THE PINES AT DAVIDSON
Listening: The Love Story of Jack and Betty Kate Ruth
NEWS Girl meets Boy. Boy meets Girl. Isn’t that how most love stories begin? Indeed, that’s how Betty Kate and Jack Ruth met in 1951. Betty Kate, a recent Winthrop College graduate, was working as a summer DCE for a church in King’s Mountain, Jack’s hometown. That...
The Pines Arboretum Walking Path
NEWS The Pines at Davidson was approved in October 2022 (officially designated January 2023) as an Accredited Arboretum by ArbNet, the only international program of accreditation specific to arboreta. ArbNet has accredited 560 arboreta globally in 39...
The Pines Earns Level 1 Arboretum Accreditation
NEWS DAVIDSON, NC (1/25/23) – The Pines at Davidson has been awarded a Level 1 Accreditation by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and The Morton Arboretum, for achieving particular standards of professional practices deemed important for arboreta and...
Davidson Resident, Dr. Arvind Patil, Receives Grant to Further Study Dangerous Compounds in Drinking Water
NEWS Pines resident and research scientist Dr. Arvind Patil has received a $250,000 grant to continue his investigation on dangerous compounds in our drinking water. Dr. Patil received the grant from the Water Quality Research Foundation, which also gave him a...
Going “Batty” at The Pines
NEWS Soon after moving to The Pines from Vermont, we became aware of swarms of nasty little black mosquitoes that bit us when we were gardening or chatting with neighbors in our backyard. They were driving us "nutty!” In Vermont, we lived on Lake Iroquois and later...
Artwork Donated at The Pines Honors Heather McKee
NEWS This summer, residents Evalyn and Van Crawford donated a large piece of artwork in honor of Heather McKee, who served as Interim Executive Director of The Pines at Davidson from November 2020 to March 2021. Created by Andy Brinkley, the metallic...
Meet Vernon M. Baker
NEWS On July 26, Vernon M. Baker, the new President and CEO of The Pines, sat down with me to talk about his path to this new position and how he and his wife, Lisa, are adjusting to life in our community after their move from Charlottesville, Virginia. They have...
Pines Nature Organization Celebrates Arbor Day
NEWS Friday, April 30 was National Arbor Day and members of the Pines Nature Organization (PNO) were able to gather outside for the first time since the pandemic to plant a tree to honor those residents that were lost during this past year. The event was organized...
The Williams Room at The Pines
NEWS In recognition of the late Dr. W. T. “Bill” Williams, Jr., and his many contributions to The Pines at Davidson over three decades, The Pines’ Board of Directors has named its new multi-purpose room in his honor. A first-floor multipurpose space, the...
The Pines At Davidson Names McKee Interim President/CEO and Executive Director
NEWS Davidson, N.C. – Nov. 27, 2020 – The Board of Directors of The Pines at Davidson named Heather McKee to serve as its Interim President/CEO and Executive Director. She will assume her role on November 30, 2020. McKee will replace Executive Director Steve Jewell...
The Pines at Davidson
The first thing you should know about The Pines at Davidson: People are happy here. In a recent resident satisfaction survey, 98% said they would recommend us to their friends and family. Founded by friends and members of the Davidson College Presbyterian Church, The Pines welcome all faiths, races and nationalities. As a not-for-profit community, every penny of revenue after expenses is used to strengthen the organization and to further its mission, not to pay dividends to shareholders.