252014 ANNUAL REPORT

Celebrating 25 Years of Saving and Sharing Gardens

Board of Directors Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr. Chairman

Courtnay S. DanielsVice-Chairman

Jenny Young du Pont President & CEO

Paul B. RedmanVice President

Howard G. SeitzSecretary/Treasurer

Amory A. Armstrong Robert M. Balentine1

Shelley Belling2

Allison K. Bourke Antonia Hunter Breck Susan Payson BurkeF. Colin CabotBarbara Whitney Carr Morris Cheston, Jr.3

Page DickeyElizabeth Everdell Dorothy H. Gardner Lionel Goldfrank III Susan Zises Green Henry P. Johnson Suzanne KayneSusan LowryJoseph Marek1

Evelyn M. McGee4

Chapin NolenSuzanne Rheinstein Deborah RoyceJorge A. Sánchez2

Paul G. Sittenfeld Patricia A. Steffan Susan StoneRodman Ward, Jr.

1. Joined Board in 20152. Joined Board in 20143. Retired in 20144. Retired in 2015

Table of ContentsLetter from the Chairman and President ........................ 1

Special Anniversary Feature: Personal perspectives from our first 25 years ...............3

2014 in Review:Saving Outstanding Gardens ........................................... 24Sharing Outstanding Gardens ......................................... 25Financial Statements ......................................................... 28Kayne Challenge .................................................................. 29Report of Gifts ....................................................................... 30 Anniversary Celebration Donors .................................... 36West Coast Council

Shelley BellingElizabeth EverdellCo-chairs

Antonia Hunter BreckMarion BrennerElizabeth ByersAndrea CochranKaye HeafeyPeggy HinmanJanell HobartRussell KeilJoseph MarekSusie McBaineMaura MoreyMary ReadSuzanne RheinsteinMike RippeyTom RohlenKate Rowe ArcherSuzanne TuckerRichard TurnerAlexis Woods

The Garden Conservancy Post Office Box 219 Cold Spring, NY 10516 Telephone: 845.424.6500 38 Keyes Avenue, Suite 204 San Francisco, CA 94129 Telephone: 415.441.4300 www.gardenconservancy.org

Photo credits: Front cover: Hooverness, Marion Brenner. Page 1: Ben Lenhardt, by Barbara Hansen. Jenny du Pont, by Willow Buscemi. Back cover: Rocky Hills, Chelsea Pomales.

Letter from the Chairman and President

What a year! Indeed, what a wonderful 25 years!

Gardens, whether small or large, formal or informal, are just as important in modern life as they were in ancient times. They stimulate all five senses and bring beauty, spirituality, and solace into our daily lives.

But don’t take just our word for it! A special pictorial section of our silver anniversary report includes quotations from many different people: our

preservation partners, Open Days hosts and visitors, landscape architects, horticultur-ists, and many others—about saving, sharing, and enjoying gardens. These personal perspectives illuminate not only what we do as an organization to save and share outstanding American gardens, but also WHY we do it and how it makes a difference.

The past year began with a strong increase in membership and contribu-tions, including several significant major gifts, and it closed with a flourish. In December we launched our anniversary festivities at a celebration dinner in New York and announced Suzanne and Ric Kayne’s generous challenge grant to spur our future growth and expansion.

In September, we welcomed Shelley Belling and Jorge Sánchez to our board of exceptionally talented directors. We also bid farewell to Morris Cheston, our former Vice President, as he retired from the Board after serving in many leadership roles, including co-chairing our most successful capital campaign.

In 2014, two gardens, Gaiety Hollow in Oregon and Hortulus Farm Garden & Nursery in Pennsylvania, were added to our preservation garden portfolio. Open Days expanded in many ways, introducing a series of pop-up nurseries at Open Days gardens, as well as talks and other related programming to supplement garden visiting. The Society of Fellows embarked on garden-study tours in Palm Beach, Philadelphia, and Spain, and shorter trips in Quebec, Westchester County, and Connecticut. Our financial condition has never been better. Summary information on these and other highlights of the past year are included in the “2014 in Review” section of this report.

None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the support and generosity of the hundreds of individuals and organizations listed in the “Report of Gifts.” To each of our members, supporters, partners, and friends across the country, an enormous thank you. We look forward to additional success as we work together in our next 25 years to save and share outstanding American gardens for the inspiration and education of the public.

Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr. Jenny Young du Pont Chairman of the Board President & CEO

The mission of the Garden Conservancy is to save and share outstanding American gardens for the education and inspiration of the public.

The Garden Conservancy works to:• Preserve gardens by partnering with

gardeners, communities, horticulturists, garden designers, and historians

• Share distinctive gardens and ideas with the public through Open Days, tours, and other educational programs

• Champion the vital role gardens play in our culture, our history, and our quality of life

MAR

ION

BRE

NN

ER

Why Save and Share Gardens?

Gardening is personal. Each of us experiences a garden in our own way. Each of us may also express in our own words and images our appreciation of a garden’s beauty, plantings, design, artfulness, and its resonance with our personal interpretation of life, as well as our interactions with nature and with each other.

At the same time, gardening is universal. From the Garden of Eden onward, gardens have been integral to human history and culture. Plants provide us with food, fuel, shelter, and medicine. In fact, all life on Earth is made possible

by the oxygen created by plant life, including garden plants. In our increasingly urban, mobile, and virtual world, gardens offer an ever more important connection to tangible nature and life.

The following pages contain personal observations from a few of the many people with whom we have had the honor to interact over the years—by opening the gates to a beautiful garden and sharing it with the public, by helping to restore or preserve an outstanding garden, or by collaborating and strategizing ways to save a historic or community treasure for future generations to enjoy.

Common themes emerge about the Garden Conservancy’s impact:• We Bring Together People and Gardens

• We Help Preserve Inspiring Artistic Visions

• We Bring Our Cultural Legacy to Life

• We Showcase Best Practices in Horticulture

• We Foster Vibrant Communities

These personal statements tell a compelling story. They explain not only what we at the Garden Conservancy do and how we approach our mission, but, much more importantly, WHY we do what we do.

In 1988, Frank and Anne Cabot visited Ruth Bancroft’s dry garden in Walnut Creek, CA. Ruth expressed concern about the future of her garden. Frank later reported, “...much to my great surprise, I remember actually shivering at the beauty of it. As we drove away, I said to my wife, ‘We have to find some way to help this woman.’ And she said, ‘Why don’t you start a garden conservancy?’ ”

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report Why Save and Share Gardens? • 3

We Bring Together People and GardensGardens are places where nature and humans interact. They connect us to the outside world, to our communities, and to each other. By saving and sharing outstanding American gardens through our preservation work and our Open Days and other programs, we help build and reinforce these connections. Gardens inspire and educate both visitors and hosts while grounding us all in the larger forces of life and nature.

“I live in paradise, and every day I get to experience the ecstasy and choreography of nature. It is nonstop art, and I am happy to share it. I've been told that my garden is one of the most popular because it's the most personal. And for me, it is a powerful place of healing, resolution, and renewal.”

— Julie Newmar, quoted in the Los Angeles Times, 2015

“In the garden our senses meld into each other: smell, vision, hearing, and touch....There are many terms that describe this elevated state—nirvana, bliss, flow, awakening—I call it visiting a garden.”

— George Ball

“I know first-hand the thrill that comes with sharing one’s own garden—such a personal effort that represents not only my creativity and inspiration, but just the plain hard work.”

— James deGrey David

Photo credits—Facing page: Atlanta garden-study tour. This page, clockwise from top left: Back Bay Fens, Society of Fellows garden-study tour in Boston, MA; Gardens of Alcatraz guided tour; Les Quatre Vents; Stonecrop Gardens, Cheryl Kelly; Van Vleck House & Gardens; Ruth Bancroft Garden; SC; Open Day, Pasadena, CA; Society of Fellows garden-study tour in Philadelphia.

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report We Bring Together People and Gardens • 5

“I think you can learn something from visiting almost any garden, whether from a plant angle or a design idea. Gardeners are plagiarists, and the best gardeners are the best plagiarists; they adapt other people’s ideas to their own set ting.”

— Virginia Small, Fine Gardening, 2005

“When you visit a museum, you don’t get to talk to Mr. Whistler or Mr. Rembrandt about how he achieved a certain effect or where he acquired a particular pigment. But when garden visiting, one often gets to meet the creator of a garden smack in the middle of his creation, and most often he or she is open to questions and full of advice.”

— Marco Polo Stufano

6 • We Bring Together People and Gardens The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report

We Bring Together People and Gardens

“…the Open Days program will make possible tens of thousands of garden visits across the country this spring and summer… What they’ve launched is an institution, and if my hunch is right, it could do more for horticultural cross-fertilization than anything to hit the American garden since, well, the bumblebee.”

— Michael Pollan, Vogue, 1999

Photo credits—Facing page, from top: Afton Villa, Susie McBaine; Open Days regional representatives; Longue Vue House & Gardens educational program. This page, clockwise from top right: Society of Fellows garden-study tour, San Francisco Peninsula; Chase Garden photography class, Yvonne Meziere; Green Gables; Hendricks garden, Society of Fellows garden-study tour, Atlanta, GA.

“I learned everything I know about gardening by looking at other people’s gardens and being inspired by what other people do. Also, the nicest, nicest people come to visit and often come back, so it becomes like a family that you see once a year. Because of that, it never occurs to me not to share it.”

— Bunny Williams

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report We Bring Together People and Gardens • 7

We Help Preserve Inspiring Artistic VisionsOutstanding gardens are often the creation of gardeners—such as topiary artist Pearl Fryar, shown here—with a compelling and personal artistic vision. Our founder Frank Cabot was fond of quoting historic figures about the art of gardening. As he and Francis Bacon both pointed out, creators of gardens bring dramatic visions to life, work with nature as well as artifacts, and then share this “greatest refreshment to the spirits of man” with others.

“Strategies I continually see in art, and have employed in my garden, are repetition in form; variation in form; contrast of straight lines and curves; relationship of solids and voids; flat, perspective, and ambiguous space; and emphasis of edges.”

— Tom Armstrong, A Singular Vision

Photo credits—Facing page: Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Dustin Shores. This page, clockwise from top right: Hollister House Garden, George Schoellkopf; Ruth Bancroft Garden; Marion Brenner; Chase Garden, Marion Brenner; The Fells Historic Estate and Gardens; Van Vleck House & Garden, David Daehnke.

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report We Help Preserve Inspiring Artistic Visions • 9

“The purpose of a garden is to create beauty in natural surroundings.”

— Ione Chase

“Just viewing gardens is therapeutic. That connection with creativity and beauty is something we all need.”

— Antonia F. Adezio

“Great gardens created by the inspired men and women who are true artist-gardeners deserve to be perpetuated beyond their lifetimes. Indeed, they deserve a similar level of custodial care as the treasures found in museums but, because of the transitory nature of gardens, a kind of care that continually renews the visions of their creators with fresh inspiration.”

— Elizabeth Barlow Rogers

10 • We Help Preserve Inspiring Artistic Visions The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report

We Help Preserve Inspiring Artistic Visions“I have tried to make my garden the sort of congenial environment where the educated, civilized hand of man and the wild, untamed force of nature can successfully work together to create that sublime magic we call art.”

— George Schoellkopf

“If we are all our own jailers and prisoners of our traits, then I am grateful for my introduction to the spade and the trowel, the seed and the spray can. They have given me a lasting interest in creativity.”

— Elliott Michener, Alcatraz inmate number AZ-578 (1941-50)

Photo credits—Facing page, clockwise from top: Greenwood Gardens, Ken Druse; Peckerwood Garden; Gaiety Hollow, Laurie Matthews; Humes Japanese Stroll Garden, Chelsea Pomales. This page, clockwise from top: Hortulus Farm Garden & Nursery; Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden; LongHouse Reserve; Abkhazi Garden, Judith Tankard; Hooverness.

