Lewis Ginter 2017–2018 Annual Report Beth Monroe Letter from Board President and Executive Director

LEWIS GINTER 2017–2018 ANNUAL REPORT BETH MONROE LETTER FROM BOARD PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

DEAR FRIENDS, Our deepest thanks for making another exceptional year possible at your community garden!

In 2017, Lewis Ginter hosted Wild Art: A Journey And of course, the gardens themselves shone. Extensive Off-Canvas, an exhibit by local artists who inspired plant collections exquisitely maintained in beautiful and delighted guests with art installations using landscapes continued to fill guests and students with natural materials. We continued schematic design appreciation and awe for the natural world, thanks to work in pursuit of the priority projects from the your support and the dedicated hearts and hands of master site plan, and launched a new brand identity our volunteers and horticultural staff — professionals that had its roots in the very same plan. We leaned into such as Senior Horticulturist Elizabeth Fogel who our entertaining and meaningful education programs began her work in ecological landscaping and and tours, engaging over 20,000 children and adults. designed plant communities as the inaugural Frank L. Robinson Endowed Chair in Horticulture. For the second year in a row, the Garden received Charity Navigator’s coveted 4-star rating, its highest The common ground upon which Lewis Ginter possible recognition of sound financial management. Botanical Garden is built has become common ground For the third consecutive year, we surpassed 400,000 for many of our Richmond neighbors and visitors. visitors, including the thousands of guests for the We are able to pursue our compelling mission daily Solar Eclipse Sun Celebration who were welcomed so due to your dedication, thoughtfulness and generosity warmly that staff and volunteers received accolades throughout the year. Thank you! from the Herald de Paris, “Solar Eclipse brings humanity together a little.”

Duron Chavis, Community Engagement Manager, continued his good work of training new cohorts of Kathleen A. Luke Shane W. Tippett Ginter Urban Gardeners, and was recognized as a Board President Executive Director Richmond Times-Dispatch Person of the Year and one of six Richmond History Makers for his work in “promoting stronger communities.”

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden connects people through plants to improve communities.

2 JONAH HOLLAND Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is deeply grateful for the donors, members, volunteers and community partners who make it possible for us to connect people through plants to improve communities.

Our sincere thanks to the following individuals who made donations of support to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden between April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017.

OPERATING BUDGET BREAKDOWN

REVENUE AND OTHER SUPPORT

Contributions and $ 2,830,935 Education Endowment 4% Garden Shop Memberships $ 1,012,831 13% Admissions $ 1,413,759 Admissions Education $ 309,175 % Facility Rental 19 and Concessions Garden Shop $ 991,929 9% Facility Rental and $ 650,771 Memberships Concessions Other Earned Income 14% 3% Other Earned Income $ 249,109

TOTAL $7,458,509 Contributions and Endowment 38%

EXPENDITURES

Administration $ 670,413 Administration % Advancement $ 749,849 9 Education and Community Membership $ 296,120 Advancement Engagement % Visitor Programs $ 1,691,606 10 21% Operations $ 922,047 Gardens and Grounds $ 1,570,852 Membership % Gardens Education and 4 and Grounds Community $ 1,557,608 21% Engagement Visitor Programs TOTAL $7,458,495 23% Operations 12%

For the second straight year, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has achieved the highest possible rating from Charity Navigator for strong fiscal stewardship, accountability and transparency. Thank you for partnering with us to improve communities by connecting people through plants. We deeply value your trust.

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BOARD OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASSOCIATES

OFFICERS DIRECTORS CHAIRS Mrs. Kathleen A. Luke Mrs. Anedra W. Bourne Mr. James P. Leahey President Mr. Matthew J. Bruning Mrs. Rosana McGann Ms. Lori K. Cochran Mr. J. Melvin Watkins Mrs. Joelle K. Cosby Vice President MEMBERS Mrs. Katherine B. Duval Mr. Robert H. Newton, Jr. Ms. Mary Elfner Mrs. Kindra Berteau-Beckett Treasurer Mrs. Janet T. Geldzahler Mr. Andrew A. Breneman Ms. Mollie A. Brooks Mrs. Martha F. Moore Mr. Gary M. Gore Mrs. Massie P. Cooper Secretary Mr. Michael C. Gray Mr. J. Eric Greenwood Dr. Kensington A. Hatcher Mrs. Kristen F. Hager Dr. Jill Bussey Harris Ms. Macy N. Irvin General Counsel Mrs. Donna G. Kelliher Mrs. Christine VanMilder Jones Ms. Anne Leigh Kerr Mrs. Ashley W. Kelly PRESIDENT EMERITUS Mrs. Candace W. Lindenzweig Mrs. Alisson P. Klaiber Mr. Frank L. Robinson Mrs. Rachel Loughlin Ms. Kelli S. Lemon Sister Anne Marie Mack, CBS Mrs. Sarah A. Leonard DIRECTOR EMERITA Ms. Lucy B. Meade Mrs. Jennifer L. Ligon Mrs. Lora M. Robins* Mrs. Paula H. Nachman Ms. Carrie H. Pennypacker Dr. Kee Sung Ro Mr. Evans Elias Richards Mrs. Susan F. Robertson Mr. Joe J. Schilling Mrs. Clare O. Schapiro Ms. Sinclair R. Scott Mrs. Carolyn K. Snow Mrs. Jessica L. Sorensen Dr. Debbie L. Sydow Ms. Jennings H. Whiteway Mrs. Peyton P. Wells Mrs. Jenefer O. Williams Mrs. Mary R. Wick Mr. Steven A. Wistrom Mrs. Susanne N. Wick *Deceased

5 2017 BY THE NUMBERS YOUR SUPPORT PROVIDED

400 15,143 12,622 THOUSAND + guests with free admission through young people with experiential, our Share the Garden program and nature-based learning visitors with inspiration, Free Community days learning, solace and delight

7,800 5,841 3,697 free educational opportunities total taxa/unique types of plants pounds of fresh produce for youth and adults grown in a learning landscape donated to FeedMore to help fight hunger in Central Virginia

3,006 2,862 82 hours of workforce development adult students and 316 acres of gardens, 50 of which training for 275 youth in our teachers with nature-based are intensely cultivated, under service learning program education programs maintenance and expansion

6 57 STAFF THANK YOU HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is deeply grateful for the donors, members, volunteers and community partners who make it possible for us to connect people through plants to improve communities. Your generosity powers our mission and makes possible everything we do. We are grateful to the following people and organizations that made donations of support to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017.

ANNUAL FUND Thank you to these supporters of our Annual Fund who made gifts of $500 or more. JONAH HOLLAND $10,000+ $5,000 – $9,999 Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon T. Christian IV Anonymous 4G Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John H. Cronly III Mrs. Victoria E. Belcher Aetna Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cullen Mrs. Ann Lee Saunders Brown American Funds Cullen Family Fund of Dr. Arthur W. Burke, Jr. Ms. Susan H. Armstrong The Community Foundation Serving Dr. Arthur Burke Fund for Orchids of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bingley, Jr Richmond and Central Virginia The Community Foundation Mrs. E. Reed Carter Mrs. Florence Bryan Fowlkes Serving Richmond and Elisabeth Reed Carter Charitable Fund Florence Bryan Fowlkes Fund of Central Virginia of The Community Foundation The Community Foundation Serving Louise B. Cochrane Serving Richmond and Richmond and Central Virginia Charitable Foundation of Central Virginia Courtney Knight Gaines The Community Foundation Serving Commonwealth Foundations, G.P. Foundation, Inc. Richmond and Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Geldzahler Mr. John R. Congdon, Jr. Dr. Michelle Duckett-Hedgebeth and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Gottwald Constance C. and Linwood A. Lacy, Jr. Mr. Reginald D. Hedgebeth Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Greenwood Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Francisco Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Hamlin Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. William R. Gardner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. Bradford Ladd Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Gilman Mr. and Mrs. J. Randolph Hutcheson Mr. Bob Lincoln and Mrs. Lorrie Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hartough The Beirne Carter Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lowsley-Williams Mr. and Mrs. John A. Luke, Jr. Mrs. Letitia Iorio Ridgeway Foundation Massey Foundation Mr. Philip W. Klaus, Jr. McKinnon and Harris, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. E. Morgan Massey Nathalie L. Klaus Charitable Merrynook, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Craig L. Massey Lead Trust Mr. and Mrs. Lewis N. Miller, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Massey, Jr. Ms. Kathryn I. Moore Elizabeth P. and Lewis N. Miller Mr. Donald M. Robelen Mr. and Mrs. C. Cotesworth Pinckney Charitable Fund of Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. John M.R. Reed The Community Foundation Serving The Honorable John W. Snow and Dr. Kee Sung Ro and Dr. Peter S. Ro Richmond and Central Virginia Mrs. Carolyn K. Snow Mrs. Martha L. Robertson Merrynook, LLC Mrs. Virginia H. Spratley, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nachman Ms. Martha S. Pellington and Private Wealth Management Nachman-Marks Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel L. Doss III Mr. and Mrs. John Wick III National Philanthropic Trust Virginia H. Spratley Charitable Fund Mrs. Mary Bryan Perkins of The Community Foundation C.D.L. and M.T.B. Perkins Fund of Serving Richmond and $2,500 – $4,999 The Community Foundation Serving Central Virginia The American Endowment Foundation Richmond and Central Virginia Ms. Karen M. Whelan Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany B. Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Perry Mr. and Mrs. Tappan August Ms. Christine K. Plant Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Boeve Christine Kane Plant Charitable Fund Ms. Laura H. Boland of The Community Foundation The CarMax Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia TOM HENNESSY HENRI POTIN

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Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Price Mrs. Leroy L. Anderson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Read Branch, Jr. T.H. & N.H. Price Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Arnn J. Read Jr. & Janet Dennis Branch Ms. Sarah H. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Arrington, Jr. Fund of The Community Foundation Judith Haskell Brewer Fund Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Arthur Serving Richmond and Mrs. Patricia L. Rooney Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arthur Central Virginia Mrs. Elizabeth T. Sauer and Ms. Elizabeth Askew Ms. Diane Brasington Mr. Bryan Moody Mr. and Mrs. David W. Axselle The Brink’s Company Mr. and Mrs. Dave Shafer AYCO Charitable Foundation Dr. Lucille M. Brown Mrs. Jane B. Spilman Ms. Alice T. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bruning Robert H. and Jane Bassett Spilman Mr. and Mrs. William D. Baldwin Mrs. Lissy S. Bryan Foundation The Honorable Gerald L. Baliles and L.S. and J.S. Bryan Fund of Mr. and Mrs. Addison B. Thompson Mrs. Robin D. Baliles The Community Foundation Tad and Sue Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Barbaro Serving Richmond and Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Baron Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baskind Mrs. Esther M. Bunzl Mr. Shane W. Tippett and Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Batt Mrs. R. Lowndes Burke Ms. Elizabeth Tippett Drs. J. Temple and Mary Lynn Bayliss Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Campbell West Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Beadles Capital One Services, LLC Ms. Aimee M. West Richard and Juanita Beadles Family Mrs. Carolyn T. Carneal and Ms. Laura H. West Fund of The Community Foundation Mr. Glenn M. Simmons Tom and Cathy Tullidge Serving Richmond and Mr. Dan Carr Tullidge Family Fund of Central Virginia Mrs. Mary Lou Carr The Community Foundation Serving Ms. Elsie W. Beazley Mr. and Mrs. Miles Cary, Jr. Richmond and Central Virginia Mr. William F. Bedwell Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Cash Mr. and Mrs. Tom F. Turner Mr. and Mrs. David L. Beeghly Central Virginia Nursery and VAMAC Inc. Mrs. Fitzgerald Bemiss Landscape Association Mr. and Mrs. Marcus M. Weinstein Dr. Kia J. Bentley and Ms. Marti L. Truman The Chericoke Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David R. Beran Dr. Christine Chmura Ms. Beth Bickford Mrs. William T. Clarke $500 – $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Millard I. Binswanger, Jr. Mrs. Thomas Clevenger Binswanger Glass Foundation Lori Cochran and Kimberly Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Abbott Mrs. Roberta B. Bocock Mrs. Elizabeth Cole Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Adler Frederic Scott Bocock & Mrs. Carole C. Conner Mr. and Mrs. William Allcott Roberta Bryan Bocock Trust Mr. and Mrs. James C. Cosby Mr. Gregory Allen Mr. and Mrs. James V. Bortle The Reverend Monsignor Roy Cosby, Jr. Mr. Irvin Allison and Ms. Mary Ann Stana Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bos Mr. and Mrs. David E. Cottrell Mr. and Mrs. Franco Ambrogi Mrs. Lewis H. Bosher, Jr. David and Christine Cottrell Family American Rhododendron Society Mrs. Jo Anne W. Bowles Fund of The Community Foundation Middle Atlantic Chapter Mrs. Margaret Dillon Bowles Serving Richmond and Central Virginia American Trading and Production Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brackett Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Cox Corporation DON WILLIAMSON

