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
Director of Operations
Jane Underwood
Office Coordinator
Michelle Phillips
205.414.3950
Donor Services Coordinator
Dawn DeFrank
205.414.3950, ext. 117
Development
Director of Development
Penney Hartline
205.414.3950, ext. 103
Special Events Coordinator
Heather Oliver
Donor Relations Officer
Drew Rickel
205.414.3950, ext. 102
Education
Director of Education and Visitor Experience
Brooke McMinn
205.414.3950, ext.107
Education Program Coordinator
Ellen Hardy
205.414.3950, ext. 106
Education Activities Specialist
Dawn Coleman Lee
205.414.3950, ext. 105
Operations
Garden Assessment Project Leader
Molly Hendry
205.414.3950, ext. 115
Garden Curations
Kaul Wildflower Garden Curator
John Manion
205.414.3950, ext. 116
Library
Main: 205.414.3920
Director of Library Services
Hope Long
205.414.3950, ext. 110
Jason Kirby
205.414.3950, ext. 109
Library Assistant (Weekend)
Rachael Daughtry
205.414.3920
Communications and Marketing
Director of Communications and Marketing
Mindy Keyes Black
205.414.3950, ext. 112
Volunteers
Volunteer Coordinator
Alice Moore
205.414.3950, ext. 104
City of Birmingham
Main: 205.414.3900
Interim Gardens Director
Stanley Robinson
205.414.3904
Luci Bryant
Main Number/Administrative Clerk
205.414.3909
District Horticulture Supervisor
Virgil Mathews
205.414.3910
Garden & Facility Rentals
205.414.3908 and 205.414.3909
Director's Administrative Assistant
Cheryl Henderson
205.414.3905
Greenhouse Specialty Grower
Gregg Clark
205.414.3910
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
Lab Technician
Caroline Rowan
ext. 19
Regional/Extension Agent
Bethany O'Rear
ext. 15
County Extension Coordinator
Lisa Jones
ext. 13