire
Hunt, Janet Woessner, Maren Fischer,
Jan and John Brennan, Carol Vogels,
Jackie Cressey, Glenna Clark, and Lynne
Nordhoff. Thank you!
And finally, Edgecomb’s own and
the Gardens’ lucky charm Paula Viarello
performed the harp; and Paula’s cousin,
Pam Marshall, played her flute to the
delight of all. Thank you!
And that was just the Preview Party!
And now, the second drum roll
for “my” Parkers. Larry Townley was
well-versed in our parking needs and
did a great job directing this bear of a
volunteering job. Tom Frields, Susan
Lloyd, Charles Asbury, Ralph Doering,
Charlie Birlem, Antoine Atallah, Dick
O’Conner, Michael Pollard, Carl Morin,
and Ted Repa all were just great in their
second of three parking adventures for
the season. Thank you!
Once again, the docents came
through, this time nicknamed “The
Ambussadors” because they gave their
talks on the shuttle busses as people rode
back and forth. Nick Caristo, Jackie
Pellerin, Rebecca Hutcheson, Marianne
Reynolds, and Lynne Nordhoff didn’t
realize the enormity of this task, because
I had so poorly written the job description. They were very gracious when it
sunk in what their volunteer tour guide
job was. Thank you!
There was a whole new batch of
shuttle drivers recruited for this day, too.
Richard Annino, Harold Van Siclen,
Ned Freeman, Joanne O’Conner, and
Bobbie Medal did a swell job that day.
Thank you!
This was a huge event, and volunteers really outdid themselves.
T
he next day, Sharon Ring, Nan
Benton, and Janet Woessner
worked at the café set up at the
site of the antiques show. BJ
Dobson, Barbara Bush, Jan Hamblen,
Carole Cochran, Susan Stewart, Maren
Fischer, Bob Clark, Anne Ordway,
Debbie Harding, Charlotte Himmelrich, and Vanda Yonge took tickets.
Joanne Annino and Anne Butler tended
the New Members Table, registering the
many who became new members to the
Gardens that day. Thank you!
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House & Garden Tour
W
ell, the good ol’ Hidden Treasures House &
Garden Tour was, once again, a success. We
were well-equipped with fabulous co-chairs for
both the event itself and the Traffic Committee.
Co-Chairs Martha Heald (whose house was on the tour, too!)
and Jane Lunt not only organized the event as a whole, but also
recruited and scheduled the hostesses, not to mention attended
to the many details that makes our House & Garden Tour special.
Walter McDonough and Dick Snyder raised their hands
to co-chair the Traffic Committee (Traffic Committee = Walter
McDonough and Dick Snyder!), which meant evaluating traffic
patterns, acquiring permission for parking, sign installation
and take-down, and scheduling and shuffling traffic volunteers.
As I always do in my newsletter, I want to thank all the
hostesses and apologize beforehand if I have left anyone out
of this thank you: Anne Cataldo, Linda Redman, Bobbie
Medal, Carole Cochran, MaryLou Newsteadt, Jane Roberts,
Cynthia Edwards, Dee Napolitan, Hillary Friedman, Sarah
Giles, Barbara Bush, Bobbie Wallingford, Pat McMurray,
Janice Pisano, Penny Pollard, Ginger Carr, Kathleen Marty,
Kristin Brett, Debra Ramsey, Connie Rose, Merlin Smith,
Jane Williams, Susan Lloyd, Claudia Leighton, Bonnie Stevenson, Jean Olsen, Dianne Ring, Jane Nies, Irene Gerny, Jane
Stevens, Muffie VanVoorhis, Sandy Drayer, Penny Matthews,
Susie McGuiness, Maria Doelp, Sally Eastwood, MaryAnn
Rideout, Helen Attallah, Enid Johnson, Jane Cheema, Polly
Gibson, Ellie Bowden, Holly Smith, Barbara Saxon, Marylee
Martin, Marian Bradley, Jane Norton, Ann Springhorn, Ginny
Burke, Jane Scharff, and Hostess Substitutes Lynne Nordhoff,
Marty Landorf, Kathy Bugbee, Barb Lally, Carol Palmer,
Mimi Lonski, Kathy Gray, Dee Wright, Barbara Roberts, and
Holly Houston. Thank you!
