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Sale | page 8 Good Things Growing | Page 3 ARC Stories at The Gardens | page 6 BIRMINGHAM bOtaniCal GarDens Friends of There is always Trillium Treasures 2016 Birmingham Botanical Gardens Trilliums normally take from five to eight years to something blooming 2016 Board of Directors flower when propagated from seed, thus few nurseries at Birmingham Brian Barr ��Chair carry them, and when they are sold they are frequently Beverley Hoyt �� Chair Elect & Operations Chair Botanical Gardens. Hanson Slaughter �� Immediate Past Chair prohibitively expensive. If you ever find flowering-size Wally Evans ��Treasurer Plan your next visit Paul Jones �� Secretary trilliums that are not pricey, question if they were dug John Miller ��Development Chair soon! John Smith T ��Education Chair from the wild, something we strongly discourage. Charles Goodrich ��Governance Chair Visit bbgardens.org & For the third time in six years, we again offer the rare J. Turner Inscoe �� Government Relations check out what’s new opportunity to purchase plants that have already At Large: Cathy Adams at The Gardens. reached flowering size for a price that is much less than Craig Beatty you would ever pay. This year we are offering more Chris Boles Emily Bowron species than in the past. The price for these treasures Norm Davis Houston Gillespy range from $15 to $20 per plant, and we require a Chris Hastings John Hudson March minimum order of five plants. John Hurst Bill Ireland To place an order visit www.bbgardens.org/trilliums by Elizabeth Jernigan Daffodils no later than Monday, March 28. Plants will be available Natalie Kelly Peyton King Forsythias for pickup on April 7, 8 and 9. Questions? Please contact Carl Jones Katie Baker Lasker John Manion, Kaul Wildflower Garden curator, at Lee McLemore Lenten Roses [email protected]. Randall Woodfin Laura McCraney, Junior Board Chair Native Azaleas Pansies Our Mission Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens promotes Redbuds public knowledge of plants, gardens & the environment; & receives, raises & administers resources for these purposes.

Tulips Our Vision The vision of Birmingham Botanical Gardens is to be one of Wildflowers the nation’s preeminent botanical gardens.

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Fred Spicer ��Chief Executive Officer Stephanie Banks ��Chief Financial Officer April Dawn Coleman �� Education Activities Specialist Elizabeth Drewry ��Librarian Azaleas Blake Ells �� Public Relations Coordinator Ellen Hardy �� Education Program Coordinator Bigleaf Magnolias Penney Hartline ��Vice President of development Henry Hughes ��Vice President of Education Jason Kirby ��Library Assistant & Archivist Cherries Andrew B. Krebbs �� Director of Marketing & Membership Hope Long ��Director of Library Services Dogwoods John Manion ��Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator Pam McLeod ��Donor Services Coordinator Ferns Brooke McMinn �� Plant Adventures Program Specialist Drew Rickel ��Donor Relations Officer Flowering Shrubs Taylor Steele ��Volunteer Coordinator Rona Walters ��Membership Assistant Forsythia The Garden Dirt is the newsletter of Friends of Birmingham Botanical Herbs Gardens. The Garden Dirt is published six times a year to foster awareness & support events, services, & significant programs Irises of Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens. We welcome your comments & address corrections. Please contact: Native Azaleas On The Cover Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Editor, Andrew B. Krebbs, director of marketing & membership Hundreds of members and patrons took part in the 2612 Lane Park Road Redbuds Birmingham, AL 35223 Members-only Sale at the 2015 Spring Plant Sale. 205.414.3959 or [email protected] Rhododendrons The 2016 sale will be held April 14-17 at Brookwood bbgardens.org Village and the Members-only Sale will be on April Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens practices a policy of equal Tulips opportunity & equal access to services for all persons regardless of race, 14. Visit www.bbgardens.org/springplantsale for more creed, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, orientation or Wildflowers (peak) sex. Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a facility of Birmingham Park & information. Recreation Board. The deadline for the May/June issue is March 15. W

Dear Friends:

I hope you’ve taken advantage of our (so far) mild winter weather lc e to get a little ahead of things in your garden. What? You haven’t? Well, you’d better get going because spring isn’t just around the corner, it’s coming at us full force! Truth be told, I’m a little behind, too. I had planned to have all of last year’s plants in the ground before now, but I’ve been delayed by Membership a flurry of plant shuffling (transplanting, dividing, mind-changing andre- M O arranging) in a few of my borders. Plus, there are always a few plants that Dues To prove irresistible, but for which I struggle to find their rightful place. To my (gardener’s) way of thinking, this planned procrastination is perfectly fine! Increase e Regardless whether or not your home nursery is empty, make plans March 1 to join us at the Spring Plant Sale at Brookwood Village on April 14-17. We’ll have everything you need, and we hope to have a few things you just can’t resist, too. See all the details on page 8. And don’t miss Earth Day at The The last time our basic rates were raised Gardens on April 23, when we’ll celebrate the importance of trees (which too was in 2001. As of 2015, the economic realities have caught up with us. While many people simply take for granted). The Gardens has done a good job of We’ll soon wrap up the construction work in the Garden Center, keeping our costs down internally and giving you the best services we can for funded through a city of Birmingham bond offering. We’re grateful for (and your money, other factors are simply proud of) our 53-year partnership with Birmingham’s Park & Recreation out of our control. Everyone’s costs Board, and can’t wait to unveil the numerous upgrades throughout the have gone up in the last 14 years. building. You’ll really appreciate the changes. And speaking of changes, last For The Gardens, these include month we welcomed Penney Hartline as our Vice-President of Development. printing, postage and many others. We Many of you likely know Penney, who brings to us both deep and broad non- have done as much as we can to hold profit fundraising skills. We’re honored to have her as part of our winning off an increase for over a decade, but team. now it is a necessity. Penney’s coming on board is among a number of positive changes This step allows us to continue giving our organization has undertaken to strengthen our structure at the board and you the level of service you have come to expect and will ensure that staff levels, and to set the stage for continued growth. You – as a member, high-quality educational programs and a volunteer and a donor – are the most important part of that growth and I services continue for all. encourage you to dig a little deeper if you can to make that growth possible. Please go to our new, mobile-friendly website and learn about all that we do: I bet you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Making a donation to support our many When does the new rate take effect? activities and programs has never been easier (or more important). March 1, 2016 I’ll close with a nod of appreciation and a bow of respect to Board Chair Brian Barr, the leadership team of the board and all of our directors who give their time, expertise, passion and financial support freely to The How much are dues going up? Gardens. Most of them operate quietly behind-the-scenes but without them Trillium “Individual” level will increase our organization – and more than 200 non-profits in the Birmingham area – from $45 to $50 per year. could not function, and our community would be a far lesser place. Hydrangea “Family” level will increase from $60 to $70 per year. Magnolia level will increase from $125 See you in The Gardens, to $145 per year. All other levels will not experience an increase at this time.

