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Antiques Transforms The Gardens | pages 2&3

Dirt Dash Fun Run | Back Cover

Southern Tales Coming December 8 | Page 7

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Fred Spicer ........................................... Executive Director/CEOStephanie Banks ............................................Director of FinanceDawn Coleman .......................... Education Activities SpecialistElizabeth Drewry .............................................................Librarian Ellen Hardy ........................... Education Program CoordinatorBlake Ells.................................... Public Relations CoordinatorJean Frey ............................................. Director of DevelopmentHenry Hughes ......................................... Director of Education Jason Kirby ....................................Library Assistant & ArchivistAndrew Krebbs............... Director of Marketing & MembershipHope Long ......................................Director of Library ServicesJohn Manion ...........................Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator Shelly McCarty ................................Special Events CoordinatorPam McLeod ..........................................................Gift ProcessorDrew Rickel .........................................Donor Relations OfficerJennifer Sanders......................... Plant Adventures CoordinatorTaylor Steele ............................................Volunteer CoordinatorRona Walters ...............................................Membership Assistant

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Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens promotes public knowledge of plants, gardens & the environment; & receives, raises & administers resources for these purposes.

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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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The Garden Dirt is the newsletter of Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The Garden Dirt is published six times a year to foster awareness & support events, services, & significant programs of Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens. We welcome your comments & address corrections. Please contact:

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

Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens practices a policy of equal opportunity & equal access to services for all persons regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, orientation or sex. Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a facility of Birmingham Park & Recreation Board. The deadline for the Nov/Dec issue is November 15.

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Tricia Noble ............................................. PresidentHanson Slaughter .......................... President-ElectScott Walton .............................................TreasurerBarbara Burton ........................................ SecretaryJeanie Sherlock .............................VP DevelopmentBrian Barr ........................ VP Gardens & BuildingsCarl Jones ..................................Governance ChairLou Willie ................................................... OfficerElizabeth Broughton .................................... Officer

At Large:Cathy AdamsLaurie AllenMary BoehmChris Boles

Emily BowronMaggie Brooke

Gary BurleyClarke Gillespy

Houston GillespyCharles GoodrichTricia HolbrookRobert HolmesBeverley HoytMargi IngramKathryn Porter

Mary WilliamsonKaty Eldridge, Junior Board President

There is always something blooming

at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

Plan your next visit soon!

Visit bbgardens.org and check out what’s new at The Gardens.

NovemberCamellias

Fall Annuals

Fall Color

Herbs

Hollies

Japanese Maples

Ornamental Grasses

Vegetables

DecemberCamellias

Herbs

Hollies

Fall Color

Poinsettias

Winter Annuals

Antiques at The Gardens celebrated its eighth year at Birmingham Botanical Gardens in style, kicking off the event with the glamorous, Sterne Agee Gala in The Gardens on October 4. More than 650 guests attended the elegant evening, complete with a tent and live music from the Tip Tops.

Antiques at The Gardens featured Tastemakers who are regionally and nationally known architects, interior designers and garden designers. Each designer curated themed areas with goods selected from the best of Birmingham and other sources around the country. The show continued to include dealers from across the United States presenting antiques, furniture, porcelain, fine art, silver, garden accessories and jewelry.

The cover photo features the booth of Tastemakers Holley and David Camp, and Helen Harmon. The Artisan Garden welcomed all guests to Antiques at The Gardens.

A special thanks to Chair Tricia Holbrook, for her leadership and vision of making Antiques at The Gardens one of Birmingham’s best events.

Be sure to check out our photo albums from all of the weekend’s activities at www.bbgardens.org/antiques.

Cover photo courtesy of Wynter Byrd

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Dear Friends,

For those of us – like me – past the mid-century mark, embracing the phrase “50 is the new 30” is both a plea for the vitality of a younger day, and a realization that so-called middle age isn’t as dire a situation as we once thought it would be. In December, we’ll kick off a year-long celebration of our 50th anniversary with a “golden” twist to our annual events and some one-time happenings that will be announced as they approach. How are The Gardens doing at 50? I think we’re just hitting our stride. Still, it’s not hard to notice that age has not been kind to some parts of our infrastructure, and certain features await renovation and restoration. Part of that is the nature of an institution like ours, and another part of that is raising the funds to fix them. On the heels of our Phase I Conservatory Improvements and new Exhibit Designs, we’ll soon have some good news to share about what’s next.

Huge thanks to all of the donors and attendees of Antiques at The Gardens 2013. Special thanks go to chair Tricia Holbrook and her committee for doing a stellar job for the second year running on our largest fundraising event. Key support from Birmingham’s corporate sector was again central to the event’s success. Thanks to presenting sponsor IBERIABANK, gala sponsor Sterne-Agee and lecture series sponsor Red Diamond for their generosity and loyal support to The Gardens.

Thanks to our Fall Plant Sale patrons! Plants and gardeners alike love the cool autumn weather and the still-warm soil. Be sure and water things very well – even plants you installed this past spring and prior fall – as this time of year can be deceivingly dry. It’s hard to believe after the wet year we’ve had, but it doesn’t take long for moisture in the upper layers of soil to evaporate in the warm sun and drying wind.

Finally, later this month I’ll quietly mark an anniversary of my own: twelve years as the director here. So many people have helped me make that time productive, people that love The Gardens, people that came on as staff, and people offering words of encouragement. I hope I have thanked you all (profusely) as I have truly enjoyed it all. Moreover, I feel like I’m just hitting my stride.

See you in The Gardens,

Fred SpicerExecutive Director/CEO

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Member Plant Giveaway

November 15 & 16

Dirt Dash Fun Run/Walk

November 16

Southern TalesDecember 8

Red Mountain Garden Club Greenery SaleDecember 4

Volunteer Appreciation

LuncheonDecember 5

Members-Only Free Plant Giveaway

Friday, November 15 9-5 p.m.

