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A Story of Giving – Fay Ireland |

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Planting Seeds for the Future |

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Make a Difference with your Year End Gift | page 12 Don’t Miss The Last Cocktails in The Gardens |

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Our Mission

Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens

2008 Board of Directors Morris C. Benners

President

Thomas G. Amason, Jr.

President-Elect

Reese Murray, III

Treasurer

Tricia Noble

Secretary

Kimberly J. Rogers

VP Development

Fred Keith

VP Facilities & Planning

Douglas Stockham

Immediate Past President

Hubert W. Goings, Jr.

Officer

Janet Taylor

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Pokey Adams Laurie Allen Billy Angell Lyndra Daniel Stewart Dansby Richard E. Davis James F. Hughey Jr. Margie Ingram Sheryl Kimerling Mike Malone Henry Ray David L. Silverstein Diana R. Slaughter Scott Walton Louis Willie, III Louise A. Wrinkle

S taff Fred Spicer

Executive Director

Olivia Alison

Development Director

Stephanie Banks

Finance Director

Our Vision

Director’s Letter...........................1 Fay Ireland ����������������������������������2 Perennial Society..........................3 Volunteer Spotlight......................4 Library.........................................5 Gardening....................................6 Education...................................11 Tax Savings ��������������������������������12 Donor Listings...........................16

Donor Relations Officer

Shelly Busby

Special Events Coordinator

Patrick Daniel

Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator

Elizabeth Drewry

Senior Library Assistant

Susan Grimes

Horticulture Therapy

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

Hope Long

Director of Library Services

Carolyn Snow

Volunteer Coordinator

Phyllis Sutton

Education Activities Specialist

Sheenae Westmoreland Membership Assistant

The vision of Birmingham Botanical Gardens is to be one of the nation’s preeminent Fagus grandifolia, botanical gardens.

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Ta b l e o f Co nt ents

Stefanie Blakely

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

The Garden Dirt is the newsletter of Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The Garden Dirt is published six times a year to foster awareness & support of events, services, & significant programs of Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens. We welcome your comments & 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 & 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 & Recreation Board.

The deadline for the January/February issue is November 10.

This publication is subsidized as a community service by Craftsman Printing, Inc., Birmingham, AL

Hydrangea quercifolia, Kaul Wildflower Garden

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Dear Friends: If you’re reading this newsletter, chances are you’re already a supporter of Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and have made one or more kinds of personal investments in this organization. On behalf of everyone who works here at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and our visitors that number in the hundreds of thousands, it is my privilege to extend our sincere gratitude for another outstanding year.

We are fortunate to have over 1,000 active volunteers who support our educational programs, special events, gardening activities, and administrative work. With their help, our work is multiplied; many of these dedicated people are members as well, over 2,700 strong as of this writing. If this sounds like a relatively low number, consider that the main benefit of such memberships is typically unlimited admission.

For a cultural institution which is free 365 days a year, this is a very good number.

Many of our volunteers and members also support us through philanthropic giving – funds given with no quid pro quo: no free classes, no early-bird parties, and no special perks. We deeply appreciate each and every gift of time, talent and treasure, but philanthropy represents a true gift of the heart, with nothing expected in return except the continued delivery of our mission to educate people about plants, gardens and the environment. We put your gifts to work, too: for every dollar we spend, seventy-one cents is spent on programming. You can see ample evidence of this work in our Comprehensive Report on Education at www.bbgardens.org.

Now, as we enter this season of giving, please consider Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens as the beneficiary of a philanthropic gift from your heart. The more we do, the more we depend on you.

See you in The Gardens, Fred

Save t he Date Red Mountain Garden Club “Greenery Sale” December 3 9a.m.-1p.m.

HollyDay Magic December 4 & 5 3:30-5:30p.m.

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon December 9 Shades Valley Council “Christmas Flower Show December 11 1-5p.m.

December 12 9a.m.-3p.m.

44th Annual Member Celebration Dinner January 15 Virginia Beeland Spencer Lecture March 12

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The Orchid Thief: A Memorial to Sandra Sokol 1935-2007 Dedication Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 5 pm Sculptor Frank Fleming was a dear friend of Sandra Sokol, long-time volunteer at The Gardens and orchid fancier, making his commission for the memorial even more meaningful.

Frank rose to the challenge of creating a bronze phaleonopsis and placed it in the paws of one of his signature rabbits. The sculpture made its debut at this year’s Alabama Orchid Society show and now resides near the entrance to the Conservatory.

Please join us as we dedicate the memorial outside at 5 p.m. on Tuesday November 25, followed by a reception with members of the Alabama Orchid Society in the Hodges Room.

We will celebrate Sandra and thank her family and friends who helped fund the memorial. If you would like to contribute, please contact Stefanie Blakely at 205.414.3955.

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A Story of Giving – Fay Ireland Development Director, Olivia Alison

Watch out for Fay Baby—the new bright orange fork lift christened by the greenhouse staff in honor of Fay Belt Ireland! The fork lift is part of Fay’s major gift to improve the potting shed “where the greenhouse staff and volunteers do their work.” Her donation has also funded a new ice machine, a new garage door, cushy floor mats, stainless steel soil tables on motorized lifts and high intensity lighting. In the works are new office spaces for greenhouse staff members Linda Emerson and Gregg Clark, an office for security and windows for the staff break room.

A volunteer room and a canopy connecting the potting shed with the restrooms and production houses are also planned. Through her thoughtful donation, Fay is helping us make The Gardens a safer and more pleasant place to work and volunteer.

Fay’s philanthropy has touched many Alabamians, especially those involved in public health, education and the environment. A nurse herself, she supports the UAB Alabama School of Nursing and that of her alma mater Cornell University. Fay was also a founder of Glenwood, the Autism and Behavioral Health Center.

Through their sponsorship of the Discovering Alabama program on Alabama Public Television, Fay and her husband Bill have exposed millions of people to the natural beauty and diversity of our state.

