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Tributes and Memorials

Below you will find a number of the tributes that can be found throughout the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. Please note that this is not a complete list of our tributes and that new records are being added daily as we roll out our new Tribute Finder!

Tribute Name	Location	Type
Helen V. Smith	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Helen V Smith Woodland Wildflower Garden	Garden
Molly Prendergast	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Bench
Natalie Waldinger	Nichols Arboretum Main Valley Overlook	Bench
Edward W. and Elsa-Margaret VanAuken	Nichols Arboretum Main Valley Overlook	Bench
Poet's Bench	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Bench
Woody Holman	Nichols Arboretum East Valley	Bench
Erich Steiner	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Fountain
Barnett and Jennifer Helzberg	Nichols Arboretum Valley Floor	Fountain
Walk to Remember, 1997	Nichols Arboretum Magnolia Cove	Tree
Robert Spengler	Nichols Arboretum Centennial Shrub Collection	Tree
Brett Rollin	Nichols Arboretum Gateway Garden	Fountain
Arthur Geoffrey and Marian Norman	Matthaei Botanical Gardens West Service Areas	Tree
Markus Schmidt	Nichols Arboretum Laurel Ridge	Bench
Sara M. Brieden	Nichols Arboretum Valley Floor	Tree
Richard T. Saran	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Tree
Johanne Smith	Nichols Arboretum Centennial Shrub Collection	Tree
John Gunn	Nichols Arboretum Oak Openings Garden	Tree
Arusha Wilhite	Nichols Arboretum Black Oak Kame	Bench
Isabel Howe Wegman	Nichols Arboretum Orchard	Bench
Jeffrey Paul Ashton	Nichols Arboretum Oak Openings Garden	Bench
Fedor and Mechthild Medzihradsky	Nichols Arboretum Prairie Glen	Bench
Lila Green	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Bench
Tracey Niederhuber	Nichols Arboretum Gateway Garden	Tree
Jane M. Wilson	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Tree
Ray and Frances Kinder	Nichols Arboretum Pine Grove	Bench
Joshua Mitchell	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Hardwood Floodplain	Tree
Miriam Bishop	Nichols Arboretum Magnolia Cove	Tree
C. Frederick Stanton	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Tree
Margaret (Margaux) Hajek	Nichols Arboretum Orchard	Tree
Julie Norris Post	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Garden
William A. Bow	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Tree
Judith Kertesz Gray	Nichols Arboretum Laurel Ridge	Bench
Jewel Keeley	Nichols Arboretum Centennial Shrub Collection	Bench
Nanette Renne LaCross	Nichols Arboretum Laurel Ridge	Bench
Erich Steiner	Nichols Arboretum Laurel Ridge	Bench
Bill Drake	Nichols Arboretum Laurel Ridge	Bench
Leonard E. Douglass, III	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Tree
John and Margaret Laird	Nichols Arboretum Oak Openings Garden	Tree
Nanette Renne LaCross	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Tree
Ann Heidbreder Eastman	Nichols Arboretum Valley Floor	Tree
James Judd	Nichols Arboretum Valley Floor	Tree
The James D. Reader, Jr.	Nichols Arboretum Gateway Garden	Facility
Christine Wilson Cares	Nichols Arboretum Main Valley Overlook	Tree
Peter Damon	Nichols Arboretum Prairie Glen	Tree
Dennis William Byrne	Nichols Arboretum Maple Glen	Tree
Jean Cobb	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Other
Shirley Sue Reichert	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Trail
Britt Bieliauskas	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Tropical House	Bench
Ruth Brackett	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Tropical House	Bench
John R. Little	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Perennial Garden	Tree
Mildred Matthaei	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden	Bench
Marcella Louise Henson Gersh	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Helen V Smith Woodland Wildflower Garden	Bench
Sera Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Entrance - Crabapple Orchard	Tree
Miller L. Ross	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Entrance - Crabapple Orchard	Tree
Jeanne Ristow	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Hardwood Floodplain	Tree
Carmelita O'Brien	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Perennial Garden	Bench
Ralph Norvin McFarland	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Hardwood Floodplain	Tree
Michael Douglas Benns	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Hardwood Floodplain	Tree
Ann Arbor Garden Club	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Perennial Garden	Bench
Marie Azary	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Marie Azary Rock Garden	Garden
Jack Cranford	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Building Front	Tree
Friends of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Helen V Smith Woodland Wildflower Garden	Bench
John and Loretta Gardner	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Bench
Alexandra Hicks	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden	Garden
John C. Hunter, Jr.	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Bench
Benard L. Maas	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Bench
The Friends Pavilion	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Garden
