2007 Annual Report - Missouri Botanical Garden

2007 Missouri Botanical Garden Annual Report: Inspiring Wonder

“We humans should protect and 

nurture our environment in the same 

Way as a bird protects her eggs.” 

–damian manuhWa, 

chapungu sculptor 

Given in loving memory of 

Marjory Kassabaum Graff 

from her family (2002).

“ all of life 

hangs on the 

leaf. the oxygen 

We breathe and 

the food that 

sustains us, 

all come from 

the leaves.” 

– bernard takaWira, 

chapungu sculptor

Letter from the president 

The Missouri Botanical Garden brought the hand-hewn stone 

sculpture of Zimbabwe—Chapungu—to the United States for 

the first time in 2001. Alreaduy these contemporary artists were 

addressing environmental themes in their work. Protecting the 

Eggs by Damien Manuhwa, part of the Garden’s permanent 

collection, gently reminds us to protect and nurture our 

environment, to become stewards of the earth. 

In 2007, we presented a new Chapungu exhibition— 

Nature, Man, and Myth—and the environmental call-toaction 

was more urgent. From a distance, we see a beautiful 

sculpture of graceful giraffes by Fungayi Mwarowa. Up close, 

we read, “The year is 2050. The elders gather to sing about 

this elegant and beautiful animal that once existed in our land, 

but which has now been driven to extinction.” 

In February, I co-chaired the international panel of scientists 

which presented the United Nations with a plan to combat 

climate change. We called on all nations to slow the known 

causes of change, that is, reduce global carbon dioxide 

emissions. To prepare for the unavoidable consequences 

of our changing climate, we outlined ways to adapt to 

warmer climates, including new methods of sustainable land 

management, advanced building practices, and weatheremergency 

preparedness. The human race numbers 6.6 

billion people—explosive growth from 2.5 billion in 1950— 

and has never faced greater challenges. We have no 

time for delay. 

Plants are the basis of human life. Through the extraordinary 

process of photosynthesis, the abundant flow of energy 

from the sun is converted into the foundational requirements 

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for human existence—food, clothing, shelter, fuel, beauty, 

medicine and, over the course of billions of years, oxygen. 

By the end of the century, half of the estimated 300,000 

species of plants could be extinct in nature. 

The work of Missouri Botanical Garden botanists and our 

associates throughout the world provides the basis for 

effective conservation and sustainable use. Garden scientists 

are working in 36 nations around the globe to explore and 

document their plants. Our work is concentrated in tropical 

countries, where many plants are in great danger of extinction, 

and with less known about them than in temperate regions. 

The Garden’s Center for Conservation and Sustainable 

Development champions community-based conservation 

efforts, empowering local populations to help protect their 

natural resources. Garden educators work to instill a love of 

nature in children so they will become concerned adults— 

our future botanists and environmentalists. 

At the Missouri Botanical Garden, we are striving for a world 

that can sustain us without sacrificing the prosperity of future 

generations, a world in which all people share a commitment 

to manage biological diversity for our common benefit. We are 

all connected, as the Chapungu artists say, and I know we can 

depend on our many friends to support these continuing efforts 

to “protect and nurture our environment in the same way as a 

bird protects her eggs.” 

Peter H. Raven, 

President of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Letter from the Chairman 

Henry Shaw opened his garden to the public nearly a 

century and a half ago. In 2009, we will observe our 

sesquicentennial anniversary, and plans are underway 

for a celebration befitting Shaw’s legacy. In Shaw’s will, 

he established that, upon his death, the Missouri 

Botanical Garden would be conveyed to 

Trustees […] with the view of having for the use of the public 

a Botanical garden […], which should be forever kept up and 

maintained for the cultivation and propagation of plants, flowers, 

fruit and forest trees, and other productions of the vegetable 

kingdom; and a museum and library connected therewith, […] 

and to the science of Botany, Horticulture, and allied objects; […]. 

As the new chairman of the Board of Trustees, I am honored 

to lead a body tasked with protecting and maintaining the 

Missouri Botanical Garden “for the use of the public…forever.” 

Gratitude is due to my predecessor in this role, Scott Schnuck, 

who made this job look easy for three years. Gratitude is 

also due to our wide-ranging community of members and 

supporters, whose gifts, sponsorships, tributes, bequests, and 

annual donations to the Henry Shaw Fund provide the critical 

foundation for all the Garden’s activities. 

Shaw’s Garden is one of the treasures of our region. Green 

for nearly one hundred and fifty years, the Garden is uniquely 

positioned to lead this era of sustainability. Throughout 2007, 

the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees worked 

closely with the Garden’s management team, staff members, 

donors, and other stakeholders to crystallize a bold and 

ambitious plan to guide the Garden as we move forward in 

our mission “to discover and share knowledge about plants, 

in order to preserve and enrich life,” and to build a more 

sustainable future. 

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The Board of Trustees adopted this plan at its December 19 

meeting. The new strategic plan, Missouri Botanical Garden: 

Conservation and Sustainability, defines the Garden’s vision, 

values, and goals, and sets our course for 2008 through 2014. 

The development of this plan has reinforced our belief in 

the strength the Garden brings to the national and international 

science community, as well as the crucial importance of 

partnership and collaboration. You will see evidence of these 

partnerships throughout this report. In our science and 

conservation activities, we partner with the National Geographic 

Society and National Science Foundation, the New York Botanical 

Garden and Royal Botanic Gardens—Kew, among others. 

We collaborate with the Missouri Department of Conservation, 

Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and local universities. 

We also work closely with the Saint Louis Art Museum, Science 

Center, Zoo, and Missouri History Museum, as we “crosspollinate” 

our education programs, enrich cultural opportunities, 

and even help feed and entertain zoo animals (see page 17). 

Creating a shared vision moves us beyond what any of us 

can accomplish alone. Henry Shaw understood that when he 

established the Board of Trustees. Another man has understood 

as well: our current president Dr. Peter H. Raven, head of the 

Garden since 1971, and leader of our remarkable growth into the 

twenty-first century. Here’s to working together to build a better 

future for people, plants, and the planet! 

Nicholas L. Reding, 

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Board of trustees 

Mr. Nicholas L. Reding, 

Chair 

Carolyn W. Losos, 

Vice Chair 

Catherine B. Berges 

Rev. Lawrence Biondi, S.J. 

Mr. Stephen F. Brauer 

Prof. Sir Peter R. Crane FRS 

Mr. Arnold W. Donald 

The Hon. Charlie A. Dooley 

Mr. L. B. Eckelkamp, Jr. 

Dr. Thomas F. George 

Mr. Edward D. Higgins 

Mr. David Hollo 

Mr. David W. Kemper 

Mr. S. Lee Kling 

Mr. Charles E. Kopman 

Mr. Hal A. Kroeger, Jr. 

Cheryl Morley 

Mr. Jai Nagarkatti 

Mr. Scott C. Schnuck 

Dr. Henry Gerard 

Schwartz, Jr. 

Mr. Rex Sinquefield 

Nancy R. Siwak 

The Hon. Francis G. Slay 

The Rt. Rev. George 

Wayne Smith 

Mr. Robert B. Smith 

Mr. Andrew C. Taylor 

Mr. Barrett Toan 

Dr. Mark S. Wrighton 

Emeritus Trustees 

Mr. Clarence C. Barksdale 

Mr. John H. Biggs 

Mr. William H. T. Bush 

Mr. Bert D. Condie III 

Mr. M. Peter Fischer 

Mrs. Marilyn Fox 

Mrs. Margaret B. Grigg 

Mr. Robert R. Hermann 

Mrs. Warren G. Keinath, Jr. 

Mr. Ralph Korte 

Mr. Robert E. Kresko 

June M. Kummer 

Mr. E. Desmond Lee, Jr. 

Doris Lichtenstein 

Lucy Lopata 

Mr. Douglas B. MacCarthy 

Mr. James S. McDonnell III 

Mr. Jefferson L. Miller 

Mr. Lucius B. Morse III 

Dr. Helen E. Nash 

Evelyn E. Newman 

Mrs. Linda O’Hara 

Mr. William R. Orthwein, Jr. 

Mr. Roy Pfautch 

Mrs. Lucianna Gladney Ross 

Mr. Anthony F. Sansone, Sr. 

Mr. Warren M. Shapleigh 

Mr. Joseph Shaughnessy 

Mrs. C. C. Johnson Spink 

Mrs. Walter G. Stern 

Dr. William K. Y. Tao 

Mr. Jack E. Thomas, Jr. 

Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy 

Dr. George E. Thoma 

Mr. John K. Wallace, Jr. 

Mr. O. Sage Wightman III 

Mrs. Raymond H. Wittcoff 

Mr. Harry E. 

Wuertenbaecher, Jr. 