Fay has been a real champion of Birmingham Botanical Gardens through the years. Her plant group- just renamed FBI Perennial Society in her honor- is one of the strongest volunteer forces at The Gardens. Fay began the Fall Fiesta (now the Fall Plant Sale) to sell their perennials and was twice chairman of the Spring Plant Sale. She served on the Master Plan Committee (1982-9), as President of the Auxiliary (1983-5) and for many years as a member of the Board of Trustees. She has also beautified The Gardens, from the handsome trees honoring her thirteen grandchildren,

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to funding the popular Ireland Room and the Ireland Iris Garden with Bill- to whom she has been married for 60 years. In 1994, Fay was awarded the Ida C. Burns Volunteer of the Year Award. This year she is The Garden’s nominee for the Association of Fundraising Professional’s National Philanthropy Day celebration on November 13. Please congratulate her – thanks to Fay Baby (both the lady and the fork lift) The Gardens are moving ahead.

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Planting Seeds for the Future – Peggy Balliet says that she is not a gardener. Her passion is building hospitals in Africa. Together with her husband Michael and dedicated volunteers from Birmingham’s Independant Presbyterian Church, she has helped establish hospitals and clinics in Kenya and Zambia. Peggy, however, does care about The Gardens and made a recent bequest commitment to its endowment fund, and is thus a member of The Gardens’ Perennial Society.

Peggy’s planned gift will honor her mother Belle Gafford, who was head of Federated Garden ClubsDistrict Three when The Gardens were just beginning. Mrs. Gafford helped fund the new botanical gardens and, through a bequest, her daughter will help insure its future.

If you would like to follow their example, please contact Olivia Alison, Director of Development, at 205.414.3961 or oalison@ bbgardens.org. We will be happy to send you a brochure about The Perennial Society with suggestions for estate planning. The information is also available on our website.

Peggy & Michael with the Congalese doctor & his wife at Mwandi Mission, Zambi, Africa

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Congratulations to Kittie Buchanan and Kathleen Doss, co chairs of Antiques at The Gardens. Thank You to them and their dynamic committee for a successful 2008 event

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carOl hagOOd Carol Hagood is an enthusiastic education docent who greets the school children arriving at The Gardens plaza throughout the school year. She considers Birmingham Botanical Gardens one of the most interesting and inviting city spaces and delights in sharing a few of her early mornings each month to explore The Gardens with its young visitors. “Their joy in being here and their interest in all there is to see—as well as the beauty of The Gardens—are a tonic,” she says. “I leave here feeling refreshed and upbeat.”

Carol’s own school days were filled with scouting, camping and other outdoor fun that fueled her love of nature.

Later she enjoyed a lengthy career with Southern Progress Corporation (the Southern Living Company). Her work as a book and magazine editor for SPC gave her the opportunity to see the California coastline, the lush Vermont countryside, Wyoming’s Wind River valley, the Louisiana bayou, and the red rocks of Arizona—which piqued her interest in the endless variations of landscapes in natural settings.

Although she is busy at Birmingham-Southern, Carol still includes time each month to be an education docent, because she believes deeply in the importance of the program. “These days,” she says, “when television, computers, and electronic toys compete with outdoor play for so much of young people’s time, it’s more important than ever to involve them with the natural world.” She is impressed with the quality of the six programs offered to school groups, which apply directly to subjects that children are studying in school and offer a hands-on, experiential approach to complement classroom work. She is proud that in the past year the docent group, now totaling 53, conducted memorable field trips for more than 10,000 area school children.

After more than twenty years with SPC (along with other work as a health educator in the mountains of Carolina, and on the faculty or staff of Vanderbilt University, the Universities of Tennessee and North Carolina, and UAB), Carol took early retirement in 2001.

She began more volunteer work while also writing for the college magazine at her alma mater Birmingham-Southern.

After trying several volunteer jobs around town, her love of the outdoors led her to groups such as the Friends of Shades Creek and the education docent program at The Gardens.

Carol credits more experienced docents in the program with helping her learn a great deal about the docent program very quickly, and she states, that there’s not a more congenial group around.

Helping the children to learn has encouraged her to continue learning more about the world around us. Now that Birmingham-Southern has added an Urban Environmental Studies major to its academic program, Carol plans to add this major to her BSC English major. Meanwhile, as time permits, she enjoys traveling to writing conferences around the country with her daughter, a graduate student in English who shares her love of the outdoors. Last June, they traveled to Boothbay Harbor, Maine, for a Nature and Environmental Writers meeting of the College and University Educators group, where Carol did a presentation on the work of Alabama-based conservation photographer Beth Maynor Young.

If you would like to make a difference in a child’s life, contact Carolyn Snow, Volunteer Coordinator, at 205.414.3962 or csnow@bbgardens.org for more information about our docent program.

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Main liBrarY art gallerY | nOVeMBer/deceMBer 2008 ARTIST & PHOTOGRAPHER JONI GRUBER Joni Gruber received her BFA degree in Drawing and Painting from Ohio State University. She has been very fortunate to travel to many inspirational places and to have the pleasure of growing many gardens. Joni applies her ‘Illumination’ technique to photographs by altering them with software to create a transparent light box within the image which elevates it into a more existential experience for the viewer. “My intention is to compose an image which provides a pause in the fast-paced landscape of our modern lives.”

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Reviewed by Gina Robertson Tim Richardson is a respected landscape critic and founding editor of New Eden magazine. He has also served as gardens editor for Country Life and landscape editor for Wallpaper. Previous books range the gamut from landscape design to the history of confections, but his current book tackles the topic of Avant Gardeners. The designers Richardson picked demonstrate daring in their experimental and unorthodox gardens.

The book alternates between essays and pictures in an attempt to capture the essence of what avant gardening is. Bright colored pages frame essays with themes from landscape conceptualism to psychotopia. Between these colored sections are beautifully photographed images with write ups that are thought provoking and just the right length for a great coffee table book. The pictures show the work of big name designers such as Martha Schwartz and some perhaps unknown and surprising gardens such as the Hofu City Crematorium in Yamaguchi, Japan where several gardens were created to invoke feelings of consolation and contemplation.

Overall the book provides imaginative fodder for anyone interested in gardening. It spans from the serious to the whimsical with fantastic images of how gardens are advancing all over the world.

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The Archives & Rare Book room officially opened on August 22 with a beautiful opening reception to celebrate. We would love for you to come by and see what was once a jumbled mess now transformed into a beautiful collection of material worthy of an archival collection. All of this hard work was done by archivist and Library Assistant Jason Kirby. With his knowledge of history and preservation it was truly a labor of love.