To renew your membership today: Fred Spicer bbgardens.org/ Chief Executive Officer membership 1 The Gardens welcomes new Vice President of Development Penney Hartline

Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens introduces Penney Hartline e n t as its new Vice President of Development.

m Penney joins The Gardens after more than a decade of non-profit work, serving the Junior League of Birmingham, McWane Science

p Center, United Way of Central Alabama, Friends of Emmet O’Neil Library, STAIR (Start the Adventure in Reading), VOICES for Alabama Children, Mountain Brook Schools, Altamont School, Linly Heflin o Unit and Independent Presbyterian Church among others.

Penney will manage the many aspects of fund development for

e l Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens. She’ll oversee all events and associated fundraising efforts, including Antiques at The Gardens,

v Spring and Fall Plant Sale, Flicks Among the Flowers, Dirt Dash, Spencer Lecture. She’ll also be responsible for donations, individual

e and corporate giving, planned giving and membership opportunities.

If you’re interested in learning more about ways that you can be a part of The Gardens, contact Penney at [email protected]. D

Six New Members Elected to Board of Directors Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens has announced its 2016 Board of Directors. Brian Barr of Brasfield and Gorrie returns for his second year as chair, while Beverley Hoyt assumes the role of chair-elect while also serving as chair of operations.

Wally Evans serves his first term as treasurer and Paul Jones returns for his second term as secretary. John Miller serves as chair of development, while Charles Goodrich serves as chair of governance and John Smith T serves as chair of education. J. Turner Inscoe is the chair of government relations and B. Hanson Slaughter continues to serve as past-chair.

There are six new members for 2016: Norm Davis of Trufund Financial Services, Chris Hastings of Hot & Hot Fish Club, Peyton King formerly of Elegant Earth, Lee McLemore of Country Club of Birmingham, Randall Woodfin, Assistant City Attorney for the City of Birmingham, and Junior Board Chair Laura McCraney. Six 2015 board members will rotate off: Mary Boehm, Maggie Brooke, Elizabeth Broughton, 2015 Junior Board Chair Amanda Foshee, Clarke Gillespy and Scott Walton, who had served as treasurer for the Board of Directors since 2007.

Brian Barr Chris Laura Lee Randall Peyton Norm Chair Hastings McCraney McLemore Woodfin King Davis 2 Junior Board Chair G Good Things Growing… In The Gardens g n i n e d r a Fred Spicer, chief executive officer

Yaupon, Ilex vomitoria, and its cultivars are among the most common landscape plants in our area, and for very good reasons: utility, durability, flexibility, close nativity and beauty. The species is a large, dioecious multi-stemmed shrub or, over time, a larger-scaled small tree, with small, remotely toothed, spineless broadleaf evergreen leaves and gray twigs. Numerous (15+) male and female cultivars have been selected for varying degrees of dwarfness, narrowness, pendulousness, small tree-like stature, leaf shape and fruit color (red or yellow). These diverse forms make the plant useful in many cultivated situations: foundation plantings, hedges of assorted heights, specimens, accents and focal points, modest screens and human-scaled canopies [right], textural contrasts, and pops of winter fruit color.

Yaupon (from yopun, a Catawban word roughly meaning “small tree”) is an easy plant to propagate and grow in the nursery, and once out-planted it establishes quickly and grows reliably for many decades with little to no care. These traits make it quite user-friendly – undemanding and inexpensive – at every stage in the marketplace and after. It abides heavy pruning, poor and compacted soils, urban sites [below, top], extreme drought and flooding. Insect and disease issues are virtually unknown. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find a Maryland, too, and dubious old records indicate more tenacious yet generally amenable plant. eastern Long Island). Local plants in wild places in our area are gifts from the birds, who readily Not historically native to the Birmingham area, yaupon is take the shiny fruit from cultivated female plants, roughly concentrated in the coastal plain from east Texas expanding the species range northward. Weeping along the Gulf Coast and through north-central Florida, then varieties appear to come (at least partially) true north in a thinning coastal band to Virginia (some sources say from seed, which is unusual. Both male and female flowers are excellent bee fodder.

Yaupon is naturally found in acid, pine flatwoods, sandy uplands, even swampy habitats in sand or heavy clay, in higher pH soils (like in the Black Belt) [left, bottom], and even in thin, rocky soils. Exposed in full sun, it thrives, growing dense and twiggy; it also tolerates all but the darkest shade, but is progressively less dense with less light. Still, these broad tolerances make it challenging to find a location in which yaupon doesn’t grow handsomely, and cannot be successfully used. Interestingly, it’s the only native North American plant whose leaves and twigs contain caffeine. The specific epithet vomitoria was attached to this plant in error: the storied Black Drink consumed ceremonially by Native American men was composed of varied ingredients, some of which (but apparently not yaupon) are natural emetics. 3 HEROES AMONG US! Annual Volunteer Appreciation and Awards Luncheon held to Celebrate Our Garden Heroes Taylor Steele, volunteer coordinator

What defines a hero? Many people often talk about soldiers, firefighters and fictional characters with supernatural powers as heroes. But what is a hero really? Does heroism always involve physical strength, or are there other qualities that define being a hero? t l i g h t Our Garden heroes are volunteers with extraordinary physical or mental powers, far beyond the range of normal human

o ability, who use their powers to promote The Gardens’ mission of education.

p Behold, the power of The Gardens hero! From July 2014 to June 2015, Birmingham Botanical Gardens volunteers gave just over 30,000 hours to The Gardens. Based on the average hourly earnings of $23.07 for production and non-supervisory employees as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Independent Sector Model, The Gardens saved $692,100

S in 2015. The Gardens’ volunteers were honored with a luncheon at West Oxmoor Community Center in December, with top volunteers recognized with fitting awards. Categories and recipients for 2015 volunteer awards: Ida C. Burns Volunteer of the Year: Chris Boles An overall outstanding individual whose continual volunteer service in many areas of the organization has had significant impact on Birmingham Botanical Gardens. “The Herb Army (Chris’s first volunteer experience at The Gardens, following her Master Gardener class many years ago) is so very proud to have her named the Volunteer of the Year. We see her amazing enthusiasm and dedication to the Gardens every week. She currently is involved in many diverse projects and activities at The Gardens, and strives to involve others in the tasks of supporting and maintaining an educational, beautiful and welcoming place for the Birmingham Community.” - Donna Taylor, The Herb Army

lu n t e e r Educator of the Year: Janet White and Carol Washington

o Given to a volunteer who does an outstanding job with educational efforts promoting public knowledge and appreciation of plants, gardens and the environment. “Always a smile and a brief moment to chat about travels or funny stories, then it’s on to being a Discovery Field Trip docents as they then bring smiles and opportunities to children.” – Ellen Hardy,

