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Daylilies (peak)
Daylilies
Ferns
Ferns
Herbs
Herbs
Hostas
Perennials
Hydrangeas
Summer Annuals
Perennials
Tropicals
Roses
Vegetables
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Summer Annuals
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On The Cover
Our mission of education in
action!
Students from Alabama’s Black
Belt recently visited The Gardens
to learn more about Alabama’s
native plants and habitats
while volunteering in our Kaul
Wildflower Garden. Led by John
Manion, Kaul Wildflower Garden
curator, 16 students from the
Higher Achievement Summer
School (HASS) experienced
hands-on learning and ended their
visit with a tour of the wildflower
garden.
Many students living within
the Black Belt do not have
opportunities to build upon their
education and HASS was created
to fill this void. In addition to
experiencing a rigorous collegeprep curriculum, the 9th grade
students will have the opportunity
to visit local attractions and
discover the culture of the largest
metropolitan area in the state of
Alabama. The Gardens is proud
to have been a part of such an
inspiring program.
Lycopersicum esculentum cv. (cherry tomato)
Bruno Vegetable Garden
To learn more about
the HASS program
visit www.cmef.org/hass.
To learn more about how
The Gardens fulfills
its mission everyday
visit www.bbgardens.org.
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D irectors
Henry Ray ����������������������������������������������� President
Tricia Noble����������������������������������� President-Elect
Scott Walton���������������������������������������������Treasurer
Lou Willie ����������������������������������������������� Secretary
Elizabeth Broughton��������������������� VP Development
Fred Murray��������������������VP Facilities & Planning
Thomas G. Amason, Jr.��Immediate Past President
Carl Jones���������������������������������������������������� Officer
Janet Taylor������������������������������������������������� Officer
Laurie Allen
Shane Boatright
Mena Brock
Maggie Brooke
Gary Burley
Margi Ingram
Clarke Gillespy
Sheryl Kimerling
Mike Malone
Reese Murray, III
Kathryn Porter
Julie Price, Junior Board President
Hanson Slaughter
Lucy Tutwiler
Mary Williamson
Louise Wrinkle
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.
Staff
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Fred Spicer���������������������������������Executive Director
Olivia Alison������������������� Director of Development
Stephanie Banks����������������������� Director of Finance
Elizabeth Drewry���������������������������������������� Librarian
Ellen Hardy������� Education Program Coordinator
Blake Ells���������������� Public Relations Coordinator
Henry Hughes ���������������������Director of Education
George Jenkins����������������������� Development Officer
Jason Kirby ��������������� Library Assistant & Archivist
Andrew Krebbs������������������� Director of Marketing
& Membership
Savannah Lanier���������������Donor Relations Officer
Hope Long����������������� Director of Library Services
John Manion��Curator of Kaul Wildflower Garden
Shelly McCarty����������� Special Events Coordinator
Carleen Mitchell��������������������������������� Finance Clerk
Phyllis Sutton��������� Education Activities Specialist
Mary-Bestor Grant������������� Volunteer Coordinator
Rona Walters�������������������������� Membership Assistant
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 [email protected]
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 September/August issue is July 15.
The devastation of this spring’s tornadoes still
has us all somewhat shaken as we consider
those whose lives were irrevocably changed
by these events. As students of nature and
our living planet, we revel in knowing that
change is the only natural constant; but we
seldom see such change happen with such
suddenness and violence, and our revelry is
tempered with sobering reality.
With all that has happened around us, it
borders on self-importance to mention that
The Gardens was physically undamaged,
with only the occasional bits of debris still
being found here-and-there to eerily remind
us of our good fortune. We report this to
gratefully acknowledge all of you who asked,
and wondered about us: we’re fine, but so
many are not.
We also say it because it is in places like The
Gardens that so people many find solace and
a respite from the sometimes-frantic pace
of the everyday. This urban oasis, open 365
days a year from sunrise to sunset, and always
free, is a crucial element in our region’s
quality of life. Our supporters offer us their
support in the form of time, treasure and
talent because they understand this role, and
they understand that we need to continue to
thrive in order to fulfill it.
As of this writing, we are planning to extend
selected children’s nature camps for four
additional weeks, with scholarships specifically
for children affected by the recent storms
extended through our partnership with Fresh
Air Family. And because, trees often comprise
part of the fabric of a neighborhood, later this
fall we will begin a long-term reforestation
program in damaged areas of Birmingham,
using our on-going work at George Ward
Park as a working model.
Save
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he
Date
Member Day
July 23
Cocktails
in The Gardens
August 11
Cocktails
in The Gardens
September 8
Alabama Orchid
Society Show
September 17-18
Antiques
at The Gardens
October 7-9
See you in
The Gardens,
Cocktails
in The Gardens
October 13
Fred Spicer
Executive Director
Fall Plant Sale
October 22-23
Calamintha coccinea ‘Amber
Blush’
Since 2002, Birmingham Botanical Gardens
(BBG) has partnered with Mt. Cuba Center
(MCC) in Greenville, Delaware, to responsibly
collect native plants in Alabama and proximal
areas in the southeastern US. Among the many
reasons for this important work is to increase The
Gardens’ living collection with materials from
documented wild sources. From a conservation
perspective, this is important because such
plants represent locally adapted forms, with
a genetic makeup different from those found
in other areas. Occasionally, we come upon
plants with unique characteristics. These are
potentially important from a horticultural
perspective, offering something new, interesting
and perhaps useful to gardeners. Amber Blush
calamint (Calamintha coccinea ‘Amber Blush’)
is the first joint BBG/MCC introduction to
come from these efforts.
We l com e
Dear Friends:
Amber Blush calamint is a fast growing,
irregularly spreading, multi-stemmed, semievergreen, drought-tolerant shrub with aromatic
grayish green leaves, reaching 2-4’ tall and 2-3’
wide at maturity. Flowering occurs in profusion
on current season’s growth from summer
through late fall. Flower buds are golden yellow
(the species is scarlet) and open blushed pink
with faint reddish streaks, especially on plants
flowering late in the growing season. ‘Amber
Blush’ prefers excellent drainage, full sun, and
acidic soils; like other woody plants in the mint
family (Lamiaceae), it should only be pruned
during active growth.
Plants have recently been distributed to local
and regional nurseries for propagation and
evaluation; availability at retail nurseries will
depend on these efforts. A few plants of ‘Amber
Blush’ were offered at our 2010 Fall Plant Sale,
and we expect a limited number will be available
similarly in 2011.
For more information, go to www.bbgardens.
org/plantintro
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1. Carol Washington (left) & Tina Johnson
admire native azaleas in Westervelt-Warner
Gardens, Tuscaloosa.