Some highlights of the collection include antique seed catalogs, authentic Japanese tea ceremony items, The George Stritikus Collection, a miniature of Toshin-an (tea house), more than 300 rare books dating back to 1676, plant fossils and original Japanese prints.

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gO O d t h i n g s grOw i n g … in the gardens Executive Director, Fred Spicer

The purported demise of Cornus florida, flowering dogwood, has been making news for quite some time. At one time, entire nurseries and woodlands were completely devastated, and homeowners and property managers lost significant numbers of trees ranging in age from young to old.

Though these losses were acute, flowering dogwood is still a common sight in Alabama fields, forests and gardens, and it still makes a first-rate ornamental small tree. As our wonderful fall season winds on, its brilliant fruit and fall color display will become highly noticeable.

Cornus florida struts its shiny red fall color at the edge of the Kaul Wildflower Garden.

Cornus florida is the quintessential four-season small tree with ornamental interest in spring, summer, fall and winter. Flowering occurs in mid- to late April; large cream-to-white bracts (pink-to-reddish in selected cultivars) provide the show. This occurs before the leaves emerge, and the sparkling display is shown to great effect against leafless branches. Summer foliage on healthy trees is lustrous medium green. Fall color ranges from brilliant scarlet to dark burgundy (with rare hints of orange-yellow), and in our area reaches its peak in early to mid-November. The glossy red, football-shaped fruits begin coloring in September and persist until

taken by birds and small mammals. In the winter, elegant horizontal branching and tightly ridged and furrowed, dark brown bark become evident.

Despite so-called dogwood decline being somewhat overstated on a macro level, flowering dogwood struggles when grown improperly. Cornus florida requires well-drained, acid soils; in our area it must have some light shade. Afternoon shade is the most beneficial; high, filtered shade is ideal. In nature, the healthiest trees are typically found in situations with high light and good air drainage: in fields, at forest edges and gaps, and in young woodlands. With its shallow, fibrous roots it does not compete well with turfgrasses; in addition, lawn fertilizers and chemical regimes can cause root injury. Conditions less than optimal promote problems, including dogwood anthracnose (caused by Discula destructiva, a fungus) and powdery mildew.

Physical injury to trunks from over-mulching and turf management equipment promotes attack from dogwood borer, which can ultimately cause fatal damage.

The name for the dogwood genus, Cornus, comes from cornu, Latin for horn; the wood of flowering dogwood is very dense and hard, and was formerly used for boxes, combs and shuttles on hand looms. See our beautiful, old trees in the Kaul Wildflower Garden. Learn all about flowering dogwoods, and their many beautiful cultivars, at the The Gardens’ library.

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(above) Onion-shaped flower buds contrast with the deep red, autumn leaves of Cornus florida. (below left) The main flower display of Cornus florida is provided by enlarged bracts; the true flowers are small, pale yellow & in the center. (below right) Ripening in early fall, the glossy red, football-shaped fruits of Cornus florida are important food for migratory songbirds.

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SHRUBS – Plant Shrubs, trees, and vines.

LAWNS – Some owners like lawn paints.

Have you thought about having a green lawn this winter? Use proper herbicide to kill germinating winter weeds.

ROSES – Get rose plantings underway.

Use a soil test as a basis for fertilization. Look for new varieties.

ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS – Plant hardy annuals such as larkspur, poppies, pansies, anchusa, and candytuft. Get sweet peas into the ground.

BULBS – Continue spring bulb planting.

Put lilies of the valley in a shady place.

MISCELLANEOUS – Plant screen plantings for privacy on the patio.

VEGETABLE SEED – Plant cabbage and lettuce in the coldframe.

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SHRUBS – Planting is still the main activity but delay in case of freezing weather.

LAWNS – Control wild garlic, chickweed, Poa annua, dandelion, and other weeds. Read label on each can of weed killer used.

ROSES – Add plants to rose garden.

Mulch all plantings.

ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS – Plant hardy annual seed without delay.

Have you tried violas?

BULBS – Continue spring bulb planting.

MISCELLANEOUS – Shrubs, trees, and indoor plants make excellent holiday gifts.

For more information, see www.aces.edu or call the Plant Hotline at 1-800-644-4458.

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Red Mountain Garden Club Greenery Sale

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens Wednesday, Dec. 3 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

nOVeMBer 1, 10 a.M. – 5 P.M. nOVeMBer 2, 11 a.M. – 5 P.M.

It’s that time of the year! So stop by and check out the variety of wreaths, garlands, pre-made mailbox decorations or kits to make your own that will be for sale. Centerpieces, boxwood topiaries, kissing balls and much more all using freshly cut greenery and fruit will also be available. To pre-order or for more information, contact Elizabeth Tynes at 205.879.8499 or elizatynes@aol. com. Proceeds benefit the group’s civic projects including the Birmingham Museum of Art Sculpture Garden.

This juried show is an annual tradition featuring hand built and wheel thrown pottery, woodworking, handmade baskets, leaded and slumped glass, silver and other handmade jewelry, fiber works including hooked wall hangings & quilts, weaving and spinning, blacksmithing and copper working, printmaking, stone sculpture and many other traditional crafts. There will also be a children’s corner with activities provided by the artists. Suggested donation of $2 per person for admission. There will be door prizes as well.

Holiday Open House for The Gardens’ Members Tuesday, November 18 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

All members of The Gardens will receive a 20% discount at Leaf & Petal!

Hot spiced punch & holiday treats will be served.

B I R M I N G H A M B O TA N I C A L G A R D E N S M E M B E R S R E C E I V E 10% D I S C O U N T O N P U R C H A S E S

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Butternut Squash&Wild Mushroom Lasagna Preparation for Sauce Heat the butter in a sauce pot over low heat.

Once it is melted whisk in the flour.

In another saucepan, scald the milk. Gradually add it to the roux, beating constantly.

Bring the sauce to a boil, stirring constantly.

Reduce heat to a simmer.

Stick the bay leaf to the onion with the clove & add to the sauce. Simmer at least 15 minutes.

Stir occasionally.

Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg then remove the onion from the sauce.

