Contact Us

Mailing Address

2612 Lane Park Road
Birmingham, Alabama 35223

Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Main: 205.414.3950

Executive Director

Tom Underwood

Chief Financial Officer

Stephanie Banks

Operations Manager

Jane Underwood

Donor Services Coordinator

Dawn DeFrank

 205.414.3927

VP of Development

Penney Hartline

205.414.3961

Special Events Coordinator
For room rentals and weddings please call 205.414.3908

Heather Oliver

Donor Relations Officer

Drew Rickel

205.414.3955

Director of Education and Visitor Experience

Brooke McMinn

205.414.3951

Education Program Assistant

Ellen Hardy

205.414.3953

Education Activities Specialist

Dawn Colemen Lee

205.414.3958

Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator

John Manion

205.414.3985

Director of Library Services

Hope Long

 205.414.3931

Senior Librarian

Elizabeth Drewry

205.414.3932

Library Assistant & Archivist

Jason Kirby

205.414.3967

Communications and Marketing Coordinator

Blake Ells

205.414.3960

Office Coordinator

Michelle Phillips

 205.414.3950

Volunteer Coordinator

 Alice Moore

205.414.3962

Director

James Horton

205.414.3904

District Horticulture Supervisor

Virgil Matthews

205.414.3910

Event Manager (Facility Rentals & Weddings)

Alicia Andrews

205.414.3908

Administrative Supervisor

Cheryl Henderson

205.414.3905

Greenhouse Specialty Grower

Gregg Clark

205.414.3910

Administrative Analyst

Latissa Speight

205.414.3905

Plant Taxonomist

205.414.3911

Tissue Lab

205.414.3911

Event Director

Nicole Stoffel

205.871.1000

Administrative Assistant

Annette Drummonds

ext. 10

Urban Regional Extension Agent

Sallie Lee

ext. 11

Regional Extension Agent

Gary Gray

ext. 12

Plant Pathologist Diagnostician

Jim Jacobi

ext. 18

Region Extension Agent

Bethany O'Rear 

ext. 15

Plant Pathology Lab Technician

Kery Stober

ext. 19