2025 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, 2025, 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
Laura Gorman
Joan R Duddingston
Paul W Markwardt
Ryan Family Fund
Saint Paul Garden Club
Anonymous (multiple)
$1,000-4,999
Alice Lesney
Catherine Galbraith
David Erpestad
Deborah Lindberg
Dennis Van Sloun
Eric Werzel
Gary and Mary Ann Schokmiller
Georgiann Errigo
Heidi Heiland
J Young
James Miller
Joan Duddingston
John Bailey
Judy Dow-Grant
Julie Zniewski
Katherine Meehan
Laura Gorman
Linda Kilcher
Marilyn R Larson
Marlin D Schenck
Mary Meyer
Mary P McConnell
Mary Parenteau
Richard Allendorf
Tina Dombrowski
$500-999
Andrew Peltier
Ann Aurelius
Barbara Gasterland
Becky L Kleager
Bonnie Beverly
Brenda Edmondson Heim
Bruce Barry
Carla T Goers
Champlin Garden Club
Cheryl Amundson
Dale Bachman
Dana Boyle
Deborah Wheeler
Debra Rappaport
Diane Knoll
Gail Hudson
James Roste
Jan Angell
Joan Rex
John P Longendyke
Judith Johnson
Judy Ann Auger
Karen Edgar
Lynn Wadsworth
Lynne Auten
Marilyn Thompson
Martha F Raymond
Martha Head
Mary Ann Pedtke
Mary Schier
Mary Stockard
Mary-Susan Heise
Medtronic Foundation
Mike Heger
Patricia J Kessler
Peter Moe
Rebecca Arenivar
Renay W Leone
Robert Harris
Rochelle Taube
Ryan McEnaney
Sandra Lauer
Sharon Kjellberg
Shoreview Community Garden Club
Susan Bachman West
Susan Goldstein
Taylor Phelps
Thomas James Brinda
Anonymous (multiple)
$200-499
Aaron LeRoy Lofgren
Alice Holm
Alison Marzolf
Alyson Phillips
Andrew “Don” Smith
Anita M Volkenant
Ann Cooper
Anna Kieselbach
Barbara J Peterson
Barbara Tigan
Barrie Froseth
Becky Remme
Best Buy
Beth Peck
Betsy McNulty
Bob Newman
Bobbie Fredsall
Brenda Wickenhauser
Carla Henry
Carol Borich
Charles Hendrix
Cheryl McHugh
Christine Umhoefer
Cindy D Mertens
Claire Rykken
Daniel Greene
Daphne Walmer
Dean Swanson
Deberah Keogh
Deborah Holman
Deborah Mickelson
Deborah Mickelson
Debra Bauch
Denis Bakke
Denise Heuer
Diana Quinn
Diane Hofstede
Diane Kishel
Dianne Plunkett Latham
Dick Day
Elizabeth Everitt
Elizabeth Nordling
Emily DeGrazia
Erin L George
Faye Duvall
Frank Danielson
Fred and Mitzi McCormick
Fred Berndt
Fred Holasek
Gary A Debele
Gerald A Haugen
Glen Mitchell
Jane Kadlec
Janet Ekern
Janet Tolzmann
Janice Anderson
Jean Melancon
Jeanne Hatle
Jeri Lynn Ommen
Jim Hicks
Joani Werner
John and Leslie Mercer
Jorge Rivas
Judith B Hartmann
Julie Lux
Julie Weisenhorn
Katherine Austin Mahle
Katherine Knudson
Kennedy Stock
Kristine Earsley
Kristine Smith
LaDonna M Jensen
Lee Newton
Leland & Beverly Gehrke
Linda Lorenz
Lois Grassl
Lori Nelson
Maren E Peterson
Margaret Hylton
Marilyn Gorham
Mary Jane Hedstrom
Mary Jo Peterson
Mary Riehle
Merrie Zakaras
Michelle Mero Riedel
Mike Kuske
Mimi Keating
Molly Dinneen
Nancy Beals
Nancy Sponaugle
Paul Tuchman
Paul Tuckner
Paula Soholt
Peggy Burress
Rachel Kahler
Sandra Fetyko
Sarah Rossing
Sharon Ahern
Summer M Seidenkranz
Susan Lynn Sedro
Susan Mattson
Susan Peterson
Susan Young
Tanya Boigenzahn Sowards
Terry Beitlich
Tracy A Rolf
Tracy Stutz
Violet Johnson
William Marx
$50-199
Adrian Cumming
Allison Perry
Allison Reese
Amy Gudmestad
Amy Murphy
Andrea Joplin
Andrea McCue
Andrea Sonstegard
Andrew Schmid
Andrew Vollbrecht
Andrew Zimmer
Angel Crandall