2. Helen Harmon (left), daughter Helen
Drennen & Fred Spicer at Warner House.
3. Toody Sullivan and granddaughter Eva
Jane Worthen learn about the Secret Life of
Trees.
4. Members tour Westervelt-Warner Gardens
5. Elna Brendel admires the huge leaves of
Magnolia macrophylla.
6. Donors tour the Barber Alabama
Woodlands with John Manion
7. Cathy Adams (center) shows (left to
right) Peggy Balliet, Linde Lalor, Joletta
Dean & Yates Amason her garden.
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8. Carol Sloss, Sue Ellen Lucas, Savannah
Lanier & Betty Montgomery enjoy the sun
and flowers on the Adams’s terrace.
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Mark your calendars for October 7-9, as Antiques at The Gardens
celebrates its sixth anniversary with dozens of dealers from across the
nation filling the Garden Center with furniture, art, rugs, jewelry and
other accessories. The weekend-long event commences on Thursday,
October 6 with the Sterne Agee First Look Party. The glamorous black
tie party offers guests a chance to browse the merchandise while enjoying
drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
All proceeds from Antiques at The Gardens help support the educational
programs at The Gardens. For more information about our programs
visit www.bbgardens.org.
Schedule of Events
Sterne Agee First Look Party
Thursday, October 6 | 7-10 p.m.
Tickets: $125* per person
Show Hours
Friday, October 7 | 10-5 p.m.
Saturday, October 8 | 10-5 p.m.
Sunday, October 9 | 1-5 p.m.
Tickets: $10
Red Diamond Lecture Series presents
C h a r l o t t e Mo s s
Interior Designer, Author and Philanthropist
Linn Henley Lecture Hall
Friday, October 7 | 10:30 a.m.
$30 per person*
Signed copies of her new book Charlotte Moss Decorates will be available for purchase.
Charlotte Moss has developed a signature style and with it a design philosophy – which is to live passionately, decorate
luxuriously, entertain beautifully and always maintain a sense of humor.
During the span of her interior design career, Charlotte has written seven books and has designed collections of china,
fabric, carpet, decorative accessories and home fragrance. While Charlotte draws her inspiration from her extensive
travels, avid reading and the legacies of great women of style, she attributes her Southern heritage as the most significant
contributor to her own personal style. For more information on Charlotte visit www.charlottemoss.com.
To purchase tickets to any of the events or for more information about Antiques at The Gardens contact Shelly
McCarty at 205.414.3965 or [email protected], or visit www.bbgardens.org/antiques.
*price includes show admission
Volunteers
DI
G THIS!
Mary-Bestor Grant, volunteer coordinator
A morning walk through The Gardens is a
perfect start to your day….a morning spent
volunteering in The Gardens, however, will
make your day. Step beyond the paths and
discover the difference between a weed and
a native plant in the Kaul Wildflower Garden,
feel the soil between your fingers digging and
transplanting in the Hosta Walk, work up a sweat
pruning in the Barber Alabama Woodlands and
Bog Garden. Any given Tuesday or Thursday
morning, volunteers like Jeanne Bearden,
Patty and Tim Finnegan, Rene Germann, Billy
West, and Janice Williams (just to name a few)
are planting, weeding and pruning in the Kaul
Wildflower Garden during one of John Manion’s
workdays. Joined by Meg Mostellar-Barnum,
Suzanne Clisby, Cecelia Latham, Larry Stephens,
and Gary Walker, this crew completes gardening
projects with energetic revelry. Wednesday
mornings are equally busy as volunteers Anita
Dark, Alicia & Ken Hall, Ann Gray Harvey and
Bonnie McDonald join Gardener Amanda Clark
harvesting vegetables or dividing daylilies. Get to
know The Gardens in a new way and DIG in to
a garden workday!
For more information about volunteering contact
Mary-Bestor Grant, volunteer coordinator, at
205.414.3962 or [email protected].
Rotary Club
of Shades Valley
Summer Internship:
Meet Cameron Strouss
This year’s Rotary Club of Shades
Valley Summer Intern is Cameron
Strouss, a 2011 graduate, with honors,
of the University of Montevallo (UM).
Cameron majored in biology with
a minor in environmental studies. She was a model for student
activism on campus, organizing and motivating fellow students for
humanitarian efforts, such as food and clothing drives for people with
low-incomes. She also led the student environmental movement in a
variety of ways, such as serving as president of the Environmental
Club, spearheading the UM Green Fund proposal, organizing Earth
Day events and serving as a docent at Ebenezer Swamp.
Cameron received several college awards and scholarships and a
2011 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for remarkable character
and integrity and for demonstrating a commitment to the service of
others. She arranged for UM students to attend state and national
conferences and tutored, taught and mentored high school and
college students. She worked on the UM Food Sustainability Plan
2011 and helped to start the UM Organic Community Garden,
designing and building an adjacent stone labyrinth.
Cameron’s particular interests are native wildflowers, medicinal
plants, taxonomy and landscape design. Through the internship,
she will be involved in virtually all activities at The Gardens
including those of special interest to her, such as seed collecting
trips, arboriculture and vegetable gardening. Over the ten-week
internship, she will be working on a special project of particular
interest to her and needed by The Gardens.
For more information about the internship program contact Henry
Hughes, director of education, at 205.414.3951 or hhughes@
bbgardens.org.
Back, left to right: Meg Barnum, Janice Williams, Gary
Walker, John Manion, Neal Spangler
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Front, left to right: Mary Phillips, Yoko Shimizu, Linda
Systrom
Welcome Jennifer Sanders
Join us in welcoming Jennifer Sanders, The Gardens’ new
horticultural therapy specialist! Charged with the creation
and delivery of The Gardens’ horticultural therapy programs,
Jennifer Sanders brings to The Gardens a lifelong love of the
outdoors and fifteen years of experience in working with diverse
populations. Building upon twenty years of horticultural therapy
at The Gardens, she aims to create inclusive programs focused
on health and well-being. Jennifer has a bachelor’s degree from
Rice University and a master’s degree in occupational therapy
from UAB, as well as additional training in disability studies
and education at The University of Alabama. Email Jennifer at
[email protected] to learn more about the program.
Jason Kirby, Library Assistant &
Archivist
Recently, Maura Davies, a library
volunteer brought a charter
membership document into the
Archives & Rare Book Room.
Her father, William E. Leonard,
was an early charter member of
the Birmingham Zoological &
Botanical Society.
July/August Artist
Kathleen Saab
Thyme to Read
Join us in The Library at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each
month to discuss each months selection. Contact Director
of Library Services, Hope Long at 205.414.3931 or hlong@
bbgardens.org for more information or to get involved.
