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Reflections of an Herb Army Volunteer – Soldiers Needed!–page 4

Horticultural Therapy Bridges the Generational Gap–page 3

Good Things Growing…–page 6

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Thomas G. Amason, Jr. ��������������������������������President Henry Ray ������������������������������������������� President-Elect Reese Murray, III ��������������������������������������������Treasurer Tricia Noble ����������������������������������������������������Secretary Kimberly J. Rogers ����������������������������VP Development Fred Keith ���������������������������VP Facilities & Planning Morris C. Benners ������������� Immediate Past President Diana R. Slaughter ����������������������������������������������Officer Janet Taylor ����������������������������������������������������������Officer

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There is always something blooming at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

Plan your next visit soon!

Visit www.bbgardens.org and check out what’s new at The Gardens.

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Richard “Pokey” Adams Laurie Allen Billy Angell Mena Brock Lyndra Daniel Stewart Dansby Richard E. Davis James F. Hughey Jr. Margi Ingram Sheryl Kimerling Mike Malone Kathryn Porter David L. Silverstein Scott Walton Louis Willie, III Louise A. Wrinkle

S taff Fred Spicer �������������������������������������� Executive Director Olivia Alison ����������������������������� Development Director Stephanie Banks ����������������������������������Finance Director Shelly McCarty �����������������Special Events Coordinator Patrick Daniel ������� Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator Elizabeth Drewry ����������������������������������������������� Librarian Susan Grimes ���������Horticulture Therapy Coordinator Ellen Hardy �����������Education Program Coordinator Michael Hansen ���������� Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator Henry Hughes �������������������������������Education Director George Jenkins ���������������������������� Development Officer Jason Kirby �������������������������������������������Library Assistant Andrew Krebbs ������������������������Director of Marketing

& Membership Savannah Lanier �������������������Donor Relations Officer Hope Long ����������������������Director of Library Services Carleen Mitchell �����������������������������������������Finance Clerk Carolyn Snow ��������������������������Volunteer Coordinator Phyllis Sutton ��������������Education Activities Specialist Rona Walters ���������������������������������Membership Assistant

O ur M ission Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens promotes public knowledge of plants, gardens & the environment; & receives, raises & administers resources for these purposes.

O ur V ision The vision of Birmingham Botanical Gardens is to be one of the nation’s preeminent botanical gardens.

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Director’s Letter..................................1 Development ��������������������������������������2 Horticultural Therapy.........................3 Volunteer Spotlight.............................4 Library...................................................5 Gardening.............................................6 Summer Workshops...........................8 Education ��������������������������������������������9 Donor Listings.................................. 10

The Garden Dirt is the newsletter of Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

The Garden Dirt is published six times a year to foster awareness and support events, services, and significant programs of Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

We welcome your comments and address corrections. Please contact: Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Editor, Andrew Krebbs 2612 Lane Park Road Birmingham, AL 35223 205.414.3959 or akrebbs@bbgardens.org www.bbgardens.org Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens practices a policy of equal opportunity and equal access to services for all persons regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, orientation or sex. Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a facility of Birmingham Park and Recreation Board. The deadline for the July/August issue is May 15.

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Dear Friends: A huge thank-you goes out to volunteers, customers, attendees and sponsors of our justfinished spring events. The Spencer Lecture, Spring Plant Sale and Earth Day at The Gardens each reinforced our mission of educating people about plants, gardens and the environment, and the plant sale brought in significant and muchneeded operating revenue. These events are truly team efforts and without our dedicated volunteers, staff and partnering organizations they would not be possible or successful.

Speaking of mission: we’re on it. For yet another year, we will have delivered our award-winning, hands-on, science-based field trips to over 10,000 local school children. With many experts agreeing that a focus on science education has never been more important, we’re perfectly positioned to serve it up. Docents and funding from the Junior League of Birmingham (and dedicated staff) were again the critical elements in hitting this important metric. Horticultural Therapy is also steamrolling ahead with more than a dozen partnering institutions and organizations including Children’s Hospital and Jefferson County Health & Rehabilitation Centers. Young and old alike benefit tremendously from these programs and we’re serving many more than in previous years.

I’ll close by encouraging you to visit The Gardens. Allow yourself some time to let our beautiful urban oasis soothe and relax you. Take comfort in knowing that plants (and animals) respond to their own natural rhythms and are not affected by economic news (bad or good).

Everyone needs some degree of stability and predictability; our gardens and natural areas provide these free to you, every day.

See you in The Gardens, Fred Spicer Executive Director

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens: Is Alabama’s largest living museum with more than 10,000 plants in our living collection Is open 365 days a year offering free admission to over 350,000 visitors annually Serves in excess of 10,000 school children on free science curriculum-based field trips every year Contains the Southern Living Garden, Wildflower Garden, Japanese Gardens and more than 20 other unique gardens Blount Plaza

May 8-10 Bonsai Society Show & Sale

May 16 11-5 p.m.