V education coordinator Plantsperson of the Year: Larry Stephens Given to an exceptionally talented volunteer who generously shares plant knowledge and skills with others who volunteer on a regular basis propagating, caring for, and/or maintaining plants for The Gardens. “Larry has volunteered in the Kaul Wildflower Garden almost every Tuesday and Thursday for nearly six years! He enjoys sharing his extensive plant knowledge with others, is diligent, conscientious and a hard worker. There’s no task Larry is unwilling to do!” - John Manion, Kaul Wildflower Garden curator Volunteer Partner of the Year: YouthServe, Inc. Given to an organization that has partnered with our volunteer organization to multiply our efforts and achieve our mission. “YouthServe, Inc. has been a key player in supporting The Gardens’ service-learning and student leadership initiatives for three years. YouthServe, Inc. has been instrumental for us to connect with youth in the Greater Birmingham Metropolitan area. They also continue to support The Gardens with many service learning projects over the past four years including our annual plant sales.” - Taylor Steele, volunteer coordinator Brand Walton, Jr. Unsung Hero of the Year: Federated Garden Clubs of Alabama, District III Given to a volunteer who has benefited the organization by working independently and/or “behind the scenes” in an essentially non-public role for a number of years. “This award winner has been around for a very, very long time. Eighty six years to be exact! They were doing gardening and beautification well before most of our parents and grandparents were 4 even born.”- Jason Kirby, library archivist Classes

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classesclasses Spring Plant Sale To register or to read class descriptions visit Preview Party & Members Sale www.bbgardens.org/classes or call 205.414.3950. April 14 PHOTO-TALK Save Instructor: Hank Siegel Spring Plant Sale Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens April 15-17 Every 3rd Sunday | 2-4 p.m. Free, $5 donation suggested Ages 12 and up th e Earth Day at The Gardens April 23 Yoga with Lindsey Every Wednesday | 11:30 a.m. only 1st, 3rd, and 4th Thursday | 8:30 & 11:30 a.m. D a te Spencer Lecture 2nd Thursday | 8:30 a.m. only May 3 Members $5 | Non-members $7

Introduction to the Study of Native Plants Visit www.bbgardens.org for more information. Instructor: John Manion, Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator, Birmingham Botanical Gardens Saturday, March 5| 8:30-4:30 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens Library Hours Members $80 | Non-Members $90 of Operation Flora Photography Monday - Friday | 9 - 4 p.m. Instructor: Hank Siegel Saturday | 10 - 4 p.m. Saturday, March 12 | 9-1 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens Sunday | 2 - 5 p.m. use your library Members $60 | Non-Members $75 205.414.3920 card here. Growing Native Trees from Seed – Oaks, Hickories and Others – Part II Hours of Operation Instructor: Henry Hughes, VP of Education, Birmingham Botanical Gardens is open daily from Birmingham Botanical Gardens dawn to dusk every day of the year. Saturday, March 12 | 12:30-4:30 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens Check out our new pedestrian $40 Members | $45 Non-Members entrance on Cahaba Road. Herbal Remedies for Gardeners Instructor: Antonia Viteri & Cameron Strouss Admission: Admission and parking are FREE. Saturday, March 12 | 2-4 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens Members $15|Non-Members $20 BIRMINGHAM bOtaniCal GarDens Look for additional classes on the next few pages. bbgardens.org • 205.414.3950 s additional adult & Save The Date classesfamily classes arth ay To register or to read class descriptions visit E D www.bbgardens.org/classes or call 205.414.3950. at The Gardens

e n t Sushi with Kelly Viall Instructor: Kelly Viall Saturday, April 23, 2016 Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

v Friday, March 18 | 6-8 p.m. Free Admission • 11-4 p.m. Members $30 | Non-Members $35 For the full schedule visit

E Introduction to Botany - Science of Plants Instructor: Tom Diggs, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of www.bbgardens.org/earthday. Plant Biology, University of North Georgia, Gainesville Saturday, March 19 | 8:30-4:30 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens Members $80 | Non-Members $90 Grafting Native Fruit Trees – Part I (elective) & Instructor: Pete Halupka, Harvest Roots Farm & Ferment Saturday, March 26 | 12:30-4:30 p.m.

s Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens & The Library at Birmingham Botanical Gardens present Members $40 | Non-members $45 Roots: Stories about the e A North Alabama Adventure: Cane Creek, the Nature of the South Dismalites and Trilliums! Trip Leader: John Manion, Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator, Friday May 13 • 6:30 p.m. Birmingham Botanical Gardens Formal Garden at Birmingham Botanical Gardens ss Location: North AL $10 per person Friday, April 1 & Saturday, April 2 Register online: bbgardens.org Members $165 | Non-Members $185 Up Close & Personal: Macrophotography Arc Stories features true, personal stories told live in front of l a Instructor: Hank Siegel an audience by the people who lived them. If you haven’t ever Saturday, April 2 | 9-1 p.m. & Saturday, April 9 | 9-1 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens experienced an Arc event before, this is one you don’t want to miss.

C Members $100 | Non-Members $120 For more information on Arc Stories visit www.arcstories.com Riparian Flora and Fauna (field trip/canoe paddle) Trip Leader: Randy Haddock, Ph.D., Field Director, Cahaba River Society Sunday, April 3 | 9:00 - 4:30 p.m. (Rain Date: Sunday, April 10) Location: Cahaba River near Montevallo, AL $70 Members | $80 Non-Members (includes canoe rental & presents associated equipment) Spencer Lecture Establishment and Aesthetics of the Traditional Japanese Garden (Members-Only) Instructor: Mickey J. Lollar, Curator and Education Programs Director, Berry Library & Museum April 7 | 6-8 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens FREE • Members-Only Class Dr. William Welch Spring Identification of Native Woody Plants “Re-Designing the Landscape - Some Rosy Ideas.” Instructor: Fred Spicer, CEO, Birmingham Botanical Gardens Saturday, April 9 | 8:30-12:30 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens Tuesday, May 3 | 6:30 p.m. $40 Members | $45 Non-Members Free Admission • Limited Seating Photography Class: What’s This Button Do? Instructor: Hank Siegel For details and reserve your seat visit Saturday, April 30, 2016 | 9-noon Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens www.bbgardens.org/spencer. 6 Members $50 | Non-Members $60 C Children’s Summer Camps Certificate in a l Programs are designed to actively promote your child’s natural sense of creativity and discovery with fun learning experiences in the Native Plant unmatched setting at Birmingham Botanical Gardens! This summer, S S we are offering exciting opportunities to grow and discover through Studies gardening, nature exploration, art, cooking, yoga, children’s literature and imagination while making new friendships. Classes, Field Trips e Each camp is limited to 20 children except preschool camps, which & Volunteer Opportunities are limited to 15 children. Teachers are certified or otherwise Registration & further information about the program, including course s qualified. For more information, contact Education Program descriptions & certificate requirements, can be found at & & Coordinator Ellen Hardy at 205.414.3953 or [email protected]. www.bbgardens.org/plantstudies or call 205.414.3950. Register online at www.bbgardens.org/ All classes held at Birmingham Botanical Gardens unless otherwise noted. summercamps or 205.414.3950. All are welcome to register for any of the classes. Introduction to the Study of Native Plants The Secret Life of Bugs Microworlds in The Gardens: Instructor: John Manion, Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator, Instructor: Lisa Dolensky Creepy Crawlers & Insects Birmingham Botanical Gardens E June 6-10 | 9-1 p.m. Instructor: Sharon Pollard Saturday, March 5| 8:30-4:30 p.m. $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members July 5-8 | 9-1 p.m. Members $80 | Non-Members $90

