• Honor or thank a friend or loved one

• Promote your company while supporting our mission of horticulture and sculpture

• Celebrate an outstanding volunteer

• Give a meaningful gift to an avid gardener or plant lover

• Recognize an employee or associate for special accomplishments

• Commemorate special occasions: births, marriages, anniversaries, promotions, retirements, professional accomplishments

• Give a memorable holiday gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparent’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Hanukkah and many more

• Create a memorial for a deceased friend, relative or colleague

THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL REASONS TO CREATE A TRIBUTE:

T R IB U T E P RO G R A M

TRIBUTE GIFTS are capable of expressing so many things: friendship, appreciation, love and support, to name a few. Gifts in honor of an individual or organization acknowledge special occasions or special traits that we admire. Gifts in memory of a special someone express our need to keep their spirit alive. Gifts in tribute to Meijer Gardens recognize your or your organization’s support of our mission to promote the enjoyment, understanding and appreciation of gardens, sculpture, the natural environment and the arts.

FREDERIK MEIJER Gardens & Sculpture Parkpromotes the enjoyment, understandingand appreciation of gardens, sculpture,the natural environment and the arts.

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1000 East Beltline Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Tribute Program 616-975-3143 • tributes@meijergardens.org

15-10094 Cover photo: William J. Hebert. Inside: Dean Van Dis.

CREATE A PERSONAL TRIBUTETRIBUTE GUARANTEE Meijer Gardens guarantees that your tribute item will remain in an open-to-the-public place for the useful life of the object or tree. If a tribute item needs to be moved at any time, we will use the contact information on file and attempt to notify you. (Should your contact information change, please advise Meijer Gardens.) Many of these items exist out in nature and, as such, experience weathering. We do offer brick re-engraving for a fee of $50. If the initial tree tribute selected perishes within one year, another will be designated. Please note that your tribute is not a purchase of the bench, book, brick, stone or tree itself and proper maintenance will be determined by Meijer Gardens’ experienced staff.

YOUR GIFT IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED.

Donor Contact InformationMy/Our Name_____________________________________Address __________________________________________City _______________________ State _____ ZIP ________Phone ___________________________________________E-mail ___________________________________________

Tribute Typec Bench $20K (Japanese Garden) c Bench $15K (All other areas)

c Tree $2,500 c Stepping Stone $1,000 c Brick $500c Library Book $250 c General Donation $___________

c In memory of ___________________________________c In honor of _____________________________________On the occasion of _________________________________

Tribute Engraved Message/Bookplate Wording: (Subject to approval)

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Please send acknowledgement of this gift to...Name ____________________________________________Address __________________________________________City _______________________ State _____ ZIP ________

Method of Paymentc Check (made payable to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park)

c MasterCard c Visa c Discover c Amex

Name as it appears on Credit Card_________________________________________________Credit Card Number ________________________________Expiration Date ___________________________________Signature _________________________________________Total Amount To Be Paid $ ___________________________

Please Mail To:

FREDERIK MEIJER Gardens & Sculpture Park Development Department1000 East Beltline Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525tributes@meijergardens.org

Benches provide a place for respite and reflection. Choose your limestone, wood or polywood bench site from among a variety of locations such as The Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden, the Lena Meijer Children’s Garden or the Sculpture Park. A bronze plaque with your choice of wording will be affixed to your bench.

• The Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden: $20,000 Stone Bench

• Meijer Gardens Main Campus: $15,000 Stone/Wood/Polywood bench

• 2" x 9" raised letter bronze plaque. Maximum 3 lines, 40 characters per line.*

BENCHES

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 501(3) non-profit organization and is eligible to receive tax deductible contributions.

LIBRARY BOOKS

Library Books educate and inspire. Work with our librarian to make a book selection.

• Library Bookplate: $250

• 4" x 3.3" printed bookplate. Maximum 3 lines, characters to fit.*

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To explore tribute opportunities, connect with a Tribute Program Representative by calling 616-975-3143 or via email at tributes@meijergardens.org

Photography by Dean Van Dis.

BRICKS

Bricks line a winding corridor among the perennials.

• Leslie E. Tassell English Perennial and Bulb Garden: $500

• 4" x 8" engraved brick. Maximum 3 lines, 12 characters per line.*

Bricks line a winding corridor among the perennials.

• Leslie E. Tassell English Perennial and Bulb Garden:

• 4"3 lines,

STEPPING STONES

Plans are underway to identify new areas in which stepping stones

may be placed. If interested in this option, please contact us.

• Meijer Gardens Main Campus: $1,000

• 16" x 16" engraved stone. Maximum 4 lines, 14 characters per line.*

Please note that your tribute is not a purchase of the bench, book, brick, stone or tree itself and proper maintenance will be determined by Meijer Gardens’ experienced staff.

*Characters per line, including spaces.

Trees offer a natural, living tribute. Select from a list of healthy, available trees. Your tribute plaque will stand near the tree of your choosing.

• Meijer Gardens Main Campus: $2,500

• 3" x 9" laser-engraved bronze plaque on bronze stake. Maximum 3 lines, 40 characters per line.*