ANNUAL REPORT - University of Michigan

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
MATTHAEI BOTANICAL GARDENS
AND NICHOLS ARBORETUM
2008
ANNUAL
REPORT

MESSAGE from the DIRECTOR
This past year
has presented
me with the
opportunity
to serve as interim
director of Matthaei
Botanical Gardens and
Nichols Arboretum
while the director, Bob
Grese, has been on sabbatical leave from the
university. What attracted me to take on this
appointment was the chance to see how MBGNA
operates from the inside and to develop better
and long-lasting connections with the University
Herbarium, where I also serve as the director.
The focus of the Gardens and the Arboretum is
on living plants, whereas the Herbarium takes
care of a collection of 1.7 million specimens
of dried plants of historical and scientific value
for Michigan and other areas of the globe. I
believe that we are natural partners, and we
have begun collaborating on projects such as
the new Great Lakes Gardens at the Botanical
Garden and a jointly sponsored web site providing
key information on the more than 2,500 plant
species that are native or naturalized in Michigan.
In addition, I learned of the many ways in which
MBGNA engages the community: Shakespeare
in the Arb every summer, the spring plant sale,
and hosting school groups and thousands of
visitors each year, just to name a few. One of the
most successful programs began two years ago,
and we hope it will become a fixture every year:
our summer internship program. This allows up
to 30 undergraduate and graduate students to
engage in projects at the Garden and Arboretum
during the peak period of activity and plant
growth in the late spring and summer. It is a
win/win situation for the students and for us.
Cover photo: The Spathodea campanulata, African tulip tree,
which was planted in 1974, responded to the increased light
and improved environment in the tropical house by bursting
into its most glorious bloom ever.
I leave my year at Matthaei and Nichols convinced
that the organization is in excellent shape and
clearly on the upswing. This can be seen in the
completion of projects such as the Conservatory
glass replacement and new shade system, the
dedication of the Sue Reichert Discovery Trail,
and the 100th anniversary celebration of the
institution. Work began this year on the Gaffield
Children’s Garden, and the Great Lakes Garden is
in full development mode. Hopefully to the delight
of most members and visitors, we will be paving
the entrance and parking lots of the Botanical
Gardens next spring, thanks to funding secured
from the university this year.
None of this happens without a dynamic and
dedicated staff, and this is MBGNA’s greatest
asset. We have seen the Development office grow
and take on an important new role in helping to
endow the organization’s future, and nearly every
area of the Garden and Arboretum has undergone
self-examination and reorganization. I have to
say that both in terms of physical space and
people’s commitment, we are literally bursting
at the seams. This is a good sign but will require
necessary adjustments in the future, and we hope
to count on your continued support in helping
us grow. An ongoing theme to the Garden’s
mission will be sustainability and sound ecological
practices wherever possible. Look to MBGNA
to be a leader is showing ways in which these
concepts can apply to your own homes and lives.
PAUL E. BERRY
Interim Director
August 1, 2007–July 31, 2008

the CONSERVATORY RENOVATION
Our conservatory is a winter oasis for the community and a living
museum of tropical, temperate and desert plants. It is also the
largest university-operated conservatory in the nation and the only
conservatory designed by Alden Dow, Michigan’s architect laureate.
After 40 years of use, it was time to upgrade the glass and environmental
controls in order to protect the building, the plants, and our visitors. While
“state of the art” when built, there have been tremendous improvements in
glass and environmental controls since 1960. The original glass was susceptible
to damage in stormy conditions, creating a safety hazard for our visitors and
collections. It was not energy-efficient. The glazing necessary to protect the
plants from the summer sun always looked dirty. The old environmental controls
were manually operated and weren’t responsive to sudden changes in the
weather outside. Nor could they be moved during the evening and night when
staff was not present.
This year, the glass was replaced with two layers of tempered glass that has an
energy efficient plastic coating between the layers. This glass is heavier than
the old, but engineering studies by U-M students found that the original support
structure would bear the new load. Glazing is no longer necessary, so the roof is
clean and clear. A thermal cloth blanket that can be closed as needed to hold in
the heat on cold winter nights or minimize the hot sun in the middle of July was
installed. In addition, the vents were mechanized and a mister was installed to
help create the necessary level of humidity. These new environmental controls
are all computer-operated so that we now have control 24/7.
The benefits have been tremendous. First, our visitors can safely remain in the
Conservatory during storms. We expect our heating bills to decrease. And the
plants have responded to their improved environment by growing and blooming
like never before. If you haven’t visited lately, we invite you to come and see the
changes for yourself.
Above: The Conservatory roof before the renovation
Below: The Conservatory roof after the renovation

INTERPRETING our COLLECTIONS
Over the years, we have had a
marvelous opportunity to enrich the
visitor experience by providing beautiful
seasonal displays and a fantastic
permanent collection. And in more
recent years we have added exhibit
information that we hope engages and
enriches your visit to the Conservatory.
Renovations to the Conservatory kept
doors closed for part of the year; a
small display on how a greenhouse and
conservatory operate was presented Practical botany: flowers and fruit
in the lobby while we anxiously waited
for its reopening. In 2007 our theme for
conservatory displays and exhibits was focused on our centennial. The interpretation of our
fall display reflected back to the elaborate chrysanthemum displays of the 1920s and ’30s
at the Iroquois site, featuring both trained and normal growth forms. The winter display
helped transfer the central theme to the 2008 theme “Passion for Plants.” Winter blooms
were explored in a “Science of the Season” display with the interpretative focus on plant
photoperiodism. Later we shared our staff favorites for springtime color and visitors were
asked to share their favorites, too! The display, a beautiful collection of spring bulbs and
native wildflowers, was spread throughout the Conservatory instead of being concentrated in
the rear of the temperate house.
We’ve had a lot of fun creating beautiful displays and interesting exhibits, and we hope you
have enjoyed them as well. As the plants continue to adapt to their improved environment,
we are looking forward to the new interpretive opportunities that will arise.
By the
numbers
No. 1
largest
university-operated
conservatory in the
country
98
years the oldest
plants in the
Conservatory
have been in the
collection
1,000
different species
housed under
its roof
1965
year Conservatory
was built
3,584
panes of glass
that make up the
Conservatory’s
new roof
13,500
square feet
occupied by the
Conservatory

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POLLINATORS
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A silvery white underside
Cards like these, featuring flowers,
pollinators, and more, were used to teach
young patients and their families as they
played a variety of familiar games.
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three three sepals sepals
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POLLINATORS
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of petals
FLOWERS
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I have...
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3 leaflets
Oils that cause a skin rash

GO BLUE DISCOVER GREEN
In the summer of 2007 a call came in from teachers at UM’s C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital;
they were organizing a summer enrichment program for patients and siblings and needed our
help incorporating a nature component into the program. We’d had previous conversations
about possible ways to engage families at Mott with the Arboretum. This presented the perfect
opportunity. After an initial meeting between the hospital teachers and our education staff and
interns, we were ready to go with an outdoor program. When the weather didn’t cooperate, we took
our plans inside. Encouraging the summer education interns to think creatively, we began taking the
concept of bringing nature study inside to the patients and their siblings.
A big obstacle to our nature program was that
we couldn’t really bring nature indoors – there
would be too many risks for the hospitalized
children with items that couldn’t be sanitized.
The MBGNA education interns put their
combined artistic talents, their love for nature,
and their desire to help children learn and grow
to work in order to create nature games and
crafts to bring to the hospital activity rooms.
One of the most imaginative activities the
interns created was a set of cards with
botanical and zoological images, used to play
many games like Memory or Poison Ivy. For
several months, interns made bi-weekly trips
to the hospital to bring a little nature inside.
Everyone – patients, parents and interns –
enjoyed the program.
“Go Blue Discover Green started as just a
summer enrichment program, but it soon
became so much more,” said Mary Plato,
Mott Hospital teacher. Summer ended as did
the summer enrichment program. But the
knowledge that this was a good partnership
lingered. A few emails, phone calls and
meetings through the fall led to a new
collaboration: this time the Go Blue Discover
Green program would operate with university
student volunteers. Coordinated by education
staff, the program resumed early in 2008.
Students were recruited and trained and the
program instituted a bi-weekly schedule with
20 volunteers.
The program has accomplished more than
we ever hoped, and the educational value of
the program proved to be only one of many
benefits. The personal relationships that
developed between students and patients
were greatly valued by both parties. Erin
Allen, one of the initial interns and the
program assistant for the winter, explained,
“I really enjoyed spending time with the kids
at Mott Children’s Hospital. They always
looked forward to my visit and were excited
to see me when I came.” Likewise, Mott
staff told us the children could sense the
genuine care and concern our interns and
students felt for each of them. The children
constantly buzzed about the program as
they waited for it to begin.
“The program was a great diversion and
distraction for our patients,” Mary Plato
explained. “The games were everyone’s
favorite. They loved playing them with the
students each week. This program really
offered something new and unique. The
students were so dedicated and loyal,
really top notch, and I loved that Go Blue
Discover Green added something pleasant
to the hospital experience for each child.”
This program really
offered something
new and unique.
The students were
so dedicated and
loyal, really top
notch, and I loved
that Go Blue
Discover Green
added something
pleasant to the
hospital experience
for each child.
MARY PLATO
Teacher at Mott Hospital

