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Lorna Graev addresses the guests at Fountain House's 10th Annual Symposium and Luncheon. |
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| The annual Fountain House Symposium and Luncheon with this year's speaker Andrew Solomon was highly successful. I was told that the audience of 600 was rapt with attention ("you could hear a pin drop" when Andrew was speaking, someone told me). A need is being filled. |
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| The Horticultural Society of New York held their 16th Annual New York Flower Show Dinner Dance on April 23rd, 2013 at The Altman Building. The evening honored Charles Masson of La Grenouille, and Hunt Slonem, internationally-renowned American painter. The event also featured, as is its tradition, extraordinary floral tablescape designs from New York City's leading designers, including Laura Clare, Gramercy Park Flower Shop, Michael Aram, Rachel Cho, Renny & Reed, Zak Events, and more. Design Chairs were Mario Buatta, Hartley du Pont, and Lee Robinson. |
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| Charles Masson and Hunt Slonem |
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| Guests included Mary Van Pelt, Kamie Lightburn, CeCe Black, Sheila Stephenson, Nina Griscom, Thomas Dittmer and Frances Schultz Dittmer, Bruce W. Addison, Elizabeth Stribling and Guy Robinson, Ursula and Paul Lowerre, Stuart Baker, Huguette and Dennis Hersch, Deborah and Charles Royce, Geoffrey Bradfield, Michele and Scott Lindsay, Remco van Vliet, Howard Christian, John and Martha Glass, Cas and Stacey Trap, and Monique van Vooren. |
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| Robert Lindgren, Thomas Gibb, Emily Eerdmans, and Bruce Addison |
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| Cristina Masson, Geoffrey Bradfield, and Charles and Flavia Masson |
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| Kamie Lightburn, Angelina Chen, and Natasha Cornstein |
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| Diane van Amerongen, Charles Holmes, and Frances Schultz Dittmer |
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| Dennis Hersch, