2014-2015 Annual Report - Norfolk Botanical Garden

Transcription

Annual
Report
2014/15
From the
President
I’m proud to present to you, our members, donors and friends,
the Garden’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2015.
As I finish my first year as President & CEO, I reflect back on an
amazing 12 months of challenge, change and transformation.
Last summer saw the opening of our “Mission: Monarch” exhibit,
furthering our work in conservation and education on the plight
of our pollinators. Capping it off was our fall fundraising event,
“Flutter Fantasy”, a butterfly-themed evening of food, drinks and
dancing on the terrace, that folks are still talking about.
Last holiday season we celebrated the 20th anniversary of
Dominion Garden of Lights with a new logo, and the largest
display ever in our history. USA Today 10BEST nominated us
to their Top 20 list, and online voting nationwide took us to the
8th spot in the country! It was by far our most successful holiday
season ever, and we look to repeat that this year.
As a welcome to 2015, and with a renewed sense of dedication
to our community, we opened the gates to the Garden free of
charge for the first two weeks of the year, culminating in Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day. On Doctor King’s Day we welcomed over
1,300 visitors free of charge, a fitting tribute to our community and
his legacy.
To better serve our members and guests, we began 2015 with
a major restructuring of our Admissions, Membership and Tour
Operations departments into one team reporting to a Director of
Member & Guest Experience. Our Weddings and Special Events
divisions, whose revenues support so much of the good work
we do here, now have their own respective Directors focused
on these revenue streams to deliver the best results for the
Garden and for the thousands who annually attend our events
and rentals. These departments, along with Donor Relations, fall
under the leadership of a new Vice President of Operations &
Development, Cathy Fitzgerald.
Norfolk Botanical Garden
We realigned our marketing function to report
directly to my office, thereby ensuring our
communications reflect a holistic approach to all of
our operations at the Garden.
Also notable is the adoption by the Board of
Directors of a new Strategic Plan for 2015-2018. I’m
proud to share it’s six major goals with you:
• Establish the Garden as a leader in environmental
stewardship
• Deepen the Garden’s engagement with—and
impact in—the community
• Provide a dynamic, high-quality and welcoming
experience.
• Strengthen communications and marketing to
build excitement about the Garden
• Ensure long-term financial sustainability
• Strengthen organizational leadership and capacity
In closing, we have accomplished much and have
much more to do! In spring of 2016, we will bring
LanternAsia, a first of its kind Chinese lantern
exhibition to the Garden. This event will transform
the Garden’s landscape with massive works of art
that have never been seen before on the entire East
Coast. We’re proud to bring it here, for you, our NBG
family.
USA Today 10BEST
nominated us to their
Top 20 list, and online
voting nationwide
took us to the 8th
spot in the country!
On behalf of our amazing volunteer Board of
Directors, thank you for a great year!
Michael P. Desplaines
President & CEO
Annual Report 2014/15
1
Horticulture
Brian O’Neil, Director of Horticulture
Environmental stewardship, public outreach, and technology are
of increasing focus for the Horticulture staff at the Garden. We
strive for a fuller awareness of the benefits for the environment in
almost every aspect of our daily chores from new garden design
or garden renovation, integrated pest management, and even
the selections we make for future plant sales. We have risen to
the challenge to be more visible in the community and to help
make the Garden better known near and far, and to involve more
members of the community in Garden activities.
There have been several changes to the Garden landscape
over the past year. The “Farmers” metal sculpture trio has been
relocated from the former Cutting Garden to a more visible spot
on the Airport Berm. Local sculptor Anton Bakker’s cubic lattice
work was sited in Baker Overlook, where it blends nicely with
the surrounding plants. The monarch butterfly sculptures created
by Colonial Welding were installed, appropriately enough, in the
Butterfly Garden.
The Skipwith Garden was created across from the Colonial
Garden to represent the type of flowers that would have grown in
colonial Tidewater during the 18th century.
Changes have begun in the Frederic Heutte Flowering
Arboretum with the wide mowed paths winding through
natural areas of native grasses and wildflowers, creating a
more attractive spot for native pollinators, birds, educational
opportunities, and new activity spaces. Heading into the future,
look for more renovations in this area to celebrate Heutte, the
Gardens first director.
In spring of 2015, in conjunction with our “Incredible Edibles”
education program, staff created the new “Kitchen Potager
Garden” where the former Cutting Garden was located. Some
big changes have occurred in one of the Garden’s more iconic
spots, NATO Vista. All of the Callery pears and adjacent ‘Crimson
King’ Norway maples have been removed. The maples were
nearing the end of their life span, and both trees are on the
state of Virginia’s invasive species list. Stay tuned for further
developments.
Our staff have an interest in and commitment to creating
and maintaining beautiful gardens, but with a somewhat new
approach. When selecting new plants for the garden, value to
native pollinators and other wildlife are a key consideration. To
maximize our long-term efforts and to reduce a high dependency
2
on seasonal annual plants in certain garden areas, we are
redesigning some gardens with more permanent perennial and
woody plants. In addition, we have set new parameters to reduce
usage of the herbicide glyphosate. Based on new studies of its
effects on honeybees and other insects, we will no longer use
neonicotinoid insecticides in our pest management arsenal. We
are ever attuned to the value of recycling natural by-products to
use as mulch, and you can see the results in the arboretum and
Garden pathways.
In May, the efforts of yearlong planning resulted in the most
successful Plant Sale to date with 6,000 visitors in attendance.
The Garden recently partnered with the Chrysler Museum and
their summer 2015 exhibit “The Artist’s Garden” by providing
two Tillandsia bromeliad trees created by our herbaceous team.
Horticulture staff also designed and participated in planting
large stoneware planters at the Slover Library as a community
outreach. Our staff has also taken on the periodic maintenance
of the landscape at the city welcome sign outside the airport
entrance. We were also on the tour agenda for the state meeting
of the Virginia Native Plant Society, a real honor.
Plant Societies have always been integral Garden supporters
through the years holding shows and sales which attract visitors
to the Garden. Other plant societies such as the Virginia Camellia
Society, Tidewater Bonsai Club, Virginia Native Plant Society,
and most recently the Tidewater Orchid Society have been
very generous with donations of plants, time, and funding. The
Tidewater Daylily Society has gifted the Garden with beautiful
and rare plants for years and are featured most prominently
in our Baker Perennial Garden. We have partnered with TDS
by adding a daylily test bed to the back of the Border Garden.
Breeders from the mid-Atlantic have been submitting daylilies to
judge for the 2017 national daylily convention, which will be held
in Norfolk.
The Garden’s relationship with Old Dominion University remains
strong with the continuation of the J. Robert Stiffler Distingished
Chair of Botany serving as the Garden’s Director of Science. Our
Curator of Natural Areas has been a featured speaker for ODU’s
Conservation Biology Class and is an active committee member
for the Lytton J. Musselman Natural History Lecture series.
The Garden is also collaborating with ODU for native orchid
conservation with the North American Orchid Conservation
Center, a program with the Smithsonian and the US Botanic
Garden.
