Anyone who knows Lisa Manning knows that she has a deep love of gardening and the outdoors. So it’s only fitting that she would be invested and feel deeply connected to Cheekwood, the 55-acre botanical gardens in the heart of our city. Lisa’s involvement with the institution dates back to her college days, when she volunteered to do garden maintenance. In the decades that followed, her service with Cheekwood has encompassed a lengthy list that includes leading tours as a docent, teaching gardening classes, founding the Botanical Gardening Committee and serving on multiple board committees in nearly every facet of Cheekwood’s operations. Currently, she is in the second year of a two-year term as chairman of the board, a position that required her to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, a process that was both incredibly trying and rewarding.
“This last period with COVID, I was regularly touched and humbled by the creative ways we collaborated and navigated the ever-changing situation,” she says. “Everyone at every level invested whatever time necessary to achieve our goals.”
The pandemic also reminded Lisa afresh of how vital an organization like Cheekwood is to our community. “I learned during COVID that nature is some of life’s best medicine,” she says. “I understood more deeply that Cheekwood and many other nonprofit institutions make our city a better place to live and [it] reminded me how proud I am of Nashville.”
Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
Preserve Cheekwood as an historical landmark where beauty and excellence in art and horticulture stimulate the mind and nurture the spirit.
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