Partying with the butterflies
“No garden truly blooms until butterflies have danced upon it.” So says butterfly enthusiast Kristen D’Angelo. The folks at Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum have taken that to heart. They are...
View ArticleFigs and fun greet Botanical Garden fans
Scads of folks shelled out $50 each and headed over to Sherri Lee’s fantastic gardens the other evening for the inaugural Great Gardens Party. The beneficiary was the Knoxville Botanical Garden and...
View ArticleGreen Thumb Gala: laid-back and lovely
After three years, the annual Green Thumb Gala held to benefit the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, has become something of an autumn tradition around here. One thing that makes it so much fun...
View ArticleRain doesn’t dampen spirits at riverside garden fete
It was sprinkling at River House when the 2013 Great Gardens Party started last Thursday. But that did not deter the 200 or so folks who were headed over to the lovely terraced gardens of Kreis Beall...
View ArticleAnother garden party! This one toasts the solstice.
Remember when I noted earlier this year that there sure does seem to be an inordinate number of garden parties around here? Well, here’s another one — and it was a doozy! This one, a fundraiser for the...
View ArticleHats off to start of garden party season!
I believe the unofficial start to garden party season in Knoxville is the annual Hats in Bloom luncheon at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. The schedule is a little bit on the brave side –...
View ArticleCheek and wife partner for perfect green team
The good folks at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum believe that a garden can bring joy to anyone — whether a city or a country dweller. To that end, they have organized a series of garden...
View Article“Thyme” was on our side at this affair
The Green Thumb Gala (I love that name!) to benefit the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum might have been a typical silent and live auction, but the venue and the auction items made it special....
View ArticleI think that I shall never see a beer so lovely in a tree
Garden party season is in full swing in East Tennessee. And that’s fine with me. The Great Gardens Party, a fundraiser for the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, is held each year in a different...
View ArticleSmokin’ good time at the Botanical Garden
Fancy parties and galas are nice, but sometimes you just want to kick back and relax a little, enjoying some pretty scenery, fun music, great food and interesting friends. That’s why Alan and I enjoy...
View ArticleHats off – or, in this case, on – to the Botanical Garden
How often do you go to a fundraiser that is virtually perfect? I went to one last week. It was the Hats in Bloom luncheon at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. Why, you ask, was it perfect?...
View ArticleSecret garden steeped in Knoxville ‘her-story’
The folks at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum put together a touching and creative tribute to two special Knoxville women recently. During its popular annual Green Thumb Gala fundraiser,...
View ArticleBest way to welcome spring? Hats!
Nothing says springtime like a new hat! The folks at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum have recognized that fact and, for the fifth year in a row, have celebrated the fortunate match with a...
View ArticleSo many hats — and only one head!
Maybe it was the startlingly beautiful weather last Friday. Or maybe it was the mimosas and Bloody Marys. Or maybe it was just getting a bunch of nice ladies and a bunch of nice hats together in one...
View ArticleAnother garden party! This one toasts the solstice.
Remember when I noted earlier this year that there sure does seem to be an inordinate number of garden parties around here? Well, here’s another one — and it was a doozy! This one, a fundraiser for the...
View ArticleHats off to start of garden party season!
I believe the unofficial start to garden party season in Knoxville is the annual Hats in Bloom luncheon at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. The schedule is a little bit on the brave side –...
View ArticleCheek and wife partner for perfect green team
The good folks at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum believe that a garden can bring joy to anyone — whether a city or a country dweller. To that end, they have organized a series of garden...
View Article“Thyme” was on our side at this affair
The Green Thumb Gala (I love that name!) to benefit the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum might have been a typical silent and live auction, but the venue and the auction items made it special....
View ArticleI think that I shall never see a beer so lovely in a tree
Garden party season is in full swing in East Tennessee. And that’s fine with me. The Great Gardens Party, a fundraiser for the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, is held each year in a different...
View ArticleSmokin’ good time at the Botanical Garden
Fancy parties and galas are nice, but sometimes you just want to kick back and relax a little, enjoying some pretty scenery, fun music, great food and interesting friends. That’s why Alan and I enjoy...
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