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report We Help Preserve Inspiring Artistic Visions • 11

“It wasn’t important for me to create a garden. I wanted to create a feeling, so that when you walk through here you feel different than when you came.”

— Pearl Fryar, A Man Named Pearl

“I do not paint in the way that I garden or garden as I would employ the brush, although the process is often the same. Both are arts of the wrist, the broadest, largest sort of signature, if you will, highly idiosyncratic, the result of much doing, much stumbling, and highly intuited turns and twists before everything fits and adheres to the scale of one’s intention.”

— Robert Dash, Notes From Madoo

We Bring Our Cultural Legacy to LifeFrom the days of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and John Bartram’s farm and nursery in Philadelphia, gardens have been a significant part of America’s cultural life. They tell stories about who we were and help inform us of who we are today. They reflect the time and era. Some remind us of their role as a source of inspiration and solace for writers and artists. Others chronicle important parts of our history. The gardens in our tours and preservation programs bear witness to the richness of our culture and inspire continued growth in the future.

“If we can’t understand the past, what hope do we have for the future?”

— Patti McGee, quoted in

Traditional Home, September 2006

Photo credits—Facing page, small photos, left to right: Alcatraz rose garden and Officers’ Row 1961, both by Joseph H. Simpson; Offi-cers’ Row 1869, Eadweard Muybridge, Bancroft Library. This page, clockwise from top: Swan House, Atlanta, Fellows garden-study tour; Casa del Herrero, Santa Barbara, Fellows garden-study tour; Green Gables; Dumbarton Oaks; Bellefield, Richard Cheek, courtesy of Beatrix Farrand Garden Association.

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report We Bring Our Cultural Legacy to Life • 13

“Important gardens are an essential part of our irreplaceable heritage—as much a part of the historic preservation landscape as buildings, birth sites, and battlefields.”

— Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation

“When we realize the extraordinary effort that was required to create that beauty, aesthetic appreciation becomes visceral. Suddenly, we appreciate the true meaning of the gardens: the human drama they represent. They are transformed from simple, lovely artifacts of the past to part of a dynamic process that changed the lives of the gardeners, who invested not only their energies but also their spirits.”

— Russell A. Beatty, Gardens of Alcatraz

“It is the story of a garden used as a sacred retreat by the African-American poet duringdifficult times; it is the improbable story of the garden’s rescue, from the remnants of a once-loved sanctuary to its eventual reblooming.”

— Barbara Mahany, Chicago Tribune, 2012

14 • We Bring Our Cultural Legacy to Life The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report

We Bring Our Cultural Legacy to Life“Not just buildings but the spaces between those buildings should command our respect and shape policy toward development and preservation. Saving the garden has helped open up a fresh public conversation about urbanism and street life.”

— Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 2015

“There are few gardens that can be left alone. A few years of neglect and only the skeleton of a garden is left.”

— Russell Page, The Education of a Gardener

Photo credits—Facing page, clockwise from top: Longue Vue House & Gardens; Russell Page garden, Frick Collection; Anne Spencer Garden, 2010 view, Jane Baber White; 1937 view, Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum. This page, clockwise from top left: Elizabeth Lawrence, The Charlotte Observer Collection at the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room; Elizabeth Lawrence Garden gate, 2011; Humes Japanese Stroll Garden, Chelsea Pomales; Preservation Weekend tour, Chicago Botanic Garden’s Lenhardt Library; Olana.

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report We Bring Our Cultural Legacy to Life • 15

“Hurricane Katrina had presented… the opportunity to not only restore the garden to its pre-hurricane appearance, but to recapture the original Shipman design intent.”

— Bonnie Goldblum

“Gardens are said to reflect the spirit of a nation, the tenor of its time.”

— Frank Cabot

We Showcase Best Practices in HorticultureThe gardens we help save and share tell many stories—among them, their creator’s personal artistic vision; examples of gardening best practices; the stories of a particular point in history; a geographic place and its specific climate. Gardens of plant collectors celebrate botanical diversity. Each garden itself offers a rich educational experience. So do our many other programs in the lecture hall as well as in the garden. Our book talks, symposia, workshops, Open Days, and garden-study tours present our members and the public with a source of contemporary ideas in gardening, design, preservation, and sustainability.

Photo credits—Facing page, Preservation Weekend 2012, Chicago Botanic Garden. This page, clockwise from top: John Bryan pres-ents Ellen Biddle Shipman garden design, Amy Graham; Arbor Day school group, LongHouse Reserve; master craftsman Peter Wechsler; Dundee Butcher educational presentation; Preservation Weekend 2007 tour of Rocky Hills.

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report We Showcase Best Practices in Horticulture • 17

“Gardeners who are artists and plantsmen in their own right, who understand the creator’s philosophy as well as the site and its plants, are not afraid to experiment to keep the garden fresh and interesting. The framework of the garden remains, but it develops in new directions.”

— Bill Noble

“It takes an appreciation of balance, color, and different kinds of plant materials with strong architectural components—all of which must be coordinated with the changing seasons to create a symphony of color, beauty, and tranquility.”

— Ben Lenhardt, quoted in Traditional Home, April 2013

“Gardens, unlike the design assignments, don’t stay put! Plants grow larger—faster than anticipated, changing with weather and seasons—or they expire!”

— Jack Lenor Larsen, quoted in preface, Jack Lenor Larsen’s LongHouse

by Molly Chappellet

“Staking is an art in itself—coaxing the stalks and stems into a gentle attitude of uprightness, propping with twigs and twines while still allowing a certain amount of their natural tendency to arch or lean.”

— Page Dickey, Embroidered Ground

“Just as fall is a time for letting go… it is also a time for lessening up rigid color rules… Nature combines cobalt skies, red and yellow leaves and purple asters; the gardener does well to take inspiration from these stunning scenes.”

— Lauren Springer, The Undaunted Garden

18 • We Showcase Best Practices in Horticulture The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report

We Showcase Best Practices in Horticulture

“Last fall I attended Alexis Datta’s talk about Sissinghurst, presented in New York City by the Garden Conservancy. We chatted about whether Americans ever volunteer at this magnificent garden. Her reply was, well, not really, but why not? ... Your lecture was the catalyst for an amazing adventure.”

— Ann Perkowski

Photo credits—Facing page, clockwise from top: garden-study tour at Peckerwood Garden; garden talk at Peggy and Jack Crowe’s garden; Page Dickey at Hollister House Garden Study Weekend plant show & tell, Gerald Incandella; Girl Scout troop at Open Day. This page, clockwise from top left: Frank Cabot, c. 1972, by Anne Cabot; Fellows garden-study tour, Houston; Shelburne Farms restoration, by Birgit Deeds; members tour at White Flower Farm; Elizabeth Lawrence Garden children’s program.

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report We Showcase Best Practices in Horticulture • 19

“The garden-study tours provide an unprecedented access to gardens that range from high to low to the kooky plant collector. I use many of the concepts that I see on the Fellows trips, synthesizing ideas and taking pieces from every garden I visit.”

— Janet Mavec

We Foster Vibrant CommunitiesGardens provide beauty and inspiration in many ways. They also help build communities. They provide welcome open space, a respite from crowded cities and develop-ments, a space in which communities can gather to partake in many different types of programs. Volunteer programs at many gardens connect people with shared interests. Music and art programs attract others. And educational programs of all sorts help connect people and nature, people and gardens—and people with people.

“There is a saying that gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow.”

— Sofia Blanchard

“I think Ruth knew she had made something powerful and did not want to keep it all to herself. But its greatness lies in the fact that it is more than a garden—as incredible a garden as it is. It is a nexus; a place that connects people and ideas. There is an adage that goes like this: many things grow in a garden that were never sown there.”

— Charlotte Blome

Photo credits—Facing page: Preservation Weekend 2010, Mt. Cuba Center. This page: clockwise from top: Western Hills Nursery volunteers; Sunday Salon workshop, Longue Vue House & Gardens; Cultivating Communities Program, Longue Vue House & Gardens; Open Day, Charleston, SC; Bloedel Reserve; Anne Spencer Garden, Jane Baber White.

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report We Foster Vibrant Communities • 21

“…You provided not only a retreat from the mundane environment of the school, but a deep appreciation for the beauty in nature and art… you introduced our children to a different philosophy and way of life through the arts… a real eye-opener for our youth.”

— Middle school teacher, Garden City, NY

“Through the eyes (and sometimes photos) of my guests—watching the route they choose through the garden, and the spots they stop at along the way—this place that is so familiar to me becomes at once so delightfully unfamiliar. I get a chance at a fresh look, thanks to them.”

— Margaret Roach

22 • We Foster Vibrant Communities The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report

We Foster Vibrant Communities“Philanthropic organizations are meant to take risks and act where the market and government will not, and private individuals cannot or do not. At the Garden Conservancy we do just that — we fill the void, and work to save outstanding gardens.”

— Jenny Young du Pont

“Volunteering for the Gardens of Alcatraz is rewarding beyond my expectations. Originally a place for me to gain gardening experience, the joy of restoring these gardens has led to a real desire to see them thrive. Along with the friendships developed there, gardening has become a personal project that I miss when I can’t attend.”

— Zann Cannon Goff, Pacific Horticulture, December 2012

Photo credits—Facing page, clockwise from top: The Gardens at 900; educational programs, Humes Japanese Stroll Garden (2 photos); wreathmaking workshop, Chase Garden. This page, clockwise from top: LongHouse Reserve; Pasadena Open Day, Joseph Marek; plant sale, Chase Garden; volunteers, Gardens of Alcatraz; Open Day, Steinhardt Garden; volunteers installing greenhouse, Gardens of Alcatraz, Bharat Rhawal.

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report We Foster Vibrant Communities • 23

“A garden is more than just a physical place. It’s a representation of community and a living, breathing thing. The best gardens can even change your life.”

— Craig Bergmann

“Gardeners are generous by nature and they realize the private spaces they create reach their fullest potential when shared with others.”

— Stephen Orr

24 • 2014 in Review • Saving Outstanding Gardens The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report

In 2014, we added two gardens to our preservation portfolio. We are working with Gaiety Hollow, the former home of pioneer landscape architects Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver in Salem, OR, as it moves closer to full status as a public gar-den. Gaiety Hollow was named to the National Register of Historic Plac-es in 2014 and the Lord & Schryver Conservancy took possession of the property in 2015.

We also designated Hortulus Farm Garden & Nursery an Affiliate Garden, building upon a longtime Open Days relationship with the 100-acre property in Buck’s County, PA. Hortulus Farm boasts a nursery and twenty-four distinct gardens with unusual plantings.

It was a year of many other transi-tions. The Gardens of Alcatraz

graduated to local management after successful completion of our decade-long garden rehabilitation project in collaboration with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service. Now managed by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the island is visited by more than one million people per year. The refreshed landscape vividly illustrates the importance of gardens to the human spirit and demonstrates ways to garden sus-tainably in a harsh environment.

The Garden Conservancy lent public support for the preservation of the Russell Page garden at the Frick

Collection in New York City. Plans to destroy it as part of a museum ren-ovation were announced in June 2014, but subsequently abandoned and the singular

courtyard garden was saved.

The Garden Conservancy Northwest Network presented two workshops in 2014. In February, an exploration of how to use Facebook and other social media to promote a public gar-den was held at Lakewold Gardens in Lakewood, WA. In early November, a session on how to create signature fundraising events was held at Leach Botanical Gardens in Portland, OR.