SUSTAINABILITY in ACTION
Inspiration. Conservation. Education. Investigation. Participation. These are some of the
reasons that people come to the Arb and Gardens. Our mission is to promote environmental
enjoyment, stewardship and sustainability through education, research, and interaction with
the natural world. Whether it is by using rain barrels, growing your own vegetables, converting
your lawn to meadow or prairie, changing lawn care practices to more environmentally friendly
ones, you can try these at home. Below are three personal accounts from visitors who learned
what sustainability in action really means.
Growing Food, Reserving Seeds
ERIC KAMPE
I had the pleasure of volunteering in the MBGNA
greenhouses this past spring propagating
heirloom vegetables for Project Grow Community
Gardens and the annual Spring Plant Sale. We
started basil, pepper, eggplant, and tomatoes
from seed. We got our hands dirty and learned
to prepare soil, sow seeds, transplant seedlings,
water, and apply fertilizer. We also had fun
chatting about gardening and speculating on how
some of the more unusually named heirlooms
would turn out.
In the summer I was growing vegetables of all
sorts for the “Gathering of Gardens” exhibit. There
was plenty to do and learn: designing raised beds
(often from reclaimed materials), preparing the
soil, choosing vegetable varieties, and determining
planting times. I learned which tomatoes I liked
best fresh off the vine, and which were better for
my canned pasta sauce. I learned which varieties
of squash, corn, beans, onions, and potatoes
would store well and last beyond the summer
season. I saved seed from lettuce, tomato, basil,
bean, and squash completing the cycle and
bringing my thoughts back to early spring when
propagation will begin again.
Having learned to propagate vegetables at
Matthaei, I plan to continue doing it in my
personal life. I will share the idea with everyone
I know. It is so important to grow our own
vegetables and I know that others can, too.
I learned how to be a better steward of the earth
at MBGNA – you can, too!
Rain Barrels
CARRIE B. RIEDEMAN
I learned about rain barrels at
the Spring Plant Sale last year
when I saw the demonstration
given by TJ Smith of the
MBGNA staff. I purchased one
right away. This is my second
year with an MBGNA rain
barrel, and I love it. Having
it on our second-story deck
(under a leaky gutter) makes
watering my container plants
a breeze – I don’t have to
drag the hose halfway around
the house! There’s very little
maintenance required. I crush
a mosquito dunk in through the
mesh once or twice a summer,
but since I’m drawing water
out daily, stagnant water hasn’t
been an issue.
When it’s time to store the
barrel for the winter, I fill as
many plastic gallon jugs as I
have and put them in a deck
storage box to freeze. During
the winter, I thaw them out as
needed and use the water for
my houseplants. The plants
appreciate the rain water,
rather than our treated well
water, and I like the fact that
my rain barrel is working for
me all year long!
Shrinking the Lawn
MARJORIE BERNDT
I have a beautiful red dogwood
tree in my front yard and
became concerned that there
was too much competition for
water and fertilizer from the
lawn. In the past, I’ve spaded
out the turf and hauled it away.
But, as a woman of “a certain
age,” I wanted something
easier. So I asked some of
the MBGNA horticulturists for
recommendations on how to
easily transition from lawn to
groundcovers. They suggested
that I smother the grass with
layers of newspaper; it would
then decompose gradually and
be incorporated into the soil.
To hide the newspaper and to
further conserve moisture, I
covered it with bark mulch.
It was simple to do and very
effective. The grass is gone and
now I’m ready to start planting
some groundcovers in its place.
I’ll pick some low maintenance
varieties that I’ve seen at the
Gardens through the years,
Epimedium and Sedum to
start. Soon I’ll have a beautiful,
easy-care bed around my
beloved dogwood.

FINANCIALS
July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
REVENUES
$2,526,700
19.7%
Membership,
Gifts, and
Grants
$498,752
64.6%
University
Direct
Contribution
$1,631,602
2.1%
Interest
Income
$52,135
2.5%
Endowment
Distribution
$64,029
11.1%
Program Fees,
Admission,
and Sales
$280,182
EXPENSES
$2,555,846
8.9%
Supplies
$228,178
75.3%
Salaries
and Fringe
Benefits
$1,924,447
0.3%
Scholarships/
Fellowships
$8,200
1.2%
Equipment
$31,426
1.8%
Travel/
Transportation
$45,401
2.5%
Construction
Costs
$65,000
4.7%
Miscelaneous
Expenses
$120,278
5.2%
Internal
and External
Services
$132,916
*dollar value of volunteer hours from Independent Sector
**2006 balances included significant project revenue, particularly the Conservatory roof replacement
IN-KIND SUPPORT
$681,753
55.7%
University Support
Utilities and Plant
$379,679
MARKET VALUE OF ENDOWMENTS
$1,803,436
CHANGE IN FUND BALANCES
U-M Support
Gifts and Grants**
Activity-based Revenues
TOTAL
2006
193,227
1,980,234
244,766
2,418,227
2007
173,145
1,173,011
261,760
1,607,916
9.5%
Community Service
3,335 hours
@ $19.51/hour*
$65,066
34.8%
Volunteers
12,148 hours
@ $19.51/hour*
$237,008
2008
140,888
1,146,685
286,730
1,574,303
CHANGE
(32,257)
(26,326)
24,970
(33,613)

