Who We Are

Governing Board and Volunteer Staff:  

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Lois J. de Vries
Eric Olsen
Dan A. Freed
Christine Staruch de Vries, Trustee Emerita

Our 2023 Hawk Communications Team

Lauren, Amanda, and Audrey

Our 2021 Outreach Assistants

Eli

Meridian

 

Our Volunteers

Sara Piotter

 

 Our 2022 Summer Intern

Jake

 

Our 2021 Spring Interns

Adriana

Madeline

 

See Who Provides Our Content here

 

The Sustainable Gardening Institute is a member of:

 

 

 

 

Special Thanks to:

Our Team at Esri: Jim Higgins, Lauri Dafner, Kathie McDougall, and all the folks in Tech Support.

Our Underwriters:

The Dan Freed Iowa Trust
The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust 
The Chanticleer Foundation
The Joseph Robert Foundation 

Our Initial Collaborators, Hosts, and  
Forum Attendees
Our work has been informed by three years of development and proof of concept forums attended by representatives of such horticultural leading lights as:

*United States Botanic Garden
*US National Arboretum
*Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
*Cal Poly Center for Sustainability
Cuyamaca College
Duke Farms
Delaware Valley University
Fullerton Arboretum
**Garden Writers Association
Henry Schmieder Arboretum
Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens
**LA Arboretum
**Longwood Gardens
Mt. Cuba Center
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Rutgers University
University of Maryland
Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden
Roth Center for Sustainable Agriculture
South Coast Botanical Garden
Theodore Payne Foundation
TreePeople
UC Cooperative Extension
UC Santa Cruz CASFS
 
*Initial Collaborator
**Forum Host