Library Services
Additions to
the Archives and
Rare Book Room
July 5: Spice: The History of a Temptation / Jack Turner
August 2: An Episode of Sparrows / Rumer Godden
Many people are unaware that
Birmingham Zoo and The Gardens
were once one organization. We
read about these certificates, but
had never seen one until now. The
certificate is signed by Mayor Jimmy
Morgan and Mr. James A. Head,
the first president. The Birmingham
Zoological & Botanical Society was
incorporated on May 17, 1954.
This rare and important document
about our history is now part of
our collection. If you would like
to donate materials or view our
collection, please contact Jason
Kirby at 205.414.3967 or jkirby@
bbgardens.org.
September 6: Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education /
Michael Pollan
Visit the Gerlach Plant information Center (GPIC)
inside the Garden Center during July and August
for the exhibit:
Historical Uses of Plants
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G ardening
Good Things Growing…
In The Gardens
Courtesy of
Fred Spicer, Executive Director
In our area, care-free, mid-summer-blooming
herbaceous perennials are valuable garden
assets, and Phlox ‘David’, a garden phlox
cultivar in the Paniculata Group, is one of
the best. Standing 2-4’ in height with a 2-3’
spread, this superb selection boasts bright
white flowers starting as early as late June,
but more typically from early July through
early August. It has a long flowering period
because numerous individual flowers, densely
clustered on conical panicles, do not mature
(open) at the same time. At a quick glance, the
flower masses resemble oakleaf hydrangea.
Subtly fragrant, more deeply at night, they are
quite attractive to all manner of butterflies,
moths, bees and hummingbirds. With
timely deadheading (and a shot of fertilizer
afterwards), re-blooming is almost guaranteed,
and can continue, albeit at a reduced size,
almost until frost. For best growth, plant in
full sun to light shade, in average to good
garden soils; they seldom need staking unless
under high fertilizer regimes.
www.aces.edu
for more information,
see www.aces.edu
July
Phlox’David’ looks cool on a hot day in
the Forman Garden.
There are dozens of selections in the Paniculata
Group, but ‘David’, which most closely
resembles P. paniculata but is likely a hybrid,
is far superior to most because of its virtually
Conical flower panicles on Phlox ‘David’
complete resistance to powdery mildew. It
offer long-blooming interest.
was selected in 1987 from a population of
open-pollinated phlox seedlings collected from natural areas in the Brandywine Valley
in southeastern PA and northeastern DE. From there, Phlox paniculata’s native range
extends south, sporadically to NC and SC, and west to IL, MO and AR, touching parts
of northern AL and adjacent TN along the way. Often, more northern selections
of species with such broad climatic nativity do not perform well here, but ‘David’
withstands our heat and humidity with no problems. As a result of its overall garden
worthiness, it was deservedly named as the 2002 Perennial of the Year by the Perennial
Plant Association.
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Garde ning Tips
for July/August
“Common purple” Phlox paniculata
has more rounded panicles, less mildew
resistance than ‘David’.
As a species, P. paniculata typically features flowers
of purple-pink to pale magenta; the clusters are
more rounded than ‘David’. Plants sold locally as
“common purple” perform well in the garden,
bloom exuberantly, and have excellent-to-fair
powdery mildew resistance. This leads me to
believe they are seedling-produced as opposed to
being derived from divisions or cuttings, all of
which are easy ways to propagate this plant.
• Protect figs and other ripening fruit from
birds.
• Continue to root shrub cuttings until
late in the month and mulch to keep
soil moist.
• Remove faded blooms promptly from
crape myrtle and other summerblooming plants.
• In lawns, watch for diseases. Mow
regularly, and water as needed.
• Keep roses healthy and actively growing.
• Apply fertilizer as needed. Wash off
foliage to prevent burning if any fertilizer
falls on plants.
• Water annuals and perennials as needed
to keep plants active.
• Iris and spider lily bulbs may be planted
late this month.
• Keeping flowers, shrubs, trees, and
lawns healthy is the major task this
month. This demands close observation
for insects and diseases, and frequent
watering.
• Plant beans, field peas, rutabagas,
squash, New Zealand spinach, and
Irish potatoes. Plant cabbage, collards,
broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts,
and celery for the fall crop.
• Plant tomatoes in Central and North
Alabama.
August
• Cut out old blackberry canes after
fruiting and then fertilize and cultivate
for replacement canes. Remember to
order new catalogs for fruit selection.
• Layer branches of hydrangea.
• Hybrid teas and floribundas may need
slight pruning to prevent scraggly
appearance.
• Water annuals and perennials as needed
to keep plants active.
• Plant perennials and biennials.
• Divide old iris plantings and add new
bulbs.
• Keeping flowers, shrubs, trees, and lawns
healthy is the major task during this
month. This means close observation for
insects and diseases.
• Plant turnips, rutabagas, beans, and
peas in South Alabama.
• Plant cabbage, collards, cauliflower,
Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and celery.
Good gardening gloves, pruners and a shovel may be obvious items you’d find in a gardener’s tool shed, but what about
plant knowledge? The use of native plants in your garden is good for the environment, they look great and can save
you money. The new certificate in native plant studies program was created to give Participants a greater appreciation
and understanding of native plants.
You will be able to apply your new knowledge and skills to diverse landscape settings ranging from residential gardens
to professional and volunteer service in horticulture, landscape design, conservation, land management, ecological
restoration and environmental education. The certificate may be a valuable addition to resumes for those pursuing
public or private employment in these fields.
The curriculum combines core courses, electives, field trips and volunteer service to provide a well-rounded education
balanced among the taxonomy, ecology, conservation and uses of native southeastern flora.
E d u ca t i o n
Certificate in Native Plant Studies:
An essential tool for every gardener
More details and registration info can be found at www.bbgardens.org/plantstudies. Don’t delay in registering; classes
fill up fast!
Native Ferns and Their Relatives (elective)
Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Instructor: Dan Jones
Saturday, July 23 | 8:30-12:30 p.m.
$40 Members | $45 Non-Members
Introduction to Soil Science (elective)
Instructor: Henry Hughes
Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Saturday, August 20 | 8:30-12:30 p.m.
$40 Members | $45 Non-Members
Leaf & Petal
Introduction to Plant Taxonomy (core)
Instructor: Mike Hardig
Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Saturday, September 17 | 8:30-4:30 p.m.*
$80 Members |$90 Non-Members
Native Plants for Pollinators (elective)
Instructor: Sallie Lee and Wendy Ulrich
Location: Aldridge Botanical Gardens
Saturday, September 24 | 8:30-12:30 p.m.