DONORS
July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Thank you!
CUMULATIVE LIFETIME
MAJOR SUPPORTERS
(over $100,000)
Anonymous
Robert and Marjorie Alpern
The Andrah Foundation
Sally and Ian Bund
Charles and Margaret Buswell
DTE Foundation
Ford Motor Company
Thomas and Jeanette Gaffield
The Graham Foundation
The Matthaei Family
The Nash Family
The Post Family
The Reader Family
Rudolph E. Reichert, Jr.
Wilkinson Foundation
ENDOWMENTS
Winifred B. Chase Fellowship
William D. Drake Fund
Carol Holbrook Memorial Fund
Nanette R. LaCross Fund
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Fund
Mildred Hague Matthaei Fund
Harrison L. Morton Fund
Natural Areas Fund
Geoffrey and Marian Norman
Fund
Julie Norris Post Fund
Research Endowment Fund
Frances H. Seevers Bonsai
Fund
Woman’s National Farm
and Garden Association,
Inc., Michigan Division,
Internship Fund
PLANNED GIVING AND
BEQUEST DONORS
Anonymous
Thomas Beauvais
Carol L. Brandon
Charles Cares
Donald and Kathy Duquette
Elizabeth and Gary Elling
Jean Forrest
Rebecca Horvath
Nancy and Robert Kauffman
Cedric and Moragan Richner
Sally Rutzky
Herbert E. Sloan, Jr.
Lois A. Theis
Joan and Jon Wolf
TRIBUTE HONOREES
Benches
Rita Bencuya
Eileen Maitland
Nahum Medalia
Sitting Garden
Helen and Norris Post
and family
Gifts
$100,000+
Anonymous (2)
$25,000–99,999
The Andrah Foundation
$10,000–24,999
Anonymous
Marjorie and Robert Alpern
Carl Cohen
Kathleen Crispell and
Thomas Porter
Helen and Norris Post
$1,000–9,999
Anonymous
Ann Arbor Bonsai Society
Ann Arbor Woman’s
National Farm and
Garden Association
John and June Bassett
Soly Bencuya
Bill and Dorothea Coleman
Ford Motor Company
Jean Forrest
Ilene H. Forsyth
Mack Fuhrer
Robert and Susan Grese
Jane and Daniel Hayes
Michael and
Phyllis Korybalski
Lawrence and Cynthia Lowe
William Maitland
Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.
Laurence and Susan McGee
Richard and
Elizabeth McLeary
Adeline Medalia
Betty Jean Murray
Roger and Coco Newton
Stephen T. and
Ann Norman
North American Rock
Garden Society
Pfizer Foundation
Bertram and Elaine Pitt
Marilyn Pobanz and
Art Kitze
Rudolph E. Reichert, Jr.
Clive and Clarice Taylor
John and Carroll Thomson
Suzanne and
Carl Van Appledorn
Lawrence and Sylvia Wong
$500–999
Gerard and Lizann Anderson
Ann Arbor Wild Ones
Jonathan and
Gertrude Bulkley
Sally and Ian Bund
Jesse and
Juanita Logan Christian
Dennis A. Dahlmann
Charles and Helen Drake
Anne and Jim Duderstadt
Hal and Donna Estry
Great Lakes Judging Center
Mark and Susan Griffin
Craig Hammerberg
Steven and Sheila Hamp
Jennifer M. Jensen
Alison M. Lang
Jeanne and
Kenneth Levy-Church
Warran B. Lineton
Larry and Rowena Matthews
Elizabeth Ong
Phil and Kathy Power
John and Marilyn Rintamaki
Thelma Gies Rivette
Joanne and Jerry Robertson
Bill and Sheila Sikkenga
Nancy and Brooks Sitterley
Stephen Stefanac and
Sherry Cogswell
Helmut and Candis Stern
Catherine Susan and
Robert Heroux
Marianne Udow-Phillips
Jack and Jerry Weidenbach
Gabriel and
Gerane Weinreich
Fae B. Weiss
Donald and
Kathleen Wieland
Ann and Clayton Wilhite
$250–499
Martha Agnew and
Webster Smith
American Orchid Society,
Inc.
Alex and Jan Azary
David Bach and Jill Latta
Gwendolyn L. Ball
Janet and
Martin Biancalana
Joan A. Binkow
Barbara O. Black
Stephen P. Black
Alice S. Cohen
Daniel and Muriel Converse
Country Garden Club
of Northville
Teresa D’Arms
Prasanta Datta
Linda Dintenfass and
Ken Wisinski
Mary Hunter Dobson
Richard and Deanna Dorner
Michael and Elizabeth Drake
J. Sanford
and Elizabeth Dugan
Suzanne Joy Faber
Terre L. Fisher
Judith and Paul Freedman
Anne and Brewster H. Gere
Linda Gleichert
Donald and Marcelle Gray
Daniel and Norma Green
Sondra Gunn
Keturah T. Haab
Bobby Hainline
Marcia Harrison and
Robert Nissly
Peter and Henrietta Heydon
Mary and Kent Johnson
Carol and
Gregory Josefowicz
Mark and
Madolyn A. Kaminski
Leo and Justine Kulka
Gail Lauzzana and
Richard Wyatt
Jerry Lehman
Gwen and Dean S. Louis
Anna and John Madison
Martha Mayo and
Irwin Goldstein
David C. Michener
Ramona and Arthur Pancioli
Margaret and
Frank K. Penirian, Jr.
Lynn and Robert Raade
Jeffrey and Kristen Roberts
Nancy and
Timothy V. Schafer
Axel Schremmer
Joan A. Shields
Karen Sikkenga and
Richard Rickman
Phillip and Susan Smith
Lois and William Solomon
Katharine and
E. Philip Soper
Textron
Mary and Maris A. Vinovskis
Lisa J. Vogel
Robert and Judy Walton
Jo Ann Ward
Joan Watts and Elkins Bruce
John and Sarah Weiss
Marshal D. Wied
Karen and Paul C. Wingert
Jean Wong and
Ralph McKee
Jeanne and Paul Yhouse
$100–249
Ann and Richard Abdoo
ABN AMRO North America
Mary and George Adamski
Rhona Ahmad and
David Fields
Robert and
Katherine Aldrich
Paul and Linda J. Apostal
Michael D. Appel
Jean Apperson and
Peter Amann
Mary E. Ardner
L. David and
Allison A. Arscott
Sandra and John Awood
Jonathan Ayers and
Teresa Gallagher
Michael and
Kathleen Aznavorian
Colleen T. Barnard
Burton V. and
Lenora W. Barnes
Carol L. and
Michael Barnhart
Ruth Bartman and
Peter Jackson
Valerie and Hobart Bates
Deborah Bayer and
Jonathan Tyman
Kimberly Bayer and
Robert Kuehne
William and Frances Beckley
Peggy J. Behrendt
Sharon Benton
Rosemary R. Berardi
Barbara Levin Bergman
Lawrence S. Berlin
Marjorie A. Berndt
Kay and Eugene Berrodin
Ralph H. Beuhler
Margaret Bignall and
Paul Hossler
Jean and Frederick Birkhill
Douglas and Victoria Blayney
Dorothy E. Bloom
Mary W. Bond
Cheryl and Donald Bord
Philip Terry Borkowski
Bruce E. Bradley
Martha J. Breslow
Jane Bridges
Nancy and Dale E. Briggs
David and Sharon Brooks
Carol Otto Buatti
Arno and Patricia Buhrer
Robert and Margaret Burke
Daniel M. Burns, Jr.
Phyllis and Daniel Cable
Misty Callies and
William Secrest
Susan Campbell and
David Bay
Charles W. Cares
Charles C. Carpenter
John L. and Carolyn L. Carr
William E. and
June E. Carter
Carol and Theodore Carzon
Catherine and
Dennis Cavner
Donald and
Maureen Chamberlain
William Chapman and
Michele Cherniga
Lauren and Gary Childs
Oke K. Chung
Beverly and
Reginald Ciokajlo
Scott and Beth Clipper
Robert and Linda Cody
Lloyd S. Coleman
Comerica, Inc.
Nancy E. Connell
Phelps and Jean Connell
Mimi F. Conway
Ann Cook and Daniel Siivola
Alison and Guy Cooper
Howard Cooper
Malcolm and Juanita Cox
David L. Craig
Mary C. Crichton
George and Julie Cromer
Carolyn A. Cummiskey
Robert and Diane Dahlem
Robert and
Joyce Damschroder
Peggy A. Dankert
Betty and Marvin Danto
Julia Darlow and
John O’Meara

DONOR SPOTLIGHT
Community Support
Over the last year, Matthaei Botanical
Gardens and Nichols Arboretum has reached
out to local businesses to support our
annual events. It has created a new base
of operating support, but more importantly
it has created a necessary link to the
community which we anticipate will grow in
years to come.
In March, while winter was still upon us,
spring was in full bloom in the Conservatory
with the “Passion for Spring” bulb display,
sponsored by Runciman Landscapes.
Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Runciman
Landscapes have had a long history
together. In 2001, they designed the
Urban Pocket Garden, and in 2006, they
designed the beautiful Steiner fountains in
the Gateway Gardens of New World Plants.
When asked why they chose to sponsor the
“Passion for Spring” display, designer Max
Finkbeiner said, “Basically, we felt that is
important for us to support MBGNA because
it promotes exactly what we do to make
a living as horticulturists with Runciman
Landscapes. From a business point of view
we feel it is beneficial to be involved in the
community we work in.”
In May, the summer opened with the
28th Annual Plant Sale. Michigan Public
Radio, Michigan Public Television, Korzon
Landscapes, and Ten Thousand Villages
were sponsors.
Thank you Sponsors! We look forward to
working with you again in the future.
David and Carole Darr
Richard and Leslie Day
Michelle Deatrick and
Steven Przybylski
John and Jean Debbink
Cheryl Dell-Garrett and
David Garrett
Beth Ann deStigter Jorgensen
Diana Devereaux
Gayle D. Dickerson
Kathleen Byrne Diggs
Richard and Jo Ann Dionne
Andrzej and Cynthia Dlugosz
Amy Donoghue
Wallace C. Donoghue
Dow Chemical Company
Foundation
James B. Dowling
Downtown Home and Garden
Linda and Frank Dres
J. Sanford and
Elizabeth Dugan
Donald N. and
Kathy J. Duquette
Anne and Brian Eadie
Lois and Robert Eckstein
Morgan and Sara Edwards
Irene and Timothy Eiseman
Odie and S.J. Elden
Liz and Gary Elling
Carol and John F. Eman
Mark and Elizabeth Erskine
Kathy Evaldson and
Doug Mullkoff
Jane and Wayne Ewy
Eleanor Gale Falit
Claudine Farrand and
Daniel Moerman
Joan E. Farrell
John and Margaret Faulkner
Beverly and Michael Fauman
Jane and William Ferguson
Lydia Fischer
Janet and Thomas Fisher
Ruth F. Fitzgerald
Jessica Fogel and
Lawrence Weiner
Rosamund and
Stephen R. Forrest
Marcia Susan Fowler
James W. Fox
Thomas and
Jeanette Gaffield
Garden Club of Michigan
Community Project Fund
Howard L. Garrett
Gordon and Tamara Garwood
Joseph A. and
Joyce A. Gattyan
Blair Gerdes
Patrick Gibson and
Helen Kales
Anne F. Ginn
Ann and Thomas Gladwin
Louis J. Glazer
Elizabeth Glynn and
Gregory Keoleian
Edward B. and
Mona L. Goldman
Phyllis H. Gracie
Robert A. Green
Jessy Grizzle and
Laurie McCauley
Samuel Gross and
Phoebe Ellsworth
David and Frances Grossman
Ellen and Jeffrey Halter
Lawrence and
Joanne Handelsman
Murray K. Hanna
Rebecca Hardin and
Arun Agrawal
Joan Harris and
Edward Sarath
Susan and Hayden Harris
Janice and Randall Harvey
Larry Hauptman and
Andrea Streeter
Jeannine and Gary Hayden
Jean and Wayne E. Hazen
Michael Head and
Mary James
Dorothy and Douglas Heinlen
Carol and Karl H. Hellman
Florence and Alfred Hendel
John and Joyce Henderson
Pamela and William Henry
Elizabeth and
Robert W. Herbst
Ruth Heyn
Martha and John Hicks
Phyllis and Daniel Hill
Kathleen and
William Hillegas
Peter Hinman and
Elizabeth Young
Mary and Donald Hitt
Lynn L. Hobbs
Erika Homann and
Michael Wellman
Andrew Horning and
Catherine McGavran
Rebecca Sue Horvath
Raburn Howland and
Katherine Kurtz
Teresa and
Che Cheng Huang
Rosemary S. Hughes
Jewel F. Hunter
Mary Carol and Mark Hunter
Kathryn and
Thomas P. Huntzicker
Edith M. Hurst
Kathryn and James Huss
Linda Irvin and
James Goebel
Heidi and Charles Jacobus
Ira J. and Brenda Jaffe
Christa and Joachim Janecke
Anne and Anthony Javoroski
Joyce and Ross Kaferle
Hans and Carol Kappus
Paula Karnopp
Phyllis and Alex Kato
William and Carol Kauffman
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Josephine A. Kelsey
Lisa and Jeffrey Kincius
Tamiko and
Kenichi Kinoshita
Edward and Melinda S. Kirby
Hermine R. Klingler
Patsy M. Knoop
John and Anne Knott
Roberta W. Knox
Joan and Lawrence Kobylarz
Stephen Kobylarz
Christopher L. Kojiro
Joanne Kovach
Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Mary and Edward Krasny
Catherine Kurek-Ovshinsky
Ronald P. Kustra
Johannes Kuttner and
Rebecca Blank
Marilyn and Dale Larson
Edward LeBaron and
Nancy Moncrieff
Richard J. and
Patricia V. Lehman
Nicole Lemieux-Rever and
David Rever
James and Barbara Leonard
Martin and Susan Letts
Patricia R. and
Michael R. Levine
John and Kathy Levinson
Donald J. and
Carolyn Dana Lewis
Mary L. Lirones
Joe M. Lum
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Foundation, Inc.
Gay MacGregor
Richard Mahn
Merrie and Anthony Malerich
William P. Malm
William and Anne Manierre
David and Marjorie Mastie
Marina Mata and David Fink
Andrea Matthies and
James Odell
Joseph P. Mattimoe
Cheryl and Lanny Mattingly
Georgia R. McDaniel
Jill McDonough and
Greg Merriman
James McIntosh and
Elaine Gazda
Aprille and Timothy McKay
Kathleen and
Robert McMahon
Lila A. McMechan
William H. and
Marilyn M. McNitt
Katherine M. Frances
McSparran
Ragnhild A. Meade
Matthew R. Meader
Nancy A. and
Robert E. Meader
Peter W. Meek
George E. and
Eathel Mendenhall
Robin and
Stanley T. Mendenhall
Ann Meredith
Mary Lee and Donald Meyer
Barbara Michniewicz and
Gerald Nordblom
William Middleton and
Veronica Sanitate
Miller, Johnson, Snell and
Cummiskey
Robert and Denise Milton
Anne Mitchell and