10 Mr. and Mrs. Frederic H. Cox, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gold Mr. and Mrs. John J. Huber Mr. and Mrs. P. Steven Craig Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Robert L. Huffines, Jr. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Dabney The Good Shepherd Fund Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Humphrey Davenport & Company LLC Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Gore The Huntly Foundation Ms. Rosemerrie Decker Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Gottwald, Sr. Ikebana of Richmond Mr. and Mrs. James D. Defreese Mr. Bruce C. Gottwald, Jr. Mrs. Philena H. Jenkins Mr. Duane A. Deskevich Mr. and Mrs. Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. Mrs. Deanna Jernigan Ms. Jessica Devereaux Mr. and Mrs. L. Michael Gracik, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnstone Mr. and Mrs. William F. Dominick II Ms. Sayre O. Graves Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jones Mrs. Ella A. Doster The Elizabeth Ireland Graves Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Joynes Down Syndrome Association of Foundation Keiter Greater Richmond Ms. Katharine T. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Kelliher Ms. Anne G. Downing Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kent Ms. Jo Anne W. Draucker and Mr. Michael C. Gray Ms. Anne Leigh Kerr Mr. Jim Thompson Ms. Meryl Griffiths Mr. Thomas R. Keyes Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Duval Mr. and Mrs. Stan Hall Mr. James W. Klaus Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Edmonds Halt, Buzas & Powell, LTD The Nathalie L. Klaus Charitable Trust Mrs. Martha Anne Ellis Mr. James C. Hamilton, Jr. Ms. Susan L. Klaus Dr. LeRoy J. Essig Hamilton Family Foundation The Nathalie L. Klaus Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Robey W. Estes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Harrell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knox Estes Express Lines Mrs. Barbara U. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Koprowski Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Fisher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lyndon Hart III Koprowski & Associates, LLC Forest Heights Garden Club Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Hartenberg Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Kudlas Mr. Charles H. Foster, Jr. and Mrs. Laura Harvey Mr. James A. Kweeder and Ms. Diane R. Bates Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Helwig Ms. Irene Purdy Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Fratter The Evelyn and Arthur Helwig Fund of Dr. Jeffrey M. Lacker and Mrs. Nancy M. Frazier The Community Foundation Serving Ms. Lisa J. Halberstadt The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Fontaine B. Lawson Richmond and Central Virginia Ms. Mavis Hetherington Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Layne Dr. and Mrs. L. Arnold Frederick Mr. and Mrs. John Heyel Mr. and Mrs. James P. Leahey Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Frey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Hichar Mrs. Margaret Talley Lee Mr. Ronald J. Friedman Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hill Betty Sue and Todd LePage Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Gallagher Ms. Miri Hoffman Todd and Betty Sue LePage Mr. and Mrs. George M. Gill, Jr. Mr. William C. Hoffman, Jr. Family Fund of Mrs. Ingeborg Glasel Mr. and Mrs. W. Barry Hofheimer The Community Foundation Serving Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Goddard The Marks-Hofheimer Foundation Richmond and Central Virginia Stephen M. and Cheryl G. Miss Frances W. Holladay Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lindamood Goddard Family Fund of Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Hood Ms. Elaine W. Loomis The Community Foundation Serving Mr. George F. Hoover Luck Companies Foundation Richmond and Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. J. Garrett Horsley Mrs. Wilana K. Madden CAROLINE MARTIN PHOTOGRAPHY CAROLINE MARTIN