May 17 1-4 p.m.

Daylily Show & Sale

June 13 Sale 9-3 p.m.

Show 1-3 p.m.

Donates over 2 tons of fresh produce to Magic City Harvest to feed Birmingham's hungriest every year Has the largest public horticulture library in the country - part of the Jefferson County Library System Provides Alabama's only Horticultural Therapy program serving ages 4 to 98 Has more than 67 acres with miles of serene paths for walking or jogging Houses more than 30 works of outdoor sculpture and a rotating art exhibit in the Garden Center Is home to Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) offering expert gardening help and a plant diagnostic laboratory Learn more about Birmingham Botanical Gardens at www.bbgardens.org.

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Dear Friends: funds a summer intern in public horticulture and The Gardens of Inverness Garden Club, in conjunction with Jefferson State University, provides an intern for horticultural therapy. This spring, thanks to the efforts of June Mays, Troy Rhone and other members of the Garden Conservancy, we are recipients of proceeds from their Open Days garden tours.

Everyone wants to know how The Gardens are doing in this economic climate. Thanks to you, our members and benefactors, and to our staff members for their thriftiness, we are managing to maintain our programs and care for The Gardens in tough times. A quick comparison of the first months of 2009 to those of last year shows a slight drop in number of donors but $10,000 more in donations.

We have projected less fundraising income this year, but our preliminary results from the Spring Plant Sale are encouraging. Multi-year sponsors like Johnson Sterling, Colonial Brookwood Village, Leaf & Petal, Regions Banks, Sterne, Agee & Leech Group and media sponsors Fox 6, Magic 96.5, Birmingham Home and Garden and Flower magazines have helped keep us in the black. We hope you will participate in our fall fundraiser, Antiques at The Gardens.

We are grateful to our members who contribute in spite of tight budgets and especially appreciate our new 2009 members. We also thank those who give gift memberships-yet another way to support The Gardens.

Special acknowledgement is due to friends like Sallie and Jim Johnson, who chose to become Garden Sustainers to help us through this lean year. Bill and Virginia Spencer, already benefactors of the Spencer Lecture series, have also become Garden Sustainers as well as members of the Perennial Society by remembering The Gardens in their wills. Among our renewing President’s Circle members are Eddie and Kay Aldridge, founders of Aldridge Botanical Garden and long-time champions of Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

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Those of you who give tributes or memorials for friends and colleagues are also enriching The Gardens. Recently we have received gifts in memory of Barbara Chenoweth, Bamie Williams, Bill Ireland and John B. Rudulph, Sr. that will be recognized in the next issue. To honor her mother, Fiona Grant has given a swing in the Little Ones’ Memory Garden. Friends and family of Katherine D. Caine are planning one elsewhere. Do consider honoring your loved ones with a tribute or memorial. Such a gift both recognizes your special person and benefits The Gardens.

While many of our regular grantors are funding food and shelter for the needy in the community, we continue to receive grants from the cities of Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills, from the Junior League and Vulcan Materials Foundation which allow us to offer free Discovery Field Trips to thousands of area school children. Mr. and Mrs. William Barnes, alumni of Avondale School, personally underwrite field trips to The Gardens for Avondale students. The Shades Valley Rotary Club

Please come out to The Gardens and see how your donations and membership monies, together with the support of the City of Birmingham, benefit our area citizens and all of Alabama. We work hard to deserve your support and hope you will consider giving us a bit more.

Thank you for seeing us through these challenging times.

Olivia Alison, Director of Development

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Horticultural Therapy Bridges the Generational Gap

Andrew Krebbs, Director of Marketing & Membership

When you hear someone say horticultural therapy, what do you imagine? Do you wonder if it’s some technique using plants that will fix your husband, or a hospital for sick plants?

Getting in your yard and gardening with your spouse could in fact help your relationship and prevent years of marital strife, but it isn’t the definition or purpose of horticultural therapy.

Horticultural therapy is the use of plants, and plant-related activities, as a treatment for people with mental, emotional, physical or developmental limitations. Birmingham Botanical Gardens has had a successful program for years and it continues to grow. One of our latest projects makes us very proud. The Gardens Students in Life Skills Academy standing next to the school’s enabling garden. now partners with Hewitt-Trussville This unique program allows students to develop necessary High School’s Life Skills Academy Program providing life skills while connecting with their community. It also horticultural therapy inside the classroom. allows the residents of The Oaks on Parkwood to increase their independent daily function and helps to combat The students have depression. Last year, students started a butterfly garden their very own garden for the residents and are already beginning their plans for with raised beds with other projects. The program is funded by a grant from easy access for those CAWACO and public donations. in wheelchairs and seating for those who Although data is limited, studies continue to show us have trouble standing. that the use of plants and gardening improves health.