As you can see, and no doubt have experienced, the Garden
is a dynamic, ever-changing place. As gardeners often are, our
dedicated Horticulture staff is always looking forward to the
future, always striving to improve and to make the Garden a more
beautiful and environmentally friendly place.
3
C H I L D R E N ’ S & F A M I LY P R O G R A M S
Unplug in the World of Wonders
Children’s Garden
Jen Erving, Director of Youth Education
When the WOW Children’s Garden opened nine
years ago in 2006, smart phones didn’t exist and
texting was a relatively new form of communication.
In the last decade, technology has become more
mobile and has drastically changed the way children
and families interact with the world around them.
Environmental Educators are often torn in choosing
whether or not to incorporate these technologies
into the outdoor experience to better engage
“digital” kids.
A visit to the Children’s Garden can be entirely
wireless, but the use of technology can help you
dig deeper into the experience. You can use a
camera to ask kids to take pictures of their favorite
plants to share with friends or use your smartphone
to answer a nature question. However, a phone or
computer can’t take the place of a child touching
and smelling an herb or the excitement of a butterfly
landing on her shoulder. NBG Horticulturists and
WOW staff are available, so encourage your
children to ask them questions about the Garden in
lieu of a web search.
To get back into nature (technology-free) during
your next WOW visit, some ideas you might try
include:
• Find a place in our Plant Safari habitat gardens
and ask children to sit quietly and still to see what
nature starts to come alive around them.
• Visit each Passport Garden and talk about how
people and animals live differently in each part of
the world.
• Climb Discovery peak to see how edible plants
and crops from around the world grow and plan
your next dinner.
• Ask children to pretend they’re insects and look
closely at plants from their perspective.
• Visit the soil table in the Dirt Factory and plant a
seed or pot a small seedling.
In 2015, our educational focus in WOW was
Incredible Edibles and highlighted our vast
collection of edible herbs, fruits and vegetables.
Children pretended to be chefs in our upgraded
Farm Market and submitted ballots to vote for their
favorite edibles (Strawberries were the clear winner.)
We offered a series of themed scavenger hunts
and tours. WOW is a location to learn about edible
gardening and the impact that plants make in our
daily lives and in the natural world around us.
4
LIFELONG LEARNING
Adult Education
Courtney Cornwell, Director of Adult Education
Education doesn’t have to end when you leave
school, it is a lifelong learning experience. Norfolk
Botanical Garden offers a variety of classes from
gardening, flower arranging to wellness classes.
Last year, we offered nearly 600 classes ranging
from simple walk and talks to more in-depth lecture
series. With the launch of Incredible Edibles this
spring, there are even more vegetables to learn
about and see along the way. Stop by to see our
Kitchen Potager Garden and chat with one of our
amazing volunteers who are leading this program
to learn how to start your own vegetable garden.
This spring we offered free informational walks
every Wednesday and Saturday lead by our kitchen
garden intern, assisted by volunteers. This
is the first Garden that is largely maintained by
volunteers, helping us to keep this garden thriving
and educating guests.
If you are a novice painter or self-proclaimed artist,
check out one of our many painting classes. If yoga
or Tai Chi are more your speed, we offer those
classes as well. If you are looking into designing
your own landscape, we offer a Landscape Design
series. Take a look at our newly re-designed GROW
to find a class that is right for you.
Our biggest classroom is our 175-acre campus.
We are working hard to educate our visitors with
enhanced on-site interpretation to make the guest
experience even richer. Be sure to look for our
new Native Plant Guides located in our Native Plant
Garden. A Pollination Guide is coming soon to
our Butterfly Garden. Expect to see more of these
interpretive guides throughout the Garden in the
coming year.
Last year, our Butterfly House was the focus theme of
the Garden with Mission Monarch: Project Milkweed –
Sponsored by Capital Group Companies and the Gary
Fund at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation.
Norfolk Botanical Garden also partnered with Old
Dominion University to bring awareness and action to
our declining Monarch butterfly populations. The Butterfly
Festival held in July, and the Monarch Tag and Release
in September were both very successful and brought
in nearly 1,700 visitors who learned about this unique
pollinator. To help restore milkweed plants to the region,
the Garden sold approximately 1,000 plants during the
year—enough to feed more than 10,000 caterpillars
in one season. Next summer, learn more about the
butterflies in the Butterfly House by chatting with one of
our many volunteers.
We cannot forget about our other pollinators, like
the honey bee. More than 2,300 guests attended
our 2014 Honey Bee Festival, held in August. The
Beekeepers Guild of Southeast Virginia partnered
with Norfolk Botanical Garden for an educational
and fun-filled day. The Beekeepers Guild returned
after the Festival to hold a three-week course.
Pollinators are essential to life as we know it; they
are responsible for pollinating the plants that
produce our food. The Garden is able to bring this
message to center stage with these programs that
attract audiences of all ages.
5
Facilities
Don Brown, Director of Facilities
The Facilities team have gone through major changes over the past
year. Prior to November 2014, Facilities did not exist as a separate
department. It is now the combination of Facilities, Maintenance, and
Security Departments. The need for this reorganization is threefold: 1)
Failing infrastructure required immediate and dedicated attention; 2)
Routines of housekeeping and general maintenance require structure
and measure; and 3) Revenue generation by events and rentals
requires operational strategies and long-term sustainability.
Cleaning, preservation, maintenance, and repair are now being
addressed from a holistic management strategy. Facilities staff will
continue to develop as demand and expectations change. The
Facilities Department is currently responsible for maintaining 64,550
square feet of building space, 48,600 of which requires cleaning.
This includes 21 restrooms and 35 offices. These are spread out in 20
buildings—each with their own heating, ventilation, air conditioning
and power distribution systems. Two buildings have audio systems;
nine buildings are intranet-connected and now provide WiFi to a large
portion of the Garden. Vehicles include seven trucks, one van, three
boats, two trams, 39 golf carts, and eight pieces of heavy equipment.
Additionally, the majority of hardscape repair is managed by the
Facilities Department.
Support required for events in the Garden varies each season,
averaging 100 per year. Services for these events may include:
power, lighting, seating and tables, security, and housekeeping. The
Facilities Department is responsible for compliance with Virginia Health
Department, Department of Agriculture, Department of Environmental
Quality, Employment Commission, Occupational Safety and Health, and
local fire ordinance requirements.
Accomplishments this year include realignment of staff to provide
125.5 hours of facility coverage per week, renegotiation of service
contracts resulting in increased service and a reduction of over $13,000
in operational cost. After process review, elimination of vehicles that
were redundant have further reduced costs. Control technology is now
utilized to reduce lighting and heating requirements and the elimination
of unneeded vehicles have further reduced costs.
As we move into the future, continued investment in our Information
Technology is a must, as well as restoring and modernizing aging
infrastructure at the Garden.
6
Weddings & Events
Rodyan Quinonez, Wedding & Corporate Events Director
Norfolk Botanical Garden is quite simply one of Coastal
Virginia’s most extraordinary places... and what an extraordinary