Richard Shuman
Olga A. Moir
James E. and
Jeanne E. Montie
Wanda and Jay Moon
Paul and Terry Morris
Anne B. and
Glenn C. Morrison
Mark and Mary Mueting
Don and Ann Munro
John Neerken
Ann and John Neiswander
Daniel Newman and
Lisa Levit
Luis and Linda Nichols
Thomas Obrien and
Lauren Cosgrove
Constance and
Charles E. Olson, Jr.
Anthony and
Theresa Opipari
Jenny and Louis Orlin
Bert Ortiz
Carroll and Bonnylyn Osborn
Judith Parsons and
Dennis Purcell
Joe and Zoe Pearson
James and Linda Pescor
Cynthia and Walter Pettigrew
Phi Alumni Corporation
of Psi Upsilon
Phyllis Klinger Warner
Marilyn and Malcolm Pierce
Richard and Diane Pierce
Terry S. Platchek
Dorothy L. Platte
Thomas J. Powell
Jerry and Lorna Prescott
Mary and Rick Price
Barbara and Wallace Prince
David and Stephanie Pyne
Sharon L. and Hugo Quiroz
Barry G. Rabe and
Dana Runestad
Joan and John Rapai
David and Alisande Read
Marjorie and
Maxwell O. Reade
Gene and
Harry J. Regenstreif
Renate Reimer
John C. and Linda Remsberg
Margaret J. Ressler
Jean and
Stephen Retherford
Brian E. Rice
Linda and Richard Ridley
Nancy T. Riecker
Carrie B. Riedeman
Jocelyne B. Rinker
Richard and
Patricia Robertson
Mary and Douglas Roby
Jo and Chuck Roe
Richard Rohrer and
Mary Loeffler
Joan and Rene Rollin
Jo Ellen and Mark Roseman
Margery Rudd
Mack Ruffin and
Kathy Carter
Sally Rutzky
Elizabeth C. Saddler
Gertrude and
Irving T. Salmeen
John L. and
Carolyn M. Sampselle
Georgiana Sanders and
W. Joseph McCune
Geraldine and
Ernest Sanders
Kathryn Sargeant and
Tom Chettleburgh
Richard and Norma Sarns
Judith H. Scanlon
Helen S. Schaefer
Peter and Elizabeth Schick
Susan Schreiber and
Andrew Nagy
Donna and
Edward L. Schumann
Jane Schwertfeger
John Seeley and
Eileen Wright
John W. Shelly and
Candace Irvine
Jean and Thomas Shope
Steven and
Debbie Sienkiewicz
Barbara Siepierski
Kenneth Silk and
Joan Margeson
Dick and Sandy Simon
Robert and Elaine Sims
Barbara Sinclair
J. David Singer and
C. Macaulay
Nancy Gregg Sippel
Herbert E. Sloan, Jr.
Barbara Furin Sloat
Shawn M. Slovesko
Nancy Foster Smith
Susan M. Smith and
Robert Gray
Thomas and Jennifer Smith
Clark G. Spike
Michael and Elizabeth Spitz
Ann and David Staiger
Elizabeth and
Theodore J. St. Antoine
Kathryn and
William Stebbins
Frances S. Stofflet
David and Karen Stutz
Dion Sullivan and
Melissa Peet
Bradley M. Swain
Margaret and
Eugene Szedenits
Ella May and William Tarrier
Sylvia and Thomas Taylor
Ann and James Telfer
Doris H. Terwilliger
Sara F. Thomas
Don Tinson II and A. Shaffer
Jacqueline Tonks
Susanne and Egons Tons
Geraldine and
John G. Topliss
Trail Wood Garden Club
Jonathan Tyman and
Deborah Bayer
David and Karen Lena Ufer
Suzanne and Joseph Upton
Thomas and Wendy Vacek
Rebecca W. VanDyke
Thomas and Rhona Veling
John L. and
Susan M. Wacksmuth
Florence S. Wagner
C. Glen and Edite Walter
Carol and Peter Walters
Gretchen and Richard Weir
Ronald and Eileen Weiser
Zelma H. Weisfeld
T. E. Weisskopf and
S. Contratto
Mary H. Westhoff
G. Christopher and
Pamela White
Mary and James White
Frank and Ruth Whitmyer
Elizabeth and
Robert Wilkinson
Robert and
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Norah and John H. Williams
Teri and John Williams
Christine Weaver Willis
Diane M. Willis
Jean and Richard C. Wilson
Kathryn and
Mark Winterhalter
Joan and Jon Wolf
Nelson and Suzanne Wood
Shirley and Barry Wood
Ann F. Woodward
Jon and Susan Wooley
Richard Wyatt and
Gail Lauzzana
Sarah Zearfoss and
Stephen Hiyama
Dorothy and Henry Zelisse
Charles E. Zill
$50–99
Roberta B. Abrams
Masaki and Michiko Adachi
Elizabeth K. Adams
Suzanne J. Admiraal
Roopesh Aggarwal and
Kristine Baker
Bernard and
Raquel Agranoff
John Alexander and
Carolyn King
Judy Alexander and
Jason Gold
Mark and Sue Alexander
Mahmoud Al-khafaji
Jane Allen and Mark Doman
Lisa Alsop
Mary Ames
Barbara and
Michael Anderson
Craig Anderson and
Nancy Hertel
David and Sandra Anderson
Gregg and Kelly Jo Anderson
Steven and Rose Anderson
Gary and S. Andrews
Linda and Thomas Annesley
Tracy and Stephen Aris
Vivienne and
Charles Armentrout
Ellen and Anthony Arruda
Ella M. Atkins
AT&T Foundation
Nancy and Eric M. Aupperle
Donald and Shirley Axon
Thomas and Zenia Bahorski
Robert and Mary Baird
Karen E. Baker
Michael Baker and
Jenny Hsu
Wayne and Cheryl Baker
Louis and Sharon Balius
Elizabeth S. Ballbach
Anthony M. Bango
Noemi Barabas
Mary M. Barley
Bruce Barnes
Ruth and Gerald Barnett
Carol L. and
Michael Barnhart
Mary and William Barsan
Jeffrey D. Basch
Joe and Tammy Bauer
Mary and Steven Bauer
Angela M. Beach
Margery Beardsley and
Kurt Sonen
Cheryl and
Michael Beauchamp
Carolyn Beauvais and
William Neuman
David Beck and
Shirley CoeBeck
W.P. Beckwith and
P.D. Takessian
Ann V. Bell
Ernest and Janet Bell
Helen and Richard Bellaw
Borah and Max Bender
Jack E. and Jane G. Bender
Nancy Bender
Kathryn and Harry Benford
Janine Hubbard Bennett
Mary and Duane Bennett
Sue Bennett
Tessa Benziger
Jan and Jerry Berg
Karen and Steven Berger
Susan and Ray Berger
Corry and Gahl Berkooz
Larry and Linda Bernhardt
Scott Bertsch
Janet S. Biermann
Charles and
Michele Bietler
Ted and Helen Birdsall
Angela E. Black
Diane and David Bloom
Frederic Blow and
Dwight Lewis
Sharon and
Dennis Blumenfeld
Paul Blunt
Frances and Ralph Bolhouse
Ann Bommarito
Grace C. Bommarito
D. Bondarian-Tworek and
Roger Tworek
Robert M. and
Sharon A. Bordeau
Harold Borkin and
Adrienne Kaplan
Gil S. and Mona L. Borlaza
DONORS July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Sandra and Randy Borsh
John Bound and
Arline Geronimus
Kathryn Bowring and
Paul Reid
Kathleen Brade and
Mark Smith
Beverly L. Braden
Christine Brandenburg
Katrina and Mark Brehob
Thomas and
Margaret Brennan
Christine and Karl Brenner
Jerry A. and
Audrey J. Bricker
Brandy Brink and
Raymond Marino
Barbara and Ronald
Broadley
Ruth and Michael Brooks
Marcia and Steven Brosnan
Ann Brothers and
Duncan Williams
Gene Brown and
Dee Oliverio
Edwin and Mary Bruening
Thomas and Sally Brush
Robert Bryant, Jr.
Budding Ideas
Jennifer J. Burd
Brett Burin
Lois Burk
Bernadine and Anthony Byk
Anne and Louis Caballero
Mary and Edward Cady
Mary and John R. Caldwell
Denise Calhoun
Barbara Cameron
Bruce and
Catherine Campbell
Ronald and Victoria Camper
Sally Camper and
Robert Lyons
Matthew Cantillon and
Susan Boyes
Joanne M. Cantoni
Jesika Capling
Baltasar and
Marie-Louise Capote
Brent L. and
Valerie B. Carey
Ruth Dorsey Carey
Joanne Carlisle and
C. Addison Stone
Janice and Marshall Carr
Jeannette and Robert Carr
Mary and James W. Carras
Sean Carter
William and Patricia Carter
James and Jane Cather
Robert F. Cerra
Lesley Chace and
Peter Rinehart
John and
Barbara Chamberlain
Thomas and
Johanna Chapel
Jason and
LaDonna Chapman
Anne M. Chase
William D. and
Helen M. Chase