Ages 4-5 $128 Members* | $160 Non-Members v For children entering grades 5K-2 Growing Native Trees from Seed – Oaks, American Girl® Girls Just Like Me Hickories and Others – Part II (ELECTIVE) Instructors: Robin & Emmeline Geurs Young Artists in The Gardens Instructor: Henry Hughes, VP of Education, t n e June 6-10 | 9-1 p.m. Instructor: Shellye Lucas Birmingham Botanical Gardens $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members July 11-15 | 9-1 p.m. Saturday, March 12 | 12:30-4:30 p.m. For children entering grades 5K-2 $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members $40 Members | $45 Non-Members For children entering grades 5K-2 Growing through Yoga Introduction to Botany - Science of Plants Instructor: Annie Damsky Young Artists in The Gardens Instructor: Tom Diggs, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of June 6-10 | 9-1 p.m. Instructor: Donna Long Plant Biology, University of North Georgia, Gainesville s $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members July 11-15 | 9-1 p.m. Saturday, March 19 | 8:30-4:30 p.m. For children entering grades 5K-4 $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members Members $80 | Non-Members $90 For children entering grades 3-6 Junior Master Gardener Grafting Native Fruit Trees – Part I (elective) Instructor: Julie Danley Dig it! Dinosaurs Rock! Instructor: Pete Halupka, Harvest Roots Farm & Ferment June 20-24 | 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Instructor: Lisa Dolensky Saturday, March 26 | 12:30-4:30 p.m. $280 Members* | $350 Non-Members July 18-22 | 9-1 p.m. Members $40 | Non-members $45 For children ages 8-12 years $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members A North Alabama Adventure: Cane Creek, the For children ages 4-5 years Dismalites and Trilliums! Summer Garden Chefs Trip Leader: John Manion, Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator, Instructors: Jo Dale & Nancy B. Growing through Yoga Birmingham Botanical Gardens Cadenhead Trucks Instructor: Annie Damsky Location: North AL June 27-July 1 | 9-1 p.m. July 18-22 | 9-1 p.m. Friday, April 1 & Saturday, April 2 $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members Members $165 | Non-Members $185 For children entering grades 5K-2 For children entering grades 5K-4 Riparian Flora and Fauna Summer Garden Chefs Get Growing: The Tiny Seed (field trip/canoe paddle) Instructors: Jo Dale & Nancy B. Instructor: Sheryl Lee Trip Leader: Randy Haddock, Ph.D., Field Director, Cadenhead Trucks July 25-29 | 9-1 p.m. Cahaba River Society June 27-July 1 | 9-1 p.m. $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members Sunday, April 3 | 9:00 - 4:30 p.m. (Rain Date: Sunday, April 10) $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members For children ages 4-5 years Location: Cahaba River near Montevallo, AL For children entering grades 3-6 $70 Members | $80 Non-Members (includes canoe rental & Gardening in Wonderland: associated equipment) American Girl® Girls Just Like Me Designing & Modeling Instructors: Robin & Emmeline Geurs Instructor: Mildred Henderson Spring Identification of Native Woody Plants July 5-8 | 9-1 p.m. July 25-29 | 9-1 p.m. Instructor: Fred Spicer, CEO, Birmingham Botanical Gardens $128 Members* | $160 Non-Members $160 Members*| $200 Non-Members Saturday, April 9 | 8:30-12:30 p.m. For children entering grades 5K-2 For children entering grades 3-6 $40 Members | $45 Non-Members 7 s Spring Plant Sale Thyme to Read

to be held April 14-17 ◄ April 5: Lost Antarctica Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ largest annual plant sale by James McClintock e n t fundraiser will be held at Brookwood Village in the Macy’s upper parking lot in Birmingham on April 14-17, 2016. Over 100,000 v plants will be available for purchase, many of which have been May 3: ► nurtured by volunteers at The Gardens. More than 7,000 plant Mister Owita’s

E enthusiasts attended last year’s sale. Guide to The Spring Plant Sale furthers The Gardens’ mission of Gardening promoting public knowledge & appreciation of plants, gardens by Carol Wall & the environment while providing consumers seasonally appropriate planting advice from experts & satisfaction from supporting a worthwhile cause with each purchase. Join us in The Library at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday

& of each month to discuss a fun book pertaining The public sale will be held Friday from 9 – 7 p.m., Saturday from to gardening, plants or the environment. Contact s 9 – 5 p.m. & on Sunday from 11 – 3 p.m. Admission to the public Director of Library Services Hope Long at sale is free. Numerous opportunities to volunteer are available & 205.414.3931 or [email protected] for more e can be found at www.bbgardens.org/springplantsale. information or to get involved. The annual Preview Party will kick things off on Thursday, April 14, at 5 p.m. Admission to the Preview Party is $45 in advance & ss $50 at the door. The Preview Party provides guests a chance to shop early & enjoy great food & wine. The Members-Only Sale is free to members from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

l a Brookwood Village is located at 780 Brookwood Village Birmingham, Alabama 35209 C

For more information about the Spring Plant Sale or to purchase tickets to the Preview Party, call 205.414.3950 or visit www. bbgardens.org/springplantsale.