And the same for our Traffic Volunteers, our valiant, able,
and gracious Traffic Volunteers: Carl Morin, Ron Sheay, John
Heald (Yes, Martha’s husband!) Ralph Drayer, Peter Hunter,
Howard Wright, Tom Frields, Paul Davis, Bob Clark, Antoine
Attallah, Ted Repa, John Lunt (Yes, Jane’s husband!) Bruce
Johnson, Joanne O’Conner, York Fischer, Aaron Scharff,
Michael Pollard, Charlie Birlem, Don Rose, David Brett,
John Giles, Paul Napolitan, Cal Carr, Alan Burke, Richard
Brimberg, John Brennan, Jim Newsteadt, Joel Levin, Charles
Asbury, and Ed Cataldo. And let’s not forget that both Dick
and Walter also found themselves directing traffic and parking
cars on that day, too. Thank you!
Ruth Story tended the bag lunch pick-up at the Visitor
Center during tour day, and Todd Poole distributed the posters
prior to the event.
Once again, Pat Kiley baked thousands of cookies, and
her husband, Bob, delivered the cookies and lemonade that are
always so appreciated by those on the tour. This year, Jeannie
Allen helped with the cookie end, too, while Charlotte Evanofski
and Nancy Tindal tended the refreshments table. Thank you !
Finally, a sincere Thank you goes to the homeowners,
who were so generous in allowing us to include their homes
and gardens on the tour: John and Martha Heald, Todd
Merolla and Joe Krullis, Jack and Barbara Bauman, Michael
and Dianne Traphagen, and Dan and Lyn Lerner.
August 25 Groundbreaking for
the Bibby and Harold Alfond
Children’s Garden
T
he groundbreaking celebration for the Bibby & Harold
Alfond Children’s Garden on August 25 was an afternoon of fun and a true illustration of how Gardens
volunteers flock to help out. In parentheses after each
volunteer, I have listed the tasks in which each person expressed
interest; this is to show how whatever one’s interests, volunteers
at the Gardens rise to each occasion.
BJ Dobson (Front Desk and leader in many of our horticultural needs) Jane Lunt (Chair of House & Garden Tour), Vanda
Yonge (Last-Minute/On-Call Volunteer), and Leigh Sherrill
(Grounds Work Volunteer Program) helped children dress up as
scarecrows so we could take the most adorable photographs that
were developed on site and framed to take home.
Marianne Reynolds (Docent), Tom Hilton (Docent and
Shuttle Driver), and Judy McAllister (Last-Minute/On-Call Volunteer Program) helped visitors paint a magnificent mural by Villard
Studios, depicting an image of the future garden. The mural will
be showcased during the coming year to remind all that the Alfond
family has presented the Gardens with a $1.5 million matching
challenge grant for the Children’s Garden and other needs.
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Carole McCarthy (Front Desk and Gift Shop) and Carolyn Jenks (Grounds Work Volunteer Program) headed up the
Cupcake Decorating station, and my mother, Carolyn Dolbear
(Great Mom-Volunteer), has been busy removing the pink
frosting stains from the upholstered chairs.
And finally, Carole Cochran (Storyteller, H & G Hostess)
and Sue Ellen DeBeers (Docent and Shuttle Driver) offered storytelling by the Saxon Fireplace.
This event was truly driven by the enthusiasm of all who
love the Gardens. Thank you!
Gardens Docents
The Gardens Docent Program has been built up to a strong,
knowledgeable, and enthusiastic group of volunteers, and I rarely
have to scramble to find a willing hand. Throughout the summer
and well into the fall, I am constantly e-mailing the docents with
new requests for their docenting services. Just the other day, I
e-mailed the docents with a request for 38 of them for fall tours,
and within twenty-four hours, all slots were nearly filled!
All new Docents for 2008 went through a rigorous threeday class (and the veteran docents had follow-up classes to
learn about all that’s new at the Gardens). Next year, I hope
to schedule regular informational classes with Gardens staff
and hold monthly meetings to chat and discuss strategies and
improvements to the program.
