The Desert Botanical Garden - American Public Gardens Association

Thursday, May 23, 2013 Optional Half Day Workshop
College and University Workshop:
Succeeding within the Institutional
Context
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa
Fee: $45
Universities are repositories of history and culture, but
are not always nimble and responsive, especially when
individual departments (like botanical gardens) are not
viewed as mission-critical.
president’s office to create a friends program; and
a garden with minimal staff and no central support
establishing an endowment.
Planning and Groundskeeping: the gardens range
from one sixty miles from campus to one serving as an
arboretum and groundskeeper, and two in-between.
Presenters: Karen Sikkenga, University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens
and Nichols Arboretum; Mary Maloney, Program Director, Chadwick Arboretum, Ohio
State University; Stephanie DeStefano, Grounds Operations Coordinator, American
University; Patrick Williams, Director of Development, The Arboretum at Penn State
University; Kim Steiner, Professor of Forest Biology, Penn State University;
Holly Scroggins
This workshop includes three case studies and two
panel discussions focused on fundraising, planning, and
groundskeeping. Each case study features an initiative
including the following:
• Working with university administrators to create an
endorsed master plan,
• Raising funds with or without university development,
and
• Navigating university requirements to complete
installation.
Two panel discussions will feature panelists representing
a range of practices.
Fundraising: a development director reporting to
central development; a garden fundraising through
a charitable foundation; a garden working with the
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