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March April • FRUITS & NUTS - Continue strawberry & • FRUITS & NUTS - Season for strawberry grape plantings. Bud apples & peaches. Start planting continues. Start spray program for planting blackberries. Remember, if weather all fruits. Plant raspberries & blackberries & conditions prevent prompt planting, heel continue budding apples & peaches. the plants in by placing the root system in a • SHRUBS - Prune spring flowering shrubs Art Gallery trench & covering the soil. after flowering. Fertilize azaleas & camellias. • SHRUBS - Fertilize shrubs (except azaleas When new growth is half completed, spray all at The Gardens & camellias) according to a soil test. Late shrubs with a fungicide. March/April plantings may be made, particularly if they • LAWNS - Planting continues. New lawns may are container-grown. Watch shrubs for need supplementary watering. Also, fertilize harmful insects. at 3- to 6-week intervals. Keep ryegrass cut • LAWNS - Plant bermuda, zoysia, & centipede low, particularly if over planted on bermuda in South Alabama. Seed bluegrass & grass lawns. Pat Carroll mixtures in North Alabama. Fertilize • ROSES - Watch for insects & diseases. Keep established lawns. old flower heads removed. Plant container- Reception • ROSES - Watch new growth for aphids. Begin grown plants from nurseries or garden Friday, March 4 a spray or dust program. Begin fertilizing. centers. 5:30-6:30 p.m. • ANNUALS & PERENNIALS - Tender annuals • ANNUALS & PERENNIALS - Plant early may be planted in South Alabama. Check started annuals or bedding plants from garden centers for bedding plants. nurseries or garden centers. Divide mums or For more information, contact Hope Long, • BULBS - Plant gladiolus every two or three root cuttings. Dig & divide dahlias. director of library at [email protected] weeks if a long blooming season is desired. • BULBS - Plant gladiolus, fancy-leaved or 205.414.3931. Plant tuberous begonias in pots. Plant caladiums, milk & wine lilies, & ginger dahlias. & gloriosa lilies. Feed bearded iris with • MISCELLANEOUS - Check & repair sprayers, superphosphate & spray for borers. Avoid dusters, & lawn mowers. Control lawn weeds cutting foliage of narcissus or other bulbs with chemicals. Delay pruning of fruiting until it has turned brown naturally. shrubs such as cotoneasters, pyracanthas, & • MISCELLANEOUS - Spray camellias, hollies, hollies until after flowering. etc., for scale insects. Carefully water new • VEGETABLE SEEDS - Plant hardy crops plantings of shrubs & trees. Pinching out recommended for January & February. tips of new shoots promotes more compact After danger of frost is past, plant tender shrubs. vegetables. • VEGETABLE SEED - Plant tender vegetables • VEGETABLE PLANTS – Plant cabbage, such as beans, corn, squash, melons, & onions, lettuce, broccoli, & Brussels sprouts cucumbers. Plant heat-loving vegetables in lower South Alabama. in North Alabama; plant tomatoes & peppers in lower South Alabama. • VEGETABLE PLANTS - Plant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, sweet potatoes, & parsley

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rt e r Dr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. T. Michael Goodrich As of December 31, 2015 Jones Family Fund o Ms. Lori Oswald & Mr. Hans Paul Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer S. Poynor, III Mr. & Mrs. Murray W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. South, III Southern Progress Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Rick Stukes

u p p Mr. & Mrs. John A. Williamson, Jr. grantors Anonymous S grantors Patron Level

As of December 31, 2015 Mr. & Mrs. Brian Barr Mr. & Mrs. Jay Grinney Thank you to the Individuals, Foundations, Companies Mrs. Camille H. Butrus Mr. & Mrs. Guy K. Mitchell, Jr. C. Eugene Ireland Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr. & Cities who awarded us grants in 2015 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Coleman Dr. James L. Newsome Birmingham Kiwanis Foundation Mrs. Sarah R. Johnston C.S. Beatty Construction, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, III Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama/The Caring Joseph S. Bruno Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bob de Buys Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Northen, III Foundation Junior League of Birmingham Dunn-French Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Ray, Jr. Brooke Family Foundation Kinder Morgan Foundation Mrs. Trudy R. Evans Rucker & Margaret Agee Fund Wally & Janie Evans Mr. & Mrs. William J. Rushton, III City of Birmingham The Little Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Fennell Mrs. Lucille R. Thompson City of Mountain Brook Lorol Roden Bowron Foundation Mr. & Mrs. J.S.M. French City of Vestavia Hills Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation a r d e n Mr. & Mrs. Houston Gillespy The Comer Foundation Nancy & John Poynor Dunn-French Foundation Protective Life Corporation & Dai-ichi Life Dr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr. Insurance Company, Ltd.

G The Goodrich Foundation Redmont Neighborhood Association Hill Crest Foundation, Inc. Regions Financial Corporation The Hugh Kaul Foundation Shades Valley Rotary Club Independent Presbyterian Church Foundation Vulcan Materials Foundation The James Milton & Sallie R. Johnson Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Jemison Investment Company Inc. Anonymous

As of December 31, 2015

Ms. Louise T. McAvoy * Mrs. Mary Jean Morawetz Mr. Philip Morris Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edgar G. Aldridge Dr.* & Mrs. Charles P. Grant James L. Newsome Mr. & Mrs. Michael Balliet Mr. R.R. Herbst * Dr. & Mrs. A. I. Perley * Ms. Camille A. Becker Mrs. Jimmie Hess * Steve & LeAnne Porter Mrs. Lucille S. Beeson * Mr. J. Ernest Hill & Mrs. Ora Lee Hill * Mrs. Carol P. Poynor Peggy Bonfield & Orrin Ford Mrs. Jane Hinds Mrs. Dorothy L. Renneker * D. Joseph & Ida C. Burns * Fay B. Ireland Deborah & John Sellers Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland Mr. George L. Jenkins Mr .& Mrs. William M. Spencer, III * Suzanne G. Clisby Hugh & Bobbe Kaul * Mr. Frederick R. Spicer, Jr. Mrs. Martha Stone Cobb Daniel * Ms. Pamela Kaul * Mr. Douglas Arant Stockham The Daniel Foundation of Alabama Mr. Jason C. Kirby & Mr. Benjamin J. Faucher Dr. Wendell H. Taylor, Sr. * Aubrey* & Elizabeth Drewry Andrew B. Krebbs Mrs. Barbara D. Thorne * The Dunn-French Family Fran Lawlor Mrs. Carolyn D. Tynes * Dr. John D. Elmore* Dr. Bodil Lindin-Lamon* Mrs. Ann H. “Nancy” Warren * Mrs. Claire H. Fairley* Hope Long Mrs. Robert Wells Mr. F. Lewter Ferrell, Jr. * Dr. Michael E. Malone 10 Anonymous *Deceased G