In other preservation partner garden news, Yew Dell Botanical Gardens in Crestwood, KY, opened a new horticulture center and greenhouse powered by renewable energy. Steepletop, the upstate New York home of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, unveiled a new visitor center and advanced several garden restoration projects.

2014 IN REVIEWSaving Outstanding Gardens

PRESERVATION GARDENS Chase Garden, Orting, WAThe Fells, Newbury, NHElizabeth Lawrence Garden/

Winghaven, Charlotte, NCGaiety Hollow, Salem, ORGardens of Alcatraz,

San Francisco, CAGreenwood Gardens,

Short Hills, NJHollister House Garden,

Washington, CTLongue Vue House & Gardens,

New Orleans, LAMontrose, Hillsborough, NCPearl Fryar Topiary Garden,

Bishopville, SC

Peckerwood Garden, Hempstead, TX

Rocky Hills, Mount Kisco, NYRuth Bancroft Garden, Walnut

Creek, CASteepletop, Austerlitz, NYVan Vleck House & Gardens,

Montclair, NJYew Dell Botanical Gardens,

Crestwood, KY

AFFILIATE GARDENSHortulus Farm Garden &

Nursery, Wrightstown, PALongHouse Reserve, East

Hampton, NY

GARDEN CONSERVANCY NORTHWEST NETWORKBellevue Botanical Garden Bloedel Reserve Chase Garden Dunn Gardens Friends of the ConservatoryFriends of the Moore-Turner

Heritage Gardens Friends of the Rogerson

Clematis CollectionHardy Plant Society of Oregon Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Lakewold Gardens Leach Botanical Garden Lord & Schryver Conservancy Meerkerk

Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden

Milner Gardens & Woodland Ohme Gardens Portland Classical Chinese

GardenPowellsWood Garden Rhododendron Species

Botanical GardenSeattle Chinese GardenSoos Creek Botanical Garden South Seattle Community

College Arboretum Streissguth Gardens Yakima Area Arboretum

Hortulus Farm Garden & Nursery, Wrightstown, PA

Gaiety Hollow, Salem, OR

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report 2014 in Review • Sharing Outstanding Gardens • 25

TOURS AND EVENTSIn pursuit of our mission to share outstanding gar-dens, we presented a range of educational programs at locations across the country in 2014. In February, conservationist Brian Huntley spoke in Chicago and St. Louis about the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, South Africa. In September, we co-sponsored the fourth Hollister House Garden Study Weekend in Connecticut. A sellout symposium on Saturday was followed by a Litchfield County Open Day on Sunday.

Later in the fall, we co-sponsored a book talk by Judy Kameon, author of Gardens Are For Living: Design Inspiration for Outdoor Spaces, at Flora Grubb Gardens in San Francisco and several plant exploration lectures by Bleddyn and Sue Wynn- Jones at the University of California, Berkeley and at several locations in the Pacific Northwest. At the Los Angeles County Arboretum, we co-sponsored “Natural Discourse: Light & Image,” a symposium with seven speakers from intersecting fields of science, technology, horticulture, and the arts.

We also share gardens through our Society of Fellows program of special events and garden- study tours. The 2014 Fellows tour season covered plenty of ground. The Fellows traveled to Palm Springs, CA, and the greater Philadelphia area in the spring and to Spain in October. There were also two day trips to Les Quatre Vents in Quebec; a special mini-tour of six gardens in Greenwich, CT, and Westchester County, NY; and tours of the extraor-dinary gardens of Lori and Deke Hunter in Portola Valley, CA, and Page Dickey in North Salem, NY.

In late October, we presented acclaimed garden designer Luciano Giubbilei, who spoke on “Creating Atmosphere: The Power of Collaboration” in both Los Angeles and San Francisco. Well-attended public lectures in each city were complemented by special gatherings for local Fellows.

2014 IN REVIEWSharing Outstanding Gardens

Brian Huntley’s illustrated talk on Kirstenbosch at the Missouri Botanical Garden

Presentation by garden designer Luciano Giubbilei in Los Angeles Photo by David Zentz.

Society of Fellows garden-study tour in landscape architect Fernando Caruncho’s studio, Madrid, Spain

26 • 2014 in Review • Sharing Outstanding Gardens The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report

2014 IN REVIEW Sharing Outstanding Gardens continued

A pop-up plant sale by Broken Arrow Nursery; a view of the Fry Garden in Peterborough, NH; Open Days Advisory Committee at a working session with staff members

ADVISORY COMMITTEECraig BergmannJames deGrey DavidPage DickeyBob HylandSusan LowryJoseph MarekEllen Ecker OgdenMargaret RoachMarco P. Stufano

GARDEN HOSTSBarbara AgrenAmy & Philip AlfeldMs. Linda AllardMs. Jeanne AndersonRichard AngiolloMs. Valerie M. AnsaloneLori ArtisEugene Assaf &

Elizabeth McHenryDianne & John Avlon

Doug & Deb AyersGeorge BallSally BarnettSue & Art BassinDavid BaumWalter J. BeckerDianne BensonJane BentzenCraig BergmannJosh BerlinEllen & James BestGeorge BiercukMrs. Jeremy BiggsArnold BlairFrederick BlandJohn & Barbara BoatrightSue BottigheimerDemi BowlesJane BradburyMrs. Elizabeth BradhamCraig Brammell

Michael Brennan & Robert Moss

Sam & Karen BrindleyDuncan & Julia BrineAbby Jane BrodyMichael Brown &

Chantral OudratMason BrownMr. & Mrs. John BryanJudy BucklenArlene BujeseJohn & Kathleen BullivantChristine BurbankGayle BurbankElizabeth &

Lawrence BurtschyLee ButtalaDick ButtonScott ByronJohn CalhounDr. & Mrs. Price CameronJon Carloftis

Ms. Regina CarlsonChip Caton &

Catherine LyonsMr. & Mrs. W. H. CatoAnn & Tom CicarellaHilary Clayton &

Chuck CraftsPhoebe Cole-SmithRoxanne CommetteTeri CondonEllen Cool KwaitBill Dohm & Patty CooperDr. & Mrs. Charles L.

CornwellStefan Cover &

Rosemary MonahanPaul & Robin CowleyAmy CurrySarah Darnton FiegenSylvia DavatzCarrie & Marty DavichLucy & Nat Day

Kevin DeanJeff DeBevec &

Sarah Balinskas Lynne DentonAnne DiazPage Dickey &

Francis SchellJoe & Tamara DiMattioHelen DimosJames DinsmoreCordelia DonnellyJohn & Christine DoyleBill & Penny DoyleJeff Dumas &

Laura MortonChristie DustmanRichard EaganJerry & Betty EckertKen EisoldDonald ElderCaroline EllisLinda & Jonathan Ewig

OPEN DAYS Our signature garden-visiting and outreach program completed another successful season—our 20th, to be exact.

In the spring, an Open Days Advisory Committee was formed to help expand the program and enrich the experience for our visitors and volunteers. Nine longtime supporters, each with extensive experience as Open Days hosts, volunteers, and visitors, gathered in Garrison, NY, on May 20. Coming from many parts of the country, all are dedicated to helping the program grow. The group met and began to set a course for the next 20 years of Open Days.

The year was filled with many special events at Open Days. As just one example: in late August, a very full weekend of shopping, learning, and garden touring awaited visitors in adjacent regions of New Hampshire and Vermont. Morning Star Perennials and the Bunker Farm joined Broken Arrow Nursery to sell plants to visitors. Garden writer Tovah Martin presented a talk on garden stewardship at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture. Nearly a dozen gardens were on display during a busy and multi-faceted Open Days weekend.

115 new garden hosts

360 opportunities to explore gardens not usually open to the public

Over 72,000 garden visits

Thank you to all of the dedicated volunteers, hosts, regional representatives, and partner organizations who made the 2014 Open Days season possible!

The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report 2014 in Review • Sharing Outstanding Gardens • 27

Henry & Mollie FairElizabeth FaithPaul & Karlene FeldkerMr. George K. Fenn Jr.Jennifer FerranteAndrea FilipponeLibby FitzgeraldDavid Forster &

Lucy Alexander Cheryl B. FoxMichelle FracassoKate FreySusan & Eric FribergBruce Gangawer &

Lynn WindholzRobert GillmoreWendy GimbelRenee GirouxSteve Godwin &

Rod PleasantsJames GoldenEliot GoldfingerMs. Sandra GoldmanGreg GoodmanMichael & Betsy GordonSusan GottliebGerry Green &

Elizabeth CottermanGregory Goodman &

Paul LanghWindi & David GrimesJill & Bernard GrossbergJohn GwynneGraeme HardieSusan HardyOlivia & Charles HastyPatrick & Karen HatcherMr. & Mrs. Russell

HawkinsGordon & Mary HaywardDaisy HelmanAnn & David HicksMr. & Mrs. Chistopher

HollandIan & Madeline HooperSue & Dennis HooperCynthia HosmerNicholas Haylett &

Tim HusbandBarbara & Tom IsraelAnnette JacobsKevin Lee JacobsMrs. Marshall M. JeanesElizabeth JimenezMr. Lane JohnsonDr. & Mrs. Eugene &

Betsy JohnsonSid JonesRobyn & Stephen

KaminskiFlorence &

Walter KatzensteinBelinda & Stephen KayeJenni KayneMr. & Mrs. Daniel P.

KearneyA. Walter KendraMargaret KerrCyndi KilbargerSusan & Steven KingJonathan KingStephen King &

Peter BevacquaSara M. KnightDolores Kohl &

Morris KaplanVirginia Korteweg

Mr. & Mrs. John KrehbielLuke KreyeAnn Krupp BryanBill Kurtis &

Donna LaPietraNancy KyleMr. & Mrs. Frederick A.

LandmanCarol & Jim LargeMarsha LaskyRoxana LaughlinDavid & Susan LedermanBJ & Larry LedgerwoodMichael LevaJudy & Mort LevinLee LinkKen & Lois LippmannMr. & Mrs. Ernest B.

LipscombBarnett Lipton &

Debbie DuncanDr. Jon C. LochnerDr. Edmund LowrieDebra & Marty LudasHitch LymanJane & Jim MacrisMs. Audrey Linstrom

MaihackMargaret MajuaSharon MannJ. Bernard Marquez &

Tim FishIris Lee Marcus &

Katherine KleitzFrank MarianiMichael MaroccoMarcia Reid Marsted &

Jeff MarstedDiane & Phil MartineauJudy & Bob MatheyMr. & Mrs. MacDonald

MatheyJanet Mavec &

Wayne NordbergDavid & Joan MaxwellPeter MayMarlene & Edward MayesSuzanne H. McAuliffeKenton McCoyEvelyn M McGeeJohn & Cynthia McKeanBob & Terri McKinnonJim & Kathy McMahonCathy McWilliamsClare MeadeRenee MelodyCarol MercerAnthony & Ann M. MerckDebbie MerriamVivian & Ed MerrinMrs. James T. MetzGeorgia MiddlebrookSarah & Gary MilekMr. & Mrs. William MilfordLynden B. MillerMs. Marion MillerJean MitchellLanis W. MonfriedMrs. Clark T. MontgomeryGerald Moore &

Joyce NereauxJim & Sharon MooreBill & Linda MoranSandy MorganArvia MorrisSilas R. Mountsieri

Marcie Meditch & John Murphey

Mary MurphyMr. & Mrs. Robert A.

MurrayCatherine S. MutherMr. & Mrs. Mary &

Patrick NallyCynthia NewbyRod & Valerie NewmanNickolas Nickou &

Carol HanbyBuddy & Monika NixonPeter NorrisSuzanne NyrenMaude & John OdgersRuth OjaDr. Pauline OlsenJean O’ReillyMaxine PaetroThe Mr. & Mrs. Frederic C.