$40 Members | $45 Non-Members
Medicinal and Edible Native Plants (elective)
Instructor: Darryl Patton
Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Saturday, October 22 | 8:30-12:30 p.m.
$40 Members | $45 Non-Members
Ecology of Alabama Native Plants (core)
Instructor: Scot Duncan
Location: Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve
Saturday, November 19 | 8:30-4:30 p.m.*
*Bring your own lunch
home decor . furniture . books . stationery . jewelry . lighting . children’s gifts
containers . garden items . floral designs
Located at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
2612 Lane Park Road, Mt. Brook
205.877.3030 . leafnpetal.com
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E ve n t s
August 11
Featuring
Jon Black with War Jacket
“Surf on the Turf ”
Signature drink: Sea Breeze
September 8
Featuring
Matthew Denne of Downright
“Green & Serene”
Signature drink: Midori Melon Punch
Join us in the Hill Garden from 5:30-8:30 p.m. for live music,
signature cocktails and complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Admission
is free for members* and $15 for non-members. For bands, menus
and more details visit www.bbgardens.org/cocktails.
New V.I.P. Area for 2011!
October 13
Featuring
Rolling in the Hay
“A Haunted Affair”
Signature drink:
Caramel Apple Martini
Includes best views of party, upgraded food, fully stocked cash bar
and limited to only 100 per event.
$25 Members & Non-Members
2011 Sponsors
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*Student, Young Professional - Single and Trillium
levels receive free entry for one named adult to
Cocktails in The Gardens ($45 value). Young
Professional - Couple, Hydrangea, Magnolia, Oak,
Ambassador and President’s Circle receive
free entry for two named adults to
Cocktails in The Gardens ($90 value)
Special performances
and Activities
will be hosted
at the following
attractions:
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.BIRMINGHAM365.ORG
Summer
Camps
2011
A Fa m i l y
T r a d iti o n !
New this summer:
Camps for 4 and 5 year-olds
entering fall
preschool programs
E d u ca t i o n
C h i l d r e n ’ s
Camps are $128 members*
and $160 non-members
unless otherwise noted.
For more information or to register
by phone, contact Education
Program Coordinator Ellen Hardy
at 205.414.3953 or
[email protected].
Register online
at www.bbgardens.org.
*Hydrangea level and above
July 11-15
Monet’s Garden
(9 a.m.-1 p.m.)
For children entering 3rd-6th grades
Instructor: Donna Long
July 18-22
Let’s Dig Up Some Fun
(9 a.m.-1 p.m.)
For children entering 5K-2nd grades
Instructor: Jenifer Harper
Animal Adventures from the Egg and
Beyond
(9 a.m.-1 p.m.)
For children entering 3rd-6th grades
Instructor: Helena Uber-Wamble
July 25-29
Bug Expedition
(9 a.m.-1 p.m.)
For 4 and 5-year-olds entering fall preschool
programs
Instructor: Lisa & Christina Dolensky
It’s a Buggy World (9 a.m.-1 p.m.)
For children entering 5K-2nd grades
Instructor: Brooke Carruthers
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G a r d e n S u p p o r t & E d u ca t i o n
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A d u lt C lasses
To register or for more information
visit www.bbgardens.org/classes or
call 205.414.3958
Beyond Rain Barrels
Saturday, July 9 | 9 - Noon
Instructors: Sallie Lee
$10 Class Only and Printed Materials
$30 Class and Unassembled Rain Barrel
$50 Class and Assembled Rain Barrel
L to R; Hana Burwinkle, Sharon Nelson, Wayne Boldin, Verna Gates, Mike
Malone; not pictured, Carol Hagood, Glenn Peoples and Louise Wrinkle
Education Committee
Provides Helping Hand
Since February 2010, The Gardens’ Education Committee has
helped guide our mission to increase public knowledge and
appreciation of plants, gardens and the environment. Comprised of
educators, veteran volunteers and members of The Friends’ board
of directors, the committee meets each month to discuss classes,
educational events and metrics for measuring progress. Discussions
have been lively and purposeful, adding new perspective and
creative ideas for innovation in education. Serving in the first year
were: Wayne Boldin, Hana Burwinkle, Verna Gates, Carol Hagood,
Mike Malone (chair), Sharon Nelson, Glenn Peoples and Louise
Wrinkle.
Tablescapes 102: Intermediate
Thursday, July 14 | 6-8 p.m.
Instructor: Kirsti Berry
$25 Members | $30 Non-Members
Mint Mixology
Thursday, August 18 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Instructor: Michael Conners
$20 Members | $25 Non-Members
From the Garden
to the Grill
Instructor: Angela Schmidt
Tuesday, September 13
6:30-8:30 p.m.
$25 Members
$30 Non-Members
GIFTS
to the
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar G. Aldridge
Dr. Bodil Lindin-Lamon
Mrs. Ruby S. Ansley
Fran Lawlor
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Balliet
Dr. Michael E. Malone
Mrs. Camille A. Becker
Ms. Louise T. McAvoy
Mrs. Lucille S. Beeson
Mrs. Mary Jean Morawetz
Peggy Bonfield & Orrin Ford
Mr. Philip Morris
Mrs. Tom Tartt Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr.
D. Joseph & Ida C. Burns
James L. Newsome
Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Dr. & Mrs. A. I. Perley
Ms. Suzanne G. Clisby
Steve & LeAnne Porter
Mrs. Martha Stone Cobb Daniel
Mrs. Carol P. Poynor
The Daniel Foundation of Alabama
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Spencer, III
The Dunn-French Family
Mr. Frederick R. Spicer, Jr.
Mr. F. Lewter Ferrell, Jr.
Mr. Douglas Arant Stockham
Mr. R.R. Herbst
Dr. Wendell H. Taylor
Mr. J. Ernest & Mrs. Ora Lee Hill
Mrs. Carolyn D. Tynes
Mrs. Fay B. Ireland
Mrs. Robert Wells
Members
of
The
Perennial
Society have made a planned gift, a
Mr. George L. Jenkins
bequest,
or an
endowment gift
of $10,000 or more to The Gardens.