DONORS July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Peter and Linda Cherry
Steven Chrypinski and
Molly Bell
Katherine Cicchella and
Mark Thornton
Bernadine Cimprich
Marice B. Clark
Martha Claus and Bruce Artz
Barbara and James Coburn
Fred and Cindy Coffin
Raymond and
Pansy Coleman
Robert and Carolyn Collins
Andrew and Gretchen Comai
Margaret V. Compton
Bernard and
Madelaine Conboy
Bonnie and Arlan Connell
Thomas Cook and
Kathryn VanAlstine
Shirley Cooke and
Brian Hufnagel
Celia and Peter Copeland
John Copley and
Janice Berry
Christal and David Corliss
Pat and Kevin Corr
Amanda N. Corrado
Tammy and Daniel
Corwin-Renner
Melissa and
Reamonn Costello
Robert and Jeanette Cousino
Marilyn and Edward Couture
Ellie Terretta Cox
John Cox and Gail Walker
Catherine and James Craig
Carol and Michael Creech
Janet N. and
Charles E. Crone, Jr.
Robert and Janice Crowe
Susan Crowell and
Charles Bright
Nicholas Cucinelli and
Tracy Jensen
Richard and
Michelle Czerniawski
Laurie and Curtis Daneker
Shirley D. Danieli
William and Marilyn Daniels
Sharon and Michael Darga
Merial and Sunil Das
Elizabeth Kingsbury
Davenport
Ed and Ellie Davidson
Daniel and Jennifer Davis
Jordan Davis and
Michelle Hartmann
Jeannine and Gerald Day
James L. Dean
Diane and Rick DeClercq
Colleen and Lee DeKay
Elizabeth U. DeLaney
Monte and
Kristen Del Monte
Sue Dempsey and
Gregory Czarnecki
Cheri Deng
Nicole M. DeRuiter
Pamela De Tullio and
Stephen Wiseman
Jo Anne Diehl and
Paul Forringer
Jeanine A. Diller Murphy
Paul Distelzweig and
Sara Witherell
Julia and Peter J. Dodge
Catherine Doherty and
Richard Johnson
Rodman Doll and
Myrthe Naparstek
Elizabeth A. Doman
Joan S. Doman
Edward F. Domino
Francis and
Mary T. Donahue
Liang and Monica Dong
Cecilia and William Donohue
David and Olga Drummond
Elizabeth and
J. Sanford Dugan
Edward J. Dunn
Patrice Duquette and
Steven Graff
Grace and Peter L. Duren
Richard and Diana Dyer
Shirley and Charles Eagen
Fay E. Edsall
Mary Ann and
Roger Edwards
Naz Edwards and
James Adams
Aubrey and Bettye Elkins
Donna Ellinghausen-Scheys
and John Scheys
Karen and Tom Elliott
Sarah and R. Kevin Elmiger
Cory D. Emal
Barry and Paula England
Stephen Ernst and
Pamela Raymond
Elizabeth and Mark Erskine
Cecelia and
Delano Esselman
Susan K. Euliss
Linda L. Eye
L. Eugene and Janice Ezop
Gary Faerber and
Kathleen Cooney
Susan K. Falcone
Jessica A. Feeman
Steven D. Feenstra
Sheryl and Jeffrey Feldkamp
Leonard N. and
Charlene Felgner
Michelle and Eric Ferguson
Claire and Dennis Fernly
Peter and Patricia Fink
Jill L. Finster
Constance N. Fitzner
Timothy and
Cynthia Flanigan
Carol and Michael Flannagan
Esther M. Floyd
Elizabeth and Martin Fodor
George and Elizabeth Fomin
Meredith and Neal Foster
Lawrence and Ruth Foti
Naomi and James Fotiu
Gerald and Lynn Fouchey
Shari and Ben Fox
Roderick and Monique Fraser
Theresa A. Fraunhoffer
Lisa Frederick and
Norwood Catron
Sally Freeman
Geraldine G. Frenette
Jason Frenzel
Elizabeth A. Frey
Harry Fried and
Allison Stupka
Martha and
Thomas A. Friedlander
Candace Friedman
Marilyn L. Friedman
Elisabeth C. Galea
Harriet Gales
Keith and Larisa Gall
Teresa Gallagher and
Jonathan Ayers
Sharon Gambin and
Robert Teicher
Alexander Ganago and
Natalia Bruneau
James and
Barbara Garavaglia
Dolcy Garfield
GE Foundation
Kathleen and
Stephen Gebarski
Stephen and
Kathleen Gebarski
Janice R. Geddes
Eric L. Geiser
Barbara and
Thomas D. Gelehrter
Patricia Gensemier-Stein and
Thomas Stein
Gail Gentes and
Philip Hanlon
Renate and
Leonardas Gerulaitis
Robert Getty and
Barbara Kramer-Getty
Cheryl and N. Gibbs
Helen and Karl Gierman
Anne Elizabeth Gilbert
Beth Gilford
Wayne A. and Birute Z. Gillis
Linda and Edward Gillis
Bonnie Gilroy
Beverly Jeanne Giltrow
Linda and Paul Girard
Teri Girgenti
George Gish
Marlene and
Rocco Giurlanda
Margaret and David Gladd
Thomas M. Glaser
Muriel and
Melvyn I. Gluckman
William C. Godwin
August and Sharon Golden
Lisa and Bob Goldstein
Cheryl and Mark Good
Suzanne D. Goodrich
Alan and Sara Gosman
Judith A. and G. F. Graber
Christopher and
Elaine Graham
H. James and
Gail M. Graham
Suzanne Grahn and
Daniel Schulman
William L. Grams
Mary Sue Grant
Kathryn and Anthony Greco
Michele Eickholt and
Lee Green
Elaine and Robert Greene
Barbara and Dale Greiner
Joseph Grengs and
Suzanne Copsey
John and Helen Griffith
Gina and Berny Groth
Beverly and George Grove
Stephen and Robin Gruber
Robert E. and
Pamela J. Guenzel
David Gunter and
Angie Musiel
Yunzhou Guo
Lionel and Carol Guregian
Gwenda and
James T. Guthrie
Dietmar Haenchen and
Kristen Barry
David and Mina Hale
Brian and Kirsten Hallstrom
Fred and Rebecca Hankin
Marcia L. Hannewald, Esq.
Mark and Sally Hanselman
Gordon and
Margaret Hansen
Olive E. Hansen
Audrey and
Michael Hanzlian
Susan Harris and
Michael Weymouth
Cynthia B. Harrison
John A. and
Anita M. Hartmus
Glenda Haskell and
Rick Reichman
Robert and Sherry Hatcher
Elizabeth and
Edward Hathaway
William P. Hawkins
William and Kathy Hawks
Andreas Hayden and
Emily Thompson
Linda and Ryan Haywood
Thomas and
Jennifer Hazelton
Paul W. and
Julie M. Heinrichs
Ruthann and Jerry Helmer
R. Paul and
Kathleen Henchey
Paula Hencken and
George Collins
Sandy Heng
John and Janet Henkel
Paul and Nicole Henry
Casey S. Hermoyian
William and
Bernadette Heston
George and Nancy Hewens
Mary and Steven Hewlett
Thomas and Helen Higby
Friedhelm and
Sabine Hildebrandt
Mark Hildebrandt
Diane and John Hilfinger
Laura and Peretz Hirschbein
Christina and John Hoard
John and Irene Hoban
Tim and Anne Hoban
Stefanie K. Hodgson
Liam R. Hoekenga
Shirley and
R. Timothy Hogan
Brenda Hogue and
William Hogue
Peter and Nan Holmes
Margaret Holten
Pamela Hoose
Andrea and Gregg Horvath
David and Susan Horvath
Lidie and Alan Howes
Malcolm and Mary Hudson
Mary S. Huggins
Catherine E. Humes
Jeff Ilasenko
Jeffrey Insko
Janice and Jon Inwood
Richard Jackson and
Joan Guilford
David Jacobi
Kathryn Jacobi
Joseph G. Jaeger
Belle Janiszewski
Daniel Jansen and Sue Crisp
Dale and James K. Jerome
Barbara and
Thomas Johnson
Denise M. Johnson
Mark and Jane Johnson
Robin and Dale Johnson
Theodore and
Elizabeth Johnson
Johnson Controls Foundation
Kathleen and
Richard Johnston
Meredyth and Paul Jones
Ruth and Lawrence W. Jones
Shirley J. Jones
Stephen G. Josephson and
Sally C. Fink
Judith and Charles Judge
Jennifer and David Kangas
Nora and Fred Karsch
Elizabeth and
Norman Karsten
Joanne and James O. Keefer
Joan Keiser and Arthur Tai
Susan R. Keller
Leslie and Keith Kellman
Connie Kelly and Mark Saur
Sarah Kelly and
Kevin Bushre
Diane and William Kennedy
Joe and Linda Kern
Martha Kern-Boprie and
David Boprie
Christine and Jeff Kerr
Kathleen and Donald Kersten
Barbara Kessler and
Richard Soble
Rodger Ketchman
Jack and Jeanette Keyser
Shokoufeh H. Khalatbari
Dennis Kinchen and
Johanna Yuhas
Carolyn and Chris King
Jim and Mabelle Kirk
Margaret and James Kirk
David C. and
Lynn F. Kirkpatrick
Valerie Kivelson and