Gifts received between honorshonors 11.1.15-12.31.15 n e d r a Cathy C. Adams Alleen Cater Jason C. Kirby Robert E. Newton Frederick R. Spicer, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Mrs. Susan W. Stockham Armed Forces Officers Wives Club Dr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Mike Rushing Gardens of Inverness Garden Club Wildflowers Garden Club Laurie Allen Susan Colvin Rockridge Garden Club Patricia J. Noble Mr. & Mrs. Hobart A. Ms. Robin Burrell Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Leah M. Taylor McWhorter, Jr. Kathryn B. Lasker Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Jean Condrey Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Henry B. Ray Brian Barr Dr. & Mrs. G. William Cole Mr. & Mrs. Hobart A. William N. Viar Dr. & Mrs. James R. Williams Sue Ellen Lucas McWhorter, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Hobart A. Cameron Crowe Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock McWhorter, Jr. Mary Boehm Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock O. Gordon Robinson

Mr. & Mrs. Alan T. Drennen Cathy Luckie Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Howard P. Walthall Charles W. Daniel Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock In Honor of His Birthday S Christina Boles Mr. & Mrs. Harold Doss Kimberly J. Rogers Mr. Elliott Walthall Mr. & Mrs. John M. Musgrave Linda G. Massey Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Thomas T. Donald In honor of her career with Robert Wendorf

Emily W. Bowron Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Daniel Homes/Ingram & Mike Rushing Dr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr. p p u Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Associates Connie & C. Michael Buchanan Dr. & Mrs. Mike Rushing John A. Floyd Ms. Margi Ingram Maggie Brooke Dr. & Mrs. Mike Rushing Paul Sauer Lyda S. White Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Margaret H. McGowan Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Mr. & Mrs. Hobart A. Ellen Hardy Mr. & Mrs. Mark McColl McWhorter, Jr. Elizabeth Broughton Dr. & Mrs. James R. Williams Mr. John McGowan William A. Schoel, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock In Honor of His Birthday Louise A. Wrinkle

Fletcher D. Harvey J. Reese Murray Mr. & Mrs. William A. Schoel, III Mr. & Mrs. James V. Park, III o Nan Broughton Valley Off-Shoots Garden Club Mr. Stephen Shaw Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Neal Schooley

Henry F. Hughes Will Netwon Dr. & Mrs. Mike Rushing r e rt arbara urton B L. B Mr. & Mrs. Bob de Buys Dr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr. If we have inadvertently left your name Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Gardendale Garden Club Margot R. Shaw out or incorrectly listed you, please accept Kate Newton Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock our apologies and contact Drew Rickel, Ragan Cain Dr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr. donor relations officer, at 205.414.3955 or Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock [email protected].

in honor of Fletcher Harvey ifts to G Valley Offshoots s he ibrary at Garden Club T L Pat Cosgrove Stay-at-Home Helen Titus Birmingham Shindig Library Fund Raiser Botanical Gardens Vasha Rosenblum Thelma Stichweh

Phase I Conservatory Improvements Leading Lights Campaign Donors Platinum Level City of Birmingham Brooke Family Foundation The Daniel Foundation of Alabama Bill & Lyndra Daniel Gold Level All members of The Gardens receive a Community Foundation 10% discount off of purchases. of Greater Birmingham Lorol Roden Bowron Rediker Rucker Foundation Hours Bronze Level Monday-Saturday: 9:30-5:30 p.m. Anonymous (2) Sunday: 1-4 p.m. The Lucille S. Beeson Charitable Trust Butrus Family Advised Fund Holly Oak Garden Club 205.877.3030 leafnpetal.com Valley Off-Shoots Garden Club 11 If we have inadvertently left your name out or incorrectly listed you, please accept our apologies and contact Drew Rickel, donor relations officer, at 205.414.3955 or [email protected].

s Gifts received between donorsdonors 11.1.15-12.31.15 Mr. Edmund R. Agee, II Mrs. Susan G. Davis Iris Garden Club Mrs. Sarah B. Neal & Kim McBride Mr. Rogers Alley Mr. & Mrs. Harold Deason Harriet Isbell Mr. & Mrs. Claude B. Nielsen Stephens Foundation Betty & Walt Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Bob de Buys Dr. & Mrs. Jerry W. Jackson Nimrod Long & Associates, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Stichweh D. Joseph & Ida C. Burns Dr. Susan Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, III Mr. & Mrs. Rick Stukes rt e r Anonymous (7) Arlington Trust Company Designated Fund Mr. & Mrs. Sim S. W. Johnson Kathy Norden Mr. & Mrs. Edward Taub AT&T Employee Giving Campaign Mr. & Mrs. Harold Doss Mrs. Sarah R. Johnston Ms. Adrienne L. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Jesse R. Taylor, III o Mr. William Baskett Mr. & Mrs. Alan T. Drennen Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Jones, Jr. Ms. Charlotte Painter Carolyn Terry Mr. & Mrs. Craig Beatty Dunn-French Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Jones Padma Patel The Billygoat Fund Lucille S. Beeson Charitable Trust Mrs. Mary S. Durant Jones Family Fund Mr. Harold Peterson The Home Garden Club Dr. & Mrs. Austen L. Bennett, III Mr. & Mrs. George S. Eastwood, II Mr. Jacob B. Joyner Mr. & Mrs. William M. Phillips The James Milton & Sallie R. Mr. & Mrs. C. Eugene Boles Wally & Janie Evans Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Judd Mr. Jonathan Pillinger-Cork Johnson Foundation Dr. James Bonner Dr. & Mrs. Robert N. Finchum Patsy Kelley Mr. & Mrs. James W. Porter, II Ms. Katherine Tipton

u p p Kelly & Bobby Boone Mr. & Mrs. Walter S. Fletcher Kinder Morgan Foundation Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Ms. Dorothy H. Vines Mr. & Mrs. William A. Bowron, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peyton King Kathy Ranelli & Ms. Deon Neighbors Ms. Elna R. Brendel Mr. & Mrs. J. Ross Forman, III Mrs. Ingrid Kraus-Tiller Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Ray, Jr. Virginia Beeland S Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Bromberg, Jr. The Forman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. George Ladd Redmont Neighborhood Association Spencer Lecture Fund