Hugh & Bobbe Kaul
Library
MARCH/MAY 2011
Camellia Garden Club
– in memory of Pam West, Sara Zabelle,
William Ricker, John McCaffrey
Creative Study Garden Club
– in memory of Christine Mathis
Edgewood Garden Club
– in memory of Margaret Sulzby
Hope Long and Elizabeth Drewry
– in honor of Ann and Gary Ray
Sydney Taylor
– in honor of Donna Burgess
Ann Galbraith
Louise Wrinkle
James L. Newsome
Jean Dickerson
Ruth Seadler
Virginia Barr
June Mays
Catherine F. Martin Schiller
3 . 1 . 1 1 - 4 . 3 0 . 1 1
memorials
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, III
Virginia R. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Abernethy
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar G. Aldridge
Mr. & Mrs. Rex Alexander
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Baker
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Blair
Mrs. W. Houston Blount
Mrs. Kathryn Boswell
Mrs. Dorothy D. Boyd
Ms. Mary Virginia Brown
Mrs. James J. Bushnell
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Byars
Mr. & Mrs. Ehney A. Camp, III
Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Clayton, Jr.
Ms. Susan Cleage
Ms. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Mrs. William N. Culp, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Daniel
Dirt Daubers Garden Club
Mr. James Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher
Dr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Ross Forman, III
Mr. & Mrs. J.S.M. French
Friends of Birmingham Botanical
Gardens Staff
Ms. Roxanne Given
Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Grund
Mr. & Mrs. Morris Hackney
Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt R. Haskell
Ms. Ginger Hollingsworth
Mrs. Fay B. Ireland
Mr. Charles Israel
Mr. Ben Ivey Jackson
Mrs. Elbert Jemison
Mr. George L. Jenkins
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Johnson
Dr. & Mrs. Jim Kamplain
Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Lindstrom, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Long, Jr.
Mr. Nimrod W.E. Long, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Milton M. Magnus
Mr. William T. Mayfield III
Mrs. Lynette A. McCary
Ms. Nancy McCollum
Mr. & Mrs. Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr.
Jody Hamre
Mr. & Mrs. Robert de Buys
Debbie P. Hann
Ms. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Helen Hartman
Mr.& Mrs. Paul R. Butrus
Sara C. Henry
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Johnson
Helen S. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wrinkle
James D. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Youngblood
Frederick & Anny Kraus
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Knowlton
Peggy Lowery
Garden Sustainers are our
top annual donors, who in
the words of the late charter
member Bill Spencer, “give
more to support a garden
that’s free for everyone else.”
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Palmer
Bubba Major
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Cox, Jr.
Hiram H. Martin
Dr. & Mrs. G. William Cole
Christine E. Mathis
Creative Study Garden Club
Marie Mayer
Chairman Level
Mrs. Fay B. Ireland
Louise D. Johnson
Director Level
Mrs. Claire H. Fairley
Dr. & Mrs. Richard B. Shepard
Dorothy McCain
Mr. & Mrs. W. Warren B. Rhett
Eugenia Selby
Dr. & Mrs. Richard B. Shepard
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Slaughter
Mr. Edward S. Smith, Jr.
Mrs. Louise G. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. J. Elliotte Speake
Mrs. Virginia B. Spencer
Mr. Frederick R. Spicer, Jr. & Ms. Kim McBride
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Stutts
Mr. & Mrs. L.J. Styslinger, Jr.
Mrs. W. Hall Thompson
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Trigg, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Tucker
Mr. & Mrs. Temple W. Tutwiler, III
Mrs. Homer J. Urquhart
Judge & Mrs. Scott Vowell
Ms. Ann S. Wendling
Mr. & Mrs. George F. Wheelock, III
Dr. & Mrs. James R. Williams
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yoe
Joseph J. Burnett
Mrs. Joan L. Clark
Thomas A. McKnight
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Adams
Donald Morrison
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Porter, II
Margaret Pittman
Mr. & Mrs Lawrence Ford
Norma C. Scott
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Johnson
Ed Selfe
Ms. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Jack H. Shannon
Edgar O. Silver
Ms. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Trigg, Jr.
Richard Stockham
Alan Clark
Mark Corbin
Dr. & Mrs. Richard B. Shepard
Jerry Cummings
Mr. & Mrs Lawrence Ford
Elizabeth H. de Buys
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Trafton
Donald W. Drennen
Mr. Phil Brown
Ms. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Ms. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Youngblood
Mr. & Mrs. Robert de Buys
Ms. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Mrs. Elberta G. Reid
James H. Emack
Ms. Olivia Alison
Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Allison, Jr.
Mrs. Virginia Burnum
Ms. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Mr. & Mrs. David P. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Trafton
Benefactor Level
Southern Progress Corporation
The Hill-Allison Charitable Lead Trust
Mr. R. Shane Boatright
Mrs. Tom Tartt Brown*
Dr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr.
Stephens Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Arant Stockham
Mrs. Elberta G. Reid
Mrs. W. Houston Blount
Mr. & Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Pearce
Mr. & Mrs. George F. Wheelock, III
Ms. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Advisor Level
Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Jones, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Taylor Pursell
G arden S uppor ters
W. Houston Blount
Carriage Place Owners’ Association
Mr. & Mrs. David M. Millhouse
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh J. Morgan, Jr.
Mrs. J. M. Morgan, Jr.
Mr. Philip Morris
Ms. Jane Murphy
Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, III
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Oliver
Mrs. Fred Owen
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Porter, II
Mrs. James K.V. Ratliff
Mrs. Elberta G. Reid
Mary V. Thompson
Antoinette L. Tully
Betty Vidal
Elizabeth Ann Martin West
Walter S. Wilson
Mrs. Samuel Burr
Shirley W. York
Mrs. Anita Fowler
Patron Level
Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc
Mr. & Mrs. W. Frank Cobb, III
Mr. & Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher
The Goodrich Charitable Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Kimerling
Mr. & Mrs. Guy K. Mitchell, Jr
Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr.
James L. Newsome
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Northen III
Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Ray, Jr.
Rucker & Margaret Agee Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Jarred O. Taylor, II
Mrs. W. Hall Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd R. Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wrinkle
*deceased
11
G arden S uppor ters
N ew
P R E S I D E N T ’ S
C I RC L E
$ 1 , 0 0 0
Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Bissell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Briggs
Mr. & Mrs. Hubert W. Goings, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Walker
A mbassador $ 5 0 0
Ann & Angelo Bruno Foundation
Mr. Borden Burns
Ms. Susan Colvin
Mr. & Mrs. Clarke H. Gillespy
Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Goings
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Grinney
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Johns
Mr. & Mrs. Claude Nielsen
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock
O ak
$ 2 5 0
Mr. & Dr. Tom Baker
Ms. Linda S. Bashinsky
Ms. Pat Cosgrove
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dawson
Mr. & Mrs. J. Robert Doody
Joseph & Carla DuMontier
Mr. James V. Fairley, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Glenn
Dr. & Mrs. Charles R. Katholi
Mr. & Mrs. Kent Keyser
Mr. & Mrs. Nimrod Long, III
Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Lucas
Mr. & Mrs. Gene McWilliams
Mrs. Mary Jean Morawetz
Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Rand, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Troy Rhone
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Schaeffer
Mr. & Mrs. Murray W. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. J. Rainer Twiford
3 . 1 . 1 1 - 4 . 3 0 . 1 1
12
Honors
M agnolia $ 1 2 5
Mrs. John F. Abele
Michele Ahlers
Ms. Sallie S. Aman
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Arnold
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Beauchamp
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Belden, III
Mr. & Mrs. Morris C. Benners, Jr.