Paffard Jr. EstatePamela PageMike Pajunas &

Martha WyntonFrances PalmerTom PearsallChristine PeickSheila & Charles PerrinEllen & Eric PetersenMr. & Mrs. Howard

Phipps, Jr.Suzanne Warner PierotCarin & Michael PirainoMs. Alice PlattTed & Carol King PlattSteve & Kim PopeDr. Norman Ames PosnerMarcia Previti &

Peter GumpelDee & Bob RaimondiMargaret RansohoffPreuit RauserLyn & William RedfieldLee ReichStanley & Susan ReiferMr. & Mrs. Howard RichSusan RichterKathleen & David RipsMargaret RoachDr. & Mrs. William RobbMr. & Mrs. Michael

RobertsBarbara Paul RobinsonAnde RooneyMr. & Mrs. Patrick RyanMs. Benita RyanSteve SalopCarl & Beth SalsedoEileen & Alan SarroffStan & Kathy SchererBill & Veronica SchiavoSusan SchmitzGeorge SchoellkopfMrs. Robin SchonbergerDennis Schrader &

Bill SmithJanet & Ted SchulzJune ScottSandy ScottMonica & Kenneth SeegerCharles & Joan SheppardJean & Lawrence ShupingLinda SingerConnie SithesLinda SkylerDavid Sloan

Jamie & Anne Elizabeth Sobieski

Dr. Alan SolomonMs. Anne SpiegelDr. & Mrs. George E.

StaehleJudy & Michael SteinhardtWilliam F. SternMary Caroline &

Steven StewartJack Staub &

Renny ReynoldsJames Pettigrew &

Sean StoutHenriette Suhr*Mr. & Mrs. Charles &

Liz SullivanRichard Galef &

Susan AnthonyDerik & Ann SutphinJudith TankardMr. & Mrs. Charles TateMaurice ThompsonKathleen &

Walt ThompsonMary TomoloniusMr. & Mrs. James TozerMichael TrappLarry TraversoGeorge TrecinaJohn TrexlerLaura & Jamie TrowbridgeKen UhleGinger & Walt ValenJoseph Valentine &

Paula HunterShobha Vanchiswar &

Murali ManHélène VolatMr. & Mrs. Robert D. VolkDon Walker &

Paul ArcarioFrank WallacePhillis WardenSilvia & Gerry WeberBarbara & Eric WeissmanJack Hyland & Larry WenteAbby Adams WestlakeDeborah WhighamShelby WhiteBunny WilliamsRobert Williams &

Terrell BowmanPeter H. & Shirley WilliamsPeter WoosterAdditional garden hosts wished to remain anonymous

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVESShelley AbbottJeanne AndersonSally BarnettVicki Baumgartner Jayme BednarczykCraig BergmannMr. Michael BrennanFrank BrownJon CarloftisAnn CicarellaEllen Cool KwaitSusan EpsteinPage Dickey &

Francis SchellBob GillmorePatricia Hofmeister

Ian & Madeline HooperMary JaschJulie JordinFlorence KatzensteinBarbara KehoeBarbara KennedyRyan KettelkampSara M. KnightBenjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr.Thomas LynchJoseph MarekErica MaxMrs. Joseph McGeeDebbie MerriamCarolyn MulletLynn MurraySara MusprattEllen Ecker OgdenAnne PorterGeorge SchoellkopfElena ShochLarry SimpsonLinda SkylerJack StaubSandra SwansonJudith TankardJohn TrexlerJoseph ValentineLois Vander WaerdtMrs. Dale VisokeyTerry WagnerMary Watson

PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONSBerkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MAThe Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FLCharleston Horticultural Society, Charleston, SCChicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, ILHardy Plant Society of Oregon, Portland, ORKnoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, Knoxville, TNHollister House Garden, Washington, CTMarblehead Conservancy, Marblehead, MAPeckerwood Gardens, Hempstead, TXThe Friends of Rocky Hills, Mt. Kisco, NYJC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, NCSpoleto USA, Charleston, SCSustainable Nantucket, Nantucket, MASymphony by the Sea, Marblehead, MAMary M. B. Wakefield Charitable Trust, Milton, MA

*Deceased

Contributions 75%

Other 2%

Endowment Draw for

Operations* 0%

Garden-study Tours and Education Programs 13%

Open Days Program 10%

2014 Sources of Public Support and Revenues

2014 Distribution of Expenses

Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets December 31, 2014 and 2013

2014 2013

PUBLIC SUPPORT Contributions $2,739,598 $1,760,378 Membership 279,453 324,147 Total Public Support $3,019,051 $2,084,525

REVENUES Open Days sales and admissions $404,896 $340,659 Admissions and special events 532,192 395,311 Interest, dividends, and realized gain 518,674 1,587,362 Unrealized gain 880,766 1,055,183 Other 82,578 39,950 Total Revenues $2,419,106 $3,418,465Total Public Support and Revenues $5,438,157 $5,502,990

EXPENSES Program services $2,586,851 $2,477,798Supporting services Management and general 476,927 370,180 Non-recurring expenses** 109,095 119,665 Fundraising 387,040 337,373Total Expenses $3,559,913 $3,305,016

NET ASSETS Changes in Net Assets $1,878,244 $2,197,974 Net Assets - beginning 17,917,374 15,719,400Net Assets - ending $19,795,618 $17,917,374

Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2014 and 2013

2014 2013

ASSETSCash $751,782 $333,931 Investments 18,473,606 16,488,335 Other assets 323,120 417,253Non-current assets 19,712 129,957Fixed assets 436,858 681,752 Total Assets $20,005,078 $18,051,228

LIABILITIES Current liabilities $209,460 $133,854 Total Liabilities $209,460 $133,854 NET ASSETS Permanently restricted $11,029,713 $11,057,576 Unrestricted - board designated 1,365,041 734,429Temporarily restricted 449,983 587,677Unrestricted net assets 5,072,637 3,339,718Net revenue/(expense) current year 1,878,244 2,197,974 Total Net Assets $19,795,618 $17,917,374

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $20,005,078 $18,051,228

* No endowment draw required for the year ended December 31, 2014

** Relocation and restructuring

Garden-study Tours and Education

Programs 15%

Open Days Program 13%

Preservation Gardens and

Programs 46%

Management and General 12%

Fundraising 11%

Non-recurring Expenses** 3%

28 • Financials The Garden Conservancy Silver Anniversary Annual Report

Thank YouThanks to a generous $500,000 matching gift from the Kayne Foundation through board member Suzanne Kayne and her husband, Ric, we were able to broaden our base of support significantly. The challenge grant was announced in December 2014 and matched quickly in early 2015. As a result, we begin our second quarter-century poised to enhance our efforts to preserve outstanding gardens, share them with the public, and provide more educational programs. We are grateful to the Kayne Foundation for this transformative gift, which makes it possible for us to extend our reach and impact in the future.

KAYN

E G

ARD

EN, P

ALM

SPR

ING

S, P

HO

TO B

Y JO

SEPH

MAR

EK. P

ORT

RAIT

BY

J. VE

SPA.

30 • Report of Gifts The Garden Conservancy 2014 Annual Report

$20,000+Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger IIPhilip & Shelley Belling Mr. & Mrs. Coleman P. BurkeMr. & Mrs. F. Colin CabotMr. & Mrs. Terrence D. DanielsMrs. John R. DonnellMrs. John T. Dorrance III Dr. Amy Goldman FowlerDorothy H. & John R. GardnerMs. Risé S. JohnsonSuzanne & Ric KayneMr. & Mrs. John H. Krehbiel, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F.

Lenhardt, Jr.Ms. Janine LukeMr. & Mrs. Richard T. NinerMs. Susan D. PhippsMrs. Frederic RheinsteinMr. & Mrs. Charles M. RoyceMr. & Mrs. Michael C. RuettgersMs. Jennifer SpeersMr. & Mrs. Andrew P. SteffanMr. & Mrs. Roger W. StoneHenriette G. Suhr*Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. VartanianMrs. William R. Wister, Jr.ZBGA Grant from New York State

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Mrs. Susan Zises Green

$10,000 - $19,999Mrs. Thomas N. Armstrong IIIMrs. Susan P. BechtelMrs. Jeanne M. BlasbergShawn ByersMs. Jane Forbes ClarkMr. & Mrs. Stephen T. ColbertMr. & Mrs. John V. CroweMr. & Mrs. Nathaniel B. DayFriends of Pearl Fryar

Topiary GardenMr. & Mrs. Lionel Goldfrank IIIMr. & Mrs. John K. GreeneMr. & Mrs. Richard T. GroteMrs. Francis W. HatchMr. & Mrs. Albert P. HegyiMr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hunter III Mr. & Mrs. Henry P. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Richard C. LightburnLongwood Gardens, Inc. Mr. Art Luna & Mr. Tim ClarkeMs. Janet Mavec &

Mr. Wayne NordbergMr. & Mrs. J. Patterson McBaineMr. & Mrs. Thomas F. McWilliams Ms. Charlotte MossMt. Cuba Center for the

Study of Piedmont FloraTrevor Potter &

Dana Scott WestringMr. & Mrs. Steven M. ReadMr. & Mrs. John R. RobinsonMs. Elisabeth A. Saint-Amand

Dr. Nathan E. Saint-Amand Mr. & Mrs. Howard G. SeitzMr. & Mrs. Michael SteinhardtMr. & Mrs. J. Taft SymondsMr. & Mrs. Lawrence TuckerDr. Lucy R. WaletzkyMr. & Mrs. Rodman Ward, Jr.Ms. Shelby WhiteJean & Rick Witmer

$5,000 - $9,999AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Robert S. AndersonMs. Carol Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Bartlett, Jr.Mrs. George P. Bissell, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Frederic A. Bourke IIIAntonia & Peter BreckMr. & Mrs. John H. Bryan, Jr.Mrs. Barbara M. BryantRev. & Mrs. Frederick BuechnerMs. Melissa CondieMrs. Marvin H. DavidsonMrs. Judy DicksonMrs. Robert W. DuemlingMrs. Faith Schaffer EskewMr. & Mrs. Coburn D. EverdellMr. & Mrs. Brian EveristMrs. William R. FairMr. & Mrs. Richard D. FieldDr. Sumner L. Freeman &

Dr. Roy K. YeagerDr. & Mrs. Douglas HampsonMr. & Mrs. Nathan Hayward IIIMr. & Mrs. Richard HeafeyMrs. Kathryn M. HermanMrs. Patricia H. HighbergMr. & Mrs. Robert JaunichElizabeth LockeSusan & Glenn LowryMr. Joseph Marek &

Mr. John W. BernatzMr. & Mrs. Barclay McFadden IIIMr. Steven L. MerrillMr. & Mrs. Peter W. MullinMr. & Mrs. Chapin NolenDebra Havens PatrickSarah & Ross Perot, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Howard Phipps, Jr.Ms. Renvy G. PittmanMr. Paul B. Redman &

Mr. Dean O. BerlonMr. & Mrs. Charles Raskob

RobinsonMr. & Mrs. Thomas P. RohlenMr. & Mrs. Patrick G. RyanMr. & Mrs. Thomas F. SchlaflyCarol & Ned SpiekerMrs. Warren A. StephensMerrielou H. Symes

$2,500 - $4,999AnonymousMr. & Mrs. Peter J. AndersenAmory A. ArmstrongAmbassador Victor AsheMrs. Anne H. BassMr. & Mrs. Robert BeckMr. Craig K. BergmannMr. David A. Blanton IIIMaureen & Edward P. BousaMs. Beatrice BowlesMs. Kathrin S. Brown &

