Duke Gardens’ supporters are at the root of all we do.
From donating to the Annual Fund and becoming a member to making a planned gift in support of a garden project, the incredible generosity of the following supporters helped the Gardens grow in 2024.
Duke Gardens Society
Duke Gardens Society is an important donor community that provides our most generous supporters the opportunity to make a deeper connection with—and contribution to—the mission of Duke Gardens. Membership in Duke Gardens Society is open to households who make a contribution of $1,000 or more annually to the Gardens’ Annual Fund, helping us invest in the future of this world-class botanic garden in the heart of Duke and Durham. These gifts were received during the 2024 fiscal year (July 1-June 30).
Duke Gardens Society Champions ($20,000 and up)
Stacy & Hyman Brody
Suzanne & Jeffrey Citron
Estate of Virginia Ann Cocheu
F. M. Kirby Foundation
Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
Duke Gardens Society Leaders ($10,000 and up)
Elaine McNeill & Ann Louise Barrick
Sydney & Blake Bath
Cynthia & Richard Brodhead
Susan & Paschal Brooks
O. Whitfield Broome Jr.
Phyllis Scholl Thomas & Alan Curtis
Marty & Jeff Gendell
Jane & Dennis Gilmore
Elizabeth & Michael Gorman
Ann Gravatt
Jeanette Stokes & Dwight Honeycutt
Mary & Jim Jones
Jamie & Scott Kefer
Mary Dysart Metz
Christopher & Simone Meyer
Estate of Marilyn S. Newell
Vincent & Annette Price
Jim & Bonnie Reiffel
Maureen & Michael Rhodes
Frances Page Rollins, Edward Tyler Rollins, III & W. Lawson Rollins
Mary & Rob Ruggiero
Barbara & Steven Tasher
Christoph & Cynthia Tribull
Jeffrey & Carroll Welch
Jennifer & Sandy Williams
Ashley & Ashton Wiltshire
Vivian & James Zelter
Bradley Trent Zimmer
Duke Gardens Society Gold Patrons ($5,000 and up)
Marian & Marvin Coley
Andrew Danowitz
Michael & Erica Danowitz
Scott & Diane Eblin
Kristen Farrell
Ana Homayoun
Karen & Jeff Kirby
Barbara & Todd McCallister
Lois Oliver
Christine Pearson
Ruth Wade Ross
Selah Sprinkel
Robyn Levy & James Weisz
Evelyn Rivers Wilbanks
Sheryl & Bob Winton
Sara Barron Zablotney
Duke Gardens Society Silver Patrons ($2,500 and up)
Jeb & Kim Buck
Delaina Buehler
Tim Warmath & Edward Comber
Ann Pelham & Bob Cullen
Cavett & Barker French
Lilli Gober
Susan Spiller & Jaime Guillen
Christine Chu & Travis Hornsby
Joel & Christine Huber
Steven Humke
Amanda & Michael Huttenlocher
Ann Kirkland
Uma Kuruganti
Penny & Robert Lieberberg
Jo Powe & Tom McGuire
James McMillin
Neeti Bathala & Michael Metzger
Kay & Jay Peters
Mae Rose Rogers
Melody Wang & Benjamin Schulte
Hunter & Carolyn Weimer
Corinne & Scott Welsh
Sterly L. Wilder
Duke Gardens Society Bronze Patrons ($1,000 and up)
Anonymous
Kathleen Jacobson Allen
Marcia Angle & Mark Trustin
Carol Robert Armstrong
David & Claudia Attarian
Jon & Susan Ballis
Molly Anne Beck
Kimberly Bergin
Peter & Lisa Block
Diana Semel Allen & Mark Brady
Brenda Brodie
Jennings Brody
Robin Brody
Eileen Brooks
Gene & Susan Carlone
Eric Childs & Tessa Chamberlain
Richard Chen
Norman & Portia Christensen
Jane Clayton
Rose Marie Clemandot
Aldo & Hyunna Coelho
Rachel Davies
Mary Pat & Scott Davis
Bob Douglas & Candace Chandler
Courtney Douglas
Chase Olivieri & Laura Douglas
Derek Hess & Anne Dowling
Carmen & David Durack
Rebecca & David Ebershoff
Andrew & Jennifer Eimer
Austin Esecson
Russell Schoudt & Tina Falker
Ryan & Sylvia Fulton
Lou & Cynthia Gadol
Barbara & Ralph Goldstein
Leslie Graves
Ruby Grewal
Joel & Wendy Grossman
Marie Katz Hammond
Luanne Thorndyke & John Hanger
Julia & James Hanna