Saturday, November 16 10-2 p.m.

Choose your free plant from four different plants selected by Executive Director/CEO Fred

Spicer.

Stop by the First Floor Conference Room in the Garden Center to pick up your free plant.

Limit one plant per membership. No rainchecks.

This year’s selection includes:

Buxus microphylla ‘Peergold’Golden Dream™ boxwood

Cephalanthus occidentalis ‘SMCOSS’Sugar Shack™ buttonbush

Hydrangea serrata ‘Summer Snow’ tea of heaven cultivar

Pinus palustris longleaf pine

Punica granatum ‘PIIPG-I’ Purple Sunset™ pomegranate

Thuja occidentalis ‘de Groot’s Spire’

American arborvitae cultivar

For more information about the giveaway and plants being offered visit

www.bbgardens.org/benefits.

Hydrangea serrata ‘Summer Snow’ tea of heaven cultivar

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Antiques at The Gardens Art , Jewelry

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You Made Our Night!On October 4, Birmingham Botanical Gardens kicked off Antiques at The Gardens presented by IBERIABANK with Sterne Agee’s Gala in The Gardens. The annual black-tie event was reinvigorated for its eighth year, welcoming more than 600 guests to shop Alabama’s premiere antiques show before it opened to the public. The crowd made its way to Blount Plaza as the evening concluded, dancing to the sounds of The Tip Tops Band.

Photographs courtesy Wynter Byrd

Emily & Bill Bowron

Honorable William Bell, Mayor of Birmingham, Suzette Doucet, Tricia Holbrook

Jacob Dorsett, Mark Kennamer, Jimmy Laughlin

Carolyn Englefield, Interiors Editor, VERANDA, Jim & Tricia Holbrook, Clinton Smith, Editor in Chief, VERANDA, Frannie Jones

Richard Keith Langham & Barbara Burton

Murray & Nancy Smith, Taylor & Lydia Pursell

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Presenting Sponsor

Gala in The Gardens

Lecture Sponsor

Camellia Alabama Power Protective Life Corporation Mr. & Mrs. W. Frank Cobb, III Dr. & Mrs. Derrill Crowe Azalea Brasfield & Gorrie Burr & Forman LLP The Kayser Family: Mr. Leo Kayser, Jr., Mrs. Deborah K. Strauss, Mr. Leo Kayser, III Mr. & Mrs. Jon Kimerling McCorquodale Transfer, Inc. Medical Properties Trust, Inc. O’Neal Industries Ray & Poynor Properties, Inc. ServisFirst Bank The Thomas E. Jernigan Foundaton Dogwood Ann & Angelo Bruno Foundation Will & Maggie Brooke Ms. Barbara L. Burton EBSCO Industries, Inc. flower magazine Mrs. Fay Belt Ireland Lane Parke - Daniel Corporation Maynard, Cooper, & Gale, P.C. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, III Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer S. Poynor, III Nancy & John Poynor Mr. & Mrs. Bruce F. Rogers Starnes Davis Florie LLP Mr. & Mrs. W. Stancil Starnes The Summit Birmingham Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wrinkle Wildflower Mr. & Mrs. Craig Allen, Jr. BHK Investment Advisors, LLC Birmingham Coca-Cola Bottling Company Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama Mr. & Mrs. John G. Brock Mrs. Paul Butrus Mr. & Mrs. Reaves Monroe Crabtree

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Donald Dr. & Mrs. James Combs Lasker Marx Brothers, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. George W. Matthews, IIIMr. & Mrs. Guy K. Mitchell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. Naughton Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosse Dr. & Mrs. Eugene C. Sherlock Mr. & Mrs. William M. Slaughter Nancy & Murray Smith Mr. Frederick R. Spicer & Ms. Kim McBride Catherine & Lee StyslingerMr. & Mrs. Lee J. Styslinger, III Lucille R. Thompson The Thompson Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John A. Williamson, Jr. Gardenia Dale & Tom CarruthersJohn & Molly CarterDr. & Mrs. Lee CarterMr. & Mrs. Lange ClarkPhilip & Cheryl CraneStewart M. DansbyTrudy EvansFrank & Karle FalkenburgMr. & Mrs. J.S.M. FrenchMr. & Mrs. Clarke H. GillespyEllen & Houston GillespyMr. & Mrs. T. Michael GoodrichMr. & Mrs. Beau GrenierMr. & Mrs. Jay GrinneyMr. Gregory H. HawleyMs. Margi IngramMr. & Mrs. Norman Jetmudsen, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Price KloessLynn & Benny LaRussaLuckie & CompanyMr. & Mrs. Donald Y. MenendezKathryn & Ben MireeMr. & Mrs. John D. MooreMr. Mac M. MoorerMr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Drayton Nabers, Jr.Oasis Design GroupMr. & Mrs. Richard I. PigfordMs. Nancy PriceConrad & Peggy RafieldDr. Susan P. Salter & Mr. Steven C. HydingerDarla & Randall SellersMr. & Mrs. Leo A. ShaiaMr. & Mrs. Edmund SeibelsMr. & Mrs. Roland T. ShortMr. & Mrs. John S. SteinerMr. & Mrs. Temple W. Tutwiler, IIIDrs. Pam & Ed VarnerThe Honorable & Mrs. J. Scott VowellWare & CompanyWelch Hornsby Men’s Committee Chairs Mike & Teresa Callahan Derrill & Cameron Crowe George & Kim Matthews Joe & Kam Patton Stan & Joan Starnes Mr. Edward K. Aldag, Jr.Dr. Thomas G. Amason, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Gary ArcherMr. John H. Beeler, Jr.Mr. Harold E. BissellAnn & Luke Bloodworth