&
R enewing members
3 . 1 . 1 1 - 4 . 3 0 . 1 1
Dr. & Mrs. Jon Blankenship
Mrs. J. W. Bledsoe, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis H. Booker, Jr.
Mr. William M. Bowen, Jr.
Eric & Julieanna Brandino
Mr. & Mrs. Tommy G. Bright
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Carroll
Ms. Susan Cleage
Alexis Cooper
Mrs. Anita Mazer Cord
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Council
Dr. Artemus J. Cox III
Mrs. Patricia Crauswell
Dr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Dillard
Mrs. Jessica Kirk Drennan
Dr. & Mrs. John R. Durant
Ms. Linda Emerson
Mrs. Joyce Engler
Mr. Peter Falkner II
Dr. & Mrs. James O. Finney, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. John D. Glover
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Harbert
Mr. & Mrs. Robin Harden
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher B. Harmon
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory H. Hawley
Ms. Yvette Heath
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Hodge
Mr. Bascom T. Hopson
Mr. James E. Horton, Jr.
Dr. Susan Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Johnson
Mrs. Crawford T. Johnson, III
Mr. Jerry Jones
Mrs. Mavis Kennedy
Mr. & Mrs. Clark Lamb
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Larsen
Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Lindstrom, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. S. Robert Lister
Mr. & Mrs. Duncan Manley
Dr. & Mrs. John A. Mantle
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Mason
Stanford & Nicole Massie
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Matthews
Ms. Kim McBride
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Miles
Mrs. Jane Mullins
Dr. & Mrs. Joe R. Norman
Mrs. Kaye Oden
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Oden
Steve & Mary Phillips
Sally & Gene T. Price
Denny & Susan Ragland
Dr. Firoz Rahemtulla
Mrs. Elberta G. Reid
Ms. Suzanne Respess
Mr. Fred & Karin Rock
Mr. Stan Roth
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Russell
Ms. Sandra Schrohenloher
Ms. Nancy Shannon
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Sprague
Mr. & Mrs. E.L. Stringfellow
Mr. & Mrs. Russell R. Stutts, Jr.
Ms. Mary Lee Sullivan
Mrs. Tiffany Sutton-Crittenden
Mr. Bill & Arabella Tatum
Dr. & Mrs. Wendell H. Taylor, Jr.
Kimberly Till Powell
Mr. & Mrs. George N. Tobia
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Tullis
Ms. Holly Whitmire
Mr. & Mrs. & Mrs. John W. Williams
Dr. & Mrs. James R. Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde E. Wills
Ms. Margery J. Wirth
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Womack
Alan & Harriet Word
H y drangea
Thomas Kinkade Gallery
Mona & Ina Ables
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene E. Addor
Ms. Patricia M. Aitken
Mrs. L. Murray Alley
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Allsbrook
Mrs. Regina Ammon
Ms. Chrsitina Antonio
Mrs. Ashley Armistead
Ms. Linda C. Askey
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Atkinson
Dr. & Mrs. Alvin L. Atlas
Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Atwood
Dr. Jack M. Averett, Jr.
Ms. Jeanne Averhart
Ms. Anna Averyt
Mrs. Kristen Avis
Mrs. Carla Aycock
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Babanats
Dr. & Mrs. Martin T. Bailey
Ms. Anita S. Baker
Carol Ball
Mr. & Mrs. John Barelare
Mrs. Susan Barnacastle
Mr. William Barnes, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Baydala
Mr. & Mrs. T.A. Beckham
$60
Mrs. Kelley Belmont
Dr. & Mrs. Austen L. Bennett, III
Mr. & Mrs. James O. Bevelle Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Archie Bisset, III
Mr. & Mrs. Brody Black
Mr.& Mrs. Dylan Black
Mr. & Mrs. Lucian F. Bloodworth
Ms. Connie Bostany
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Boswell, Jr.
Mrs. Dorothy D. Boyd
Mrs. Patricia C. Broadwater
Mrs. Vicki Browder
Dr. Caroline Brown &
Mr. E. T. Brown
Mrs. Bertice Brown
Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. Bugg
Mr. Jeffrey Butler
Ms. Karin Callahan
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Camp
Mrs. Debbie Castleberry
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cather Jr.
Ms. Lyn Chappelle
Ms. Cecil Clark
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Clements
Ms. Gloria Clemmensen
Jon Clemmensen
Margaret & Archie Cobbs
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Cohen
Lee & Laura Coker
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Cole
Mr. & Mrs. John Coleman
Melissa Colvin
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Cook
Belton & Debra Cooper
Mrs. Hope Cooper
Ms. Miriam Cowan
Ms. Nelda Creel
Mr. & Mrs. Homer E. Croasmun, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cruse
Dr. & Mrs. James Cullinan
Mrs. Jane Cusick
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Darden
Mrs. Patricia Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Robert de Buys
Mrs. Lauren Deerman
Mr. & Mrs. Barry DeLozier
Ms. Molleen Desai
Mr. & Mrs. James DeWilde
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Dillard
Ms. Marilyn Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. W. Howard Donovan
Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Doss
Mrs. Helen Kathryn Downs
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Drinkard
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce C. Dunbar, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Dye
Mr. & Mrs. George S. Eastwood, II
Chris Carter
Dirt Daubers Garden Club
Janet Jackson
Wildflowers Garden Club
Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland
Mr. and Mrs. Robert de Buys
Ray Jordan
Wildflowers Garden Club
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Cleveland
Mrs. Paulette Haywood Ogard
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Weatherly, Jr.
John Manion
Flower Show Judges - Council 8
The Little Garden Club
Fletcher D. Harvey
Triangle Garden Club
Mrs. Sula Gillespie
Jesse McElroy
Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Edmiston
Mr. Stephen Edwards
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Faust
Ms. Alberta Fields
Mr. & Mrs. Joe M. Finkel
Ms. Susan Finley
Ms. Karen Fitzpatrick
Mr. & Mrs. Howard E. Furnas, III
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Gant, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Joe A. Garcia
Mr. & Mrs. James Garrison
Mr. & Mrs. David Garrison
Caroline Gidiere
Mr. Gregory Gladstone
Jessica Graves
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Gray III
Mrs. Beverly Green
Mrs. Catherine Gregory
Mr. Ronnie Griffin
Mrs. Diane Grillo
Ms. Trish Hand
Mr. Anthony Hankins
Mr. & Mrs. William Hannigan
Ella Harper
Mrs. Rebecca Hawkins
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Heacock, Jr.