Mr. William GedaleMr. Richard T. ButtonMrs. Robert F. Carr IIIMrs. Sharon B. CasdinMr. & Mrs. Morris Cheston, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Alan B. ClarkMr. & Mrs. Bert D. Condie IIIMr. & Mrs. Edward ConnerMs. Phoebe Cowles &

Mr. Robert GirardMr. & Mrs. James L. CurrieMr. & Mrs. Peter DalglishMrs. Gordon L. DavenportMrs. Howard M. Dean Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. DeLaMaterMrs. Suzanne S. DixonMr. & Mrs. Gerald DorenGovernor & Mrs. Pierre S. du PontMs. Deborah L. DuncanMs. Kristina Durr &

Mr. J. Barclay Collins IIGeorgianna B. ErskineDr. & Mrs. Ernest R. EstepMr. & Mrs. Lawrence Flinn, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Stephen GillMr. & Mrs. James GlasserMr. John B. Goodwin, Jr.Dr. Roger & Mary GreenbergWendy & Ben GriswoldMrs. Polly W. GuthMrs. Henry F. HarrisMr. & Mrs. Harvey HinmanMs. Janell D. HobartMr. & Mrs. James R. HoughtonMr. & Mrs. Roger B. HullMr. Derk K. HunterMr. & Dr. Charles B. JohnsonMs. Katherine Kane &

Dr. Olin WestJane & Bob KeiterMr. & Mrs. Richard KingMr. David Kirchner &

Mr. Scott WarnerMr. Jean Doyen de Montaillou &

Mr. Michael A. KovnerMr. & Mrs. Frederick A. LandmanMrs. Robert LindsayMr. & Mrs. Robert D. LindsayMr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Lippmann

Report of GiftsGifts from Garden Conservancy members, donors, garden clubs, and other organizations, together with grants from foundations, corporations, and government agencies, sustain our mission to save and share outstanding American gardens for the education and inspiration of the public.

We are deeply grateful to each of our donors for their participation and support. We are also grateful to our many volunteers and partners. Our efforts to save and share gardens across the country are possible only with your collaboration and support.

The list below recognizes members and donors who contributed $125 or more in cumulative gifts between January 1 and December 31, 2014.

1989

Frank Cabot, inspired by Ruth Bancroft’s artistic two-acre dry garden in Walnut Creek, CA, begins planning an organization to preserve exceptional American gardensFifty-member advisory committee formed, including Betty Corning, Vice Chair, and Angela Lansbury, Honorary ChairMarco Polo Stufano asked to chair committee to identify gardens for preservation

Office established in Cold Spring, NY. Frank Cabot and executive director Antonia Adezio rally support and establish membershipRuth Bancroft Garden designated first preservation garden1990Garden Conservancy becomes 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizationBoard of Directors formed

1991Society of Fellows created to recognize patrons and engage them in garden preservation

1992Society of Fellows garden-study tours begin with trip to Portland, OR“The Hermitage: A Case Study of Restoration Potential,” Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, is first educational conference

1993The Fells, Newbury, NH, named a preservation garden

Conservancy saves John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden, Mill Neck, NY, from imminent closing “Masters of American Garden Design” symposium series starts in New York City

1994Conservancy assists in forming advisory council for James Rose Center, Ridgewood, NJ

The Garden Conservancy 1989 -2014

*Deceased

The Garden Conservancy 2014 Annual Report Report of Gifts • 31

Mrs. Frederick R. LummisMrs. Susan E. LynchMr. & Mrs. Angus C. MacbethMrs. John Francis MaherMcKinnon & Harris, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Peter McCauslandMr. & Mrs. Joseph H. McGeeSusan & William McKinleyMr. & Mrs. Andrew McNally IVMr. David W. MeskerMrs. Michael A. MilesMs. Judith MunzigMrs. Donivee NashMrs. Joan NewtonMr. & Mrs. Michael NivenMr. & Mrs. Wilson NolenMr. David T. OrthweinDr. F. Thomas OttSusan R. PalmMr. & Mrs. Jonathan Hay PardeeMs. Diane E. ParishMr. & Mrs. Charles PerrinEllen & Eric PetersenMr. & Mrs. Michael H. PodellMrs. Robert N. PomeroyMrs. Edward King Poor IIIMr. & Mrs. Alexander M. PowerMarcia Kay & Ron RadeletMr. & Mrs. Jon Q. ReynoldsMr. & Mrs. Charles F. Richards, Jr.Mr. Karl D. RiemerMrs. Louise C. RiemerMrs. Ralph E. RudinMr. & Mrs. Jorge A. SanchezScott C. & Julia M. SchnuckMs. Beverly McGuire SchnurSara Lee & Axel SchupfMr. & Mrs. Stanley D. ScottMr. & Mrs. Larry A. SheakleyMr. & Mrs. Robert SinnottElizabeth C. B. & Paul G. SittenfeldMs. June M. SmithMr. & Mrs. L. Caesar Stair IIIMrs. Gerard StellingMr. & Mrs. Eric SundbackMr. & Mrs. John R. Tankard IIIMr. & Mrs. Hans E. TausigMr. & Mrs. Gary TobeyMr. & Mrs. Thomas V. H. VailMrs. John A. van BeurenMs. Nancy VoorheesMr. Marshall WatsonMr. & Mrs. David Wax Mr. Jack WeedenMrs. David A. Weir, Jr.Ms. Nicole S. Williams &

Dr. Lawrence BeckerMrs. Penelope P. WilsonCynthia W. WoodsMrs. William F. Zuendt

$1,500 - $2,499AnonymousDr. & Mrs. Nile L. AlbrightMr. & Mrs. Peter ArcherMs. Ann G. AshMr. & Mrs. Matt BargerMrs. Constance Goodyear Baron

& Dr. Barry C. BaronMr. & Mrs. Mogens C. BayMs. Cheryl BeallCarolyn & Jamie BennettMarion & Van BlackMs. Chotsie BlankMrs. Joanne W. BlokkerMs. Sheila A. BradyHelen B. BreckKelly & Sam BronfmanMs. Eliza M. BrownMs. Mary Valentine BuckinghamMrs. H. Benjamin Burley IIIMr. & Mrs. Jonathan BushMs. Lisa CampbellMrs. Martha CarsonMr. & Mrs. George H.V. CecilConnie CigarranPamela Taylor ClyneMs. Constance J. CollinsMr. & Mrs. Robert CushmanMr. John G. Danzer &

Mr. Chip AllemannMr. & Mrs. William E. DeitrickMs. Page Dickey &

Mr. Francis SchellMr. & Mrs. William J. Donovan, Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Francis DonovanMrs. Sherry DumkeMargaret Hamilton Duprey &

Robert V. DupreyMrs. Ernest A. Eddy, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Stuart R. EngsMr. John R. Ettinger &

Ms. Linda SimpsonMr. & Mrs. Andrew EvansMr. & Mrs. J. Henry Fair, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. David N. FarrMr. & Mrs. Robert FisherMr. Ronald Lee FlemingMr. & Mrs. William H. Frederick, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. James M. GarnettMrs. Cosby W. GeorgeMr. Daniel B. GerardKaren & Ned GilhulyMr. & Mrs. Thomas GiovineDr. & Mrs. John W. GivenMs. Dorian Goldman &

Mr. Marvin IsraelowBetty GoldsteinMrs. Ann H. Granbery, ASLAMrs. Marsha L. GreenmanMs. Agnes GundMr. & Mrs. William J. Hagenah

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hall IIIMrs. Samuel M. V. HamiltonMr. & Mrs. William HammondsMelissa & Shepard Harris Mr. & Mrs. William B. Harrison, Jr.Florence S. HartGreg & Sally HartmanMs. Daisy HelmanMs. May Brawley HillMr. & Mrs. Richard C. HoltonMr. & Mrs. Deke HunterMr. & Mrs. Richard G. JacobusMrs. Beth M. KarminMr. Thomas E. KeimMr. & Mrs. John P. KellerMs. Caroline KindrishMrs. Richard KrementzMr. & Mrs. Michael LaskyMr. & Mrs. Thomas B. LemannMr. & Mrs. John L. LewisDr. & Mrs. Richard W. LightyMs. Christine London &

Mr. Michael TaylorMrs. John J. Louis, Jr.The Honorable & Mrs. Earle MackLiza Jane MacNaughtonMr. & Mrs. Robert P. MarshallMr. & Mrs. Kendrick W. Mattox, Jr.Anne & Joseph McCannLynden B. MillerMr. & Mrs. Walter Montgomery, Jr.Ms. Sally M. MusprattMrs. George Q. NicholsMs. Prudence NoonMs. Wendy PosardMr. & Mrs. George Powell IIIMs. Donna RafteryDiana Reuter-Twining, AIAMrs. Richard E. Riegel, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Jay Riley

Ms. Patricia Elias & Mr. Michael Rosenfeld

Mr. Gilbert P. SchaferMr. George E. Schoellkopf &

Mr. Gerald IncandelaMs. Frances SchultzMr. James M. Schwentker IIIMr. & Mrs. George H. Shattuck, Jr.Ms. Sophia ShawMrs. W. P. Snyder IVMr. & Mrs. Robert K. SteelMrs. Henry S. StreeterMs. Erin SullivanSandra J. SwansonMrs. Thomas E. TaplinMs. Raun Thorp &

Mr. Brian TichenorMrs. Theodore TiekenMr. & Mrs. P. Coleman

Townsend, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. John S. TroyMs. Suzanne M. Tucker &

Mr. Timothy MarksMr. Mish Tworkowski &

Mr. Joseph SingerDaniel & Charlotte WardMr. & Mrs. Charles H. WeedMr. & Mrs. Richard K. Weil, Jr.Ms. Bunny Williams &

Mr. John RosselliDouglass Winthrop Advisors, LLCMr. & Mrs. John WinthropMs. Liz Goodfellow ZagoroffLisa & Kim Zeder

$750 - $1,499Mr. Michael BakwinMr. Martin Brown, Jr.Governor & Mrs. Pierre S. du PontMs. Nancy P. Durr

1995

Page Dickey and Pepe Maynard launch Open Days program Ione and Emmott Chase’s garden in Orting, WA, named a preservation gardenConservancy helps to reclaim Dumbarton Oaks Park, Washington, DCFirst meeting of Open Days regional representatives held in Cold Spring, NY

1996Conservancy helps create master plan to restore McKee Botanical Gardens, Vero Beach, FLConservancy supports efforts to save the Bernard McLaughlin Garden, South Paris, ME “Roberto Burle Marx: Legend and Legacy” symposium in New York City and at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA

1997Van Vleck House & Gardens in Montclair, NJ, named a preservation gardenConservancy advises on master plan for restoration of Gardens of Gibraltar, Wilmington, DEJanet Meakin Poor becomes first chair of Open Days; leads national expansion “Gardens of the Midwest” symposium in Chicago, IL

1998Peckerwood Garden, Hempstead, TX, named a preservation gardenConservancy helps Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol, RI, remain open to the publicMeeting of Open Days regional representatives, Birmingham, AL

1999400 attend 10th Anniversary celebration in Charleston, SC

Marco Polo Stufano Garden Conservancy Fellowship established by Anne and Joe McCann; the first of nine annual fellows assigned

2000Conservancy joins effort to save Abkhazi Garden, Victoria, British ColumbiaLecture series launched at New York School of Interior Design, NYC

Society of Fellows garden-study tour in Palm Springs

Mr. & Mrs. William S. FisherMr. & Mrs. Gates HawnMrs. Myrna R. HaftJoy H. InghamMr. & Mrs. Frederick KrehbielMr. & Mrs. Peter LaphamMs. Catherine MattesonMr. & Mrs. John C. McPheetersMr. & Mrs. Stephen R. MillerMr. Robert A. PfenningMrs. Elizabeth Barlow RogersMr. & Mrs. Richard C. SpaldingMr. & Mrs. Dale M. VisokeyMr. & Mrs. Gary WincottMr. & Mrs. John N. Wrinkle

$500 - $749Ms. Emily Aber &

Mr. Rob WechslerMr. Louis J. Appell, Jr.Barbourtown Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Henry BerghoefBrown & Brown, Inc. Ms. Tessa GoettschMrs. Graham M. Brush, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. ByronMr. & Mrs. Walter F. Chappell IIIMr. & Mrs. Thomas A. CicarellaMrs. Lurline R. CoonanMs. Dorothy R. Davies &

Mr. Jeremy R. KramerMr. H. Corbin Day Mrs. Mario di ValmaranaMrs. Libby EmgeMr. & Mrs. Charles FloodThe Garden Group Mr. Thomas B. HarrisHortulus, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Ian HooperMr. & Mrs. John P. KellerMr. Patrick KirwinDr. & Mrs. Daniel Kram

Ms. Wendy KreegerMs. Charlotte B. LordPepe & John MaynardMr. & Mrs. Robert C. McCoyMrs. Dorothy MeggittMr. & Mrs. Joseph W. MerrillMrs. Virginia A. MillhiserMs. Alexandra MunroeMs. Darwina L. NealMs. Jade S. NeelyMr. & Mrs. David OsborneMr. & Mrs. Bruce C. PerkinsMrs. Andrea Reimann-CiardelliMrs. Margaret Nolin Selby &

Mr. Adrian SelbyMrs. Glee A. StanleyMs. Elise Wagner &

Mr. Robin StoutMr. & Mrs. David WaltzMr. & Mrs. Frank WatsonMs. Alexis Woods &

Mr. Daniel DonahoeMr. & Mrs. Charles D. WellerDr. Patricia Wells

$250 - $499Mr. Gary Alan &

Mr. Steven ChristopherMr. & Mrs. Frank AlloccaDr. & Mrs. David L. AndrewsMs. Frances C. AshleyMr. Frederick H. Atwood IIIMr. & Mrs. Douglas H. BankerMr. & Mrs. William BarnettMs. Rachel BellamyMr. & Mrs. Duane A. BentonMs. Caroline BeverstockMs. Lisa BielefeldMr. & Mrs. Charles C. BowenMr. Patrick L. Boyd &

Mr. David RolstonMr. & Mrs. James R. Brigham

Ms. Gioia T. Browne & Mr. Jim Marsh

Mr. Stephen F. Byrns & Mr. Tom Lollar

Mr. & Mrs. John G.L. CabotMr. & Mrs. Robert B. CadwalladerMs. Kathryn V. ClancyMr. Stephen M. Clement IIIMs. Andrea Cochran, FASLAMr. & Mrs. A. Crawford CooleyMr. & Mrs. David CrollMs. Laura H. CunninghamMrs. Judith DanforthMr. James deGrey David &

Mr. Gary PeeseMr. & Mrs. Gonzalo de las HerasMr. & Mrs. Roger DeromediMs. Helen Dimos, ASLAMs. Beirne DonaldsonMs. Joan M. DrerupMr. & Mrs. Bruce DruckerMs. Jane du Pont &

Mr. Barron KiddMr. & Mrs. David DvorakMr. & Mrs. Timothy K. EarleDr. & Mrs. Kenneth EisoldMrs. Brahm ElkinMrs. Margaret FalkDr. Jim FelserMr. & Mrs. Gary FineMr. Byron FooteMs. Jean FortThe Fortnightly of ChicagoMr. & Mrs. David FrybergerMrs. Mark A. Fuller, Jr.Ms. Christen C. GarrettMs. Renata Gasperi &

Mr. Donald J. FredianiMs. Nancy Gilbert &

Mr. Richard WinesMs. Sandra L. GlickMs. Ellen GouldMrs. Ingrid GrahamMs. Cecily GrandGreen Fingers Garden Club, Inc.Mrs. Eunice GroarkMrs. Donna GuldimannDr. Thomas R. Hansen &

Mr. Ira S. HirschfieldMr. Richard HartlageMrs. Gene M. HassanMr. & Mrs. William HavemeyerMr. & Mrs. Harold HeckMr. & Mrs. John L. Hendry IIIMr. & Mrs. John H. HewittDr. & Mrs. Craig R. HibbenMs. Elizabeth Hilpman &

Mr. Byron TuckerMs. Andrea C. HittMs. Patricia M. HockMs. Anne B. Hutchins

Ms. Katrina L. JackmanMr. & Mrs. Marshall M. JeanesMs. Vibeke JensenMr. & Mrs. R. Sidney Jones, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. P. Frederick KahnMrs. Thomas W. Keesee, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Kehoe, Jr.Mr. Newton KendigAnne U. Kittrell, Ph.D.Mr. Alan W. KornbergMr. Robert E. Kulp, Jr.Mr. James H. LandonMs. Alexandra LangnerMr. & Mrs. Lewis E. LehrmanMrs. Alice LevienMs. Susan LevkoffMr. & Mrs. Paige B. L’HommedieuMr. & Mrs. Richard LivermoreMs. Ann R. LoefflerMr. William Louis-DreyfusMrs. Linda M. LoveallMs. Mary Lungaho &

Mr. Barry GoffMr. David O. MacKenzieMr. & Mrs. Peter L. MalkinMr. & Mrs. Ecton R. ManningMr. & Mrs. Britt J. McConnellMrs. Pat MellonMr. & Mrs. Thomas MonfriedMs. Kyra L. MontaguMs. Vasiliki MoskosMrs. Mary Eugenia MyerMs. Barbara N. NelsonMr. & Mrs. Richard NelsonMr. Erik NicolaysenMs. Suzanne M. OberlinMr. & Mrs. George E. OgdenMs. Judy PayneMs. Linda Pennell &

Mr. Leon SchulzingerMrs. Chiswell D. L. PerkinsMr. & Mrs. Donald PetersenMr. Theodore Plute &

Mr. Larry FalxaMs. Elizabeth C. PringleMr. Paul R. ProvostMrs. Shannon QuinnMrs. Lynn R. QuintrellMrs. Lily B. RiceMr. & Mrs. Walter RichterMrs. Elizabeth Boardman RossDr. & Mrs. Maynard RotermundMr. & Mrs. Robert W.

Rounsavall IIIMs. Jennifer RussellMr. & Mrs. Michael P. RyanMr. & Mrs. Robert SafronMr. Charles SchmidtMs. Barbara R. ScottMs. Adrian L. Scott

32 • Report of Gifts The Garden Conservancy 2014 Annual Report

2001Taking a Garden Public: Feasibility and Startup handbook publishedGarden Conservancy Northwest Network establishedYew Dell Botanical Gardens in Crestwood, KY, named a preservation garden “Vanishing Borders” symposium presented at Texas A&M University with Peckerwood Garden

2002Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills, NJ, named a preservation garden“The American Garden in Japan” symposium co-sponsored at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

2003Rocky Hills, Mt. Kisco, NY; Steepletop, home of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in Austerlitz, NY; and Montrose garden in Hillsborough, NC, named preservation gardens

Gardens of Alcatraz, San Francisco, becomes a preservation garden; rehabilitation project beginsWest Coast Council established; San Francisco office opens

2004 Hollister House Garden, Washington, CT, named a preservation gardenRuth Bancroft Horticultural Seminars begin, Walnut Creek, CA

Hollyhock events on garden design launched in Los Angeles, CA“Great Visions, Great Gardens” symposium in New York City and Pocantico Hills, NY, presented with House & Garden magazineFirst international Fellows garden-study tour explores Mexico City and Oaxaca

2005Elizabeth Lawrence Garden in Charlotte, NC, named a preservation gardenJames deGrey David becomes chair of the Open Days program“Hadrian’s Villa and the California Garden” seminar at Stanford University“Gardens to Match Your Architecture” program (2005-09) in San Francisco, co-sponsored with Pacific Horticulture magazine

New Hampshire Open Days garden hosts, August 23, 2014

Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Seilheimer, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. ShafferMr. & Mrs. Harvey SheinMs. Melissa A. ShennanMiss Susan P. SloanMr. Steve SperottoMr. Christopher SpitzmillerMr. & Mrs. Herbert H. SprottMr. & Mrs. Alan SternMr. James W. StewartMr. & Mrs. Sabin C. StreeterMr. & Mrs. John Stroh, Jr.Ms. Patricia J. SullivanMrs. Andrea M. Testa-VoughtMs. Linda Trapkin &

Mr. Edward KleinMr. Kevin S. TravisMs. Vera Trojan &

Mr. Mark CarthyMs. Lynde B. UihleinMs. Edwina Von GalMrs. Eric W. WeinmannWestmoreland Hills Garden ClubMr. John F. WilcoxMs. Jeanne T. WillMrs. Deanne H. WinokurMs. Sinclair WintonMr. & Mrs. Spencer V. WissingerMs. Christina D. WoodMrs. Dana WoodyWyckoff Area Garden Club

$125 - $249Dr. & Mrs. John W. AbbuhlMs. Ellen AbdowMs. Barbara J. AgrenDr. Rochelle AlbinMr. David W. AlbrechtAullwood GardenMrs. Laura K. AppelMs. Astrid ArtunianMr. & Mrs. Allie P. Ash, Jr.Ms. Phyllis T. AtkinsonMr. Carl Adkins &

Ms. Dianne Balfour Mr. & Mrs. David E. BarensfeldMs. Karen BartholomewMs. Gretchen Bartzen &

Mr. Mike Rippey Ms. Su Beecham & Mr. Stuart CaseMr. David Behnke &

Mr. Paul DohertyMs. Cynthia F. BennettMs. Jayne BentzenBethel Garden ClubMs. Linda BilyMr. & Mrs. Robert BlackMs. Mary BlakeMs. Dianna Blodgett

Ms. Janice Blythe & Mr. Michael Traynor

Ms. Helen Bodian & Mr. Roger E. Alcaly

Ms. Terri BoissonneaultMs. H. Abigail BokMs. Jo Ann L. BonesMr. & Mrs. Charles BonnesBobbie’s Green Thumb, LLCMr. Michael Boodro &

Mr. Robert PiniMrs. Nathaniel R. BowditchMr. & Mrs. John M. BradleyMs. Barbara B. BrickmanMs. Eleanor BriggsBroadmoor Garden ClubMs. Cynthia D. BrodskyMs. Carolyn S. BrodyMs. Sondra Browning-OttMr. Lee BrownsonMr. & Mrs. Arthur R. BruceMs. Barbara L. BuchmanMr. Thomas A. BuckleyMr. Thornton W. Burnet, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Martin BushMr. & Mrs. Donald G. CalderMr. James F. CallanMr. & Mrs. Michael CanmannMr. Jay E. CantorGus & Jenny Rose CareyMr. & Mrs. Donald CarswellCentennial Garden ClubMr. & Mrs. John ClaridgeMs. Jean CocozzaMs. Ann R. CoffinMr. & Mrs. Harry D. CohenMs. Ann S. ConableMr. Richard W. CopelandMrs. Donald CoupardMs. Karen R. CraparoMs. Leslie D. CroninMrs. Elizabeth M. CurrieMs. Karen A. CurryMs. Sylvia B. DahlMrs. Robbie DaltonMr. & Mrs. Frederick M. DanzigerMrs. Mary DavenportMrs. Christian S. DavironMr. & Mrs. Carl DawsonMrs. Marta DeckerMs. Lynne B. DentonMs. Katherine E. DesmondMrs. Jennie L. DeSchererMs. Dana K. DiricksonMs. Pat DoudnaMrs. Paige DoumaniMr. & Mrs. Edward G. Dowling, Jr.Ms. Barbara G. DuffyMs. Francesca M. EastmanMr. & Mrs. Frank EberhartMr. & Mrs. Marvin W. Ehlers