Honorary Trustees 

Dr. Werner Greuter 

Dr. Surinder M. Sehgal 

Members’ Board 

Carol Squires, President

ight: This passionflower is a new species collected in the 

Yungas cloud forest of northern Bolivia to be described 

by Garden curator Peter Jørgensen and Bolivian botanist 

Roberto Vásquez. As the global climate warms, species 

from lower elevations migrate upward along mountain 

slopes, competing with and placing at risk the specially 

adapted cloud forest and alpine plants. 

below: In ecuador, 30 students from the Shuar 

indigenous group participated in a dendrology, or tree 

identification, course taught by Garden curator David 

Neill. The students are from the local university, where 

they study botany and chemistry and learn methods of 

producing natural products from Amazonian plants— 

such as soaps, balms, and perfumes—with the aim of 

developing sustainable economic alternatives for Shuar 

communities in the region. 

sCienCe & Conservation: 

proteCting the WeB of Life 

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In every country on Earth, species are becoming 

extinct at an unprecedented rate. The scientific 

work of Missouri Botanical Garden researchers 

is the basis for plant conservation in many 

countries. In addition, community-based efforts, 

empower local populations to protect their natural 

resources, thus protecting the web of life—and 

the future—for us all. 

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The Garden has one of the world’s most active 

research programs in tropical botany and 

conservation, with 46 Ph.D. researchers working 

in 36 countries around the globe. Every day, 

these intrepid scientists wrestle the elements 

to document the world’s dwindling flora. 

New species are discovered almost daily, but 

discovery and documentation are not enough in 

the face of habitat destruction and global 

climate change. 

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“ We cannot sustain the 

pollution of the rivers, 

the cutting of the trees, 

and the destruction of 

our environment.” 

– sanWell chirume 


Scientists have indentified only one in six plants believed to exist in 

the world. As habitats are destroyed, plants that could yield potential 

medical or other benefits will be lost. In Costa Rica in 2007, 

Garden curators Barry Hammel and Mike Grayum recorded the 

discovery of 28 species new to science: 

Blechnum moranianum 

Buddleja filibracteolata 

Calyptranthes monteverdensis 

Cleome costaricensis 

Connarus vulcanicus 

Danaea tuomistoana 

Eugenia haberi 

Guarea 5 spp. 

Justicia chaconii 

Lellingeria pinnata 

Lepanthes cribbii 

Lepanthes whittenii 

Luzula ignivoma 

Oryctina costaricensis 

Panopsis acostana 

Pleurothallis bogarinii 

Protium pecuniosum 

Pteris herrerae 

Ruellia exilis 

Ruellia mira 

Ruellia norvegigratiosa 

Salvia colonica 

Sobralia rarae-avis 

Sphaeradenia rostellata

“ the elders gather to sing about 

this elegant and beautiful animal 

that once existed in our land, 

but Which has noW been driven 

to extinction.” 

– fungayi mWaroWa, 


the garden in 

madagasCar: 

active since: 1972 

Community-based conservation since: 1990 

garden’s local office: Antananarivo 

staff: 54 Malagasy botanists 

and botanists-in-training 

major grants in 2007 (totaling $1.8 million): 

MacArthur Foundation, Goldman Fund, 

National Science Foundation, J.R.S. 

Biodiversity Foundation 

read more: 

www.mobot.org/mobot/madagascar 

s C i e n C e & C o n s e r v a t i o n 

profiLe: madagasCar 

above: Located off the east coast of Africa, Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island, about the size 

of Texas. Madagascar began to drift away from the African mainland 165 million years ago. In the resulting 

isolation, a unique assemblage of species evolved—species found nowhere else in the world, such as lemurs 

and baobab trees. Some 90 percent of Malagasy plants occur only on this island, the highest rate of unique 

species of any nation on Earth. 

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In the Malagasy language, it is known as tavy. Researchers 

believe this traditional method of slash-and-burn agriculture 

was brought to the island of Madagascar by the earliest human 

settlers from proto-Indonesia almost 2,000 years ago. Tavy 

teaches farmers to cut down the forest, burn the remains, 

and plant rice. The fields are then supposed to be left fallow, 

sometimes up to 10 years, but human population growth and 

desperate poverty have outstripped forest regeneration, and tavy 

has become a tradition that threatens biodiversity and livelihoods. 


near mahabo, a highly endangered forest in southeastern 

madagascar, the garden has trained villagers to make 

baskets in styles that will appeal to an international 

market through a partnership with the Blessing Basket 

project ® . the basket weavers, all of them women, use 

rushes that grow in the marshes around mahabo forest, 

and the income generated is helping to alleviate poverty. 

the skandalaris Center for social entrepreneurship at 

Washington university studied the economic impact and 

found that the first year’s production contributed more 

than 10 percent to the entire economy in mahabo— 

more than four times the normal economic growth 

for madagascar. 

“The villagers of Mahabo, for example, rely 

heavily on the forest for income. The result is 

overharvesting of trees and burning the forest 

to make room for crops. The bottom line is, 

poverty screams louder than our message 

of conservation,” said Garden associate 

curator Armand Randrianasolo. 

Since 1990, the Garden has operated training 

programs to establish a corps of Malagasy citizens 

with practical skills and the experience needed to 

assume responsibility for the study, protection, and 

rational use of their country’s unique biodiversity. 

Community-based conservation training sessions 

are held during village meetings. 

a madagasCar 

suCCess story: 

Today, the long-term survival rate for childhood 

leukemia is above 90 percent, owing in part to 

vincristine, a chemotherapeutic drug made 

from the Madagascar rosy periwinkle. Other 

potential medicines might be discovered 

in Madagascar, if we can conserve the forests. 

With Malagasy incomes averaging only 

$240 per year, about eighty percent of the 

population practices subsistence farming. 

Barely fifteen percent of the original forest 

remains today.

sCienCe & Conservation profiLe: peru 

the garden in peru: 

active since: 1975 

Community-based 

conservation since: 2001 

garden’s local office: Oxapampa 

staff: 27 Peruvian botanists, 

trained specialists, 

and graduate students 

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“ if Wisdom comes With years, 

then Why is she, so much 

younger than i, so much Wiser?” 

– agnes nyanhongo 


above: Together with the Yanesha people, Garden conservationists have created an integrated program 

of environmental education and sustainable development. Yanesha families apply the skills they have 

learned to cultivate vegetables for home consumption. Mothers in the community of Villa América, shown 

here with some of their harvest, also cultivate vegetables to supply to the comidería, a popular dining 

room that the mothers’ club has developed as a small business in the community. 

At the headwaters of the Amazon Basin, in the selva central 

(central forest) of Peru in the eastern foothills of the Andes, 

lie the ancestral homelands of the Yanesha, who have lived 

in this area for over 2,000 years. Despite domination by the 

Incas, and later by the Spanish, the Yanesha maintained 

a traditional way of life for centuries, hunting, fishing, and 

practicing subsistence agriculture adapted to the narrow 

valleys of the upper Peruvian Amazon.

above (top and bottom): Masdevallia rosea, native to Peru. Orchids are perhaps the least 

known botanical group in the selva central. In the Garden’s internship program, Peruvian university 

students spend several weeks collecting specimens and gathering data in central Peru, one of the 

richest laboratories in the world for biological research. 

The Yanesha are a small community—numbering 

just 7,000 people, or three percent of the 

indigenous population of Peru—but they are 

pivotal to conservation efforts. They live in proximity 

to two of Peru’s most biologically rich reserves: 

the Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park and the 

San Matías-San Carlos Protected Forest. 

To reach the Yanesha lands in the selva central 

requires a seventeen-to-twenty hour bus ride from 

Lima, depending on the condition of precarious 

roads prone to mudslides in the rainy season. 

This area is one of the centers of greatest diversity 


Part Andes, part Amazon Basin, part other, Peru is also one of the 

world’s top-ten biodiversity “hot spots,” with a high percentage 

of unique plants. Yet only a fraction have been recorded for 

science. Without scientific documentation, plants are unlikely to be 

subjected to routine analysis for medicinal properties—and they 

are unlikely to be included in conservation plans for the future. 

of plant life in Peru, but it is also one of the least 

well known. New species are identified on almost 

every botanical field trip. 

The Yanesha previously lived in harmony with 

the natural world, but traditional agriculture has 

given way to less sustainable methods. Economic 

crops have degraded the soil, traditional fallow 

periods go unobserved, and more and more land is 

carved from the forest. The Yanesha now face the 

diminishing harvest of their most culturally important 

crop—yuca, or cassava root.

sCienCe & Conservation profiLe: asia 

In April in Bach Ma National Park, 

vietnam, Garden researchers discovered 

a new species of Acranthera, a genus in 

the Rubiaceae (coffee) family. The flora 

of Vietnam is still poorly known; further 

field explorations will likely lead to more 

new discoveries. 

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The first ecosystems on Earth to display the most dramatic 

effects of climate change are arctic and alpine areas. At the poles 

of the planet and in the mountains, inhabitants and scientists are 

witnessing melting glaciers and sea ice, eroded coast lines, and 

plants and wildlife adapted to highly specialized conditions now 

struggling to survive. 