Students learn about The students at Hewitt-Trussville are great examples of plants, start their own horticultural therapy working to improve daily life. projects in an indoor greenhouse and The Horticultural Therapy program at Birmingham maintain their raised Botanical Gardens has many other amazing projects just beds for the whole like this one and is always in need of an extra pair of student body to enjoy. hands. Contact Carolyn Snow, Volunteer Coordinator, at 205.414.3962.

Under the direction of Susan Grimes, Horticultural Therapy Coordinator at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Visit www.bbgardens.org to view more photos of the the students also participate in an intergenerational enabling garden at Hewitt-Trussville High School. mentoring program with the residents of The Oaks on Parkwood, a senior living community.

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Chris Boles Reflects on Herb Army and Volunteering at The Gardens Carolyn Snow, Volunteer Coordinator

When Chris Boles retired as a bank executive she needed something to occupy her time. She had always worked, but she had always gardened, too so she became a Master Gardener. This evolved into her volunteering with the Herb Army, just one of several plant groups that work vigorously to prepare for the Spring Plant Sale. The female volunteers intrigued her because of their various levels of work experience. Some had worked outside the home and some had not.

All of them were extremely interesting, thoughtful, caring, and clever women. They did not pressure volunteers if they missed a work session, but instead showed tremendous appreciation when volunteers could work and contribute.

Chris enjoys the Herb Army for several reasons. It is the only plant group that manages its own outside garden with the help of the gardeners. Volunteers design the garden, acquire, grow and plant all of the herbs. Each volunteer's work evolves from their own strengths, interests, and talents. Volunteers can learn as much as they want, and they decide how much responsibility they will assume. They determine which herbs will be sold at plant sales. They share their personal plants with each other.

The Gardens. They explore restaurants and various cuisines, take field trips, go hiking, and visit other gardens together.

Chris takes care of her six and eight year-old granddaughters who are learning that plants are a way of life. Their grandmother cooks with them, photographs them, and even paints them in oils and acrylics. She brings in fresh, cut flowers either from her gardens or from the store to beautify her home. She photographs and paints pictures of the natural landscape as she sees it from her river house on the Mulberry Fork of the Warrior River.

Chris learned to propagate from the late expert Juanita Martinez, growing mostly bay laurel, Jerusalem sage, porter weed, and the groups' specialty plants, such as special varieties of lavender. She also enjoys the study and experimentation of propagating other plants, and keeping detailed notes from each attempt. Each plant has its own unique cutting requirements, seasons or "moments" for successful propagation. The Herb Army's main interest is in the culinary aspect of herbs.

They are all excellent cooks and enjoy frequent potluck meals to celebrate successful sales and special occasions. Their group's camaraderie extends beyond

She encourages both newcomers and long-time residents in the area to join a plant group. Long-time residents can become involved in the exciting preparation for the Spring Plant Sale, our biggest event of the year. It's a great way for newcomers to make new friends, learn about Birmingham, and become involved in the community.

To learn more about the volunteer program at Birmingham Botanical Gardens visit www.bbgardens.org or call 414.3962.

A special thanks to all the many volunteers who made the Spring Plant Sale a huge success.

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Ruth Stout I usually review a new book for the newsletter, but I feel compelled to tell you about an older book that I have recently discovered. A few weeks ago one of the reference librarians from Vestavia Hills called me and said she had a patron who was looking for an old video about and elderly lady who liked to garden in the nude at midnight. I must say that my interest was peaked, especially since we don’t normally get such risqué questions in a botanical library. After much help, someone suggested that it might be Ruth Stout. I searched the catalog and found that we did indeed have the video, so I sat down and watched it. I found the video, and Ruth Stout herself, to be highly amusing and extremely informative. Never being one to conform to everyone else’s ideas about how to do anything, especially gardening, Ruth Stout created a new way of gardening that was dubbed ‘The Stout Method.’ I was so intrigued by the video I decided to see what books she had written. Now if you know me personally, you know that I am easily distracted by anything shiny and colorful and this includes gardening books. If it

doesn’t have color pictures, it most likely won’t keep my attention for very long, however I found myself actually reading Ruth Stout’s book Gardening Without Work: for the aging, the busy and the indolent (it has no pictures). Being a lazy gardener, especially when temperatures reach over 90 degrees, I decided to browse this book to see if I could find any shortcuts. The book is a delightfully funny read all the while giving you her many secrets of how not to kill yourself in the garden. She definitely goes against much of what you read now-a-days, but it worked for her and many others. I’m convinced, and plan to try it this summer. By the way, she did garden in the nude, but not by moonlight she did it during the day. Stop in the library and check out one of her books or tapes. See ya in the stacks!

Visit the Gerlach Plant Information Center inside the Garden Center during May and June for the exhibit “Community Gardens, Victory Gardens and Growing your own food.”

M a i n L i b r a ry A r t G a l l e ry | M a r c h /A p r i l Rebecca Mayhall is a Senior at Samford University majoring in Fine Arts. She has been a Work Study Intern with the Gardens for over three years.