Makes 8 servings Ingredients ¼ cup unsalted butter 2 cups shallots-minced ½ pound wild mushrooms (crimini, portabella, & shitake), sliced- about 3 cups 2 pounds butternut squash, peeled, seeded, & cut into ¼ inch thick slices 4 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme, divided 4 tablespoons chopped fresh sage, divided 3 15-ounce containers wholemilk ricotta cheese 4 cups grated mozzarella cheese, divided

2 cups grated parmesan cheese, divided 4 large eggs

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Lasagna Assembly Start with ricotta cheese then add squash, mushrooms, mozzarella, sauce and noodles & continue layering ingredients in this order until you reach desired thickness.

Bake lasagna at 350 degrees covered for 35 minutes then uncovered for an additional 25 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

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Olive oil 1 -9-ounce package of noboil lasagna noodles Béchamel Sauce 8 ounces butter 8 ounces flour 1 gallon milk 1 small onion peeled 1 whole clove 1 bay leaf Salt –to taste White pepper –to taste Nutmeg –to taste

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Preparation for Lasagna Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallots; sauté until soft, about 8 minutes. Increase heat to high; add mushrooms and cook until tender, stirring constantly, about 3 minutes. Transfer mushroom to a colander, once they have drained season with salt and pepper.

Place butternut squash on a baking sheet and toss with olive oil 3 TBS thyme and 3 TBS sage.

Bake in a 350 degree oven until the squash just becomes tender (about 25 minutes).

Mix ricotta, 2 cups mozzarella, 1 ½ cups parmesan, remaining thyme ,sage, and eggs in a large bowl.

Brush a 9x13x2-inch pan with olive oil

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

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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Recipe compliments of The Garden Cafe.

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Ryan Reardon leading an Advanced Placement Biology class from the Alabama School of Fine Arts in April, 2008. Students were observing differences in temperatures between the soils of the Alabama Woodlands & those of the Desert Conservatory.

the gardens’ educatiOn dePartMent has anOther Banner Year!

The Education team recently completed a five-year summary report. Program participation has increased steadily since 2003.

In 2008, 95% of the participants – mostly children – continued to attended free of charge. Children’s programs have been mostly life science-based, hands-on field trips supporting the Alabama State Course of Study, aligned with the National Science Education Standards. Adult life-enrichment classes in art, travel, crafts, food and human wellness continued to be popular. Horticultural Therapy has continued to generate incredible community interest in both on- and off-site programs. The report may be downloaded from the Education landing page of the The Gardens’ website (www. bbgardens. org.) Hard copies may be obtained by calling 205.414.3951. The best news of all is that Education is off to a great start for the 2008/09 academic year, with participation looking better than ever!

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Tax Savings via Year End Gifts Development Director, Olivia Alison

As the holiday season approaches, please consider a year end gift to help keep The Gardens green and growing. Such a gift may also provide you with 2008 income tax savings. If you itemize your deductions, charitable gifts can lower your taxes. The savings depend on your tax bracket. For example, for those of you in the 28% income tax bracket, the after-tax cost would be just $720 of a $1000 gift. Gifts of stock also make excellent tax sense, even in the current market. If you give stock bought years ago for $500 and now worth $5000, for example, you will receive both a tax deduction for $5,000 and will avoid paying $4500 worth of capital gains tax on the stock. While we realize that tax deductions are rarely the sole reason for generosity to The Gardens, we hope that you will take advantage of tax wise savings if they apply to your situation. You can support The Gardens with your year end gift by calling 205.414.3960 or visiting www.bbgardens.org.

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THE GAR DENS’ WISH LIST $7500 Reprinting the definative guide Wildflowers of Alabama by Blanche Dean with UA Press $4000 Design & printing of guide for the Japanese Garden $700 Replacement refrigerator for upstairs kitchen to fit in 29.5" space $500 Digital Camera $100 Plant presses for preserving specimens $100 Magnifying loups to use during garden tours & Discovery Field Trips

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Coming to The Gardens in January – the sOuthern institute OF PhOtOgraPhY! The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is one of the most-photographed locations in the state of Alabama, so it is only logical and appropriate that the Southern Institute of Photography would select The Gardens as the perfect site to host photography classes.

A full slate of photography classes – from beginners' level to advanced courses to challenge the most experienced photographers – is in the final stages of planning. The courses will be offered by a team of well-known photographers, led by Paul Franklin. Expect to see such popular topics as "Basic Photography," "Flash Photography," "Photographing Infants and Children," "Wedding and Bridal Photography," "Understanding Digital Printing," "Matting, Framing, and Presenting Your Images," "Digital Cosmetic Surgery," "Adobe Photoshop," "Adobe Lightroom," "The Documentary Photo Essay: An Act of Intimacy" and "twin" courses on "Mastering Your Nikon -- or Canon – DSLR," among others.

Classes will be held on weekday evenings and will meet in the Garden Center. Information will be available soon on The Gardens’ website (www.bbgardens.org) or by calling Henry Hughes, Director of Education, at 205.414.3951 or hhughes@bbgardens.org.

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HollyDay Magic 2008 For children’s ages 5 – 11 years Thursday, December 4th, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. or Friday, December 5th, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. $20 Members / $25 Non-Members The holidays are here! That means it’s time for HollyDay Magic! Mark December 4th and 5th on your calendar so your children can join in on the fun, creative activities.

Young craftsmen ages 5 – 11 will have the opportunity to fashion their own gifts and ornaments, many from natural materials. Children will decorate cupcakes for a light snack. All the day’s crafts are hands-on, so make sure your child wears play-clothes!

Advance registration is required. Reservations may be purchased through Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens for $20 per child for Hydrangea family level members and above, and for $25 for all others. Registration begins November 1st for members and November 15th for non-members. Space is limited to 100 children per day; this event is a tradition at The Gardens and is sure to be a sell-out.

For further information or to register by phone, please call 205.414.3958.

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Meet Sheenae Westmoreland, Membership Assistant I am currently pursuing a Master’s in Education with an Instructional Design emphasis. My goal is to open a not for profit arts program to provide underprivileged children with access to the arts.

After graduation I embarked on a career as a social worker providing social services to those less fortunate through a state agency. After six years I decided to take time away and pursue my love for art. During my hiatus from social services I began focusing on my art career, and happened upon this opportunity at the Gardens, it was an opportunity that I could not pass up as I am surrounded by beauty everyday. Working here has also given me behind the scenes access of the ins and outs of running a not for profit organization.