The Garden’s Alice H. Brown Curator of Ethnobotany, 

Jan Salick (above in green)—in collaboration with Tibetan and 

Chinese colleagues—is monitoring the alpine flora of the eastern 

Himalayas to detect changes. Tibetans depend on alpine flora 

for traditional medicine. This collection is increasingly at risk as 

Tibet’s glaciers retreat. 

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the missouri Botanical garden’s science and Conservation program, headquartered 

at the monsanto Center and the Lehmann Building in st. Louis, offers excellent 

resources for researchers, including: 

• one of the world’s largest herbariums with 5.9 million specimens. 

• an excellent botanical library, with over 181,000 volumes and 

significant rare book holdings. 

• TROPICOS, one of the world’s largest botanical databases 

with 3.5 million records (www.tropicos.org). 

• Botanicus.org, one of the world’s largest digital libraries, with free and 

improved access to historical scientific literature and over 1,200 volumes online. 

• a robust graduate program with 22 students from 13 different countries. 

in 2007, three students received master’s degrees, five received ph.d.s. 

• the William L. Brown Center for Plant Genetic Resources, dedicated to 

the study of plants with economic potential and the conservation of traditional 

knowledge to benefit future generations. 

• the Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, which 

analyzes and interprets botanical information as the basis for conservation 

and works with local people in conservation and sustainable management 

of natural resources. 

in may 2007, the garden, along with harvard university, the smithsonian 

institution, the field museum of Chicago, and the marine Biological Laboratory at 

Woods hole, announced an unprecedented global effort to document all life on 

earth and make it available, free to all, on the internet. The Encyclopedia of Life 

was initiated with a $10 million grant from the John d. and Catherine t. macarthur 

foundation and $2.5 million from the alfred p. sloan foundation. the garden’s 

existing database architecture informed the design of this new website. 

The Science and Conservation Division has 46 Ph.D. researchers, 144 full-time and 

2 part-time employees, 22 graduate students, and 85 volunteers under the direction of 

Dr. Robert Magill. 

25 years 

Garden curators Henk van der Werff and 

Gordon McPherson pressing some recent 

collections in panama. Henk and Gordon 

are members of an elite group of Garden 

researchers who have surpassed the 

25-year employment anniversary, including: 

Dr. Tom Croat, Dr. Marshall Crosby, 

Dr. Gerrit Davidse, Jeany Davidse, Dr. Peter 

Goldblatt, Dr. Peter Hoch, Carla Kostelac, 

Ron Liesner, Barb Mack, Dr. Robert Magill, 

Mary Merello, Leonardo Mourre, Amy Pool, 

Dr. James Solomon, and Dr. W.D. Stevens.

“ everyone from 

my community 

is my family.” 

– chapungu 

sculptors 

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The Missouri Botanical Garden 

is a treasure of the community, 

an oasis of beautiful and 

renowned plant collections, 

a place where memories are 

made at weddings, parties, 

and events—and where 

children and grandparents, 

gardeners and generalists 

all find enjoyment. 

The Garden has always 

opened its doors to host the 

widest possible community— 

through public events and 

exhibitions and an extensive 

membership program. 

In 2007, Chapungu artists 

from Zimbabwe illustrated 

the fragility of nature and the 

importance of community 

through monumental works 

of stone. 

Chapungu was presented with sponsorship from: 

enterprise rent-a-Car foundation, rex and Jeanne 

sinquefield, Jack taylor, andrew and Barbara taylor, 

and one anonymous patron.

m e m B e r s h i p 

and Community: 

p r o t e C t i n g o u r 

ConneCtions 

Sculptures were placed throughout the grounds for all 635,990 

visitors to the Garden to enjoy. Create-your-own sculpture 

workshops with the Zimbabwean artists ran throughout the 

summer. On Thursday evenings, African music filled the air, 

as guests celebrated Chapungu Nights in the Garden with 

specialty food and drink and self-guided tours. 

The Garden’s membership program continued to grow with 

expanded family programming, such as the new Members’ 

Family Picnic. In October, “Ghouls in the Garden” invited 

members’ children to wear their costumes and find “where 

the wild things are” (in the Children’s Garden). Seasonal 

members-only events such as Eggstravaganza, Rose Evening, 

and the Holiday Concert attracted capacity crowds. The 

second biennial Vintners’ Gala drew wine connoisseurs from 

around the world for an evening sponsored by A. Bommarito 

Wines to benefit the Garden. 

The Garden’s young friends, a group of young professionals 

in their twenties and thirties, supports the Garden’s mission. 

A successful string of events helped launch this organization, 

including a Chapungu Night cocktail party and “Sumo, Sake, 

and Sushi” during the Japanese Festival. 

garden membership benefits are extensive and include 

unlimited admission, special monthly Members’ Days and 


events, and discounts in the shops and on classes. To better 

maximize members’ fun and enjoyment in 2007, the Garden 

began offering a quarterly orientation and tour for all new 

members. Perhaps that’s why the Garden enjoys one of the 

highest renewal rates of any cultural attraction in the country. 

Signature public events continued to attract large crowds to 

the Garden in 2007. The Garden’s annual Whitaker music 

festival—which had a record attendance of over 58,000 

people—was named the best music festival by the Riverfront 

Times. Excellent weather helped propel the Garden’s two 

largest weekend events into record-breaking territory. The 

2007 Japanese festival drew 43,036 people to this three-day 

celebration of Japanese culture and cuisine. The 16th annual 

Best of missouri market ® was another record-breaking 

success, with the attendance of 25,417 shoppers over two 

fun-filled days in October. 

The Garden’s annual flower shows, the Orchid Show and 

Gardenland Express Holiday Flower and Train Show, were 

also well attended. A new event, Carver days, honored Black 

History Month at the Garden, and helped educate visitors 

about the Missouri-born scientist, educator, and humanitarian. 

Henry Shaw’s estate home, tower grove house enjoyed 

record visitation this year.

h o r t i C u L t u r e : 

proteCting Beauty, KnoWLedge, 

enriChment, the earth 

> What does it mean to protect biodiversity? In the most literal sense, the Missouri Botanical Garden works in 36 

countries throughout the world to prevent the senseless destruction of plant life—plants which yield food, shelter, 

medicine, and beauty. But Garden staff also work to promote biodiversity at home by inspiring and sustaining 

the public’s interest in plants. 

The Garden’s Horticulture Division nurtures the 

awe-inspiring acres of horticultural displays here in 

St. Louis and plans and installs new displays. In 2007, 

construction began on the doris Waters harris 

Lichtenstein victorian district, a unification of a large 

area of the Garden around Henry Shaw’s 

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original Victorian town house. When complete, the 

planned developments will include a Victorian-style 

pincushion garden, resurfacing of major paths, new 

lighting, and the addition of columned entrances. A 

separate gift provided for a complete renovation of 

the Kaeser maze. 


“ the forest 

provides shelter 

and the lake 

provides 

nourishment. 

We can flourish 

in this 

environment.” 

– edWard chiWaWa, 

chapungu sculptor

heLping pLants, heLping animaLs 

In July, Garden horticulturists removed more than half of a 

grove of Yellow groove bamboo (Phyllostachys aureosulcata) 

surrounding a small structure known as the Cleveland Avenue 

Gatehouse in order to better view the wonderful architecture of 

this historic building. The removed plant matter went to a good 

cause: the BROWSE program of the Saint Louis Zoo. For the last 

five years, the Garden has provided plant materials to supplement 

the diet and behavioral enrichment of animals. The bamboo was 

distributed to elephants, lemurs, okapis, and other animals. 

historiC, heirLoom, and rare 

The Garden showcases biodiversity by displaying historic, 

heirloom, and rare plants in our collections. Of particular note is 

the new collection of historic hybrid tulips, one of the largest 

such public displays in the U.S. The multicolored Rembrandt, 

or broken tulips, were planted in the Bakewell Ottoman Garden 

because of that culture’s admiration for the blooms, which 

eventually spread westward to Holland and beyond. 

pLant, don’t pitCh 

Area gardeners planting flowers to 

beautify a landscape know where to 

turn to ensure their leftover plastic 

pots don’t do the opposite. The 

Garden’s ninth year of plastic pot 

recycling collected a record 100,000 

pounds of plastic—up 33 percent 

from 2006. The recycled plastic 

was made into landscape timbers 

for building retaining walls, borders, 

and raised beds. The program is 

sponsored by the St. Louis-Jefferson 

Solid Waste Management District and 

Monrovia Growers, Inc. 

neW fLoWers, 

neW faCes 

The Garden’s William t. Kemper Center 

for home gardening, the nation’s largest 

nonprofit gardeners’ resource, attracted 

over 125,000 visitors last year. These home 

gardeners seek inspiration in the eight acres 

of demonstration gardens and the readily 

accessible advice and education from 

experts. Over 2,200 adults took advanced 

gardening classes. When they couldn’t visit, 

over 1.8 million individuals availed themselves 

of the Center’s gardeninghelp.org website. 

The Garden’s nursery day is an annual 

day of fun and education for professionals 

from garden centers, growers, landscape 

designers, and maintenance managers. 