Timothy Hofer
Peter F. and Susan B. Klaas
Amy Klettner and
Joseph Arozarena
Richard and Vickie Knapp
William L. and
Betty G. Knapp
Ken and Kathie Knight
Kathryne and Timothy Knott
Gregory Kolecki and
Sandra Gast
Patricia Koman and
Richard Norton
Mary and Andrew Koran
Alan and Sandra Kortesoja
Barbara Kramer
Treva and R. Haydn Kramer
Laurie D. Krauth
Dorine Kroll
Robert and Ann Krueger
Faith and Ralph Krug
Roseann and Richard Krul
Joseph and Kathleen Kubis
Marcia and Garry Kudlinski
Tim and Gail Kuhnlein
Lucinda Kurtz and
Oran Hesterman
Dina and Keith Kurz
Carole Kuzara
Pamela and Matthew Kuzel
KY Forest Industries Assoc.
Inc.
Katie Kyndely and
Dan Saunders
Kenneth and
Maria Laberteaux
John and Margaret Laird
Jeffrey Lake and
Julie Whiston
John P. Langmore
Patricia and Douglas Langs
Alesia Lapinsky
Elizabeth Joan Larin
Elizabeth and
David J. Larwa
Roger Lauer and Ellen Stone
Barbara and Jeferey Laufer
Sandra L. Laurence
Thomas Lawrence
Mary and Thomas Layher
Leslie and Robert Lazzerin
Darlene J. Ledwon
Granville and Cynthia Lee
Jessica I. Lehr
Maria and Glenn C. Lehr
James R. Lempke
Diane and Richard Lenk
Carol S. LeRoy
Ann L. Levenick
Glenn and Melissa Levine
Michael V. Levine
John T. and
Kathleen J. Levinson
Cherie and Robert Levy
Carol and Richard Leyshock
Richard L’Heureux and
Lisa Kaberna
Andrea H. and
Jack H. Lighthall
John and Priscilla Lillie
Vivian Lin and James Riddell
Judy A. Lintern
Jing Liu and Jun Li
Melissa Lomibao
Carol J. Loveland-Cherry
Judith and Reynold D. Lowe
Joan Lowenstein and
Jonathan Trobe
Susan Lubanski and
Glenn Peterson
Robert and Pamela Ludolph
Marjory S. Luther
Jeffrey and Karen Lycan
Nancy S. Lynn
Ann and David Lyzenga
Ormond A. MacDougald
Philip and Carol MacFarland
D. MacGregor and
R. Posthuma
Barbara A. MacKenzie
Deborah Mackie and
Peter Ehrlich
David Madigan and
Teri Supanich
Deborah and
R. Michael Mahoney
Barbara A. Major
Robert and Wilma Majors
Leonard and Elaine Male
Janet and Kevin Malley
Karola K. Mallinger
Beverly J. Manko
Tod and Diana Mapes
Joan Margeson and
Kenneth Silk
J. Lee and Greg A. Marks
Kathryn and Andrew Marsh
Masco Corporation
Judith and
G. Kenneth Massingill
Valerie Mates and Jan Wolter
Pam and Paul Maturo
Jeffrey and Sandra Maxwell
John and Mary Maxwell
Carol Mayer and
George Weiland
Larry Maynard and
Pamela Tonda
Miroda I. McAuliffe
Charles E. McCarthy, Jr.
George J. and
June L. McCarthy
Margaret and
N. Harris McClamroch
Richard and
Mary McClinton
Rita and C. A. McClumpha
Mary and James McCollum
Elizabeth H. McDonald
Jennifer and
Andrew McFinton
Wilbert and
Virginia McKeachie
Paul and Mary McKeever
Paul T. and
Marilyn J. McKelvey
Barbara E. McKinley
Donald and
Patricia McLennan
Thomas and
Suzanne McLinden
Gioconda and
J. Thayer McMillan
Maureen McNeely
Daniel Q. McNerny
William H. and
Marilyn M. McNitt
Mary and Kevin McNulty
Annabel and
John R. McWilliams
Nelson and Catherine Meade
Richard and Ellen Meader
Kathleen and
Robert Megginson
Karen and Richard Meints
Sara A. Memmott
Marcia J. Mengel
Janice K. Merz
Judy and Jon Messner
Kathleen E. Meyer
Michigan State African
Violet Society
A. Rees Midgley and
Jane Wilson Coon
Harold H. and
Barbara B. Miller
Lillian and Edwin W. Miller
Luan Leslie Miller
Sandra and Bob Miller
Jean and Ronald Milligan
Sarah Minor and
Barry Seifer
John M. Mirsky
Colleen and Robert Mitchell
Jeffrey and Kim Mitchell
James C. Mohr
Sarah E. Monje
David B. Moody
Laurel Moore and
David Irani
Bruce W. Moorman
Cheryl and Bob Morris
Jerry J. Morris and
Lynn Parkllan
Cynthia and
Michael Morrissey
Wayne and
Dorothy Morsfield
H. I. Mosberg and
D. Weintrob
Cruse and
Virginia Patton Moss
Mary and Amir Mostaghim
Janet Muhleman
Sarah Mullins
Richard J. Murphy
Margaret H. Nance
Christine L. Nass
Dawn and Robert Needham
Matthew and Denise Neely
Shifrah Nenner and
Jeffrey Ogden
Laura and Eric Neubauer
Newcomers Club
of Livingston County
Deborah and
David Nicholson
Larry and Sarah Nooden
Janet and Ross Nord
Peter and Martha Northrup
Brian Oatley
Brent and Karen O’Banion
Gail S. Ochs
Ellen and Samuel G. Offen
Carolyn O’Neill and
Harvey Stoll
DONOR SPOTLIGHT
Spring Plant Sale
The Plant Sale Preview Party for members
kicked off a great weekend for the 2008
Spring Plant Sale. Members enjoyed a glass
of wine, hors d’oeuvres and an occasional
visit by our very own Chocolate fairie while
they shopped among our great selection of
plants. A festive air prevailed throughout the
tents as they happily chose just the right
plant(s!!!) for their gardens.
This merry mood continued throughout the
rest of the weekend when the sale opened
to all. Shoppers enjoyed the mini-lectures
and demonstrations on a variety of topics
presented by our sponsors, staff, volunteers,
and vendors. Our vendors (Old House
Gardens, Project Grow, Growing Hope, and
Native Plant Nursery) were pleased at the
opportunity to reach a new audience. Our
shoppers also enjoyed being able to purchase
so many of their plants and gardening
supplies at one location. Best yet, they knew
they were supporting a great cause.
We are grateful for the support of our
members, the public, and our new friends
and sponsors (see preceding donor spotlight
for the list). Thank you all for making the
sale a true success.