Rebecca was involved in art classes all throughout grade school and because of that, she developed a deep love for art at a young age. Rebecca prefers making pencil and ink drawings, black and white photographs and mixed media pieces, but she is learning to love painting. Rebecca is graduating in May with plans to attend graduate school and become an art teacher.

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FRUITS AND NUTS – Continue spray program. Keep grass from around trees and strawberries. Peaches and apples can still As a botanical name, Schizophragma lacks the be budded. feminine familiarity of names like Daphne and SHRUBS – Newly planted shrubs need extra care now and in Iris, and the lyrical quality of Camellia and coming weeks. Don’t spray with oil emulsions when temperature Hydrangea. It’s not evocative either, deriving is above 85 °F. from the Greek, schizo, to cut, and phragma, LAWNS – Now is the best time to start lawns from seed. Water new lawns as needed to prevent drying. Keep established lawns an enclosure or wall (small walls between its actively growing by watering fertilizing and mowing. Spray weeds fruits fall away when ripe). The common name, in lawns with proper herbicide. false hydrangea-vine, offers little help. But if ROSES – Spray or dust for insects and diseases. Fertilize you’ve got a tall tree or sturdy shaded wall, then monthly with complete fertilizer or rose special. Container-grown Schizophragma hydrangeoides plants in flower may be planted. Prune climbing roses after the you’ve got the ideal location for a Schizophragma ‘Moonlight’ first big flush offlowering.

- you’ll just have to deal with the name. A few ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS – Late plantings of bedding of ours (planted in 2002-04) are beginning to show their stuff (foliage color and plants still have time to produce. Watch for insects on day lilies. texture, flowers in late May) and are highlighted here.

Schizophragma hydrangeoides ‘Moonlight’ is likely (deservedly) the most common cultivar in the trade, sporting handsome heart-shaped leaves with silver-blue (pewter) coloration and dark veins; fall color is pale yellow. Although it has happily climbed 30’ up a large southern red oak in the McReynolds Garden, it is finally flowering after six years. Nevertheless, it’s worth growing for the foliage alone.

S. h. ‘Roseum’ flowered nicely in the Curry Rhododendron Garden after three years (1-gallon size), and after one year in the Hosta Walk (3-gallon size). Lacecap flowers are typical for the species: large sterile bracts pin-wheel around small fertile flowers. Look Schizophragma hydrangeoides. ‘Roseum’ for deeper pink coloration (on the bracts) in cooler climes; at BBG it’s there but not overwhelming. No matter, it was the first of its genus to flower and should be your first choice if flowers are your goal.

Schizophragma integrifolium var. molle flowered for the first time five years from planting. Fully 12” across, the hemispherical heads were surprisingly dainty, owing to the profuse nature of the fluffy fertile florets. Leaves on this selection are also big and covered with downy hairs giving a grayish appearance at leaf-out and a bold texture through the season. Flowers were at peak around 26 May in the Curry Rhododendron Garden.

BULBS – Summer bulbs started in containers may still be planted. Do not remove foliage from spring flowering bulbs. Do not let seedheads form on tulips and other spring flowering bulbs.

MISCELLANEOUS – Mulch new shrub plantings if not already done. Avoid drying out new shrub, tree and lawn plantings.

VEGETABLE SEED – Plant heat-loving and tender vegetables. Start cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and celery in coldframe for fall garden.

VEGETABLE PLANTS – Plant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and sweet potatoes.

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FRUITS AND NUTS – Layer grapes and continue spray programs.

Thin apples and peaches if too thick.

SHRUBS – Lace bugs may be a problem on azaleas, pyracanthas, dogwoods, cherry laurels, and other shrubs. Water as needed. Fertilize now. Keep long shoots from developing by pinching out tips. Good time to take cuttings from semi-mature wood for rooting.

LAWNS – Follow a schedule of fertilization and watering. Lawns should be mowed weekly Planting may continue if soil is moist. Continue weed spraying if necessary.

ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS – Keep old flower heads removed to promote continued flowering. Plant garden mums if not already in. For compact mums, keep tips pinched out. Watch for insects and diseases.

BULBS – Foliage may be removed from spring bulbs if it has yellowed and is becoming dry. Watch for aphids and thrips on summer bulbs.

MISCELLANEOUS – If scale insects continue on shrubs, use materials other than oils. Set houseplants on porch or outdoors in shade and pay close attention to the need for water. If desired, air layer houseplants.

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For more information on Schizophragma, please go to www.bbgardens.org.

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VEGETABLE SEED – Plant beans, field peas, pumpkins, squash, corn, cantaloupes and watermelons.

VEGETABLE PLANTS – Plant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and sweet potato vine cuttings.

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2009 Alabama Bonsai Society Spring Show

Catering • Event Planning • Design

Saturday, May 16, 11a.m. - 5p.m.

