annual report 2018-2019 2018-2019 board of advisory & standing directors special committees committees Chairman Landscape Building & Infrastructure President’s Council on Executive Ryan Snow Doug Aurand Max Bartholomew Inclusion and Diversity Gail Heagen Edith Barnett Peggy Beale Paulette Benson Bee McLeod Vice Chairman Syble Cox Ian Chaney Paulvin Brown Clenise Platt Gail Heagen Bob Creecy William Clendenin Ramona Farrow Anita Poston Secretary Meg French Ramona Farrow Helen Ferguson Ryan Snow Bee McLeod Betsy Murphy Gail Heagen Candy Hayes Trisha Rawls Stephanie McSweeney LaMont Henry Audit & Finance Treasurer Casey Rice Ryan Snow Ardell McCoy John Baiocco Clenise Platt Gay Savage Betsy Murphy Kelley Bashara Ann Stokes Public Relations Kimberlie Petrulis LaMont Henry President & CEO Bob Batcher Michael Kearns Michael P. Desplaines Jim Valone Chadra Pittman Widget Williams Deborah DeMarco Clenise Platt Dick Phillips Directors Dean Goldman Ryan Snow Clenise Platt John Baiocco Plant Collections Jennifer Butsch Petit Ann Stokes Trisha Rawls Max Bartholomew Syble Cox Casey Rice Bruce Williams Chick Robison Kelley Bashara Laurie Fox Susan Scheaffer Martha Williams Ryan Snow Peggy Beale Lytton Musselman Michelle Washington Maria Stefanis Ramona Farrow Michael Nentwich Ann Stokes Laurie Fox Linda Pinkham Capital Campaign LaMont Henry Casey Rice Leadership Team Governance Mac Houfek Gay Savage Peggy Beale Peggy Beale Pamela Kiser Lisa Wallace Mac Houfek Mac Houfek Jillian Little Pam Kiser Gail Heagen Stephanie McSweeney Education Bee McLeod Bee McLeod Betsy Murphy Tatyana Lobova Stephanie McSweeney Anita Poston Caroline Oliver Betsy Murphy Caroline Oliver Ryan Snow Jennifer Butsch Petit John Sanders Dick Phillips Anita Poston Nancy Sutcliffe Casey Rice Casey Rice Lisa Wallace Ryan Snow Chick Robison Widget Williams Ann Stokes Maria Stefanis Katherine Wynne Katherine Wynne (as of June 30, 2019) Norfolk standing from the president committees It’s an odd thing to look back at a year when it is only fall but that’s exactly what our Annual Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 does. Technically, it doesn’t even cover this summer’s “pawsome” exhibit, Barkitecture, but I digress.

One of the biggest infrastructure improvement projects we’ve undertaken over the past year is the complete refurbishment of NATO Tower and re-building of its supporting hill. A complex engineering and design problem, Michael Schnekser of Tymoff Moss Architects working with our contractor, Trident Civil, have devised an amazing solution—the use of gabion walls. The walls are created from geotechnical fabric that is attached to a rock-filled wired cage. The wall is then covered by 194 decorative concrete panels that are designed and installed at different depths, giving NATO Hill a new interesting and modern look. The wall features a multitude of planting pockets which will allow for gardens to grow at all levels along the wall; it will be a feature unto itself. Look for the completion of this project this winter. It has been on and off the drawing board since 2004. Your support has allowed us to finally make it a reality.

Last summer, the Garden launched a brand new website which compliments our mobile app and includes the redesigned logo. The new website design is user-friendly and a great tool to stay connected to what’s happening at NBG all year long.

Solar and green energy took root this past season on the Dominion Energy Garden of Lights storage building with the installation of 120 solar panels generating around 53,651 kWh of energy to power our propagation greenhouse. Within the first 9 months of the solar panels going live (Nov. 2018-July 2019), our power bill, on average, has been 78% lower than the previous year (April and May 2019 dropped 98%).

We enacted a ban on the sale of bottled water on campus to encourage guests to refill their own bottles at our free water refilling stations, thus reducing the amount of plastic entering landfills and polluting our oceans.

Did you know that: • 1 billion dollars’ worth of plastic is dumped in U.S. landfills each year • Bottling water produces 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide each year, increasing greenhouse gas - a major contributor to climate change • 17 million barrels of oil are used each year to produce plastic water bottles alone

Bottom line: the Garden’s filtered water is better for the environment and better for you. B.Y.O.B.!From reusable water bottles, reusable cutlery, produce bags, coral-friendly sunblock, stainless steel & glass straws and much more—taking one small step is a HUGE step in the right direction.

Michael P. Desplaines President & CEO

Annual Report 2018/2019 1 Photo Credit: Chelsie Darling

Weddings & Corporate Events participants, and 38,000 who drove through the Dominion $394,221+ celebrationsEnergy Garden of Lights. More than 650 guests started in revenue from weddings With so many private and public events taking place their New Year by running in the 2.019 Garden Fun Run. A and rentals throughout the year, has new event called Barks & Bulbs brought in 605 dogs and become one of the most popular destinations and their owners in early January. sought-after venues in Coastal . The Garden 414 continues to be the premier wedding and event venue The Honeybee and Butterfly festivals both had record weddings and private event in the region, bringing in nearly $400,000 in revenue attendance at over 3,300 each and the Annual Spring Plant rentals from 173 weddings, corporate events and private rentals. Sale brought in more than 4,200 eager home gardeners. PRSA Public Relations The Garden welcomed 4,482 wedding and event NBG celebrated our historical beginnings with over Society of America guests during the 2018-2019 fiscal year and was also the 3,100 visitors and special guests during two WPA Garden Merit Award backdrop for 241 private portrait photography sessions. Heritage Days. for Special Events: Signature Events The Garden was pleased to host the Virginia Camellia LanternAsia - “Art by Day, Society, Tidewater Daylily Society, Virginia Bonsai Society, In 2018, the Garden was voted #2 Best Botanical Magic by Night” Tidewater Orchid Society, and Tidewater African Violet Garden Holiday Lights in the country—USA Today/10 Society for their popular Show & Sale Events, which Best Contest. Our holiday light events are our largest attracted more than 15,000 visitors last year. fundraiser and brought in 90,000 guests. Sponsored by Dominion Energy, there were 49,000 Million Bulb Walk 2 Norfolk Botanical Garden Partnering with the Eastern Virginia Rowing Association, Giving Back to the Community celebrationsNBG hosted five high school regattas with nearly 3,900 8,600+ rowers and race spectators. Last year we gave 199 organizations a Family Fun Pass visitors attended summer that covers general admission. About a third of these festivals Visitor Services & Membership passes went to schools and groups that provide educa- tional support. We also helped health and human services The NBG family continues to grow. Over the past year organizations, scouts, civic leagues, military organizations, 13,680+ current members Garden admissions grew 13% to over 420,000 guests. museums, sports & youth organizations, animal welfare Garden Membership also grew over 10% to 13,680 agencies and other entities dedicated to serving the com- member families with revenue exceeding $1,000,000 munity we all call home. for the first time ever. The Garden hosted 2,882 out-of- town guests through our Group Tour Program; 2,486 V3 Certification garden enthusiasts from across the country through our participation in the American Horticultural Society This year we earned the Virginia Values Veterans certifi- Reciprocal Garden program and 6,208 Virginia Zoo cation. Participating organizations have demonstrated to members during our June membership swap. Let’s not the Commonwealth that they value veterans, and have forget our four-legged friends. More than 2,500 “Fidos” made a public commitment to hire veterans into their visited the Garden during our summer-long Sunday workforce. The Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Program is an official Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Dog Days. Veterans Services Program.

Annual Report 2018/2019 3 conservation & sustainability

water refill stations Environmental Stewardship Horticulture have eliminated It’s a collective strategy throughout all departments to Our Horticulture Team continues to explore ways to 148,798 address the environmental crisis. It’s important for us to reduce our chemical footprint. This past growing season plastic water bottles take the lead and inspire environmental behaviors with saw the start of a glyphosate reduction program where from the landfill all of our guests. To that end, we partnered with the staff tested different organically based herbicides. Our Virginia Department of Forestry to give away 2,000 greenhouse staff are using lacewings, a beneficial native Virginia stock longleaf pine seedlings last fall. It’s an easy insect, to control outbreaks of pest insects like aphids and 33,759 way to make a positive local impact on the environment mealy bugs. Other ecologically-friendly treatments like plants were planted and help offset deforestation and reduce carbon in horticulture oil and a soap and alcohol mixture are part of the atmosphere. their new go-to solutions.

2,000 We held one of our first symposiums where we called Educating guests while they enjoy our gardens is a longleaf pine attention to both the global and local effects of climate major component of our mission and an imperative of seedlings given away change. It was well-received and we’re planning another all botanical gardens. This past year, we added new climate change symposium “Leaping to Solutions” on interpretive signage in the Virginia Native Plant Garden February 29, 2020. and Butterfly Garden.

4 Norfolk Botanical Garden “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” —Robert Swan

Environmentally Friendly study of Phenology since 2010. This is an important long- term study since it tracks seasonal changes in plants such 1,328 lbs. One of the most exciting sustainability initiatives is the as the onset of blooms and fruit set which is profoundly of vegetable waste use of solar energy to power our greenhouse. An array of affected by changes in climate. For the past two years, composted through our in-house kitchen 120 solar panels went live here a year ago and generates we’ve also been conducting our own survey of invasive composting program more energy on a sunny day than the greenhouse needs. insect populations on our campus in conjunction with Be sure to check out the solar panel dashboard on our the American Public Garden Association. The role of a website at norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/learn/sustainability. botanical garden is not only an aesthetically pleasing refuge from the demands of modern life but also one that 147 lbs. Research engages with the community-at-large to foster education of fluorescent light bulbs have been recycled Botanical gardens, with their extensive and diverse and conservation. plant collections and habitats, provide the perfect opportunity to work with various branches of the scientific community for research. The Garden’s grounds have $3,100 supported numerous studies for several local universities reduced energy cost on everything from native orchids to butterflies and from solar panels pollinators to seed dispersal and water quality. We have been a data collection site for ’s

Annual Report 2018/2019 5 education programs

Adult Education Talks, providing something for everyone. Our volunteer 3,200+ program is growing as well, with over 1,000 volunteers adult class participants The past year has not only brought the Garden a newly contributing over 15,000 hours! That’s an estimated value of designed GROW publication, but has also brought us a $387,456.82 according to the Independent Sector. If you’re 20% new division of the course catalog – Dig Deeper. In an interesting in joining our incredible group of volunteers, effort to support the Garden’s mission, we’re bringing opportunities are available throughout the Garden – increase in class you more in-depth scientific programs, focusing on registration indoors and outdoors. More information can be found on expanding our environmental education offerings. Our the Garden’s website and on our Facebook page. classes range from various art and cooking classes, to 15,000+ ever popular gardening topics and are enhanced by Youth Education volunteer hours new partnerships with regional institutions such as the with a value of Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Virginia Living Norfolk Botanical Garden’s 3-acre WOW Children’s Museum. From tidal flooding in , to meet Garden provides families and children of all ages with $387,456 and greets with native wildlife, this year’s new programs hands-on opportunities to learn about botany, ecology, have laid the foundation for more exciting and informative horticulture, and other environmental topics. During the classes going forward. In addition to a variety of new 2018-2019 school year, over 11,000 students, teachers, and classes, we’re working to be more accessible for all, and chaperones visited the Garden to complete onsite guided, have expanded our selection of free Garden Walk and self-guided, and homeschool programs.

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Each of our Virginia Standards of Learning-aligned Outreach programs offered these groups the chance to take 11,000+ classroom concepts and connect them with nature. To It has been a record year for our community outreach students, teachers & further highlight our growing effort to act as a community program. Education and Horticulture staff presented chaperones exposed to NBG through youth tours steward in the natural and environmental sciences, 50 educational programs to a variety of garden clubs, the NBG Youth Education Department partnered with professional organizations and special interest groups. the Virginia Air & Space Museum for a second year to We also participated in 29 festivals, expos and fairs. 4,800+ conduct the STEM360 program. More than 1,200 fourth Garden staff have been instrumental in supporting various students and families grade students participated in the program, which local garden and beautification projects sponsored by reached through educational introduced students to plant and animal adaptations, schools and other organizations. We’re particularly excited outreach and reinforced student understanding of flower anatomy about the relationship we’re building with the folks at The through a flower dissection lab. The Youth Education Chesapeake Bay Foundation as we help them with their Department will spend the next year continuing to foster gardening needs. Whether we are donating staff time and an appreciation for nature and the environment through expertise or simply donating plants, we enjoy being partnerships and new youth and family programs. a valuable resource for the community.

Annual Report 2018/2019 7 growing gardens

This was a year of growth in our Horticulture Department Norfolk granite curbstones. Adjacent to our propagation 23,500 and really, shouldn’t every year be a year of growth? greenhouse we began a cut-flower garden for the use of annuals & tropicals planted Several major plantings took place, including the Canal the NBG Flower Guild, and also planted a small orchard Walk, Administration Building with corten steel retaining full of fruit-bearing trees and shrubs, thanks to a generous 7,176 wall, Rose Garden Great Lawn, and others. It was donation from Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia. In the bulbs planted great to see so many native, pollinator-friendly plants same area, NBG now has a compost demonstration area. included in the planting design. It takes a lot to make it all happen – designs by our director of Living Landscapes, Thanks to the mentorship of local beekeepers, we now 2,523 planting by our entire horticulture staff, and hardscape have our own beekeeper on staff to oversee our new hive perennials planted assistance from our facilities team. This team worked on demonstration area. This summer, a gourd tunnel was many projects including an expanded walkway in the planted, and to go along with the fall theme, we planted Hummingbird Garden and expanded WPA terrace. two pumpkin patches. Now that it is officially fall, there are 424 lots of gourds & pumpkins to see! shrubs planted As part of the City of Norfolk’s Sister Cities 60th anniversary with Kitakyushu, Japan, six Yoshino cherry The Horticulture Department was invited to take their trees were planted along the canal, keeping our aging talent on the road this spring and installed a garden at 136 the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. Sitting at trees planted cherry “gene pool” just a little bit younger. Two stone benches completed the design made from old City of the base of the Capitol, the display told the NBG story through the use of plants and photography.

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The Garden also participated in the 2019 Virginia Flower • planted a grove of approximately 20 Bald Cypress and Garden Expo. The theme was Backyard Symphony sapling trees on campus 2,000+ and encouraged viewers to know local songbirds and how perennials planted at the to attract them to their home gardens. • planted three areas with thirty Longleaf Pines on Virginia Wesleyan campus, with educational signage University - Greer Brian O’Neil serves in a co-appointment role between Environmental Sciences Virginia Wesleyan University and the Garden as Director • approximately 150 plant identification signs installed Center since 2017 of Living Landscapes. In this role he remains the chief with help from NBG Plant Records landscape designer and advisor to the NBG Horticulture • hosted “In the Garden” WHRO Hearsay with Cathy 6,333 Department and oversees the maintenance of a 2.5-acre Lewis along with Jim Orband at the Greer plants sold at the 2019 native plant garden that surrounds the Greer Environmental Coastal Virginia themed Sciences Center at Virginia Wesleyan University. • hosted several presentations and tours of the Greer plant sale—one of our landscape to both student and outside best ever! Notable accomplishments at the Greer: environmental groups • additional 3,400 sq. ft. of wildflower plantings providing a bountiful habitat for pollinators • new monarch waystation status for the Greer landscape

Annual Report 2018/2019 9 Garden of “How could we say no?” Tomorrow —Stephanie & Joe McSweeney

Please contact Cathy “How could we say no?” was our reaction when first If you’ve not fully discovered all that this magical, Fitzgerald to see how you introduced to and asked for support of Norfolk Botanical restorative place holds within, you may not have realized can be a part of Garden’s exciting and expansive plans for The Garden the absolute treasure we have here in our own backyard! The Garden of Tomorrow. of Tomorrow. In reveling in the abundant natural and botanical artistry Call (757) 441-5830, ext. 319 of NBG’s restorative gardens, how could one not choose or email Cathy at From the ecological education possibilities of the [email protected] to support the continued growth and the ability to share Water Education and Rowing Center to simply increasing these gifts with others? access and availability with the newly designed and greatly expanded parking and visitor center, it is all such We are honored to be part of The Garden of Tomorrow positive momentum towards increasing awareness for and eagerly anticipate seeing the various elements of the future generations. project come to life for the benefit of future generations while simultaneously supporting increased interest and It’s a lasting impact to support a living, growing, thriving potential revenue in our region. sanctuary as a legacy for future generations to enjoy, where they will learn to truly appreciate and protect our precious environment. NBG’s annual visitation has —NBG Board Member Stephanie & Joe McSweeney increased dramatically over the past five years—from 275,000 visitors to 400,000—so the time is right to make this happen.

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Oriana McKinnon $10,000 -$24,999 Jack & Courtney Doyle The Garden of Tomorrow Joe & Stephanie McSweeney Peter & Edith Barnett Betty Edwards & Ed Ladd Campaign Donors Dick & Laura Phillips Chandler Reality Ramona & Antonio Farrow PRA Group Michael Desplaines & Jason Cathy Fitzgerald & Joe Foreman $1,000,000 & Above James & Karen Squires Robinson Steve & Royce Frazier Frank & Aimee Batten Anonymous Douglas & Marianne Dickerson Dean & Ilene Goldman Macon & Joan Brock Larry Weinstein & Carol Teresa Edge Martha Goodman City of Norfolk Downing Tom & Mary Landon Edwards Billy & Fann Greer Doug & Pat Perry $25,000- $49,999 Marty & Susan Einhorn LaMont & Lisa Henry $500,000 - $999,999 Kay & Alfred Abiouness Paul & Elizabeth Fraim E. Beaumont & Patricia Hodge Richard & Eleanor Evans Thomas W. and Martha B. Jack & Martha Frost Don & Barbara Lipskis TowneBank Foundation Ambler Charitable Fund Garden Club of Norfolk Margaret Kennedy Dwight & Jane Schaubach Bob & Sara Atherholt Richard Groover Alan McLeod Michael Bakwin Robert & Susan Hansen Steve & Jeanne McSweeney $250,000 - $499,999 Gail Heagen Michael & Jennifer Petit Betty Darden Dottie Ballard Kelley & David Bashara Zeb & Beth Holt Clenise Platt The Goode Family Foundation Dave & Micky Jester Anita & Charles Poston Hampton Roads Community John & Jodi Benedict Capital Concrete Inc. Helen Junkin Patricia P. Rawls & Randy Foundation Jr Virginia Beach Garden Club Bittner The William & Mary Greve Bob & Leslie Fort Craig & Susan Grube Dennis & Vickie Matheis Chick & Kathy Robison Foundation Rexanne Metzger Southeast Virginia Community Bee McLeod & Goody Tyler Mac & Steve Houfek “Reflections on a Costal (Hillary Dunigan & Whitney Foundation Mary Morton Parsons Weireter) Armistead & Widgett Williams Foundation Garden” Harry Lester Susan Elise Morton Barclay & Janet Winn $100,000 - $249,999 Jillian Little Betsy & William Murphy $1 - $1,999 Conrad & Peggy Hall Mike & Andria McClellan Caroline & “T.” Oliver Harriet Baker Edward & Betty Lou Johnston, Sr. Connie Miller Dana Parker Martha Paxton Beale Peter & Penny Meredith Kevin & Penny O’Connor Princess Anne Garden Club Margaret Bloom Jerry & Laura Miller John & Lee Ann Padgett Dee Roberts Lynn Cobb & Warren Richard Ann Rathbone Payday Payroll Gary & Leisa Rosso Patrick & Brenda Corbin John & Katherine Wynne Jr. Casey & Marcus Rice Blythe & Simon Scott Blaine & Mary Denny Dubby & Susan Wynne Toy & Gail Savage Mimi Cooke Stein Rick & Neva Goeres Anonymous Ben & Katie Schill Tazewell & Katherine Taylor Cindy Cutler & Craig Haines $50,000 - $99,999 Ryan & Sarah Snow Virginia Beach Garden Club Joy Lyon Alison J. & Ella W. Parsons Fund Maria Stefanis Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas William & Glenda McKinnon of the Hampton Roads Ann Stokes Asset Management Paul Olsen Community Foundation Richard Thurmond & Patricia Ed & Lauren Wolcott Archie & Maggie Simmons Capital Group Jennings $2,000 - $9,999 Ashby & Joseph Waldo Peggy Beale Mark & Michelle Warden Cynthia Anstrom Jamie Winner Anonymous Henry & Eleanor Watts John & Joy Baiocco Doug & Laurie Hatfield Max & Liz Bartholomew Linda Kaufman Joe & Syble Cox

Annual Report 2018/2019 11 garden supporters July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019

Rotary Club of Norfolk Bruce and Sarah Bishop Katherine and John Wynne Georgia Harris Gifts to NBG Shearwater Foundation Robert and Jennifer Boyer Miriam Harris Foundation $100 - $249 $1,000 - $4,999 Walter Camp and Teresa Kraus Abdel Agami Everett Hayes American Society Roy and Jane Cherry Dorothy Ballard Robert Henderson Isaac M. Baker, Jr. & Sarah Lee Christy Daly James M. Holden Baker Memorial Fund of the Margaret Anthony Robert and Cheryl Beauchamp Tim and Delphine Carnes Robert and Robin Daughtrey Birdneck Point Garden Club Henry Holt Hampton Roads Community Stuart and Constance Davis Mac and Steve Houfek Foundation Betty Darden Alan and Susan Bohache Douglas and Marianne Kenneth Eberhart Susan Boice Josiah and Marcey Hunter Reginald and Deborah Henry Teresa Edge Roy Hurni Jonathan Miller and Barbara Dickerson Malcolm and Nancy Branch Dominion Energy Annette Field Lisa Brenskelle Institute for Learning in Chapman Joel and Colleen Fischer Retirement Frederick Morsink Farmers Bank Jennifer Britt Cy and Edith Grandy Lawrence Goldrich Jill Broome Taki and Linda Katangelen Nancy M. Sutcliffe David and Susan Goode Frank Kirchner Virginia Camellia Society Helen G. Gifford Foundation James and Barbara Brown Irwin and Janna Levinstein Christina Goode Nathan and Marie Bundy Knotts Creek Nursery Jillian Little T. Winston Gouldin Melanie Buski KPMG Mary Rawls Cooke Berkeley Cy and Edith Grandy Maris Byrne Carol Kramer Annual & Richard D. Cooke, Jr. Hampton Roads Center for Edgar and Judith Capps Robert and Erie Marie Latimer Fund Fund of the Hampton Roads Spiritual Living Roy and Jane Cherry Harry and Martha Lee Community Foundation E. Beaumont and Patricia DeAndre Coke Kenneth and Sharyn Leiding McGuireWoods, LLP Hodge Carol Cole Robert and Melinda Liebau $50,000 - $100,000 Alice Jordan Beazley Foundation Peter and Penelope Meredith Colonial VA Chapter Holly Ernest Lowery Scott and Andrea Miller Jr Virginia Beach Garden Club Society of America Jeanette Lynch Dominion Energy Kroll Enterprises, Inc. IKEA North American Services Payday Payroll Salvadore and Sharon Costa Gordon and Karen Magnuson Phillips Destination Patty Landrum Council of Garden Clubs of VA Gary D. Maher Larry Weinstein and Carol Peter and Lea Laplace Downing Management Services Beach Elizabeth Markham Kathleen Rahman and Leigh Julius and Jeanne Miller Louise Dame Eleanor Marshall $25,000 - $49,999 Keogh Susan Elise Morton Michael Desplaines and Jason Stuart and Linda McCausland Capital Group Companies Dick and Laura Phillips Robinson John and Gail McCormick Virginia Tourism Corporation Riggs Ward Design Ken and Shirley Sutton Clenise Platt W. Andrew Dickinson Nancy Millstein $10,000 - $24,999 Tidewater Home Funding Bill and Kristine Rand Larry and Joanne Diddlemeyer Mitchell Allen Group Inc. Julian Haden Gray and Ula and Janne Motekat Fund Ann D. Reed James and Frances Dille Betsy and William Murphy Margaret Savage Gary Fund of the Hampton Roads Betty and Kaitlyn Silver Gillian Durham F. Alan and Linda Nelson of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation Ryan and Sarah Snow Steve and Linda Eggleston Gayle Nichols Community Foundation Scott and Debbie Waitzer Southern Branch Nursery Robin Enloe Diane Nolette Bee McLeod and Goody Tyler Walker & LaBerge Co. Inc. Bob and Debbie Spears Antonio Farrow Norfolk Master Gardeners Alfred and Bridget Ritter Ann Stokes Royce and Steve Frazier Jennifer Butsch and Michael Petit $250 - $999 Tidewater Daylily Society Jackie Phillips $5,000 - $9,999 Mark and Lynne Airaghi Brenda Gable Arizona Community Foundation Virginia Horticultural Michael and Jane Goshgarian Hattie Platt American Rhododendron Foundation Suzanne Puryear Bank of America Society William H. Graves and Elizabeth Frank and Aimee Batten Chris Wallace Nybakken Martha M. Raiss Cliff and Carolyn Austin Theresa and Roderick Whibley Charles and Dianne Rencsok PRA Group, Inc. Dorothy Ballard Dennis and Suzanne Gruelle Ann Rathbone Preston and Catherine White Anita