So far, in 2008, the following docents have given more
than 223 scheduled guided tours to visitors: Tom Hilton, Sonja
Johansen, Claire Hunt, Wells Moore, BJ Dobson, Carole
LaFountaine, Eldie Johnston, Cathy Miller, Ned Freeman,
Barbara Freeman, Marianne Reynolds, Ginger Carr, Larry
Wilson, Janice Pisano, Angel Boord, Anne Marie Kurzius,
Peter Hunter, Diantha Robinson, Mary Neal, Sue Ellen
DeBeer, Jib & Joy Fowles, Joyce Richter, Ardon Armstrong,
Nick Caristo, Catherine Corson, Mary Evanofski, Charlotte
Evanofski, Kathy Decker, Lois-Jean Berry, Cathy Messmer,
Marty Landorf, Susan Gallant, Jackie Pellerin, Nancy Whitehouse, Rebecca Hutcheson, Stephanie Bacon, Lynne Nordhoff, Judy Linker, Sarah Giles, and Pat Neely.
Wow! I’ve said it all year: You’re terrific! Thank you!
Maine Fairy House Festival
Volunteers began working on August’s three-day Maine Fairy
House Festival the week before, when they started picking up
sticks and pretties from the forest floor throughout the Gardens. Pat Shaw, Kathy Messmer, Carolyn Jenks, Sue Bremer,
Roxanne Smith, Leigh Sherrill, Pam Rawden, Ginger Deucher, Lois-Jean Berry, Janet Woessner, and Carolyn Dolbear (my
mother, who also made a Fairy House for the indoor exhibit, as
did Amy Rollins from The First and David Lee, a local artist!)
bent their backs and lugged their booty to the makeshift Fairy
House Village set up for the festival. Then Saturday morning,
Pam and I did it again to keep the site stocked with the all-important sticks and birch bark and cones. Fairy-house builders
must have sticks!
The Fairy Tea Table was tended by Ellen Knox, Vanda
Yonge, Jackie Cressey, Pat Jeremiah, Helen King-Atallah, Gaye
Wagner, and Pam Rawden. There’s nothing easy about serving
Fairy Tea, you know. It’s not as if fairies make the tea and serve
it and then wash the dishes—that’s all done by volunteers!
And then there’s the Fairy Art Table, which this year had
an additional art project attached to it—pounding out fairy
fern flags. Carolyn Dolbear cut out 208 cotton flags for the
flags (Thanks, Mom!), and then Jane Lunt, Marcia Annenberg,
Todd Poole, Ellen Knox, and Penny Pollard volunteered at the
table, whether it was making flags or tending the coloring table.
And then there are the Fairy Games. This year, the Fairy
Bean Bag Toss had lines all day long—ask Pat Jeremiah, who
volunteered on Saturday! Kristin Brett, and Cathy and John
Miller helped out, too.
BJ Dobson, Judy McAllister, Jane Lunt, and Pat Jeremiah helped performers and presenters, and I think I remember all of them pitching in wherever the needs arose, just as
Barbara Baseman and Carole Cochran came to share their
lovely story-telling talents but also found themselves helping
out other places.
The Maine Fairy House Festival is like that: volunteers just
show up and offer their talents and their time. We all pitch in
and have a really fun time.
Thank you to all!
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Gardens Volunteer
Mailing Program
Volunteer Shuttle Drivers Program
This year the Volunteer Shuttle Drivers Program was doubled in number of
hours offered for shuttle service, and, as
a consequence, the number of drivers
needed to carry out the program was
doubled. This program is the brainchild
of Wells Moore, and it has blossomed,
becoming an expected staple of a Gardens visit for many. This is another program that I am thrilled to have such able,
enthusiastic, helpful volunteers. Plus,
they are such fun! There’s something
wacky about those drivers and their
shuttle carts, even when the carts don’t
back-fire with a full load of visitors!
