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about - and press releases from
the
Cheyenne Botanic
Gardens
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08/9/10
Article In
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
"Children's Village seeks
funds to cover salaries"
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07/26/10
Article In New York Times
Paul Smith Children's Village mentioned in
article:
"Botanical Gardens Look for New
Lures"
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07/19/10
Press Release-
Botanic Gardens adds new water
fountain in Paul Smith Children's Village
The Paul
Smith Children’s Village has a new addition. A “Pretty Water” Fountain has
been installed in
the Jess and Elizabeth Tolterton Secret Garden. The water fountain is
designed to allow children to paint with water.
See press release
07/08/09
Web Coverage -
Paul
Smith Children's Village Featured on popular Website/Blog "Inhabitots"
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05/21/10
Press Release-
Botanic Gardens adds music to Paul
Smith Children's Village
Staff have recently installed a
vertical xylophone, known as the "Swirl," which is made of 25 chrome and
brass chimes in C major and A minor, ranging in scale from soprano to alto.
Children of all ages are welcome to play the instrument and make their own
music while enjoying the outside Children’s Village. “This is a great new
addition to the Children’s Village, because it provides an opportunity for
music education, and allows for musical creativity in both the summer as
well as in the winter,” said Shane Smith, Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Director.
See press release
05/07/10
Press Release-
Mayor Kaysen proclaims National
Public Garden Day
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04/22/10
Press Release-
Cheyenne Botanic
Gardens, Paul Smith Children’s Village celebrates LEED Platinum
Certification
* This is the first Children's
Garden in nation to receive such a designation.
* Platinum is the highest rating a project can have.
* This is the first Platinum LEED designation in the City of
Cheyenne
* It is the second Platinum LEED certification in the State of
Wyoming
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04/01/10
In Wyoming Tribune Eagle-
"Paul Smith Children's Village
gets highest LEED certification"
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04/01/10
In Wyoming Tribune Eagle-
"City lays off 20 employees"
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09/27/09
Opinion in Wyoming Tribune Eagle-
"City should honor pledge to Gardens"
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09/24/09
Opinion in Wyoming Tribune Eagle-
"Once again, Cheyenne gets it done"
"When friends come to visit and ask where they can take their kids, what do
you tell them? Yes, there's Fridays on the Plaza, but then what? Now they
have this children's garden." -- Cheyenne City Councilman Mark Rinne."
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09/24/09
Article in Wyoming Tribune Eagle-
"Go ahead and be childish
That’s how organizers
encouraged adults to act as parents and their children walked through the
Paul Smith Children’s Village, located at the Botanic Gardens during the
grand opening on Wednesday."
"Such businesses would make sense
for the city-owned site because it’s surrounded by recreational facilities,
a city official said in a memo."
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09/23/09
Article in Wyoming Tribune Eagle-
"Windmill land destined for hotels,
restaurants?"
"Such businesses would make sense
for the city-owned site because it’s surrounded by recreational facilities,
a city official said in a memo."
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09/22/09
Video - CBS News Channel 5 on Children's Village
Opening
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view video
09/17/09
News Release
Paul Smith Children’s Village set to open
See Photos of Construction
View Children's Village Map
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(pdf)
08/12/09
Article in Wyoming Tribune Eagle-
"No need to rush sale of property"
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08/07/09
Article in Cheyenne Herald
"Was money promised to the Botanic
Gardens"
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07/26/09
Article in Wyoming Tribune Eagle-
"Spiker alters position on
land-for-ice proposal"
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07/20/09
Article in Wyoming Tribune Eagle -
"Children's Garden awaits finish"
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07/14/09
Botanic Gardens and Director Shane
Smith are mentioned and quoted in an article on "Gardening in a Wheelchair,"
on the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Website.
See link here
07/08/09
News Release
CBG Director, Shane Smith honored for starting
Wyoming's first farmers market in 1980
The Director of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
was recently honored for his role in starting the State of Wyoming's first
public, modern-day farmers market. A plaque and "Award of Excellence" was
recently presented to Smith from the
Wyoming Farmer's Market
Association for his "Dedication and persistence in founding and
developing the State's first farmers' market." Smith is pictured right.
07/08/09
Editorial in Wyoming Tribune Eagle -
"A pledge was made to Gardens"
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07/08/09
Article in Wyoming Tribune Eagle -
"City has property to sell, but who
gets profit cash?"
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06/29/09
Article in Wyoming Tribune Eagle -
"Botanic Gardens gets short end of
land-swap stick"
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06/30/09
Editorial in Wyoming Tribune Eagle -
"Just say no to land sale proposal"
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04/09
News Release
Community College wind
students install Botanic Gardens
Wind Turbine
The underlying theme of
the Paul Smith Children’s Village will be sustainability. To that end the
project will be working to get platinum LEEDS certification. The classroom
building and the site will be powered by both wind and solar photovoltaic
panels. Recently the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens in a partnership with Laramie
County Community College set up a new wind generator.
“This partnership with the LCCC Wind Energy Technician Program is the
perfect kickoff for a project that will be a great educational resource in
the region,” said Cheyenne Botanic Gardens director Shane Smith.
Suncor Energy provided the funding needed
to purchase the wind turbine.