Mr. Will BrookeMr. Thomas A. Broughton, IIITom Tartt Brown, Jr., in honor of Virginia Reeves BrownDr. James BryantMr. Brian C. BurgessTimothy A.R. CallahanMr. & Mrs. Ehney A. Camp, IIIDr. & Mrs. James E. Cantrell, Jr.John & Susan CarrollJohn W. ChamblissMr. & Mrs. Daniel ColemanMr. A. Philip Cook, Jr.Ernest & Vivian CoryJ. Patrick DarbyMr. C. Hartwell Davis, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Ogden S. DeatonMr. & Mrs. Whitney DebardelebenDr. & Mrs. Larry DeepMr. & Mrs. Alan J. DreherGeorge DreherPaul DreherMr. & Mrs. David M. DriscollDr. Robert P. EichelbergerMr. & Mrs. Walter B. Evans, Jr.Ed FinchMr. & Mrs. Michael A. FlorieSam & Betty FranklinHubert W. Goings, Jr.M. Williams. Goodwyn, Jr.Bill GreshamChristopher B. HarmonRex Harris - Rex Harris Fine JewelryDr. Jimmie H. Harvey, Jr.Dr. Lawrence S. HawleyJ. Keith HazelrigBilly HidenEdward HobbsTryg HoffMr. William K. HolbrookJosh & Krista HollowayGeorge H. HolmanMr. & Mrs. Clark HuddleMr. James F. Hughey, Jr.Kelly HulseyMr. & Mrs. Glenn Ireland, IIMr. & Mrs. Stephen C. JacksonDr. & Mrs. Gerald D. Karcher, JrMr. & Mrs. Jon KimerlingMr. Andrew B. KrebbsMr. & Mrs. Joe L. LeakWarren Lightfoot, Jr.Henry S. Long, Jr.Michael L. LucasMichael D. LuceC. Matthew LuscoGeorge Gambrill LynnRick MacKayRobert P. MacKenzie, IIIMr. Michael McDowellDr. David S. McKee, Jr.Lee & Mac MoncusMr. & Mrs. Richard H. Monk, IIINall-Whatley FoundationMr John T. Oliver, IIIMr. William C. PattersonMr. & Mrs. Richard I. Pigford, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Joe PattonMr. & Mrs. Charles K. PorterMr. & Mrs. James W. Porter, IIMr. Goode Price, IIIMr & Mrs Clay RagsdaleMr. T. Alan Ritchie, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. E. Todd Sharley, Jr.Martha Jean &. Jim ShawDr. & Mrs. David H. SibleyMr. & Mrs. B. Hanson SlaughterRobert SpotswoodRusty StewartMr. & Mrs. Ingram D. TynesMr. & Mrs. Robert D. VannAlex VareSteve VarnerMr. & Mrs. Lloyd R. Wilson

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens is pleased to welcome our new Education Activities Specialist Dawn Coleman. Dawn received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and her Master of Arts in Teaching degree in Museum Education from The George Washington University. Her

Native Plant Group Gets a New Home: Compliments of Birmingham -Southern College Freshman Civic Engagement DayTaylor Steele, Volunteer Coordinator

On Tuesday, August 27th the Native Plant Group picked up stakes and moved all the plants being grown for plant sales closer to the potting shed. While this may seem small, the effort had many variables, particularly one centered on the importance of service learning opportunities offered by colleges and universities for their students.

Our story began with the Native Plant Group needing to be closer to the potting shed when moving plants that have just been potted up. Prior to August 27th, the task of moving plants up a rather steep incline to their lath house was becoming rather burdensome. When moving plant material on a nursery cart, it’s easy to forget that two or three flats can weigh over 80-100 pounds. Over two hours, it can become a workout!

Volunteer Coordinator Taylor Steele was approached by our Native Plant Group coordinators regarding a request to find a solution. From a brief, but productive meeting, the sides found a solution: Birmingham-Southern College freshman.

background includes working with museums and non-profits in Birmingham and Washington D.C., including the newest Smithsonian museum, The National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the U.S. Botanical Garden. Dawn has created and led tours for informal learning environments, facilitated hands-on programs, and organized large and small educational outreach events. She will be coordinating our adult education and community outreach programs and supporting our children’s education, Plant Adventures and volunteer programs.

To learn more about our adult and family education programs, contact Dawn Coleman at dcoleman@bbgardens.org or 205.414.3958.

The Gardens welcomes new Education Staff

Every year many colleges and universities host a service learning day for incoming freshman in order to connect them with the larger community. This program, along with student engagement opportunities, a great tool to introduce young adults to volunteerism. Often, this is a great way to further engage students into real-world situations that may or may not apply to their course work. More importantly, it strengthens their bond with their fellow students, local community organizations and the community as a whole.

The Gardens has a vested role in assisting its local academic community. Through its volunteer program, The Gardens offers many schools, colleges and universities the opportunity to volunteer with its projects and events.

To learn more about volunteer opportunities contact Taylor Steele, volunteer coordinator, at tsteele@bbgardens.org or 205.414.3962.

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ARTIST DISPL AYMAIN ART GALLERY

N E W S from the Archives & Rare Book Room:

By Jason Kirby, library assistant and archivist

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Join us in The Library at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss a 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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Visit the GERLACH PLANT INFORMATION CENTER

(GPIC) inside the Garden Center during December

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Conservatory and 50th Anniversary

November/December

Watercolor Artist Beth Evans

◄ December 3: A Year in the Village of Eternity by Tracey Lawson

January 7: ►Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford

While digging through some of our old Botanical Society scrapbooks getting ready for our 50th anniversary I found a poem about Birmingham Botanical Gardens. It was written in 1981 by Al Howell for Travelhost Magazine. If you have any unique items that deal with Birmingham Botanical Gardens, please let me know about them.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Amidst the city’s concrete landThe Botanical Gardens extends

a welcome handTo all those people,both far and near

That love nature’s wondersand hold them dear.