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This year, the following volunteers
were just wonderful: Joanne O’Conner,
Harold Van Siclen, Hathaway Brewster,
Jim Saunders, Lynne Nordhoff, Mary
Neal, Sue Ellen DeBeer, Jib and Joy
Fowles, Tom Hilton, Eldie Johnston,
Larry Wilson, Dick Vogels, Joe Bernath,
Carole LaFountaine, Lee Gevaudan,
Otto Purinton, Richard Annino, Dorothy Ferrell, Bob Cressey, Peter Daniels,
Angel Boord, Judy Linker, Bobbie
Medal, Ned Freeman, and Dianne Ward
(the last a much-appreciated substitute
and special events driver).
Thank you!
Mollie Moore acted as the Overseer
for the Gardens Volunteer Mailing
Program, which means that I recruit
for willing volunteers, pass their
names and contact information to
Mollie, who waits for a call that a
mailing has to be conducted at the
Gardens (monthly membership renewals, appeals, etc.). Once a month
(sometimes more…), Jen Lawlor
(Membership & Annual Fund Manager her at the Gardens) calls Mollie
with a description of the mailing and
a deadline for its post, and Mollie
goes to work calling the volunteers.
The volunteer job of overseeing a program or an aspect of a special event is
vital. An organization such as Coastal
Maine Botanical Gardens cannot
possibly pay enough staff to do all the
jobs that need to be accomplished.
I can’t thank Mollie enough for
all her work, and I know she feels
indebted to those volunteers that
say “Yes” to her calls: Kathy Loewe,
Tina White, Ruth Bannister, Maria
and Peter Doelp, Ginny Burke,
Jackie Elderkin, Polly Gibson,
Arlene Smith, Audrey Kelly, Anne
Butler, Barby Johnson, Lydia Elliot,
Sue Bogart, Jane Cheema, Kathy
Dunton, Betty Repa, BJ Dobson,
Diane and Jim Saunders, Ginger
Carr, Monique Mitchell, Jeannie
Allen, Claire Hunt, Helen Edwards,
Claire Johnson, MaryAnn Rideout,
Irene Taylor, and Philippa Morton.
Thank you!
Pink Lady Slipper Survey
2008 marked ten years that Dr. Joanne Sharpe has conducted
the Pink Lady Slipper Survey. In her comprehensive report
detailing the 2008 scientific survey, Dr. Sharpe writes that “a
total of 497 flowers were observed [by her volunteers], a much
higher number than the 343 seen last year and the highest
number since 2003 when the group measured a record 549
flowers.” Dr. Sharpe is also an Overseer of this volunteer program, scheduling the volunteers I recruit and then conducting
the entire survey pretty much on her own, including writing
the final report and tying it into past findings, and then submitting it to the Gardens. Once again, this type of volunteer
is invaluable to the Gardens as an organization. Joanne is a
volunteer who we are profoundly
grateful and proud of.
And Joanne is grateful for
the commitment of her volunteers: Brendon, Don and
Mary Hart, Tina White,
John and Cathy Miller, Jean
Howe, Carole LaFountaine,
Tom Hilton, Jackie Cressey,
Marty Landorf, Krista Clark,
Barbara Bush,
Dick Vogels, Ruth
Story, Susan Lloyd,
Monique Mitchell,
Pam Lingel, Cathy
Messmer, Irene Taylor,
Jackie Cressy (Jackie without an “e” before the “y”), and
Janet Woessner. Thank you!
Front Desk Volunteers
Volunteer programming at the Gardens entails working regularly scheduled volunteer “shifts,” as opposed to volunteering
at special events. Both aspects of volunteering are critical to
the smooth operation of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
The Front Desk volunteers are truly the face of the Gardens. These volunteers do everything from offering a helpful
overview of the Gardens (in 30 seconds or less!) to enrolling
new members, and they do it calmly in the face of days with
hundreds and hundreds of visitors.
