“If you’ve never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.”
Vision Statement
Through botanical, horticultural and educational excellence, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden will reveal the unity and integration of human and plant life, celebrate the fundamental significance of the natural world, and enrich our community and beyond.
Robert Brault
If “abundance” is receiving … achieving … and sharing more than imagined, then fiscal year 2010-11 was truly a year of abundance at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. No one demonstrated more abundant love for Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden than Lora M. Robins, our long-time friend. Mrs. Robins influenced the Garden’s evolution during her lifetime—and at her passing last year. We will continue to celebrate her generous legacy for years to come! (see page 8) As a result of Mrs. Robins’ and many others’ visionary support, close to 318,000 visitors were greeted last year with an endless array of outstanding horticultural displays, educational experiences, community events, and memorable opportunities for family fun. “Orchids Galore!” launched A Million Blooms with exquisite, sometimes rare orchid specimens. “Glorious Glass in the Garden” showcased flameworked glass sculptures by world-renowned artist Hans Godo Fräbel. Meanwhile, enhancements to the Central Garden refined its classical design and added a new Fountain Garden with dancing water and light as an inviting prelude to the Conservatory.
Believing that abundance multiplies when shared, the Garden demonstrated our Mission by offering free admission on July Fourth, hosting at-risk school groups, and welcoming need-based and charitable organizations through our Sharing the Garden program. We deepened alliances with like-minded organizations; partnered with educators, schools, and vulnerable communities; earned designation as a Virginia Green Attraction; strengthened our volunteer corps; and donated almost 26,000 pounds to date of nutritious vegetables from our Community Kitchen Garden to hungry neighbors in need. These and other noteworthy accomplishments are detailed inside this report. In so many ways, fiscal year 2010-11 was a year of abundance … and we thank you for your meaningful support which made it all possible. Now on to a new fiscal year, where we hope you’ll once again take part—as a contributor, volunteer, member, and of course, frequent visitor. May we share the joy of reaping more accomplishments, more enrichment, and more abundance than any of us has yet imagined!
Board of Directors
2011-2012 OFFICERS President William H. King, Jr. Vice President Charles H. Foster, Jr. Secretary Mary Anne Burke Treasurer James Starkey III General Counsel Dennis I. Belcher, Esq. Lifetime Director Lora M. Robins †
No wonder the Garden enjoyed substantial social-media chatter, as well as national publicity on more than one occasion. Frank L. Robinson Executive Director
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Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden | Honor Roll of Donors 2010–2011
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DON WILLIAMSON
Dear Friends of the Garden,
† Deceased
DIRECTORS
DIRECTORS (continued)
Robin Deal Baliles Thomas E. Beames, Jr. Mrs. Samuel Bemiss Roger L. Boeve Michele K. Burke Joelle Cosby Suzette Denslow Wilson Flohr Barbara M. Glenn, D.A. Ann Parker H. Gottwald Champe Granger Thomas Huff, Ph.D Donna Kelliher Steven Koprowski Kathleen Allen Luke Douglas N. Martin Sky Massey Lawrence W. McKoy, CPA J. Robert Mooney
Martha F. Moore Hugh Newton Helen R. Pinckney John M. R. Reed Kee Sung Ro Deborah Day Roach Martha L. Robertson Martha R. Sherman Carolyn Snow Jane B. Spilman Donald A. Steinbrugge Mary White Thompson Sue Thompson Peter C. Toms Ruby G. Turner Mary Ratrie Wick Deborah J. Wolenberg Dr. Charlotte B. Woodfin
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden | Honor Roll of Donors 2010–2011
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