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Students from Bessemer’s Westhills and C.F. Hard Elementary Schools attended the George Washington Carver Discovery Field Trip where they learned about the nitrogen cycle, dug sweet potatoes and peanuts from the ground and picked cotton.

The photo shows Wendy Sanders, volunteer for the Junior League of Birmingham, leading students through The Gardens.

For more information, contact Ellen Hardy, education program coordinator, at 205.414.3953 or ehardy@bbgardens.org. You can also visit www.bbgardens.org/fieldtrips.

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Fred Spicer ...................................... ExEcutivE DirEctor

Olivia Alison ........................DirEctor of DEvElopmEnt

Stephanie Banks ............................DirEctor of financE

Elizabeth Drewry ............................................... librarian Ellen Hardy ...........EDucation program coorDinator

Blake Ells ......................public rElations coorDinator

Henry Hughes .........................DirEctor of EDucation George Jenkins ............................DEvElopmEnt officEr

Jason Kirby ....................library assistant & archivist

Andrew Krebbs ........................DirEctor of markEting & mEmbErship

Savannah Lanier ...................Donor rElations officEr

Hope Long ......................DirEctor of library sErvicEs

John Manion .....curator of kaul WilDfloWEr garDEn Shelly McCarty .................spEcial EvEnts coorDinator

Carleen Mitchell .........................................financE clErk

Phyllis Sutton ..............EDucation activitiEs spEcialist

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

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Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Editor, Andrew Krebbs2612 Lane Park RoadBirmingham, AL 35223205.414.3959 or akrebbs@bbgardens.orgwww.bbgardens.org

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Henry Ray ............................................... PresidentTricia Noble ................................... President-ElectScott Walton .............................................TreasurerLou Willie ............................................... SecretaryElizabeth Broughton .....................VP DevelopmentFred Murray ....................VP Facilities & PlanningThomas G. Amason, Jr....Immediate Past PresidentCarl Jones .................................................... OfficerJanet Taylor ................................................. Officer

Laurie AllenShane Boatright

Mena BrockMaggie Brooke

Gary BurleyMargi Ingram

Clarke GillespySheryl Kimerling

Mike MaloneReese Murray, IIIKathryn Porter

Julie Price, Junior Board PresidentHanson Slaughter

Lucy TutwilerMary WilliamsonLouise Wrinkle

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Central South Native Plant Conference

November 4-5

Southern TalesDecember 4

Red Mountain Garden Club Greenery Sale December 7

Volunteer Appreciation

LuncheonDecember 8

Annual Members Dinner

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Dear Friends:

As the saying goes, “I wasn’t born in the South, but I got here as fast as I could.” Later this month I will mark 10 years as Executive Director of your Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Far from being a farewell address, I’d like to tell you why I’ve found the last decade so rewarding and why I look forward to many more years in the Magic City.

Change is Good: Since 2001 we’ve re-branded our organization: revamped our print and web publications, effectively branched out into social media, increased our professional staff threefold, increased education program participation by 254%, added 3,800 items to the Botanical Gardens Library’s collection and achieved goals set in two strategic plans (we adopted a third one last month).

A Garden is Never Finished: Since 2001, we’ve completed a new education and sustainability focused site-wide master plan (and renovation plans for the Conservatory and Japanese Gardens), dedicated four new gardens (with another under construction), renovated 10 existing gardens (with plans for three more on the board), rebuilt 24 garden structures, conserved 90% of our outdoor art and sculpture (while adding seven new pieces) and added more than 7,000 new woody plants to the living collections.

You Are Beautiful: Since 2001, I have become smitten with the natural beauty in Birmingham and the rich biodiversity throughout Alabama. But it is the inner beauty of our supporters that has won my heart. Without the collective commitment of our passionate and generous donors, members, volunteers and partners, none of this would have been possible. We are many things to many people - it’s part of our nature. And we have a long way to go to fully realize our potential. The citizens of Birmingham and our visitors deserve that.

It’s been my pleasure and privilege to build on The Gardens’ solid past and, with your help, contribute to its future. Here’s to ten more years (at least)!

See you in The Gardens,

Fred SpicerExecutive Director

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Please look in the January 2012 issue for a recap of the event and a complete listing of our supporters.

Leah HazzardLynda HillerSheryl KimerlingJoy KloessKatie Baker LaskerMargaret LittleSue Ellen LucasKim McBrideMary MellenLee NixTricia NobleAllene ParnellKatharine PattonMurray PriesterKim RogersBrenda SchulerLeslie SimpsonCatherine SmithCarolyn SparrowJean ThompsonAnne Tilson VarnerJeanna WestmorelandBoo Woodall

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Have you been peering in the doors to the Conservatory to see what’s going on inside? The icon of The Gardens has been closed since March 2011, due to unsafe glass. Opened in December 1962, the Conservatory is a tripartite structure (the Palm, Desert and Camellia houses) with internal spaces free of supporting pillars. This creative, modernist structure was designed by the Lord and Burnham Company as the centerpiece of Birmingham’s then proposed botanical garden. Mayor James W. Morgan (who served from 1953 to 1961) was called “a fighter and a fool” for advocating The Gardens’ creation. It’s easy to imagine that this was because he envisioned The Gardens as an enhancement for all citizens at a time when the city was struggling with civil rights issues. Mayor Morgan thought The Gardens and its Conservatory would be “the biggest attraction of this type in the Southeast.” This proved prophetic as The Gardens is the number one free attraction in Alabama.

Lord and Burnham was the foremost conservatory company in North America, and Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ Conservatory is a rare example in this style; it’s considered worthy of nomination for the National Register of Historic Places. Since 2005, the Conservatory has been monitored by Jim Smith of Montgomery Smith, Inc., Burlington, KY., the recognized authority on glass house architecture and preservation. In a 2006 formal evaluation, Smith found the historic steel structure sound, but the glazing and environmental systems antiquated. After detecting subtle changes earlier this year, both Smith and City officials recommended closure.