Angie Hoffmann-Walter
Ann Bucheck
Ann Shaw
Anna Lisa Lewis
Anne Draeger
Annette Roth
Barb Wemeier
Barbara Edson
Barbara Knudtson
Barbara Stalsberg
Barbara Zeches
Beth Aldridge
Bradley Basco
Bradley Momsen
Carol A Zartner
Carol Kolb
Carol R Madison
Carol Starkey
Carolyn Beach
Carrie Dawson
Catherine Cory
Catherine Gustafson
Catherine Kriske
Catherine McGinnis
Catherine Nicholson
Catherine Trescony
Cathy Miller
Celeste Burton
Cherie Rollings
Cheryl Michaelson
Cheryl Peterson
Cheryl Preisler
Chris Carlson
Chris Gulachek
Chris Kraft
Chrismary Pacyna
Christa Beach
Christen Donley
Christi Schmidt
Christine Herwig
Christine McGinnis
Cindy Marsh
Cindy Tomashek
Clinton Cutler
Connie Hodges
Connie Weigel
Connie Wetmore
Cynthia Launer
Cynthia Spellman
Cynthia Stroncek
D Pazlar
Dan Fedor
Dan Loewenson
Dana Mack
Daniel Weber
Darlene Crandall
David Fan
David A Larson
David Downs
Dawn Bentley
Deanne DeGraff
Deb Heuwinkel
Deb Parker
Deb Ramirez
Deb Thomford
Deb Tomczyk
Deb Vincent
Deborah J Michaud
Deborah Snow
Debra Erdman
Debra Gieseke
Debra Hansen
Debra Rodahl
Debra Siegel
Debra Teuchert
DeeAnn Stenlund
Denise Appleton
Diane Hartinger
Diane McGann
Diane Meskan Schwecke
Diane Roche
Diane Scarince
Dianne Brooke
Doris Welke
Dorothy Sohn
Edith Greene
Eileen Kern
Eileen McIsaac
Elaine F. Smith
Elaine Sime
Eleanor Crosby
Elizabeth Genovese
Elizabeth Genovese
Elizabeth Ivankovic
Elizabeth Massie
Ellen Hartenberg
Elwood Anderson
Emily Everitt
Emily Kaczynski
Faith Kelley
Frances Kerber
Gary Rettke
Gayle Rettner
GayLynn Liljemark
George Hoffman
Gerald Schill
Ginger Sisco
Ginger Slota
Glynis Hinschberger
Haley Dombek
Harrison Benjamin
Heidi Doering
Helen Newlin
Helena Mares
Howard Gilbert
Inez Laden
Jan Dole
Jan Hantelman
Jane Amberg
Jane Blanch
Jane Goodspeed
Jane Hooper
Jane VanHatten
Janet Graves
Janet Himan
Janet M Jones
Janet Weivoda
Janet Wettergren
Janice M Gerke
Jannell Sworski
Jean McPherson
Jeanine Jesmer
Jennifer Foth Konyn
Jennifer Halcrow
Jennifer Porwit
Jennifer Potvien
Jennifer Reinhart
Jennifer Schuett
Jill Berg
Jill Fox
Jill Woodbeck
Joan Andersen
Joan Lorenz
Joan M Osell
Joan Moseman
Joan Palm
Joan Sach
JoAnn Tallman
Joel Sass
John Dimunation
John Shipley Newlin Jr
John Sulzbach
John Webb
Johnna Hobbs
Jonathan P Scoll
Jonathan Riehle
Joy Norrgard
Judi Lauer
Judith Murphy
Judy MacManus
Julie Donaldson
Julie Gudmestad
Julie Hildreth
Julie Nelson
Kali Kocmoud
Karen Marinovich
Karen Miller
Karen Wentworth
Karla Juetten
Kate Stolpman
Katherine Lorenz
Katherine Van Horne
Kathleen Berg
Kathleen Bryant
Kathleen G Schute
Kathleen Jorgensen
Kathleen Miller
Kathryn Baldwin
Kathryn Pepin
Kathrynne Baumtrog
Kay Fellows
Kay Kuhlmann
Kay Scow
Kelly Jones Hicks
Kent Petterson
Kevin Wentworth
Kirsten Hoyme
Kirsti Groess
Lane Ayres
Larry Johnson
Laura Parcells
Laurel Watt
Laurie L Forsberg
Laurie Zickert
LeAnn Traffie
Leland Bigger
Leslie Melnyk
Leslie Shields
Liisa Schmitt
Linda Brown
Linda Bruemmer
Linda Dawson
Linda Joiner
Linda Limback
Linda Williams-Brettingen
Linda Y. Swanson
Lindsey Skrdlant
Lori Hubin
Lorraine A Kretchman
Lyn Krochmalski
Lynell Barthel
Lynette Thompson
Lynn Lau
Lynne E. Richards
Lynne Murphy
Mani Subramani
Marcia Jaeb
Margaret Bicek
Margaret Hall
Margaret Lund