With a Conservatory for flora,from every clime

Its inhabitants appear,unaffected by time

In this Garden of Edenthat will definitely please

As it sooths the mindand makes you at easeCreating a spirit thatabounds from withinA tranquility exists

that will make you a friend.

Life’s anxieties are a perpetual testThis haven of naturewill place you at restAmong lilies, rosesand various trees

Many of these wonders a visitor seesThere’s Japanese Gardens,

a Tea House for your pleasureColorful scenes you’ll always treasure.

Amidst the city’s concrete landThe Botanical Gardens extends

a welcome handTo all those people,both far and near

That love nature’s wondersand hold them dear.

- Al Howell

July 12, 1981 - Travelhost Magazine

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In The Gardens Fred Spicer, Executive Director Gardening Tips for November & December

www.aces.edu

Courtesy of For more information, see www.aces.edu or

call the Plant Hotline at 800.644.4458.

Common witch-hazel is a large shrub that you could walk past every day and never notice a flower. Reason one: they are ¾-1½” wide, with thin, sometimes curling yellow petals, often hidden by leaves. Reason two: they occur in October-December, not a time when we typically are on the hunt for blossoms. But if you look closely, and smell carefully, they are quite marvelous, with a medicine-y aroma, occasionally with fruity overtones. Its pollinators, most often flies, are attracted to these scents which are often associated with rotting fruit or meat.

Known as Hamamelis virginiana, the genus name means “together with fruit” and refers to the flowers occurring with ripening fruit from the prior years’ blooms. Listen carefully when the woody fruit capsules pop open, hurling the small black seeds up to 30’ away, and you’ll learn the origin of another common name: snapping hazel. The plant occurs as an understory shrub from Canada to central FL, virtually everywhere east of the Mississippi drainage and bridging west into AR, OK, LA and east TX. Usually sporting 2-5(7) main stems/trunks and sometimes a host of smaller stems, they can grow easily to 15x15’ and more. In the dense shade of a natural woodland the plant may appear rather sparse and open (and flower little), but in cultivation, especially in half-shade, the habit will be full and regular, the flowering substantial. In a famous 50-year maintenance study in New York’s Central Park, this plant was voted the most maintenance-free. Occasionally troubled by nipple gall, this harmless leaf deformity is alarming to people who like to spray away “problems.”

Witch-hazel is a curious name that comes to us from English immigrants who used the name in England to refer to a species of elm. Once in North America, the name was borrowed to refer to this common native plant. Hazel is also known as filbert, a European shrub long-cultivated for its tasty nut. Witch (in the plant’s name) likely comes down permutated from much older words like “wych” and “wice,” whose pronunciation is more like

“wick” or “weak” than it appears to be. When you understand that those words mean “pliable” and “bendable” the name becomes even more illuminated. Whence witch? Folk etymology suggests the word shifted spelling due to the plant stems being commonly used for divining, a suspicious method of finding buried objects.

November• 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.

December• 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.

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To register visit www.bbgardens.org/classes or call 205.414.3950.

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Yoga In The Gardens Instructor: Suzanne Graham

Every Wednesday | 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

$72 Yoga Six Class Series $15 Single Class

Aflutter with Monarchs: Garden

Expedition For children K - 3rd grade Instructor: Sharon Pollard

Saturday, November 9| 10 - noon Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

$12 Members | $15 Non-Members

Handmade Soap with the Burks Instructor: Winfield & Elinor D. Burks

November 12| 1:30 -3 pm Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens –

Adventure Classroom $15 Individual| $25 Family

Holiday Wreaths Instructor: Casey Thomas

November 15 | 4 – 5:30 pm Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens –

Exploration Classroom $25 Members| $35 Non-Members

Photography Class: Memorable Images Instructor: Hank Siegel

November 16 & 23 | 9 – noon Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens –

Exploration Classroom $100 members | $120 Non-Members

Photography Class: Seasonal Series Instructor: Hank Siegel December 7 | 9 – noon

Location: Birmingham Botanical Gardens – Exploration Classroom

$65 members | $75 Non-Members

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The education staff has posted a record-setting year in 2012/13, demonstrating its on-going commitment to The Gardens’ mission of delivering excellent programs appreciated by Birmingham’s diverse community. Classes, field trips, lectures, films, exhibits and hands-on displays emphasize plants, gardening and the natural environment and the interactions of people with them. Universal access to programs – the inclusion of all who wish to participate - is the intent of the education staff and has much to do with the record setting numbers.

Overall participation in all education programs in 2012/13 trended upward to a record high of 26,182 individuals, 4% over 2011/12, itself a record high, 8% over 2010/11. Participation of 15,314 children in 2012/13 was approximately equivalent to those participating in 2011/12 following a 12% increase over 2010/11. Participation of adults in 2012/13 was 10,868, 12% over 2011/12 following a 13% increase over 2010/11.

Participation in Plant Adventures, headed by Jennifer Sanders, was up to a record high of 1,208 in 2012/13 from 937 participants in 2011/12 and 365 in 2010/11. Children’s Discovery Field Trips, headed by Ellen Hardy, exceeded 10,000 participants for the second year in a row, posting an increase of 9% in 2012/13 following a 4% increase in 2011/12. Children’s Summer Workshop increased to a record high of 280 participants.

On-Site Adult Programs, headed by Dawn Coleman, increased to a record high of 7,231 participants. This included 625 participants in the Certificate of Native Plant Studies program, headed by John Manion, 15% up in its second year.

The number of participating education volunteers increased 20% over 2011/12 with an increase of 2% in contributed hours, indicating more volunteers working fewer hours (19 hours/year/volunteer). Volunteer Coordinator, Taylor Steele, also contributed considerably to education, organizing seminars, outreach activities and weekend programs.