Harrell Varna and Don Roberts Peggy Bashara Lynda Wilder 12 Norfolk Botanical Garden Robert and Ruth Robertson RHODODENDRON Edward and Kay Shiflett Kenneth Eberhart Lori Robinson Garden Patron Members $500 Judy Sparrow Tom and Mary Landon Edwards Albert and Nancy Roper Margaret Anthony Donald and Claudia Taber Jane Edwards and Louis Sylvia Ross Vern and Nancy Barham Henry and Eleanor Watts Neudorff Laurie Barnes Catherine Ryan ROSE AZALEA John and Janet Ellis Eileen R. Seeley $1000 Peter and Edith Barnett $250 Victoria Evans Timothy Seibles Larry and Ann Atkinson Bruce and Sarah Bishop William and Jan Abbott Ramona Farrow Paula and William Shirk Dorothy Ballard Scott and Meghan Clark Alfred and Kay Abiouness Annette Field Show Managers LLC C. Max Bartholomew Robert and Janie Creecy Ben and Candace Altschul Doug and June Flagg Rosie Smith Kelley and David Bashara James Dare and Betty Marshall Shannon Alves Bill and Susan Fogerty South Atlantic Region of Betty Darden Bess Decker Bob and Sara Atherholt Joe Forti National Garden Clubs Douglas and Marianne Michael and Carol Donovan Calvin and Peggy Bailey Ernie and Robin Franklin Deborah Stewart Dickerson Teresa Edge Curtis and Robyn Bailey Leslie H. Friedman Mary E. Stine Richard P. Evans Marty and Susan Einhorn Robert and Cheryl Beauchamp Sandy Gallop Randolph and Kathleen Stowe Robert and Leslie Fort Susan Page Estes and Andy Jean and Harold Bell Kathy Gard Rosemary Taylor Cy and Edith Grandy Rojecki Mike and Mari Bennett Christopher and Janice Gay Carvell Taylor Conrad and Margaret Hall Joel and Colleen Fischer Jacob and Theresa Berghuis Darril and Nimfa Gibson Michael and Sue Thomas Steve and Mac Houfek Steve and Royce Frazier Bruce Bischoff Judy Gilbert Elaine M. Thompson Joseph and Terry Jordan David and Susan Goode David and Karen Blakey Dean and Ilene Goldman Tidewater Chapter of Virginia Gary and Karen Karlowicz Richard and Pamela Gray Steve and Judy Bowyer Alan Gollihue and Lane Killam Master Naturalists John and Pamela Kiser Robert and Susan Hansen Kathleen Boyd Christina Goode Tidewater District, VA Gregory and Mary Beth Andrew and Vivian Holmes Robert and Jennifer Boyer T. Winston Gouldin Federation of Garden Clubs Marshall Thomas Hubbard David and Nancy Bozak John Greene Maria Urbano Vincent and Suzanne Mastracco Phil and Dawn Jacobs Martyn and Johanna Bradley R. Thomas and Joan Griffey Virginia Beach Master Gardener Bee McLeod and Goody Tyler Michael Kearns and Joanne Dorothy and Marvin Brangan Chris and Diana Gross Association Peter and Penelope Meredith Taylor Gary and Margaret Bright Stephen and Kim Hall Virginia Beach National Andrea and Scott Miller Danny and Jennylyn Kline William and Sandra Brown Henry and Eleanor Harris Audubon Society William and Betsy Murphy Neil and Aline Landy Maureen Bruno Donald and Beth Hart Susan Wheeler Gayle Nichols Vickie and Dennis Matheis Walter Camp and Teresa Kraus Charles Haskins Janice Williams Ann and Sean O’Connor Jeff Moore Kathy Case Mindi Haugen Earl Williams “T.” and Caroline Oliver Susan Elise Morton Ronald Conant Gail Heagen Bruce Williams Gary and Glenda Philbin Dale and Dolores Mullen Paul and Marta Conkling Kathy and Joel Heaton Woodards Mill Garden Club Ann Phillips and Luis Boticario Teresa Perrel John Cook Louise and Eugene Hileman Kenneth Wooling Kathleen Rahman and Leigh Stephanie Pope Charles and Minette Cooper Martha Hill Frank and Helen Wozniak Keogh Charles and Anita Poston Robert and Robin Daughtrey Paul and Susan Hirschbiel Patricia Peace Rawls and Randy David Propert Bill Davidson Eileen Hofmann Bittner John and Janet Read Ray and Suzanne Dezern Zeb and Elizabeth Holt Marcus and Casey Rice Anne Redfern Michael and Susan DiStefano Edward and Erline Holt Dwight and Jane Schaubach Richard and Shirley Roberts Frances Ann Donohue Mary and Benjamin Hubbard John and Elizabeth Shannon James and Karen Russo David and Jamie Driscoll Jerrold Hutton Ryan and Sarah Snow John W. Saunders Hillary Dunigan Michael and Teresa Inman James and Karen Squires Laura Schmidt Ron and Jan Eaton Rachel Jiral John and Katherine Wynne