Dr. Eric Helton
Mr. & Dr. Gregory R. Hodges
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Hoffman, III
Mrs. Mona Holmes
Ms. Pamela Holtkamp
Mr. & Mrs. James Horton
Ms. Kaye Houser
Mrs. Katherine Houston
Ronald & Elizabeth Howard
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Hoyt
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Huddle
Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Hudspeth
Mr. & Mrs. Duncan Hulsey
Dr. & Mrs. John C. Hurst, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Jackson
Ms. Teresa Jang
Ms. Nancy Jennings
Mrs. Betty M. Johnston
Mrs. Marcus Jones, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Hank Jones
Dr. Suzanne Judd
Drs. Gerald D. Karcher &
Ms. Gina Karcher
Ms. Elaine Kassouf
Mr. Sydney H. Keel
Mrs. Patricia King
Lisa & Chuck Krebbs
Mr. & Mrs. John Kuklinski, Jr.
William A. Lalor
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin E. Lambert
Ms. Savannah Lanier
Jeanie Sherlock
Mr. Justin Berman
Frederick R. Spicer, Jr.
The Little Garden Club
World Presidents’ Organization
Rebel Chapter
Bruce Steele
Selma Garden Club
3 . 1 . 1 1 - 4 . 3 0 . 1 1
Donors
Dr. & Mrs Clifton Latting
Mrs. Natalie Lee
Mrs. Gayle Leitman
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Leonard
Mrs. Heather Levensburger
Jonathan & Sara Ellen Levine
Sally Lineberry
Maurice & Marcella Little
Mrs. James A. Livingston
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Lloyd
Dr. & Mrs. Calvin L. Long
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Luce
Mr. & Mrs. Truitt Luckie
Ms. Janet Lyman
Mr. & Mrs. David E. Mackin
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Malone, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Merrill Mann
Ms. Maryann Manning
Mrs. Jane-Marie Marlin
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mayne
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Medley
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mendelsohn
Ms. Jan A. Midgley & Mr. Dean Clark
Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Mills, Sr.
Mrs. Nina P. Miranda
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Mollengarden
Mrs. Jane Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Moore, Jr.
Claude & Janie Morris
Ms. Kathleen Morris
Ms. Jean E. Mosley
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Mullen
Mr. & Mrs. Phil H. Neal, Jr.
Ms. Mary A. Newell
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Nichols
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, Jr.
Dr. John E. Norton
Mrs. Patricia Numnum
Mr. & Mrs. Dale E. O’Connor
Mr. & Mrs. Danny Owens
Mrs. Jennifer Patterson
Ms. Katharine Patton
Ms. Pam Paustian
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Pearson
Ms. Mary Scott Pearson
Ms. Laura Pemberton
Mr. & Mrs. Dudley Pendleton
Mr. Glenn Peoples Sr.
Lindsey & Ted Petras
Maria Petrey
Mr. & Mrs. David Philpot
Mr.& Mrs. Michael T. Piver
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Porter
Mrs. Pam Prestwood
Ms. Susan Pretnar
Mr. & Mrs. William Rabel
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney B. Ramsay
&
R enewing members
3 . 1 . 1 1 - 4 . 3 0 . 1 1
Mrs. Beverly Rausch & Andre Rausch
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Reames
Mr. Robert Reiche &
Mrs. Ellen J. Schmidt
Dr. & Mrs. Courtenay Renneker
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Reynolds
Dr. & Dr. Derek Richesin
Mr. & Mrs. David Roberson
Mr. & Mrs. Ludolf H. Roell
Drs. Paul & Kay Roller
Mrs. Kay Roller
Mrs. Sara M. Roseman
Mrs. Martha A. Ross
Ms. Kathy Rowe
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Rubin
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel E. Russell, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Sansom
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Saxon
Mrs. Eugenia Schanbacher
Ms. Ann Scott
Ms Karen Scott
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Scott
Ms. Tammy Searcy
Thomas & Brenda Shepherd
Mrs. Lou Ann Sherling
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Sherrill
Toby R. Siegel
Ms. Lorelle C. Singleton
Ms. Beverly B. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Smith III
Glenn & Jenny Smith
Mrs. Debra Southern
Mrs. Clifford M. Spencer
Mrs. Brenda N. Stacey
Miss Anne Lanier Stanfield
Mr. Lowry Stanford
Dr. Shirley Steele
Mr. & Mrs. David Stewart
Ms. Mary S. Stewart
Dr. Rena Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Still
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Stoddard
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Strickland
Ms. Rosemary Strouss
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Sulzby, III
Dr. & Mrs. David L. Tharpe
Ms. Katherine Tipton
Mrs. Catherine Toms
Mr. & Mrs. Bayard S. Tynes, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Vann
Ms. Marilyn Waggoner
Mr. & Mrs. Macbeth Wagnon, Jr.
Ms. Katgerine Walcolt
Ms. Pamela Waldsmith
Mr. Jim Waligora
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Wallace
Kyle Ware
Alabama Wildflower Society
Altec Industries, Inc
AT&T
BB&T
BHK Investment Advisors
Birmingham Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings LLP
Bromberg and Company, Inc
Dunn French Foundation
El Paso 36 Employee Volunteer Grant Program
Grapevine Garden Club
Hess Foundation, Inc.
Jefferson County Library Cooperative
L. Paul Kassouf & Company PC
Leaf & Petal
Lucille S. Beeson Charitable Trust
McWane, Inc.
Oasis Design Group
Red Diamond
Ms. Carol G. Washington
Charles & Mary Lou Watkins
Ms. Diann Weatherly
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Weaver
Mr. Terry & JoAnn Weber
Mrs. Cynthia Wentworth
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. White
Ms. Sue C. White
Mr. & Mrs. Drew Whitmire
Mr. John Whitson
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Widner
Herb & Carol Wilbanks
Mr. & Mrs. David T. Williams
Ms. Kimberly Wilson
Johnny Wood
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wooten
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Yoder
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Youngblood
Mr. & Mrs. John Yow
Skip & Susan Zuber
T rillium $ 4 5
Amy E. Adkins
Ardis Albany
Ms. Betty D. Anderson
Mr. J.R. Andrews
Mrs. Barbara Arnold
Mrs. Dorothy T. Ashby
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Azrin
Ms. Vicki L. Bailey
Ms. Katie Baker
William Barnes, Jr. & Dr. Marian Barnes
Mrs. Richard G. Bastar, Jr.
