As a nonprofit organization, DUG is grateful for the support of city, county, federal grants; grants awarded by foundations and corporations; and the numerous donations of time, materials and money from businesses and individuals.

2005


PUBLIC
City of Aurora Parks & Open Space
City of Denver- Housing & Neighborhood Development Services
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (COPAN)
Denver Recycles
Denver Water
Tri-County Health Department
UCHSC – Center for Disease Control
USDA- Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program

QUASI-PUBLIC
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (Tier III) Arapahoe County
Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (Tier III) Denver County

PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS
Anschutz Foundation
Bucy Family Fund
Horace C. Cabe Foundation
Campbell Foundation
Daniels Fund
The Denver Foundation
Gates Family Foundation
The Judy Family
McCormick Tribune Foundation-Denver Post/News “Season to Share”
McStain/Hoyt Foundation
Nelson Family Fund

PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
Captain Planet
Citywide Banks
Colorado Garden Show, Inc
Copeland Enterprises
Crestmoor Gardeners
DW Mail, Inc
Guaranty Bank and Trust
Kaiser Permanente Thriving Communities
David A. Marshall & Associates
Starbuck’s Coffee Company
Sunbonnet Garden Club
Talbot Insurance Agency
Tattered Cover Bookstore

IN-KIND DONATIONS
(materials, supplies & professional services)
Ann Alex
Peg Alt
Charlotte Aycrigg
Fred Bantin
Birdsall & Co.
Botanical Interests
Bromwell Community Gardeners
Peyton Bucy
Burpee Seed Co.
Butler Rents
Susan Churches
City Park Greenhouse
Colorado Fresh Markets
Cook Park Community Gardeners
Francisco Cordero
Country Fair Garden Center
Marjory Cowie
CP of Colorado
Deborah Davis
Deep Rock Water
Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver Human Services
Arzella Dirksen
Cindy Egan
Paul Egan
Elati Community Gardeners
Fairmont Elementary School
FD Studios
Gove Community Gardeners
Marty Hardison
High Plains Greenhouses
House of Flowers
Rebecca Jehorek
Johnny’s Seeds
Joy Wine and Spirits
Lake Valley Seed
Loredana’s Pesto
Lowry Community Gardeners
Mile High Youth Corps
Lynn Morris
Drew Myron
National Jewish Medical Research Center
Nick’s Garden Center and Farm Market
Suzanne Opp
Oro Blanco Goat Dairy
Parterre Fine Gardening
Paulino Gardens
Mark Pfieffer
Pie in the Sky Publishing
The Right Stuff
Robinson Dairy
Rocky Mountain Pet Markers and Garden Stones
Rocky Mountain Seed
Scott Rodgers (Linquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.)
Sean Romero
Roy Sandford
San Rafael Community Gardeners
SolarCone, Inc
Jon Sousa
Smith & Hawken
Starbucks Coffee Company
Stationery Company
Linda Strand
Bill Thompson
Carol Tierney
Mark Timonier
Unique Litho, Inc.
Dawn Urquhart-Watson
Jeanne and John Wallrath
Tracy Weil
Welby Gardens
Whole Foods, Cherry Creek
Wild Bird Center
Wild Birds Unlimited
Wild Oats Market
Rebecca Winning
Wynkoop Brewing Company
Linda Roberts Zinn

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
Luann Aiken
James & Lena Allis
Peter & Linda Allis
Anonymous in the name of Bernadette & Jim O’Bryan
Dennis & Barbara Baldwin
George & Pamela Beardsley
Ann Bingham
Lynn Bishop
Lynn & Andy Blair
Edward & James Britt
Knobby Brown
Trevor & Margaret Brown
John & Cheryl Brubaker
Matthew & Linda Buchenau
Michael & Krista Buchenau
Don Carlstrom
Alice & Bill Collister
Edward & Hope Connors
Sue & Tim Damour in honor of Linda Roberts Zinn
Tim & Jane Davis
John & Deborah Davis
Katy Dickson
Mel & Arzella Dirksen
Richard & Nancy Downing
Gary & Patsy Duke
Paul & Cindy Egan
LeEtta Eland
Dave & Ellen Enoch
Sigrid Freese
Jean Fromberg
John & Jeannie Fuller
Chris Fullerton
Margaret & Rich Garbe
Marilyn Girouard
Elaine Granata
Gertrude Grant
Carol Grzywinski in honor of Michael Durkin
James Henderson & Ray O’Loughlin
Elizabeth Horn
Becky Huett
Rachel Grace Hultin
Scott & Annie Huston
Lainie & Buzz Jackson
John & Rosanne Jordan
Beth Judy
Don & Robin Kark
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
Evi Klett
Kathy Klugman
G. William Knuth
Gene Koelbel
Andrew Kramer
Heidi Krauth in the name of Karin Krauth Stayton
Katherine Kurtz
Edgar & Elizabeth Leyendecker
Jill Litt & Ryan Gill
Judy Logel & Bob Scott
Wills & Patricia Long
Charles & Jackie Lopez
Robert MacDonald
Michael & Sandra Maloney
David & Catherine Manchester
Richard Jones & Julie Marshall
Marie Johnson & Fred Masoudi
Joe Mauro
Robyn McDonald & Randy Stein
Mary McGivern
Earl & Jean Meeks
Craig & Tami Merten
John & Andrea Mezger
Ray Mims
Candace Nelson
Van & Julia Nichols
Danielle Okin
Kevin & Carla Patrick
Charlotte Pitt
Carol Purdy
Lee Regnier
Randy & Heidi Rhoades
David & Drew Rieseck
Nancy Roddy in honor of Linda Roberts Zinn’s birthday
Sean Romero
Suzanne Schlise
Carol & Jim Schmidt
Joanne Shelly
Susan Berger Sheridan
Tom & Nina Sisk
Herbert Stern, III & Brenda Taylor
Michelle Sturm
Carolyn Thomson
Sandy & Dottie Thomson
Carol Tierney
John & Carol Tone
Jim & Amy Turosak
Ron & Dawn Urquhart-Watson
Chapin Van Ness
Steve Wagley
Joan Walker
Margaret Wallace
Valerie Walling
Joan Watts
Jan & Kirk Williams
Marilyn & Jim Wilson
Rebecca Winning & Jack Gill
Jim & Helen Winning
Jim & Mary Winning
Kenda Fuller & David Wise
Eric & Carolyn Woody
Mark Zammuto & Charlotte Aycrigg
Linda Roberts Zinn