Mr. Nelson Brooke Mrs. John Forney Dr. & Mrs. James C. Lasker Mr. & Mrs. James L. Richardson Virginia Stockham Brooke Family Foundation Sam & Betty Franklin Leaf & Petal Evelyn Ringer Ladd Family Foundation Ms. Robin Burrell The Dunn-French Family Wayne & Jane Lewis Mr. Thomas W. Roberts Vulcan Materials Company C. S. Beatty Construction, Inc Friends of the Cahaba River Cookie Logan Dr. Fred Rock & Dr. Karin Rock Aletha Watley Cahaba Media Group, Inc. National Wildlife Refuge Lorol Roden Bowron Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bruce F. Rogers Mrs. Charles B. Webb, Jr. Caldwell-MacKay Co., Inc. Mrs. Sula Gillespie Ms. Elena A. Lovoy Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Rowe Ms. Anne Wheeler Capital Strategies Group, Inc. Ms. Frances Givhan & Mr. Jerry Bearden Rucker & Margaret Agee Fund & Mr. Richard A. Berliner Mrs. Anne G. Carey Mr. & Mrs. T. Michael Goodrich Ms. Janet Lyman & Mr. Hank Siegel Ruffner Mountain Dr. & Mrs. James R. Williams Mr. & Mrs. John D. Carney, III Mrs. Cecily Graham-Chaney Rick & Barrett Brock MacKay Nature Coalition, Inc. Dr. Steven Hodges Dr. Chenbei Chang & Mr. Arthur Chaney Jane Mantooth Paula & Mike Rushing & Ms. Janice H. Williams City of Vestavia Hills Timothy & Allison Gregg Ms. Carol A. McCoy William & LaVona Rushton Mr. & Mrs. John A. Williamson, Jr. a r d e n The Honorable & Mrs. Melford O. Ms. Margaret W. Grubb Mr. Daniel McHan Dr. & Mrs. B. Chandra Sekar Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A.S. Wilson Cleveland Ms. Jo Gunter Mr. & Mrs. Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr. Ms. Kaneshia Sims Mrs. W. W. Winfree, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. G. William Cole Mr. & Mrs. Joe Hagedorn Ms. Eugenia McWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Hanson Slaughter Mr. & Mrs. Melvin M. Zivitz Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Coleman Mr. Mike Hardig Mike & Gillian Goodrich Mr. & Mrs. William M. Slaughter G The Comer Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hill Foundation Mrs. Catherine P. Smith Mrs. Hope Cooper Mr. & Mrs. William L. Hinds, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr. Mrs. Lamar Smith, Jr. Cathy Crapet Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Hoyt The National Christian Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William E. Smith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. C. Coleman Daniel, II C. Eugene Ireland Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John T. Natter Frederick R. Spicer, Jr.

Gifts received between 11.1.15-12.31.15 memorialsmemorials Clara H. Baskett Mary V. Dillard F. Donald Hamre Annie P. Lester John F. Robb Mr. William Baskett Ms. Olivia Alison The Honorable Ms. Anne Wheeler Mrs. Sula Gillespie & Mrs. Melford O. Cleveland & Mr. Richard A. Berliner W. W. Belser James O. Finney Mr. & Mrs. Randy Cooper Everette T. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. C. Coleman Daniel, II Mrs. Catherine P. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Bob de Buys Gloria T. McWilliams Mrs. Mary Marcoux Mrs. John Forney Ms. Eugenia McWilliams Jeannine Burge Martin Flannigan Mr. & Mrs. Victor H. Hanson, III Abbott Williams Oak Street Garden Shop Mr. Robert Newton Ledbetter Family Elizabeth Mills Mrs. Lamar Smith, Jr. & Ms. Cynthia D. Woods Mrs. Elberta G. Reid Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Earl Trafton Tracy Cartwright Oak Street Garden Shop Dr. & Mrs. Paul Sauer Ms. Michelle Blackwood Gift Directed to Little Frederick R. Spicer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James S. Brown, Jr. Darden Williams Ones Memory Garden Charles S. Frazer & Kim McBride Mr. & Mrs. Vitaly Charny Mr. & Mrs. Peyton King Mrs. Sula Gillespie Mrs. Mary Marcoux Mr. Matthew Hunter Joan C. Harrison Ms. Rebecca Martin Mary Frances Cason Dorrie Fuchs Mrs. Ruth Pitts Mr. Richard Mills If we have inadvertently left your Mrs. Sandra Mann Dr. Steven Hodges Ms. Lori Oswald & Mr. Hans Paul name out or incorrectly listed you, & Mr. Merrill Mann & Ms. Janice H. Williams Ralph Johnston Ruffner Mountain Nature please accept our apologies and Ms. Mary V. Farrar Coalition, Inc. contact Drew Rickel, donor relations Arthur P. Cusick Nancy Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Ken Wills officer, at 205.414.3955 or drickel@ 12 Mrs. Susan G. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Bromberg, Jr. Frederick W. Kraus Mrs. Ingrid Kraus-Tiller bbgardens.org. G

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new&renewing n e d r a new&renewing members 11.1.15-12.31.15 President’s Circle $1,000 Mrs. C. William Gladden, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Gordon Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson Ms. Carol Slaughter Mr. Richard M. Adams Dr. and Mrs. Morton Goldfarb Mr. and Mrs. William Grimmett Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Thompson Dr. Jane Sullivan Mrs. Frances D. Blount Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt R. Haskell Mr. and Mrs. James E. Grisham Ms. Despina Vodantis Mr. and Mrs. Edward Taub Mrs. Gretchen Holcomb Ms. Catherine Gross Mr. and Mrs. Robin A. Wade, III Mrs. Sidney Thompson Mrs. Alleen Cater and Dr. Lyle A. Hohnke Mr. Tyler Hooper Ms. Faye Hallman Ms. Peggy Wallace Ms. Cheryl Todd Dr. and Mrs. Derrill Crowe Mr. and Mrs. Kent Keyser Mr. and Mrs. James Harris Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Walthaw, Jr. Ms. Peggy Hill Dr. Robert A. Kreisberg Dr. and Mrs. William K. Hawley Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ward Ms. Lynn Wilmoth Mr. and Mrs Jerome K. Lanning Dr. Terry Bierd and Mr. Ben F. Hayley Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Welden Mrs. Barbara J. Wilson Mr. Philip A. Morris Ms. Christine Heckemeyer Dr. Steven Hodges and Ms. Gage F. Woods Mr. and Mrs. William C. Patterson Dr. and Mrs. Peter Mannon Mrs. Mary L. Holt Ms. Janice H. Williams Mrs. Minnie H. Rast Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Markstein III Becky and Bill Hutto Murray & Wayne Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Gerson May Mr. John W. Smith T Mr. and Mrs. James Hyde Mr. and Mrs. Carlton E. Wood III Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. McBride, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Ideker Ivey and Peter Young Young S Mr. Arnold L. Steiner Mr. and Mrs. Stan McClellan Dr. and Mrs. James Isobe Professional Mr. and Mrs. Jarred O. Taylor, II Mr. and Mrs. James D. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Janowski Trillium $45-59 Ms. Ashley Archer Jones Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. von Herrmann Mr. Michael J. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Jensen Ms. E. Bryding Adams Mr. Eddie Kim and Ms Tina Johnson Mr. Edmund R. Agee,II Ms. Jessica Starr Mrs. A. Brand Walton Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Morris p p u Mr. and Mrs. John T. Oliver, III Mr. and Mrs. Whit Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Allen Dr. Tori Anderson Ms. Rebecca F. Parsons Ms. Kay Kinnear Ms. Deborah Baker Ms. Holly Carlisle The Very Reverend and Ms. Jacqueline Klima Mrs. Margaret H. Bish Lama Tenaim Deshek Ambassador $500-999 Mrs. Andrew C. Pearson, Jr. Mrs. William Krusen Mr. and Mrs. Van Blankenship The Reverend Stephen Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Amason, Jr. Dr. Paul Samuelson Ms. Charlotte E. Lackey Ms. Allison Boone J. McCarthy, Jr. Ms. Lela Anne Brewer Mr. and Mrs. William F. Denson, III Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Shannon and Mr. Donald Barnett Mr. Johnston Moore Mrs. Virgina B. Burnum Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Rawls Dr. and Mrs. Winfield S. Fisher, III Mr. Jeff Shimizu and Mr. Tommy Robinson Ms. Janet Lauer Mr. and Mrs. William A. Legg, Jr. Mrs. Bess C. Constantine Drs. Alan and Doris Gertler Mrs. Deborah K. Strauss Mrs. Shirley G. Dawson