Mrs. Michele Baum
Mr. Brian L. Bellenger
Ms. Ann Best
Mrs. Brenda Betts
Mrs. Melissa Beukelman
Mr. John Bird
Ms. Lynn Bledsoe
Mrs. Heather C. Bradley
Ms. Debbie Breaux
Ms. LaRue Burt
Ms. Leslie Carlisle
Ms. Joy Carter
Mr. & Mrs. Rusty Chastain
Mrs. Joan L. Clark
Mrs. Dorothy Clark
Mrs. Judith M. Cloe
Ms. Ella “Lellie” Cole
Mr. & Mrs. J. Paul Compton
Ms. Rita Constantine
Mr. & Mrs. Belton Cooper
Ms. Maureen Crow
Ms. Carol J. Dashiff
Mrs. Martha Davenport
Ms. Linda DeMarco
Ms. Dorothy Dillard
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn H. Donald
Mrs. Amy Donner
Ms. Ashley Downs
Regions Financial Corporation
ServisFirst Bank
Sherwood Forest Garden Club
Steward Machine Co., Inc.
The Village Garden Club
Thomas E. Jernigan Foundation
Triangle Garden Club
Welch Hornsby & Welch, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Able, Jr.
Mrs. W. Houston Blount
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Coffee
Dr. and Mrs. G. William Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Robert de Buys
Mr. Matthew Evans
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr.
Mrs. Anita Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. James Garrison
Mr. Glenn W. Harp, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Horton
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Kemp
Diane Dudney
Ms. Michie Duke
Mr. W.B. Dumas
Mrs. Marjory E. Dunn
Ms. Joanne Englebert
Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Feagin
Ms. Anita Franklin
Ms. Rita Freeman
Bunnie George
Ms. Alison Glover
Ms. Anne Godhigh
Mrs. Eve Graham
Mrs. Cecily Graham-Chaney &
Mr. Arthur Chaney
Ms. Rebecca R. Griffith
Ms. Virginia Gurley
Dr. Ward Haarbauer
Ms. Theresa Harrison
Mr. Tom Hart
Mr. & Mrs. David S. Hassinger
Ms. Jeremy B. Hayden
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin C. Haynes
Ms. Harrison Heacock
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Higgins
Lynda Hiller
Ms. Joan Hilner
Mr. Claude Holland
Ms. Brenda Hong
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Howell
Mrs. Rita Hudson
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Hurley
Dr. Jeanne S. Hutchison
Ms. Dolores Hydock
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Igou
Mr. & Mrs. Albert C. Johnson
Mrs. Jerry N. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. J. Terrence Joyce
Dean C. King
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Koehler
Mr. Jack Krueger
Mrs. Monro B. Lanier II
Dr. Walter Little
Ms. Patricia Logan
Ms. Ann Kathryn Lohman
Mrs. Luverne Mattil
Mrs. Jane M. Maupin
Mrs. Dorothy H. McClurg
Mrs. Charlotte McDavid
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. McElroy
Mr. Jeff McGee
Mr. & Mrs. Philip I. McGrath
Ms. Jane McKenzie
Ms. Ellen McLaughlin
Miss Virginia McLean
Ms. Sarah K. McNeill
Ms. Carol Megginson
Ms. Sandra Melof
Mrs. E.J. Meriwether
Mrs. Mary Lou Miller
John & Laura Montgomery
Pat Moore
Mr. Paul Nagrodzki
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Nash
Dr. & Mrs. Juan M. Navia
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Nix
Mrs. Martha Norville
Ms. Adrienne L. O’Brien &
Jack O’Brien
Ms. Cheryl L. Olivier
Edward Pair
Buzz & Janet Palmer
Ms. Sharon Pardue
Ms. Charlotte T. Patton
Ms. Lea G. Pennington
Mr. Richard Pigg
Ms. Cynthia Pinger
Nancy Pless
Marion Plylar
Mrs. Michael H. Poe
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Register
Mr. Clayton Richard
Mrs. Judith Rives
Ms. Meg Roberts
Ms. Carolyn Robinson
Ms. Nancy Roepke
Kathryn Rowan
Ms. Ansley Rowell
Ms. Rebecca Russell
Ms. Kit Samford
Mrs. Carolyn Sankey
Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Scott
Ms. Gloria Sellman
Suzette Shell
Ms. Dale Sherer
Ms. Wendy Simmons
Mrs. Sue T. Sims
Mrs. Donna Speegle
Mr. & Mrs. James V. Spencer, III
Mrs. Cynthia S. Sproull
Mrs. Nancy Stevens
Ms. Martha Ann Stevenson
Christianne Strang
Michael Tatum
Ms. Dorothy J. Tayloe
Ms. Barbara Thacker
Ron D. Thrasher &
Lisa F. Gardner
Mrs. Helen V. Titus
Mrs. Laura Van Pelt
Mrs. Rose J. Vann &
Ms. Laura L. Vann
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Vardaman
Ms. Laura Vogtle
Mrs. Jo Ann Wallace
Mrs. Faye D. Walls
Mrs. Katherine K. Walsh
Ms. Cynthia V. Walters
Mrs. Betty C. Welden
Mrs. June Wheelock
Mrs. Garielle White
Ms. Patricia White
Ms. Jane White
Ms. Karen C. Williams
Ms. Elaine Witt
Mrs. Carol Wood
Mrs. Walter Wood
Ms. Carolyn R. Wynn
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Yardley
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Kimerling
Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Long, Jr.
Mr. Nimrod W.E. Long, Jr.
Mrs. Donie N. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Phil H. Neal, Jr.
James L. Newsome
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Patton
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Poynor
Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Ray, Jr.
Ms. Phyllis Rickart
Ms. Sandra Rives
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce F. Rogers
Dr. and Mrs. David H. Sibley
Mr. and Mrs. B. Hanson Slaughter
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Steele
Jean Thompson
Dr. Bayard S. Tynes
Ms. Marjorie L. White
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C en t r a l S o u t h n a t i v e
P la n t C o n f e r e n C e
N a tive Pla n ts: T h e Big g er Pi ctu r e
Ho w Na ti ve Pl a n ts C o m p l ete t he P u zzle
November 4-5, 2011
In addition to discussing many wonderful
native plants and their related topics,
this conference will focus on the
numerous important roles they play in
our ecosystems and how we can help
keep those systems intact. We will address
the interrelationships of native plants to
the myriad of life forms…birds, bees,
butterflies, bugs – and humans!
www.bbga r d e n s. o r g/ c sn p c