summer it has been for the Wedding and Events Department!
The new wedding department has implemented a new sales
and marketing strategy for the 2016 season and implementing
concierge services. This new change has
seen an increase in sales by 10% for the
2016 booking season and we’re not even
in engagement season!
One of the many highlights of the year
was having the spectacular beauty of NBG
captured on the cover and in an eightpage spread in the Fall/Winter 2015 VOW
Bride Magazine! This feature was fully
designed and produced by the Wedding
Department.
In June, the Garden hosted the
International Events Society Annual
Diamond GALA, a glittering Gatsby
styled affair which highlighted the beauty
of Renaissance Court and provided a
spotlight on our beautiful garden to event
industry movers and shakers.
Recently the department hosted an elite
team of top wedding industry professionals
producing a shoot that will be featured in
a global wedding blog and be part
of our strategic marketing campaign.
This new marketing campaign
will highlight NBG as the premier
wedding and event location in
Virginia. Our blooming gardens,
forests, lakes, fountains and skyline
create the perfect backdrop for
luxury weddings.
“We are the
premier wedding
location in Coastal
Virginia. Our
success is critical
to the bottom
line of our notfor-profit public
garden.”
—Rodyan Qunionez
Our revamped vendor list
includes the best of Virginia— top
names such as Chef By Design,
Sweetwater Cuisine, Vow Bride
magazine, House of Maya,
Distinctive Events Rentals and
many more.
7
VOLUNTEER PROFILE
Madonna’s Journey
Kelly Welsh, Director of Communications
Madonna Elliott, a retired
government employee, is
a Norfolk Botanical Garden
walking billboard. She is a
spokesperson, an NBG
classroom student, a weekly
Garden volunteer and is a
seven-year member along
with her husband. Though
Madonna has always loved
the Garden, she didn’t realize
how the Garden would
change her life and in turn,
helped change us too.
“I feel like it’s my place when
I am walking,” Madonna said.
“I’ve met a lot of people and
have a new love for plants
and horticulture. The Garden
is a safe and peaceful place
to walk; I see something
different every time I’m there.”
About eight years ago,
Madonna’s life changed
forever. One morning, she
began having problems
breathing. She was admitted
to the emergency room
and spent three days in the
hospital where she was diagnosed with (COPD)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. She was
told she would need to use an oxygen tank at night,
possibly for the rest of her life. Madonna was strong
and so was her will to live a healthier life. She began
walking, small steps and paces at first. She became
a member of the Garden and now walks about six
miles a day three to four times a week. She put one
foot in front of the other until she reached six miles,
just a year after being hospitalized. The Garden has
become her constant companion, a place she can
call home.
2015 VOLUNTEER SNAPSHOT
118 groups volunteered
1,037 individuals volunteered
8
She volunteers weekly at
the Garden helping with
administrative needs that
include organizing hours
of approximately 1,000
volunteers, compiling reports
and more.
“Madonna is invested in the
volunteer program and wants
to see the program excel;
she has a genuine love for
the Garden and the staff
that work here,” said NBG
Volunteer Coordinator Amanda Wells. She is a true
Garden advocate and ambassador and is someone
that I and the Garden can count on.”
If you are out and about in the Garden and see
Madonna walking, feel free to stop and ask her
about her Garden story. You never know, she just
may inspire you.
We could not do what we do without our dedicated
volunteers! Volunteers have staffed the Butterfly House,
festivals, and signature events like the Million Bulb Walk
and the Dominion Garden of Lights. They are also essential
in helping the Garden with administrative tasks, gardening,
membership mailings and much more.
Donor Relations
Cathy Fitzgerald, Vice President of Operations
& Development
Visitors and Members
Created in 1938 as part of a WPA (Works Progress Administration)
grant, Norfolk Botanical Garden is an oasis in the midst of the
ever more bustling city of Norfolk, VA. The Garden’s 175 acres is
spectacular year-round and offers over 250,000 annual visitors
a variety of opportunities to enjoy and learn about nature, wildlife
and the environment.
The Garden saw a 5% increase in members who joined or
renewed in 2014, making the 8,631 member households strong
partners in the Garden’s mission to enrich life by promoting
the enjoyment of plants and the environment through beautiful
gardens and education programs. Memberships contributed to
12% of our $4.4M annual operating fund. We thank you for your
support!
Annual Fund
Gifts to the Annual Fund—above and beyond regular
membership dues—support the Garden’s daily operations. They
make an immediate impact and benefit every aspect of the
Garden and our programming, allowing us to better serve our
members and guests. Your Annual Fund contribution reaches
beyond our walls and gardens to make a deep and broad impact
in our community by supporting our Garden Patron Program,
WOW Double Your Investment Matching Gift Opportunity and Day
of Nature Scholarship Fund. Your support of the Annual Fund—in
any amount—helps us maintain the level of excellence that you
expect from the Garden every day.
Garden Patrons Develop a Deeper Connection
By making an annual gift in one of our exclusive donor levels,
308 donors became part of a community of dedicated individuals
whose support sustains all of the Garden’s beauty and programs.
Great privileges and benefits await you if you join!
Day of Nature Scholarship Fund
A Day of Nature can change a child’s life! Donations from hundreds
of Garden members and the Batten Educational Fund made it
possible for 1,700 low-income children to learn about nature, wildlife
and the environment.
WOW Double Your Investment Matching Gift Opportunity
It’s not often you hear the words “Double Your Investment”
but that is exactly what several generous donors offered our
9
DONOR RELATIONS
The Statuary Vista is currently undergoing a restoration.
supporters last year. Educating children about the
natural world is important and that is why our donors
pledged $40,000 as a matching gift opportunity to
help us continue to grow our children’s programs.
Thanks to 149 donors, we raised $80,000 to help
fund ongoing activities for children in World of
Wonders.
Moses Ezekiel Statue
Restoration Campaign
Norfolk Botanical Garden’s Statuary Vista is a
unique outdoor sculpture gallery featuring eleven
larger-than-life statues created by Sir Moses Ezekiel.
These sculptures, carved from Cararra marble,
depict classical and renaissance artists. THE ARTIST:
Born in Richmond in 1844, Moses Ezekiel, a Virginia
native, was the first Jewish cadet to graduate from
Virginia Military Institute. He fought in the Battle
of New Market during the Civil War. By the time of
his death, he was recognized as an internationally
renowned sculptor. A capital campaign to raise
$550,000 to restore, preserve and renovate the
statues and garden area is close to completion.
Renovation of Statuary Vista has started and will be
completed next spring. You can support this project
with a donation or by purchasing a brick, blue stone
paver or tribute bench. Please contact the Donor
Relations Department if you are interested.
10
Tribute Benches: Celebrate,
Commemorate, Remember
The beauty, wonder and serenity of Norfolk Botanical
Garden combine to create a perfect setting in which
to honor a loved one or pay tribute to a special friend.
You can choose from a number of beautiful locations
in the Garden to place your teak bench for a $5,000,
$10,000 or $25,000 donation. Please see Tribute
Bench donors on page 16.
Planned Gifts: Helping to Preserve
Our Beautiful Environment
for Future Generations.
The Evergreen Society was formed in 1999 to
recognize and celebrate an outstanding group of
friends who generously support the Garden beyond
their lifetimes. If you are interested in learning more
about the Evergreen Society, methods for making a
planned gift, or alerting the Garden to a gift in your
estate plan, please contact us!