Edward & Elizabeth Hanson
Nehal & Gray Harley
Virginia Joslin-Hastings
& Doug Hastings
Mary & Thomas Hines
Frances Hitchcock
John Geneczko & Janet Hortin
Margaret Howard
Ann Leininger & George Hugh
Tiffany & Kevin Hull
Gail & Robert Jarrow
Mary Johnson
Melissa & Jeffrey Johnson
James & Andrea Johnston
Blaise & Jennifer Jones
Lisa & Craig Jorgens
Dudley & John Keller
Vance & Jamie Kite
Carole Ann Klove
Jill & Boyd Knosp
Patricia & John Koskinen
Kristian Heugh & Akanie Law
Polly & Bill LeFevre
Michael Macievich
Celia Hauser Macrae
Hank Majestic
Christina & Brian Marchiel
Roberta & Paul Matthews
Allison Haltom & David McClay
Amy McDaniel Williams
& Steven Williams
Wei Li & Michael McDonald
Margaret McKinney-Kane
Lavonne Meads
Alexander Miller
Robert & Janet Molinet
Christine Borasky Murray
Joe & Jin Niedermuller
Claire & JP Paquin
Carolyn Park
Leslie & Kim Payne
Cameron Howard & Max Perkins
John & Erin Peters
Andrew Pettit
Margaret & Edward Pikaart
Doren Pinnell
Lamont & Joan Powell
Rebecca & Jim Prestwood
Mary Ann Ramage
Fred Jennes & Helen Reed
Juliann Tenney & Bill Reppy
Helene & Jonathan Rod
William & Markita Rogers
Nicholas & Liz Romano
Mary & William Rooney
Emilia A. Saint-Amand
Kathleen Sanzo
Mary Crawford Schneider & David Schneider
Deborah Schwengel
Celestea Gentry Sharp
Linda & John Sigmon
Erika & Zachary Smith
Michael & Eleanor Smith
Sallie Maxwell & Marc Smith
Mindy & Guy Solie
Stacey & Scott Stern
Lawrence Stevenson
Mathavi & Lee Strasburger
Sophia Zeng & Matt Straus
Lori & Thomas Stroud
Louise & William Tallman
Karen & Thomas Tierney
Susan Van Eyck
Lyle & Pete Walter
Mary Ward
Elaine & Bill Watson
Blair Greber-Raines
& Leigh Weissman
Bert Welch
David & Mary Lou Wertz
Suzanne & Andy Wheatcraft
Norma White
Pelham & Susan Wilder
Kim & Jacob Wood
CT Woods-Powell & Richard Powell
Song Gao & Linbo Zhou
Kimberly & Richard Zimlich
Duke Gardens Supporters
Gifts received during the 2024 fiscal year (July 1-June 30) that support garden projects and endowments that leave a lasting legacy here at Duke Gardens.
$200,000+ Contributors
Anonymous
Carol Remmer Angle
Jim & Bonnie Reiffel
Maureen & Michael Rhodes
$100,000+ Contributors
Ann Pelham & Bob Cullen
Phyllis Scholl Thomas & Alan Curtis
F.M. Kirby Foundation
$50,000+ Contributors
Constance Bardinelli
Eileen Brooks
Chanel Copeland
Caroline & Bart Haynes
Estate of James R. King Jr.
Carol McMorrow
Catherine Petroski
Kathy & Paul Rutledge
Jami Norris & Ann Skye
Heather Steven
Greg Bertics & Patricia Weston
$25,000+ Contributors
Catherine & Matt Bertics
Rose Marie Clemandot
Andrew Cohen
Claire Kremen & Charles Fineman
Gail Boyarsky & Walter Fowler
Thomas & Anne Harman
Carson & Jeff Howard
Jerilyn Hunt
Peter Lange
Ann & John McCann
Christopher & Simone Meyer
Estate of Brenda Mismas
Alan Schwenk
Cecile Srodes
$10,000+ Contributors
Sydney & Blake Bath
Mary & Ray Boardman
Cynthia & Richard Brodhead
Susan & Paschal Brooks
Patricia & Christopher Burns
Sherrie & Jeff Feinstein
Elizabeth & Michael Gorman
Bonnie & Jared Harrison
Marilyn & Salim Idriss
Thomas S. Kenan III
Bernice & Stephen Koff
Robyn Levy & James Weisz
Sallie Leverenz & Bruce Lund
Fred & Lynn Lyon
James Didden & Dawn Marmo-Didden
Warren Miltimore
Ken Moushegian
Jen & Graham Orriss
Estate of Mary Walker Price
Lea O’Quinn & Doyle Graham
Dietolf Ramm
Frances Page Rollins, Edward Tyler Rollins, III & W. Lawson Rollins
Marilyn & Dick Spong
Catherine Karmel & Cyril Tawa
Xinyi “Michelle” Wan
James Wright
Hongyu Tan
$5,000+ Contributors
Anonymous
O. Whitfield Broome Jr.
Ellen K. Brundage
Craig Casey Jr.
