The cities of Arcadia and Monrovia jointly purchased the Opto-MARK voting system for $12,000. The system replaces the Data Hole Punch Card and will be used on alternating years by each city.
Peter Atkine, Chief Executive Officer of the Arboretum, has told the Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation Board of Trustees that he will resign as of July 1.
The plant sale on Saturday, May 3rd, at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, proved to be a gardner's delight with various plants that are difficult to find.
After using the name "Arboretum of Los Angeles" for 55 years, the Arboretum has been given permission to use the name Los Angeles County Botanic Garden. Hopefully the new name will increase attendance.
Community meetings will be held to determine public preference on the name for the Arboretum. The County prefers that the facility be called Botanic Garden.
Richard Schulhof is the top candidate in the search for executive director of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. His salary will be $117,000, plus an annual supplement of $52, 935, plus an annual performance bonus of up to $10,000. The supplement and bonus will be paid by the nonprofit Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation. He is the former executive director of Descanso Gardens. He replaces Mark Wuorms.
Supervisor Mike Antonovich has proposed a name change for the Los Angeles County Arboretum. The new name will be the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens. Tour guide and peafowl expert Nelson Holmes is shown in photo. Currently, there are no safeguards protecting the Arboretum peafowl from Exotic Newcastle Disease.
The Los Angeles County Arboretum, which had its name changed to Los Angeles County Botanic Gardens, is now going back to the name Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens.
An audit of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Gardens shows that the facility exceeded its operating budget by nearly $1.5 million over the past three years. The Arboretum will be tightening its belt on spending.
Joan De Fata, plant sciences librarian at the Arboretum of Los Angeles County has been awarded the 2002 Charles Robert Long Award of Extraordinary Merit by the International Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries.
A pilot program called "Arboretum Explorers" teaches children about nature. It is a 5-day summer camp. Natalia Chang, 8, of Arcadia is shown in a photograph.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $2.5 million settlement Tuesday for Deanna Sprinkel, a woman struck by a tram at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.