New education programs included “Get Into the Gardens” and “Sunday Scenes,” free for those visiting The Gardens on weekends. “Hikes for Tykes” with Fresh Air Family entered its fifth year of nature hikes for parents and children. Development of new programs included a new middle school Discovery Field Trip, “Plants Inside-Out,” on photosynthesis and respiration, to be launched in late 2013 and a seventh elementary field trip on pollinators to be launched in the fall of 2014. Partnership development with several new key organizations included the Birmingham Audubon Society, The Community Garden Coalition for Birmingham and the Environmental Initiative of Alabama.

The 2012/13 Education Summary and Report may be accessed at www.bbgardens.org/education.

ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR EDUCATIONHenry Hughes, Director of Education

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Classes/Field Trips/Volunteer OpportunitiesRegistration & further information about the program, including course

descriptions & certificate requirements, can be found at www.bbgardens.org/plantstudies or call 205.414.3950.

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Central South Native Plant Conference

November 1-2, 2013Native Plants - Looking Back & Moving Forward

The Southeast’s native plants and their habitats from a historical perspective.

Featuring Dr. David Haskell & C. Colston Burrell

photo courtesy A.L. Gibson

This year’s conference honored Louise G. (Weesie) Smith, a pioneer in Alabama conservation and in the promotion

of our wondrous native flora.

Weesie shown with Kaul Wildflower Curator John Manion.

Autumn Identification of Native Woody Plants (elective)

Instructor: Fred SpicerLocation: Birmingham Botanical GardensSaturday, November 9 | 12:30-4:30 p.m.$40 Members | $45 Non-Members

Alabama’s Ecology (core)Instructor: Scot Duncan, Ph.D.Location: Birmingham Botanical GardensSaturday, November 16 | 8:30-4:30 p.m.$80 Members | $90 Non-Members

Introduction to Native Plant Conservation (core)

Instructor: Bob Boyd, Ph.D.Location: Birmingham Botanical GardensSaturday, November 23 | 8:30-4:30 p.m.$80 Members | $90 Non-Members

Introduction to Plant Taxonomy/Classification (core)

Instructor: Todd RounsavilleLocation: Birmingham Botanical GardensSaturday, December 9 | 8:30-4:30 p.m.$80 Members | $90 Non-Members

Edible and Medicinal Native Plants (elective)Instructor: Jimmy Triplett, Ph.D.Location: Birmingham Botanical GardensSaturday, December 14 | 12:30-4:30 p.m.$40 Members | $45 Non-Members Autumn

A big “Thanks” to everyone who

made the Conference

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Chairman LevelMr. & Mrs. W. F. Cobb, IIIMr. & Mrs. John R. Israel IIIMrs. Louise D. Johnson

Director LevelMrs. Claire H. Fairley*

Advisor LevelMike & Gillian Goodrich FoundationMr. & Mrs. Carl E. Jones, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Taylor PursellMr. & Mrs. Murray W. SmithMr. & Mrs. Joseph C. South, III

Benefactor LevelMs. Elna R. BrendelDr. & Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. James M. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, IIISouthern Progress CorporationMr. & Mrs. Rick Stukes

Mr. & Mrs. Edgar G. AldridgeMr. & Mrs. Michael BallietMs. Camille A. BeckerMrs. Lucille S. Beeson *Peggy Bonfield & Orrin FordD. Joseph & Ida C. Burns *Mary Carolyn Gibbs ClevelandSuzanne G. ClisbyMrs. Martha Stone Cobb Daniel *The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaThe Dunn-French FamilyMr. F. Lewter Ferrell, Jr. *Mr. R.R. Herbst *Mrs. Jimmie Hess *Mr. J. Ernest Hill & Mrs. Ora Lee Hill *

As of August 31, 2013

As of August 15, 2013

Fay B. IrelandMr. George L. JenkinsHugh & Bobbe Kaul *Ms. Pamela Kaul *Andrew B. KrebbsFran LawlorDr. Bodil Lindin-LamonHope LongDr. Michael E. MaloneMs. Louise T. McAvoy *Mrs. Mary Jean MorawetzMr. Phillip MorrisMr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr.James L. NewsomeDr. & Mrs. A. I. Perley * *Deceased

Patron LevelMrs. Frances D. BlountAnn & Angelo Bruno FoundationMr. & Mrs. Bob de BuysMr. & Mrs. Walter S. FletcherMr. & Mrs. J.S.M. FrenchThe Hill-Allison Charitable Lead TrustMr. & Mrs. Fred W. Murray, Jr.Dr. James L. NewsomeMr. & Mrs. Charles S. Northen, IIIMr. & Mrs. Wilmer S. Poynor, IIIMr. & Mrs. Henry B. Ray, Jr.Rucker & Margaret Agee FundMr. & Mrs. William J. Rushton, IIIMr. & Mrs. Jarred O. Taylor, IIMrs. Lucille R. ThompsonAnonymous

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July-September 2013

James NewsomeMarie-Louise Connery

Robin GeorgeBarbara Grant

Kay McKinnon, Kay Littleton, Sarah Jane Knott, Mary Helen Straughn –

in honor of Alice SchleusnerIndian Springs Garden Club – in honor of Jason Kirby

Elizabeth Alosi – in honor of Jason KirbyAnn Galbraith – in honor of Grant Alexander Pardue

Herb Society of Central Alabama –

in memory of Ralph Naylor Rooney, Sr. and in honor of Janet Rooney

Steve & LeAnne PorterMrs. Carol P. PoynorMrs. Dorothy L. Renneker *Deborah & John SellersMr .& Mrs. William M. Spencer, III *Mr. Frederick R. Spicer, Jr.Mr. Douglas Arant StockhamDr. Wendell H. Taylor, Sr. *Mrs. Barbara D. Thorne *Mrs. Carolyn D. Tynes *Mrs. Ann H. “Nancy” Warren *Mrs. Robert WellsAnonymous