Mr. & Mrs. Mike ElliottMrs. Anne E. EllisMs. Kathryn ErtelThe Eudora Welty FoundationMs. Arlene E. EvansMr. Marc EwingMs. Lora FasolinoMr. George K. Fenn, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. FindlayMs. Roslyn K. FlegelMrs. Irene C. ForbesMr. & Mrs. Walter L. FoulkeMs. Florence Bryan FowlkesMr. Rene FransenMrs. Elizabeth Stout-Fuchs &

Mr. David FuchsMs. Carolyn C. FulcherMs. Lisa GamsuGarden Club of Chevy ChaseGarden Club of MontclairMr. & Mrs. Austin H. GeorgeMs. Barbara GettingerMr. & Mrs. Larry GileGlen Gate CompanyMrs. Ann H. Granbery ASLAMr. Richard C. GravesMs. Fayal B. Greene &

Mr. David SharpeMs. Laurie HammelMr. Philippe A. HansMs. Deborah HaraldsonMs. Natalie HarderMs. Kimberly A. HatchMr. Christian HavemeyerMs. Myra HechtMs. Kathryn A. HeintzMr. Mark Hemphill &

Mr. Scott B. ShraderMr. & Mrs. Philip J. HemplemanMr. & Mrs. F.W. Herlitz

Mr. Simon HewettMs. Carrie E. Hewitt &

Mr. Adam ShilsHildene - The Lincoln Family

HomeMs. Marlena C. HeydenreichMs. Christy D. Hobart &

Mr. Henry ShapiroMs. Mary Pat HoganMs. Merilee HolstMr. & Mrs. Christopher D. HookThe Horticultural Alliance

of the Hamptons, Ltd.Ms. Rosemary HughesMs. Fredericka HunterMs. Suzanne C. HutchinsMr. & Mrs. Gary IrishIthaca Garden ClubMr. Vincent B. JacquardMr. & Mrs. Krist JakeMs. Angela Jameson &

Mr. John KrizEvelyn & Michael JefcoatMrs. Ann JeffersMr. & Mrs. Howard E. JessenMrs. Edward C. Johnson IIIMr. Ashby JohnsonMrs. Julie JordinMs. Dorothy KaminsMr. Bruce J. KaslMrs. Susan Booth KeetonMrs. James M. KelloggMrs. Susan H. KemenyffyMr. & Mrs. Jim KenanMs. Sylvia KindigMs. Pamela KindlerMs. Joan KomaromiMr. Paul KrichMr. & Mrs. Keith KroegerMiss Tillie Page Laird

The Garden Conservancy 2014 Annual Report Report of Gifts • 33

Conservancy begins providing preservation assistance to Gaiety Hollow, Salem, ORMeeting of Open Days regional representatives, Newtown, CT

2006Conservancy marshals funds and a garden crew to help Longue Vue recover from Hurricane Katrina. Longue Vue named a preservation garden

$250,000 Save America’s Treasures grant to Alcatraz project successfully matchedFirst seminar in Los Angeles, “Fresh Design, West Coast 2006” Campaign to Save America’s Exceptional Gardens launched

2007Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Bishopville, SC, named a preservation garden

Meeting of Open Days regional representatives, Austin, TXFounder Frank Cabot retires as chairman and is succeeded by Tom Armstrong; Ben Lenhardt named vice-chairmanFirst Preservation Weekend held in Cold Spring, NYGarden design talks begin at Flora Grubb Gardens in San Francisco

2008“An Age of Gardeners: Mrs. Bancroft and Her Horticultural Contemporaries” symposium in honor of Ruth Bancroft’s 100th birthdayOpen Days preview program and reception at Chicago Botanic GardenFirst Hollister House Garden Study Weekend

2009National Trust for Historic Preservation presents Trustees’ Award for Organizational Excellence to the ConservancyFirst European garden-study tour by the Society of Fellows, to Belgium and HollandOpen Days preview program and reception at Denver Botanic Gardens

Open Days volunteers, Jacksonville, FL

Ms. Barbara LambMs. Karen LamensdorfMs. Kyle LandtMr. & Mrs. Brian LaraghMr. & Mrs. James M. Large, Jr.Ms. Victoria LaubachMr. Robert N. LaughlinMs. Nell LeachMr. & Mrs. Henri J. LeclercMs. Sharon LeeMs. Georgia LeeMs. Laura W. LeeMr. & Mrs. Gregor LeinsdorfMs. Lisa LemoinMs. Deborah Levine &

Mr. Jon ChairesMs. Candace W. LindenzweigMr. & Mrs. Morris Lloyd, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Leslie O. LynchDr. & Mrs. Ward W. MaierMr. & Mrs. Brad MaltMariani Landscape, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Graham A. MarxDr. Timothy D. Mattison &

Dr. Eve H. RiceMr. Eugene McCarthyMs. Mary Lou McGuireMr. & Mrs. Jason McManusMs. Gioconda McMillanMrs. Ruth C. MeadDr. & Mrs. Anthony MeyerMs. Victoria A. Michaels

Ms. Mary Anne A. MielkeMr. Roger MillerMr. & Mrs. Tom MitchellMr. & Mrs. Robert L. MontgomeryMr. & Mrs. David F. MooreDr. & Mrs. Lloyd N. MorrisettMs. Sue MortensenMs. Virginia MorthlandMs. Elizabeth Gill MuenchMs. Genevieve B. NaumanMr. & Mrs. John NeedhamMs. Deborah NevinsMs. Diane Newbury &

Mr. Steven P. BermanMr. & Mrs. Robert NicholsMs. Jill Nooney &

Dr. Robert S. MungerNorth Shore Garden ClubMs. Susan E. OgleOld City Cemetery Museums &

ArboretumMr. & Mrs. John OlsenOrinda Garden ClubMr. & Mrs. S. Bartley OsbornMr. & Mrs. William A. OsbornMr. & Mrs. Glenn OstranderMs. Denise M. OtisMrs. Katharine S. OverlockMr. & Mrs. Michael PakalikMs. Susan PattonMs. Jane PaulPerennial Garden Club

Ann & Joseph PerkowskiMs. Julia G. PerlmanMs. Linda PescosolidoMs. Elaine H. Peterson &

Mr. Richard KahnMs. Melissa PfliegerMr. & Mrs. Daniel PichneyMr. & Mrs. Daniel PierceMs. Susan Pinsky &

Mr. Marc RosenMr. & Mrs. Charles A. PlattMs. Robyn PockerMs. Nancy Goslee PowerMs. Doris Price DealMs. Virginia P. PurvianceMrs. Elise C. PustilnikMr. & Mrs. John W. PuthRamsey Area Garden ClubMrs. Polly C. RattnerMr. & Mrs. Joseph ReedMs. Hope W. ReeseMs. Bonnie RegendahlRhinebeck Garden ClubMrs. Peirson RichardsonDr. & Mrs. William J. Robb IIMr. & Mrs. Walter S. Robertson IIIMs. Roxana RobinsonMs. Betsy RollsMs. Louise RosenfeldRiva & Stephen RosenfieldRound Hill Garden ClubMr. Wesley F. Rouse, Jr.Ms. Kerstin G. RoyceMr. & Mrs. Harry C. RubicamMs. Nancy RubsamSusan & Frank RuchMr. Mike RushingRye Garden ClubMr. David SamuelsonMs. Gail Kiley Sanders &

Mr. Nick Sanders Dr. Carla Sands &

Mr. Fred C. SandsMs. Susan SargentMr. Sheafe SatterthwaiteMrs. Harriet H. SavageMrs. William C. SchockMs. Susan Schumann-SkehanMs. Patricia ScottMr. & Mrs. Robert ScribnerMr. F.Augustus SeamansMrs. Carol SeldinDr. Laura Sessums &

Mr. Blake BilesMrs. Barbara ShapiroMr. & Mrs. Andrew ShawMrs. Frances B. ShepherdMr. & Mrs. Charles SheppardMrs. Hannah H. R. ShipleyMrs. Elaine SiletsProf. Katherine B. Sims

Mr. & Mrs. Peter SkoglundMs. Catherine H. SkoveMrs. Elizabeth C. SluderMr. & Mrs. Roy Louis Smart IIIMrs. Suzanne T. SmartMr. & Mrs. Richard SmithMr. & Mrs. Anthony R. SmithMrs. Anne F. SpencerMs. Diane T. SpencerMs. Anita Spertus &

Mr. Robert J. Holmgren Ms. Penni I. St. HilaireMrs. W. Laird Stabler, Jr.Ms. Eva A. StefanskiMs. Laurie SteichenMs. Kathy SternStorrier Stearnes Japanese GardenMs. Andrea G. StoverMs. Kathleen F. StradarMr. & Mrs. Stanley StroupMr. Ronald L. StrouseSullivan RenaissanceMr. & Mrs. David SwinfordMs. Vanessa TaberMr. & Mrs. Willard B. TaylorMr. James P. Thayer, Jr.Mrs. Margaret G. ThomasMr. & Mrs. Charles ThorntonThree Harbors Garden ClubMr. & Mrs. Richard H. TiedeMr. & Mrs. Robert TiffanyMs. Coralie S. ToevsMrs. Amy J. TysonMr. & Mrs. Thomas UnderwoodMrs. Julia A. Van HallMs. Barberie H. van ValeyMr. Scott VanderHammVan Vleck House & GardensMrs. Margaret J. VernetMr. & Mrs. Roger B. VincentMrs. Gay E. Vincent-CanalMr. & Mrs. Jeff von

Munkwitz-SmithMs. Margaret WalkerMs. Cynthia WalshDr. Joel E. Wasley IIIMs. Dorsey Waxter &

Mr. Richard ArmstrongMs. Wendy Weaver ChaixMr. & Mrs. E.W. WeeksWithey-Price Landscape

and Design, LLCMr. Walter F. Wientge, Jr.Ms. Deborah E. WileyMs. Mary E. L. WilsonMr. Richard B. WolfMs. Jean WoodMr. David R. YoungMr. & Mrs. Charles J. YoungMs. Catherine Ziegler

34 • Report of Gifts The Garden Conservancy 2014 Annual Report

“An Afternoon in the Gardens of Los Angeles”California Preservation Foundation presents two awards to the Alcatraz project

2010George W. Rowe Education Fund established Chase Garden, Orting, WA, now under Conservancy’s management, becomes public garden

Campaign to Save America’s Exceptional Gardens exceeds $15 million goal

2011The death of Tom Armstrong in June is followed by that of Frank Cabot in NovemberBen Lenhardt elected chairman of the board and Courtnay Daniels, vice-chairmanConservancy welcomes LongHouse Reserve as first Affiliate Garden

“A Singular Vision” tribute in New York City celebrates Tom Armstrong’s life and book

2012“Envisioning a Greater Perfection” tribute to Frank Cabot held at the New York Botanical Garden, co-sponsored with Wave HillThe Garden Club of America awards Medal for Historic Preservation to the Conservancy

Third Preservation Weekend held at Chicago Botanic GardenSusan and Coleman Burke endow Distinguished Lecture SeriesAt year end, Antonia Adezio steps down as president

2013Jenny Young du Pont appointed president and chief executive officerGreenwood Gardens open to the public on a regular basis

“Preserving Beatrix Farrand’s Gardens” symposium, Bar Harbor, ME

2014Open Days marks 20th season and Advisory Committee establishedGardens of Alcatraz graduate to local managementGaiety Hollow, Salem, OR, and Hortulus Farm, Wrightstown, PA, named preservation gardens25th Anniversary Celebration begins

Peckerwood Garden. Photo by Bethany Jordan.