Smith’s work and the 2010 master plan envision a fully renovated and expanded Conservatory with numerous technological upgrades emphasizing greater sustainability.

Phase I of this long-term effort (which will permit re-opening to the public) is now underway, and includes:

Identifying and repairing minor structural damage• Restoring the original sway-bar systems• Removing original glass, which is not safety glass • Preparing and painting the structure • Re-glazing the roof with safety glass • Automating ventilation sashes and upgrading the • electrical system Repairing or replacing interior end walls and doors•

Future improvements include energy-efficient environmental control systems, refurbished exhibits, two additional houses (one at each end), activity terraces at the entrances, a grand staircase and stage in front and universal access.

The Daniel Foundation and Bill and Lyndra Daniel have pledged significant resources towards Phase I, while the City will cover the design development costs. The Friends have applied for several grants to help fund the renovation and are seeking private support also. Our goal is to reopen the Conservatory in time to celebrate its 50th birthday! If you would like to help with this effort, please contact Director of Development Olivia Alison at 205.414.3961 or oalison@bbgardens.org.

For more information about the Conservatory and its history, see The Birmingham Botanical Society, A Brief History¸1999, by Carolyn Green Satterfield, available at The Gardens library, or for purchase at Leaf & Petal at The Gardens. For more about the Lord and Burnham Company and the impressive list of glasshouses restored or designed by Montgomery Smith, Incorporated, go to www.montgomerysmithinc.com.

49 Years Young….The Conservatory:Life Under (Falling) Glass By Olivia Alison, Director of Development

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Beautiful is a word long associated with Birmingham Botanical Gardens. But our beauty goes beyond thousands of blooming flowers and picturesque scenes. The Gardens’ new master plan respects the important history of Alabama’s most popular free cultural institution while creating a broader vision for its future. It achieves this by focusing on four key concepts that underscore The Gardens’ role as:

A natural science-based educational institution;• A role model for environmentally-sound best management • practices;An important venue for events and activities;• A plant collections-based living museum.•

Underscoring our long-standing mission to educate people about plants, gardens and the environment, the master plan creates numerous new places and opportunities to increase our capacity to meet this mission head-on. Hands-on, science-based educational programming with real examples and exhibits – for students ranging from elementary school to professionals – is emphasized.

Technologies and practices both old and new will be utilized to restore our urban stream, minimize or eliminate erosion and stormwater runoff, promote percolation and biofiltration, reduce potable water usage, harvest rainwater for re-use, make our greenhouses energy-efficient, and reduce and re-use organic waste. Several new buildings will replace outmoded ones and are envisioned as LEED buildings; a new maintenance building is partially earth-sheltered and has a green roof. Each is an educational opportunity as well.

Important arrival and entrance spaces are re-imagined to better facilitate events and activities. The Formal Garden becomes an audience-friendly place for concerts with a grand stage. An event-based garden is created in an elegant Persian theme, with an adjoining catering/teaching kitchen. These areas and paths throughout The Gardens are seamlessly modified to be universally designed for barrier-free accessibility.

To emphasize Alabama’s species-rich natural heritage, native plant collections will be expanded in a series of Alabama Habitat Gardens, highlighting and connecting visitors to the unique character of our beautiful state and the need for conservation. These dovetail with stream restoration and stormwater control measures to create scenes of natural beauty and educational importance. Food-based gardens triple in size, paving the way for more timely programs about what we eat, how we eat it, and how it affects our health.

For more information visit www.bbgardens.org/masterplan or scan the tag on this page with your smartphone. You can also visit the Garden Center for a display of the plan.

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VOlunteer SpOtlight: rene GermannBy Mary-Bestor Grant

What does a successful family doctor do after 30 years healing patients? If that doctor is Rene Germann, he digs into The Gardens’ volunteer program.

Born in Maysville, KY, and raised in Birmingham, Rene is a family man. He lives with wife, Mary, and daughter, Erin (his other daughter, Pat, no longer lives at home). When not working up a sweat in the Kaul Wildflower Garden or at the Plant Sales, this Master Gardener raises his adrenaline riding his new Wildfire motor scooter. Rene stopped by our office one Friday afternoon to answer a few questions from the infamous Proust Questionnaire:

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness? A house boat. Like Noah and the Ark.

2. What is your greatest fear? injury. Period.

3. What is the historical figure that you most identify with? Joan of Arc because she was a great fighter.

4. Who is the living person you most admire? my father, deacon Al Germann, who was a great farmer and teacher. (Rene spends Sunday afternoons with his 92 year-old father playing cards.)

5. What is your greatest extravagance? eating ice cream at night. I do not have a favorite because it is too difficult to choose just one.

6. What is your greatest achievement? Completing my m.d. at UAB.

7. What is your most treasured possession? my family.

8. Where would you most like to live? High in the mountains.

9. What do you most value in a friend? Honesty.

10. Who are your heroes in real life? Gene Stallings because he made a big impression on my daughter and he had a son with downs’ syndrome. He is a hero for working the way he does (for the special needs community) and for what he did in football and as a father.

11. What is your motto? do your best and try to be on time. Rene then noted with a smile, “but I never make it on time”.

The Gardens thanks Rene for his spirit of service. Learn more about how to join Rene as a volunteer by contacting Volunteer Coordinator Taylor Steele at 205.414.3962 or tsteele@bbgardens.org.

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Thursday, June 21- Sunday, June 24, 2012

When we began planning our “Newport in Flower” tour, we had no idea how it would blossom! Thanks to some lovely Alabama natives who live in Newport, RI, our Birmingham Botanical Gardens travelers will be welcomed to private homes and gardens rarely seen. We will stay in the heart of the historic district at the Newport Marriott on America’s Cup Drive and will celebrate our Thursday arrival with a special evening. Friday, we will be among the first visitors to the stunning 2012 Newport Flower Show at Rosecliff Mansion and will then take in Ocean Drive and a Newport “cottage” or two. Saturday, thanks to Executive Director Fred Spicer’s connections, we will be at Blithewold Gardens and Arboretum on Narragansett Bay and at a splendid private property in Little Compton. Sunday, it’s more gorgeous gardens and a beautiful meal before our return. Hurry and reserve your spot for this amazing tour (deadline January 20, 2012). Only 16 lucky members, planning well ahead, can participate!

