2024 Honor Roll of Donors
Gifts from generous gardeners like you make the Minnesota Horticultural Society an essential resource for our northern gardening community.
The following is an honor roll of those individual, corporate, foundation, business & affiliated organization donors who contributed during the twelve months from January 1 through December 31, 2024, at fifty dollars and above. We are honored to partner with our donors at every level and thank each you for your generous support. We do our best to list all donors accurately and apologize if we have not done so. Please contact us so that we can make any corrections.
$100,000+
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
$65,000
Cargill Foundation
$34,000
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
$5,000 to $10,000
Ryan Family Fund
Joan R Duddingston
Paul W Markwardt
Saint Paul Garden Club
Anonymous (multiple)
$1,000-4,999
Catherine Galbraith
Georgiann Errigo
Hennepin County Horticultural Society
Jaime Pedraza
John Bailey
Julie Klosterman
Katherine Meehan
Marilyn R Larson
GiveMN
Nancy Pilgrim
Tina Dombrowski
Gary and Mary Ann Schokmiller
Eric and Sara Werzel
Marlin D Schenck
James Miller and Cherie Peterson
Glacial Ridge
Alice Lesney
Bryan Schueler
Marjorie and David Hols
Dennis Van Sloun
Mary & James Meyer
Susan M Kennedy
Bailey Nurseries Foundation
Anonymous (multiple)
$500 to 999
Andrew Peltier
Becky L Kleager
Bonnie Beverly
Bruce Barry
Carla T Goers
Champlin Garden Club
Fred Berndt
Janice Angell
Jerald R Shannon
Judith Harris
Judith Johnson
The Head Family Foundation
Michael Boggess
Monica Graham
Pegi and Tom Harkness
Renee Schlabach
Sharon Kjellberg
Shoreview Community Garden Club
South St Paul Garden Club
Susan Blohm
Suzanne Blue
Janet Ekern
Charles Sorenson
Renay W Leone
John P Longendyke
Kristine Smith
Laura Gorman
Peter Moe
Brenda Wickenhauser
Anonymous (multiple)
$200 to 499
Antoinette Kluck
Barbara J Peterson
Blanche Hawkins
Cindy D Mertens
Dick Day
Janet Colliton
Jeanne Hatle
Johnna Hobbs
Judy MacManus
Lois Kauppila
Mary Parenteau
Michele Eichhorst
Pamela Endean
Paul Tuchman
Rebecca Arenivar
Robert Ross
Sandra Lauer
Susan Mattson
Thomas James
Brinda Tracy
A Rolf
Charity Fretty
Denise Heuer
Daphne Walmer
Barrie Froseth
Carol Borich
Charles Hendrix
Daniel Greene
David A. Amdur
Dianne Plunkett Latham
Don Selinger
Gary A Debele
Glen Mitchell
Janet Himan
Jerilynn Ommen
Joseph Plante
Karen Edgar
Kathryn Davis Messerich
Lesley Crosby
Linda Lorenz
Mary Riehle
Michelle Mero Riedel
Mimi Keating
Paul Tuckner
Paula Soholt
Robert Newman
Sandra Fetyko
Valerie Muckenhirn
Mike and Jean Heger
Marilyn Gorham
Jorge Rivas
Marty Bergland
Robert Harris
Steve Kelley
Tami Gallagher
Wayne Damerow
Sue Williamschen
Jean Antonello
Margaret Rodgers
Mike Kuske
Paul & Janet Tolzmann
Garden Club of Ramsey County
Judith B Hartmann