Sponsored by the Ball Horticultural Company, 

the Missouri Landscape and Nurseryman’s 

Association of Greater St. Louis, Forrest 

Keeling Nursery, and Home Nursery, the 2007 

event included workshops, demonstrations, 

and a range of presentations. 

The Kemper Center also installed a new 

plants of merit bed, featuring over 

30 plants from the Plants of Merit roster, 

including such beauties as hardy geranium 

(Geranium ‘Rozanne’), with purple flowers 

which replenish throughout the summer, 

and fire bush (Hamelia patens), a tropical 

used as an annual in our climate to attract 

hummingbirds. The plants of merit 

program recommends a set of outstanding 

and underutilized plant varieties each year for 

their dependable performance in our region. 

The Horticulture Division has 58 full-time and 

4 part-time employees, 6 interns, and 

614 volunteers under the direction of 

Vice President James P. Cocos. 

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eduCation: proteCting the future 

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Without plants, life as we know it would not exist. Plants provide oxygen, food, medicine, shelter, fuel, 

paper, and more. To protect our future as a species, human beings must cultivate an appreciation for 

our dependence on plant life. When children understand how plants survive, and how they help us survive, 

they intuitively grasp why we need to maintain a healthy environment for plants and people alike to thrive. 

the garden’s 

eduCation Campuses: 

• Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis 

• EarthWays Center, St. Louis 

• Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, Ladue 

• Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, 

Chesterfield 

• Shaw Nature Reserve, Gray Summit 

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On five campuses throughout the St. Louis region, the 

Garden’s Education Division teaches children about 

plants through school programs and public programs. 

Young preschoolers look at flowers to learn shapes, 

colors, patterns, and textures. School-aged children tackle 

interdisciplinary science, math, language, and art through 

the natural world. Children who benefit from these types of 

meaningful connections to nature during their formative years 

grow in self esteem and develop healthy attitudes about 

our environment. They may become our future botanists, 

environmental scientists, and science educators—all needed 

to sustain our society. 


“ mother says 

We must teach 

her everything 

We learn at 

school. she is 

a good pupil!” 

– nicholas 

kadzungura, 

chapungu 

sculptor 

> 

Children learn about plants, 

ecology, history, and sustainability 

in the Doris I. Schnuck Children’s 

Garden, which opened for its 

second season in 2007. New 

drop-in programming, Great 

Green Adventures, focused on 

outdoor activities, no reservations 

required. Throughout the summer, 

kids could test their green thumbs 

by planting vegetables, flowers, or 

seeds and learn about the natural 

world while having fun! 

More fun was had when the 

Garden became the first botanical 

garden in the nation to welcome 

a new Nature Explore Classroom 

in the Children’s Garden. Based 

on designs by the National Arbor 

Day Foundation and Dimensions 

Educational Research, this feature 

connects children to the outdoors 

through the use of natural 

materials for creative, unstructured 

play. Children create music with 

rain sticks, climb under, over, and 

through logs, and make art from 

plant materials. 

The Garden’s educational 

outreach extends to Teacher 

Professional Development and 

Therapeutic Horticulture for 

senior citizens and special-needs 

populations. Gardens have 

wonderful restorative power, and 

ample teaching opportunities for 

kids, adults, seniors, teachers, 

students, families, and us all. 

The Education Division has 37 full-time and 2 part-time employees, 

2 interns, and 401 volunteers under the direction of Vice President 

Deborah Chollet Frank. 

snapshot: 

eCoLogy in aCtion 

Now in its 26th year, ECO-ACT is an 

award-winning environmental leadership 

and mentoring program that has brought 

“ecology in action” to 18,000 St. Louis 

City and County students. High-school 

juniors and seniors selected for the yearlong 

program participate in summer and 

school-year training, research, and handson 

projects, including team teaching 

local fourth graders about environmental 

awareness, plants, animals, and 

ecosystems. In 2007, the Saigh Foundation 

endowed ECO-ACT, helping shape betterinformed 

and more active citizens who care 

about our community and the environment.

above: Camp EarthWays students on 

a field trip learn about native plants. 

right: Children harness the energy of the 

sun to cook food with a solar oven. 

Director: Glenda Abney 

Staff: 6 full-time 

Volunteers: 36 

Attendance: 5,700 

Location: 3617 Grandel Square, 

St. Louis, Missouri 63108 

Phone: (314) 577-0220 

Web: www.earthwayscenter.org 

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earthWays Center 

The EarthWays Center promotes sustainability through 

environmental education and improving the built environment. 

In 2007, the EarthWays Center was awarded the title “Best 

Place to Go Green” by the editors of the Riverfront Times. 

EarthWays is a hub of sustainability education in area 

schools and colleges, serving over 4,700 students in 2007. 

Major grants from AmerenUE and the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid 

Waste Management District supported enhanced educational 

programs for community groups and families on topics ranging 

from “green” home building and home energy efficiency to 

recycling and composting. Through the America SCORES 

program, EarthWays partnered with six St. Louis public schools to 

make recycling, poetry, and soccer a winning literacy combination. 

EarthWays is the headquarters of the U.S. Green Building 

Council’s St. Louis Regional Chapter. In 2007, the USGBC–STL 

helped 18 St. Louis-area building projects, including the Garden’s 

Monsanto Center, obtain grants toward earning LEED (Leadership 

in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. 

In September, the sixth annual Green Homes Festival and House Tour drew record attendance. 

Festival-goers purchased over 10,000 energy-efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs. CFLs 

are so much more efficient than incandescent bulbs that, by burning less power, this switch will 

have the same air quality impact as removing 500 cars from the road for one year. 


shaW nature reserve 

The Shaw Nature Reserve, founded in 1925, strives to inspire responsible 

stewardship of our environment through education, restoration, and 

protection of natural habitats—and also through public enjoyment of 

the natural world. In 2007, more people were able to enjoy the Reserve 

with the opening of the ADA-accessible Wetland Trail. Thanks to a 

Recreational Trail Grant from the Federal Highway Administration, the 

renovated one-mile trail provides easy access for people in wheelchairs 

and those who have difficulty walking on uneven surfaces. 

The Reserve has worked closely with the Missouri Department of 

Conservation (MDC) for many years and in 2007, the partnership 

grew to include increased collaboration on adult and family education 

programming and habitat restoration-related activities. This strong 

and growing partnership ensures that a unified and far-reaching 

conservation message reaches more Missourians each year. 

The Reserve continues to promote the use of native plants and 

highlight the environmental benefits they provide. The beautiful 

Whitmire Wildflower Garden, the state’s largest, showcases nearly 800 

species of native plants and continues to inspire home gardeners 

and landscape professionals. Whitmire Family Curator of Native Plants 

Scott Woodbury runs the thriving Native Plant School throughout 

the year, featuring a series of classes on all aspects of native plant 

landscaping for home or business, in collaboration with the MDC’s 

GrowNative! program. 

Through careful ecological management, biological diversity in the 

Reserve’s rich mosaic of natural habitats continues to thrive. The 

Reserve’s diverse natural habitats enrich education programs and 

provide valuable research opportunities. Graduate students from four 

different St. Louis-area universities are conducting projects at the 

Reserve. The Dana Brown Overnight Center accommodated 2,781 

adults and children last year. Over 12,600 children and adults attended 

a broad variety of school, adult, and family programs at the Reserve. 


above: The new Wetland Trail 

provides easy access for 

wheelchairs and strollers. 

right: The annual spring Wildflower 

Sale brings over 1,000 people to 

the Reserve. 

Director: John Behrer 

Staff: 14 full-time; 5 part-time 



Location: Hwy 100 & 44 (exit 253), 

Gray Summit, Missouri 63039 

Phone: (636) 451-3512 

Web: www.shawnature.org

above: Blue morphos in the Conservatory. 

right: Children enjoy Hot, Hot, Hot!, 

a tropical event attended by 900 people. 

Director: Joe Norton 

Staff: 13 full-time, 5 part-time, 

10 seasonal 



Location: 15193 Olive Boulevard, 

Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 

Phone: (636) 530-0076 

Web: www.butterflyhouse.org 

ButterfLy house 

Through the life cycle of the charismatic butterfly, the Sophia 

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Sophia M. Sachs 

M. Sachs Butterfly House fosters a better understanding 

and increased awareness of our natural world. To keep the 

Conservatory in “full flight” throughout the year, the Butterfly 

House purchases approximately 52,000 pupae from tropical 

farms. The revenue gives farmers an economic incentive to avoid 

more harmful agricultural or ranching practices and helps conserve 

the land. Butterfly House funds used to purchase pupae in Costa 

Rica are helping to acquire land at El Bosque Nuevo (“The New 

Forest”), a reforestation effort. 

UPDATES FOR 2007: 

• A new permanent exhibit—Small Wonders—displays hundreds of 

animals from a variety of ecological areas and the adaptations they 

have made to be there. 

• Education continues to be a priority, with 15,878 students benefiting 

through formal programs, outreach, and education field trips. 