This year, the following volunteers were our Faces of the
Gardens: Pat Schubert, Bobbie Medal, BJ Dobson, Penny
Pollard, Pat Leahy, Carole McCarthy, Ellen Coyne, Joanne
Annino, Anne Krebsbach, June Warner, Lynne Passe, Ginger
Carr, Pam Riml, Dawna Smith, Victoria Babcock, Joan Daniels, Goldie Cannon, Anne Butler, Barby Johnson, Maggie
Rogers, Sandy Drayer, Dee Napolitan, Philippa Morton,
Betty Torrance, Lydia Elliot, Giselle Coville, Susie Groton,
Mary Ann Blycher, Jane Nies, Jackie Elderkin, Marty Read,
Anne Ordway, Jo Haney, Ginny Burke, Bruce Johnson, and
Connie Carlson. Thank you!
Gift Shop Volunteers
Another Face of the Gardens task (Actually, I think everyone
is a Face of the Gardens!) is the Gardens Gift Shop. There,
volunteers are more than “clerks.” They are ambassadors to
the gardens. They are arrangers and gift-wrappers. They suggest the perfect gift a visitor might be seeking. And they get
first dibs on new merchandise!
I can’t talk about the Gardens Gift Shop without first
mentioning Anne Vartabedian, who is more than a “mere”
buyer of all the beautiful things arranged so nicely. Anne also
lugs boxes and breaks down boxes and trudges up and down
those cellar stairs day in and day out. The Gardens are very
lucky to have Anne as a committed volunteer.
My other volunteers in the Gift Shop are Barbara Leonard, Ellen McDermott, Jan Brennan, Heather Crews, Mike
Loewe, Mel Passe, Susie Groton, Maggie Newton, Barbara
Bush, Bobbie Medal, Penny Matthews, Jackie Pellerin, Polly
Gibson, Jane Norton, Jane Nies, Paul Napolitan, Jean Hamilton, Marissa Carmolli, Emery Royall, Nan Benton, Joy Collins, Debbie Harding, Joanne Annino, and Elwood Carlson.
A huge Thank you to all of you!
Our Thoughts Are with the Browers
All of us at the Gardens would like to extend our positive
thoughts and best wishes to Gardens volunteer Karen Brower,
who is battling cancer, and to Karen’s husband Frank, also a
Gardens volunteer, who is right there at her side. My latest
e-mail from Frank is thrilling, as she achieves the inspiring
“cancer index of ZERO!” Frank writes, “The Lord walks with
Karen and has his healing hand on her shoulder. Between
Karen, the Lord and Dr. Scott, this cancer doesn't have a
chance.” We look forward to seeing both of you next summer
at your front desk and shuttle posts!
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Gardens Grounds Work
Volunteer Program
There was a real sense of camaraderie
and caring between everyone, a sense of
learning and exchanging ideas.
Gardens Volunteer
Flower Arranging
Program
The season’s Volunteer Flower Arrangers did a fabulous job with both
their weekly assignments of arranging flowers for the Café and Visitor
Center and also special requests that
inevitably make their way to this talented group of volunteers. (The Bibby
& Harold Alfond Children’s Garden
Groundbreaking comes to mind most
readily!) The newest volunteers to this
program were extremely talented, I
must say. The Visitor Center flower
arrangements were beautiful all season long! (All of us in the program
still think the Men’s Restroom should
have flowers, though! Men love flowers, too, don’t they?)
Jean Hamilton served as the program’s Volunteer Overseer, confirming the volunteers on their scheduled
weeks and arranging more than a
few containers of greens and flowers
herself. Tine White, Karen Munson,
Mary Gevaudan, Diane Walden,
Hathaway Brewster, Jane Nies, Claire
Hunt, Lauren Comstock, and Vanda
Yonge all pitched in.
There is still time to pitch in a
bit more, as the Visitor Center will
be needing some holiday arrangements—expect an e-mail from me
soon!
Thank you so much for all
your talent in the Gardens Volunteer
Flower Arranging Program
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he 2008 Grounds Work Volunteer Program (formerly called
Adopt-A-Garden/Adopt-A-Trail
Program) was revamped this
year. Volunteer Overseer of the program,
Pam Rawden, and volunteer Ginger
Deucher met throughout the winter and
spring of 2008 with Gardens Staff improving the program.
This year, volunteers working outside
in the gardens worked with staff members, side by side, learning new gardening
techniques and yes, weeding, too. There
was a real sense of camaraderie and caring
between everyone, a sense of learning
and exchanging ideas. There are still more
changes planned for next year, as volunteers and Gardens staff work together to
grow this vital volunteer program.
