The 12th Annual Birdhouse Completion returns to the JC Raulston Arboretum, April 12–14. Entries will be accepted and judged on April 13, 2012. Get out your sketch pad, paints, and tool box. The competition is a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness about bird habitats, while expressing your own creativity.
Enter or visit. Over a hundred inspiring birdhouses in categories from Serious to Flights of Fancy and several children’s categories will be on display over a special spring weekend of Arboretum events for bird and garden lovers. The competition is free to enter and free to visit.
Open to adults and children. If you love the natural world and unique garden art, don’t miss the 12th Annual Birdhouse Competition, April 12–14, at JC Raulston Arboretum, Beryl Road, Raleigh.
Schedule of Events
April 12, 2012 (Thursday)
7:30 PM – Friends of the Arboretum Lecture – “Pandora’s (Bird)box:
Challenges and Solutions for Birds That Require Cavities” presented by
John A. Gerwin, Research Scientist and Curator of Birds, NC Museum of
Natural Sciences, and Treasurer, Wake Audubon Society
April 13, 2012 (Friday)
9:00 AM-6:00 PM – Registration of entries. No birdhouse entries will
be accepted after 6:00 PM.
4:00 PM-7:00 PM – JCRA Plant Sale
(Members Only Preview)
6:30 PM-9:30 PM – Judging begins promptly and should take one to three
hours to complete.
April 14, 2012 (Saturday)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM – JCRA Plant Sale
10:00 AM-5:00 PM – Entries on display.
April 15, 2012 (Sunday)
12:00 PM-5:00 PM – Entries on display.
5:00 PM-6:00 PM – Entries may be picked up.
April 16, 2012 (Monday)
Entries may be picked up between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM on Monday.
Entries not removed by 6:00 PM will become the property of the JCRA.
Birdhouse Competition Specifics
Categories
Adult (Ages 16 and above)
o Serious
o Flight of Fancy
Children
o Ages 4-6
o Ages 7-9
o Ages 10-12
o Ages 13-15
“Our Feathered Friends” Best-of-theme Award
Two best-of-theme awards will be given to the entries that best exemplify our “Our Feathered Friends” theme (one per all adults and one per all children). Use your imagination. Any birdhouse with a “Our Feathered Friends” theme will be considered for this award. This is not a separate category. All birdhouses entered will be considered for
this award.