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May Arboretum Society invites you to their first ever
Party in the Garden

The May Arboretum Society invites local garden lovers to join them for an enjoyable and informative evening in the May Arboretum. The Society’s first annual “Party in the Garden” Arboretum Fundraiser will be held on Friday evening, June 1, in the Wilbur D. May Arboretum.   

The highlight of the evening is a seminar on high desert gardening presented by nationally known garden designers, consultants and authors Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden. Participants will also have the first chance to make purchases from the large variety of native and ornamental plants, vegetables, and trees that will be featured during the Annual May Arboretum Plant Sale scheduled for the following morning.

Admission is $50 per person or $75 for Garden Party admission plus a copy of the book Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens by Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden. For more information, and to make reservations, call (775) 785-4153.

And don't miss this year's May Arboretum Plant Sale on Saturday, June 2. The sale opens at 8:00 a.m. and we highly recommend you come early for best selecton.  

The Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden is a 13 acre living museum located in a transitional zone between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Great Basin Desert and challenged by a harsh arid climate. The garden has an average annual precipitation of 7 inches and a short growing season of less than 120 days. Over 65,000 people visit the Arboretum annually.   At an elevation of 4,600 feet, the gardens' daily temperatures can fluctuate 50 degrees or more in a day. With over 4,000 plants, native plants and adaptive plant species only few plants survive these conditions without additional care and maintenance.

The garden's primary purpose is education and research and to demonstrate how introduced plant species and native plants grow in a high desert environment. The arboretum encompasses oak groves, outdoor courtyards, water feature,  secluded gardens and access to 5 acres of wetlands. To find out more click on, "More about the May Arboretum."

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Wilbur D. May Center at
Rancho San Rafael Regional Park
1595 N. Sierra,
Reno, Nevada U.S.A.
(775) 785-5961 Fax (775) 785-4707