The Wing Ding fundraiser in September was a spectacular 

success thanks to the leadership of co-chairs Kim and Robert 

Brinkmann and Jane and Thomas Sehnert. This gala event 

featured colorful butterfly-themed attire, dinner, and dancing— 

and an opportunity to express appreciation to a founder of the 

Butterfly House by presenting Evelyn Newman with the Henry 

Shaw Medal (see page 46). 


Garden by the Numbers 

Year ended December 31, 2007 

visitors 

Attendance at all locations: 873,964 

Highest daily annual attendance: 16,022 on Sunday, 

September 2, Japanese Festival 

Highest non-event-related attendance: 6,900 on Sunday, 

May 13 (Mother’s Day) 

Lowest non-event-related attendance: 34 on Tuesday, 

January 16, when it was 14° and snowing 

members 

Members: 39,257 

Upper-level members: 530 

Total number of member visits: 228,030 

Members who renew each year: 78% 

personnel 

Volunteers: 1,529 

Volunteer hours of service: 125,535 

Full-time staff equivalent: 64 

Garden staff: 475 

Communications 

News items about the Garden in the media: 6,399 in 

46 states and 11 countries 

education 

Students visiting all Garden sites: 135,872 

Teachers supported through workshops, field experiences, 

and educational resources: 3,270 

Student visits to the Commerce Bank Center 

for Science Education: 3,400 

Seniors, special-needs children, and others 

helped through Horticulture Therapy: 1,469 

Student visitors to the Dana Brown 

Overnight Education Center: 1,819 

home gardening 

Visitors to the Kemper Center for Home Gardening: 128,372 

Plant Doctor: 8,484 clients presenting 13,421 questions 

Adult Education classes: 190 

Adult Education enrollment: 2,235 

Page views on the GardeningHelp.org website: 20.9 million 

GardeningHelp unique web visitors: 1,875,292 

Online email gardening questions answered: 2,794 

Calls to Horticulture Answer Service: 16,237 

Pounds of plastic pots recycled: 100,000 

Plastic pot recycling participants: 2,200 

Master Gardeners: 313 

Master Gardener volunteer hours: 31,457 


horticulture displays 

Total accessions: 30,439 

New accessions in 2007: 2,145 

Total taxa/unique types of plants: 15,623 

Total trees on grounds: 5,390 (1,095 taxa) 

New trees in 2007: 212 

Unique types of Missouri native trees on grounds: 102 

Unique types of daffodils: 741 

Unique types of daylilies: 1,788 

Unique types of iris: 1,186 

Unique types of lilies: 154 

Seasonal bedding plants: 170,498 

Hanging baskets produced: 305 

Pounds of grass seed: 4,000 

Acres of turf at the Garden: 30 

science & Conservation 

Ph.D. researchers at the Garden: 46 

Researchers did fieldwork in 36 countries on 6 continents. 

TROPICOS online herbarium records: 3,511,082 

(new in 2007: 343,875) 

TROPICOS online names records: 1,012,723 

(new in 2007: 14,931) 

Plant images in TROPICOS: 85,647 (new in 2007: 12,030) 

Average daily Web requests from TROPICOS: 21,243 

Total Web requests from TROPICOS: 7,541,266 

Graduate students at the Garden: 22 students from 

13 different countries 

Degrees awarded: 5 Ph.D. and 4 Masters 

Students did fieldwork in 15 countries including Costa Rica, 

Vietnam, Indonesia, and Madagascar. 

Specimens in herbarium: 5,980,403 (new in 2007: 111,451) 

Books in the Library: 181,650 (new in 2007: 1,650) 

Journal subscriptions in the Library: 800 

Reference queries answered: 1,680 

Interlibrary loans: 792 supplied to 18 countries 

Rare books: approximately 6,550 

Rare books digitized and placed online: 675 

for a total of 1,642 volumes 

Books published by MBG Press: 19 (and 2 quarterly journals)

Financial Information 

Year ended December 31, 2007 

2007 Public Support & Revenue 

public support 

Services Provided for 

Botanical Garden Subdistrict $ 9,500,000 

Contributions and Memberships 6,755,068 

Bequests 2,211,365 

TOTAL PuBLIC SuPPORT 18,466,433 

revenue 

Admissions 1,790,645 

Grants and Contracts 7,365,693 

Retail Shops 2,401,319 

Education 435,994 

Property Rentals 495,655 

Investment Income (net) 4,315,944 

Other 994,661 

TOTAL REVENuE 17,799,911 

TOTAL SuPPORT AND REVENuE 36,266,344 

2007 Expenditures 

program services 

Horticulture 2,785,953 

Science and Conservation 9,850,570 

Retail Shops 2,271,143 

Education 2,456,880 

Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House 1,095,767 

Shaw Nature Reserve 835,341 

Visitor Services 378,421 

Public Events 344,302 

Contract Services 1,404,207 

TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES $ 21,422,584 


2007 Expenditures / continued 

supporting services 

Management and General $ 7,081,988 

Maintenance and Improvements 3,233,920 

Utilities 914,986 

Security 734,625 

Membership 1,216,275 

Fund Raising 1,438,371 

TOTAL SuPPORTING SERVICES 14,620,165 

equipment & transfers 

Property and Equipment Transfers 375,505 

Transfer of Funds 306,867 

TOTAL EquIPMENT & TRANSfERS 682,372 

TOTAL ExPENDITuRES 36,725,121 

Excess of Public Support and 

Revenues over Expenditures (458,777) 

Net Assets—Beginning of Year 5,083,777 

Net Assets—End of Year $ 4,625,000 

net assets (deficit) 

Operating Fund $ 4,625,000 

Restricted Funds 5,375,086 

Endowment 90,811,580 

Land, Buildings, and Equipment 85,386,268 

Gift Annuity Fund 1,106,314 

TOTAL $ 187,304,248

Our Staff 

The Garden is grateful to our 475 staff members who contributed daily to our success in 2007. Numbers reflect completed years of service. 

