Board of Directors
President: Lisa Bakerink
Vice President: Bob Childress
Secretary : Cindy Baird
Treasurer : Brent Bothwell-Palmer

FOG Board
J.J. Averett
Deanna Armstrong
Chris Barnhart
Carla Beezley
Susan Boswell
Dorothy Brunskill
Patrick Byers
Susan Cardwell
Kim Chaffin
Christine Chiu
Marthe Close
George Deatz
Jeanne Duffey
George Freeman
Avis Holloway
Tom Lakowske
Heather Parker
Mike Rankin
Bill Roston
Peggy Sauer
Kathy Sheppard
Betty Shook
Kauleen Volentine
Linda Whiting
Cindy Willis
Advisory Board Members
Don Akers
Ruth Arneson
Major Close
Alan Hale
Stan Horsch
Bob Kipfer
Nancy Schmidt
Ann Webster
Gabrielle White
Ex-officio Board Members
Katie Steinhoff
Peter Longley
The Friends of the Garden mission is to "inspire the discovery, understanding and appreciation of nature by creating and maintaining gardens at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park and by supporting the mission of the Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center and Park Board."
The Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center
2400 S. Scenic Ave
Springfield, MO 65807
417.891.1515
The Friends of the Garden mission is to "inspire the discovery, understanding and appreciation of nature by creating and maintaining gardens at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park and by supporting the mission of the Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center and Park Board."