This year, Lois-Jean Berry, Sue
Bremer, Bill Cooney, Jackie Cressey,
Ginger Deucher, Kathy Dunton,
Carolyn Jenks, Cathy Messmer, Pam
Rawden, Pat Shaw, Leigh Sherrill, and
Roxanne Smith participated.
Thank you!
Last-Minute/On-Call
Gardens Volunteers
When volunteers did not have a set volunteering schedule
this summer or just had a very busy summer life this year,
they joined the Last-Minute/On-Call Gardens Volunteers
Program. Volunteers also requested to be put on this list in
addition to their other volunteering duties. I would e-mail
this group off and on, when sudden needs arose or when I
was short-handed, and they responded beautifully!
Volunteers in this program included: Tina White, Claudia Greene, Muffie VanVoorhis, Sharon Miller, Judy McAllister, Dina Riggle, BJ Dobson, Marty Landorf, Krista Clark,
John & Cathy Miller, Victoria Babcock, Jane McBride, Patty
Zinkowski, Susan Lloyd, Monique Mitchell, Jeannie Allen,
Clairee Hunt, Pamela Lingel, Cathy Messer, Bob and Jackie
Cressey, Tina LaMere, Janet Woessner, Rebecca Goldfine,
Penny Pollard, Tom and Margery Gruber, Vanda Yonge, and
Cynthia Edwards.
Tuesday Story Time in
the Forest
Every Tuesday at 10:30, the Gardens offered children and
their families an hour of wonderful story telling and reading
by some wonderful volunteers. Carole Cochran, Pat Jeremiah, Barbara Baseman, and Louise Bernstone were faithful
volunteers committed to making Tuesdays a family time for
all. Thank you!
Live-in Volunteer
Nick Caristo began his volunteering career at the Gardens
as a new Docent in 2008. When he was hired as the Project
Manager for the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses and the
Bibby & Harold Alfond Children’s Garden, he continued both
his docenting and many other hours of volunteering for “odds
and ends” duties. It’s great to have a live-in volunteer here at
the Gardens! Thank you, Nick!
Our Volunteer Boards
I would also like to
acknowledge the
volunteer boards
of Directors and
Overseers here at
the Gardens. These
board members give
their time and talents and enthusiasm
throughout the year.
Thank you!
Volunteer Librarians
Pat Jeremiah and Bonnie Ginger have been with the Gardens
Volunteer from the start. Our library would not be what it is
without their energy and talents. This year, when the library
had to serve double-duty as office space, Pat and Bonnie stuck
with us with understanding and patience, and the Gardens
thanks them for all. Thank you!
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who will never say, “No,” to my requests and never did. Still,
I would like to develop a group of ten volunteers next year,
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of the Gardens, whether it is general promotional literature or
posters for a special event.
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occasions that volunteers contributed their enthusiasm and talents to:
events like the Maurice “Jake” Day
art show, which found Tom Hilton making
calls and e-mails for me as he paved the way
for speakers and contacts for the exhibit and
the tour at the home of Barbara Weinz, who
opened her lovely gardens up to those who love
rhododendrons
I know I am leaving out a time or two that
found our wonderful volunteers helping out
with a stray need, and I apologize if I have done
so. Mostly, I want to thank all of you for showing your love and passion for Coastal Maine
Botanical Gardens by volunteering, by giving us
the gift of your time and energy. We would not
be here where we are if it weren’t for you.
You will be hearing from me soon. Winter
is just around the corner, and that’s when I start
recruiting for the 2009 season! Can you believe
it? You will, especially when you hear from me.
We would not be here where we are
if it weren’t for you.
Thank you.
Amanda (Russell)
Your Volunteer Coordinator
at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Harley the Hort Cat
Roxanne Smith of the Grounds Work Volunteer program has adopted
the stray cat that appeared at the Horticultural Building in midsummer. Harley is a great cat, and now has a great home with a
Gardens volunteer.
P.O. Box 234
Boothbay, ME 04537
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