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Mr. and Mrs. Owen V. Maiden Ms. Edna H. Musser Mr. Gilbert M. Rosenthal Mr. Chad Main and Mrs. Diane Main Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ross Mrs. Bessie S. Manz Ms. Mary M. Neale Mr. and Mrs. William K. Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Markel Mr. and Mrs. John R. Nelson Ms. Gail E. Rucker Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Martin Dr. Mary D. Nelson and Ms. Christine Ruggeri and Mrs. William W. Martin, Jr. Dr. C. M. Kinloch Nelson Ms. Gloria Ruggeri Mr. and Mrs. John C. Maxwell, Jr. Network for Good Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ryan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Mayhood Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Newton, Jr. Mrs. Janet L. Sauer Mr. and Mrs. Michael McClure Dr. Julia R. Nunley and Mr. and Mrs. Buz Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. Chester T. McCreary Dr. Roderick B. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Jeff E. Schapiro Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. McDowell Ms. Candace H. Osdene Dr. and Mrs. Jay S. Schukman Mrs. Shae McGrath Owens & Minor Mr. William H. Schwarzschild III Mr. John McGurl and Ms. Michelle Gluck Mr. William T. Pahnelas Kathryn and W. Harry Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. McLean Mrs. Lila W. Palmer Schwarzschild Fund Mrs. Katherine T. Mears Mr. and Mrs. Stanley F. Pauley The Rev. Sarah Sealand Meriwether Godsey, Inc. Stanley and Dorothy Pauley Sedona Taphouse Ms. Alice Merrill Charitable Trust Ms. Marjorie L. Seltzer Ms. Teri C. Miles Mrs. Diane Pellerzi Mr. and Mrs. Jake Shaffer Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Miller, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Penick Dr. Charol Shakeshaft and Mr. and Mrs. William F. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Terren Peterson Dr. Dale Mann Mr. and Mrs. William T. Miller Mr. Roger A. Pond Mr. and Mrs. Brian Shepard Mr. and Mrs. G. Gilmer Minor III Mr. John Popenoe Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman, Jr. Dr. Margaret T. Montgomery and Miss H. Elizabeth Powell Mrs. John T. Siegel Mr. John E. Montgomery Mr. Ted E. Prince Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Slater, Jr. Ms. Charleen B. Moore Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Purcell Ms. Barbara T. Smith Mrs. William T. Moore Mr. Preston P. Purdum, Jr. Ms. Suzanne A. Smith Dr. William T. Moore and Randolph-Macon College Ms. Ann H. Smoot Dorothy D. Moore Family Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Rankin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sorah Charitable Endowment of Mrs. William D. Redick Ms. Margaret A. Southwick The Community Foundation Serving Mr. and Mrs. W. Taylor Reveley III Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Sowers III Richmond and Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Randolph N. Reynolds Mr. James H. Starkey III Morrissett Funeral & Cremation Service The Randolph & Susan Reynolds James H. and Sandra L. Starkey Mr. and Mrs. Marshall N. Morton Foundation and Family Fund of The Morton Family Fund of Dr. David W. Richardson The Community Foundation Serving The Community Foundation Serving The Richmond Horticultural Association Richmond and Central Virginia Richmond and Central Virginia Ms. Emily D. Riley and Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Steinbrugge Dr. and Mrs. Gerard F. Moseley Mr. Theodore C. Simon, Jr. Dr. Arnold L. Stolberg and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mountcastle Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Rivas Ms. Phyllis L. Cothran The Honorable W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Roach, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Strickler and Mrs. Helen Turner Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Robertson III SunTrust TOM HENNESSY

12 Mr. and Mrs. Garland S. Sydnor, Jr. Mrs. Mitchell Mead Wells Dr. Debbie L. Sydow and Dr. Steven J. Welton Mr. Harry M. Sydow Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Werner Tesco Foundation Ms. Jacqueline Westfall Mrs. Margaret R. Thomas Mrs. Lucy Wheatley Margaret R. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. B. Briscoe White III Endowment Fund of Mrs. Sandra H. and Mr. Roger C. Wiley The Community Foundation Serving Ms. Mary Ellen Wilkinson Richmond and Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Willard III Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Thomson III Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Williams, Jr. Tiger Enterprises, Inc. Mrs. and Mr. Karen J. Williams Alice and Richard Tilghman S.R. and Amy M. Williams Tilghman Family Fund of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Wilson The Community Foundation Serving Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Wolenberg Richmond and Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wood Dr. and Mrs. Henry L. Tomlin Dr. Charlotte B. Woodfin and Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Toms Mr. John H. Woodfin, Jr. Ms. Terry S. Tosh Woodfin Heating Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Towers Mrs. Mary Denny Wray TowneBank Richmond Foundation Miss Elizabeth L. Wright Transamerica Premier Life Insurance WTR Fund of Company The Community Foundation The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Yocum Westhampton Ms. Tera T. Yoder and Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ukrop Mr. Sanford Hostetter Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Valentine Dr. and Mrs. Martin Young The Valentine Family Fund of the Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Young Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Mr. Michael Zirkle Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Van Divender Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Walker Kenneth & Shirley Walker Charitable Fund of The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. James H. Walsh Lisa and Melvin Watkins The Weathertop Foundation Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. TOM HENNESSY TOM HENNESSY

DON WILLIAMSON SPECIAL PROJECTS, EVENTS AND ENDOWMENT We thank the following corporations, foundations, government agencies, individuals and organizations that supported special projects and programs at the Garden this year.