Annual Report 2018/2019 13 garden supporters continued

Peter and Beth Johnson Carolyn Sands Kenneth and Patricia Johnson Kemp and Kathy Savage Tribute Education Walkway Tribute Gifts In Memory of Helen A. Jones Gail and Toy Savage Benches Bricks Gregory and Amanda Kahles Matthew Schall Margaret Kennedy Curtis and Diane Schmidt Betty Demko Jack Blevins, Sr. Lisa Asby Oral and Karen Lambert Anthony and Janice Sherwood David Demko Stephen Blevins Tamara Edwards Harry Lester Betty and Kaitlyn Silver Nancy Kampsen Mary M. Caron Margaret Barberio Donald and Barbara Lipskis Ran Vijai Singh and Sonia Suys Jerome Kampsen Michele Caron Teresa Edge Kenneth and April MacDonald Holly L. Smith Judy Lewis Doris Dooley Michele Barberio Charles Mann Florence E. Smith Janet and Jack Moyer Karen and David Wilson Teresa Edge William and Virginia Marshall Russ and Sue Smith Ruth Martin Stephen and Wendy Smith Melvin Dooley Joan C. Boles Niel and Betsy Mason Victor and Laura Sonnino Eagle Tribute Bricks Karen and David Wilson Vivian Ramsay Karen Mayne and Mark Hayes William Spaur Laurence Fleming Susan Garth Brookman James and Sandra McCollam Nancy Steen Evangeline and Johnny Baines Dick and Laura Phillips Michael and Julie McLean Mimi and Robert Stein Dolly Batzel Robert F. Hudson Sue Bushey Julius and Jeanne Miller Roberta M. Stewart Donna Batzel Norfolk Master Gardeners Robert and Kathleen Morris Melissa and Andrew Miller Thomas and Susan Summerlin Tracy Collier Barbara Lee Johns Patricia G. Butsch John Miller Cindy Thebaud Beverly Miller Michael and Elizabeth Minter Tom and Tania Tracy Leigh Anne Giblin Jennifer Butsch and Michael Petit Melissa and James Montes Charles and Deborah Tretler Joe Foreman Jim and Rita Lawson Betty Gayle Chene Grace Moran and Kurt Merkling Tommy and Tammy Tucker Margaret McCollum Rita Lawson Thomas and Dawn Byrd John and Elizabeth Morris Robert D. Ward Michele Muller James Cromwell Allison MacDonald Michele Muller The New Leaf Dudley and Elizabeth Ware Maris Byrne Mark and Susan Hobbs Lytton and Elizabeth James Watts and Diane Boyd Bev Nettleton Michelle M. O’Shaughnessy David Costas Musselman Lee and Christina Westnedge Michele M. Fowler Richard and Betsy Pidgeon Shuryl and Erwin Noblett John C. Whistler Jasmine D. Smith Banta Scott B. Peterson Terry Croft Edward C. Oldfield Preston and Catherine White Julia Bilicki Neysa M. Pickens Paul Olsen Wayne and Ashlin Wilbanks Cynthia and Fredric Ugarte Michael and Marain Blansett Mike and Elizabeth Pampalone Mike and Kristin Williams Anna M. Elder WOW Tribute Bricks Anne R. Ruffin Dick and Laura Phillips Armistead and Widget Williams Bill Ruffin Teresa Edge Laurie Pitchford Edward and Lauren Wolcott Nancy Sutcliffe Bill Eley Kathleen Pitchford Bob and LynneWorrell John W. Saunders Clenise Platt Jennifer and Richard Wright Elliot A. Avery Martha Logan Robert and Florence Powell Ernest and Angela Zichal Alysha and Mark Allen Bill and Millie Tarkenton Joe Foreman Bruce and Nancy Prichard Carolyn and Richard Johnson Margaret Beale William C. Butler Edward and Marian Breeden Jared and Becky Pulley Will Butler Allan and Harriet Reynolds Mathew Reed Matson Millie W Hewitt John B. Jones and Melissa A. Mullins Barrie and Mary Ann Ricketts Miranda Hewitt Eileen Ridge Dick and Laura Phillips Richard Rosser Gasbarra Lavigne Ted and Terri Russell Allison and Paul Lavigne TC Richardson Tom Biede 14 Norfolk Botanical Garden Capt. VO Harkness Rennie McAllister Plantation Spring Nursery Chesopeian Colony Garden James L. Miller In Honor of In-Kind Sol. W. Rawls, Jr. Club Barton and Mary K. Morris Donors Charles and Katherine Robison Joan Harrison John Omeara Stage Right Lighting Nancy Bangel Palladium Registered Peggy Beale Betsy Rawls and Peter Agelasto U.S. National Investment Advisors Jim and Vickie Beale Astro Entertainment Virginia Department of Greta Jager Edward V. Peele Jr. Azalea Society of America Forestry Joseph and Jennette Franklin Penny Wilkerson Farrar Patricia Peace Rawls and Randy Gary Carr Anton Bakker Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Irene Ullman Bittner Donald and Becky Buma Walmart #1688 Micky Jester Mac Houfek Deborah Chovanec Gail and Toy Savage Garden Club of Eastern Shore Betty White Carter and Lynn Coupland David and Carol Straeten Elizabeth Clemens Todd Winn JoAnn Hofheimer Lisa Ward Carol E. Laibstain Cooper’s Landscape Laura and Fritz Zeisberg Thomas Stowell Marie Louise Goes Roy Michael Thomas Management Kelley Teresa Edge Robert Molloy Pamela Correa Marney Michalowski John W. Saunders Sarah Kellam Design’s The Limit Bob Zierden Rick Dessi Arthur D. Liles Bill and Linda Pinkham Winifred and Michael Dunn Peter and Betsy Rawls Agelasto Jean Masten Ward Alanton Garden Club Eastern Shore Nursery Clyde Little Lisa Ross Hampton Master Gardeners of Virginia Newport News Master Alice L. Little Susie Ward William B. Eley Gardeners June and Doug Flagg Mary Little Brian and Ashley Strattner Portsmouth Master Gardeners Alice L. Little Mrs. Keith Pope Webb Fortis Solutions Group, LLC Patricia Rawls Business Association Rexanne Metzger Jacob Clarke Hunter and Michele Adams Lenox and Frances Baker Melody Green Gourmet Gang Catering Bess Decker Nicole Torres Robert and Starla Ruth H & R Orchids Jane Malcomb Michael and Dawn Ruth Linda Kaufman Sam Kiess Allan and Harriet Reynolds Ann Stokes Allan and Harriet Reynolds Gary Lennox Sol W. Rawls Jr. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Virginia Hardman Christopher R Thompson Josafine Lisicki Mary Jane Sherman Katherine and Mark Young Charity Mack Jill Hart Marsha Wilkins Jimmy Masters Elizabeth Bisset Simmelink Judith Ertel McDonald Garden Center Richard and Lillian Thomas Lyn Michonski Karen Wilson Lytton and Elizabeth Musselman Nuckols Tree Care Nancy McAllister Sutcliffe Nature’s Palette Thomas and Ann Ackiss Old Dominion University Harriet Jennings Brian O’Neil James and Dotty Joyce Orchid Classics Krueger Gilbert Health Physics Karen Paul Leslie and Jim Lampella Alex and Susan Pincus

