MUBG PHILANTHROPY Support the Garden (Your name here) supports Mizzou Botanic Garden In each issue of The Leaflet, MUBG highlights a person or persons who have financially supported the garden. Because the new membership structure for Friends of the Garden is being launched with this issue, we decided to profile all avenues of public support. Annual Friends of the Garden Membership For a $25 annual Friends of the Garden membership — $10 for students or $1,000 for a lifetime membership — you will be providing financial support used to help preserve and develop the gardens, as well as to support MU's educational mission. All members receive MUBG’s electronic newsletter, "The Leaflet", the garden’s beautiful 12-month calendar featuring campus scenes, as well as notification and invitations to special events. And because MUBG is a member of the American Horticultural Society, your Friends membership gives you access to AHS’s Reciprocal Admissions Program, providing you with special admission privileges and discounts at more than 345+ gardens throughout North America. (Some restrictions apply.) You can download a pdf membership form from the website, fill it in and mail it to the garden, or you can join online. Type in the amount of your gift. Choose if you want it to be a one-time gift or want to set it up to reoccur each year. Fill out your contact and payment information, review your input and then submit. Tribute Trees A tree is a living legacy and a gift of a MUBG Tribute Tree is an enduring way to honor or commemorate a loved one, a faculty or staff member, an organization or special event. These gifts provide for trees’ continued care and enrich Mizzou's botanical education resources. A 5"x8" bronze plaque alongside the tree acknowledges the gift and the honoree with your dedication message. Tribute Tree Online Map Tribute Tree: $2,500-$5,000 each depending on species, size and location Tribute Benches As attractive, comfortable places to sit on campus, cast iron MUBG Tribute Benches are an amenity much appreciated by the entire university community and its visitors. A 2" x 10" bronze plaque commemorates your gift. Tribute Bench Online Map Bench: $5,000 each Tribute Gardens A beautiful way to make an educational gift to the university is to establish an MUBG feature garden in a prominent location, containing labeled collections of perennial flowers, ornamental grasses and trees. A 7"x12" bronze plaque commemorates your gift in a lasting manner; an endowment fund for maintenance will assure its continued beauty. Gift amounts vary depending on the location and size of garden. Legacy Oaks of the Francis Quadrangle Nearing the end of their hale and hearty years, the pin oaks growing on MU’s Francis Quadrangle were removed earlier this spring and are being replaced by Legacy Oaks — 24 oaks of five species. This is the most major project undertaken by MUBG and has been in planning stages for several years. You may make a direct gift online or give us a call or email us for more information on how to support this project and help ensure the lasting beauty of the Francis Quadrangle, the heart of Mizzou: 573-882-4240 or garden@missouri.edu. If you would like to know more about Mizzou Botanic Garden’s Tribute Tree, Bench or Garden programs, The Legacy Oaks project or would simply like to make an unrestricted gift in any amount in support of MUBG, please contact Bryce Osman at 573-882-2137 or osmanb@missouri.edu