3north Mr. Aaron S. Dotson Dr. Ethnie S. Jones and Mr. Mark M. Jones Mr. and Mrs. A. Marshall Acuff, Jr. Ms. Jo Anne W. Drauker and Mr. Jim Mr. and Mrs. Crawley F. Joyner III Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Allen Thompson Ms. Anne Leigh Kerr Altria Group, Inc. The Elmon B. Duff Charitable Lead Mr. William H. King, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Brad Armstrong Annuity Trust Ms. Grace R. den Hartog Mr. and Mrs. Michael Armstrong Ms. Emily Dunstan Mr. Alan I. Kirshner and Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Arthur Mr. and Mrs. Peter Durette Ms. Deborah L. Mihaloff Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baber IV Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Duval Nathalie L. Klaus Charitable Lead Trust Mr. and Mrs. J. Rand Baggesen Elevation Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Koprowski Mr. and Mrs. William D. Baldwin Mr. John S. Ellett III and Kroger Bank of America Charitable Foundation Ms. Jennifer Stewart-Ellett Mr. and Mrs. Linwood A. Lacy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Baron Eventbrite Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lamb Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bauhan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P.H. Farquhar Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Latil BB&T Mrs. Joseph C. Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Fontaine B. Lawson BB&T Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Farrell Lighting & Supply Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. W. Chason Beggerow Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fay Mr. and Mrs. Bob and Lorrie Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. Dennis I. Belcher Mrs. Susan Feeser Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Luke Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bellamy III Mr. and Mrs. J. William Ferrell IV Mr. and Mrs. John A. Luke, Jr. The Benevity Community Impact Fund Mr. and Mrs. Ben Field Mr. and Mrs. William Luke Mrs. Kindra Berteau Beckett and Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson H. Flohr, Jr. M&T Bank William S. Beckett Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ford The M&T Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David H. Blake II Mr. Charles H. Foster, Jr. and Ms. Lindsay C. Manley Allan and Margot Blank Foundation Ms. Diane R. Bates Maola Milk & Ice Cream Company Mr. and Mrs. David A. Boardman Mrs. Florence Bryan Fowlkes Mrs. Lisa Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Boeve Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Francisco Mrs. William W. Martin, Jr. Bon Secours Virginia Health System Freas Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. R. Wheatley McDowell Mr. and Mrs. J. Read Branch, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David R. Frediani Mr. and Mrs. Brad McGetrick Dr. and Mrs. O. Christian Bredrup, Jr. Ms. Cameron Q. Furber Ms. Lucy B. Meade Mr. and Mrs. John C. Brennan Mr. and Mrs. William R. Gardner, Jr. The Memorial Foundation For Children Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Broaddus, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Garson Mr. and Mrs. Wallace B. Millner III Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bruning Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Geldzahler Mr. Colin Moneymaker Dr. and Mrs. J. Paul Bullock, Jr. Mrs. Carol F. Gentry Ms. Kathryn I. Moore Mrs. R. Lowndes Burke Genworth Financial, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. T. Justin Moore III Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cabell Genworth Foundation Mr. and Mrs. C. James Morris Camp-Younts Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gold Mr. and Mrs. David C. Munsee Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Gottwald, Sr. Ms. Edna H. Musser Capital One Services, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Gottwald Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nachman Mr. and Mrs. Miles Cary, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Greenwood Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Nanavati Ms. Judith B. Caspari Dr. Scott D. Gullquist Mrs. Margaret J.A. North Ms. Meredith Celko Evelyn E. and Richard J. Gunst Foundation Dr. Julia R. Nunley and Dr. Roderick B. Jordan Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. The Honorable John H. Hager and Mr. and Mrs. Conor O’Keiff Mr. and Mrs. John Chewning Mrs. Margaret D. Hager Mr. and Mrs. Mick Outten Ms. Ethel R. Chrisman Ms. Phoebe Hall Mr. Kenneth W. Paciocco Dr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brenton S. Halsey Mr. and Mrs. Rosewell Page III Ms. Holly M. Clark Mrs. Susan F. Hamill Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence Mrs. William T. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hardy Patient First Corporation Mr. and Mrs. R. Noel Clinard Mr. and Mrs. Elliott M. Harrigan Mrs. Robert H. Patterson Dr. William L. Coble, Jr. and Dr. Mary Lynn Coble Ms. Kathy B. Hosterman The Peachtree House Foundation Lori Cochran and Kimberly Robertson Hourigan Construction Corporation Mrs. Mary Bryan Perkins Mrs. Lucy Dos Passos Coggin and Mr. Everett B. Howerton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. C. Cotesworth Pinckney Mr. Rodney Coggin Mr. and Mrs. John J. Huber Dr. and Mrs. Alton L. Powell Ms. Elizabeth Cosby Dr. and Mrs. James S. Hunter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Powell The Reverend Monsignor Roy Cosby, Jr. Mr. Donald P. Irwin and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Price County of Henrico Ms. L. Stoner Winslett Mr. Wyndham R. Price Ms. Michelle Cushman James River Equipment Mr. Preston P. Purdum, Jr. Ms. Mary M. Davenport James River Nurseries, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Rainey, Jr. Dominion Energy Mr. and Mrs. James A. Jernigan Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Ramsey Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William T. Johnstone Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Rankin Matching Gift Program Mrs. Barbara J. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Reed, Jr.