President’s Office 

Peter Raven 36 

President 

Robert Herleth 3 

ExecutiveVice President 

Mary Dunger 10 

Kathleen Basso 12 

Kathleen Farris 2 

Sandra Michael 3 

Donna Rodgers 16 

Teresa West 9 

Beverly Wilcox 19 

Botanical Society 

of America 

William Dahl 5 

Manager 

Robert Brandt 2 

Heather Cacanindin 0 

Beth Hazen 2 

Claire Hemingway 3 

Wanda Lovan 5 

Amy McPherson 18 

Butterfly House 

L. Joseph Norton Jr. 6 

Director 

Katherine Allen 6 

John Allen 6 

Bryan Baugher 2 

Laura Chisholm 6 

Lisa Coleman 0 

Mark Deering 6 

Jessica Deering 5 

Erin Doyle 0 

Peggy Drackert 6 

Donna Dupske 6 

Amy Hammann 4 

Judith Hansen 0 

Christopher Hartley 1 

Jacqueline Henrikson 6 

Cara Jaffee 3 

Adam Jaschek 1 

Josh Kelley 1 

Jake Kreinberg 0 

Ellen Painter 5 

Jason Perry 5 

James Powers 6 

Daniel Pozzo 1 

Emily Riske 4 

Judith Rosen 4 

Jessica Rutledge 4 

Alicia Sy 1 

Meredith Weinhold 2 

Catherine Wittmer 0 

Center for 

Conservation and Sustainable 

Development 

Olga Martha Montiel 16 

Vice President 

Matthew Albrecht 0 

Burgund Bassuner 2 

Ivan Jimenez 2 

Gail Milder 8 

Seema Sheth 1 

Barbara Widmer 1 

Center for Plant 

Conservation 

Kathryn Kennedy 7 

Manager 

Maria Bradford 4 

Olivia Kwong 2 

Richard Luhman 0 

Jennifer Potratz 0 

Anna Strong 0 


Peggy Lents 6 

Senior Vice President 

Heather Arora 6 

Matthew Bender 4 

Lisa Brandon 7 

Ellen Flesch 7 

Karen Hagenow 6 

Denise Hufford 3 

James Kalkbrenner 10 

Lynn Kerkemeyer 6 

Betty Barnes-Mays 10 

Elizabeth McNulty 6 

Gene Peimann 5 

Deborah Springer 4 

Justin Visnesky 4 

Controller’s Office 

Michael Olson 18 


Sharon Harnes 16 

Viktoria Krahling 1 

Nancy Lissant 3 

Cheryl Mill 34 

JoAnn Rivinus Vorih 6 

Dianne Schmitt 12 

Linda Settles 13 

Elizabeth Barker 10 

Paul Bruges 3 

Emma Williams 2 

EarthWays Center 

Glenda Abney 7 

Director 

Emily Andrews 2 

Julia Feder 2 

Joyce Gorrell 1 

Jean Ponzi 7 

Kathryn Smaistrla 1 

Education 

Deborah Frank 7 


Laura Aschenbeck 1 

Carol Baumann 7 

Donna Beezley 0 

Jennifer Brown 3 

Tracie Cain 0 

Robert Coulter 9 

Sean Fears 1 

Nicole Freeman 1 

Donald Frisch 0 

Ariana Giles 0 

Suzanne Gregory 2 

Amy Haake 15 

Margaret Hoester 2 

Jennifer Hope 7 

Lewis Jones, Jr. 3 

Jessica Kester 3 

Jennifer Krause 10 

Gary Mackey 0 

Melissa Poth 2 

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Martha Schermann 8 

Malinda Slagle 3 

Jennifer Smith 5 

Pansy Smith 1 

Mary Voges 6 

Heather Wells-Sweeney 6 

Jennifer Wolff 8 

Gateway Greening 

Gwenne Hayes-Stewart 10 

Manager 

Jean Corbett 0 

Mara Higdon 3 

Theresa Lopez 2 

Lauren Maul 2 

Andrea Meyer 1 

Hannah Reinhart 0 

Parker Smith 0 

General Services 

Paul Brockmann 37 


JoAnn Ahart 7 

Qiana Baxton 0 

James Bonds 1 

Daniel Braymer 0 

Roderick Brown 8 

Tom Brown, Jr. 7 

Magdaline Brune 1 

Michael Bruner 23 

William Buatte 1 

Michael Callier 7 

Patrick Cannady 1 

Zita Casey 5 

Susan Ciluffo 7 

Michael Cotton 9 

Joshua DeClue 1 

Douglas Deem 6 

Andrew Dodson 7 

Guy Dopmeyer 10 

William Guy 5 

John Harris 5 

Mark Hoag 0 

Drew Hogan 1 

John Hunter 2 

Carla Johnson 2 

Gregory Jones 2 

Annonciate Kagarama 6 

Mark Kreutzer 0 

Nicholas Lauman 0 

Bradford Lewis 1 

Jacklyn Maciekowicz 18 

Earl Matthews 4 

Kevin Mattingly 31 

Michael Messner 3 

David Moore 4 

John Morris, Jr. 11 

Frank Nelson 8 

Patrick Nolan 6 

George Overby 10 

Cedric Paine 10 

Lisa Rhodes 1 

Herbert Quinn 0 

Robert Quirin, Jr. 12 

Mevlida Ramadanovic 5 

Margie Reynolds 2 

Michael Schumer 0 

Chauncey Scott 3 

Patricia Scott-Jones 8 

Steven Smith 8 

Westley Smith 6 

Ralph Stamm 5 

Dennis Strubberg 12 

Michael Sutton 9 

Marcus Thompson 0 

Gregory Tolle 0 

David Valdez 0 

Ronnie Walters 1 

Keith Warfield 1 

Ben Wells 1 

Linda Williams 4 

April Wilson 0 

Glenn Young 1 

Horticulture 

James Cocos 13 


Sarah Anderson 2 

JoAnn Batzer 10 

Walter Behrendt, Jr. 36 

Tammy Behm. 1 

Josephine Byrne 11 

Gregory Cadice 21 

Benjamin Chu 25 

Steven Cline 18 

Adam Coleman 0 

Emily Colletti 5 

Janet Croswell 3 

Ilaz Dalipi 8 

Tutti Day 5 

Jason Delaney 12 

Senad Duracak 6 

Melissa Ecker 4 

Phillip Egart 12 

Lawrence Enkoji 16 

Sheila Flinchpaugh 0 

Lisa Francis 7 

Norma Fraser 1 

Katherine Freeman 5 

Paul Hampton 0 

Linda Harman 5 

Richard Harrison 21 

Julie Hess 19 

Peter Hitch 2 

June Hutson 31 

Jennifer Kleeschulte 0 

Glenn Kopp 23 

Deborah Lalumondier 25 

Pete Lampros 1 

Scott Linton 4 

Randy Lueker 0 

David Middleton 2 

Jennifer Mistretta 1 

Christine Nejelski 0 

Renee Nelson 2 

Teresa Pafford 4 

Tamara Palmier 6 

Catherine Pauley 11 

Dawn Petersen 1 

Lisa Prasad 7 

Susan Ratcliff 10 

Dana Rizzo 0 

Juanita Roth 4 

Patricia Scace 2 

Steven Siebe 1 

Todd Simms 8 

David Sinnett 1 

Matthew Spiguzza 2 

John Spitler 9 

Rebecca Sucher 10 

Jonathan Sweeney 11 

Gerald Tynan 22 

Blanche Wagner 12 

Darman Williams 30 

Stephen Wolff 39 

Mark Zigrang 3

Human Resource 

Management 

Sue Wilkerson 19 


Karen Becker 0 

Tracy Breckenridge 1 

Dorlean Cole 3 

Katherine Corey 1 

Judith DeWitt 17 

Jackie Juras 10 

Rose Lauman 3 

Judy Servais 18 

Information Technology 

Charles Miller, Jr. 6 


Rafael Barron 0 

William Behrns 7 

Zubin Chandran 4 

Cassandra Cody 9 

Connie Combs 0 

William Dale 2 

Joe Ditto 9 

Myriam Fica 19 

Christopher Freeland 8 

Heather Gossett 0 

Brian Jaskiewicz 3 

Roberta Jones 1 

Michael Latzel 3 

Donna Miller 9 

Jay Paige 1 

Lucinda Thompson 8 

Michael Westmoreland 14 

Institutional Advancement 

Sharon Mertzlufft 4 


Judith Branstetter 6 

Christine Brew 0 

Linda Cherry 6 

Lynn Cook 3 

Sally DeForest 2 

Laura DeYoung 6 

Ann Eggebrecht 7 

Cynthia FitzGibbons 1 

Gwendolen Goolsby 6 

Kristine Gruver 0 

Katherine Kornfeld 3 

Anita Lundak 1 

Lisa McDonald 1 

Joyce Pluhar 1 

Sheila Pratt 1 

Bobby Sanderson 0 

Jessica Smith 3 

Andrea Sykes 1 

Chon Tomlin 0 

Brenda Zanola 6 

Jefferson Solid Waste 

Managment District 

David Berger 5 

Manager 

Linda Adams 5 

Marian Deinbo 5 

Rebecca Shelby 5 

Science and Conservation 

Robert Magill 25 


Bruce Allen 23 

Alba Arbelaez 11 

Fred Barrie 19 

Duan Bills 2 

David Bogler 2 

Steven Churchill 11 

Trisha Consiglio 8 

Thomas Croat 40 

Marshall Crosby 39 

Gerrit Davidse 35 

Robert Dressler 15 

Michael Grayum 23 

William Haber 22 

Barry Hammel 23 

Si He 14 

Peter Hoch 30 

Peter Jorgensen 15 

Fred Keusenkothen 7 

Sandy Lopez 16 

Carlyle Luer 23 

Mary McDonald 3 

Mary McNamara 6 

John Myers 0 

David Neill 23 

John Pruski 6 

Heidi Schmidt 3 

Randy Smith 2 

Brenda Sneed 18 

W. D. Stevens 30 

Charlotte Taylor 17 

M. Carmen Ulloa Ulloa 14 

Henk van der Werff 25 

Rodolfo Vasquez 14 

George Yatskievych 2 

James Zarucchi 24 

Africa and Madagascar 

Chris Birkinshaw 7 

Sharon Bodine 16 

Roy Gereau 24 

Peter Goldblatt 35 

Miguel Leal 3 

Porter Lowry II 21 

Gordon McPherson 29 

Peter Phillipson 5 

Zachary Rogers 8 

George Schatz 21 

Tariq Stevart 1 

Gretchen Walters 7 

