Lotus Garden is pleased to announce the donors who so generously supported the Tree Project, their dedications, and the types of trees they sponsored. Donations are listed in the order in which they were received.
| DONOR | DEDICATED TO | TYPE OF TREE |
| Elizabeth Ready | All who have not yet heard the Dharma, may its fragrance--fresh as the magnolia--enter their lives and create great benefit. | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Beverly Sanford | Ani Trime Lhamo | October Glory Maple |
| Brij Masand | Alexandra Masand | Northern Oak |
| Linda Durante | Ann Mazzarella McGill | October Glory Maple |
| Michael Vater | The flourishing of Buddhism in North America. | Northern Red Oak |
| Theodosia Paclawskyj | Emmie | Pin Oak |
| Traci Yamashita | October Glory Maple | |
| Vicky Risner |
Crosscreek Cassis "Cassie" Crosscreek Ciara "Kiki" -beloved dogs of Vicky and Lotus Garden Residents. |
Metasequoia Dawn Redwood Pin Oak |
| Harold C Connolly Jr. | Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche | Northern Red Oak |
| David McDonnell | October Glory Maple | |
| Kim Lipscomb | Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Nicholas F. Cimino | The Cimino Family | Red Sunset Maple |
| David Grey | Peter Grey | Northern Red Oak |
| Steven Iverson | Chögyal Terdag Lingpa with the heartfelt aspiration that the lineage he founded may continue to grow and flourish here in the West and all through the world bringing ultimate benefit to all sentient beings. |
Metasequoia Dawn Redwood |
| Lama Riga | The happiness and long life of Leia. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Sudie Hargis and Dianne Bigge |
All beings on the land. | Pin Oak
Northern Red Oak October Glory Maple |
| Lawrence Fallon | Pin Oak | |
| Lee Hoyt | In honor of her family: Pierce, Miranda and Connor Dunn. | Northern Red Oak |
| Jann Jackson Mary Pat Brygger Andre Papantonio Cathie Papantonio Bonnie Charon Carl Rosenthal |
Umdze Mark Beckstrom in honor of his 60th birthday. | Metasequoia Dawn Redwood |
| Eugenia Pickett |
Lochen Dharmashri |
Northern Red Oak |
| Evelyn Cannon and James Casey |
All those who have bipolar disorder and to their families. | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Sherry Dubester | Ariel and Kira--to their health and well being. | October Glory Maple |
| Heather Fox | Sondra Mary Vlasak Fox | Metasequoia Dawn Redwood |
| Grace Jessen | Herman and Eleanor Jessen -- in gratitude. | Northern Red Oak |
| Elsebeth Kristensen | Anna and Aage Kristensen-my parents. | Northern Red Oak |
| Stefanos Agoursalidis, Despina Agoursalidou, Lazaros Agoursalidis and the entire Agoursalidis family | Through planting this tree May good health and auspiciousness Be firmly rooted in our family And in all sentient beings. |
October Glory Maple |
| Gregg Eller | Katherine Mandery | October Glory Maple |
| Julie Regan | Bodhicitta - may it likewise grow quickly, become firmly established, and endure. | Metasequoia Dawn Redwood |
| Julie Heegaard | Peter Lieberson | Red Sunset Maple |
| Frank Schindler | Lucinda Peach | October Glory Maple |
| Lone Hansen | Just as a cup of blessed water poured into the ocean flows into all the waters of the world, may these trees, planted in the ground of Lotus Garden, spread vast and infinite blessings. | Red Sunset Maple Metasequoia Dawn Redwood |
| The three residents in Osel Ling in Samten Tse Retreat Centre: Patricia Deer, Catherine Wagner and Adam Pulchart | The long life and flourishing of activities of Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche. May your lotus feet ever remain unwaveringly! | Pin Oak |
| Peter Stumpp and Jennifer Knapp-Stumpp |
Mica Knapp, Leon Parkin and Susannah Parkin | Metasequoia Dawn Redwood |
| Peter Stumpp and Jennifer Knapp-Stumpp |
Layla | Northern Red Oak |
| Jennifer Knapp-Stumpp | Nicholas Knapp | Red Sunset Maple |
| Peter Stumpp | For my parents: Halana and Gus Stumpp | Pin Oak |
| Sudie Hargis and Dianne Bigge |
Our parents, Ed and Laura Hargis, and Gertie and Donald Bigge |
Red Sunset Maple Pin Oak |
| Susan Stone | Lia Jiang McInerney | Metasequoia Dawn Redwood |
| Lopön Rita Gross | The flourishing of Buddhadharma in the West | Red Sunset Maple |
| Lopön Helen Berliner and Linda Fisher |
The Nuns of Samten Tse, whose strength and resilience, like the builders "pins" once made from the pin oak tree, hold everything together. | Pin Oak |