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Reed III Spider Management Company Virginia Commonwealth University Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Reed, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Spitzer Health System Mr. and Mrs. John M.R. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Stallings Virginia Resource-Use Education Council Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm E. Ritsch, Jr. Mr. James H. Starkey III Lisa and Melvin Watkins Dr. Peter S. Ro and Dr. Kee Sung Ro Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Stefanovich Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Mr. Donald M. Robelen Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Steinbrugge Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell M. Wells Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Robertson III SunTrust Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Wethington Mr. C. Broocks Robertson IV Mr. and Mrs. R. Craig Suro Mr. and Mrs. David S. White Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Robertson Dr. Debbie L. Sydow and Mr. Harry M. Sydow Mrs. Mary F. White Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Robertson III Mr. and Mrs. Addison B. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wick III Anne Carter and Walter R. Robins, Jr. Alice and Richard Tilghman Mrs. Cynthia Wilkinson Foundation Mr. Shane W. Tippett and Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Willard III Robins Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Tippett Mr. and Mrs. Julien H. Williams Mr. and Mrs. James E. Rogers The Titmus Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James Wilvert Mr. and Mrs. Buz Sawyer Dr. and Mrs. Henry L. Tomlin Ms. Carolyn Levey Winks Mr. and Mrs. Jeff E. Schapiro Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Toms Ms. Isabella G. Witt Mr. and Mrs. Dan Seale Ms. Kim Trundle Ms. Betty S. Woo Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. J. Neil Turnage Dr. Charlotte B. Woodfin and Dr. James A. Shield, Jr. United Healthcare Mr. John H. Woodfin, Jr. Dr. Richard M. Simon Universal Corporation Mrs. Mary Denny Wray Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Sledd Ms. C. Irene Ultee and Mr. Mark McClanahan Miss Elizabeth L. Wright The Honorable John W. Snow and Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Valentine II Mrs. Carolyn K. Snow

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A Sharper Palate Catering Co. Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert C. Hawthorne Mr. Joe Robertson Agecroft Hall James River Transportation Ms. Larissa Sager Nancy M. Ambler The Jolly Good Flower Company Saxon Shoes Ms. Nancy Baker Kenneth Byrd Design Mrs. Josephine G. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bor Mr. Ralph E. LaRue and Southern States Cooperative, Inc. Brent and Becky’s Bulbs Mrs. Clarence E. Harvey Mr. Jonathan Stanger Mrs. Elizabeth C. Buchanan Lloyd Family Farms STYLE Weekly Magazine Children’s Wear Digest Mr. Wallace B. Millner III Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants Colesville Nursery, Inc. Ms. Kathryn I. Moore Mrs. Anne B. Thompson Mr. Thomas S. Driscoll and Mr. and Mrs. T. Justin Moore III Tuckahoe Plantation Mrs. Linda C. Singleton-Driscoll Mr. David Napier VCU School of the Arts Mr. Noel Einolf Nightingale Ms. Glenda Kay Weatherspoon-Smith Escape Room RVA Ms. Vicki O’Neal Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Weisensale Dr. William J. Frable and Puritan Cleaners White House Catering Dr. Mary Ann Frable Rare Find Nursery Wine and Design Mr. and Mrs. Brian Glass Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Reed, Jr. Mr. Herbert E. Harfst Dr. Keith M. Roberts DON WILLIAMSON GRACE ARENTS SOCIETY Membership in the Grace Arents Society honors our friends who have provided for Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in their estate plans. We are grateful for their thoughtful foresight.