Sunday, May 17, 1p.m. - 4p.m.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Strange Auditorium

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Members receive 10% discount on lunch at the cafe *please show member card when ordering

This annual show features a superb assortment of miniaturized trees grown and styled through the ancient art of bonsai. Bonsai trees, pots and tools will be available for sale. Members of the Alabama Bonsai Society will be available to discuss the aspects of bonsai and the care of your trees.

Wonderful Lunches • Extraordinary Events The Beauty of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens Box Lunches • Event Menus • Patio Seating

Lunch: Tuesday - Saturday, 11-2 • Host your next social or corporate event at The Gardens Café 2612 Lane Park Road • Birmingham • 205.871.1000 • thegardenscafe@kathyg.com

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Children’s Summer Workshops at The Gardens

Make Children’s Summer Workshops at The Gardens a summer tradition for your family!

Workshops are designed to promote your child’s natural sense of creativity and discovery with fun learning experiences at The Gardens for children entering 5K-5th grades. Each workshop is limited to 15 children. All workshops are guided by certified teachers. Pre-registration is required. A light snack is provided. Please bring your own water bottle.

Members (Hydrangea Level and above) receive a 20% discount. All registrants receive 10% discount for afternoon sessions.

$110 / $88 Members $100 / $80 Members

Monday-Friday Morning sessions Monday-Friday Afternoon sessions

* Indicates an additional $10 fee for materials

(9:00-11:30) (1:00-3:30)

Register for 2 workshops and get the 3rd free!

Eco-Artists in The Gardens June 8-12 ��������������������������������������For children entering 5K-2nd grade

Explore, Imagine, Create July 6-10 ��������������������������������������For children entering 5K-2nd grade

Lavender and Lemonade: Cooking and Crafting with Herbs June 8-12 ��������������������������������������� For children entering 3rd-5th grade

Summer Garden Chefs* July 13-17 ������������������������������������For children entering 5K-2nd grade Summer Garden Chefs* July 13-17 ��������������������������������������For children entering 3rd-5th grade

Young Artists in The Gardens (afternoon session only) June 15-19 �����������������������������������For children entering 5K-2nd grade

Digging, Planting, Wiggling, Exploring July 20-24 ������������������������������������For children entering 5K-2nd grade

Eco-Artists in The Gardens (afternoon session only) June 15-19 ������������������������������������ For children entering 3rd-5th grade

Painting, Pounding, Picking, Pressing July 20-24 ����������������������������������For children entering 5K-2nd grade

Young Artists in The Gardens June 22-26 �����������������������������������For children entering 5K-2nd grade

Art and Yoga Camp: Stretch Your Creativity July 27-31 ������������������������������������For children entering 5K-2nd grade

Monet’s Garden June 22-26 ������������������������������������ For children entering 3rd-5th grade

It’s A Buggy World July 6-10 ���������������������������������������For children entering 5K-2nd grade

Paint your Impressions of Nature July 27-31 ��������������������������������������For children entering 3rd-5th grade

Central Alabama Daylily Society & Birmingham Daylily Society present

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Visit www.bbgardens.org for full descriptions of each workshop and to register online.

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens Partners with Fresh Air Family Henry Hughes, Director of Education

This spring Birmingham Botanical Gardens started hosting a series of activities for Fresh Air Family. Saturday morning nature hikes, based on The Gardens’ Discovery Field Trips for elementary school children, continue on Saturdays.

Families are encouraged to participate in these nature hikes – visit www.bbgardens.org for a current listing.

Ambassadors meet at The Gardens on Sunday afternoons, twice a month for up to a year. They participate in Gardens activities, such as the Spring Plant Sale and Earth Day at The Gardens, to gain invaluable leadership experience.

To learn more about the programs being offered at The Gardens visit www.bbgardens.org or contact Henry Hughes, Director of Education, at 205.414.3952 or hhughes@bbgardens.org.

The mission of Fresh Air Family is to teach that every living thing deserves respect, to connect youth with nature, to build families and future leaders and to build pride in our natural wealth. Verna Gates, professional writer, storyteller and former president of the Alabama Wildflower Society founded the local nonprofit in 2006.

Fresh Air Family also launched a new Ambassador Program, designed to give young people leadership training for real life experiences like writing for a professional newspaper blog, editing, photography, making speeches and presentations, interviewing with the media, attending corporate meetings, participating on boards, networking, interacting with the public and fundraising. The

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The 57th Annual Birmingham Rose Show and Sale is a Birmingham tradition.

Hosted by the Birmingham Rose Society May 8-10 at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the rose show is free and open to the public. May 10th is Mother's Day and a perfect day to bring mothers to The Gardens to stop and smell the roses. A tour of the rose gardens is also planned.

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Dr. & Mrs. William M. McDonald

Bill Blair

Hill N Dale Garden Club

William A. Bowron

Mrs. S. Hassel Marcus, Jr.