I was born in Cleveland, Ohio and at age thirteen my family relocated to Birmingham, Alabama.

Throughout my childhood I was creative and was involved in extracurricular activities that enhanced my creativity including art, music, writing, and drama. I attended the University of Alabama— Birmingham and received my bachelor’s degree in art history, with a double minor in sociology and history.

Most of my time not spent working is focused on creating and promoting my artwork, and I am also working on my second novel. For fun and relaxation enjoy traveling, live music, hiking, and spending time with my friends, and family.

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nOVeMBer & deceMBer, 2008 nOVeMBer 4 Nancy Nash & Mary Hooper 11 Special Occasion Baskets & Gifts 276.1342 /Sonya Williamson 18 Mountain Brook Flower Shop 871.1197/Maloy Love 25 Melinda Hollingsworth 527.2425

Please call 205.414.3962 if you are interested in creating a lobby flower arrangement.

deceMBer 2 Hoover Florist 823.5273/Karen Jenkins 9 Fultondale Flowers & Gifts 841.8311/Anita Rogers 16 Artistic Concepts Florist & Gifts 715.0111 23 Main Street Florist of Mt. Laurel 408.2717/Kelly Burley

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GIFTS TO THE BBG LIBRARY

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2008 Garden Sustainers Chairman Mrs. Louise D. Johnson

July/September 2008

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Mrs. Claire H. Fairley

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Edgewood Garden Club In Memory Of – Sue Clisby

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Boles Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Jones, Jr.

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Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Allison, Jr. Mrs. Tom Tartt Brown Mr. Stewart M. Dansby Mrs. Jane H. Head Mrs. Crawford T. Johnson, III Southern Progress Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Arant Stockham Mrs. Charles B. Webb, Jr.

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Family of Ann & Angelo Bruno Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Cobb, III Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher Dr. and Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William R. Ireland, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jon Kimerling Mr. and Mrs. Don Logan Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc Mrs. June Mays Mr. and Mrs. Guy K. Mitchell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Northen III Mr. and Mrs. H. Craft O’Neal Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Ray, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rushton, III Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rushton, IV Mr. and Mrs. E. Frank Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. John A. Williamson, Jr. Mrs. Louise A. Wrinkle

Kathy & Steve Rostand In Memory Of – Emily Norton Birmingham Fern Society In Honor Of – H.M. “Fuzzy” Perritt – Virginia Barr – Mildred G. Harper – Carolyn Mohney – C.T. Brasfield III – Nancy G. Robinson Pyracantha koidzumii, Japanese Garden

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B ill & FaY i reland 60th Anniversary

by Mr. & Mrs. William F. Denson, III

by Dr. & Mrs. Jimmie H. Harvey, Jr.

d aVid & M arY eVelYn M c k ee

by The Garden Club of America

Paul & c aMille B utrus

by The Garden Club of America

a rnOld l. steiner

by The Garden Club of America

d iXOn & d ell B rOOke

by The Garden Club of America

steVe sMith

by Rebecca Smith

h. M. Perritt

by Birmingham Fern Society

walter & M argaret F letcher

by The Garden Club of America

B eckY c ruM

by Enon Baptist Church

JOhn & l Ouise wrinkle

by The Garden Club of America

Ginko biloba, Blount PlaZa

In Memory Of: B arrY e aglesOn

by Mr. & Mrs. Paul Nash B ettY M ills

by Ms. Bess McCrory c atherine g ent

by Mr. & Mrs. Jim Miller

by Chubb & Son e dward w ilkinsOn

by Mr. & Mrs. Paul Nash e MilY c. nOrtOn

by Mr. & Mrs. Paul Nash

by Jay Wulf

by Lynn Wesson

by Dr. & Mrs. James M. Rushing

by Dr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Rostand

Jack strickland

by Dr. & Mrs. James M. Rushing JOdY h aMre

by Ms. Mary Carolyn G. Boothby

by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Frese, Jr.

by Mrs. James H. McCary

by Mrs. Terry Oden l eigh stePhensOn k inneY

by Mr. & Mrs. Tunstall B. Perry, III

M itchell Prude

by Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Lindstrom, Jr.

by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Aycock POrtia w illiaMs

by Ms. Lynn D. Grimsley s andra s OkOl

by Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Sokol

by Ms. Bari Sokol

M argaret B lake k irkPatrick

by Ms. Lynn D. Grimsley

V irginia B aileY

by Mr. & Mrs. Don A. Newton

M artha w. c lisBY (s ue )

by Dr. Bruce T. Spink

by Edgewood Garden Club

by Mrs. June Mays

by National Association of Letter Carriers

l Ola JOrdan c hathaM

by Ms. Lily Dendy

by Ms. Gailya Von Weisenstein

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by Ms. Lynn D. Grimsley

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NEW & RENEWING MEMBERS J u l Y 1 6 , 2 0 0 8 - s e P t e M B e r 15, 2008

President’s Circle Mrs. Frances Blount Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Chambliss Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Clayton, Jr. Mr. James M. Fail Mr. & Mrs. William M. Gresham Mr. & Mrs. J. Reese Murray, III Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, III Mr. & Mrs. Bruce F. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. William E. Smith Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Brand Walton Mrs. Tom Tartt Brown

Ambassador

Mr. & Mrs. William Barclift, III Ms. Susan Colvin Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Ken Horton Colleen I. Norton Ms. Virginia Patterson Mr. & Mrs. Jack Warner

Oak

Mr. & Mrs. Rex Alexander Mr. & Mrs. James Burdette Ms. Alleen Cater & Dr. Lyle A. Hohnke Thomas E. Clyce Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Cockfield Dr. & Mrs. Merrill Compton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Crum Mr. & Mrs. William F. Denson, III Dr. & Mrs. William H. Dodson Mrs. Beverley W. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Marc Eason Mr. & Mrs. William Goodrich Mrs. Willis C. Hagan, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Harley Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Hinds Louise P. Hodges Mr. & Mrs. William C. Hulsey Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Ireland, II Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Johanson III Mr. & Mrs. C. Phillip McWane Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Pearce Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Perry, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Pless Mr. & Mrs. C. Dowd Ritter Dr. & Mrs. James M. Rushing Dr. & Mrs. Richard B. Shepard Mr. & Mrs. William R. Sylvester Mrs. Barbara D. Thorne Cortaderia sellowana, Parking Lot