Marsha Hamre
Peggy Burress
Alison Marzolf
Brent and Becky’s Bulbs
Donna Rodel
Anonymous (multiple)
$50 to 199
Andrew Vollbrecht
Anita Foss
Ann Austin
Arnold Sachs
Barb Reiter
Bob Russell
Bobbie Fredsall
Bonnie Luhmann
Carla Henry
Carol Hatcher
Carol R Madison
Carolyn Beach
Catherine Cory
Catherine McGinnis
Cathy Miller
Cathy Peck
Cheryl Preisler
Cindy Spellman
Cynthia Kodada
Dan Fedor
Dana Holt
Danelle Wolf
David Fan
David A Larson
David Nevin
Dennie Juillerat
Diane McGann
Dianne Brooke
Donald P Untiedt
Doris A Phillips
Doris K Welke
Eileen McIsaac
Elizabeth Selstad
Elwood Anderson
Eric Lampland
Erica L Berven
Erin McCabe
Erma Erikson
Gail Bullard
Gail T Hanson
Ginger Sisco
Glenn Mayer
Graham Webster
Howard Gilbert
Jane VanHatten
Jean Christensen
Jill Berg
Jill Woodbeck
Jim Ertl
John J Lunney
Jonathan Riehle
Julie Hanson
Julie Hoyme
Karen Ellis
Karen Williams
Kate Baumtrog
Kate Netwal
Kathleen Propp
Kathy Knudson
Kent Petterson
Kim Bennett
Kristine Earsley
Larry Lundblad
Laurie Snively
Lynn Lau
Lynne Young
Marisa Benson
Mary Shearen
Michael Fredrick Miller
Michael L Tappon
Monica Westerlund
Patricia James
Patricia Lahti
Patricia Reisenger
Patti Sheridan
Polly Keppel
Robert H Cameron
Roberta Sladky
Sally Ellestad
Sandra Fehrman
Sandra Werts
Sharon Nibbe
Sheila Faulkner
Sherrie Kamm
Stephanie Steel
Sue Ann Lang
Suzan Wetherell
Sylvia Beach
Tamara McGehee
Trudi Schaefer
Vicky Vogels
William Berg
Wynn Young
Judi Lauer
Nancy Beals
Paul Spilseth
Alicia Edmonds
Ann Hansen
Barbara Kalvik
Carolyn J Cherry
Claudine Solseng
Jean M Davis
Karen Milton
Karen Wentworth
Nancy Devine
Roger Wippler
Shelley Dotson
Sheree Schattenmann
Margaret Lindner
Martha Wheeler
Margaret Searles
Annette Roth
Margaret Reier
Karen Flink
Nicole Dailey
Sheila Maybanks
Corrine Grochowski
Julie Gudmestad
Raymond O’Bryan
Reynold Mack
Romell White
Stanley Hooper
Susan Hoehn
Allan Apter
Stephanie Linden
Preston Williams
Janet Weivoda
Wendy Wehr
Debra Ann Smith
Andrew Smith
Anita Oakman
Ann Shaw
Audrey Ice
Barbara Prokop
Bradley Momsen
Bridget Fitzgerald
Carol A Zartner
Cynthia Launer
David Clark
Deborah L Brown
Debra Gieseke
Debra Rappaport
Diane Meskan Schwecke
Dorothy Gjerdrum
Edith Greene
Eileen Kern
Elaine B Cole
Elaine Sime
Elizabeth Massie
Elizabeth Nordling
Eunice Johnson
Gail Antonson
Gail Hudson
GayLynn Liljemark
Harold Arneson
Heidi Doering
Howard J Ansel
J Shipley Newlin Jr
Janet Graves
Janie Delaney
Jean Hollenstein
Jean Ranweiler
Jennifer M Olson
Jim Roste
John Sulzbach
Joyce M Moody
Julie Houg
Julie Weisenhorn
Karen Chandler
Karen Nemchik
Kate Stolpman
Katherine Austin Mahle
Katherine Salverda
Kathleen Berg
Kathryn A Shell
Kathy Pepin
Kathy Schleichert
Kay Fellows
Kristin Hott
LaDonna M Jensen
Lara Lau-Schommer
Larry Johnson
Linda Bruemmer
Linda Canfield
Linda Dawson
Linda Swanson
Linda Williams-Brettingen
