{"id":1956,"date":"2019-07-12T15:45:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T19:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2019-07-12T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T19:45:09","slug":"community-arboretum-launches-fundraising-campaign-to-replace-gazebo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/12\/community-arboretum-launches-fundraising-campaign-to-replace-gazebo\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Arboretum launches fundraising campaign to replace gazebo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Organizers at the Community Arboretum at Virginia Western hope to\nsoon replace the gardens&#8217; aging gazebo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the arboretum celebrated its 25<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary in\nMay 2018, Virginia Western students constructed the gazebo a couple of years\nprior to the garden&#8217;s official dedication. In the years since then, numerous\nweddings and musical performances have been staged at the structure, which\nserves as a focal point of the arboretum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark BeCraft, horticulture program coordinator, is unable utilize\nstudent volunteers this time around due to regulations regarding construction\non state property. &#8220;So it&#8217;s costing us more than it did in the past to\naccomplish improvements,&#8221; BeCraft explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the arboretum&#8217;s advisory board already have $25,000 in\nseed money to put toward the new gazebo, which will cost about $70,000. They\nhope to raise about 20 percent of the cost by the beginning of 2020 by selling\nengraved pavers which will go on the floor of the gazebo and the ground around\nit. &#8220;They can be engraved in memory or in honor of someone,&#8221; BeCraft said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsorships will be sold for: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$1,000 for an 8 X 8 paver (engraved paver will be placed under\nroof of gazebo. Includes certificate and small keepsake replica paver)<\/li><li>$500 for a 4 X 8 paver (engraved paver will be placed under roof\nof gazebo; includes certificate)<\/li><li>$250 for a 4 X 8 paver (engraved paver will be placed under roof\nof gazebo)<\/li><li>$150 for a 4 X 8 paver (engraved paver will be placed around the\noutside of the gazebo <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Pavers can be purchased online at: <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.clickandpledge.com\/w\/form\/79059e66-82cf-43b7-b8f8-5aec37c39f52\">https:\/\/connect.clickandpledge.com\/w\/form\/79059e66-82cf-43b7-b8f8-5aec37c39f52<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many arboretum visitors mistakenly assume that taxpayers cover the attraction&#8217;s upkeep, according to BeCraft. When the Commonwealth of Virginia originally donated the two acres of the Virginia Western campus for the arboretum, organizers agreed to raise the money to build the gardens and maintain them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until now, proceeds from popular plant sales and membership fees\nto the Friends of the Arboretum program mostly covered the attraction&#8217;s\nday-to-day expenses. Updating several aging areas of the arboretum will require\nadditional funding sources.&nbsp; &#8220;We need\nmore money to take the arboretum into the next 25 years,&#8221; BeCraft said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time the Community Arboretum reaches its 30<sup>th<\/sup>\nanniversary, BeCraft hopes the new gazebo will be in place and three of the 11\ngardens will be renovated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia Western horticulture students under the direction of Lee\nHipp, the well-known former director of the department, led the charge in the\n1980s to create a public garden for the college and the public. Individuals,\nbusiness owners and organizations in the Roanoke Valley raised $150,000 over a\ndecade for the construction of the arboretum, which was dedicated in 1993.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public is welcome to visit the arboretum from sunrise to\nsunset. It includes 11 separate gardens and plant collections which are home to\napproximately 700 labeled plant taxa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers at the Community Arboretum at Virginia Western hope to soon replace the gardens&#8217; aging gazebo. While the arboretum celebrated its 25th anniversary in May 2018, Virginia Western students constructed the gazebo a couple of years prior to the garden&#8217;s official dedication. In the years since then, numerous weddings and musical performances have been staged&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/12\/community-arboretum-launches-fundraising-campaign-to-replace-gazebo\/\">Continue Reading<span> Community Arboretum launches fundraising campaign to replace gazebo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-campus-news","category-foundation"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jaime Shetrone","author_link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/author\/jshetrone\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Community Arboretum launches fundraising campaign to replace gazebo - 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