We received several lifetime gifts last year:
• Mildred Amsinger Powers supported our
Bicentennial Rose Garden to help maintain it for
years to come.
• Robert M. Gostel helped us to purchase a new
13-passenger golf cart to help transport visitors
and volunteers.
DONOR RELATIONS
The Polar Express Tram Ride is a popular event for families at the Dominion
Garden of Lights.
We thank our Evergreen Society members for
creating a legacy gift with the Garden:
Annette Averitt, I.M. & Sarah Lee Baker, Ty & Martha
Brown, Elizabeth Bruce, Robert & Janie Creecy,
Sandra L. Dashney, William W. Eley, Robert M.
Gostel, June Hoye, Kit E. Johnson, Edward C. &
Betty Lou Johnston, Sr., Patricia A. Kiefer, Eleanor
Marshall, Bee McLeod & Goody Tyler, Frederic
Morsink, Nancy Nelson, Edward & Gayle Nichols,
Susan L. Oldridge, Stephanie Pope, Mildred
Amsinger Powers, Judy Pravecek, Alan Rohanna,
Sam Strickland, George & Nancy Sutcliffe, Sylvia E.
Simons Trembelas, Jim & Christiane Valone,
Richard & Ann Weber, Pearl Windle, 3 anonymous.
Special Events &
Corporate Sponsors
Thanks to hundreds of Facebook fans who
participated in the USA Today 10Best contest,
Dominion Garden of Lights (DGOL) was voted as the
8th best holiday light show in the nation—a perfect
way to celebrate this light show’s 20th anniversary.
Almost 24,000 cars came through the show, an 8%
The new logo for the 2.016 Garden Fun Run.
increase over 2013. Similarly, over 5,000 military
families received a discount thanks to USAA. The
Million Bulb Walk more than doubled the number
of participants last year with 8,500 guests taking
the best night-time walk in Coastal Virginia, thanks
to Dollar Tree and USAA. Polar Express nearly
sold out again in 2014, with attendance of roughly
4,000, maintaining the strong attendance numbers
from the previous year. Thanks to Geico, hundreds
of deployed families were able to experience
Polar Express. The Garden 2.015 Fun Run kicked
off the New Year at the Garden with almost
700 participants. Thanks to Portfolio Recovery
Associates, Word Up Public Relations, Ameriprise,
TowneBank, Judy Boone Realty, Paramount, Zoey
& Piper Snow, CrossFit Little Creek and C Shells
for sponsoring. The 2014 Fall Gala, Flutter Fantasy,
hosted 250 guests. Thanks to Portfolio Recovery
Associates, Palladium Registered Investment
Advisors, Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer, Merrill Lynch,
McGuire Woods, UBS, Bee McLeod & Goody Tyler
for sponsoring.
11
Garden Supporters
July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015
Gifts to NBG
Foundation
Ms. Maxine H. Baicker
Hampton Roads Community
Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Dick Phillips
Ms. Mildred Powers
Virginia Camellia Society
Annual Fund
$25,000 & Above
Capital Group Companies
City of Norfolk
Dominion
$10,000 - $24,999
Mr. Michael Bakwin
Joshua P. & Betty D. Darden
Foundation
Food Lion
Mr. Robert M. Gostel
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Hatfield
Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Johnston,
Sr.
Mrs. Carolyn McDonnell/Kyndle
Enterprises
Mr. John Tyler & Mrs. Elizabeth
McLeod
Portfolio Recovery Associates
Ms. Ann Rathbone
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Squires
USAA
The William & Mary Greve
Foundation
Ms. Margaret Kennedy
Kittleman & Associates
Ms. Carol A. Kramer
Mr. Kent M. Lion
McGuire Woods, LLP
Mr. & Mrs. Peter M.
Meredith, Jr.
Norfolk Rotary Charities
Palladium Registered
Investment Advisors
Word Up Public Relations/Mrs.
Jennifer Butsch Petit
Ms. Patricia Peace Rawls
Dr. & Mrs. Marcus Rice
Mr. & Mrs. Toy D. Savage, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C.
Schaubach
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Shannon
Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Snow
Ms. Maria S. Stefanis
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
TowneBank
UBS
Walker & LaBerge Co. Inc.
Wall, Eihorn & Chernitzer, P.C.
WVEC
$500 - $999
Aimee & Frank Batten Jr.
Foundation
Dollar Tree Stores
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Evans
Pepsi Bottling Group
Shearwater Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Abbott
Alliance Technical Services, Inc.
Mrs. Selma Aspinwall
Ms. Baylies H. Brewster
Mr. & Mrs. Rod Buffngton
Mr. James A. Dare
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Dickerson
Ms. Carol A. Kramer
Mr. & Mrs. Wick Moorman
Dr. & Mrs. John C. Morris
Ms. Ann O’Connor
Mrs. Anita Poston
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Read
Mr. & Mrs. Charles D.
Robison, III
Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Shiflett
Virginia Camellia Society
Tidewater Daylily Society
$1,000 - $4,999
$250 - $499
$5,000 - $9,999
Mr. & Mrs. David Architzel,
USN (Ret)
Mr. & Mrs. Larry P. Atkinson
Dr. Edith Barnett
Boone Builders
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Creecy
D. Baker Ames Charitable FD
Mr. & Mrs. R. Thomas Edwards
Fairlead Integrated Power
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Fort
Ms. Catherine Arnt Green
Mr. & Mrs. Conrad M. Hall
Helen G. Gifford Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Houfek
12
American Rhododendron Society
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Barlow
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce T. Bishop
Mr. & Mrs. Matt Brand
Mr. Walter T. Camp
CB Richard Ellis of Virginia Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart T. Davis
Ms. Bess Decker
Mr. Luke Downing
Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Eberle
Dr. Teresa B. Edge
Mr. & Mrs. Joel R. Fischer
Mrs. Karen E. Fritz
Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Frost
Mr. & Mrs. Dean S. Goldman
Dr. & Mrs. T. Winston Gouldin
Ms. Lois E. Hartman
Capt. & Ms. Joel B. Heaton
Mr. & Mrs. Addison E. Igleheart
Capt. & Ms. Gilbert L. Kraine
Mrs. Eleanor Marshall
Dr. Sandra F. McDonald
Mrs. Oriana McKinnon
Mr. & Mrs. Alan McLeod
Ms. Jessica A. Meeks
Dr. & Mrs. Julius S. Miller
Ms. Lori Neirle
Paramount Sleep
Ms. Teresa Perrel
Ms. Nancy Ragsdale
Mrs. Mary K. Reinhart
Sierra Club
Mrs. Nancy M. Sutcliffe
RADM Byron E. Tobin
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Wymore
$100 - $249
Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Agelasto, III
Algonquin Garden Club
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Ambler
Mr. Joseph C. Annette
Azalea Acres/Azalea Lakes
Civic League
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Bacon
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis E. Bailey
Mr. Russ Barbour
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Baum
Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Bayse
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Bennett
Mr. & Mrs. Lindsay Benson
Mr. & Mrs. David Bernd
Mr. James Blassingham
Mr. John Borgatti
Botanical Buddies of
Chesapeake
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Bowyer
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Boyd
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Boyer
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Brangan
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Brayboy
Ms. Lisa Brenskelle
Ms. Karen Brent
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Bright
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Burr
Ms. Melanie Buski
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Carter
Mr. & Mrs. John Case
Ms. Blanche C. Chappell
Mr. Michael L. Childress
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Cipriano
Dr. Sarah B. Clarkson
Dr. Michael Cole
Mr. & Mrs. Joe L. Cox
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Creech
Mr. Bill Davidson
Ms. Leslie C. Davis
Mrs. Carol Davis
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Davis
Ms. Cora Donham
Mr. & Mrs. Austin J. Donohue
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond K. Duenke
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse E. Durham
Dr. Teresa B. Edge
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Ellis, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William Estes
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore W.
Eysenbach
Mrs. Marion R. Fast
Mrs. Annette Field
Mrs. June Flagg
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Fogerty
Mr. Joe Forti
Ms. Robin Franklin
Mr. & Mrs. James Fritz
Ms. Sandy D. Gallop
Mr. & Mrs. James J. Gildea
Mrs. Nan Gough