Cost for the four day, three night trip, including all ground transportation, lunches and one dinner is $2,250 (double occupancy). The single supplement is $600. Airfare is not included: air transport from Birmingham to Providence, RI is estimated at around $400 based on prices at publication time. Tour goers must be Friends members at the Oak Level ($250) or above. (Participants may upgrade when they register.) A $400 deposit will reserve your place. The registration deadline is Friday, January 20, 2012. The balance is due by Friday, April 20th, 2012. For a full itinerary of this exclusive tour, see our website at www.bbgardens.org/member-travel.php. For a registration form or hard copy of the itinerary, contact Director of Development Olivia Alison at 205.414.3961 or oalison@bbgardens.org.

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News from the Archives roomThe Library Archives and Rare Book Room is looking for the following items to add to its collections. If you have any of these items and would like to donate them, please contact Archivist Jason Kirby at 205.414.3967 or jkirby@bbgardens.org.

The Gardens (pocket sized) Membership • Rosters

The Gardens Auxiliary Directories• 

Old menus / items from Café de France• 

Old Birmingham Botanical Gardens • membership cards (pre-1990)

Fiesta Booklets • 

Invitations / flyers to past Annual • Dinners, Sunday Strolls, Earth Day at The Gardens, Educational Classes, Glorious Gardens, Plant Sales, Ground breaking ceremonies / dedications, Antiques at The Gardens, Spencer Lectures, and Sakura Cherry Blossom Festival

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THE COMMITTEEShirley Barnes, Heike Covell, Sallie Estes,

Mary Ellen Davidson, Dee Burt Holmes, Marcia Leonard, Joyce Lowery, Terri Shows, Carolyn Wheeling, Maria West

opEning rEcEptionFriday, November 4

5:30-7:30 p.m.

December 6

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the

Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

Join us in The Library at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss a new, fun book pertaining to gardening, plants or the environment. Contact Director of Library Services, Hope Long at 205.414.3931 or hlong@bbgardens.org for more information or to get involved.

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Alabama has four native species of “sugar” maples. Acer nigrum, black maple, is the least common, occurring sporadically in three Alabama counties in the northeast. Acer saccharum, sugar maple, occurs primarily in the northwestern half of the state and can be found in relatively significant numbers there. Both are large trees and will yield maple sugar, but require a climate much colder than ours to do so.

The sugar maples most typically encountered in Alabama are Florida sugar maple, Acer floridanum (incorrectly, A. barbatum), and chalk maple, Acer leucoderme, whose specific epithet literally means “white bark.” Their cheerful, eye-popping red/orange/yellow fall color can be seen lighting up the understories of forests

and woodland edges throughout the state. Mid to late November seems to be the peak around Birmingham. Both show good adaptability for general landscape use as small to medium-sized trees and are adapted to acid and alkaline pH in soils rocky, loamy and clayey. Both tolerate sunny and shady sites and show good to excellent drought tolerance once established.

Of the two, Florida sugar maple (image, left) is the larger-growing: well-studied individuals in the northern part of its range, near Jamestown, VA, are simply massive, while individuals in Alabama can reach 60’, developing gray bark that is broken into large plates (like A. saccharum), frequently with black stains, a result of mold that grows on sap oozing out from sapsucker holes. These birds eat both the sap and insects that feed on it. Chalk maple

(image, above) is smaller (~30’), with smooth, pale gray bark. It is sometimes shrubby in appearance, with multiple trunks. While these two species are variable, there is more to separate them than size and stems.

Look at the leaves, always checking several to get an “average.” On Florida sugar maple the edges of the center lobe are parallel or taper inward toward the leaf base. On chalk maple, they taper outward, sometimes making the center lobe appear broadly triangular. Leaves of both are densely hairy (pubescent) beneath, but the former is pale green to gray (silvery); the latter green to pale brown (yellowish). The latter also holds some crispy, tawny-colored leaves, like Fagus sylvatica, American beech, through the winter.

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SHRUBS– Plant Shrubs, trees, and vines.

LAWNS– Some owners like lawn paints. Have you thought about having a green lawn this winter? Use proper herbicide to kill germinating winter weeds.

ROSES – Get rose plantings underway. Use a soil test as a basis for fertilization. Look for new varieties.

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

BULBS – Continue spring bulb planting. Put lilies of the valley in a shady place.

MISCELLANEOUS – Plant screen plantings for privacy on the patio.

VEGETABLE SEED – Plant cabbage and lettuce in the coldframe.

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

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

ROSES – Add plants to rose garden. Mulch all plantings.

ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS – Plant hardy annual seed without delay. Have you tried violas?

BULBS – Continue spring bulb planting.

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

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

Multi-trunked specimens of chalk maple grace the entry of the Southern Living building.

Florida sugar maple glows burnt yellow in the Kaul Wildflower Garden.

Leaves of Florida sugar maple (l) and chalk maple (r), showing the textbook differences in their shapes.

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Certificate in Native Plant Studies Classes/Field Trips/Volunteer Opportunities

Registration and further information about the program, including course descriptions, instructor bios and certificate requirements can be found at www.bbgardens.org/plantstudies or call 205.414.3958.

