Grand Haven ’s Spring Meadow Nursery and the Horticultural Research Institute ( HRI ) are proud of to announce that the Spring Meadow - Proven Winners ® Endowment Fund has lead $ 1 million .
Dale & Liz Deppe shew the Spring Meadow - Proven Winners ® Endowment Fund with HRI in 1999 with the belief that bright , well - direct , and dependant people are essential to the greenish industry and that backing motivated students plays a vital role in protect and raise the industry .
To mark the achievement , the Redwood Circle honour was presented to Dale Deppe at the HRI receipt held Saturday even , July 10 , at Cultivate ’ 21 . The display also included a video honoring the Deppe ’s , which features words of admiration from many of the Spring Meadow – Proven Winners eruditeness receiver . One such recipient , Jacklyn Stupienski , say , “ I ’m so grateful to be part of an manufacture that inherently wants what ’s skilful for our humanity and our environs . Dale and the Spring Meadow – Proven Winners encyclopaedism embody the kind of musical accompaniment and boost I trust to give the coevals that follows me and my peers . ”
Dale Deppe is profoundly committed to investing in the next generation of horticulture professionals . “ Our team has been blessed by this industry and the mentor who ’ve assist us along the way of life . It ’s important that we give it forward by continuing to support students and horticultural research through the HRI endowed fund . ” Said Deppe .
As with most non - profit , HRI delineate giving by levels . Until recently , the organization defined eight spirit level , or “ Circles , ” with the Emerald Circle being the high at $ 500,000 and above in full giving . With the Spring Meadow Nursery - Proven Winners ® Endowment Fund top $ 1 million , a new R-2 call the Redwood Circle – Million Dollar Fund was established .
The HRI website states , “ Endowed gifts are an investment in the manufacture ’s future success . ” giving to the endowment install an enduring legacy that benefits the industry in sempiternity with the principal of a donation invested and the net income used to fund inquiry and encyclopedism .
The Spring Meadow - Proven Winners Endowment Fund furnish support for scholarships and horticultural inquiry that meets industry - approve standards for economic value , impingement , and accountability . The stock seeks to support research that has definable issue and represents a riposte on investment for the green industry .