| Donna Keck | Yvonne and Primo Poggi, my parents, who are both deceased. Despite very limited means, they provided warmth and support to my 2 brothers and me. They encouraged me to follow my dreams! | Red Sunset Maple |
| Linda Dane and Marcelo Gutierrez |
Our children...Lizzeth, Jeremy, Paul, and Luichelo | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Kate Wilson | Jennifer Knapp Stumpp | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Thomas Lehman | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) | |
| Floriza Romani | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) | |
| Carol Lovett and Heidi Fischer |
In honer of all of our past, present, and future pets. May they attain enlightenment! |
Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| John Benton | Robert and Sallie | Red Sunset Maple |
| Tracey Simon and Joseph Lux |
To our fathers--Fred Heinz Simon and Michael Seymour Lux | Metasequoia Dawn Redwood |
| Debora Stoll and Dorian Rosen |
In memory of Dorothy Mae Curtis | October Glory Maple |
| Lotus Garden Residents* | In honour of and with infinite gratitude to Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche. | Metasequoia Dawn Redwood |
| Mary Newton and Sara Levinson |
His Eminence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Ellen Lebowitz and Tom Palmer |
Dedicated to Jessica Palmer and her generation. May they know freedom's true joy, and fulfill the meaning of this precious life. In limitless gratitude to Her Eminence Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche. | Red Sunset Maple |
| June and Frank Heintz | In memory of Allyn and Leo Heintz | Metasequoia Dawn Redwood |
| June and Frank Heintz | In honor of Lorene and Lloyd Rutledge | Pin Oak |
| Tsultrim Seng-ge | In memory of Edward S. Allee | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Kunzang Tsokyi | His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama | Red Sunset Maple |
| Tsultrim Seng-ge | Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Kunzang Tsokyi | Bodhicitta | Pin Oak |
| Jacqueline Hannaford | This tree is donated to the Empowered Yoga Meditation community, may it continue to blosssom and bring blessings to everyone who comes in contact with the community. | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche | All our loving and wonderful friends--Chatha, Namgyal, Phuntsok, Pekar, Akira, Leia, Perseus, Alice, Ziji, Halu, Hana, Aniki, Tetsu and Butters. | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche | Kunzang Choedron (Kuki) and Yeshe Choedron | Pin Oak |
| Steven Iverson | Herman Iverson and Flora and Peter Valerio |
Red Sunset Maple |
| Damaris Williams | Migdalia Gomez, Christine Gomez and Layla Ranga. May we one day stand together under this tree. | Magnolia (D.D. Blanchard) |
| Lopön Jann Jackson | The Glorious Guru, Her Eminence Minling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche. May your radiant Buddha activity expand without limit, and without obstacles, illuminating the path of liberation for all beings until the end of time. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Frank and June Heinz, Leslie Furlong, and Gillian Parish |
May this tree nurture all sentient beings and, in particular, the animals both on and off the land of Lotus Garden. | Northern Red Oak |
| Mindrolling Lotus Garden New York Study Group | His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa | Pin Oak |
| Mindrolling Lotus Garden New York Study Group | Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche | Pin Oak |
| Suzanne Hall | In appreciation to the Residents of Lotus Garden -- past, present and future. | Red Sunset Maple |
| David Schamp and Mary Beth Muscara |
For our parents, Homer and Julie Schamp and Daniel and Alice Muscara | Red Sunset Maple |
| Jesse Munn and Mark Beckstrom |
To the teachers who taught our teachers, in particular, Kyabje Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche and Dungse Thrinley Norbu Rinpoche. May their brilliant Buddha activities flourish and continue to benefit beings. With many thanks to our parents, Norton and Maryann Munn and Wallace and Mary Louise Beckstrom. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | Dedicated to Michael Storey Littleton, with love from Daniel, Elizabeth and Storey Littleton. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Mary Beth Armstrong | To my parents Bob and Lillian Vishno, my brother,Robert Vishno,who has passed, my sister Dana Truxillo and her family, my teachers and all sentient beings. | Red Sunset Maple |