Lindsey Chmielewski
Lori Happel-Jarratt
Lucinda Pratt
Lynne Schuman
Marcia Jaeb
Margaret Wieners
Mark L Simonson
Mary L Petrisko
Mary Lilly
Mary Schier
Mary Wolff
Maureen Vince
Maurice Lazarus
Megan Fillmore
Melinda Hunt
Merrie Zakaras
Michael Hartenberg
Nancy Glass
Nancy Tellet-Royce
Nora Davis
Patricia Janecula
Patty Sprenger
Paula Prahl
Peg Hicks
Peter Hilger
Reid Mandel
Ronald McCoy
Shades of Green Hosta Society
Stephanie Steel
Steve Poppe
Sue Mauren
Susan FranceWeber
Suzette R Nordstrom
Tom Hammitt
Tracy Stutz
Christine Herwig
Denise Bielke
Joan Andersen
Laurel Watt
Lorraine A Kretchman
Marilyn Clark
Martha Hardesty
Sandra Nordstrom
Steven Schellhaass
Kay L Sorgatz
Anna Kieselbach
Teri Holberg
Dana Mack
David Downs
Martha F Raymond
Polly Blom
Janice M Gerke
Amy Gudmestad
Helena Mares
Cheryl Peterson
Barbara Malamen
Deb Parker
Jennifer Knutson
Kate Wolford
Linka Holey
Maren E E Peterson
Roger Hintze
Ruth Stephens
Sarah Rossing
Stephanie Brody
Theresa Lydon
Laurie L Forsberg
Ron Halgerson
Elizabeth Everitt
Laura Pfeiffer
Carol Starkey
Elaine F. Smith
Mark E Lustig
Rebecca Young
Aaron LeRoy Lofgren
Anonymous (multiple)
HEIRLOOM CIRCLE MEMBERS
These visionary gardeners have chosen to make a planned gift, providing MSHS with long-term financial stability to inspire, educate and connect gardeners.
Ira and Maureen Adelman*
Anonymous (4)
Carol Banister
Terry Beitlich
Ruth Berg*
Kathy Cleary*
Crystal Clift*
Marlene Collen
Rose M. Decker*
Helen C. Fischer*
Marjorie Fisher*
Kenneth Fisher*
Hank Herrmann*
Joyce and Terry Hochsprung
Andrew Holewa*
Marjorie A. Hyland*
Esther Johnson*
Sharon Krumme
Melvin Lindquist*
Donald* and Elsie* Miller
Luanne Muller*
Dennis Nelson
Viann Pearson
Susan Peterson
Joe Plante and Eric Neumann
Marian Rohde*
Annette Roth
Marlin D. Schenck
Jerald and Lee Shannon
Ralph* and Loanne Thrane
Esther Tikalsky
Hazel Toppari*
Helen C. Wilson*
Bertha Ann Witte*
*Deceased
TRIBUTES
Gifts given in honor or memory of:
Bethany Hartung
Beverly J. Welchlin
Carol Meyer
Cato Kern
Laura Froning
Loree Rudnitski
Susanne Spitzer
IN-KIND DONATIONS
The following individuals and businesses provide vital support through donations of products and services to the Society’s community outreach programs:
Friends School Plant Sale
Monrovia
Temple’s Sisterhood Plant Sale
Jeanne Weigum
Wagner’s Greenhouse
Hennepin Tech Plant Sale
Lakeville Garden Sale
Lisa Citak
Green Earth Growers
AMA Plant Sale
Kelley and Kelley Nursery
Haiti Mango Farms
Tonkadale Greenhouse
Schulte’s Greenhouse
Joel Sass
Sean McQuire
Marge SagStetter
Steve SagStetter
Jan LePage
Dramm Corporation
Michele Miron
Susan Mesch
Barbara Kalvik
Nicki Fischer
Joanne Eller
Jacalyn Ellis
Glynis Hinschberger
Egg/Plant Urban Farm Supply
Custom Retaining Walls and Landscaping, Inc.
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