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Betty BrowerMr. & Mrs. Lee B. Chapman

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Lindstrom, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, III

Mrs. Frances Shepherd

Dick CoffeeMs. Olivia Alison

Hill and Dale Garden Club

Rob DentonMrs. Janis T. Zeanah

Mary P. FormanMs. Elizabeth Garrett

Ms. Elizabeth A. MurrayMr. and Mrs. C. Lawrence Whatley

Winter F. GilmoreMr. and Mrs. William Liddon

Anne GrantMs. Fiona Grant and Mr. James Small

Leo M. KarpelesMr. and Mrs. C. Lawrence Whatley

Mary C. KirkpatrickMs. Anne Bethea

Dr. and Mrs. Craig ChristopherMs. Susan Colvin and Mr. Louis Montgomery

Perennials GroupMr. and Mrs. Jarred O. Taylor, II

Walter C. McCoyDr. and Mrs. James O. Finney, Jr.

Thomas “Tom” D. McWilliamsMr. and Mrs. Gene McWilliams

Pauline H. MorrisonMs. Rebecca F. Parsons

Emily K. O’BrienMr. and Mrs. Patrick O’Brien

Mary A. PerryMrs. Mary I. Dillon

Ms. Jane FraneyMr. and Mrs. Marvin G. Perry

Margaret PropperMr. Klaus P. Propper

Ralph RooneyMr. and Mrs. John M. Musgrave

Winyss ShepardMs. Gwenda Barnitz

Dr. Richard B. ShepardMrs. Janis T. Zeanah

Henry E. SimpsonMr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Noble, III

Catherine S. SmithwickMr. and Mrs. Frank E. Lindstrom, Jr.

Mrs. Michael H. Poe

Adele A. StockhamMs. Susan Colvin and Mr. Louis Montgomery

Ralph W. ThomasMs. Elise Bodenheimer

Joe TortorigiDr. and Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr.

Bogue M. WallerDr. and Mrs. John A. Floyd, Jr.

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Ms. Betty D. AndersonAnn & Angelo Bruno FoundationMs. Peggy BalchRoy G. & Betty A. Bartlett Advised FundBirmingham Audubon SocietyMr. & Mrs. C. Eugene BolesThe Canterbury ClubMs. Suzanne G. ClisbyDr. & Mrs. M. Clagett CollinsThe Daniel Foundation of AlabamaDiamond Tours, Inc.Mr. Nathan DregerMr. Adam C. ElliottDr. & Mrs. Michael FleenorMr. & Mrs. Walter S. FletcherMs. Fiona Grant & Mr. James SmallHealthSpringThe James Milton & Sallie R. Johnson FoundationJefferson County Master Gardener AssociationLeaf & Petal

Mr. & Mrs. Gene McWilliamsMs. Jan A. Midgley & Mr. Dean ClarkMr. Edward I. NortonPortera Landscape Design LLCMr. & Mrs. Gene T. PriceRegions Financial CorporationMrs. Judith RivesRockridge Garden ClubMr. & Mrs. Stan RothRuffner Mountain Nature Coalition, Inc.Dr. & Mrs. Mike RushingServisFirst BankShelby County Master Gardeners AssociationMs. Dotti SmithMr. & Mrs. Murray W. SmithMr. & Mrs. Marvin SnyderMr. & Mrs. Joseph C. South, IIIMr. Frederick R. Spicer & Ms. Kim McBrideTherapySouth Greystone, LLCVirginia Beeland Spencer Lecture FundAnonymous

Frances D. BlountMr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Chazen

Joyce K. BrightMr. Joseph B. Bright

Culver GilmoreMr. & Mrs. William Liddon

Jason KirbyMr. & Mrs. Michael Alosi

Indian Springs Garden Club

Ethel N. OwenMrs. Margaret H. McGowan

Grant A. PardueMs. Ann Galbraith

Alice SchleusnerMrs. Kay McKinnon

Mark ThompsonThe Canterbury Club

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President $1,000Dr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Amason, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Brian BarrMrs. Frances D. BlountMr. & Mrs. C. Eugene BolesMr. & Mrs. C. Phillip McWaneMr. & Mrs. John P. North Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Mike RushingMr. & Mrs. William E. Smith Jr.Mr. & Mrs. James A. Thompson

Ambassador $500Ellen & Fred BlackmonMr. & Mrs. William BrookeMs. Susan Colvin & Mr. Louis MontgomeryDr. & Mrs. Arnold G. DiethelmMs. Margi IngramDr. & Mrs. Wade LamberthMr. & Mrs. James W. Porter, IIMr. & Mrs. Scott A. Walton

Oak $250Collier’s NurseryMrs. Irene BlalockMr. & Mrs. Stephen H. ChazenDr. & Mrs. Merrill Compton, Jr.Mr. John Cowin, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Russell M. Cunningham, IIIDr. & Mrs. William H. DodsonMr. & Mrs. Joel HillhouseMs. Jeanne L. Jackson & Dr. Mark LesterMrs. Jenelle JonesMr. & Mrs. Curt LeeMr. & Mrs. Nimrod Long, IIICoke & Maria MathewsDr. & Mrs. Michael J. MooreMr. & Mrs. John M. MusgraveMs. Virginia PattersonMr. & Mrs. Charles W. PryorMr. & Mrs. E. Mabry RogersDr. & Mrs. Stephen G. RostandBev & Bill SchoelMr. Nathaniel L. SelfMr. & Mrs. Herbert StockhamMr. & Mrs. William B. Wahlheim, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. C. Lawrence Whatley

