NEWSLETTER: October 2012
Pumpkins in the Park Festival
Saturday, October 13, 2012 / 10 AM to 4 PM
Guadalupe River Park / Discovery Meadow
(Woz Way & San Carlos) San Jose
Giant Pumpkin Patch
Costume Parade
Pumpkin Decorating
Scarecrow Row
Fresh Apple Cider & Apple Tasting
Guadalupe River Education
Lots of Free Kids' Activities
Andy Z, Zun Zun & Radio Disney
Scarecrow Contest - Whether you choose scary, silly, or spectacular, it's time to get creative and enter a scarecrow in our annual contest. Click here to register your scarecrow.
Sponsors - Able Services,
Adobe,
Mike & Christy Akatiff,
Blach Construction,
Bright Green San Jose,
Cisco, Cosmopolitan Catering,
eBay inc,
Flagship,
Garden City Sanitation,
The Health Trust,
Hugh Stuart Center Charitable Trust,
Kaiser Permanente,
Linda Lee Lester,
Martinelli’s,
NBC11,
PG&E, Radio Disney,
Republic Services,
SanDisk, S.C. Valley Water District,
San Jose Mercury News,
San Jose Water Company,
Silicon Valley Law Group,
Sobrato Development,
Valley Crest Landscape,
Watershed Watch,
West Valley Construction.
Click here for more details!
Utility Cart
Thanks to Jim Alves and Hardcastle Auto Body we now have an awesome electric cart to help with garden tasks and field trips. Thanks Jim!
Historic Orchard
Help preserve a portion of the old Santa Clara Valley when orchards stretched across the valley floor. We are looking for volunteers to help maintain the Historic Orchard in the garden area of the Guadalupe River Park. Workdays are the first Saturday of the month from 9 am to noon. So the next one will be Saturday, October 6th. We hope to see you there.
Feral Cats
Two dedicated volunteers have been helping to reduce the cat population in the park by trapping, neutering and releasing feral adults and finding homes for kittens and the tame cats that have been dumped in the park. If you’re thinking of getting a cat or kitten, please consider adopting one from the Guadalupe. The kittens make great pets as one GRPC staff member can attest. If interested, contact cats@grpg.org.
Volunteer Corner
Meet Board Member Brandon Steene
Brandon Steene is the Branch Manager for the Silicon Valley branch of ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance in San Jose and has worked for the company for the past 14 years. ValleyCrest Companies is the country's largest integrated landscape company with a 60 year reputation for unparalleled knowledge and technical ability. Brandon was born and raised in Calgary, Canada and holds an AD in Landscape Management and a Bachelor of Science in horticulture from Olds College. Brandon is married and lives with his wife and two young children in Willow Glen. As a former downtown San Jose resident, Brandon is enthusiastic about having the Guadalupe River Park & Gardens become an integral part of the downtown experience for everyone.
Meet Volunteer Emily Green
Emily’s background resembles a travelogue as she was born in Minnesota, but grew up in Wisconsin and earned her undergraduate degree from UC San Diego. While in San Diego, she met her husband Marshal; they recently moved to Santa Cruz where he will be attending UC Santa Cruz while Emily works towards a graduate degree in environmental anthropology at SJSU. Emily heard about the Conservancy at school and, in addition to staffing the front desk, plans to do an internship while here. Thanks to Emily for taking time to help us out and if you happen to come into the office on Wednesday afternoons or Thursdays, stop at the front desk to say hi. If you'd like to volunteer in the office, please click our fancy new button to shoot us an e-mail.
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