In memory of former DUG Board Member:Libby Idema
Bill & Muffy Dahlberg
Judith & Ken Caughey
Jim Idema
Joanne Sinclaire
John & Katherine Talbert
Tor & Virginia Westgaard
Jim & Marilyn Wilson

COMMUNITY PARTNER SHARES (DeLaney Farm)
Lucy Chamberlain
Cornelia Gibson
Garden Club of Denver
Brooks Metcalf
Tri-County Health Department
Larry & Elizabeth Wonnacott

INTERNS
Kathryn Acheson
Gina Bechtold-Yoo
Lilly Bresee
Ann Church
JoAnna Garcia
Annie Henry
Angela Knerl
Rebecca Knerl
Lisa Knoblauch
Justice Levy
Stephanie Lott
Maegan Luckett
Rosalind May
Kathleen O’Boyle
Sean O’Connell
Cesar Rivera
Oscar Rivera
Adolfo Sandoval
Libby Voss
Michael Williams
Michael Wisth

GROUP VOLUNTEERS
AARP – Queen City Chapter
Alpha Zeta Association
Arrupe Jesuit High School
Cabrini Confirmation
Carenet AmeriCorps
CASASTART
Catholic Charities AmeriCorps
Congressman Bob Beauprez’s Office
Colorado Academy
Comcast Human Resources
Crestwood UCC
Denver Sheriff’s Juvenile Offenders Program
Denver Urban Ministries (DenUM)
Doulos Ministries
DU Daniel’s School of Business
Faith High School Group
Family Crisis Center AmeriCorps
First United Methodist Church
Foothills Baptist Church
Front Range Earth Force
GAP volunteers
Girls Inc.
Helping Hands
Highlands Ranch Community Youth Council
Laradon Hall
Mile High Youth Corps
Original Aurora Renewal
Prospect UMYM
Retired Senior Volunteer Program
Shine CWC
St. Andrew United Methodist Church
St. John’s Cathedral Youth
Starbucks Coffee Company
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado

INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS
Peg Alt
Jonnie Bannon
Fred Bantin
Ryan Bartlett
Nathan Bash
Lynne Blair
Margaret Brown
Sara Chadwick
Amy & Bill Christiansen
Deborah Davis
Charlie & Diane Diehl
Don Diehl
Arzella & Mel Dirksen
Rob Dixon
Nancy Downing
Laura Dravenstott
Elise Edwards
Cindy & Paul Egan
Laurel Farrell
Ann Fleckstein
Jack Gill
Gove Community Gardeners
Maura Gramzinski
Ildy Herzeg
Todd Hoeschler
John Irvin
Nancy Jones
Maureen Kiely
Lindsay Kieselbach
Laura Kramer
Stephanie Krause
Marissa Kuhl
Bruce Little
Lowry Community Gardeners
Nancy Luther
Marie Marinelli
Thelma Mueller
Bonnie Mulvany
Kim Nilson
Milt Norton
Bernadette O’Bryan
Brendan Reed
Angelita Rendon
Carol Rolland
Lani Sargent
John Schnebly
Tina Scott
Nina Strange
Nicole Tembrock
Carol Tierney
Dawn Urquhardt Watson
Vickie Wagner
Michelle Walker
Jessica White
Rebecca Winning
Linda Roberts Zinn

GARDEN PROPERTY OWNERS
Arvada Menonite Church
Bridges of Silence
City of Aurora Parks & Open Space
City and County of Denver Assets Department
City of Denver Parks & Recreation
City of Westminster
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Denver Bookbinding Company
Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver Housing Authority
Denver Public Schools
Excel Energy
Family of Herman Feldman
Family Star
First Plymouth Congregational Church
Iliff School of Theology
Lakewood Housing Authority
Leprino Foods Company
Eric Mandil
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
Northeast Denver Housing
Nutrition Therapy Institute Inc.
Presbytery of Denver
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning
Sheridan School District
Michael Smith
Southwest Improvement Council
United Church of Montbello
Uptown Partnership
Volunteers of America
Bill West




Click here to find out how you, too, can support the community garden mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .