{"id":13,"date":"2016-01-06T16:28:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T00:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:58:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Markham Regional Arboretum Society (MRAS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Wp-Normal-P\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-675 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Board-pic-1d-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Board pic 1d\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Board-pic-1d-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Board-pic-1d-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Wp-Normal-P\">Who We Are<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Markham Regional Arboretum Society (MRAS) operates volunteer gardening and community garden(s) within specific City of Concord parks as described in MRAS\u2019s License Agreement with the City of Concord.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Wp-Normal-P\">The Markham Regional Arboretum Society (MRAS) is a citizen-<wbr \/>run, non-<wbr \/>profit 501-<wbr \/>c3 corporation.\u00a0 \u00a0MRAS is governed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/about\/staff\/\">Board of Directors<\/a> and is operated entirely by volunteers. The MRAS strives to connect Concord residents with opportunities to garden.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Wp-Normal-P\"><span class=\"Normal-C-C0\">Mission<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The MRAS strives to connect Concord residents with opportunities to garden<span class=\"Normal-C-C0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">Together, with other volunteers, and\/or<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">Side by side as plot holders in the Community Garden(s).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">The MRAS strives to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Wp-Normal-P\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Provide opportunity to Concord residents to grow food and habitat plants.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Wp-Normal-P\">\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Maintain the International Garden, which was created by previous members of the MRAS.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Wp-Normal-P\">\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0Improve and create quality wildlife and pollinator habitat through planting California native plants appropriate to our local environment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Wp-Normal-P\">\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Maintain a collaborative and constructive relationship with our host, the City of Concord.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Wp-Normal-P\">\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Educate visitors about plants that do well in the California Mediterranean climate.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Normal-C-C0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-752 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1830-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1830-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1830-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_1830-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Normal-C-C0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Wp-Normal-P\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who We Are The Markham Regional Arboretum Society (MRAS) operates volunteer gardening and community garden(s) within specific City of Concord parks as described in MRAS\u2019s License Agreement with the City of Concord. The Markham Regional Arboretum Society (MRAS) is a citizen-run, non-profit 501-c3 corporation.\u00a0 \u00a0MRAS is governed by a Board of Directors and is operated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2254,"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/2254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}