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Help Us Grow Your Arboretum

The Arboretum at Johnston Community College is supported through the donation of time, plants, and financial resources associated with the memberships listed below. We appreciate all of our donors and recognize their contributions to the Arboretum. Please continue reading for information on how you can help the JCC Arboretum grow!

Mission

The mission of the Arboretum at Johnston Community College is to promote prudent and responsible use of cultivated plants and to promote the conservation of native species through the acquisition, evaluation and aesthetic display of selected plant materials in an educational environment for students, visitors, and local citizens.

Plants

The Arboretum has a wide selection of display plants to provide a pleasing place to visit year-round. It provides homeowners, students, and professionals with ideas for traditional and non-traditional uses of plants in their landscapes.

There are opportunities for volunteers, garden clubs, students, school groups, and professional groups to use the facilities to increase their knowledge and skills. There are gardens for individuals of all ages and abilities to use and enjoy.

Gardens

The site has a number of different environments that demonstrate landscaping and naturalizing of similar environments throughout the county.

While the Arboretum continues to expand its various gardens, many display areas are already completed: azalea, courtyard, kitchen, perennial gardens, and more are all ready for viewing and education. Future themes include The Southern Garden, Heritage Gardens, a global garden, an ethnobotanica garden, children’s garden, ornamental grass garden and many more that emphasize color, sounds, and fragrances.

People

This endeavor needs your support. Financial support can be provided through annual memberships, donations, sponsorships, and grants.

Annual membership benefits include the Arboretum newsletter, advance announcements of educational programs, trips and special events, and reduced rates to selected seminars and events.

Sustaining members receive annual membership benefits and recognition on-site, at special recognition events and through the JCC Foundation.

Memberships

Friends of the Arboretum (annual supporting memberships)

• Student/Senior - $15
• Individual - $25
• Family - $50
• Group - $75

Corporate and Sustaining Membership Levels

• Contributor - $100
• Donor - $500
• Bronze Leaf (Patron) - $1,000
• Silver Leaf (Foundation Club) - $5,000
• Gold Leaf (President's Club) - $10,000

Living Plant Memorials

Living plants are often used to commemorate a special event, convey a significant meaning, and to honor various loved ones. In order to accommodate the many requests for living plant donations to the Arboretum for such purposes, the Arboretum Advisory Board has approved the “Living Plant Memorial” fund. Living plant materials (specific trees, shrubs, flowers) cannot be accepted because the Arboretum must follow a strict master plan for its development. Instead, monetary donations can be made to the Living Plant Memorial fund for use as follows:

• Donors can donate any amount of money to this fund
• Monies will be placed in restricted account for current plantings (phase, garden, etc.) to cover purchase, maintenance, replacement (as possible) of plant materials
• Specific trees, shrubs or plants cannot be designated; instead, donated funds will be used for the current landscaping phase or garden specimens being planted at the time of the donation
• Utmost care will be taken to maintain and/or replace the donated plant holdings as JCC is able
• The gift will be acknowledged in a separate listing on the Arboretum webpage and in a special log book that will designate:
  • Donor, Date, Contribution, and Planting Phase or Garden for which funds will be used.
• Gifts of $200 donations will receive a press release
• Gifts of
  • $1,000 donors receive a Bronze Leaf on Donor Tree and Press Release
  • $2,000 donors receive a Bronze Leaf and fall into the “marketing PR” acknowledgments to receive the following:
    • Donor will be recognized at all Arboretum media events
    • Donor will be recognized at Arboretum programs
    • JCC will issue a press release and photo of donor
    • A marker will be installed at the Arboretum if applicable
    • The Arboretum and JCC Foundation will give the donor an invoice for tax purposes
    • Donor will be recognized on the Arboretum webpage
    • The Arboretum will publish a half-page acknowledgement in “The Open Door,” which is distributed to over 60,000 households in Johnston County
    • The Donor will be recognized in the Annual Report of the JCC Foundation, which goes to all community colleges and placed in strategic locations within the community
    • If applicable, a temporary marker denoting the contribution, will able placed on site during the construction phase of the project
    • A Donor plaque with the name of the donor will be installed on the wall of the Arboretum breezeway (leaves)
    • If applicable, the Arboretum will distribute donor’s company brochures during events at the Arboretum.
  • $5,000 donors receive a Silver Leaf on Donor Tree and above acknowledgements
  • $10,000 donors receive a Gold Leaf on Donor Tree and above acknowledgements
    (above “leaf” designations relate to the same acknowledgements as unrestricted gifts)

Please make checks payable to:
JCC Foundation
Clearly designate your contribution for the Arboretum.

The Johnston Community College Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.
Gifts are tax-deductible as permitted by law.