Katherine D. Caine Mr. Alva C. Caine Mr. Edward Christian Ms. Jackie Fitts Martine Sebbag

Cathryn Caldwell

Jeannie & Dan Brown Lyn Buchanan Joyce & Jim Cauthen Jennifer & Jim Davis Linda Emerson Debra & Jerry Gordon-Hellman Ann Nathews Griffin & Terry Griffin Keitha Hudson Lee & Kent Irein Nancy Jackson Linda & Roger James Ramu Krishna Donna Matthews Mr. & Mrs. B. J. Purcell Janet Raines Barry Smith Diane Tucker

2009 Garden Sustainers chairman Mrs. Louise D. Johnson

John Evins

director

Mrs. Lee B. Chapman

Rosalie Gambrill

Mrs. Claire H. Fairley

Barbara S. Helm

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Seymour

Mrs. William F. Ireland Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Jones, Jr.

Helen Hoffman

benefactor

advisor

Mr. & Mrs. James J. Monaghan

Ms. Dawn Brian

Edward K. Jones

Mr. & Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher

Eucommis sp.

Barbara Kraus

Country Garden Club Mrs. Shawn Dunaway Mr. & Mrs. Tom L. Miller Mr. & Mrs. James R. Neill Joy Phipps Shuster Corporation Mrs. Kimeran Stevens Mr. & Mrs. John Young

Charles Moore

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Medsker Mr. & Mrs. Doug Simmons

Charles Morgan

Mr. & Mrs. Earl Trafton

Jeanne M. Naramore

Dirt Daubers Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher Mr. & Mrs. W. Hall Thompson

George D. Palmer

Hill N Dale Garden Club

Lola Sue Perry The Surgery Center

Austin Price

Jim & Nancy Price

Dorothy Roach

Mrs. James R. Forman, Jr.

Jack Saul

Brookhill Condominium Owners

Jo Anne C. Sims

Mr. & Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher

Edna Whitehead

Kerria japonica ‘Chiba Gold’

Belle Meade Garden Club Country Garden Club

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Southern Progress Corporation Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Allison, Jr. Mrs. Tom Tartt Brown Mrs. Crawford T. Johnson, III Mr. & Mrs. Taylor Pursell Mr. & Mrs. James T. Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Arant Stockham

patron

Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc Ms. Ann Bruno Mr. & Mrs. W. Frank Cobb, III Mr. James M. Fail Mr. & Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher Dr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr. Mrs. Jane H. Head Mr. & Mrs. James M. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Jon Kimerling Mr. & Mrs. Guy K. Mitchell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr. Dr. James L. Newsome Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Northen III Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Ray, Jr. Mrs. Dorothy L. Renneker Mr. & Mrs. William J. Rushton, III Mr. & Mrs. Jarred O. Taylor, II Mr. & Mrs. John A. Williamson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wrinkle To learn more about Garden Sustainer Club please contact Olivia Alison at 205.414.3961.

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Dr. & Mrs. Derrill Crowe Mr. & Mrs. Drayton Nabers, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. H. Craft O’Neal Mr. & Mrs. William C. Patterson Mr. & Mrs. William M. Slaughter Mr. & Mrs. Earl Trafton

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Dr. & Mrs. John D. Elmore Mr. & Mrs. Clarke H. Gillespy Dr. & Mrs. Richard B. Morawetz Mr. & Mrs. Claude Nielsen Mrs. Louise G. Smith

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Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Adams Mr. & Mrs. Tom Baker Mr. Albert P. Brewer Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Bromberg, Jr. Mr. James V. Fairley, Jr. Mrs. Chita S. Gaskin Dr. & Mrs. Jimmie H. Harvey, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry F. Hughes Ms. Ginger LaRue Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Rooney Mr. & Mrs. Murray W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Lee J. Styslinger, III Ms. Carol A. Sutfin

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Mr. & Mrs. Jack Bailey Ms. Melody R. Banks Dr. & Mrs. Charles R. Becker Mrs. Barbarann Beckett-Gaines Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Boldin Mr. & Mrs. Augustus R. Bray, Jr. Ms. Mary Ellen Calhoun Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Carroll Mrs. Linda Champlin

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Mr. & Mrs. A. Philip Cook, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Cowin Dr. Anne M. Cusic & Dr. Bruce Cusic Dr. & Mrs. James A. Davis Mrs. Carolyn E. Edwards Mr. & Ms. Virgil Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Elliott Mrs. Joyce Engler Ms. Anita Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Earl George Dr. & Mrs. Allan Goldstein Dr. & Mrs. William Hansford Mrs. Jane B. Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Frank Jones, Jr. Jerry & Cheryl Jones Walter & Carolyn LaGroue Ms. Ethelwyn Langston Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Long, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Markus Mrs. Robert McCalley Mrs. J. M. Morgan, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ken Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Leon A. Nolen III Mrs. Alfred P. Pugh, Sr. Mrs. Carolyn B. Reed Mr. Sperry Snow Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Steele Mr. & Mrs. Frank Stitt Dr. & Mrs. James C. Walker, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. George L. Zorn, Jr.

h y d r a n ge a Sumaya Ali & Isam Eltoum Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Atwood Ms. Jeanne Averhart Dr. & Mrs. Martin T. Bailey Mr. & Mrs. T.A. Beckham Mr. & Mrs. Dylan Black Mrs. Patricia H. Blinn Ms. Joy Bonney Mr. Timothy Brown Mr. Carl Bruner Mr. & Mrs. Bill J. Burnham Mrs. Samuel Burr Ms. Hana Burwinkle

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$60

Mrs. Juliet Calvin Dr. & Mrs. Harold Cannon Mrs. Jennifer Cofield Mr. & Mrs. Jack Cole Mr. & Mrs. John K. Craig Mr. & Mrs. Homer E. Croasmun, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Crook Ms. Mary Kay Culpepper & Mr. Cullen Clark Mr. & Mrs. Ken Damsgard Mrs. Judy Daniel Mr. Todd Daniel Mr. & Mrs. J. Dargan III Ms. Susan E. Davenport Mr. & Mrs. Ogden S. Deaton Ms. Sis Dixon Mr. & Mrs. C. T. Dodge Mr. & Mrs. Glenn H. Donald Mr. & Mrs. Luther Dorr Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Drennen Dr. & Mrs. Bonner Engelhardt Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Erdreich, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. D. Lawrence Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Alvin V. Filer Mr. & Mrs. William French, III Mr. & Mrs. Howard E. Furnas, III Dr. & Mrs. Craig B. Gallaway Mrs. Virginia Gillenwater Dr. & Mrs. R. David Glasgow Mr. & Mrs. John H. Goff, Jr. Ms. Cynthia Gore Mr. & Mrs. Mac B. Greaves Ms. Pat Green Ms. Jan C. Greer Mr. & Mrs. Micheal W. Griggs Mr. & Mrs. Fred Habeeb Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hall Fletcher & Ann Harvey Mr. & Mrs. J. Carroll Hastings Mr. & Mrs. Bill Hays, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Helfand Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hemby Mrs. Megan Hensarling Ms. Beth Ann Higgs & Mr. Rodger Barnett Ms. Margaret Hillhouse Ms. Valerie W. Holley Ms. Sarah S. Hood & Mr. Alex Hood Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Hudspeth

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Dr. Edward Abraham & Mrs. Norma-May Isakow Mr. & Mrs. Russell Jackson Mr. Richard Jett Mrs. Katherine Jones Dr. & Mrs. Daniel D. Jones Ms. Elaine Kassouf Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Keel Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Kelley Mr. & Mrs. B. E. Kidd, III Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kiell Mr. Dean Kirkland Ms. Carol Kirkpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Mark Lockhart Mr. & Mrs. James H. Lott, Jr. Mrs. Beverly Lynton Mr. & Mrs. David E. Mackin Bill & Melinda Mathews Ms. Emily W. McGowin Ms. Kelsey McLemore Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Molliston Mr. & Mrs. James J. Monaghan Mrs. Dorothy A. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. J. Reese Murray Mr. & Mrs. John T. Natter Mr. & Mrs. Britton Neal Mr. Scott Owens Mrs. Catherine K. Owens Dr. & Mrs. Kent G. Palcanis Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Parker Mr. Thomas R. Patchen & Mr. John M. Vintson, Jr. Mrs. Jennifer Patko Dr. Donald Patterson Mrs. Janet V. Perry Dr. & Mrs. John R. Phillips, III Ms. Carol Ann Phillips & Frank Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Jack B. Porterfield, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Pruett

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Mr. & Mrs. James B. Riddle Mrs. Carol Ringland Mrs. Martha A. Ross Mr. & Mrs. William Sandlin Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sanford Mr. & Mrs. William Silsbee, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Donald H. Slappey, Sr. Ms. Diane M Smith Ms. Debby N. Sorensen Mr. O. David Taunton Dr. Martha Thompson & Mr. Richard Thompson Mr. Arthur Tyson Dr. & Mrs. Will Varnell Ms. Rona A. Walters Murray & Wayne Williamson Mr. & Mrs. James Wilson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James H. Woodson Mrs. Bess O. Yeilding

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Mrs. Bess Constantine Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Curran Mr. Steve Dapkus Mrs. Anita Dark Mrs. Shirley G. Dawson Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dendy Ms. Felicia DuBose Mr. & Mrs. John Dulin Mrs. Clifford Emond Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Farris Mr. & Mrs. William G. Faulkner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John L. Feagin, Jr. Ms. Rachel S. Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Glaub Mr. Josh Goodin Drs. Bama & Jeff Hager Mrs. Judy Haise Mrs. Patricia Hardy Mrs. Jan Hatchett Mr. & Mrs. Jack G. Hays Mr. & Mrs. Richard Healy Mr. & Mrs. Garland W. Heare Ms. Nanaline Holt Mrs. Mary Hooks Ms Jennifer Howell Ms. Denise Howland Dr. Jeanne S. Hutchison Mrs. Jerry N. Johnson Mrs. Mary Johnston Ms. Karen Kelly Ms. Joyce W. Lane Mrs. Mary Lyn LaRussa Ms. Sharon Lewis Ms. Towana Lichty & Mr. J.C. Lichty Ms. Rebecca F. Lipscomb Mrs. June Mays Mrs. Charlotte McDavid Mr. & Mrs. William McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Gene McElroy