IN HONOR OFThe Garden Conservancy’s 25th Anniversary and the following friends:Mrs. Susan Bodin Mr. & Mrs. Francis CrockardMr. & Mrs. Jerry Finger Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Gaedcke Mr. & Mrs. C.R. GreggMr. & Mrs. Fred Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Henry HammanMs. Bonnie Humphrey Mr. & Mrs. Ardon B. Judd Mr. & Mrs. Gerd KeuffelMr. & Mrs. David Underwoodby Anne & Taft Symonds

The marriage of Amory Armstrong & William Kennyby Mr. & Mrs. John R. H. Blumby Catherine C. Cahill & William L. Bernhard

Tom Armstrong’s past dedication and leadershipby Chilton Investment Services, LLCby Courtney S. Raeby Elisabeth & Nathan E. Saint-Amand

Shelley Bellingby Dana H. Anderson

Dr. & Mrs. Price Cameron, Jr. by Hortulus, Inc.

Betsy & Coby Everdellby Chip Allemann & John Danzer

Gifford Ewing and Bayard Ewingby Hasso Ewing

Carolyn Fabelby Kim Fabel

Paxson Hillby Mr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Napolitano

Benjamin Lenhardt’s leadership of the Garden Conservancy by Susan & Roger Stone

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr.by Hortulus, Inc.by Janine Luke

Peter W. Mayby the Garden Club of Newtown

Jane Perry McFaddenby Peter & Babette Loring

Robert Mossby Andre S. Bishop

The Steinhardt’s Iroki Gardenby Bayard Cutting Arboretum Horticultural Society

IN MEMORY OFThomas Busackby Benjamin A. Reddit & Cathe Busack

Dorothy J. Dayby Day Family Foundation, H. Corbin Day

Mary Yancey Loveby Candyce A. Love

Andrew Reimannby Evelyn Mahoney

Frederic Rheinsteinby Shelley & Phil Bellingby Anne & Taft Symondsby Mish Tworkowski

Peggy S. Riceby Eve Hart Rice & Timothy D. Mattison

Dr. Donald Wilcoxby Marcia Forman

FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIESThe 1916 FoundationAshe Donor Advised Fund of

East Tennessee FoundationEugene & Carol Atkinson

Family FoundationThe Atticus TrustIrwin Belk Educational

FoundationBelling Family Foundation

Fund of the Orange County Community Foundation

The Beverly Vista TrustDavid A. Blanton III

Charitable TrustBluestone FoundationBobbie’s Green Thumb, LLCThe Beatrice Bowles Charitable

Fund at Schwab Charitable FundBurney Fair Endowment of the

Coastal Community Fund of South Carolina

The Chisholm FoundationColbert Family Fund of Coastal

Community Foundation. of South Carolina

Bert Condie Family FoundationEdward & Nancy Conner Fund

at the East Bay Community Foundation.

The Marvin H. Davidson Foundation, Inc.

Day Family FoundationNancy P. Durr Fund of Fidelity

CharitableElizabeth Taylor Fessenden

FoundationFiduciary Trust Company

InternationalStephanie & Lawrence Flinn, Jr.

Charitable TrustErnst & Elfriede Frank

Foundation, Inc.The Garden GroupSumner Gerard FoundationGlen Gate CompanyGreat Island FoundationHalf Moon Foundation

Hamilton Family FoundationThe Lilly Christy Busch Hermann

FoundationHarvey D. & Peggy S. Hinman

Charitable TrustHunter Family FoundationKayne FoundationKelly FoundationLauren & Richard King

Charitable TrustEmily Landecker Foundation, Inc.The Lenhardt FoundationLeon Levy FoundationPeter & Babette Loring Fund at

Fidelity CharitableJosephine P. & John J. Louis

FoundationMACFUND FoundationLiza Jane MacNaughton Fund

of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

The Malkin Fund, Inc.Mariani Landscape, Inc.The McBaine Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. J. Patterson McBaine

Fund of the Bessemer National Gift Fund

Joseph H. & Evelyn M. McGee Fund of Coastal Community Foundation

Nelson Mead FundSteven L. Merrill Family

FoundationMichael & Pamela Miles Gift FundG. Willard Miller FoundationBetty James & Walter S.

Montgomery, Jr. FoundationMSB Cockayne Fund, Inc.Nautilus Foundation, Inc.The Niner FoundationPalm FoundationThe Sarah & Ross Perot, Jr.

FoundationDonald & Jo Anne Petersen FundThe Howard Phipps FoundationSusan Lynde Duval Phipps

FoundationPorpoise FundThe Jon Q. & Ann S. Reynolds

Family TrustSuzanne Rheinstein Fund

of Fidelity CharitableBarbara Paul Robinson & Charles

Raskob Robinson Fund of the New York Community Trust

George W. & Kate M. Rowe Fund of the East Bay Community Foundation

Ruettgers Family Charitable Foundation

Patrick G. & Shirley W. Ryan Foundation

The Elizabeth & Stanley D. Scott Foundation, Inc.

George H. Shattuck, Jr. & Isabel C. Shattuck Charitable Foundation

The Sinnott Family Charitable Fund

Carol & Ned Spieker Fund at Schwab Charitable Fund

Robert K. Steel Family FoundationThe Meyer & Jean Steinberg

Family Foundation

The Judy & Michael Steinhardt Foundation

Roger & Susan Stone Family Foundation

The Margaret Dorrance Strawbridge Foundation of Pennsylvania II

Stuart Family FoundationThomas & Beatrice Taplin Fund

of the Denver FoundationTerrainBlanche Thebom TrustThe Mary Ann & Lawrence

Tucker Foundationvan Beuren Charitable

FoundationNancy Voorhees Fund of the

Community Foundation for the National Capital Region

The Walbridge Fund, Ltd.Marshall Watson Interiors, Ltd.David & Candace Weir

FoundationThe Eudora Welty FoundationThe Widgeon Point Charitable

Foundation, Inc.John Winthrop Charitable TrustWithey-Price Landscape and

Design, LLCWoodcock P. FoundationZBGA Grant from New York State

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

MATCHING GIFT FOUNDATIONSGE FoundationIBM CorporationKingdon Capital Management,

LLC

OPEN DAYS PROGRAMBayard Cutting Arboretum

Horticultural SocietyBrent & Becky’s BulbsBroken Arrow NurseryDr. Sue B. BottigheimerGarden Design MagazineMr. & Mrs. Nathaniel B. DayVirginia A. KortewegMr. William Kurtis &

Ms. Donna LaPietra Leon Levy FoundationThe Lotos ClubMs. Tovah MartinAnde & Peter RooneyMr. & Mrs. Patrick G. RyanMs. Bunny Williams

The Garden Conservancy 2014 Annual Report Report of Gifts • 35

ANNIVERSARY BENEFACTORSMary-Randolph BallingerMr. & Mrs. Coleman P. BurkeColin & Paula CabotMr. & Mrs. Terrence D. DanielsAmy Goldman Fowler & Cary FowlerDorothy H. & John R. GardnerMr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr.Longwood Gardens

Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Hayward III Paul B. Redman & Dean O. Berlon

Mrs. Frederic RheinsteinMr. & Mrs. Charles M. RoyceSusan & Roger StoneMr. & Mrs. William R. Wister, Jr.

ANNIVERSARY CHAMPIONSMrs. John R. DonnellMr. & Mrs. Richard KayneKamie & Rich LightburnMr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Steffan

ANNIVERSARY PATRONSMiss Jane Forbes ClarkPeggy & Jack CroweLucy & Nathaniel DayMr. & Mrs. Lionel Goldfrank IIIMr. & Mrs. Albert P. HegyiMr. & Mrs. Henry P. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. John H. Krehbiel, Jr.Heidi & Tom McWilliamsMt. Cuba CenterSue & Gerry SeitzJennifer P. SpeersJean & Richard Witmer

SPONSORSAntonia & Peter BreckMr. & Mrs. Marvin H. DavidsonSuzanne S. DixonMrs. Pierre S. du PontMrs. Susan Zises GreenMr. & Mrs. Richard T. GroteSusan E. LynchJoseph Marek & John BernatzJanet Mavec & Wayne NordbergSteven L. MerrillCharlotte Moss & Barry FriedbergBarbara Paul Robinson &

Charles Raskob RobinsonMr. & Mrs. Michael C. RuettgersMr. & Mrs. Jorge A. SánchezMrs. Thomas F. SchlaflyJudy & Michael SteinhardtMr. & Mrs. J. Taft SymondsPaul & Christabel VartanianMr. & Mrs. Rodman Ward, Jr.

SUPPORTERSBunty ArmstrongMorris & Cynthia ChestonKristen & Robert DeLaMaterMr. & Mrs. Richard FieldElizabeth & Coburn EverdellWendy & Ben GriswoldJoy H. InghamMichael A. Kovner &

Jean Doyen de MontaillouElizabeth Locke & John StaelinSusan & Glenn LowryPat & Susie McBaineBarclay McFadden III &

Jane Perry McFaddenPamela MilesMrs. Jonathan Hay PardeeMr. & Mrs. Stanley DeForest ScottMr. & Mrs. David Wax

FRIENDSMr. & Mrs. Robert S. AndersonAmory Armstrong & William KennyMrs. Eugene AtkinsonDavid A. Blanton IIIMr. & Mrs. Avery BourkeSheila A. BradyMrs. Oonie BurleyMrs. Robert F. Carr IIIMrs. Jeffrey W. CasdinCuchi & Alan ClarkMr. & Mrs. Herbert D. Condie IIIMiss Melissa CondiePage Dickey & Bosco SchellLouisa C. DuemlingMargaret Hamilton Duprey &

Robert V. DupreyMr. & Mrs. Brian EveristSumner L. Freeman & Roy K. YeagerJoan & John GoodwinAnn & Preston GranberyMyrna R. HaftMs. May Brawley HillJudy & John KellerMrs. Memrie M. LewisJanine LukePepe & John MaynardPatti & Peter McGeeLynden B. MillerDick & Pam NinerTrevor A. Potter & Dana Scott WestringMs. Elisabeth A. Saint-AmandSophia Shaw & Art CollinsHelen Martin SpaldingMr. & Mrs. Warren A. StephensMr. & Mrs. Hans E. TausigMr. & Mrs. Lawrence C. TuckerShelby WhiteBunny Williams & John Rosselli

25th Anniversary Celebration DonorsOn December 3, 2014, the Garden Conservancy marked a milestone and launched the celebration of our

Silver Anniversary. We look forward to continuing to expand our efforts to save and share outstanding gardens into the future, thanks to the support and generosity of the following individuals.

I will look at cliffs and cloudsWith quiet eyes,Watch the wind bow down the grass,And the grass rise.

And when the lights begin to showUp from the town,I will mark which must be mine,And then start down.

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

Earth, I thank youfor the pleasure of your languageYou’ve had a hard timebringing it to mefrom the groundto grunt thru the nounTo all the wayfeeling seeing smelling touching—awareness

I am here! — Anne Spencer

“I invite you to enter in; not only into my garden, but into the world of gardens—a world as old as the history of man, and as new as the latest contribution of science; a world of mystery, adventure, and romance; a world of poetry and philosophy; a world of beauty; and a world of work.”

— Elizabeth Lawrence, The Charlotte Observer

“Every piece of green we save is important.” — Frank Cabot

The Garden ConservanCyPost Office Box 219 Cold Spring, NY 10516 www.gardenconservancy.org

Non-Profit Organization US Postage PAID Holliston, MAPermit No. 72

Printed on recycled paper