Digital Photography of Native Plants (elective)

Instructor: Bob Farley Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 | 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. $40 Members | $45 Non-Members

Field Trip to Moss Rock Preserve (field trip)Saturday, November 12, 2011 | 12:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Trip Leaders: Fred Spicer & John Manion $20 Members | $25 Non-Members

Invasive Plant Volunteer Training (volunteer opportunity)

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 | 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Instructors: John Madsen and Victor Maddox

Ecology of Alabama Native Plants (core) Instructor: Scot Duncan

Location: Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve Saturday, November 19, 2011 | 8:30-4:30 p.m.*

$80 Members | $90 Non-Members

Kaul Wildflower Garden(volunteer opportunity)

Leader: John ManionWednesday, November 30 | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Ebenezer Swamp (volunteer opportunity)Leader: Mike Hardig & John Manion

Sunday, December 4, 2011 | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.Location: Ebenezer Swamp

(sign-up required)

Kaul Wildflower Garden Workday (volunteer opportunity)

Leader: John ManionLocation: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Saturday, December 10, 2011 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

CentralSouthNativePlant

ConferenceNative Plants:

The Bigger Picture How Native Plants Complete the Puzzle

November 4-5, 2011

In addition to discussing many wonderful native plants and their related topics, this conference will focus on the numerous important roles they play in our ecosystems and how we can help keep those systems intact. We will address the interrelationships of native plants to the myriad of life forms…birds, bees, butterflies, bugs – and humans!

For more information visit

www.bbgardens.org/csnpcor call 205.414.3965.

Calycanthus floridus, sweet-shrub

Winter Identification of Native Woody Plants (elective)

Instructor: Fred Spicer Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Saturday, January 14, 2012 | 12:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. $40 Members | $45 Non-Members

Native Plant Conservation (core) Instructor: Wayne Barger

Location: Birmingham Botanical GardensSaturday, January 28, 2012 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

$80 Members | $90 Non-Members

Understanding Botanical Names (elective) Instructor: John Manion

Location: Birmingham Botanical GardensWednesday, February 15, 2012 | 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

$40 Members | $45 Non-Members

Native Lichens, Mosses and Liverworts (elective)

Instructor: Curtis Hansen Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Saturday, March 24, 2012 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $40 Members | $45 Non-Members

Native Spring Wildflowers (elective) Instructor: John Manion

Location: Birmingham Botanical GardensWednesday, April 11, 2012 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

$40 Members | $45 Non-Members

Bibb County Glades (field trip) Trip Leaders: Fred Spicer and John Manion

Location: Bibb CountySaturday, April 28, 2012 | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

$40 Members | $45 Non-Members

Native Plant Propagation - Part II (elective) Instructor: Jan Midgley

Location: Birmingham Botanical GardensSaturday, May 12, 2012 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

$40 Members | $45 Non-Members

Native Grasses and Grass-Like Plants (elective)

Instructor: Dan Spaulding Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Saturday, June 9, 2012 | 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. $40 Members | $45 Non-Members

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Age Has its Privileges: irA Gift ProvisionsThrough the end of this year, if you are 70 ½ or older, you may make

tax-free gifts to Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens and other

charities directly from your Individual Retirement Account (IRA).

This provision, part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance

Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, allows you to make

charitable gift transfers from your IRA through December 31, 2011

without including the withdrawal in your taxable income (gifts may

count toward your required minimum tax distribution for 2011). If you

would like more information, or if you need a copy of The Friends/

Birmingham Botanical Society’s 501(c) 3 status letter to process your

IRA gift, please contact Director of Development Olivia Alison at

205.414.3961 or oalison@bbgardens.org or go to www.bbgardens.org

and click on the donations tab.

Annual Members DinnerFeaturing speaker

Paulette Van Matre Executive Director of

Magic City Harvest

January 19, 2012Magic City Harvest is

the recipient of nearly two tons of fresh produce each year

from the Bruno Vegetable Garden

reD MOuntain greenery Sale

Wednesday, December 79-1 p.m.

Strange Auditorium at Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Mark your calendars for the annual Red Mountain Greenery Sale on Wednesday, December 7! Stop by and check out the variety of wreaths, garlands, pre-made mailbox decorations or kits to make your own that will be for sale. Centerpieces, boxwood topiaries, kissing balls and much more all using freshly cut greenery and fruit will also be available. This year, the Red Mountain Garden Club will offer “Mobile Mailboxes,” a new service where talented designers will come right to your home to create a personalized mailbox decoration!

For more information, or to place a pre-sale order, contact Melissa Hagan at melhagan@bellsouth.net. Order forms will also be available at Birmingham Botanical Gardens and online www.bbgardens.org/moreevents.

Proceeds benefit Birmingham Museum of Art and Birmingham Botanical Gardens, as well as the Red Mountain Garden Club's other community projects.

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On September 19th, Birmingham Botanical Gardens served its 85,000th student as part of the Discovery Field Trip program. First and second grade students from Hemphill Elementary were presented with certificates to commemorate the occassion before Junior League Docents guided groups through the Barber Alabama Woodlands and the George Washington Carver Garden. Crews from CBS 42 and the Birmingham News looked on as children watched birds with Audubon volunteers, searched for and dug sweet potatoes and peanuts from the ground.

Based on the Alabama Course of Study in Science, Discovery Field Trips have given Birmingham students grades K-6 an opportunity to interact with nature for 13 years at no cost. The Junior League of Birmingham funds transportation for Birmingham City Schools, while Vulcan Materials Company funds transportation for Bessemer City Schools. The curriculum and its resources remain free through money raised by Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and grants from: Robert R. Meyer Foundation, Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust, Hugh Kaul Foundation, Regions Financial Corporation, Wells Fargo Foundation, the City of Vestavia Hills and the City of Mountain Brook.

Discovery Field Trips are open to anyone who wants to register. The programs take place Monday thru Friday, 9:30-11:30, and continue throughout the school year. Programs include Alabama Woodlands, Garden Gates (plant propagation), George Washington Carver, Native American Plants, The Secret Life of Trees, and Tropical Rainforest. They are based on the Alabama Course of Study, Science.

More than 100,000 children have benefited from all educational programs at The Gardens during the past 13 years. For more information, contact Ellen Hardy, education program coordinator, at 205.414.3953 or ehardy@bbgardens.org, or visit www.bbgardens.org/fieldtrips.

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ClassesFor more information or to register visit

www.bbgardens.org/classes or call 205.414.3958.

free MeMberS-Only claSS Hydrangeas in Your

Landscape with Eddie Aldridge

Saturday, November 12 10-Noon

FREE for current members

Renowned horticulturist Eddie Aldridge will share his knowledge of hydrangeas including proper

planting and care, usage in your landscape, pruning and

propagation.