Mr. John Greene
Mr. Chris Gross
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Grubbs
Ms. Anke Hacker
Ms. Debbi Haddaway
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Halfhill
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Herman A. Hall, III
Ms. Patricia G. Hanback
Mr. Bob Harper
Dr. & Mrs. Reginald B. Henry, III
Ms. Martha Hill
Ms. Alice Hinsch
Ms. Catherine N. Holloway
Mr. Henry Holt
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Y. Holt
Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Horton
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Hostutler
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin A.
Hubbard
Mr. Jerry Hutton
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Ingram
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Inman
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kane
Dr. & Mrs. Warren Karesh
Mr. & Mrs. Randy M. Keener
Sister Rita Ann Keller
Mr. Frank Kirchner
Mr. & Mrs. John Kise
Capt. & Ms. Gilbert L. Kraine
Ms. Carol E. Kraus
Ms. Marcia M. Kull
Ms. Anne E. Leach
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Lenoir
Mr. & Mrs. Harry T. Lester
Dr. & Mrs. Edward L. Lilly
Mr. & Mrs. Reese F. Lukei
Dr. & Mrs. Gordon A. Magnuson
Ms. Karen L. Mayne
Mr. Joe G. McClure
Capt. & Ms. Kenneth L. Meek
Mr. & Mrs. Peter M.
Meredith, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S.
Merriam II
Mr. Jonathan W. Miller
Ms. Grace Moran
Mr. & Mrs. James Morgan
Dr. & Mrs. Lytton J. Musselman
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Openshaw
Ms. & Mr. Anita L. Owens
Ms. Elizabeth G. Pappas
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Pinkham
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Powell
Mr. Douglas C. Prior
Mr. & Mrs. Jared K. Pulley
Mrs. Melissa Quilici
Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Raymond
Mrs. Anne Redfern
Ms. Kay A. Renken
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Robillard
Mr. Allen W. Rohlfing
Dr. Carolyn P. Sands
Mrs. Carmelita D. Santos
Mr. John W. Saunders
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis J. Schmidt
Ms. Ashley Scruggs
Ms. Catherine Severo
Ms. Elizabeth Shelton
Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Sherwin
Mrs. Janice Sherwood
Mr. & Mrs. Dick Short
Mr. & Mrs. David Slocum
Ms. Rosie Smith
Ms. Holly L. Smith
Mr. Donald R. Snipes
Mr. Edward B. Snyder
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Sonnino
Dr. William H. Spaur
Mrs. & Mr. Janet Spruill
Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Sterrett
Ms. Deborah Stewart
Ms. Roberta M. Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Burton Strid
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Sutton
Mr. & Mrs. James Tallman
Capt. & Ms. Creed C. Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Thompson
Ms. Karen R. Tiller
Mrs. Margaret Tinaro
Mr. & Mrs. Shunichi Toida
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Tracy
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Tretler
Mr. & Mrs. George J. Triepel
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Waitzer
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Wall
Mrs. Marilyn Warner
Mr. James D. Watts
Mr. Charles A. Weaver
Mrs. Jane C. Webster
Mr. John C. Whistler
Ms. Candace Whitehurst
Mr. & Mrs. Vic Wilfore
Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Williamson
Mr. & Mrs. Barclay C. Winn
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey F. Wise
Dr. & Mrs. E. Thompson Witte
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Worrell
Mr. C. David Wrestler
Mrs. Jennifer Wright
Mr. & Mrs. John Wynne
Mr. Richard Young
Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Zeisberg
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Ziegenfuss
$0 - $99
Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Airaghi
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Altschul
Mrs. Margaret J. Ayscue
Mr. Jeffry Barnett
Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Bennett
Mr. Mark Bewley
Mr. & Mrs. Jay A. Black
Mr. Robert Blizard
Dr. Rebecca D. Bray
Dr. George W. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Burke
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Burton
Ms. Melanie Buski
Ms. Ann Butler
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Carriker
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Carter
Mrs. Elizabeth Cheek
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cobb
Mr. Walter Conrad
Mrs. Syble S. Cox
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Cropper
Ms. Sandra Cross
Mr. & Mrs. Francis L. Daniel
Mr. Joseph C. Daniel
Mr. Paul Davidson
Mr. Robert F. Deegan
Mrs. Betty Demko
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Denison
Ms. Betsy DiJulio
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Dirom
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dooling
Mrs. Nancy P. Doyle
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Drumwright
Mrs. Carole H. Duckett
East Beach Garden Club
Ms. Christine D. Ehlers
Ms. Sharon Ellis
Mr. Sam Epstein
Mr. & Mrs. William Estes
Dr. & Mrs. Russell D. Evett
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Finley
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Fischer
Ms. Minnie Fleming
Ms. Susan Freedman
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd A. Friesen
Mr. & Mrs. F. Dudley Fulton
Ms. Helen Galanides
Ms. Catherine Giagnacovo
Mrs. Sandra H. Godwin
Mr. & Mrs. David B. Goode
Ms. Kate Hall
Ms. Maria Halliday
Mrs. Miriam Harris
Mrs. Mary W. C. Haycox
Mr. & Mrs. Barry H. Hellman
Mr. & Mrs. John Hogan
Mr. C. Douglas Holloman
Dr. & Mrs. Gilbert Hoy
Ms. Pamela S. Hunt
Ms. Alice-Ann Hyman
Mr. Larry Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. James Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Walter C. Karlau
Ms. Ankie Keizer
KEURIG Green Mountain
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Keys
Ms. Bonnie Kiermaier
Ms. Bonnie Kiermaier
Mr. & Mrs. Dick Kinsley
Mr. & Mrs. John Koble
Mr. & Mrs. Claus H. Koepke
Ms. Carol E. Kraus
Ms. Janice L. Kuhagen
Mr. & Mrs. David LaLanne
Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Laplace
Lawrence J. Goldrich Foundation
Ms. Susan M. Lonigan
Mrs. Jeanette Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. Frank McPhillips
Capt. & Ms. Kenneth L. Meek
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Mielke
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Minter
Ms. Erica Mitchell
Ms. Diana Moffett-Zaki
Mr. & Mrs. James Morgan
Ms. Debbie Myers
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nicosia
Ms. Gail Nicula
Mr. Kevin Oakes
Ms. Sandra S. Ogletree
Mr. Robert P. Olson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Pennybacker
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Pepe
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Pine
Mrs. Cheryl Pleasant
Mr. & Ms. Michael Price
Princess Anne Garden Club
Mr. Vaughan Privett
Mr. Steven B. Ralph
Ms. Ann D. Reed
Ms. Judith Rheinstrom
Ms. Allison E. Ritscher
Dr. & Mrs. Albert L. Roper
Mrs. & Ms. Arline V. Schulze
Mrs. Kathy Schwarz
Mr. Timothy S. Seibles
Ms. Loretta Silvia
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd J. Singer
Mr. & Mrs. Steve S. Stasulis
Ms. Mary E. Stine
Mrs. Judy Stone
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Sullivan
Mrs. Lillian Teich
Ms. Mary Ann Thomas
Mrs. Lois J. Thomas
Mr. William G. Thomas
Ms. JoLinda Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Thorborg
Mr. Douglas Throp
Mr. & Mrs. Rheal P. Turcotte
Ms. Alice L. Twining
Mrs. Grace Van Derveer
Ms. Nivea T. Velazquez
Ms. Karen Venn
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Wells
Ms. Marsha Wilkins
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Woodard
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Young
KPMG
Garden Patron
Members
ROSE LEVEL
$1,000
Mr. & Mrs. Larry P. Atkinson
Mr. Michael Bakwin
Mrs. Dottie Ballard
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Creecy
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Egan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Fort
Mr. & Mrs. Dale G. Gabel
Mr. & Mrs. Conrad M. Hall
Mrs. Nancy Lindsey
Mr. Kent Lion
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory P. Marshall
Mrs. Carolyn McDonnell
Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Meredith, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William Murphy