Asia 

Ihsan Al-Shehbaz 17 

Anthony Brach 14 

Carolyn McCandliss 11 

Lisa Pepper 0 

Jacinto Regalado, Jr. 6 

Tatyana Shulkina 12 

Rosemary Tanaka 16 

Nicholas Turland 10 

Libing Zhang 1 

Graduate Programs 

Peter Richardson 17 

Herbarium 

Thomas Bernickus 16 

Teri Bilsborrow 8 

Sally Bommarito 6 

Alan Brant 3 

Rita Chiodini 2 

Jeany Davidse 26 

Rosa Del Carmen Ortiz-Gentry 14 

Jean Digby 19 

Eric Feltz 5 

Olga Fomina 6 

Ashley Glenn 0 

Jennifer Gruhn 1 

Carol Hebblethwaite 10 

Donna Herrera 8 

Gunhild Hill 24 

Suzanne Hirth 8 


JoAnn Jordan Bartels 2 

Carla Kostelac 25 

Jennifer Kuhl 3 

Ronald Liesner 35 

Renata Mason 0 

Mary Merello 25 

Leonardo Mourre 43 

Amy Pool 26 

Rita Randolph 6 

Jon Ricketson 21 

Lynn Satterley 2 

James Solomon 26 

Anna Spencer 16 

Vallery Swift 20 

Lidiya Toropova 8 

Andrea Voyer 3 

Laurel Zimmer 16 

Library 

Michelle Abeln 4 

Michael Blomberg 4 

Andrew Colligan 7 

Julie Crawford 11 

Lucy Fisher 1 

Douglas Holland 13 

Vicki McMichael 22 

Linda Oestry Richardson 15 

Mary Stiffler 17 

Zoltan Tomory 21 

MBG Press 

Allison Brock 0 

Deborah Carter 2 

Victoria Hollowell 9 

Barbara Mack 32 

Beth Parada 2 

Danny Sorth 4 

Sharon Strickland 5 

William L. Brown Center 

Barbara Alongi 4 

Wendy Applequist 7 

Ruth Bizoff 8 

Rainer Bussmann 0 

Martin Callmander 2 

Bee Gunn 4 

Karen Meyer 0 

Bruce Ponman 4 

Armand Randrianasolo 9 

Alyse Rothrock 0 

Margaret Salick 7 

Andrew Townesmith 2 

Retail Operations 

Jan Simons 5 


Garden Gate Shop 

Abena Ampofo 1 

Carlos Braggs 1 

Brittney Brandon 1 

Angela Fattore 0 

Susan Ferrigno 1 

Megan Harper 1 

Alzana Jakupovic 3 

Diana Kathrinus 4 

Christine Kennedy 2 

Mary Krupnik 3 

Jennifer Kuykendall 7 

Amber Leighton 2 

Gwendolyn Luhm 1 

Tim Mize 2 

Jasmun Moorehead 0 

Barbara Munger 0 

Rose Ossenfort 7 

Sheena Petty 1 

Benjamin Sandstrom 0 

Mitzi Streeter 6 

Thomas Watson 0 

Andrew Weusthoff 1 

Heather Woodside 1 

Little Shop Around the Corner 

Mark Currington 4 

Jacqueline Thieme 3 

Visitor Services 

Tia Adkins 2 

Cissy Bahn 1 

Robert Bailey 1 

Donald Bowolak 1 

Randall Drake 1 

Maria Guibardo 0 

Evelyn Hunt 4 

Diane Kainz 1 

Eleanor LaVigne 0 

Sylvia Long 0 

Kathleen McGuire 0 

Leslie Mitchell Jackson 1 

Marjorie Munson 0 

Alice Ransom 1 

Alana Resto-Jackson 1 

Thomas Waltz 1 

Michael Wilkerson 1 

Samantha Zale 1 

Shaw Nature Reserve 

John Behrer 29 

Director 

Glenn Beffa 26 

Terri Brandt 12 

Matthew Broderick 14 

Jessica Brown 7 

Karen Bryan 5 

Robert Bryan 0 

Gregory Caldwell 7 

Diane Donovan 2 

Melissa Dragich 0 

Judith Hunt 5 

Josephine Jacobsmeyer 2 

Helen McCallie 11 

Jerry Pemberton 4 

Besa Schweitzer 4 

Timothy Slape 1 

Jeffrey Smith 21 

Robert Stokes 4 

Dennis Thurman 2 

Lydia Toth 21 

James Trager 17 

Casey Trumbo 0 

Barbara Troutman 14 

Scott Woodbury 16

40 

years 

Our Volunteers The Garden is grateful to our 1,529 volunteers who donated over 125,535 person-hours in 2007. 

Gail Abbott 

Karla Abel 

Peggy Abel 

Geraldine Abeln 

Pam Ackerman 

Eva-Maria Adams 

Lee Adams 

Marilyn Dale Adams 

Patricia Adams 

Mickelle Adkins 

Sandra Aebel 

Jo Aerne 

Carol Agatstein 

Alea Ahmadian 

Marilyn Ainsworth 

Dale G. Albers 

Dan Albes 

Betsy Alexander 

Dottie Alexander 

Lee Ann Alexander 

Bonnie Kay Alinder 

Zuhra Alisic 

Kathleen Allen 

Ginger Allington 

Amal Al-Lozi 

Elizabeth Alseth 

Barbara Altenbernd 

Gloria Altepeter 

John J. Altman 

Cornelius Alwood 

Melissa An 

Mary Jo Anderson 

Rachel Anderson 

Silvio Angeli 

Lena Annis 

Toni Ansboro 

Ronda Anson 

Carole Anthony 

Shirley Anton 

Carol Appelbaum 

Jack Applebaum 

Laura April 

Sarah April 

Wendy April 

Susan Arb 

Chyrle Arens 

Dr. Roy Arindam 

Rosemary Armbruster 

Cathy Arnold 

Joann Arpiani 

Pauline Ashton 

Ted Atwood 

Kelley Austin 

Lyndell M Bade 

Elaine Baden 

Albert Baeyen 

Charlotte Baeyen 

Edward Bahr 

Bonnie Bailes 

Jacqueline Bainter 

Erica Ballard 

Ed Banashek 

Somalee Banerjee 

Kay Banks 

Elaine K. Bante 

Charlie Barbaglia 

Gail Barclay 

Mary Bard 

Shirley Bardenheier 

Robert T. Barnicle 

Barb Barr 

Tim Barrier 

Michelle Barron 

Bridget Barry 

Katie Barry 

Nancy A. Barry 

Suzann Barry 

Uah Bartmess 

Anthony Bassett 

Woody Bassman 

Lois Batchelder 

Lindsey Bauer 

Margaret R. Bauer 

Shirley Bauer 

Becky B. Baxa 

Louise Bazetta 

Terry Beachy 

Tess Beall 

Sonia Beard 

Audrey Beatty 

Milissa M. Beaty 

Holly Beck 

Jean Beck 

Brittany Becker 

Helena Bedalli 

Almaretta Bedford 

Janie Bedwell 

Timothy F. Beetley 

Angie Behrns 

Emil E. Beier 

Kathy Beine 

Nancy Bell 

Emily Bendet 

Barb Benetin 

Anita Bennett 

Leah Benson 

Gail Bergeron 

Lawrence H. Berglund 

Sally Berglund 

Sarah Berglund 

Marie Bergmann 

Nancy Bergmann 

John R. Berkery 

Allison Berry 

Carol Berry 

Patricia Beuckman 

Luanne Beumer 

Cecelia Beyer 

Dosi Bibbs 

Gerry Bickel 

Shannon Bielicke 

Adrienne Biesterfeldt 

Paul Biesterfeldt 

Alyssa Bilyeu 

Edith Binder 

Anne Bishop 

Gerald Blanke 

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Huber Walsh 

Shirley Walsh 

James Wang 

John Wang 

Sharon Ward 

Marti Warhurst 

Wallis Warren 

Katherine Waselkov 

Norbert Wasileski 

Richard Watson 

Judy Watters 

Linda Waugh 

Margaret A. Wayne 

Robert Weaver 

Katherine Webb 

Lauren Weber 

Phyllis Weber 

Anne Weidmann 

Janice Weil 

Paul Weiland 

Ginger Weinel 

Robert Weinman 

Irene Weisenhorn 

Sharon A. Weissmann 

Carol Wellman 

Linn Wells 

Rickey Wells 

Premanjane Weltmer 

Patricia Wemhoener 

Betsy Wendell 

Mary Clair Wenger 

Christine Werner 

Marion Werner 

Kenneth R. Wheat 

Susan White 

David White, Jr. 

Suzanne Whitman 

Linda Whitten 

Edward Widmer 

Carl Wienold 

Wilma Wienold 

Lauren Wightman 

Pam Wilcox 

Robyn Wilkerson 

Tobi Wilkins 

Jean Wilkinson 

Jesse Wilks 

Nancy Willard 

Caitlin Williams 

Joan Williams 

Mike Williams 

Nancy Williams 

Patrick Williams 

Rose Williams 

Samyra Williams 

Alma Willis 

Carolyn Willmore 

Diana Willson 

Carol Wilson 

Joyce Wilson 

Lois Winchell 

Patricia Winkelmann 

Johann G. Winkler 

Margaret Winter 

Sarah V. Winter 

Liz Winters 

Betty Withrow 

Susan Wittbracht 

Cindy Wizeman 

David Wolfersberger 

Carolyn Wolff 

Doug Wolter 

Katherine Wong 

Kathleen Wood 

Anne Woodhouse 

Martha Woodward 

Elizabeth Worley 

Erin Wray 

John Wright* 

Marian Wuest 

Christy Wyatt 

Boyang Xiao 

Kristy (Zhimeng) Yang 

Charles Yates 

Anita K. Yeager 

Bob Yeats 

Judi Yemm 

Wendy You 

Jim Young 

Kathy Young 

Richard Young 

Nancy Zander 

Richard H. Zander 

Horst Zekert 

Nathan Zenser 

Donna Zerega 

Andrew Zhang 

Tony Zhang 

Leon Zickrick 

William Ziegenbein 

Amanda Zinser 

Annie Zuo 

Anthony Zuo 

* deceased

Henry Shaw Medals 07 

Awarded since 1893 and named for the 

Garden’s founder, the Henry Shaw Medal 

honors those who have made a significant 

contribution to the Missouri Botanical 

Garden, botanical research, horticulture, 

conservation, or the museum community. 