Mrs. Leroy L. Anderson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Harrell Mr. John W. Roberts* Ms. Karen A. Batalo Dr. Ernest C. Hermann Mrs. Lora Robins* Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bingley, Jr. Mr. Richard G. Holder* Mrs. Sue R. Robinson* Mrs. Ann Lee Saunders Brown Mrs. Letitia Iorio Mrs. Patricia L. Rooney Dr. Arthur W. Burke, Jr. Ms. Cheryl Keeney Mr. Gilbert M. Rosenthal Mr. Wirt A. Christian, Jr.* Mrs. Ethel Kelly* Mrs. Dorothy F. Rowley* Dr. John R. Cook* Mr. William H. King, Jr. and Miss Jane Q. Saunders* Ms. Diane Cook-Tench Ms. Grace R. den Hartog Ms. Marjorie L. Seltzer* Ms. Elizabeth Cosby Mr. Philip W. Klaus, Sr.* Mr. Richard C. Seltzer* Ms. Madeline Cosby* Ms. Deborah A. Krausse Mrs. Margaret L. Simon* The Reverend Monsignor Roy Cosby, Jr. Mr. James Lafkas Mr. James H. Starkey III Mr. Edwin J. Crockin Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Layne Mr. William O. Stirn Ms. Betty Ann Dillon Mr. R. Eldridge Longest* Mr. and Mrs. Garland S. Sydnor, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Ellett* Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Mason Ms. Patricia Thomas* Mrs. Martha Anne Ellis John Holmwood McDowell* Mr. Edward Villanueva Mr. and Mrs. Ben Field Ms. Kathryn I. Moore Mrs. Martha C. West* Mr. Charles H. Foster, Jr. Ms. Mary Ellen Moore Mrs. Thomas F. Wheeldon* Miss Minnie M. Franck* Ms. Marion N.W. Morton* Mr. Robert E. Wiggins, Jr.* Mrs.Elizabeth M. Gardner Mrs. Rosalie M. Nachman* Mrs. Marlu L. Winalski* Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Gibbons Mrs. Helen R. Pinckney Lucille H. Wood* The Honorable Thomas. C. Gordon, Jr.* Mr. Roger A. Pond Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Gottwald, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Alton L. Powell Ms. Barbara Green Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Reed, Jr. Mrs. Linda J. Greene* Mr. Robert P. Rich and Ms. Dorothy Erlanger *Deceased

FRANK ROBINSON ENDOWED CHAIR To those who contribute to the Frank L. Robinson Endowed Chair in Horticulture, helping to ensure excellence in horticulture leadership at the Garden, we thank you.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Abbott Mr. and Mrs. C. Cotesworth Pinckney The Starke Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Anderson III Mr. and Mrs. John M.R. Reed Mr. James H. Starkey III Mr. Ralph Ashton Dr. Kee Sung Ro and Dr. Peter S. Ro Thomas F. Jeffress Memorial, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis I. Belcher Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Robertson III Mr. Shane W. Tippett and The Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Robertson III Ms. Elizabeth Tippett The Community Foundation Serving Robins Foundation Ms. Terry S. Tosh Richmond and Central Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Jeff E. Schapiro Mrs. Minh-Chau Truong Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elko Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Valentine II Foundation Source Mr. and Mrs. S. Buford Scott Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F. Hargroves Susan Bailey and Sidney Buford Scott Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell M. Wells Mr. and Mrs. Esomor Krash Endowment Trust Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wick III Mary Ratrie Wick Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman, Jr. Mary Ratrie Wick Family Foundation North Carolina Community Foundation Mrs. Charlie Slade Mrs. Mary Denny Wray

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has taken care to ensure the accuracy of this list. If, however, there should be an omission or error, we express our sincere regret and ask that you bring it to our attention by calling 804.262.9887, ext. 311 or emailing [email protected].

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