| John Milam | Red Sunset Maple | |
| Jerry Davis, Sofina Davis, and Beth Brush | For our mothers Flossy, Fina, and Carole. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Sandra Cowan | Sammy, the original Lotus Garden dog. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Lopön Andre Papantonio | To three sangha members, vital in the founding of Lotus Garden, in honor of their 60th birthdays: Lopön Jann Jackson, Chopön Jesse Munn, and Board of Directors chair Cathie Papantonio. May their wisdom increase and benefit the spread of Buddhadharma! | Red Sunset Maple |
| Dean, Shannon, Sam and Lilli Baker | Pin Oak | |
| Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche | Dedicated to the Mindrolling lineage. May it flourish without decline throughout the ten directions and three times. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Southeast Lotus Garden Study Group | With limitless gratitude to the Guru, Her Eminence Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, and to the Three Jewels - may they all abide and flourish for limitless kalpas! | Red Sunset Maple |
| Dee Ann West | To the spread of dharma throughout the world for the benefit of sentient beings. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Kathy Shulman | Her Eminence Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and the dedicated lineage of teachers before them, Jann Jackson for being my big sister every step of the way, and my husband, Jack, for encouraging me to study the dharma. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Steve Palm and Danuta Tracewska |
To all those who walk the path towards a better existence. | Northern Red Oak |
| Mirta Nuñez | Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche | Red Sunset Maple |
| Brij Masand | For my parents(deceased) Narain Meghraj and Lajwanti, my sisters Rita and Rekha and my daughters Raina, Jasmine and Lila. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Boston Area Study Group | To our precious Guru, whose kindness and joyful exertion knows no bounds. | Northern Red Oak |
| Amanda Dowd | To our teacher Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche. May our gratitude be as vast as her vision for us. | Red Sunset Maple |
| Anonymous | To the fulfillment of all pure aspirations of Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche and all authentic Buddhadharma lineage masters and their practitioners. | Pin Oak |
| Daniel Smith, Lee Godfrey, Nami, Mable, and Bag'heera | To the Lineage Teachers, residents, sangha, and animals of Lotus Garden. May all beings be happy! | Red Sunset Maple |
| Gay Williams | In in loving and devoted memory of my mother, Elizabeth B. Stoddard. | Pin Oak |
| Gay and Jud Williams | In honor of Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche with gratitude for your vast compassion and infinite wisdom and generosity. May your Lotus Feet ever and unwaveringly remain. | Northern Red Oak |
| Gay and Jud Williams | In honor of Jetsün Dechen Paldrön. May your life be long and may the benefit of your incisive intellect and activities pervade throughout all directions and times. | Northern Red Oak |
| Gay and Jud Williams | His Eminence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche for his brilliant teachings and great kindness to our sangha. | Northern Red Oak |
| Gay and Jud Williams | All the residents of Lotus Garden throughout the years who have made it the inspiring place of practice it is today. | Red Sunset Maples |
| Gay and Jud Williams | In honor of Mary Pat Brygger whose service and vision helped lead us to a retreat center and Lotus Garden. | Pin Oak |
The following trees were donated for the benefit of the land prior to the launch of Lotus Garden’s Tree Project:
* Alex Ryan, Alison Cimino, Andre Csapo, Barbara Ryan, Chris Jarmon,
Drolma Choedron, Gordon Ryan, Helen Berliner, Jigme Cheodron, Jeannie
Pickett, Jessie Hercules, Job, Joe Nunn, Kalden Choedron,
Laurie Bodley, Linda Fisher, Lisa Cyrus Jarmon, Lucie Nováková, Melanie
Kaiser, Mirta Nunez, Nick Barna, Patricia Deer, Roar Vestre, Sara
Levinson, Stefania Tosti, Steve Iverson, Vicky Risner, Ziji, and Zuzana Danková.
Last update: 4 February 2012