Annual Report 2018/2019 15 garden foundation

The Norfolk Botanical Garden Foundation is a separate As of June 30, 2019, the Foundation had assets of 501(c)(3) whose sole mission is the support of Norfolk nearly $16.7 million and provided a total of $746,426 to Botanical Garden. The Foundation invests the Garden’s the Garden for operating purposes in FY19. Adhering endowment funds and makes an annual distribution to certain donor restrictions, some of that total went to from the funds’ earnings to assist the Garden in fulfilling specific areas or for specific purposes in the Garden its mission. such as the Camellia Garden, Children’s Garden, Hydrangea Garden, Meadow and areas in and around The following are current members of the Foundation’s Baker Hall and the Education Building. The Foundation board of directors as of June 30, 2019: would like to thank its donors, past and present, who Patricia P. Rawls, President Gail P. Heagen have had the foresight and generosity to contribute Michael P. Desplaines, Clenise Platt to the Foundation, helping to ensure the viability of Secretary Charles D. Robison III Norfolk Botanical Garden for generations to come. Frederick V. Martin, W. Ryan Snow Assistant Secretary Ann P. Stokes Martha B. Ambler, Treasurer Tazewell G. Taylor, Jr. Peter A. Agelasto III Mark R. Warden William C. Eisenbeiss Lauren V. Wolcott, CPA Roger L. Frost

16 Norfolk Botanical Garden revenues fy 2019 fiscal $7,365,107 gift shop rental income contributions $2,771,393 5% 5% investments 11% report membership $1,059,090 program fees admissions $899,299 15% program fees $1,088,738

investments $835,026 contributions 38% admissions gift shop $342,040 12% rental $369,521

membership 14%

expenses fy 2019 fundraising $6,034,536 administration 3% 10% programs $5,229,753 administration $625,457 fundraising $179,326

programs 87%

Annual Report 2018/2019 17 NON-PROFIT U.S. POSTAGE PAID NORFOLK, VA PERMIT NO. 568

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