For more information and to register for the members-only class program visit www.bbgardens.org/memberclasses or call

205.414.3958. This class is not open to the public. Join or renew today to take advantage of this benefit. Members can also pick

up their free plant from 8:30-3 p.m. Visit www.bbgardens.org/freeplant for more information.

melt and Pour Soapmaking – Part i and Part iiInstructor: Elinor Burks

November 13 & 20 | 2-4 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

for families or individuals $25 Members | $30 Non-Members

winter evegreen explorersInstructors: Mary Marcoux & Fontaine Haskell

Saturday, December 17 | 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

For children 4K-2nd grade $20 Members | $25 Non-Members

Giftsto thE library at

birmingham botanical garDEns JULY/AUGUST 2011

Hope Long, Elizabeth Drewry & Jason Kirby – in memory of Albert S. “Bud” Reed

Clarissa Harms & Susan Elliott – in honor of Barbara Burton & Elizabeth Broughton and their dedication to Antiques at The Gardens

Gail Snyder – in memory of Cheryl Barnett

Norman Kent Johnson – in memory of Virginia R. Brown

In memory of Virginia Bissell Spencer:Paula & Mike Rushing

Birmingham Fern SocietyKaren Mitchell

Jean BryanTheresa Johanson

DOLORES HYDOCK AND

BOBBY HORTON

DECEMBER 4, 20112- 4 p.m.

$20 GENERAL ADMISSION To purchase your tickets please visit www.bbgardens.org/southerntales

or call 205.414.3958

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CHAirmANMrs. Fay B. IrelandLouise D. Johnson

direCTorMrs. Claire H. Fairley

AdViSorMr. & Mrs. Carl E. Jones, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Taylor Pursell

BeNeFACTorSouthern Progress CorporationThe Hill-Allison Charitable Lead TrustMr. R. Shane BoatrightMrs. Virginia R. Brown*Mr. Stewart M. DansbyDr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr.Royal Cup, Inc.Stephens Foundation

Karen BrechinDr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr.

Zoe P. BrombergMs. Mary Carolyn Gibbs ClevelandMrs. Elizabeth Hoffman

Virginia R. BrownDr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Amason, Jr.

Radiance S. EarlyMs. Juanita ColbertTerry A. DouglasMr. & Mrs. James M. Gillespy, III

Utyless GholstonDr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr.

Lucile GilbertMr. & Mrs. Terry AllumsMr. Daniel Bradley

Peggy HammondAT&TMs. Jeanie A. GundersenMs. Jane HawkinsMr. & Mrs. Robert Wise

Judy J. HintonMs. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland

Roy HoffmanMr. & Mrs. Charles A. BundyMs. Mary Carolyn Gibbs Cleveland

Laurie HowleMr. & Mrs. John G. Brock

Dr. Charles LokeyMr. Jack S. AllisonMs. Mary Virginia BrownDr. & Mrs. Leland Hull, Jr.Dr. Charles A. McCallumMr. & Mrs. Allyn Thames

Virginia B. SpencerMr. & Mrs. A. J. Allison, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Amason, Jr.Mr. Mike BallardMr. & Mrs. Michael BallietMr. & Mrs. John H. Beeler, Jr.Mrs. J. W. Bledsoe, Jr.Mrs. Frances BlountMr. & Mrs. Charles P. Brown,IIMr. & Mrs. A. Philip Cook, Jr.Dale Green Trane ResidentialMrs. James H. EmackEvans Services HVAC & PlumbingMr. & Mrs. Walter S. FletcherDr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr.Mrs. John ForneyMr. & Mrs. Miller GorrieMs. Margy HardyMr. & Mrs. David S. HassingerMrs. Caroline M. HeadDr. & Mrs. James IsobeMr. & Mrs. William A. LeggMr. & Mrs. Frank E. Lindstrom, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Long, Jr.Mr. Thomas H. LowderMr. & Mrs. Milton M. MagnusMrs. Donie N. MartinMrs. Lynette A. McCaryMs. Nancy McCollumMs. Jane McGriffMr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. NaughtonMr. J. Thomas NoojinMr. & Mrs. Bruce A. RawlsMr. & Mrs. William Silsbee, Jr.Mr. Hatton C. SmithMr. & Mrs. Stephen StillThe Thompson FoundationScott & Cameron VowellWAKM Companies, LLCMr. Bob WeaverMs. Emily Winburn

Mr. & Mrs. Edgar G. AldridgeMrs. Ruby S. Ansley Mr. and Mrs. Michael BallietMrs. Camille A. BeckerMrs. Lucille S. Beeson*Peggy Bonfield and Orrin FordMary Carolyn Gibbs ClevelandMrs. Tom Tartt Brown*D. Joseph & Ida C. BurnsMs. Suzanne G. ClisbyMrs. Martha Stone Cobb Daniel*The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaThe Dunn-French FamilyMr. F. Lewter Ferrell, Jr.*Mr. R.R. Herbst*Mr. J. Ernest & Mrs. Ora Lee Hill*Mrs. Fay B. IrelandMr. George L. Jenkins

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Hugh & Bobbe Kaul*Dr. Bodil Lindin-Lamon*Fran LawlorDr. Michael E. MaloneMs. Louise T. McAvoy* Mrs. Mary Jean MorawetzMr. Philip MorrisMr. and Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr.James L. NewsomeDr. & Mrs. A. I. Perley*Steve & LeAnne PorterMrs. Carol P. PoynorMr. & Mrs. William M. Spencer, III*Mr. Frederick R. Spicer, Jr. Mr. Douglas Arant StockhamDr. Wendell H. Taylor*Mrs. Carolyn D. Tynes*Mrs. Robert Wells

memorials7.1.11- 8.31.11

Members of The Perennial Society have made a planned gift, a bequest, or an endowment gift of $10,000 or more to The Gardens.

