{"id":19,"date":"2016-01-06T16:29:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T00:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2016-05-02T14:58:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:58:05","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Wp-Normal-P\"><span class=\"Normal-C-C0\">The Markham Regional Arboretum Society began in 1981 with a small group of Concord citizens who loved gardens. Their goal was to turn their land, a portion of which had been sold to the City of Concord by Ira and Bea Markham in 1966, into a beautiful arboretum.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1274\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1274\" src=\"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/markham.photo_-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"Ira and Bea Markham\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/markham.photo_-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/markham.photo_-1024x923.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ira and Bea Markham: the original owners of the property, planted many of its trees and inspired a generation of children to garden kindly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Wp-Normal-P\"><span class=\"Normal-C-C0\">They wanted to fulfill the Markham\u2019s dream of leaving a legacy of natural beauty for all the people of the region to enjoy. It was a vision of a place full of unique and interesting trees, shrubs, and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Normal-C-C0\">plants from all around the world that thrive in our inland\u2014yet marine-<wbr \/>influenced climate\u2014hot days and cool nights in the summer, with cold, frosty nights in winter time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Wp-Normal-P\"><span class=\"Normal-C-C0\">Today Markham Nature Park and Arboretum is a place of quiet beauty less than 20 blocks from downtown Concord. With its main entrance at the south end of La Vista Avenue, much of it is still in its natural state, with vegetation only slightly tamed. Shade-<wbr \/>dappled Galindo Creek flows through it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Wp-Normal-P\">If you&#8217;d like to know more, here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Pages-1-to-12-from-Markham-History.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">history written for the society&#8217;s 25th anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Markham Regional Arboretum Society began in 1981 with a small group of Concord citizens who loved gardens. Their goal was to turn their land, a portion of which had been sold to the City of Concord by Ira and Bea Markham in 1966, into a beautiful arboretum. They wanted to fulfill the Markham\u2019s dream [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"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":{"0":"post-19","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","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=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/1276"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markhamarboretum.org\/newmarkham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}