DONOR SPOTLIGHT
A Gift of Art
Marge Alpern sees artistic beauty in her
gardens. As the plants grow and change
through the seasons, new shapes and forms
appear. She seeks sculptures and objects
that complement this naturally evolving
beauty. Her appreciation of art and nature
as well as her love of Matthaei Botanical
Gardens brought her to the decision to
make a gift for temporary art displays in the
Conservatory.
Thanks to Marge and Bob Alpern’s
generosity, a series of photographs by
Michigan nature photographer, Steve Nikkila,
is scheduled for display in the Conservatory.
The first set, featuring the monarch butterfly,
will run from September to December 2008.
Others will appear at regular intervals. We
invite you to come see for yourself how this
art enhances the Conservatory.
It is through gifts like these, that we can
make our garden into a destination for
people to visit over and over again.
Patrick H. O’Neill
Camille L. Orso and
Edward Morin
Constance L. and
David W. Osler
James R. Packard
Donald and Diana Palmer
David and Debbie Paris
Karen Park
Susan Parrish and
Bruce Judge
Stephen Pastner and
Judith Irvine
Lisa Patrell and
Joseph Fazio
Margaret A. Patulski
Arlene and Robert Paup
Laura and Robert Payne
Gordon and
Colette Peckham
Carey and Mark Pellerin
Frank and Lisa Pelosi
Perk & Brew Corporation
George and
Barbara M. Perkins
Linnea Perlman
Cheryl and Gary Perrine
Ann Marie Peskowski
Larry Peters
Sara Peth and Gregory Jones
Patricia A. Peyser
Wilsy Philips
Lindsay Pierce
Robert C. Pierce
Jan and Morand Piert
Vicki M. Pierzynski
Holly and Larry Pilon
Adela Pinch
Wini Pinet and Brian White
Cara and Joe Polak
Irwin and Marcille Pollack
Laura and Ernest Pollitz
Phyllis Ponvert
Evelyn and Friedrich Port
Wayne Potter and
Mariella Mecozzi
M. Robin and
Edward Potthoff
Paul and Rebekah Potts
William and Nancy Powers
Diana and William Pratt
Mary and Robert Pratt
Henry Prebys
George and Joan Price
Carlos Prieskorn
ProQuest
Mary and Michael Pulick
Stan Raden
Judith A. Rady
John and Sandra Rae
Peter Railton and
Rebecca Scott
Alice J. Ralph
Laura Ramirez
Mary Hibbard Ramirez
Russell and Nancy Raney
Cyndi and Steven Rapai
Alfred and
Jacqueline Raphelson
Anne and Robert Rapp
Sarah and Jeff Rassoul
Nancy and
Timothy Raymond
Ronald R. Reed
Robin and Steven Reisig
Mary and John Remmers
Christopher and
Gwen Reynolds
Jill and Terry Rheinheimer
Timothy and Teresa Rhoades
Kimberly and William Rice
Nancy Rice
Mary V. Richter
Janice and Michael Riggs
John J. and Kim M. Rinn
Catherine Riseng and
Earl Goddin
Dorothy and
Marlin P. Ristenbatt
Patricia and Dennis Ritchie
David C. and
Debra V. Roberts
Leslie J. Roberts
Daniel and
Barbara Robertson
Elizabeth A.R. Robinson
Milton and Chris Rochman
Vicki and Robert Rodriguez
Nancy and Dennis Roggers
Lisa and Jim Rohrborn
Keith R. Rolston
Victor and Valerie Rosenberg
Edie W. and
Richard Z. Rosenfeld
Jack Rosenzweig and
Patty Gillum
Richard and
Candice Rosowski
Jonathan Rothman and
Jacquelyn Grisdale
Jeffrey Rowe
Irving and Sylvia Rozian
Richard and Stone Rupp
Glen B. and
Margaret J. Rutila
Michal and Joshua Samuel
Lynn Ann Sandmann
Michelle and
Larry D. Sanford
Andrea Sankar and
Mark Luborsky
Tricia R. Sartor
Margaret and
Charles S. Saxon
Cindy Schaefer-Munz and
Jay Munz
Benedict Schell
Judy and
Charles A. Scheltema
Stacey Schenker and
Jonathan Fleszar
Dianne and Norman Scherr
Nancy E. Schieb
Kristen and John Schleick
Patricia and Richard Schmidt
MaryElin and
Curt R. Schneider
David and Karyn Schoem
Jason Scholz and
Mary Beth Wyllie
Barbara and
Donald Schommer
Leslie S. Schoof
Sheila Schueller and
Jason Kahn
Suzanne Schuon
Norbert Schwarz and
Daphna Oyserman
Glenna and
Robert Schweitzer
Anthony and Claudia Scioly
James and Linda Selwa
Caroline Serfass
Shawn M. Severance
Stanley and
Grace Shackman
Judith S. Shapiro
Matthew Shapiro and
Susan Garetz
David and Elvera Shappirio
Lawrence and Gail Sharley
Dan Sharp and Betsy Hagan
Jean Whittemore Sharp
Robert Sharrar and
Mary Culik
Clifford G. and
Ingrid B. Sheldon
Donna M. Shields
Jeff Shufeldt
Robert and Lisa Siebelink
Carolyn Ann Siebers
Elizabeth Sikkenga
Mary and
Raymond Silverman
Faye L. Silverstein
Michael Simon and
Wendy Uhlmann
Frances U. and
Scott K. Simonds
Pamela Ann Sinclair
Mary J. Singer
Mary and Steven Singleton
Pam Sinnott
Leon Sirvaitis and
Ruth O’Brien
Kelly J. Sisson
James and Viveca Skean
Lori Skibbe and Ryan Bowles
Michael and Patricia Sluder
Donald and Jean Smith
Frederick and
Priscilla A. Smith
Judith and David Smith
Laurence and Joanne Smith
M. Pamela and
Richard J. Smith
Macklin and Lynette Smith
Mark and June Smith
Marla J. Smith
Pringle F. Smith
Sharon A. Smith
William and Patty Smith
Susan and Richard Sobota
Elizabeth and
Vernon H. Soden
Alan and Judith Somershoe
Elinore and
R. Thomas Sommerfeld
Holly and Michael Sorscher
Maureen and Ken Sparkman
Antoinette Spears
John W. Spieth
Lisa Spindler Photography,
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Edmund Starrett