Ms. Ann Rathbone
Mr. & Mrs. Toy D. Savage, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C.
Schaubach
Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Snow
McLeod
Mr. Joseph Waldo
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Wampler
RHODODENDRON
LEVEL $500
Mrs. Selma Aspinwall
Dr. Edith Barnett
Mr. & Mrs. Rod Buffington
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Brayboy
Mr. & Mrs. David R. Goode
Dr. Thomas Hubbard
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Holmes
Mr. & Mrs. James Jiral
Dr. Gary Karlowicz
Mrs. George Kaufman
Mr. James Dare
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Wick Moorman
Dr. & Mrs. John C. Morris
Mr. David O’Hara
Ms. Stephanie Pope
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Roberts
Mr. Andy Rojecki
Ms. Catherine Severo
Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Shiflett
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Squires
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Waitzer
Ms. Ann O’Connor
CAMELLIA LEVEL
$300
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred E. Abiouness
VADM & Mrs. David Architzel,
USN (Ret)
Mr. & Mrs. Vern Barham
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Barlow
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce T. Bishop
Mr. & Mrs. Matt Brand
Ms. Maureen Bruno
Mr. Walter T. Camp
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Clark
Ms. Bess Decker
Mr. Luke Downing
Mr. & Mrs. James Dyer
Mrs. Sandy Dyer
Mr. & Mrs. Joel R. Fischer
Mr. & Mrs. Steve C. Frazier
Mrs. Cynthia Galumbeck
Mr. & Mrs. Dean S. Goldman
Dr. & Mrs. T. Winston Gouldin
Capt. & Ms. Joel B. Heaton
Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Johnson
Mr. Raymond H. Kirby
Mr. & Ms. Evan Lambert
Mrs. Marguerite Larkin
Ms. Jessica Meeks & Mr. David
Scharmer
Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Nichols
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Openshaw
Ms. Teresa Perrel
Ms. Kathryn Peterson Lambert
Dr. & Mrs. David B. Propert
Ms. Nancy Ragsdale
Mr. & Mrs. James Russo
Mr. & Mrs. Toy D. Savage, III
Dr. & Ms. Ran Vijai P. Singh
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W.
Summerlin
Mrs. Claudia Taber
Mr. Robert D. Ward
Mr. & Mrs. D. Henry Watts
Mr. & Mrs. John Wynne
AZALEA LEVEL
$150
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Abbott
Ms. Aileen A. Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Alper
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Altschul
Ms. Margaret L. Anthony
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Armbruster
Mr. & Mrs. Elias Asencio
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis E. Bailey
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin J. Bailey
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bang
Mr. & Mrs. Tom L. Barrow
Ms. Margaret Beale
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Bennett
Mr. Bruce Bischoff
Mr. James Blassingham
Mrs. Ashley Blevins
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Bowyer
Mrs. Kathleen H. Boyd
Mr. & Ms. Patrick Bragg
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Brangan
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Bright
Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Brooks
Mr. Nathan Buckley
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Burg
Mr. & Ms. Jeremiah Burke
Mr. Kevin Carr
Mr. & Mrs. John Case
Mr. & Ms. Winston Chelf
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Cipriano
Dr. Michael Cole
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Conkling
Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Cooper
Ms. LaVerne Corprew
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Coyle
Mrs. Louise Danek
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Daughtrey
Mr. Bill Davidson
Mr. & Mrs. Martiluz DiCarlo
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Digges
Mr. & Mrs. James K. Dille
Mr. & Mrs. Michael V. DiStefano
Ms. Cora Donham
Mr. & Mrs. Austin J. Donohue
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond K. Duenke
Mr. & Mr. Kenneth Eberhart
Dr. Teresa B. Edge
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Ellis, Jr.
Mr. Taso Emmanuelidis
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore W.
Eysenbach
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Falls
Ms. Donna Ferguson
Mrs. Annette Field
Ms. Lannie Finan
Mrs. Doug Flagg
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Fogerty
Ms. Barbara Francisco
Ms. Ernie Franklin
Mr. Leslie H. Friedman
Mr. John Gabor
Ms. Sandy D. Gallop
Mrs. Cecil Garber
Ms. Janice H. Gay-Maker
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Giangregorio
Ms. Judy Gilbert
Mrs. Bitsy Goldmeier
Mr. Alan Gollihue
Mrs. Nan Gough
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Gray
Dr. & Mrs. R. Thomas Griffey
Mr. Chris Gross
Dr. Patricia Gulbrandsen
Ms. Margaret Louise Hackett
Ms. Debbi Haddaway
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Herman A. Hall, III
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hamilton
Mr. Bill Harper
Dr. & Mrs. William Harshaw
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hart
Ms. Lois E. Hartman
Mr. Charles G. Haskins
Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Haver
Mr. Mark E. Hayes
Mr. & Mrs. R V. Hersey
Ms. Martha Hill
Ms. Alice Hinsch
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hirschbiel
Mr. Richard Hoherz
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Y. Holt
Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Horton
Ms. June Hoye
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin A.
Hubbard
Mr. Jerry Hutton
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Inman
Ms. Keri Jenkins
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Noah Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory R. Kahles
Dr. & Mrs. Warren Karesh
Sister Rita Ann Keller
Mr. & Ms. John M. Klinck
Ms. Marcia Kull
Mr. & Mrs. Harry T. Lester
Mr. & Mrs. Harris Ligon
Dr. Clara Y. Llodra
Mr. & Mrs. Reese F. Lukei
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Mack
Ms. Alice S. Magee
Mr. & Mrs. Carl L. Master
Mr. Pat McCann & Ms. Jes
Switras
13
GARDEN SUPPORTERS continued
Mr. Joe G. McClure
Ms. Julie McDonald
Mr. & Mrs. Michael McLean
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Merriam II
Mrs. Pete Mikulka
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Mintz
Ms. Grace Moran
Mr. & Mrs. Gerson MorenoRiano
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. Dale H. Mullen
Mr. Duane Noblick
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Nowell
Bennett's Creek Nursery
Dr. & Mrs. Edward C. Oldfield
Mr. & Mrs. David Ordonio
Ms. Doug Palmerton
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Patnode
Ms. Sarah Petroske
Mr. & Mrs. Randolph E. Poe
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Pollara
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Prichard
Mrs. Macie Pridgen-Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Jared K. Pulley
Mr. & Mrs. Jason Quilici
Mr. & Mrs. Billy R. Ralph
Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Raymond
Mrs. Anne Redfern
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Richardson
Ms. Patricia Richardson
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Ries
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Robillard
Mr. Bill Roman
Mr. James Roth
Mrs. Meredith B. Sabol
Mrs. Carmelita D. Santos
Mr. & Mrs. Kemp E. Savage
Mrs. Harriet Schley
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis J. Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Scholl
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Schultz
Ms. Ashley Scruggs
Mr. Kanji Sengoku
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Sherwood
Mr. & Mrs. Wirt E. Shinault
Dr. & Mrs. Gerard A. Singer
Mr. & Mrs. Russ Smith
Ms. Beverly Smith
Ms. Florence E. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Sonnino
Dr. William H. Spaur
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Stein
Mr. & Mrs. James Tallman
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Thorborg
Ms. Karen R. Tiller
Mr. & Mrs. Shunichi Toida
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Tracy
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Tretler
Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Tucker
Mr. James D. Watts
Ms. Wendy Webb
