Olive Wilson Robinson (1943- ) was born to Alexander Love Wilson Jr. (1899-1951) and Sara Shaw Bennett (1905-1992) in Quincy, Florida. She married Roby Robinson Jr. (1940- ), an investment banker from Atlanta, Georgia, in 1962. In 1963, following her graduation from Sweet Briar College in Virginia, the couple moved to Atlanta and raised three daughters, Sara, Trigg, and Eleanore. Robinson opened a small business selling perennial flower borders and was active in the Junior League of Atlanta (JLA) in the 1970s.

Robinson and Barbara Humphreys (1936-2018), first proposed the idea of a botanical garden in Atlanta and garnered support for the creation of the Atlanta Botanical Garden (ABG) from Robinson's business clients, the Piedmont Driving Club, and several Atlanta gardening clubs such as the Cherokee Garden Club and the Greater Atlanta Rose Society. After officially incorporating in 1976, ABG opened in Piedmont Park, Atlanta, on a five-acre plot of land, leased from the City of Atlanta. Robinson and Humphreys served as the first Executive Vice Presidents of the ABG Board of Directors, with William Close (1940-2016) serving as the first Executive Director. Robinson and Humphreys organized ABG's early education and volunteer programs, including weekly educational talks, a demonstration garden, an outdoor children's vegetable garden, and a preschool awareness walk. Robinson also chaired the first annual plant sale for ABG at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival in 1979. In 1980, ABG received a 50-year property lease from the City of Atlanta and continued to expand their education programs and collections. Following her role as Vice President, Robinson served on the Board of Directors until 1985, and became a Lifetime Trustee of the garden. She documented the garden's history and expansion, writing Atlanta Botanical Garden: A Glorified Timeline, published in 2015. The Robinson Gazebo, part of ABG's Skyline Garden extension, was built in 2016 in honor of her contributions.

Geraldine "Geri" Adamich Laufer (1950- ) was born to Albert H. W. Adamich (1923-1989) and Albina F. Adamich (1922-1983) in Euclid, Ohio. She attended the University of Pittsburgh, receiving a bachelor of science in Social Psychology and Education. In 1970, she married David Laufer (1950- ), before completing a Master of Science in Horticulture from Rutgers University. The couple moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1977, and Laufer joined the Atlanta Botanical Garden (ABG) as a volunteer, designing the first membership brochure for the garden. She served on the Board of Trustees from 1980 to 1998, before working as the Public Relations Manager and Senior Garden Writer for ABG between 1998 and 2009.

Laufer also founded the Atlanta-area chapter of the Herb Society of America (HSA) in 1980. After receiving the HSA Research Grant in 1988, Laufer authored Tussie mussies: the Victorian art of expressing yourself in the language of flowers in 1993 and the book was awarded Best Book of the Year award from The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. in 1995. She also taught several courses in the Environmental Horticulture Department at Gwinnett Technical Institute (Gwinnett Technical College) from 1994 to 1998. Her 2-acre home garden in Atlanta, Georgia, was featured on CNN-TV in 1997 and awarded Best Garden in Georgia in the Large Garden category by The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. in 1998.

A member of the Olmsted Plein Air Invitational's public relations and marketing committee since 2015, Laufer was responsible for copywriting and designing promotional materials for the competition. She was also involved in the planning committee 2015-2019.