Ana Maule and her sister Sosima Eldridge by a California Sycamore Tree planted on July 24 2007 in Brookside Park in memory of their sister Loisa Franco Lopez

Our third Memorial tree waiting to be planted in Brookside Park

A sycamore tree being planted in Memory of David Evans in Brookside Park on August 1 2007

Karen, Jessica and David Evans II by the Memorial tree for David Evans

Friends and family members of David Evans by the tree in his Memory

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Ana Maule and her sister Sosima Eldridge by a California Sycamore Tree planted on July 24 2007 in Brookside Park in memory of their sister Loisa Franco Lopez

Donation Beautifies Street

White crape myrtles donated by Pasadena Beautiful to beautify the median on Fair Oaks between Holly and Walnut.

New Directors at Annual Meeting

June 19, 2007 the Annual Meeting and luncheon was held at the Athenaeum. The executive board welcomes the return of Vice President Bette Cooper who previously served two terms. Directors (pictured left to right) Pam Waterman, William Koelsh and John Poer join the new board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arbor Day, Earth Day and Pasadena Beautiful Day

On Saturday April 14th Pasadena Beautiful Foundation members participated in planting 25 Chitalpa trees on Alegria Street in Upper Hastings Ranch to celebrate Arbor Day. The Chitalpa is a deciduous fast growing tree with abundant compact clusters of white to pink flowers which bloom from May to November. This project was done in partnership with the City of Pasadena and the Pasadena-Foothills Association of Realtors who paid for the trees. The pictures show people gathered around a tree planting demonstration as well as actual plantings by the volunteers. In a couple of pictures you see Wendy Crowley digging while the rest of rest of us are directing !

Then we celebrated Pasadena Beautiful Day on April 21st where we donated a total of 210 various plants in sizes ranging from 1 to five gallons. Emina Darakjy and Beth Calleton man our information table. This project was done in conjunction with Earth Day. The plantings were done all around the Senior center and in front of the main entrance by the volunteer group with City Staff pictured behind our banner. Many thanks to Bette and John Cooper, Tina Fuller,  Betsey Tyler,  Beth Calleton, Teri Weeks, Lola Osborne, some youngsters from the Northwest Program, a group of young  children from the KidsCorps Program, who also put together some flower pots for the Seniors  to take home with them. A big Thank you to Ana Quintanilla and her coworkers from the Parks Department who dug the holes, prepared the site and planted with us.

On Tuesday Emina was invited to attend the Senior Center's Board of Directors meeting and was presented with a plaque thanking PBF for choosing the Center as this year's site for Pasadena Beautiful Day. Pictured with Emina is Beth Calleton, President of the Board , and Peggy Buchanan, the new Executive Director of the Center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Golden Arrow Search Begins

We have started our search for the 2007 winners of Pasadena Beautiful Golden Arrow Awards. Up to 36 Golden Arrows may be given, 4 in each of the 9 areas of Pasadena. Golden Arrow day is set for May 10, 2007 at La Casita where the arrows will be given and the community will meet the recipients and hear about their gardens.

How does one win a Golden Arrow? An owner or a friend may nominate a property to receive consideration for an arrow by clicking on the Golden Arrow Tab or by calling Martyn Belmont at 626-799-2639 or Bette Cooper at 323- 258-5694. Volunteers drive each of the areas and select up to eight possibilities for an arrow. Those eight are then reviewed by other volunteers who settle on the three to four from each of the 9 areas to receive an award.

 

Pooch Rests at Alice's Bench

A PBF member's dog pauses for a rest at Alice Frost Kennedy's memorial bench at the Off Leash Dog park in Eaton Canyon.

 

Mayor's Grove in Gwinn Park grows, Washington Park rededicated

A new tree commemorates every mayor of Pasadena. PBF donated a total of 18 trees to Gwinn Park, they were planted (by the City) in September 2006.

 

PBF donated two Oak trees to replace two memorial Oaks which had died in Washington Park. One was in honor of Charles Frederick Holder and the other in honor of Warren D. Parker. New trees were added in October also to the parkway.

 

The Plant Bank gets a face lift and sign.

In September 2006, the plant bank was rededicated in cooperation with the City and PBF who manufactured a new sign with simple instructions--"Bring a Plant. Take a Plant."

 

 

Arlington Garden gets new parkway magnolias.

On a rainy Spring day in 2006 several new magnolias were planted along Arlington in the parkway fronting the developing community Mediterranean garden.

 

 

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