Magnolia $100Mr. & Mrs. Robert AlandDr. & Mrs. James F. Alison, Jr.David Baker & Lois A. GaetaMr. & Mrs. John L. BeauchampMrs. Ann BibbDr. & Mrs. Joseph BloomerKelly & Bobby BooneMs. Marcia C. BryantMr. & Mrs. Michael G. ByrneMs. Carole H. CobbDr. & Mrs. Jeffrey CohnMr. & Mrs. Doug ColtharpMr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Cox, Jr.Mrs. Shirley E. CunninhgamMr. & Mrs. Charles W. DanielDr. & Mrs. Max L. DavisMs. Susan DominickMr. & Mrs. James EhlMrs. Ann R. ElliottMr. Peter Falkner II

Mr. & Mrs. E. Q. FaustMr. & Mrs. J. Ross Forman, IIIMrs. Toula FulfordMr. & Mrs. Thomas GoettgeMrs. Barbara S. GrantMrs. Mary Rose GrayTimothy & Allison GreggMrs. Stella K. GrenierMr. & Mrs. Michael S. GrossMrs. Jeanette HancockMs. Dorothy HarbstMrs. Lyle HazelrigMrs. Linda S. HerrenMs. Yvonne F. HerronMrs. Richard C. HillhouseMrs. Jean JohnsonMr. Jerry JonesDr. & Mrs. Jim KamplainMr. & Mrs. Gerard J. KassoufMr. & Mrs. Kenneth KeyMrs. Wayne W. Killion, Sr.Mrs. Deidre Ruth LackeyMr. & Mrs. Duncan ManleyDr. & Mrs. Peter MannonMr. & Mrs. Willard McCall, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McGoughMr. & Mrs. Walter F. MorrisMr. & Mrs. Steve P. MortonDr. Curt Newell & Dr. Sara Lynn NewellMr. & Mrs. Patrick M. O’DonnellMr. Goode Price, IIIMrs. Margaret G. RaglandDr. Firoz RahemtullaMr. & Mrs. Vaughn RivesDr. & Mrs. O. Gordon Robinson, Jr.Dr. Loring Rue IIISurget & Carl Sanders Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Harold SettleMr. Jeff ShimizuMr. James Sokol & Lydia CheneyMrs. Carol O. SommersLauri & Weily SoongMr. & Mrs. W. Stancil StarnesDr. Linda J. StoneMr. & Mrs. Mark R. TuckerChance & Missy TurnerDr. & Mrs. Thomas A.S. WilsonMr. Alan K. Zeigler

Hydrangea $60Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. AbernethyMrs. Barbara H. AdkinsMr. & Mrs. Robert C. AllsbrookMr. & Mrs. Paul AucoinMs. Jeanne AverhartMr. & Mrs. John R. Baker, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Gene V. BallMr. Bryant BaugherMr. & Mrs. Bob BaxleyMr. & Mrs. Jack BeckerMr. & Mrs. C. Adrian BewleyMr. & Mrs. Archie L. BlackmonDr. James BonnerChar BonsackMrs. Suzanne BownessMr. & Mrs. Charles A. BoydMs. Sandie Brown ForsythMr. & Mrs. H. Denson Burnum, Jr.Mrs. Louise BurtMs. Kaye M. CarlisleMr. & Mrs. John D. Carney, III

Mr. & Mrs. Marcus CassimusDr. & Mrs. Mark ClarkMr. & Mrs. Stephen ClarksonMs. Martha M. CobbMr. & Mrs. P. Michael ColeDr. & Mrs. Charles H. Colvin, IIIMr. & Mrs. Richard P. Cook IIIMarc & Susan CorsiniMr. Ralph DailyMs. Candida D’AvanzoMrs. Dana DavisMrs. Joan DawsonMr. & Mrs. Charles W. DeBardelebenMs. Sue DixonMr. & Mrs. Christopher DoucetMr. & Mrs. Larry DunlapDr. & Mrs. John T. Eagan, Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Anthony EdwardsDr. & Mrs. George V. EisenhartMs. Lisa EnnisMr. & Mrs. Robert L. EskewMr. & Mrs. Brent FalkenhagenMrs. Lynne FaulstichDr. Rosemary & Mr. Charles FaustMrs. Nancy J. FerrellMs. Alberta FieldsLloyd & Jennifer FitzpatrickMs. Karen Fitzpatrick & Rob KunzigMs. Margaret FritsmaMr. & Mrs. James FrostTom & Anne GarrettMs. Elizabeth GarrettDr. Mia GeisingerMr. & Mrs. Joe L. GeraldMs. Linda GilliamMr. & Mrs. William M. GravesMrs. Carmen B. HabeebMr. & Mrs. James HardMs. Nancy C. HayleyMrs. Shirley HaynesworthMrs. Judith HeardMrs. Howard J. HelzbergMr. & Mrs. Danny HerrinMr. & Mrs. T.M. HinesDr. John B. HodoMr. & Mrs. Sam HootonMr. & Mrs. James HortonDr. & Mrs. P. Reginald HugDr. & Mrs. Leland Hull, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Charles HunnMr. & Mrs. J. Fredric IngramMrs. Betty Jackson & Ginger JacksonMr. James M. JohnsMs Tina JohnsonMrs. Mary N. JohnsonMr. Joseph H. Johnson, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. C. Guy JonesMr. & Mrs. James E. KempMs. Marsha KingMr. & Mrs. James King, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Robert KoehlerMr. & Mrs. W. F. LandMs. Frances H. LawlorMr. & Mrs. Rudy LewisDr. Julie LocherLaRue LockhartMr. & Mrs. Gary M. LondonMr. & Mrs. Don LowdenMs. Jeannie LucasDr. & Mrs. John A. Maloof, Jr.Mrs. Jane-Marie MarlinMs. Audrey MarschinkeMs. Sylvia MartinMr. & Mrs. Gene E. MartinMr. & Mrs. David S. McKee, IIIDr. & Mrs. Thomas D. McKinnon