Margaret Rodgers
Margaret Sagstetter
Margaret Searles
Margaret Wieners
Margo M Johnson
Marjorie Gebhard
Mark Blakstad
Mark E Lustig
Marlys Anderson
Marsha Hamre
Martha Cosgrove
Martha Schuetzle
Martha Wheeler
Marty Bergland
Mary Cromey
Mary Ellen Becker
Mary Ellen Gangl
Mary Evans
Mary Hedstrom
Mary Jane White
Mary Jo Cosio
Mary Kemen
Mary Lilly
Mary Lustig
Mary Montagne
Mary Neher
Mary Shearen
Mary Smith
Mary Sumners
Mary Wolff
Maureen Vince
Michael Fredrick Miller
Michael L Tappon
Michele Tomlinson
Michele Tuchner
Michelle Backes-Fogelberg
Michelle Dahn
Nancy Bachrach
Nancy Berry
Nancy Glass
Nancy Goldman
Nancy Ross
Nancy Rydholm
Natalie Carmolli
Nate Popkin
Neil Imsdahl
Nora Davis
Noreen Thomas
Pamela Cantley
Pamela Haiden
Pamela Hartley
Pamela Nuffort
Pat A Thompson
Pat Peine
Pat Rosaves
Patricia Flynn
Patricia Kennedy
Patricia Lahti
Patricia Medbery
Patricia Sauer
Patricia Sheridan
Patti Jeffrey
Patty Hren-Rowan
Patty Sprenger
Paul Ruppel
Pegi Harkness
Penny Rendall
Pete Larsen
Peter Brisky
Polly Keppel
Preston Williams
Randall Propp
Randy Gerdin
Rebecca J DeLaCruz
Reid Mandel
Renae Justin
Renee Lanka
Reynold Mack
Rhonda Whiteford
Richard Jaramillo
Robert H Cameron
Roger Hintze
Roger Wippler
Ron Halgerson
Ronald Hankey
Rosalind Annen
Rose Currie
Rosemary Kenigsberg
Ruth McIntyre
Ruth Stephens
Sally Ellestad
Sally Hyslop
Sandra Nordstrom
Sandra Werts
Sarah Caruso
Scott Rollins
Sharon Jordahl
Sharon Krumme
Sharon Nibbe
Sheila Finnegan
Sheree Schattenmann
Sherri Pinotti
Sherrie Martinson
Shirley Clemens
Stephanie Linden
Stephanie Nichols
Steve Kelley
Sue Foster
Sue Pederson
Sue Schiess
Sue Stein
Susan Cooper
Susan FranceWeber
Susan G Nystrom
Susan Glennon
Susan Ishihara
Susan McDougall
Susan Melbye
Susan Schmidt
Susan Smith
Susan Wolf
Suzan Wetherell
Suzanne Weinstein
Tam McGehee
Tamara Gallagher
Tammy and Naften Sadoff
Teresa Maki
Teresa Moe
Teri Holberg
Teri Knight
Terri Neely Tinklenberg
Thea Adams
Thomas Frattallone
Tim Wilson
Toby Rae
Tom Hammitt
Tom Kieselbach
Valerie Holthus
Veronica Ivans
Vicky Vogels
Victoria DeFord
Wendy Mead
Wendy Meadley
William Griffith
Wynn Young
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*
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*
Anonymous (4)
*Deceased
TRIBUTES
Gifts given in honor or memory of:
Barbara Watzl
Daniel Latham
Daniel Roettger
Diane Glynn
ElDora Pederson
Grace Peterson
Grant Parcells
Jerry Clemens
Judy MacManus
Kath and Sunny Sundelius
Marjorie Swee
Michael Roche
RCS Garden
Sunai Hoberg-Cormier
Tara Myhran
IN-KIND DONATIONS
The following individuals and businesses provide vital support through donations of products and services to the Society’s community outreach programs:
AMA Plant Sale
Bailey Nurseries—First Editions
Egg|Plant Urban Farm Supply
Friends School Plant Sale
Gail Hudson
Green Earth Growers
Hennepin Technical College / Amy Birdsall
Kern Landscape Resources
Lakeville Area Garden Club
Mango Community Family Farm
Monrovia
Mother Earth Gardens
Ramsey County Master Gardeners
Rush Creek Growers
Saint Paul Garden Club
Spring Meadow Nursery
The Mustard Seed Landscaping and Garden Center
The Plant Shack
Tonkadale Greenhouse
Wagner Garden Centers
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