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Other Members' Only Benefits
List of special discounts and other benefits for HAF members - 2008
Great Parks, Great Cities lecture series discounts for Hoyt Arboretum Friends members!
Hoyt Arboretum Friends members can receive a $5 discount on tickets (including the dinner/lecture on March 13th) to Portland Parks and Recreation’s Great Parks, Great Cities lecture series. Please enter PDX08 where indicated when purchasing your tickets. For more information or to register online go to www.portlandonline.com/parks and search Great Parks, Great Cities lecture series
"Members-Free" Day at the World Forestry Center Discovery Museum for Hoyt Arboretum Friends members!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
World Forestry Center
4033 SW Canyon Rd.
Portland, OR 97221
503.228.1367
HAF Members will enjoy free entry to the World Forestry Center Discovery Museum in celebration of Earth Day on Saturday, April 19th. All you have to do is show your HAF membership card at the door and you can enjoy the exhibits and activities at the Discovery Museum free of charge!
If you don't have your current membership card or would like to become a new member, please contact Carol Tatch, HAF Membership Director, 503.823.3602 or carol.tatch@ci.portland.or.us.
Member Tours with Jim Gersbach for Hoyt Arboretum Friends members!
In 2008 new members of Hoyt Arboretum Friends (HAF) will be invited to attend two special tours of the Arboretum with local tree expert Jim Gersbach.
Jim has been a Hoyt Arboretum volunteer guide for more than 15 years and is a past HAF board member. He is also a volunteer tree planting crew leader with the urban tree planting organization Friends of Trees (FOT), and has served as their board president in the past. In 2005 he won the prestigious Bill Naito Community Trees award for his work with FOT creating the Ainsworth Linear Arboretum.
The first tour will be given Saturday, April 26, 2008 and the second tour will be given in Saturday, October 11, 2008. Such topics as Arboretum history, the scientific importance of the collection, the provenance of the Arboretum plants and how trees can be used to teach natural history, biography, the history of science and folklore will be covered.
New members will receive invitations to these events. Current members are welcome to attend the tours but space is limited. If interested please contact Carol Tatch, Membership Director at 503.823.3602 or carol.tatch@ci.portland.or.us.