(Emily Bowron, Bill Bowron, Frieda Murfee, Frances Wheelock, George Wheelock)
48th Annual Member Celebration
On Thursday, January 24, Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens held its 48th Annual Member Celebration at the Garden Center. More than 150 members and staff gathered in Strange Auditorium for drinks and hors d’oeuvres catered by Savoie Catering. The festivities moved to the Linn-Henley Lecture Hall for the evening’s featured speaker, Kerry Smith. Smith, the State Master Gardener Coordinator for Alabama Cooperative Extension System (A.C.E.S.) led a talk titled “Your A.C.E.S. in the Hole,” a discussion about the unique relationship between Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Alabama Cooperative Extension System, which houses a satellite office at the Garden Center.
Martha Espy, Fred Spicer, Peggy Bonfield, Orrin Ford, Valerie Abbott
Annette Drummonds, Pat Cosgrove, Bethany O’Rear, Joann Wissinger
Tricia Noble, Alleen Cater, Chris Boles
Orrin Ford, Peggy Bonfield
Coquette Barnes, Tommy Amason, Yates Amason, Bill Barnes
Alpha Goings, Betsy Gresham, Louise Walton
Fletcher Harvey, Roger Clarke, Susan Jackson, Kerry Smith
Nina Miranda, Anita Dark, Bonnie McDonald
Mary Williamson, Lex Williamson
Jeanie Sherlock, Scott Walton, Kelley Walton
Katy Eldridge, Jamey Eldridge
Janet Taylor, Jerry Taylor