Life Member Luncheon
The 2025 Life Member Lunch will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025.
Tickets will go on sale in early June 2025.
We hope you will be able to join us!
2025 Life Member Luncheon:
Rebuilding our Canopy
July 11, 2025
12:00 pm
Athenaeum Hotel Parlor
featuring speaker:
Joan Maloof
Lecture title coming soon!
Menu:
Seared Chicken Breast served with wild rice pilaf, sauteed broccolini & roasted red peppers - sauced with Chicken Supreme Jus
or
Heirloom Tomato Frittata - fresh heirloom tomatoes, basil, mozzarella, served with sautéed broccolini
Warm Breads and Rolls with Fresh Butter
A BTG Famous Decadent Dessert
Iced Tea, Water or Lemonade
Regular & Decaf Coffee & Assorted Teas
Joan Maloof
Founder of the Old Growth Forest Network
Joan Maloof, Professor Emeritus at Salisbury University, founded the Old-Growth Forest Network to preserve, protect, and promote the country's few remaining stands of old-growth forest. She is the author of five books. Her first, Teaching the Trees, was published in 2005, and her second, Among the Ancients, in 2011. Joan spends her time lecturing, writing, visiting forests, assisting private landowners, and supporting local groups trying to protect community forests from development.
Highlights from Previous Luncheon
*Photos from the 2023 Life Member Luncheon
THE 2024 LIFE MEMBER LUNCH
“BTGiants: Our Foremothers (and Fathers)”
BY Clara Miller
Clara is a Cultural Landscape Historian who worked for two years as an intern at the Oliver Archives and now has her Masters Degree in Gender History from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. She wrote her dissertation on hegemonic femininity and landscape gardens in Regency Britain. At our lunch, she spoke on founding and early members of the Bird and Tree Club, and the tangible legacy they have left in Chautauqua.
THE 2023 LIFE MEMBER LUNCH
“LESSONS LEARNED FROM A GARDENING LIFE”
BY HOLLY SHIMIZU
Holly is a nationally recognized horticulturist with a rich background in gardens, herbs, and plant conservation. After working in numerous gardens in England, Germany, Holland, and Belgium, Holly was the first Curator of the National Herb Garden at the US National Arboretum in Washington, DC. Most recently, Holly was the Executive Director of the US Botanic Garden, on the National Mall, where she was responsible for all aspects of running the Garden which experienced a renaissance during her leadership.