Magnolia

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Abele, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. James F. Alison, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Craig Allen, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Darrell Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Bainbridge, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Bloomer Mrs. Betty F. Brice Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Bright Mr. & Mrs. Barto L. Brown, III Ms. Marcia C. Bryant Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Butrus Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Byrne Mr. & Mrs. Ehney A. Camp, III Mrs. Helen Campbell Mr. Stanley A. & Mrs. Jan K. Cash Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Clark Dr. & Mrs. Walter D. Clark M. Clagett Collins Wendy T. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Cosby Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Cox, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Davidson Dr. & Mrs. Max Davis Mr. & Mrs. James Delk Ms. Susan Dominick Mrs. Ann R. Elliott Mrs. Margaret L. Fleenor Mr. & Mrs. J. Ross Forman, III Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Fulford Dr. Gerald M. Fuller Mrs. Barbara S. Grant Andy Grimsley Mr. & Mrs. James I. Harrison, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Garrett Hegel Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Rest B. Heppenstall Mrs. Linda S. Herren Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hess Dr. & Mrs. Guy M. Hicks, Jr. Mrs. Richard C. Hillhouse Mr. & Mrs. William L. Hinds, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Roy Hoffman, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Leland Hull, Jr. Ms. Jeanne L. Jackson & Dr. Mark Lester Dr. & Mrs. Peter Jander Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Johnson, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Ben H. Johnson III Dr. & Mrs. Jim Kamplain Mr. & Mrs. Gerard J. Kassouf Dr. & Mrs. Raleigh Kent Mr. & Mrs. Wayne W. Killion, Sr. Mr. Andrew B. Krebbs Mr. & Mrs. Jerome K. Lanning Mrs. Lexa L. Magnus & Dr. Jonathan Waddell

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Dr. Curt Newell & Dr. Sara Lynn Newell Mr. & Mrs. John T. Oliver, III Alton Parker SJ Price Mr. & Mrs. Goode Price, III Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Pryor Mrs. Margaret G. Ragland Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Ritchie Ann Rowell Dr. Susan P. Salter & Mr. Steven C. Hydinger Mr. Roger L. Salter Dr. & Mrs. Howard Schiele Mr. William M. Silsbee Mr. & Mrs. W. Stancil Starnes John Steiner Mr. & Mrs. Michael Tate Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Thomasson Mr. & Mrs. James A. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Thompson Ron D. Thrasher & Lisa F. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Mark Tucker Mr. & Mrs. Tom Walker Ms. Mary Lee White Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Williams Mrs. Margaret Young

Hydrangea

Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Abernethy Mr. & Mrs. Guy Able, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Balliet Mrs. Deanna Ballinger Mr. & Mrs. James P. Barnhart Ms. Melanie Bass Mr. & Mrs. Bob Baxley Dr. & Mrs. Neal R. Berte Mr. & Mrs. Van Blankenship Ms. Virginia Boliek Dr. James Bonner Robert Boone Mrs. Rachael Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Boyd Mr. Alan Perlis & Mrs. Elizabeth Bradley Ms. Emily G. Brasher Ms. Elna R. Brendel Tom Brinkley Dr. & Mrs. Clark C. Browne Ms. Mellisa Bunch Mr. & Mrs. H. Denson Burnum, Jr. Chris Campanotta Cantley & Company Mr. & Mrs. John D. Carney, III Ms. Janet Cash Dr. & Mrs. J. Denis Catalano Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cather Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James W. Cauthen

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Mrs. Jane H. Chace Dr. & Ms. Robert B. Chadband Mr. & Mrs. Vitaly Charny Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Chitwood Mr. & Mrs. David M. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Corvin Clark Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Clarkson Jeff Cleckler Ms. Martha M. Cobb Ms. Tammy Cohen John Collins Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Colvin, III Mr. & Mrs. Joe Cooper Mr. Marc Corsini Dr. & Mrs. H. Brooks Cotten Mr. & Mrs. Keith Covington Mrs. Renee Cox Dr. Myra Crawford Mr. Patrick Daniel Tom Davis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph De Sciose Mr. & Mrs. Wade Desmond Mrs. John E. Dorsett Ms. Jo Ann Eberlein & Mr. Mark Widener Dr. & Mrs. George V. Eisenhart Mrs. Lucie G. Ellard Mr. & Mrs. George B. Elliott, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Ellis Mrs. Gayle England Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Eskew Mr. & Mrs. Frank Farish Ms. Mary V. Farrar Rosemarie Fernandes Mrs. Nancy J. Ferrell Dr. Edwin Fineberg & Dr. Naomi S. Fineberg Dr. & Mrs. Keith Fleisher Mrs. Lucia Fleming Mrs. Anne Forschler-Tarrasch Mrs. Peggy M. Fortier Mr. & Mrs. James Frost Mr. Michael Gary Dr. & Mrs. Jack C. Geer Mr. & Mrs. Joe L. Gerald Dr. & Mrs. Walter D. Glass Dr. & Mrs. Robert P. Glaze Debby Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Mike Graham Dr. & Mrs. Fred L. Griffin Ms. Virginia Guthrie Dr. & Mrs. Juan F. Gutierrez Ms. Carol Hagood Ms. Valerie Harper Ms. Mary Hawn Ms. Nancy C. Hayley Mr. & Mrs. Howard J. Helzberg Mrs. Lacey Henderson Jacqueline K. Hester Mr. & Mrs. James Hewitt Mr. & Mrs. W. Price Hightower, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William R. Hill Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hodo Mr. & Mrs. William D. Holder

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Mr. & Mrs. Mayo Holloway, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John S. Hornsby Dr. & Mrs. P. R. Hug Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Frank Ingram Mr. & Mrs. J. Fred Ingram Mr. & Mrs. David Israel Mr. & Mrs. Fob James III Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. James Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Janowski Mr. & Mrs. Dale Johnson Mr. & Mrs. C. Guy Jones Mr. & Mrs. James E. Kemp Dr. & Mrs. William H. Kessler Mr. & Mrs. James King, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Klyce Ms. Mary H. Krebs Dr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Lamkin Mrs. Frank Lankford Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Lewis Mr. & Mrs. James A. Livingston, III Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. London Mr. Henry S. Lynn, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Shelby Mackey Mr. & Mrs. Gene E. Martin Mr. & Mrs. William F. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Jack Martin Dr. Kathleen Martin Mr. & Mrs. Coke S. Matthews III Mr. & Mrs. John M. McDowell Mr. & Mrs. John Meier Mr. & Mrs. Chris Melson Mr. & Mrs. Ken L. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence G. Michalove Mr. & Mrs. Joe Miller Sherri M. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Billy R. Mills Sidney L. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Jim Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. M.E. Moor, Jr. Mrs. Barbara H. Moore Mr. & Mrs. William S. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. J. Perry Morgan Dr. & Mrs. Constantine Morros Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Mouron Ashok V. Mujumdar Mrs. Marjorie K. Nix Celeste Nunnally Mrs. Evelyn O’Leary Mr. & Mrs. James R. Overstreet Dr. & Mrs. W. Crawford Owen, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Paxton Mr. & Mrs. Larry Payne Suzanne Payne Stefanie Peck Mrs. Janet V. Perry Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Perry, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Tunstall B. Perry, III Mr. & Ms. Charles E. Person Steve Peters Mrs. Tracy Pharo Mr. & Mrs. Clell Phillips Sheila Poinsett Ms. Laura D. Pointer

memorials

Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Radecke Mrs. Jo Ann Reilly Mr. & Mrs. William E. Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Vaughn Rives Mr. & Mrs. Roy Rizzo Mary Robinett Mr. & Mrs. Tom Romp Dr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Rostand Mrs. & Mr. Nan Russell Mrs. Lesley Russell Ms. Erin Schall Gregg Schuck Mr. & Mrs. Rudulph N. Scott Dr. & Mrs. Harold Settle Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Shannon Prof. Bythel Shropshire Ms. Barbara Simpson Allen Small Mr. & Mrs. Jay Smith Mrs. Caroline Smith Ms. Martha Smith Dr. & Mrs. Richard F. Smith Mrs. Carol O. Sommers Mary Frances Stayton Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Stichweh Mr. & Mrs. John M. Strozier Mr. & Mrs. Bob J. Summerlin Sweet Peas Garden Shop Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Tate Mr. & Mrs. James L. Thompson, Sr. Ms. Jean C. Thornton Mr. & Mrs. John Tingley Ms. Katherine Tipton Mr. & Mrs. Jim Tulloss Jerry Turtorigi Ms. Marcia G. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Alex Vare Mr. & Mrs. Laurence D. Vinson, Jr. Dr. Ann E. Wade Mr. & Mrs. William B. Wahlheim Mrs. Warner S. Watkins, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dan Weathers Sheenae Westmoreland Mr. & Mrs. J. Emory Wheat Mrs. Mary Wheless Mr. & Mrs. John M. Williams Charlotte P. Williams Mrs. Netagene A. Williams Mrs. Elliott T. Williams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Williams Mr. Louis J. Willie, III Ms. Lynn Wilmoth Ms. Pamela G. Winfield Mrs. Frances V. Wiygul Dr. & Mrs. William C. Woodall, III Ms. Linda F. Xia Ivey & Peter Young Mr. Alan K. Zeigler

Trillium

Stoney Ridge Garden Club Mrs. Pamela Alling Ms. Linda C. Askey

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Mrs. Mary Babbit Mr. & Mrs. Walter L. Baker, Jr. Jade Beavers Ms. Pam M. Bethea Dr. & Mrs. William M. Bishop Ms. Allison Boone Redonde Broom Miss Stacy Cahill Ms. Michelle Cardel Kellet Carmichael Ms. Priscilla Carroll Mrs. Norma F. Chandler Mrs. Laura Chapman Dr. & Mrs. John G. Cocoris Wallace Cohen Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Cohn Mr. & Mrs. William E. Coleman, III Ms. Sahra S. Coxe Mr. John A. Cross Mrs. Shirley E. Cunninhgam Ms. Stephanie Cusimano Mrs. Margaret Dangler Mr. & Mrs. Albert DiMicco Mrs. Jane D. Dorn Mr. & Mrs. George Dreher Ms. Lynn Dunn Mrs. Regina Featheringill Mr. & Mrs. William Featheringill Ms. Janice Fleming Mr. Ray Floyd Mrs. Peggy Bonfield & Mr. Orrin Ford Mrs. JoAnne Gaede Ms. Ann Galbraith Mrs. Sissy Galloway Ms. Anne-Marie Gianoudis Mr. & Mrs. Sam Gillis Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. T. Michael Goodrich Mr. T. Randolph Gray, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Jack D. Hain Mrs. Louise Hairston Ms. Alicia Hall Ms. Mary Jo Hamre Mr. Greg Harber Mrs. Julia Harwell Mrs. Paula S. Haynes Ms. Carol A. Hobby Mrs. Margariette Hoomes Mr. Charles Hopkins Mrs. Mary Hubbard Mr. & Mrs. Mike Hughes Ms. Carolyn Hughes Ms. Vicki Hunkler Ms. Marilyn Inzer Mr. Daniel Jackson Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Jaffe Mr. & Mrs. Roger Johnson Mrs. Mary N. Johnson Mr. Gerald Johnson Mr. John C. Jones Mrs. Jenelle Jones Mrs. Georgia Kearney Mr. & Mrs. Leland Keller Myron King Mrs. Marion Kling Ms. Dorothea A. Klip Ms. Polly Kratt

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus’, Parking Lot

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Mr. & Mrs. James R. Land Mrs. Monro B. Lanier II Mr. & Mrs. Luther B. Lanier Mrs. Samuel S. Levine Mr. & Mrs. Warren Lightfoot, Sr. Mrs. Lucy Loflin Ms. Becky Lofty Mr. Don B. Long & Dr. Marianna Long Mr. & Mrs. Don Lowden Ms. Gail Lucas Mrs. Virginia H. Lusk Ms. Inez McCollum Ms. Linda McCracken Mr. & Mrs. David M. Millhouse Mrs. Mallie Morrison Ms. Patty Natter Ms. Laura Newton Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Oliver Dr. Emily Omura & Dr. George Omura