Dr. & Mrs. Paul R. West
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Westnedge
Mr. & Mrs. Adam Whetstone
Mr. John C. Whistler
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne F. Wilbanks
Dr. & Ms. Armistead D. Williams
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Winn
14
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey F. Wise
Dr. & Mrs. E. Thompson Witte
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Worrell
Mr. C. David Wrestler
Mrs. Jennifer Wright
Mr. & Mrs. James Yates
Mr. Patricia Young
Moses Ezekiel
Statue Campaign
$50,000 & Above
City of Norfolk
The Cabell Foundation
$25,000 - $49,999
Mr. Bruce C. Gottwald
Mr. Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr.
Marietta McNeill Morgan
Foundation
$10,000 - $24,999
Mrs. Betty Darden
Mr. Thomas F. Farrell
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Knox
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A.
Saunders, III
The Newmarket Foundation
The Roller-Bottimore
Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
Colonna’s Shipyard
Dr. & Mrs. William Harshaw
Mr. John B. Payne, III
Tidewater Jewish Foundation
$2,500 - $4,999
Mr. Charles Luck III
Mr. Harry Pincus
Dr. Willcox Ruffin, Jr.
Rutter Mills
Mr. Donald Wilkinson
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Witt
$1,000 - $2,499
Mr. Michael Bakwin
Mr. Bruce Cohen
Mr. Michael Desplaines
The Honorable & Mrs. Paul D.
Fraim
Mrs. & Mr. Inger P. Friedman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Goodman
Hampton Roads Community
Foundation
Mr. John Battle Haslam
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Heltzer
Mr. Richard F. Hewitt
McLeod
Mr. Robert Mills
Mr. & Mrs. G. Gilmer Minor, III
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Negley
Mrs. Jennifer Butsch Petit
Mr. G. G. Phillips, Jr.
Mr. Finn Pincus
Ms. Inger Brayland Pincus
Mr. Paul Pincus
Mr. Alex Pincus
Ms. Kari E. Pincus
Mr. Thomas E. Powell, III
Mr. Andrew Protogyrou
Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Robison
Mrs. Jane Silverstein
Ms. Maria S. Stefanis
Dr. H. George White
Mr. & Mrs. Fielding L. Tyler
Mr. Salvatore Vitale
Mrs. Ruth H. Weinberg
Mr. Stirling L. Williamson, Jr.
Mrs. Katherine Wynne
$500 - $999
Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Agelasto, III
Mr. & Mrs. William Berky
Mr. & Mrs. Meyer Chovitz
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Cupschalk
Ms. Lila Davis
Mr. John Goddard
Mr. Joseph Keller
Dr. & Mrs. John A. Mapp
Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Menefee
Mrs. Sally Old-Kitchin
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Overman
Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Rosenberg
Mr. & Mrs. L G. Smith
Ms. Ann Smith
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Townsend
Mr. & Mrs. James Vermillion
Mr. & Mrs. Cecil T. Welsh, Jr.
Mrs. Anne B. Addington
Mr. R. B. Barnes, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Cabell B. Birdsong
Mr. Webster M. Chandler, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Clay, Jr.
Mr. Patrick W. Farrell
Mr. P. Wesley Foster, Jr.
Mrs. Jillian Little
Mr. Ben Lynch
Mr. A. Lee McCown
Ms. Mary W. Meredith
Mrs. Anne T. Overman
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis F. Payne, Jr.
Gen. & Mrs. J. H. Binford
Peay, III
Mr. G. G. Phillips, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Rubin
Mr. Harry H. Warner
Dr. Frances Wilson
$250 - $499
Mr. B. Drummond Ayres, Jr.
Dr. James M. Close
Dr. J. Parker Cross
Mr. Leon Elsarelli
Mr. Carl Hardee
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hayes
Mrs. Gail Heagen-Klein
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Knapp
Ms. Rexanne Davis Metzger
Norfolk County Grays SCV Camp
Mr. David T. Pitkethly
Mr. S W. Rawls, Jr.
Mr. Joseph M. Spivey, III
Mr. John R. St. George, Jr.
$100 - $249
Mr. John B. Adams
Mr. & Mrs. John Arthur
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Badgett
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Baillio
Mr. Gene S. Balderson
Mr. & Mrs. Waverley Lee Berkley
Mr. Michale Blachman
Mr. & Mrs. Hunter Clarke
Mr. Carl Colonna
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M.
Dickinson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. C. Ernest Edgar, III
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Godfrey
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Hartman
Ms. Marguerite Heely
Ms. Onza E. Hyatt
Mr. & Mrs. Edward C.
Johnston, Sr.
Mr. William R. Moore, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. James A. Piggott
Dr. & Mrs. James Poteet
Ms. Zelma Rivin
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Rowe, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Stilwell
Mr. Henry Townsend
$99 & Below
In Memory
of Anne Ruffin
Mr. Jerome Adamson
Mrs. Anne B. Addington
Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Agelasto
Mr. Robert P. Albergotti
Mr. & Mrs. James Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Alston
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Ambler
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Bacon
Ms. Gay Bain
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Beatty
Mr. & Mrs. George Becker
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Berlin
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bond
Mrs. Donna F. Bortell
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Boushee
Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Breeden
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Brett
Ms. Mary Perkins Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan H. Bundy
Ms. Betty Cauthen
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Mrs. Catherine Claiborne
Ms. Lynn A. Clark
Ms. Katherine S. Clarke
Mrs. Kirkland T. Clarkson
Mrs. B. G. Cottrell
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Crooks
Mrs. Annah Cross
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Cupschalk
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Darden
Mrs. Linda D. Devine
Dr. & Mrs. Charles J. Devine
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Dey
Dr. & Mrs. W. Andrew Dickinson
Dr. & Mrs. James E. Etheridge
Dr. & Mrs. Russell D. Evett
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Fanjoy
Mr. & Mrs. Pat Ferguson
Mr. John L. Finney
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Fiveash
Mrs. Bruce Forsberg
Mrs. Hunter B. Francis
Mr. & Mrs. Carter Furr
Mr. & Mrs. John Fusco
Mrs. Anne M. Gilbert
Mr. Howard Gill
Ms. Alexandra Glynias
Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Goldman
Mr. & Mrs. David R. Goode
Mr. & Mrs. David B. Goode
Dr. & Mrs. Roger T. Gregory
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Griffey
Mrs. Russell B. Guerry
Dr. & Mrs. Reginald B. Henry
Mr. & Mrs. Irvine B. Hill
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Hopkins
Mrs. Sarah B. Huber
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Hull
Mr. George Hutter
Mrs. Cynthia R. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Jones
Mrs. Ann D. Kiley
Mrs. Sally Old Kitchin
Dr. & Mrs. George W. Koehl
Mr. Arthur D. Liles
Mr. Harvey Lindsay, Jr.
Ms. Sara Kate Lockery
Mr. & Mrs. Clay L. Macon
Dr. & Mrs. Robert F. Mann
Ms. Lenora Mathews
Ms. Mary Ruffin McCue
Mr. & Mrs. John McLemore
Ms. Eleanor Mellen
Ms. Marylen Melton
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Murphy
Mrs. Louise Nagourney
Mrs. Lloyd E. Neff
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Newell
Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Nusbaum
Mrs. Jean Oast
Mr. & Mrs. Grover C. Outland
Palladium Partners
Ms. Barbara Pardo
Ms. Mary Park
Ms. Dana C. Parker
Mr. & Mrs. James Pecsok
Mr. & Mrs. David Pender
Ms. Nancy Pollard
Mrs. Judy Rachels
Mrs. Anne Redfern
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred F. Ritter
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Roberts
Col. & Mrs. J. W. Peyton
Robertson
Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Robison
Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Rubin
Mr. & Mrs. Toy D. Savage
Mrs. Jeanne M. Schlegel
Mrs. Marcia Schwan
Mr. & Mrs. Julian Selig
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Simpson
Mr. & Mrs. James Slaughter
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith
Ms. Temple St. Clair
Mr. & Mrs. E. Bradford Tazewell
Mr. Lawrence Thach
Mr. & Mrs. John Thach