Rod Clark
Hynda Brody Dalton & Tucker Dalton
Larry Daniel
C.F. Elkington
Sandra & Peter Jacobi
Ann Casey Jones
Dhiresha Marshall
Diana & David McNeill
Steven Pulling
William C. Reinhardt
Amy Simes
Kelly Spencer
Barbara & Steven Tasher
Gwynne A. Young
$1,000+ Contributors
Anonymous
Ellen Cates Adams
Lisa Barroilhet
Alexander Keyes Berghausen
BJ & Bill Boyarsky
Terry Boyarsky
Jane Church
Victoria Clark
Ann & Jim Curry
Robert & Eleanor DeVries
M. Frances Durden
Jennifer B. French
Jan Tore Hall
Shirley Harr
Seth H. Jaffe
Chris Keir & Kevin Kalinsky
Carole Ann Klove
Cynthia & Christopher Pohlmann
Ellen & Ken Reckhow
Daria Sanford
Kate Spingarn
Erick Tarula
Angie & Bill Zimmern
New benches dedicated in 2024 include (from top): Bench in memory of Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny B.S.’99, given by her Duke friends at her 25th class reunion (Blomquist Garden of Native Plants); bench in honor of Rose Eisman Boyarsky on the occasion of her 100th birthday (Culberson Asiatic Arboretum); bench given by Michelle Wan M. ENG ’24 in honor of her parents (Blomquist Garden of Native Plants).
Duke Gardens Memorial Gifts
Memorials (FY2024)
Bipin Amin
Veronica Soller Barbour
Ted R. Bardinelli
Betty Barron
Anne Beatty
Dietrich Beischer
Sara Seten Berghausen
Ina Bertics
Susan Block
Forrest Lee Bolinger
Nancy Bowens
Harvey J. Brody
Lucy Bullock-Satterwhite
Tommie Calhoun
Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny
Thelma Chappell
Robert Cochrane
Charity Cole
George Corey
Jan Craig
Mildred Dark
Geraldine DeSantis
Mary McFerson Detmer
Dorothy Douse
Parker & Peggy Duncan
Margaret Chrystal Elf
Charles Elliott
Philip & Barbara Erlenbach
Carol Finkelstein
James Flanagan
Gerald Gerber
John & Betsy Graves
Robert Gregg
Delton & Daphne Grey
Melissa Habgerg
Chuck Hemric
Ann & Steve Hmelar
Elvis Holden
Betsy Hood
Mary Hosack Watkins
Robert Huey
Barbara & William Klove
Marion Kohut
Anita Lin
Joanne Lott
Ann Majestic
Isabelle Malone
Dorothy & Isaac Manning
Kimberly Marotta
Peggy Orr Mason
Tara McCarth
Sarah Dameron McCracken
Angelina McIntyre
Bragg & Meg McLeod
Judy McMillin
Michael McMorrow
Walter Cade Metz, Jr.
Elizabeth Monnin
William Moore
Cindy Moushegian
David Mulbah
Luciana & Josef Niedermuller
Barbara Estes Page
Frances Gray Patton
Ruth Pickett
Sheldon Pinnell
Cheryl Ann Cowdrick Prather
Mary Hope Walker Price
William Kramer Ransom
Wade & Jane Sato
Nancy Schiebel
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans
Priscilla Shows
Van Singletary
Barry Howard Stern
Katherine Stern
Don Stone
Patricia Stubbing
Nanci Weldon
Richard M. White
Annamarie Wilson
John Yarborough
Mike Yarborough
Martin Zhang
Honors (FY2024)
Bipin Amin
Veronica Soller Barbour
Ted R. Bardinelli
Betty Barron
Anne Beatty
Dietrich Beischer
Sara Seten Berghausen
Ina Bertics
Susan Block
Forrest Lee Bolinger
Nancy Bowens
Harvey J. Brody
Lucy Bullock-Satterwhite
Tommie Calhoun
Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny
Thelma Chappell
Robert Cochrane
Charity Cole
George Corey
Jan Craig
Mildred Dark
Geraldine DeSantis
Mary McFerson Detmer
Dorothy Douse
Parker & Peggy Duncan
Margaret Chrystal Elf
Charles Elliott
Philip & Barbara Erlenbach
Carol Finkelstein
James Flanagan
Gerald Gerber
John & Betsy Graves
Robert Gregg
Delton & Daphne Grey
Melissa Habgerg
Chuck Hemric
Ann & Steve Hmelar
Elvis Holden
Betsy Hood
Mary Hosack Watkins
Robert Huey
Barbara & William Klove
Marion Kohut
Anita Lin
Joanne Lott
Ann Majestic
Isabelle Malone
Dorothy & Isaac Manning
Kimberly Marotta
Peggy Orr Mason
Tara McCarth
Sarah Dameron McCracken
Angelina McIntyre
Bragg & Meg McLeod
Judy McMillin
Michael McMorrow
Walter Cade Metz, Jr.
Elizabeth Monnin
William Moore
Cindy Moushegian
David Mulbah
Luciana & Josef Niedermuller
Barbara Estes Page
Frances Gray Patton
Ruth Pickett
Sheldon Pinnell
Cheryl Ann Cowdrick Prather
Mary Hope Walker Price
William Kramer Ransom
Wade & Jane Sato
Nancy Schiebel
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans
Priscilla Shows
Van Singletary
Barry Howard Stern
Katherine Stern
Don Stone
Patricia Stubbing
Nanci Weldon
Richard M. White
Annamarie Wilson
John Yarborough
Mike Yarborough
Martin Zhang
Explore the Gardens’ growth in action in our 2024 Annual Report.
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Questions?
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