Garden Sustainers are our top annual donors, who in

the words of the late charter member Bill Spencer, “give more to support a garden

that’s free for everyone else.”

PATroNMs. Elna R. BrendelBrasfield & GorrieMr. & Mrs. W. Frank Cobb, IIIThe Goodrich Charitable FoundationMr. & Mrs. James M. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Jon KimerlingMayer Electric Supply Company, IncMr. & Mrs. Guy K. Mitchell, JrMr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr.James L. NewsomeMr. & Mrs. Charles S. Northen IIIMr. & Mrs. Henry B. Ray, Jr. Rucker & Margaret Agee FundMr. & Mrs. B. Hanson SlaughterMr. & Mrs. Douglas Arant StockhamMr. & Mrs. Jarred O. Taylor, IIMr.* & Mrs. W. Hall ThompsonMr. & Mrs. Lloyd R. WilsonMr. & Mrs. John N. Wrinkle

*deceased

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AT&TBrasfield & GorrieCity of BirminghamThe Community Foundation

of Greater BirminghamDaniel Foundation of AlabamaFirst Commercial BankThe James Milton &

Sallie R. Johnson FoundationLe Jardin ClubLeaf & PetalLiza & Laughlin Ashe FundMcWane FoundationOasis Design GroupProtective Life CorporationRegions Financial CorporationServisFirst BankYogurt MountainMr. & Mrs. Harold AbromsMr. Scott AdamsMr. & Mrs. Rex AlexanderDr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Amason, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Leon AshfordMr. & Mrs. Michael BallietMr. & Mrs. Bruce BarzeMr. & Mrs. Joseph S. BeanMr. & Mrs. Stan BlantonMr. Thomas BlountMs. Kay Blount

Mr. & Mrs. John G. BrockMr. & Mrs. William BrookeMs. Laura J. BrookhartDr. & Mrs. Tom T. Brown, Jr.Mr. James A. BrunoDr. James BryantMr. & Mrs. John BuchananMr Brian BurgessMr. James R. BussianMr. & Mrs. Ehney A. Camp, IIIMr. & Mrs. John D. Carney, IIIJudge & Mrs. John L. CarrollMr. Thomas N. Carruthers, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. John F. Carter, Sr.Mr. John W. ChamblissMr. & Mrs. Lange ClarkMs. Mary Carolyn Gibbs ClevelandMrs. Hope CooperMr. Ernest CoryMr. & Mrs. Philip CraneMr. & Mrs. Ogden S. DeatonMr. Forrest DeBuys IIIMr. & Mrs. Anthony DiPiazzaMr. & Mrs. Alan J. DreherMr. & Mrs. Richard H. DrennenMr. & Mrs. Dave DriscollMrs. Claire H. FairleyMr. Albert G. Folcher, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Goings

donors 7.1.11- 8.31.11

Samuel E. ConyersMrs. Thomas E. Jernigan

Cameron CroweMr. & Mrs. Wilmer S. Poynor, III

Ren FortierMr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Cox, Jr.

Donna GallivanMs. Julie Quick

honors 7.1.11- 8.31.11Charles Maloy LoveMr. Leonard Roy

Louise G. SmithPaula & Mike Rushing

Frederick R. Spicer, Jr.Ms. Susan Spicer-McGarry

Cameron StroussDr. & Mrs. Michael E. Malone

Mr. & Mrs. Williams Goodwyn, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. M. James GorrieMr. & Mrs. James L. Goyer, IIIDr. & Mrs. Lawrence GreerMr. & Mrs. Beau GrenierMr. & Mrs. Christopher B. HarmonMrs. Clarissa HarmsDr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. HawleyMr. & Mrs. Meredyth R. Hazzard, Jr.Mrs. Jane H. HeadMs. Mary L. HendricksMr. & Mrs. George S. Hiller, IIIMr. John T. HoffMrs. Elizabeth HoffmanMs. Peggy HorneMr. & Mrs. James F. Hughey, Jr.Ms. Margi IngramMrs. Fay B. IrelandMrs. Thomas E. JerniganMr. & Mrs. Charles R. Johanson IIIMrs. Louise D. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Walter KansteinerDr. & Mrs. Price KloessDr. & Mrs. James C. LaskerMr. & Mrs. William D. LineberryMr. & Mrs. James B. Little, IIIMr. & Mrs. Henry S. Long, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Yank LovelaceMr. & Mrs. Michael L. Lucas

Mr. George G. Lynn Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Joshua McCartyMr. John D. MooreMr. Mac M. MoorerMr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Dean NixMrs. Jane OglesMr. & Mrs. James OutlandMr. & Mrs. Leighton C. Parnell, IIIDr. & Mrs. Paul G. PetznickMr. & Mrs. Wilmer S. Poynor, IIIMs. Julie QuickMr. & Mrs. Thomas A. RobertsMr. E. Mabry RogersPaula & Mike RushingMr. & Mrs. Leo A. ShaiaMr. Frederick R. Spicer, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Elton B. Stephens, Jr.Mr. Rusty StewartTsunenobu & Atsuko TamuraMr. & Mrs. Temple W. Tutwiler, IIIMr. & Mrs. Steve VarnerDr. & Mrs. William N. ViarMr. & Mrs. Scott A. WaltonMr. & Mrs. Robert WatsonMrs. Charles B. Webb, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. N. Thomas WilliamsMr. & Mrs. Louis Willie, IIIMr. & Mrs. John N. Wrinkle

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President’s Circle $1,000Red Mountain Garden ClubMr. & Mrs. Paul J. AusbeckMr. & Mrs. Charles K. BeckMr. & Mrs. John G. BrockJim & Nancy PriceMr. & Mrs. C. Dowd RitterPaula & Mike RushingMr. & Mrs. William E. Smith Jr.Mr. Arnold L. SteinerBeth Thorne StukesMr. James A. Thompson

Ambassador $500Mr. & Mrs. William F. Denson, IIIDr. & Mrs. Wade LamberthMr. & Mrs. C. Phillip McWaneMr. & Mrs. Scott A. WaltonMr. & Mrs. Lloyd R. Wilson