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Joshua Stein and Cris Coren
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Barbara and
James Stephenson
Scott F. Stewart
Christine Stier and
Thomas Fricke
Beryl and John Stimson
Bradford and Beverly Stone
C. Addison Stone and
Joanne Carlisle
Evan and Brie Stosick
William and Janet Stover
Mary and Gary Straffon
Paul Straka and
Amy Janowicz
Kathleen F. Stroud
Rita and Daniel Stuart
Barbara and David Sturtz
Jeanette R. Sullivan
John and Susan Sullivan
Patricia and Robert Sullivan
Robert Summers and
Kathleen Campbell
Charlotte B. Sundelson
Mary Pat and
John W. Suttinger
Susan Shannon Swantek
Joyce and Jim Sweeney
Martin J. Sylvain
Frederick and
Barbara Syrjanen
Maciej B. Szefler
Susan and Kenneth Tack
Brian and Lee Talbot
Charles A. Taylor II
Charles and Debbie Taylor
Kristina and David Taylor
Louise and Bob Taylor
Lois A. Theis
Gail Thomas
Christine and
Kevin Thompson
Joan and Patrick Thompson
Luella Thompson
Marie Thompson
James and
Mary Lynn Thomson
Simon and Carolyn Thorpe
M. D. Thouless and Yili Wu
Laura and Lewis Tillman
Janice and Robert Titiev
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Frank Tomchak and
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Leah and David Tremonti
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Laura E. Woolley
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Alice and R. Bailey
Kim Bailey
Anne Baird
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Jeffrey Benko
Robert Bennett
Shawn C. Bennett
Jeanette M. Benson
Robert A. Berarducci
Jo Anne M. Bertoni
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Nancy Bielak
Barbara Bilge
Carla K. Bisaro
Elizabeth S. Bishop
Lorne C. Black, Jr.
Susan M. Blaisdell
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Barbara J. Boddy
Francine Bomar
Joyce J. Bonk
Reva Bornstein
Janet M. Bosshart
Amy Bothner
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Janet I. Calle
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Deborah Carr and
C. Michael Taylor
Robert G. Carter
Cynthia Casteel
Lynn P. Chard
Lanette K. Chisnell
Mary Christianson
Angela Christie
Diane F. Clark
Nora Clark
Francile C. Clevenger
Rita Clinthorne
Thomas Coates
Sara Collins
Suzanne C. Collins
Judith Connett
Kathryn Glynis Coon
Marge F. Cooper
Linda L. Coughenour
Diane D. Coxford
Carol Cramer
Harvey and Helen Cramer
David P. Curtis
Marlyss Cutshall
Roderick K. Daane
Lyubica Dabich
Judith Daltuva
Jodi Darling
Luann M. Davis
Evelyn L. Devlin
Joanne Dewey
Nancy DeWolf
Caroline Dieterle
Mary Dinnan
Mary Dolan
Pat Donahey
Darlene Drury
DTE Energy Foundation
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Jacque Dunham
Patrick F. Durack
Swati Dutta
Sandra D. Dwyer
Amanda M. Edmonds
E. and G. Elkington
Ann S. Epstein
Marina Epstein
Aunita L. Erskine
Nanette Esker
Delano Esselman
Judith Estes
Holly L. Evanoff
Kenneth and Mary Evans
Danny H. Farra
Sheila Feld
H. Jane Ferguson
Lillian I. Ferguson
Carolyn I. Ferrell
Anne Ferris
Lisa P. Field
Laurel A. Fields
Jane L. Fisher
Marci B. Fishman
Gloria Jean Fitzpatrick
Ann Lee Fleckenstein
Gary L. Flum
Nan-Marie Fox
Lois A. Foyle
Janet N. Frank
DONORS July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Loretta Franzen
Tom and Catherine Freeman
Janet Frick
Kathy Fulkerson
Ann Fulmer
Enid H. Galler
Jack Galopin
Lois Kennedy Gamble
Ronald L. Gamble
Penny Garthwaite
Ann M. Davis Garvin
Sandra Gast and
Gregory Kolecki
Sarah Geisler
David Gendler
Pamela Gentner
Marie F. Gentz
Leonore B. Gerstein
Margaret G. Gilbert
Jane B. Gilchrist
Shirley A. Glass
Margaret Glazko
Debra L. Glen
Sandra M. Goldberg
Brad Goodwin
Jean F. Gordon
Karl M. Gordon
Wendy L. Gouine
Elizabeth Needham Graham
Bruce B. Graves
Joann Green
William A. Gregory
Dunrie Greiling
Iris M. Gruhl
Bonnie Guest
Jodi L. Guibord
Carl E. Guldberg
Merle Arnt Haanes
Elise B. Hagy
Patricia and John Haines
Sarah Hanifi
Agnes Hannahs
Louise S. Hauenstein
Gail E. Haynes
Janis Hayward
Leslie Healy
Peggy A. Heffner
Margaret Heirman
Erin Helmrich
Stephen J. Hendel
Lori and Dale Henry
William and Pamela Henry
Thomas J. Herbst
Ernest A. Hershey III
Jeanette Hescheles
Jacqueline Heubel
Sandra L. Hewitt
Gloria A. Heym
Millicent Higgins
Elizabeth L. Hill
Elizabeth Hillgren
Sandra Hilton
Michael P. Hlady
Eleanor M. Hoag
Geraldine T. Hofer
Alice K. Holderby
Maurita P. Holland
John Holm
Homewood Gardens LLC
Patricia A. Honton
Antonina Chronowski
Hopping

DONORS July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Elaine Hovey
Elaine R. Hretz
Patricia Hriczak
Anne Hudon
Janet M. Hug
Joanne Hulce
Catherine E. Humes
Dale and Helaine Hunscher
Diana Hunt
Jean M. Hunt
Nancy R. Hunt
Gertrude Huntington
Delberta J. Irvin
Mary L. Jackman
Kimberly B. Jacobson
Richard A. Jacoby
Thomas A. Jameson
Julia C. Jarvis
Sarah E. Jarvis
Joseph E. Jaworski
Susan L. Johe
Martha S. Johnson
Mary Johnson
Nancy C. Johnson
Victoria Johnson
Gloria and Kevin Jones
Jean A. Jones
James W. Kadlubowski
Kathryn Kamm
Nancy E. Keils
Catherine E. Kerr
Roger and Terry Keyser
Wilfred M. Kincaid
Chris M. Klosterman
Bridget A. Knyal
Ernestine Kokas
Tomoko Komiyama
Mary Jane Kosinski
Laurice A. Kotchenruther
Lisa A. Kozakowski
Elizabeth Krafchak
Luke E. Kremer
Ann and Robert Krueger
Ann Kruszewski
Eleanor Kuhl
Diane M. Kuhlman
Scott G. Kunst
Julius Kusey
Lee Ann Lack
Joyce Jou-Ching Lai
Mary Ann Lamkin
Mary Lampe
Ruth M. Langston
Leslie Kaye Larkins
Carolyn Lashchuk
Karen Laskowski
Thelma Lauderbaugh
Barbara J. Lauzon
Earlene M. LaWall
Sarah Lawrence
Dung T. Le
Cathleen Leese
Heidi E. Leland
Mary S. LeMire
Paul H. Lenhard
Janice W. Leonard
Carolyn Bryant Lepard
Jan C. Leventer
Jacqueline H. Lewis
Laura Liebler
Dorothy Kerkhoff Lieffers
Hsialien Lin
Robert Lincoln
Robin Little
Suzette Little
James T. and
Louise Anderson Low
Lynn M. Lumbard
Paula Mac
Wensday MacDonald
Mary A. Maciak
John D. Macorkindale
Judy Magee
Michael Magner
Duncan N. Magoon
Deborah Malamud
Paula Malone
Greg A. and J. Lee Marks
Norma Marshall
Penelope J. Martinak
Natalie Matovinovic
Yasuko Matsudo
Patti McCall
Katherine McCarthy
Kathryn T. McGrath
Jessica McHugh
Nancy E. McKay
Marla McKelvey
Renee and Joseph McKeone
Janet P. McLennan
Beverlee J. Melancon
James L. Melby
John W. Melvin
Valerie A. Michel
Karen Clark Mikus
Pamela C. and John E. Miley
Albina S. Miller
Susan Miller
Kaoru Mineishi
Natalie Mobley
Kathleen A. Mogelgaard
Ruth Moline
Linda Monroe
Carilee Moran
Paulette Morgan
Sean Morin
Halla Motawi
Patricia M. Moulis
Erik A. Mueggler
Vincenza Mueller
Adele Muench
Glenn C. Muhr
Tomoko Murakami
Nancy E. Murray
Pauline R. Nagara
Krish and
Pasupathi Narayanan
Elizabeth R. Neidhardt
Alma J. Nelson
Louise Ann Neuman
Susan B. Neuman
Ruthann Nichols
Lynne M. Nickle
Els Nieuwenhuijsen
Zigrida Niki
Robert Nissly and
Marcia Harrison
Camilla M. Noah
Shiela Norgren
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Cecelia Ober
Ronald George Oblander
Karen Sue O’Connor
Allen S. Odell
Jeannette Ohm
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Irene Olencki
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Sally O’Neall
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Patricia J. Paris
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Ann L. Pylman
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Dennis Rankin
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Darryl and Bernice Raymond
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Christine Reo
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Barbara Rosen
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Patricia Runyon
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Judith Salyer
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Laura Schultz
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Iain M. Scott
Marnita Scott
Deanna Searls
Barbara Segal
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Harriet C. Selin
Mary Ann Sellers
Jennifer Lynn Senko
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Kenneth A. Shaw
Mary R. Shell
Carey Sherman
Joan P. Shields
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Cynthia Smith
Evelyn L. Smith
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Mary W. Smith
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Sherri A. Smith
Vernon H. Soden
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James F. Spevak
S. Gary Spicer
Barbara Stark-Nemon
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Katherine R. Stolaruk
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Denise M. Tanguay
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Nancy J. Vaghy
Sandra R. Vallie
Nancy VanAlstine
Jane M. VanBolt
Annette B. van der Schalie
Sara E. VanderVoort
Daniel A. Vanneste
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James Varani
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Karen L. Vikstrom
Brenda Volling
Kristin Vonreesema
Edward G. Voss
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Susan Waldschmidt
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Beverly Walters
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Christine Ward
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Jeanette M. Wasick
Mary Ellen Weakley
Nancy Smith Weber
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Glory Werner
Jean Wheatley
Joan M. Wheeler
Frank A. White, III
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Carol Wilke
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Linda Williams
Linda G. Williams
Sara Williams
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Henry T. Wright
Jacquelyn G. Wright
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Timothy Young
Rachel M. Yu
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Imagine what a harmonious world it could
be if every single person, both young and old,
shared a little of what he is good at doing.
— QUINCY JONES
Every year, MBGNA
volunteers share many
skills with us, whether
they are tending the soil, caring
for collections, restoring natural
areas, welcoming visitors or
teaching children about the
wonders of nature. In 2007–08
volunteers generously donated
over 12,000 hours of service. It
is hard to imagine the Gardens
and Arb without our devoted
crew of volunteers!

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Nichols Arboretum
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Editor
Dorothea Coleman
mbgna.editor@umich.edu
Designer
Kara Kilmer
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Interim Director
Paul E. Berry
Associate Director
Karen Sikkenga
Regents 2008
Julia Donovan Darlow, Ann Arbor
Laurence B. Deitch, Bingham Farms
Olivia P. Maynard, Goodrich
Rebecca McGowan, Ann Arbor
Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor
Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park
S. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe Farms
Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor
Mary Sue Coleman (ex officio)
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