October - UT Gardens - The University of Tennessee

What you learn
from a walk in
the Gardens...
The interview protocol at these walks has made
for some very interesting results so far.
On one summer day, almost all of the
attendees were new to Knoxville and almost
none of them had joined the Friends yet. They
were enthusiastic about getting involved in
the Knoxville community and gardening activities.
One person had moved to Knoxville upon
retirement from the University of Michigan and
said she was sorry to leave from there only
because she would like to have continued
volunteering at the Arboretum.
One attendee at a walk spoke highly of Sandi
Burdick from her acquaintance with her at a
Secret Garden Party and said she’d come to the
Gardens because Sandi encouraged her to go
“check them out.”
Another attendee said she’d thought the Plaza
was a bad idea at first, but now she thought
it was turning out to be wonderful when she
finally came to see herself.
Several came to see the passion flower in
bloom … and they were.
One came all the way from Maynardville and
another from Athens. We had people from out
of state who happened to hear the WUOT spot
on their way through town and stopped by.
Attendees expressed appreciation for the
student interns, Robin Yeary and Stephen
Wolfe, who led the walks that summer day and
gave out lots of information.
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Friends ($2,500+)
Dr. Jesse Poore
Benefactors ($1,000+)
Garden Study Club
East Tennessee
Hosta Society
Patrons ($500+)
Dorothy & Caesar Stair
Business Friends ($250+)
Modern Design Landscaping
Sponsoring
Friends ($250+)
R.C. & Connie Gonzalez
Sherri Parker Lee
Mr. & Mrs. W. R. McNabb
Garden Club and
Society Friends ($100+)
Gardeners’ Forum
Tellico Village Garden Club
Contributing
Friends ($100+)
Eli & Catherine Fly
Anna T. Ford
Mary Donnet Johnson
Marian Oates
Theresa Pepin
Mary Ann & David Piper
Patty Powers
Dr. & Mrs. John Rodgers
Robbie Nelson &
Tammy Stoneberger
Lynn Venafro
Family Friends
Bob & Betty Braden
Michael & Heather Floan
Mary Laura Koella
Susanne Levi
Catharene & Jim Petty
Individual Friend
Julia Christenson
Glenda Clark
Pat Dent
Mary Frances Drak
Melissa Ferguson
Marsha Flanigan
Barbara Garret
Judy Griffith
Janet & Rob Herman
Marie S. Hogan
Lois Hoskins
Martha Lionberger
Janet Lundy
Joanna Montgomery
Linda Rogers
Fran Scheidt
Jeanie Shover
Jennifer Stokes
Debbie Way
Martha J. Williamson
Thea Yoder
Donations
Adopt-a-Garden Gold
East Tennessee Hosta Society
Friendship Plaza Project
Melinda Davis
Lane Hays
Linda Yates
In honor of
Dr. Bruce Avery by West Hills
10 o’clock Gardeners
Frances Lothrop by the
Gardener’s Forum
Mary Spengler by
Deborah Whitson, Diane Gross,
Elaine Powell, Ann Shelor,
Lynn Wardley and Marnie Page
Theresa Pepin by Kanunsita
Garden Club
Theresa Pepin by
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McNabb
Angela and Greg Ellenburg by
Joe Fuhr
Faye Beck by Sunrise Garden Club
In memory of
C. Tony Jeffries by Lucy Gibson
Frances McAmis Lothrop by The Knoxville Garden
Club, Suzanne Stowers, Virginia Rogers, Faye
Beck, Mary Collins Shepard, Mary Gillespie,
Connie and Clayton Greene, Marty Russell,
Sandi Burdick, Edward S. Albers, Jr., Dick and
Jean Bowen, William and Marian Broome,
Dr. James and Jerry Burdette, Daniel and Ellyn
Cauble, Dr. William and Gertrude Gardner,
Elizabeth Lee, Dan Mayo, Ellen Mitchell, Lloyd
and Nancy Montgomery, Dr. Tom and Ellen
Morgan, Margaret Newton, Don and Nancy
Preston, John and Mary Rayson, Robert and
Carol Schmid, Betty Schmid, James and Mimi
Smith, Joe and Mary Spengler, Lillie Wallace,
Julia Webb, William and Betsy Wright, Hallie
Galyon, Alex and Mary Belle Harkness, James
and Marilyn Dick, Mrs. Floyd Goodson, Jr.,
Robert and Julia Schriver, Dr. A. Michael and
Cammy Glover, Shirley Heinsohn, Richard and
Angelyn Koella, John and Sandra Butler, Karen
Petrey, Tom and Melissa McAdams, George
Wilson, Townsend and Conni Collins, Kim
McMillan, James and Melinda Ethier, Ann and W.
C. Adams, Thomas and Anna Ford, James N.
Proffitt Jr., Whitney Dunford, Carter V. Slatery,
Jennifer and Christopher Jones, Proffitt &
Goodson, Inc., Dr Robert and Helen Ferguson,
Ed and Susan Adams, Richard and Lee Whitson,
Martha Williamson, Joanne Stephenson,
Veterinary Referral Surgical, and Jane and
Robert Smith.
Modern Design Landscaping generously
donated proceeds of its Pond Tour to the Friends
in July 2007.
Gift memberships were given by Susanne Levi
and Debbie Mayfield.
All annual memberships and donations at the level
of $250 and above are listed on the annual giving
board in the Gardens prepared for the Friends Annual
Report in late December.
Silver Anniversary Friends at the level of $2,500
and above in 2007-2008 will be permanently
recognized on the new marble donor wall in the
Friendship Plaza.
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