Robert E. Sell	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Perennial Garden	Tree
Janet Mae and Skinder Bay Shefka	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Urban Pocket Garden	Tree
Raymond C. Smith	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Building Front	Rock
Woman's National Farm & Garden	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Bench
Woman's National Farm & Garden	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Constructed Wetland	Other
Francis and Rachel Evans	Matthaei Botanical Gardens East Floodplain Woodland	Bench
Robert Forlenza	Nichols Arboretum Orchard	Tree
Kathleen M. Devereaux	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Entrance - Crabapple Orchard	Tree
James and Doris McLauglin	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Urban Pocket Garden	Tree
Barry and Marjorie Checkoway	Nichols Arboretum Tuliptree Valley	Bench
Carl Cohen	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Bench
Ian Higgins	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Bench
Bill and Trudy Badger	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Rock
David Mitchell-Yellin	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Bench
Barney Rosen	Nichols Arboretum Nichols Drive	Bench
Marjorie "Midge" Smith Taylor	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Bench
Hinda Vozar	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Bench
Natalie Thomas	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Shrub
Arthur Geoffrey Norman	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Rock
Aarne Lamsa	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Urban Pocket Garden	Tree
James R. Buschmann	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Alterative Lawns	Tree
Peggy Dankert	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Woodland Wildflower Garden	Tree
Martha S. Johnson	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gaffield Children's Garden	Tree
Patsy M. Knoop	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Woodland Wildflower Garden	Tree
Henry M. Kuhlman	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Woodland Wildflower Garden	Tree
Ann Leland	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Woodland Wildflower Garden	Tree
Paul Chi Liu	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Tree
Friends Board	Matthaei Botanical Gardens West Service Areas	Tree
Robert and Susan Smith Gray	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Tree
Herbert Fisher	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Bench
William J. Bies	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Bench
Mark Griffin	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Bench
The Mosaic Foundation	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Bench
Ben Reuland	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Bench
SNRE Class of 1994	Nichols Arboretum Valley Floor	Tree
Guerin Wilkinson	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Tree
Inger Schultz	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Shrub
Gwen Christiansen	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Shrub
Guy Smith	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Tree
Robert Drake	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Bench
Leonard E. Douglass, III	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Shrub
Walk to Remember, 1998	Nichols Arboretum Magnolia Cove	Tree
Walk to Remember, 1999	Nichols Arboretum Magnolia Cove	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2000	Nichols Arboretum Magnolia Cove	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2001	Nichols Arboretum Magnolia Cove	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2002	Nichols Arboretum Maple Glen	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2003	Nichols Arboretum Maple Glen	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2005	Nichols Arboretum Maple Glen	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2004	Nichols Arboretum Maple Glen	Tree
Angelos and Katherine Constantinides	Nichols Arboretum Centennial Shrub Collection	Shrub
Richard Lennart Lundgren	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Tree
John Philip Hardy	Nichols Arboretum Prairie Glen	Tree
Bruce Clifford Brock Sipple Eden	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Tree
Jeffery Gragg	Nichols Arboretum Tuliptree Valley	Tree
Amy Hayes	Nichols Arboretum Main Valley Overlook	Tree
John M. Stanley	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Rock and Tree
Lenore Woods Earhart	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Bench
Ernest James Cole	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Tree
Frank Skurski	Nichols Arboretum Maple Glen	Tree
Rachael Townsend	Nichols Arboretum Orchard	Tree
Enne Amann	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Dix Pond Area	Bench
Richard A. Hanson	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Urban Pocket Garden	Tree
George G. McKnight	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Tree
J Robert Dorner	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Tree
Ivan Duff	Nichols Arboretum Centennial Shrub Collection	Tree
Dorothy P. Griffel	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Tree
Jane LaRue	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Sundial
Maxine Burger-Ray	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Constructed Wetland	Tree
