
Forest Keepers
The Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation presents an exclusive giving program, Grandfather Mountain Forest Keepers. Individuals or companies whose total donations reach or exceed a level of $1,000 will be eligible for membership, wherein they can help assign a permanent name to one or more of the Mountain’s trees for its lifetime – growing legacy.
Each named tree will be photographed, described, located by GPS coordinates and featured in a prominent display located in the Wilson Center. Each “adopted” tree is featured below.
A lasting benefit of naming a feature on Grandfather Mountain is the knowledge that the tree will remain unaltered for its lifetime, in a place where your grandchildren and your grandchildren’s grandchildren can pause and ponder. See other ways to support our Foundation.
Grandfather Mountain thanks Forest Keepers members for their generous gifts. If you are interested in naming a tree, please contact margaret@grandfather.com.
Meet the Forest Keepers
Butterfly
Andy Hochman and family in memory of Carin Hochman; always in our hearts; Andy, Steven, Stacy, Kyle, Allison & Jersey

Eckess' Tree at the trailhead of the best hike in NC
Anne Jones in memory of H. Eckess Jones

SKANDAMATA (means "goddess of motherhood" in Sanskrit)
Balaji Sankaranarayanan, Sabitha Raghuraman, and Skanda Balaji in honor of Mr. Raghuraman Krishnamurthy and in memory of Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Raghuraman

The Whitton Tree
Barbara Whitton in honor of Jim Whitton

Windsor
Bill and Sonya Allin in memory of Our Loyal and Faithful Schnauzer
The Burton Tree
Carmen Burton in honor of The Burton Family

David and Cathy Thompson’s Mountain Oak
David and Cathy Thompson

Not Yet Named
Dr. C. Herbert and Anne Magruder

Noe Tree
Dr. H. Norman and Diane Noe in honor of The Noe grandchildren: Lauren, Caroline, Justin, Matthew, Sarah, Madelyn, Max

Anam Cara
Gayle Culbreath in honor of Those who find peace on this mountain

Harmony
Ginny Burton and Karen Walker

The Provider
Given in loving memory of Steve Gaines by his admiring friends

Spencer's Spindly Spruce
Jesse, Michelle, Trevor and Lily Pope in honor of Spencer Pope

Spruce Bringsteen
Jim Morton in honor of Romeo

Mama's Mountain View
Judi Sawyer in memory of Edie Sawyer

Barksdale, "The Rebel Hiker"
Lesley Platek in memory of Bill Barksdale

Kilby
Monty and Brenda Combs in memory of Bernice & Floyd Kilby

The Combs
Monty and Brenda Combs in memory of Ida Mae and Paul "Pee Wee" Combs

Aspen's Tree
Monty and Brenda Combs in honor of Monty and Brenda Combs

Shoemaker-Law-Jones Tree
Raleigh and Katy Shoemaker in honor of Jimmy Law, Xan Law, Samuel Jones

Treebeard
Robin, Bill, Kit and Carson Pribble in memory of Nathan Pribble

The Provider
The Weinsier Family

Tony and Lee Patterson Seaton

Jack's Tree
Walker and Suzanne Lockett in memory of John L. Crist, Jr.