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Levin o Dr. and Mrs. G. Y. Gillespie Mr. and Mrs. William N. Thurman, III Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Lewis Mr. Nathan Dreger Dr. Bayard S. Tynes Ms. Lida I. Hill Dr. John A. Long and Dr. Sheri S. Long Mrs. George Bondurant Elliott Ms. Wendy G. Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lott, Jr. Ms. Martha Faesi

Cliff and Cindy Martin r e rt Mr. Elbert S. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Don Lowden Mr. Godfrey J. Fies Mrs. Louise G. Smith Mrs. Alecia Warnock Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Mackey Mr. Gregory J. Harber Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Walton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Waudby Mrs. Lucie Magnus Mr. Jim A. Head, III Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wood Mrs. Anne S. Martin Mrs. Mary Hooks Mr. and Mrs. John H. Martin Ms. Charlotte King Oak $250-499 Mr. and Mrs. Paul McClelland Ms. Kitty Lineberry Hydrangea $60-124 Mrs. Karen Miller Mrs. Kit MacLeod Mr. and Mrs. William C. Barclift, III Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Addison Mrs. Billy R. Mills Mrs. Sandra Marbutt Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Carroll Mr. and Mrs. George Andrews Claude and Janie Morris Ms. Linda G. Massey Mr. Charles A. Collat, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ash Ms. Jane Murphy Mrs. Inez McCollum Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Doody Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Baker Mr. and Mrs. W. Donald Myers Ms. Bess McCrory Mr. and Mrs. John Barnacastle Jack & Jackie Nesmith Mr. and Mrs. Emmett E. McLean Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Dreher s Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Monk Mr. and Ms. Virgil Edwards Ms. Cason Benton Ms. Ann Benton Joey, Jenny, and John Parker Ms. Kimberly Moore Ms. Linda Emerson Mr. and Mrs. Tom Berres Dr. Donald Patterson Ms. Mary Nancy Moore Ms. Patricia Frederick Mrs. and Mr. Elizabeth Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Jackson M. Payne Mrs. Mary Jean Morawetz Dr. and Mrs. Juan F. Gutierrez Mrs. Jenny Blackmon Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Perry, Jr. Ms. Jean B. Morris Dr. and Mrs. Jimmie H. Harvey, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jon J. Blankenship Dr. and Mrs. Banks Petrey Mrs. Marty Mullins Ms. Donnie G. Olis Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Lee Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bradford Dr. and Mrs. Paul G. Petznick Ms. Annette Brady Hal and Donna Phillips Miriam Omura Ms. Eugenia McWilliams Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bruner Ms. Patty A. Pilkerton Ms. Sherilyn Osborne Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Burks Mr. and Mrs. Bill Prewitt Mrs. and Mr. Sandra Parker Mrs. John L. Rhoads Mr. and Mrs. Bill J. Burnham Ms. Margaret Ray Ms. Sarah Pass Ms. Jane Russell Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Burrows Ms. Nancy Richmond Ms. Ann S. Pierce Ms. Laura Prim Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Snyder Ms. Susan Byrne and Mr. Brian Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Eric Carlton Mr. and Mrs. James B. Riddle Ms. Joyce C. Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. Michael Straus Bill and Lynn Carter Mr. Thomas Russell Ms. Emily Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Casey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Russell Mrs. Annette Rodgers Ms. Carol Anne A. Sutfin Mr. and Mrs. Vitaly Charny Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Shaia Mr. and Mrs. Greg Schumann Mr. and Mrs. Earl Trafton Mr. and Mrs. Corvin Clark Ms. Trinket Shaw Ms. Janet Sharpe Mrs. Carole Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Ingram D. Tynes Dr. Orville W. Clayton Mrs. Kathy Sherrer Dr. David Clews Mr. and Mrs. William Silsbee, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Cobbs Mrs. Donald H. Slappey, Sr. If we have inadvertently left your name out or incorrectly listed Mrs. Linda Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Smith,II you, please accept our apologies and contact Drew Rickel, donor Mr. and Mrs. Don Cole Mrs. Catherine P. Smith relations officer, at 205.414.3955 or [email protected]. Magnolia $125-249 Mr. and Mrs. Marc Smith Mr. William F. Angell Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Crawford Dr. and Mrs. Jeffery B. Cutler Mr. and Mrs. Stewart T. Smith Mr. and Mrs. David Ballard Ms. Susan E. Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Snoddy Dr. and Mrs. Frank Benesh Mr. Stewart F. Davis and Ms. Marilyn Lantz Dr. W. D. Sockwell and Ms. Deborah J. Long Ms. Irene Blalock Mr. and Mrs. A. Fox deFuniak, III Mr. and Mrs. J. Elliott Speake Ms. Karin Callahan Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Dodge Mr. and Mrs. Bert Spence Ms. Janet Cash Mr. and Mrs. Todd Dorlon Mrs. Camille Spratling Mr. and Mrs. William N. Clark Mrs. Evelyn Dunbar Mr. Calvin C. Crowder and Dr. Martha Strange Dr. and Mrs. Walter D. Clark Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Durham Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Tate Mrs. Robert S. Clayton, Jr. Mr. Sam Erwin Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Hayven Evans Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Crockard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. D. Lawrence Faulkner Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dake Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Finchum Mr. and Mrs. George Daniels Mr. Frank Fleming Dr. and Mrs. Larry J. Davenport Mrs. John Forney Mrs. Bonnie Davis Mr. and Mrs. William French, III Mr. Stephen Dennis Mr. and Mrs. James Frost Ms. Dorothy Drake Dr. Gerald M. Fuller Jason, Carrie, and Christopher Garrette Ms. Barbara Fant Mr. and Mrs. J. Sharp Gillespy, IV Mr. and Mrs. William D. French Dr. and Mrs. R. David Glasgow 13 Non-Profit Org. BIRMINGHAM US Postage PAID OtaniCal arDens Birmingham, AL b G Permit No. 2513

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