Oak $250Collier’s NurseryGrouponDr. Kathy BuchanMs. Carole H. CobbCatherine ColtharpMr. & Mrs. Russell M. Cunningham, IIIDr. & Mrs. William H. DodsonMr. & Mrs. William C. HulseyMr. & Mrs. Glenn Ireland, IIMr. & Mrs. Charles R. Johanson, IIIMs. Becky MooreMr. & Mrs. John M. MusgraveMs. Virginia PattersonMr. & Mrs. Charles W. PryorDr. & Mrs. Stephen RostandDr. & Mrs. R. Waid Shelton, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Richard B. ShepardMr. & Mrs. Herbert Stockham

Magnolia $125Mr. & Mrs. Robert AlandDr. & Mrs. James F. Alison, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Darrell ArnoldMr. & Mrs. John R. Baker, Jr.Mrs. Beverly BaumMrs. Irene BlalockDr. & Mrs. Joseph BloomerBobby & Kelly BooneMs. Marcia C. BryantMr. & Mrs. Michael G. ByrneMr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Cox, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Max DavisMr. & Mrs. James DelkMs. Susan DominickMrs. Shawn DunawayMr. & Mrs. James Ehl

Mrs. Ann R. ElliottMr. & Mrs. E. Q. FaustDr. & Mrs. Richard FeistMr. & Mrs. J. Ross Forman, IIIMrs. Toula FulfordMr. & Mrs. Thomas GoettgeMr. & Mrs. M. James GorrieMrs. Barbara S. GrantMrs. Mary Rose GrayMr. & Mrs. Michael S. GrossDr. & Mrs. Ronald E. HendersonMrs. Linda S. HerrenMr. & Mrs. Donald HessMrs. Richard C. HillhouseMr. & Mrs. William L. Hinds, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. James F. Hughey, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Leland Hull, Jr.Mr. George L. JenkinsMrs. Jenelle JonesDr. & Mrs. Jim KamplainMr. & Mrs. Kenneth KeyMr. & Mrs. Wayne W. Killion, Sr.Mrs. Beverly KimesMiss Lisa LawMr. & Mrs. Wade A. MahlkeMr. & Mrs. Willard McCall, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McGoughMr. & Mrs. Steve P. MortonMr. & Mrs. John T. Oliver, IIIMr. & Mrs. James R. OverstreetMrs. Carol PraterMr. Goode Price, IIIMrs. Margaret G. RaglandDr. & Mrs. Harry B. Register, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. E. Mabry RogersDr. Loring Rue IIIDr. & Mrs. Howard SchieleBev & Bill SchoelDr. & Mrs. Harold SettleMr. Jeff Shimizu & Mr. Lamar JeffriesMr. & Mrs. A. Wendall SimmonsJames Sokol & Lydia CheneyMr. & Mrs. W. Stancil StarnesMr. & Mrs. Stephen StrongMr. & Mrs. Mark TuckerMr. & Mrs. William B. WahlheimMs. Lucile White

Hydrangea $60Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Abernethy

Mrs. Margaret Ahearn

Ms. Linda C. Askey

Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. Bailey

Mr. David Baker

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Baxley

Mr. & Mrs. Murray Beck

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Becker

Mrs. Michelle J. Belcher

Mrs. Lula Rose Blackwell

Ms. Shannon Blount

Ms. Virginia Boliek

Dr. James Bonner

Char Bonsack

Mr. & Mrs. Ashby Boulware

Mrs. Suzanne Bowness

Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Boyd

Mrs. Betty F. Brice

Ms. Nancy Brower

Ms. Myra Brown

Mrs. Sandie Brown Forsyth

Paul & Ina Buchanan

Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Burrows

Ms. Kaye M. Carlisle

Mr. & Mrs. John D. Carney, III

Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Cassimus

Dr. & Ms. Robert B. Chadband

Mrs. Norma F. Chandler

Mr. & Mrs. Vitaly Charny

Mr. & Mrs. Sorrell Chew

Mr. & Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Chitwood

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Clark, Jr.

Mr. Gregg Clark

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Clarkson

Ms. Martha M. Cobb

Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Colvin, III

Ms. Michelle Conn

Mr. & Mrs. Joe Cooper

Mrs. Mollie W. Cox

Mrs. Renee Cox

Ms. Jennie Craft

Dr. Myra Crawford

Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Daniel

Tom Davis

Ms. Leonarda DiChiara

Mrs. John E. Dorsett

Dr. & Mrs. John T. Eagan

Ms. Jo Ann Eberlein &

Mr. Mark Widener

Mr. & Mrs. George B. Elliott, Jr.

Mr. Bruce Ely

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Eskew

Mrs. Lynne Faulstich

Dr. Rosemary & Mr. Charles Faust

Mrs. Nancy J. Ferrell

Mr. Marlon Files

Dr. Edwin Fineberg &

Dr. Naomi S. Fineberg

Margaret Fritsma

Vicki Garrard

Mr. & Mrs. Joe L. Gerald

Mr. Hise Gibson

Dr. & Mrs. Walter D. Glass

Mrs. Betsy Godwin

Mrs. Alexandra Goodrich

Rev. Elizabeth Cole Goodrich

Mr. & Mrs. William M. Graves

Ms. Anne Grimes

Dr. & Mrs. Juan F. Gutierrez

Mr. & Mrs. James Hard

Mrs. Beth Hardwick

Ms. Nancy C. Hayley

Mrs. Paula S. Haynes

Mrs. Howard J. Helzberg

Mr. & Mrs. Danny Herrin

Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hodo

Mr. & Mrs. William D. Holder

Bob & Margariette Hoomes

Mr. & Mrs. John S. Hornsby

Dr. & Mrs. P. Reginald Hug

Mr. & Mrs. J. Fred Ingram

Mr. & Mrs. Russell Jackson

Mr. Larry Jackson

Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Janowski

Mr. & Mrs. W. Richard Johns

Mr. Joseph H. Johnson, Jr.