Mr. & Mrs. David McLeodMs. Jane H. McPhersonMr. & Mrs. Ken L. MeyerMr. & Mrs. Lawrence G. MichaloveMs. Cynthia L. MillicanMr. & Mrs. William S. MorganDr. & Mrs. Constantine MorrosMs. Meg Mosteller-BarnumMr. & Mrs. Alex NewtonMr. & Mrs. Gregory T. OdrezinMr. & Mrs. Samuel W. OliverDr. Emily OmuraMr. Alton ParkerMr. & Mrs. Jackson M. PayneMr. & Mrs. Maurice F. PicardyMr. & Mrs. David R. PittmanLacey & Jim PooreMr. & Mrs. Donald PorterMrs. Carol PraterMr. & Mrs. Ralph W. Quinn IIIMs. Gloria RandolphDr. & Mrs. Harry B. Register, Jr.Mrs. Jo Ann ReillyMr. & Mrs. William E. RichardsonMr. & Mrs. James L. RichardsonBob & Beverly RivesMs. Anna RobersonMr. & Mrs. Ludolf H. RoellMr. & Mrs. Joseph H. RomanoMr. & Mrs. Joseph N. RothMr. & Mrs. Fred RushingMr. & Mrs. Robert RussellMs. Julia A. Russell & Mr. Bill CrunkDr. & Mrs. Ed RutskyMr. & Mrs. Shay SamplesMr. James SellarsMr. & Mrs. John H. SellersMrs. Babs SimpsonMr. Allen SmallMr. & Mrs. Jeffery SmithMrs. Caroline SmithMr. & Mrs. Frederick B. SmithMr. Scott SmithMrs. Teresa G. SotoDr. Paul SpenceMs. Kaythia StantonMs. Mary Frances StaytonMr. & Mrs. Kerry SteinMyra & Mark StoneMrs. Evelyn StuttsMr. & Mrs. William A. TerryMr. & Mrs. Bill TevendaleMr. & Mrs. Jim TullossDr. & Mrs. Marshall UristMr. & Mrs. Owen VickersMs. Marilyn WaggonerMr. & Mrs. Robert M. WaldropMr. Thomas WalkerMrs. S. Watkins, Jr.Mr. George C. WattsMs. Diann WeatherlyMr. & Mrs. William B. White, IIIMs. Pamela G. WinfieldDr. & Mrs. Charles S. WingardMrs. Jaquline WynnMr. & Mrs. John C. Ziegler

Trillium $45Mr. & Mrs. Brooks AdamsMr. & Mrs. Edward K. Aldag, Jr.Ms. Linda C. AskeyMrs. Mary BabbitMrs. Walter L. Baker, Jr.Ms. Beverly BishopMrs. Lula Rose BlackwellMr. & Mrs. Philip BowmanMs. Karen Callaway

Mrs. Joanne CarnesMrs. Eleanor CheathamMr. John A. CrossMs. Maureen CrowMrs. Margaret DanglerDr. Eleanor M. DelBeneMr. & Mrs. Albert DiMiccoMs. Evelyn EllisonMs. Janet V. EvansMs. Martha FaesiMrs. William W. FeatheringillMs. Cindy FielderMs. Janice FlemingMrs. Beverly FlemingMs. Lyn FrazerMs. Elizabeth E. GodwinMr. & Mrs. Emanuel GoldsteinMs. Mitzie HallMr. & Mrs. Calvin C. HaynesMs. Carol A. HobbyMrs. Janice HollidayMr. & Mrs. Lee HurleyMs. Barbara IngramMr. John E. JeffriesMrs. Georgia KearneyMr. & Mrs. Leland KellerMr. & Mrs. Richard KiellMs. Nancy LadshawMr. & Mrs. James R. LandMr. & Mrs. Warren Lightfoot, Sr.Ms. Cynthia MalloryMrs. George F. MaynardMs. Karen McCafferyMrs. E.J. MeriwetherMr. & Mrs. David M. MillhouseMrs. & Mr. Mary Jo NicastroMrs. Denise ObertMrs. Adrienne L. O’Brien

& Mr. Jack O’BrienMs. Ann OmuraMrs. & Mr. Sandra ParkerDr. Mary Ann PassMs. Sue W. PatrickMs. Rebecca N. PoseyMr. & Mrs. T. Andy RectorMrs. Grace E. ReedMrs. Betsy RietzMrs. Blackwell B. RobinsonMrs. Louise SlingluffMs. Dotti SmithMs. Mary Cynthia St. JohnMrs. Bernard S. SteinerMr. & Mrs. Ronald L. StichwehMs. Carolyn TitoneMs. Cheryl ToddMrs. Mary K. TomasMs. Louise VanceMr. & Mrs. Wayne WeatherlyMs. Trina WhiteDr. Mary L. WhitleyMrs. Delores L. WilkinsonMrs. Harold WilliamsMrs. Susan WomackMs Gail WoodMrs. Janis T. ZeanahMs. Dorothy Ziff

Young Professional

Dr. Cheryl Killingsworth & Mr. James McMinn

Ms. Sahra S. CoxeDr. Carol EdwardsMr. Dray GrahamMr. Mark HutterMs. Leah PickettMr. & Mrs. J.B. QuintanaMr. Eddie Sewell

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens

2612 Lane Park Road Birmingham, Alabama 35223

205.414.3950 bbgardens.org

Non-Profit Org.US Postage

PAIDBirmingham, AL Permit No. 2513

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Run the great trails of The Gardens and support the #1 Free Attraction in Alabama.

Saturday, November 16, 2013 5k Fun Run - 8 a.m.

1mile Family Walk - 9 a.m.

5k Fun Run entries received by November 15 - $25.00 5k Fun Run entries Race Day - $35.00

1 mile Family Walk - $20.00 adults, $15.00 ages 7-17,

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