Bluebird Lottery Winners for 2025

By Shayne Mitchell

We know the winners now! All who correctly guessed one of the two winning nest box locations in our Bluebird Lottery have won a free one-year membership. (If you are named as a winner and have not received notification, please  heck your spam folder.) A new or updated membership card will be sent to the mailing address listed on the entry form.  

There are benefits to membership.  For those of you who may not be familiar with Landis, members get the following benefits:

  • A significant discount on Landis classes and field trips.
  • 10% discount on plants and admission to our Members Only Pick of the Pots Sale at our Spring and Fall Plant Sales.
  • Access to free or reduced-price admission, and in some cases a discount in their gift shops, for over 350 gardens and arboretums through the American Horticulture Society Reciprocal Admissions Program.

Grand Prize drawing - We had 15 prizes to award to 8 people so everyone will receive at least one prize, some will receive two.  The winners are: 

  • $25 Gift Certificate to the Apple Barrel - Liz Black, Sandi Russell, Roxanne Gillen, Joanne Crum
  • Nest Box – Dawn Turner
  • Wildbird Junction Bluebird Bundle (feeder, food, book and $15 gift certificate) - Andrew Kolbus
  • Case of Suet donated by Rick's Feed & Fuel - Julie Ohliger, Roxanne Gillen Julie donated the suet back to the lottery and it was then awarded to Ana Larson.
  • Free Landis Class or Field Trip - Andrew Kolbus
  • $20 Plant Sale Credit - Ana Larson
  • Subscription to the Schoharie News - Liz Black, Sandi Russell, Dawn Turner, Joanne Crum, Julie Ohliger

$25 gift certificates will be sent to the mailing address listed on the entry form. 

Instructions for winners of the class/field trip, plant sale, and Schoharie News subscriptions will be sent to the email address listed on the entry form.   

Nest box, bluebird bundle, and suet winners must pick up these prizes at the Arboretum within 30 days.  Please call our office at 518.875.6935 to arrange for pick up.  We cannot store these items indefinitely so we will draw a new name for any of these prizes that aren’t claimed in a timely manner.

Consider volunteering at Landis Arboretum.  The Arboretum depends on volunteers for everything from garden and trail maintenance to social media and marketing. Volunteer as little or as much as you like, and we're happy to work with any schedule. Please contact our volunteer coordinator at landisvolunteering@​gmail.​com if interested.

Questions or Comments?  More detailed information about the lottery results, and the overall success of our Bluebird Trail, will be available in our upcoming Fall newsletter and in our Bluebird Blog, all of which can be found on our website at https://landisarboretum.org/newsletters .  We are hoping to do the lottery again next year.  Please contact us if you have any questions and/or if you have any ideas on how to improve the lottery. 

Congratulations, and thanks for participating in the Arboretum’s BluebirdLottery. 


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