The Dalis Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Thomas
Ms. Beverley Tucker
Ms. Clare Van Montfrans
Ms. Betty D. Vansant
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Voellinger
Mr. Guilford D. Ware
Mr. & Mrs. Dudley Ware
Dr. Bertram L. Warren
Mr. Charles A. Weaver
Mr. & Mrs. Cecil T. Welsh
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew F.M. Werth
Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. White
Dr. & Mrs. H. George White
Mr. H. Waller Whittemore
Dr. & Mrs. Edward J. Wiley
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Willcox
Mr. & Mrs. Kim Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin J. Willis
Mr. & Mrs. J. Kelly Wright, Jr.
Tribute Benches
Mr. & Mrs. Shep Miller
In Memory of Alice
Willis Denny
Rick Clay & Alice Bruce Denny
In Memory of
Kyriakos, Lella
& Costakis Hadjikakos
John Hadjikakos
In Memory of Commander
Mohammad Reza Sahami
Mary Hensley
In Memory of Robert K.
Su, M.D.
Cynthia Su & Family
In Memory of Gail Woolford
Mr. David Conte
Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Feakins
Ms. Kathleen Phelps
Ms. Linda Roberson
Mr. & Mrs. James Weaver
Mr. Charles E. Woolford
In Memory of Kathy
Axelrod
Ms. Penny Axelrod
Mr. & Mrs. James Alandydy
Ms. Paulette Bacon
Mr. & Mrs. Steen Baerentz
Mr. James Botelho
Mr. Theo Bonk
Mr. Steven Bonk
Ms. Barbara Buckley
Ms. Marilyn Bunn
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Burton
The College of St. Rose
Mr. Jerome Haller
Ms. Joy Hind
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Hunter
Ms. Nancy Jacobson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Johnson
Ms. Susan Krohn
Ms. Donna Lund
Ms. Carla Mackie
Mrs. Ruth Ann Mask
Mr. William Mastrocola
Mr. & Mrs. Jamdes McLane
Mr. Wayne Metsch
Dr. Marcellina Mian
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Moes
Mr. & Mrs. David Morrison
Ms. Deborah Percy
Mr. & Mrs. John Pickering
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Powders
Ms. Nancy Rosengard
Ms. Patricia Rowland
Mrs. Paula Russel
Ms. Brenda Ryder
Mr. & Mrs. James Sandler
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Sher
Simon Wound Consulting
Mr. Lee Smith
Mr. Samuel Spinat
Ms. Kassiani Stefos
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Stinson
Ms. Lori Strong
Mr. George Tichnor
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Tichnor
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Zadek
Tribute Bricks
& Memorials
Sandy T. Dyer
Ms. Virginia Trexler
Patrick Farrow
Mrs. Kayla Reed
Dr. William S. Foreman, Jr.
Mr. Joseph Foreman & Mrs.
Cathy Fitzgerald
Jodi Gidley
Mrs. Karen Husselbee
Lynne Saunders
Ms. Shelley Saunders
Debbie Skluzak
Mr. & Mrs. Gray Puryear
Jackson & Jordan Tesoro
Mrs. Barbara Lis
Juanita Crosby Thiedke
Ms. Carolyn Thiedke
Burma Thomas
Lake Taylor Civic League
Debra H. Williams
Mr. John Williams
IN HONOR OF
Mr. & Mrs. Aubrey
Johnston, Sr
Sharon Doggett
Ms. Wivona M. Ward
Suzanne C. Feldman
Dr. & Mrs. Marshall Feldman
William Grant
Dr. & Mrs. Bill Grant
Mac Houfek
Mrs. Demaris Yearick
Pam Kloeppel
Ms. Marsha Clemons
Bee McLeod
Mr. Earl Granger
Mr. & Mrs. Gray Puryear
Johnston, Sr.
Barbara Reilley
Mrs. Shirley Baum
Lacey Schenk
Ms. Cheryl Schenk
Savannah Hunter Stanford
IN MEMORY OF
Ellen Armstrong
Ms. Jean Saunders
Cathryn Bearov
Ms. Martha Acosta
Ms. Marylin Berrier
Ms. Alice Cannon
Mrs. Jean Lamkin
Mr. & Mrs. John Landrum
Mr. Jeeyoung Park
Ms. Elizabeth B. Shelton
Elizabeth B. Bowles
Palladium Partners
Baylies Brewster
Ms. Anne Serrell
Nicholas Broermann
Mrs. Rebecca Dearborn
Sue Bushey
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Morris
Allen Lee Byrd
Johnston, Sr.
Mrs. Dana Stew
Inez David Copeland
Mr. Robert David
Albert Creecy
Mr. Alan E. Gollihue
Sandra Tillett Dyer
Ms. Deborah Brewster
Johnston, Sr.
Ms. Virginia Trexler
William R. Eley, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Lamb
Santina Ewart
Mrs. Evelyn Foytik
Dr. William S. Foreman, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Breeden
Fred Gebron
Ms. Georgia Harris
Joyce Gwathmey
Mr. & Mrs. James Blankenship
Anna L. Henderson
Ms. Cora Donham
Ms. Margaret Finney
Ms. Greta I. Gustavson
Ms. Joy Hart Hunter
Mrs. Lee Allen Moore
Ms. Melissa Mullins
Joyce Huffine
Ms. Amy Hommell
Michael Lambert
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Robison
Lois H. Linsly
Evelyn J. Roberts
Mrs. Barbara Strudwick
Hunter H. Savage
Nancy Booker Schwab
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Tayloe
Robert Su
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Su
Kenneth Sullivan
Johnston, Sr.
Rose Angela Sullivan
Mr. & Mrs. Andy Robbins
Mr. James E. Shaw
Ms. Alyson Wells
Every effort has been made to provide an
accurate list of donors. If there are any errors or
omissions please contact the Donor Relations
Department at 757-441-5830 ext 319.
15
A Member’s Lasting Gift
Gayle and Edward
Nichols
Long-time members, Gayle
and Edward Nichols both
volunteered at Norfolk
Botanical Garden until
Edward’s passing this past
June, after a brave battle
with cancer. Dr. Nichols, a
retired Clinical Psychologist,
was a Master Gardener and
shared his love of nature
with his wife Gayle for the
past 43 years.
For many years they
enjoyed helping Garden staff with gardening projects and
events. Their enthusiasm for the Garden and its many special
places was most evident in the time they volunteered in
the Butterfly House where they shared their enjoyment
and knowledge of butterflies with hundreds of guests each
season.
Their philanthropy stretched across the entire area
and impacted many. Gayle will continue to volunteer at
the Garden and with other organizations, continuing a
commitment she shared with her husband to give back to
the community they loved together.
“Edward and I determined a while back that we wanted
the Garden to be part of our legacy so we included this
organization in our will,” Gayle said. “The chance to help
ensure this lovely, ever-changing and always peaceful place
would endure long after we are gone was important to us.”
The Garden was a place of peace for Edward during his
life and especially during his illness. Gayle has purchased
a Tribute Bench and has selected a location in the Butterfly
Garden. It is the perfect location for Edward’s Tribute Bench,
a place for Gayle to reminisce about their amazing life
together.
“I love knowing that I can add a bench to the Garden in his
memory so others can stop and enjoy the garden he so
enjoyed himself,” she said.
For information about our Bench or Planned Gift Programs,
call our Donor Relations Department at 757-441-5830 ext 319.
16
NBG Board
of Directors
OFFICERS
Chairman
VADM David Architzel,
USN, Retired
Vice Chairman
Catherine M. Arnt Green
Secretary
W. Ryan Snow
Treasurer
Maria S. Stefanis
MEMBERS
Syble S. Cox
Mary D. Houfek
Edward C. Johnston, Sr.
Margaret A. Kennedy
Pamela Kiser
Gail Heagen Klein
Jillian Little
H. Elizabeth McLeod
Rexanne Davis Metzger
Elizabeth R. Murphy
COL Paul B. Olsen, USA (Ret.)
Jennifer Butsch Petit
Dickinson B. Phillips
Clenise Platt
Anita O. Poston
Cynthia R. Powell
Mary Catherine Rice
Charles D. Robison III
Katherine Waddell Wynne
PRESIDENT & CEO
Michael P. Desplaines
Fiscal Report
Revenues FY 2015
Investments
$682,246
Retail Sales
$262,298
13%
5%
Contributions
$2,255,597
6%
41%
Rentals
$319,841
9%
15%
12%
Program Fees
$475,075
Admissions
$797,948
Membership
$646,969
Expenses FY 2015
Fundraising
$209,298
5%
Administration
$581,923
13%
82%
Programs
$3,702,807
17
BULK RATE
U.S. POSTAGE
6700 Azalea Garden Road
Norfolk, VA 23518
Address Service Requested
DATED MATERIAL - DO NOT DELAY
Please Recycle.
Printed on recycled paper using
environmentally friendly inks.
Annual Snapshot
of Numbers at
271,635 Number of Visitors
175 Acres
52 Themed Gardens
8,631 NBG Members
118 Volunteer Groups
1,037 Individual Volunteers
18
PAID
NORFOLK, VA
PERMIT NO. 568

2014-2015 Annual Report - Norfolk Botanical Garden

Transcription

Similar documents

Mrs. Starr`s Second Grade Class loves going to the computer lab

Funeral Services For Mrs. Jennie Thompson are rteld

2010 Part 2

CNTEAEDITION2Newsletter - Colts Neck Township Education

January News: School News: Welcome back

ComQuest Reports - ComQuest Academy Charter High School

Longhorn New s

Parent Meeting Handout - Green Room

Important Dates First in Math - Clark

August 2015 - Northwest Alabama FCA