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 2023 fiscal year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023).
Gardens Society Champions
$20,000 and up
- Anonymous
- Sydney & Blake Bath
- Stacy & Hyman Brody
- Suzanne & Jeffrey Citron
- F. M. Kirby Foundation
- Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
- Frances Page Rollins, Edward Tyler Rollins, III & W. Lawson Rollins
- Vivian & James Zelter
Gardens Society Leaders
$10,000 and up
- Susan & Paschal Brooks
- Kim & Jeb Buck
- Patricia & Christopher Burns
- Marty & Jeff Gendell
- Jane & Dennis Gilmore
- Elizabeth & Michael Gorman
- Alice & Trig Horton
- Sarah Johnson & David Lyon
- Jamie & Scott Kefer
- Christopher & Simone Meyer
- Christine Pearson
- Ann Pelham & Bob Cullen
- Bonnie & Jim Reiffel
- Mary & Rob Ruggiero
- Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust
- Barbara & Steven Tasher
- Phyllis Scholl Thomas & Alan Curtis
- Cynthia & Christoph Tribull
- Jennifer & R. Sanders Williams
Gardens Society Gold Patrons
$5,000 and up
- Marian & Marvin Coley
- Erica & Michael Danowitz & Andrew Danowitz
- Elise & Christian Ellis
- Kristen Farrell
- Jill & Richard Granoff
- Ann Gravatt
- Steven Humke
- Mary & Jim Jones
- Karen & Jeff Kirby
- Robyn Levy & James Weisz
- Barbara & Todd McCallister
- Lois Pounds Oliver
- Annette & Vincent Price
- Dan Shiff
- Selah & William Sprinkel
- Carroll & Jeffrey Welch
- Evelyn Rivers Wilbanks
Gardens Society Silver Patrons
$2,500 and up
- Neeti Bathala & Michael Metzger
- Jennifer & Andrew Eimer
- Cavett & Barker French
- Sabrina Hodgett
- Amanda & Michael Huttenlocher
- Ann & William Kirkland
- Uma Kuruganti
- Kara & David Landers
- Penny & Robert Lieberberg
- James McMillin
- Jo Powe & Tom McGuire
- Christopher Reese
- Mae Rose Rogers
- Ruth Wade Ross
- Susan Spiller & Jaime Guillen
- Katherine Goodman Stern
- Stephen Teitsworth
- Corinne & Scott Welsh
- Sterly Lebey Wilder
Gardens Society Bronze Patrons
$1,000 and up
- Diana Semel Allen & Mark Brady
- Kathleen Jacobson Allen
- Marcia Angle & Mark Trustin
- Carol Robert Armstrong
- Katherine & Andrew Asaro
- Jacqueline & Edward Atkins
- Margaret Ball & Peter Stace
- Elizabeth & Arup Banerjee
- Placide Noell Barada
- Ann Louise Barrick & Elaine McNeill
- Molly Anne Beck
- Steven Bender
- Blackrock Neurotech
- Lisa LaCommare Block
- Peter Block
- Jon Robert Brandon
- Brenda Brodie
- Robin Brody
- Eileen Brooks
- O. Whitfield Broome Jr.
- Stanford Maxwell Brown
- Delaina Buehler
- Tessa Chamberlain & Eric Childs
- Richard Chen
- Christine Chu & Travis Hornsby
- Charlotte & Jeff Clark
- Jane Clayton
- Laura & Kevin Colebank
- Mary Pat & Scott Davis
- Amy & Jeffrey Davison
- Robert Douglas & Candace Chandler, Courtney Chandler Douglas & Laura Chandler Douglas
- Anne Dowling & Derek Hess
- Evebell Dunham
- Carmen & David Durack
- Rebecca & David Ebershoff
- Elise Erman & Timothy Stanton
- Tina Falker & Russell Schoudt
- Earl Ruffin Franklin Jr. & Sandra Franklin
- Sylvia & Ryan Fulton
- Cynthia & Lou Gadol
- Barbara & Ralph Goldstein
- Leslie Ann Graves
- Ruby Grewal
- Allison Haltom & David McClay
- Marie Katz Hammond
- Julia & James Hanna
- Elizabeth & Edward Hanson
- Nehal & Gray Harley
- Lisa & David Harrington
- Sarah Trent Harris
- Ariadne Haske
- Virginia Joslin-Hastings & Douglas Hastings
- Mary & Thomas Hines
- Tal Hirshberg & Elizabeth Perskie
- Janet Hortin & John Geneczko
- Margaret Howard
- Gail & Robert Jarrow
- Linda & Richard Jenkins
- Qiying Jiang & Jin Wang
- Alexandra & John Ketner