$45

Uncut Flowers Ms. Jenny Adams Mr. & Mrs. Michael Alosi Ms. Laura K. Alvord Mr. & Mrs. Bert Amason Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Arrington Miss Lauren Ashburner Mrs. India Askew Mrs. Cheri Aycock Ms. Katie Baker Mrs. Michele Baum Mrs. Melissa Beukelman Mrs. Lynn Bloomston Miss Lela Anne Brewer Mrs. Debra Burrell Mrs. James J. Bushnell Mr. & Mrs. Coffee Colvin

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Ms. Alison McGiffin Ms. Jane McKenzie Ms. Ellen McLaughlin Mr. Edward F. Minner Ms. Mary B. Morgan Mrs. Sandra Najjar Mr. Michael Nolan Mrs. Ethel N. Owen Mr. & Mrs. Joe Owings Mrs. Judy Parker Mr. Virgil Pelon Ms. Catherine C. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Andy Prewitt Mrs. Edith F. Pruett & Ms. Gloice Pruett Mr. & Mrs. Alan Register Mr. Wallace Reynolds Ms. Michelle Reynolds Ms. Jean Rhone Ms. Rebecca Rogers Mrs. Sara M. Roseman Dr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Rousso Mrs. Barbara Rugg Mr. Thomas W. Schultz Ms. Ann Scott Mr. & Mrs. Henry G. Seibels, Jr. Mrs. Paschal G. Shook Mr. & Mrs. A. Page Sloss, Jr. Mrs. Sue Solomon Mr. & Mrs. William R. Sweet Mrs. Judith F. Thomason Ms. Mabel D. Turner Peter A. Van Zandt Mrs. Betty Warren Mrs. Betty C. Welden Ms. Kris M. Whitaker Dr. Emily Whitt Ms. Elizabeth Whitt Ms. Carolyn R. Wynn

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J a n u a r y 1 - F e b r u a r y 28, 2009 Altec Industries, Inc Birmingham Public Library Children’s Health System (Children’s Hospital) City of Mountain Brook Energen Corporation Forest Park Garden Club GA-AL Horticultural Therapy Assn.

Jefferson County Library Cooperative Johnson Sterling, Inc. Leaf ‘N Petal Lucille S. Beeson Charitable Trust Red Mountain Garden Club Regions Financial Corporation Starnes & Atchison LLP State of Alabama Sterne, Agee & Leach Group, Inc. The Kimerling Foundation The Thompson Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Henry F. Hughes Ms. Nell J. Hurley Mr. & Mrs. Fred Vines Dr. & Mrs. Charles R. Katholi Mrs. & Mr. Jane Killian Mrs. Elizabeth Kohn Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Lucas Mrs. June Mays Ms. Kim McBride Dr. & Mrs. Walter C. McCoy Ms. Sarah McNeill Ms. Margie Miller Mr. & Mrs. David Minor Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Paul Nash Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Newsome Mr. & Mrs. Don A. Newton Mr. & Mrs. Alex Newton Mr. & Mrs. Dale E. O’Connor

Uncut Flowers Mr. & Mrs. Keith B. Arendall Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Baker Dr. & Mrs. Charles R. Becker Eric & Julieanna Brandino Ms. Frances M. Brandon Ms. Susan Colvin Ms. Marsha Drennen Mrs. Carolyn Drennen Mr. & Mrs. John Dulin Mr. & Mrs. George F. Elliott Ms. Patricia M. Fairchild Mrs. Claire H. Fairley Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence G. Forlano Mrs. John Forney Fletcher & Ann Harvey Mrs. Linda S. Herren Mr. Logan Hinkle Mr. David Hood

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Mrs. Jane Ogles Ms. Donnie G. Olis Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Pearce Ms. Mary A. Perry Mr. & Mrs. James W. Porter, II Dr. & Mrs. John W. Poynor Mr. Troy Rhone Mr. & Mrs. Allen D. Rushton Dr. & Mrs. Richard B. Shepard Mr. & Mrs. William M. Slaughter Mr. & Mrs. A. Page Sloss, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William M. Spencer, III Mr. & Mrs. Jason D. Stein Dr. Nalini Sundaram Dr. & Mrs. Robert Wendorf Mr. & Mrs. George F. Wheelock, III Mr. Steven Hodges & Ms. Janice H. Williams Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wrinkle

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