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Ms. Mildred P. Shark Mr. Henry E. Simpson Mr. & Mrs. Morris Slingluff Ms. Charlotte Smith Mr. James A. Smith Ms. Jenny L. Smith Dr. Carol Smith Mr. & Mrs. James V. Spencer, III Mr. & Mrs. James Sporacio Ms. Wendy P. Spratley Ms. Mary Cynthia St. John Mr. & Mrs. John H. Stack Mrs. Martha Stokes Mrs. Evelyn Stutts Ms. Sandy Swindall Ms. Thuan Tan Ms. Marjorie Thomas Mr. William Thomas Mrs. H. O. Thomas, Jr. Mrs. F. Roy Treaster Mr. Mark Hobson & Dr. Diane Tucker

Ms. Verna Orr Mrs. Dinah O’Sullivan Mrs. Sandra Parker Mrs. Gail Parrish Ms. Pam Paustian Ms. Cathy Pilcher Mrs. Judy Pinson Ms. Theresa Pinto Mrs. Ralph W. Quinn, Jr. Mrs. Bruce A. Rawls Dr. & Mrs. J. Walden Retan Mrs. Betsy Rietz Ms. Elizabeth Ann Ross Ms. Kathryn Rowan Ms. Jeanne Rudzki Mr. & Mrs. David N. Ryan Bev & Bill Schoel Mr. John Schoppert, Jr. Mrs. Henry Schoppert Mrs. Kathleen Scudder Mrs. Jan Shannon

DONORS Mr. & Mrs. Blake Alexander Mrs. Sandy Ash Mr. & Mrs. Nick Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. Bill Austill Mr. & Mrs. Rick Azrin Balch & Bingham LLP Ms. Gail Barton Mr. Bob Bazuszek Mr. & Mrs. Craig Beatty Dr. & Mrs. Charles R. Becker Ms. Pam M. Bethea Mr. & Mrs. Bob Blakely Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Boldin Mr. & Mrs. Gene Boles Ms. Mary Carolyn G. Boothby Ms. Mary Jean Boulware Redonde Broom Camellia Garden Club Cawaco Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. Mrs. Linda Champlin Mr. & Mrs. J. Paul Compton Mrs. Margaret Covington Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Crum Dr. & Mrs. John Cuckler Mr. Charles W. Daniel Mr. Stewart M. Dansby Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Davis Ms. Sheila Downey Mr. Jason Doyle Dr. & Mrs. L. Aubrey Drewry Dr. Robert P. Eichelberger

Energen Corporation Mrs. Claire H. Fairley Ms. Patricia Farlow Dr. & Mrs. James O. Finney, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Michael Fleenor Flower Magazine Ms. Linda M. Fraser Garden Gate Garden Club Mr. Jeff Gardner Mr. & Mrs. James Garrison Ms. Valerie Gartseff Mr. & Mrs. C. Vann Goodner, Jr. Mr. Lawrence Greer Ms. Catherine Hall Mr. & Mrs. John Hall Mrs. Jeanette Hancock Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Hardy Dr. & Mrs. Jimmie H. Harvey, Jr. Mr. James Harwell Mr. Gregory H. Hawley Mr. Jerry S. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Henley Mr. & Mrs. Rest B. Heppenstall Dr. & Mrs. Basil Hirschowitz Ms. Keitha Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Henry F. Hughes Mrs. Molly Jackins Dr. & Mrs. David Jackson Jefferson Rehabilitation & Health Center Jewels by Rose, Inc. King’s House Antiques

Hypercum ‘Blue Shadows’, Ireland Iris Garden

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Mrs. Marty Tyndal Ms. Becky Tyson Mrs. Homer J. Urquhart Mrs. Sue H. Vance Ms. Louise Vance Ms.Tiffany Vickers Mrs. Edith Waldrop Ms. Alison Walker Mrs. Jo Ann Wallace Mr. Jonathan Waller Ms. Barbara Waltz Ms. Holley Wesley Mr. & Mrs. Jere F. White, Jr. Ms. Mary A. Williams Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Wilson Mrs. Barbara J. Wilson Ms. Gail Wood Ms. Kristen Woods Ms. Eleanor F. Wright Mrs. Suzanne B. Wright Ms. Diane Wurtele Mrs. Janis T. Zeanah

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Mr. Jason Kirby & Mr. Ben Faucher Kirkwood By The River Retirement Community Ms. Molly Knudsen & Mr. Eric Knudsen Mr. Ricardo La Hoz Mr. Jim Lacefield Lakeside Antique Galleries, Inc Mr. Ron Lance Mr. & Mrs. Benny M. LaRussa, Jr. Ms. Vetta Lavender Leaf ‘N Petal Ms. Donna L. Long Ms. Hope Long Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Lucas Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Luckie Dr. & Mrs. George W. Matthews, III Mrs. June Mays Mr. & Mrs. Hampton McFadden Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. McGehee MCJ Company, LLC Dr. & Mrs. David McKee Mr. & Mrs. John Meier Memphis Garden Club Ms. Jan A. Midgley & Mr. Dean Clark Mrs. Carol Miller Ms. Mary J. Modica Mr. & Mrs. Fred Moore, Jr. Ms. Margaret Murphy

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Mrs. & Mr. Teresa Neal Mrs. Vicki Norris Oaks on Parkwood, LLC Ms. Mary T. Pate Mr. Glenn E. Peoples, Sr. Ms. Renee Prescott RJSS, Inc Mr. & Mrs. David Roberson Ms. Augusta C. Robinson Ms. Elizabeth Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Bruce F. Rogers Mr. Brian Rushing Dr. & Mrs. James M. Rushing Mr. Martin D. Schulman Mr. & Mrs. Banks Sewell Mr. & Mrs. Rocky L. Smith Southern Progress Corporation Mr. & Mrs. John Taliaferro The Avid Companies Mr. & Mrs. W. Hall Thompson Mrs. Dorothy Threlkeld Ms. Cheryl Twente Wallace-Burke, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Waller Dr. & Mrs. Robert Wendorf Drs. Andrew & Jeanna Westmoreland Ms. Trisha Williams Wayne Williamson Mr. Ken Wills Ms. Linda M. Wilson YWCA Central Alabama

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