Contact Us
Mailing Address
2612 Lane Park Road
Birmingham, Alabama 35223
Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Main: 205.414.3950
Administration
Executive Director
Tom Underwood
Chief Financial Officer
Stephanie Banks
Operations Manager
Jane Underwood
Office Coordinator
Michelle Phillips
205.414.3950
Donor Services Coordinator
Dawn DeFrank
205.414.3927
Development
VP of Development
Penney Hartline
205.414.3961
Special Events Coordinator (*For room rentals and weddings, please call 205.414.3908.)
Heather Oliver
205.414.3965
Donor Relations Officer
Drew Rickel
205.414.3955
Education
Director of Education and Visitor Experience
Brooke McMinn
205.414.3951
Education Program Coordinator
Ellen Hardy
205.414.3953
Education Activities Specialist
Dawn Colemen Lee
205.414.3958
Operations
Garden Assessment Project Leader
Molly Hendry
205.414.3911
Garden Curations
Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator
John Manion
205.414.3985
Library
Main: 205.414.3920
Director of Library Services
Hope Long
205.414.3931
Jason Kirby
205.414.3967
Library Assistant (Weekend)
Rachael Daughtry
205.414.3920
Communications and Marketing
Director of Communications and Marketing
Mindy Keyes Black
205.414.3960
Volunteers
Volunteer Coordinator
Alice Moore
205.414.3962
City of Birmingham
Main: 205.414.3900
Interim Gardens Director
Stanley Robinson
205.414.3904
Luci Bryant
Main Number/Administrative Clerk
205.414.3900
District Horticulture Supervisor
Virgil Mathews
205.414.3910
Activities Coordinator (Facility Rentals & Weddings)
Alicia Andrews
205.414.3908
Director's Administrative Assistant
Cheryl Henderson
205.414.3905
Greenhouse Specialty Grower
Gregg Clark
205.414.3910
Administrative Analyst
La'Tissa Speight
205.414.3905
Administrative Clerk (Activities)
Kathy Taylor
205.414.3909
Tissue Lab
205.414.3911
The Gardens Café by Kathy G
Main: 205.871.1000
Event Director
Nicole Stoffel
205.871.1000
Leaf & Petal at The Gardens
Main: 205.877.3030
Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES)
Main: 205.879.6964
Administrative Assistant
Annette Drummonds
ext. 10
Urban Regional Extension Agent, Horticulture
Sallie Lee
ext. 11
Regional/Extension Agent
Gary Gray
ext. 12
Plant Pathologist/Diagnostician
Jim Jacobi
ext. 18
Regional/Extension Agent
Bethany O'Rear
ext. 15
County Extension Coordinator
Lisa Jones
ext. 13