- Jamie & Vance Kite
- Carole Ann Klove
- Patricia & John Koskinen
- Kurt Lamprecht
- Michael Wilford Lau
- Bill & Polly LeFevre
- Ann Leininger & George Hugh
- Wei Li & Michael McDonald
- Celia Hauser Macrae
- Hank Majestic
- Jennifer Lane May
- Katherine & David Maynard
- Margaret McKinney-Kane
- Elizabeth McLeod & Jonathan Kral
- Lavonne Meads
- Christine Borasky Murray
- Jo Anna Noble & Gordon Runte
- Claire & JP Paquin
- Carolyn Park
- Leslie & Kim Payne
- Erin & John Peters
- Margaret & Edward Pikaart
- Kathy & John Piva
- Joan & Lamont Powell
- Rebecca & James Prestwood
- Helen Reed & Fred Jennes
- Helene & Jonathan Rod
- Theo & Ronald Roddy
- Markita & William Rogers
- Mary & William Rooney
- Emilia A. Saint-Amand
- Deborah Ann Schwengel
- Celestea Gentry Sharp
- Linda & John Sigmon
- Eleanor & Michael Smith
- Mindy & Guy Solie
- Jeanette Stokes & Dwight Honeycutt
- Mathavi & Lee Strasburger
- Juliann Tenney & William Reppy
- Karen & Thomas Tierney
- Martha Nims Valent
- Alia & Mitchell Van Hoef
- Carolyn & Hunter Weimer
- Leigh Weissman & Blair Greber-Raines
- Bert Welch
- Mary Lou & David Wertz
- Norma & Dick White
- Susan & Pelham Wilder
- Amy McDaniel Williams & Steven Williams
- Kimberly & Jacob Wood
- CT Woods-Powell & Richard Powell
- Patricia Workman
- Gene Zablotney
- Sara Zablotney & Matthew Solum
- Kimberly & Richard Zimlich
- Gail Zimmermann & David Ferriero
Duke Gardens Supporters
Gifts received during the 2023 fiscal year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023) that support our capital projects, garden projects and endowments that leave a lasting legacy here at Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
$200,000+ Contributors
- Estate of Mary Dawson
- Bonnie & Jim Reiffel
- Teddy Taylor
$100,000+ Contributors
- Cynthia & Marvin Lee Barnes
- Maureen & Michael Rhodes
- Ann Pelham & Bob Cullen
- Phyllis Scholl Thomas & Alan Curtis
$50,000+ Contributors
- Taimi Anderson
- Lewis F. Ballard
- Charles A. Borda and Gwendolyn Cochran Brooks
- Eunice & Rob Burnett
- Bill & Carol Griffith
- Anne & Tom Harman
- Thomas S. Kenan III
- Claire Kremen & Charles Fineman
- Barbara Dorsett McClure & A.J. McClure
- Beverly & Ron Perkins
- Sam & Barbara Wang
$25,000+ Contributors
- Sydney & Blake Bath
- Janet & Stephen Bear
- Cynthia & Richard Brodhead
- Lucille & James Buck
- Dara Lyn DeHaven
- Ann Gravatt
- Eunice H. Grossman
- Nora Hibbard
- Anneliese Kellner & Scott Latus
- Janet S. Kistler
- Christopher & Simone Meyer
- Estate of William Lee Noel
- Andrew Brian Noel
- Alan & Rhonda Reece
- William C. Reinhardt
- Jeanette Stokes & Dwight Honeycutt
- Grace and Paul Sunu
$10,000+ Contributors
- Anonymous
- Robert David Arthur II
- Mary & Marshall Bassett
- Alexander Keyes Berghausen
- Eileen B. Brooks
- Susan & Paschal Brooks
- Patricia & Christopher Burns
- Gretchen & Bud Dudley
- C.F. Elkington
- Sherrie & Jeff Feinstein
- Elizabeth & Michael Gorman
- Susan Ross & Tom Hadzor
- Bonnie & Jared Harrison
- Jerry & Diana Kitchen
- Carole Ann Klove
- Bernice & Stephen Koff
- Marian & Dudley Lacy
- Robyn Levy & James Weisz
- Diana & David McNeill
- Mary Bergson Newman
- Lea O’Quinn & Doyle Graham
- Jen & Graham Orriss
- Dietolf Ramm
- Nancy & Rick Richardson
- Charles E. Seten
- Celestea Gentry Sharp
- Marilyn & Dick Spong
- Laurie & Colin Starks
- Lori & Thomas Stroud
- Caroline Swartz
- Richard Taylor
- Ashley Gerstenfeld Wiltshire & Ashton Wiltshire
- Jim Wright
$5,000+ Contributors
- Ellen Brundage
- Jeb & Kim Buck
- Craig Casey Jr.
- Shirley Harr
- Sandra & Peter Jacobi
- Lee Clark Johns
- Anne Casey Jones
- Annette & Vincent Price
- Mary Walker Price
- Steven Pulling
- Daniel S. Shiff
- Barbara & Steven Tasher
- Meredith & David Thacker
- Gwynne A. Young
$1,000+ Contributors
- Anonymous
- Anne Louise Barrick & Elaine McNeill
- Dorothy Rose Borden
- Jane Church
- Ann & Jim Curry
- Larry Daniel
- Sarah & Bob Ghoorah
- Russell Nobles & Don Lasker
- Joan Mertens
- Ellen & Ken Reckhow
- Alan & Rhonda Reece
- Theo & Ronald Roddy
- Sarah & Bob Solum
- Kristin & Joe Stevens
- Evelyn Rivers Wilbanks
Tribute Gifts
Gifts received during the 2023 fiscal year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023) that are made in someone’s honor or memory.
- Sophie Allen*
- Robert W. Anderson*
- Ahmaud Arbery*
- Marilyn M. Arthur*
- Varsha Bansal
- Betty Gilbert Barron*
- The Bath Family
- Marion Bender*
- Sara Seten Berghausen*
- Frederick R. Biehl*
- Lillian Bjorck
- Susan Block*
- Forrest Lee Bolinger*
- Jayne Booker*
- Gary Borkes
- Mary Elizabeth & Edgar Bunce Jr.*
- Thomas M. Burr
- Alex Ching
- Deborah Christie
- Jane Church
- Class of 1998
- Dan Colella*
- Dawn Collins*
- George Corey*
- Judy Damont
- Mildred Dark*
- Teresa Dark
- Eloise Davis*
- William Doyle
- Joyce M. Dukro
- Larry Paul Elliott*
- Callista Loder Farahany*
- Nita Farahany
- Addie Felkel*
- George Floyd*
- Aaron P. Fowler*
- Sally Dunn Funk*
- Marcy Garber*
- Jan Gilchrist
- William G. Goritsan*
- Christy M. Gudaitis
- Sam Hammond*
- Bruce V. Haskell
- Isabelle Heenen*
- Rob Hiaasen*
- Richard Hill*
- Daisy Hilton*
- Betsy Hood*
- Peggy Burton James*
- Xiufang Jiang*
- Felton & Billie Johnson*
- Paul Jones
- Angela Joseph*
- Margaret Clark Kirk*
- Barbara & William Klove*
- Marion Kohut*
- Barbara Kremen*
- Judith Elaine Barnes Lancaster*
- Shelley Lanpher
- Tony Lardaro
- Lisa Zimmerman Lavine*
- Emma Lee
- Judy Lee
- Bill LeFevre
- Brian Lucas
- Frances & John Lumpkin*
- Ann Majestic*
- Kimberly Doyle Marotta*
- Anne Elizabeth Martin
- Angelina McIntire
- Henry D. & Harriet O. McIntosh*
- Ross & Margaret McKinney*
- Bryce McMillin
- Francisca Meneses*
- Jack P. & Carolyn J. Mercer*
- Horst & Ruth Mary Meyer*
- Meredith Millspaugh*
- Lihua Mo-Hunter
- Peng Fong Mok*
- David W. Mulbah*
- Barbara Newborg*
- Nugget*
- Patricia Okolotowicz
- Frances Gray Patton*
- Ruth Pickett*
- Cheryl Cowdrick Prather*
- Sudarshan Rajagopal
- Dina Randazzo*
- Annabel Renwick
- Mitzi Rogers
- Rabbi Steven Sager*
- Earl Sandman*
- Sarah P. Duke Gardens Staff
- Carina Maria Podgorski Sarrazin
- Wade & Jane Sato*
- Nancy Alyea Schiebel*
- Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans*
- Theresa Semel*
- Frank E. Sheeder III
- Molly Simes*
- Gillian & Brian Simmill*
- William Vance Singletary Jr.*
- JoAnn Smigla*
- Meg and Jose Solera
- Grey Spector*
- Read McBryde Spence*
- Amy Sternstein
- Barbara Tasher
- Anna M. Tausch*
- Breonna Taylor*
- Shirley S. Teitsworth*
- Christopher Thumen*
- Debara Tucci
- Malcolm P. Tyor*
- Iris Vinegar*
- Herbert Wang
- Mark & Karen Webbink
- Richard A. White
- Richard M. White*
- George D. Wilbanks*
- Sterly Wilder
- Odwaine Wills*
- John Michael Yarborough*
- Liani Yirka
*deceased