In 2007, the Garden honored two individuals: 

Evelyn E. Newman 

A visionary philanthropist, Evelyn helped 

found the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly 

House. Her endless creativity has sparked 

the founding of other nonprofits and 

fundraisers, including: Forest Park Forever, 

Gypsy Caravan, the ScholarShop, Greater 

St. Louis Book Fair, and the Little Shop 

Around the Corner. 

Jack Jennings 

Volunteer photographer for over 30 

years since he retired from McDonnell 

Douglas, Jack founded the beloved Missouri 

Botanical Garden wall calendar in 1981. 

The 2008 calendar marks Jack’s 

second retirement. 

The 

Members’ 

Board 

Carol Squires, 

President 

Ted Atwood 

Terry Beachy 

M. Jane Beadles 

Ann L. Case 

Andrea Craig 

Suzanne Deutschmann 

Kathleen Dudley 

Angie Eckert 

Linda Finerty 

Phyllis Fresta 

Susan Gelman 

Patty Heim 

Lise Herren 

Sheila Hoffmeister 

Patty Keck 

Nancy Keefer 

Zoo-Museum 

District 

Commissioners 

The Metropolitan Zoological Park and 

Museum District (ZMD) is a tax-supported 

cultural District governed by an eightmember 

Board of Directors, each appointed 

for a four-year term by the Mayor of the 

City of St. Louis and by the St. Louis County 

Executive. The Commission levies an annual 

tax on property on behalf of five Subdistricts, 

including the Botanical Garden Subdistrict. 

The Subdistrict contracts with the Garden to 

provide botanical facilities and services. 

Frankie M. Freeman, vice-chair 

Donna G. Knight, treasurer 

Joyce L. Margulis 

Kay Marshall 

Adrienne Morgan, chair 

Robert A. Powell, assistant secretary 

Ben Uchitelle 

David Weber 

J. Patrick Dougherty, executive director 

Sharon L. Wilcutt, deputy director 

Becky Kridel 

Paula Lampen 

Janet Lange 

Silvia Madeo 

Vickie Newton 

Terry Rassieur 

Joann Rull 

Mary Rumy 

Lucy Ryan 

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Linda Saligman 

Beth Sankey 

Joan Sheppard 

Anne Weidmann 

Doug Wolter 


Ex officio Members 

Tower Grove House 

Auxiliary: 

Jean Crowder 

Tower Grove House 

Historical 

Committee: 

Marie Schmitz 

Botanical Garden 

Subdistrict of 

the Metropolitan 

Zoological Park 

and Museum District 

Theresa Loveless, secretary 

H. C. Milford, vice-chair 

Robert H. Orchard 

Martin Schweig, chair 

Pamela Shephard 

Walter G. Stern 

Charles A. Stewart, Jr. 

Marjorie M. Weir, treasurer 

Roy Jerome Williams, Sr. 

Hillary B. Zimmerman 

Non-Voting Advisory Members 

Willie J. Meadows 

Janice M. Nelson 

James H. Yemm 

Past Presidents from left: Ellen Jones, Sue Oertli, Nora Stern, Ellen Dubinsky, Ann Bowen, Marsha Rusnack, 

Liz Teasdale, Mary Longrais, Nancy Sauerhoff, Isabelle Morris, Susie Schulte, Jane Tschudy, and Sue Rapp. 

Not pictured: Mary Ella Alfring. 

Garden Docents 

Leslie Clark 

David Gravens

Verrill Medal to Dr. Raven 

The Peabody Museum of Natural History 

at Yale University awarded their highest 

honor, the Verrill Medal, to Garden 

president Dr. Peter Raven in 2007 for 

outstanding achievement in the natural 

sciences. Noted Harvard environmentalist 

Edward O. Wilson also received the 

award. Raven and Wilson received their 

awards on October 17 during a program 

they jointly presented at Yale titled, 

“The Future of Life on Earth.” 

Donor Profile: 

Carl and Carolyn Fichtel 

What do astronomy and gardens have 

in common? Just ask retired NASA 

astrophysicist Carl Fichtel: “They both 

offer beauty and enhancement of 

knowledge through research!” 

Originally from St. Louis, Carl received 

his Ph.D. from Washington University 

then headed east to the Goddard Space 

World Ecology Award 

to Dr. Raven 

This Whitney R. Harris World Ecology 

Center at the University of Missouri— 

St. Louis awarded the World Ecology 

Award to Garden president Dr. Peter 

Raven in 2007. The award recognizes an 

international figure for contributions to 

solving world environmental and ecology 

problems. Dr. Raven received the award 

for his work as a lead scientist and author 

on the United Nations Scientific Expert 

Group’s report on global warming. 

Flight Center in Maryland. He retired 

in 1997 but has always remembered 

his roots: “My father had a tremendous 

interest in gardening, as did my mother 

and grandmother. I have many happy 

memories of visits to the Missouri 

Botanical Garden.” 

Today, Carl is an avid gardener, growing 

daylilies, iris, azaleas, native plants, and 

dwarf evergreens. His wife Carolyn 

has a deep interest in photography, 

including that of gardens. Carolyn and 

Carl support the Missouri Botanical 

Garden in a variety of ways: they are 

family-level members, members of the 

Heritage Society, and have given two 

charitable gift annuities to the Garden. 

In the spring of 2007, they expanded 

their support to include a presence in 

the Garden—they named the North 

Victorian Border Garden. 

If you’d like to find out more about how 

you can support the Garden, please call 

the Office of Institutional Advancement 

at (314) 577-9500. 


In Memoriam 

Liz Claiborne 

1929-2007 

Clothing designer Liz Claiborne 

died of complications from cancer 

on June 26, 2007. Ms. Claiborne 

was best known for her affordable, 

professional clothes for working 

women. When she retired from 

Liz Claiborne, Inc. in 1990, it was 

the largest women’s apparel company 

in the country, with $1.4 billion in 

sales. Following her retirement, 

Ms. Claiborne and her husband 

Arthur Ortenberg, co-founder 

of Liz Claiborne, Inc., established 

a charitable foundation for the 

conservation of nature and the 

amelioration of human distress. 

The Liz Claiborne/Art Ortenberg 

Foundation funded several of the 

Missouri Botanical Garden’s science 

and conservation efforts, including 

botanical training programs for local 

people in Tanzania and Bolivia, 

scholarships for graduate students 

from Madagascar, and the Jatun 

Sacha preserve’s biodiversity garden 

in Ecuador, among other projects. 

In 1999, Ms. Claiborne and 

Mr. Ortenberg were awarded 

the Henry Shaw Medal for their 

extraordinary contributions to 

conservation and sustainability.

The Management Team 

Dr. Peter H. Raven 

President 

(314) 577-9577 

peter.raven@mobot.org 

John W. Behrer 

Director, Shaw Nature Reserve 

(636) 451-3512 

john.behrer@mobot.org 

Paul W. Brockmann 

Senior Vice President, 

General Services 

(314) 577-5129 

paul.brockmann@mobot.org 

Deborah Chollet Frank 

Vice President, Education 

(314) 577-0279 

deborah.frank@mobot.org 

James P. Cocos 

Vice President, Horticulture 

(314) 577-9426 

jim.cocos@mobot.org 

Peggy Lents 



(314) 577-0245 

peggy.lents@mobot.org 

Dr. Robert E. Magill 

Senior Vice President, Research 

(314) 577-5161 

bob.magill@mobot.org 

Sharon Mertzlufft 


Institutional Advancement 

(314) 577-9495 

sharon.mertzlufft@mobot.org 

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Robert J. Herleth 

Executive Vice President 

(314) 577-9575 

robert.herleth@mobot.org 

Chuck Miller 

Vice President, Information Technology 

and Chief Information Officer 

(314) 577-9419 

chuck.miller@mobot.org 

Olga Martha Montiel 

Vice President, Conservation 

and Sustainable Development 

(314) 577-9412 

olgamartha.montiel@mobot.org 

L. Joseph Norton 

Director, Butterfly House 

(636) 530-0076 x11 

joe.norton@mobot.org 

Michael S. Olson 

Vice President, Financial Services 

and Controller 

(314) 577-5160 

michael.olson@mobot.org 

Jan Simons 

Vice President, Retail Services 

(314) 577-9581 

jan.simons@mobot.org 

Sue L. Wilkerson 


Human Resource Management 

(314) 577-5185 

sue.wilkerson@mobot.org

The Missouri Botanical Garden strives to make the most 

sustainable choices for the future of people, plants, and the planet. 

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will recycle it when finished reading, or pass it along to a friend. 

Editor: Elizabeth McNulty | Designer: Justin Visnesky | Cover Photo: Jack Jennings 

Photography: Phil Berene, Dale Dufer, Carolyn Fichtel, Kristi Foster, Sarah Greene, 

Barry Hammel, Jack Jennings, Cindy Lancaster, Pete Lowry, Jennifer Meinhardt, 

Josh Monken, Brian Mueller, David Neill, Heather Marie Osborn, Jan Salick, Rodolfo 

Vásquez, Leslie Wallace, and Erin Whitson. 

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The Missouri Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

© 2008 Missouri Botanical Garden

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2007 Annual Report - Missouri Botanical Garden

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