Joan Doman	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Tamarack Floodplain	Bench
AJM Rosen-Turits	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Tree
Arthur S. Dunning, Jr.	Nichols Arboretum Gateway Garden	Tree
Clara D. Guthrie	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Tree
Benard L. Maas	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Bench
Laura Lee Bies	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory - Arid House	Bench
Francis and Rachel Evans	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Marilyn Bland Demonstration Prairie	Bench
Arthur Geoffrey and Marian Norman	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Perennial Garden	Sundial
AJM Rosen-Turits	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Shrub
Anna Yaffee	Nichols Arboretum Valley Floor	Tree
David Mitchell-Yellin	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Tree
Helen and Norris Post Family	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Garden
Rita Bencuya	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Bench
Kathryn Leidy, Alice Bourquin, Maureen Ratliff, and Marion Waggoner	Nichols Arboretum Centennial Shrub Collection	Shrub
Andy Bensinger	Nichols Arboretum Centennial Shrub Collection	Tree
University of Michigan Credit Union	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Bench
Nahum Medalia	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Bench
Michael Haenchen	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Norman Memorial Grove	Tree
Helen V. Smith	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Helen V Smith Woodland Wildflower Garden	Rock
John Parks	Nichols Arboretum Tuliptree Valley	Tree
Tom and Jeanette Gaffield Children's Garden	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gaffield Children's Garden	Garden
Sam Graham Trees Trail	Matthaei Botanical Gardens	Trail
Nancy Norris	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Tree
Brian Klatt	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Tree
Barbara Major	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Tree
Master Gardener Association of Wayne County	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2006	Nichols Arboretum Maple Glen	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2007	Nichols Arboretum Tuliptree Valley	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2008	Nichols Arboretum Tuliptree Valley	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2009	Nichols Arboretum Tuliptree Valley	Tree
Eileen Maitland	Nichols Arboretum Alex Dow Field	Bench
Robert Beckley and Jytte Dinesen	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Bench
Gregory Bruen	Nichols Arboretum Centennial Shrub Collection	Shrub
Volunteer Appreciation	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Building Front	Tree
The Nichols Arboretum	Nichols Arboretum	Facility
Marge and Robert Alpern	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory - Tropical House	Facility
The Matthaei Botanical Gardens	Matthaei Botanical Gardens	Facility
Mike Hommel	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gaffield Children's Garden	Tree
Robyn Robeson	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Tree
Robert E. Sell	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Perennial Garden	Tree
Ilene Forsyth	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Bench
Paul Bronstein	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Bench
Maxine and Vaden Miles	Nichols Arboretum Wetland	Bench
Kiva and Kuma Woodland	Nichols Arboretum Maple Glen	Bench
Betty Gorman Kaye and S. Leon Kaye (UM 1934)	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Other
Ann Johnston	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Tree
Anna Maria List	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Tree
Nancy 'Nano' Osborn	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Other
Helen and Norris Post Family	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Bench
George Forsyth Jr.	Nichols Arboretum Oak-Hickory	Bench
Alwin Wied	Nichols Arboretum Wetland	Tree
John M. Stanley	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Discovery Trail	Rock and Tree
Jerome Allan Smith	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Commons	Tree
Charles W. Cares	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Tree
Charles W. Cares	Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden	Tree
Greg Carraher	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Tree
The Deborah Gimbel Memorial Overlook	Nichols Arboretum Main Valley Overlook	Observation Deck
Deborah Gimbel	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Tree
Verna Wied	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Tree
Andrew Perkins	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Tree
Claudia Leite	Nichols Arboretum Heathdale	Tree
Walk to Remember, 2010	Nichols Arboretum Magnolia Cove	Tree
Barbara Louise Bates-Smith	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gateway Garden of New World Plants	Bench
Julie Norris Post	Nichols Arboretum Laurel Ridge	Trail
Bruce Gimbel	Nichols Arboretum River Landing	Tree
Ruth Steinicke	Nichols Arboretum Centennial Shrub Collection	Tree
Ellie Terretta Cox	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Gaffield Children's Garden	Shrub
Peter C. Graham	Matthaei Botanical Gardens Sam Graham Bur Oak Plain	Tree
Tribute Name	Location	Type