Mr. Brian Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. C. Guy Jones

Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Judd

Mr. & Mrs. James King, Jr.

Ms. Carlisle Lampmann

Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Lewis

LaRue Lockhart

Mrs. Lucy Loflin

Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. London

Mr. & Mrs. Don Lowden

Mr. & Mrs. James R. Lowery

George Lyon

Vicki Marion

Ms. Sylvia Martin

Mr. & Mrs. Gene E. Martin

Mrs. Laura Massengill

Mr. & Mrs. Coke S. Matthews III

Mrs. Sharon McKeone

Mr. & Mrs. David McLeod

Mr. & Mrs. Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Ken L. Meyer

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence G. Michalove

Mrs. Edwin Miller

Julie C. Miller

Sidney L. Mitchell

Ms. Denise Monti

Bettie Morales

Mr. & Mrs. William S. Morgan

Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Naughton

Mr. & Mrs. William Norman

Dr. Emily Omura

Mrs. Sandra Parker

Alton Parker

Mr. & Mrs. Tunstall B. Perry, III

Mr. & Ms. Charles E. Person

Mr. & Mrs. Carl Pettijohn

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Pittman

Ms. Laura D. Pointer

Jim Poore

Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Radecke

Ms. Ruth Reichwein

Mrs. Jo Ann Reilly

Mrs. Martha A. Rich

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Richardson

Mr. & Mrs. Roy Rizzo

Ms. Anna Roberson

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Russell

Dr. & Mrs. Ed Rutsky

Carl & Surget Sanders, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Schultz

Mr. James Sellars

Mr. John Sellers

Jennifer & Todd Shuemaker

Mr. Allen Small

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Smith

Mrs. Caroline Smith

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Smith

Mr. Ted Snow

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Sokol

Dr. Hughes Evans &

Dr. Eric Sorscher

Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Stein

Mrs. Linda Stone

Mrs. Evelyn Stutts

Steven & Valerie Thomas

Barbara A. Thomas

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Tulloss

Mr. Dale & Patty Vann

Mr. & Mrs. Alex Vare

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Walker

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Warren, Sr.

Mrs. Warner S. Watkins, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Warren E. Weed

Mrs. Leonard J. Weil

Mr. & Mrs. J. Emory Wheat

Amy White

Mr. Johnny White

Ms Teresa Williams

Drs. Williams S. Craig IV &

Martha Rich

Ms. Pamela G. Winfield

Mr. & Mrs Jeffrey Wurst

Ms. Linda F. Xia

Dr. & Mrs. John Young

Mr. George J. Zary

Mr. Alan K. Zeigler

Trillium $45Stoney Ridge Garden Club

Mrs. Pamela Alling

Ms Carol L. Alston

Mrs. Mary Babbit

Mrs. Walter L. Baker, Jr.

Betsy Barber Bancroft

Jerri Barnhill

Beverly Bishop

Dr. & Mrs. William M. Bishop

Mr. Charles Brown

Ms. Joann Cary

Mrs. Lee B. Chapman

Debbi Dixon Clarke

Mr. Wallace Cohen

Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Cohn

Mr. & Mrs. Ed Colvin

Caroline Couch

Ms. Sahra S. Coxe

Mr. John A. Cross

Ms. Margaret Denson

Mr. & Mrs. Albert DiMicco

Ms. Sue Dixon

Mrs. Jerri Dorrough

Mr. William Duffey

Helen Dunn

Mrs. Lucie G. Ellard

Becky Ellis

Ms. Lisa Ennis

Mrs. Carolyn O. Erhardt

Ms. Janice Fleming

Mrs. Beverly Fleming

Dr. Karen Gardiner

Ms. Marie Garner

Ms. Rose Gaston

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gaston

Ms. Jessica Germany

Ms. Jeanne Gibbs

Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Goldstein

Mr. T. Randolph Gray, Sr.

Ms. Beverly Gregory

Drs. Bama & Jeff Hager

Mrs. Louise Hairston

Ms. Mitzie Hall

Ms. Willie M. Hampton

Nancy Hartsfield

Ms. Kathryn F. Harwell

Ms. Carol A. Hobby

Ms. Teresa Howell

Ms. Jean Jarrell

Mr. & Mrs. Carl Johnson

Mrs. Georgia Kearney

Mr. & Mrs. Leland Keller

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. King

Ms. Dorothea A. Klip

Mr. & Mrs. James R. Land

Ms. Ann J Lemon

Myiesha Lesure

Mr. & Mrs. Warren Lightfoot, Sr.

Donald M. Marzella

Ms. Karen McCaffery

Col. Earl C. McCrary

Ms. Jane McKinnon

Ms. Sara A. McVay

Georgia Miller

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Millhouse

Nicole Mitchell

Mrs. Lucy Ann Nichols

Dr. & Mrs. Paul Obert

Ann Omura

Ms. Loyer A. Osbun

Mrs. Dinah O’Sullivan

Mrs. Gail Parrish

Ms. Rhonda Pruitt

Ms. Julie Quick

Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Quintana

Mr. & Mrs. T. Andy Rector

Mrs. Betsy Rietz

Ms. Helen Robinson

Mr. Roger L. Salter

Ms. Leah F. Scalise

Ms. Linda Sherk

Ms. Dotti Smith

Ms. Jenny L. Smith

Ms. Kelly Smith

Jeannnie Sosebee

Ms. Janet C. Spear

Col. Rita Springer

Ms. Mary Cynthia St. John

Mrs. Mary S. Steiner

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Stichweh

Ms. Judy Thomas

Mrs. Sidney Thompson

Ms. Louise Vance

Pamela S. Weathers

Mr. John Weathers

Ms. Ann Wehby

Ms. Trina White

Mrs. Janet J. White

Mrs. Jere F. White, Jr.

Dianne Williams

Mrs. Barbara J. Wilson

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Wilson

Ms Gail Wood

Mrs. Jaquline Wynn

Ms. Dorothy Ziff

new and renewing members7.1.11- 8.31.11

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