The turbine is
manufactured by Mariah Power and the model is a "Windspire." The Paul Smith Children's Village is
set to open mid
summer of 2010
.
Read press release here
04/09 Botanic Gardens
featured in magazine
"Zone 4" is a new regional magazine
for people who garden in, you
guessed it, zone 4. The magazine is
focused on zone 4 in the "high
country west." Our horticulturist,
Sue Whetten, recently wrote an
article that talks about the
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. Check out
this new regional gardening
magazine!
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article about the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
News Release
02/2/09 Botanic Gardens names
Children's
Village for Paul Smith
The Friends of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Foundation
has named the Children's Village for the late Paul Smith, in honor of his
long time support of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.
Read More Here
02/2/09
News Release
Botanic Gardens recycles Furniture
The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens is recycling furniture and
other office equipment from the old St. Mary's School to be used in the new
Lowe's Discovery Lab/Classroom at the Children's Village.
Read more here.
11/21/08
News Release
Botanic Gardens featured in national landscape
magazine
The magazine Landscape Architect and Specifier
News in its December 08 issue featured the design process of the new
Children's Garden under construction during winter of 08-09. The article is
titled "Children's Garden Offers Lessons in Sustainability
See it here
online!
5/7/08
Voters approve funds for planning of repairs,
renovation and expansion of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Conservatory
On Tuesday, May 8, 2008 Cheyenne Voters approved a penny
tax that included $750,000 for the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens which will go
towards planning, engineering and designs for repairs, renovations and
expansion of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Conservatory.
The total cost of construction will be $10,000,000. Funds
for construction are anticipated to come from City or Cheyenne lands sales.
Shane Smith, Director of the
Gardens said , "After 30 years of existence, we're
proud and honored. This is our first ballot issue.
It's confirmation we've been doing the right thing
for 30 years - doing more with less and always trying to be
frugal."
Click here for
Wyoming Tribune/Eagle article on the vote
2/1/08 Children's Garden Campaign
News Release
Children's Garden Campaign goal
reached! (pdf news release February 2008)
1/30/2008 Agreement reached to create
Wyoming's first arboretum
For over 8 years the Friends of the High Plains Arboretum
has been working to make this
arboretum a reality. The Friends of the High Plains
Arboretum is a subcommittee of the
Friends of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. With help from
the Friends of the High Plains
Arboretum, the USDA and the city of Cheyenne entered into
an agreement that returns 62
acres of land from a USDA lease back to the control of
Cheyenne. This acreage will be the
basis of the future High Plains Arboretum and will be
operated by the Cheyenne Botanic
Gardens with assistance from the City of Cheyenne Urban
Forestry division. The arboretum
is about five miles northwest of downtown Cheyenne.
High Plains Arboretum agreement reached.
Click to read press release (pdf).
09/21/07
Cheyenne children’s garden design receives recognition
The Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architecture (CCASLA)
announced that it has given a merit award to landscape architect, Herb
Schaal for his design of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Children's Garden.
Schaal is with the landscape architectural firm of EDAW and works out of
their Fort Collins office. Schaal has received over 50 state and
national awards for his work that focuses primarily on landscape designs for
public gardens as well as restorative gardens and landscapes adjacent to
national park infrastructure. EDAW is the largest landscape architecture
firm in the world (with offices all over the world) and Schaal is EDAW's
most highly awarded landscape architect. In addition, Schaal is the
recipient of more state and national awards than any other landscape
architect in the Rocky Mountain region.
The
Cheyenne Children’s Garden, as with all Cheyenne Botanic Garden landscapes,
is being privately funded by donations, with construction set to begin in
2008. The Botanic Gardens fundraising effort is three-quarters of the way
towards its goal of raising $1.3 million. "We are proud to have one of the
world's top landscape architects creating an award-winning design for our
community and we look forward to more recognition of this unique garden
after it is built," said Shane Smith, Director of the Cheyenne Botanic
Gardens.
For
more information on the Children's Garden please visit
www.botanic.org or call 307-637-6458.
Summer 2007 -
Gene Howard Sculpture dedication
 A
sculpture of noted horticulturist Gene Howard
was be dedicated at in the Rotary Century Plazas. The
Friends of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens commissioned Guadalupe Barajas to do
the bronze. Barajas is well known for capturing both the look and the spirit
of his subjects. The sculpture depicts the late Gene Howard (former Director
of the Cheyenne High Plains Horticulture Research Station) kneeling down on
one knee with a plant in one hand and a hand lens in another in a teaching
pose. The pose is perfect because Gene was always teaching people about plants.
6/21/06 Labyrinth dedicated
 Wed.
June 21st, Summer Solstice 2006.
Mayor Jack Spiker
dedicates new
Garden
Labyrinth
and Moon Arbor entryway. Labyrinth committee
Chair, Vanda Edington assists the Mayor with ribbon cutting.
 The
new landscape was paid for without any tax dollars as
funding was provided by donations, tributes and memorials. A
major grant in memory of former first lady Roberta 'Bobby'
Hathaway, made the Garden Labyrinth possible. The moon arch
is dedicated to the memory of Edvina Wiederspahn.
There are still opportunities to have pavers and quote
stones personalized. Contact Trudy Fox for more information
at 307-637-6458.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens at 307-637-6458
or visit
www.botanic.org.
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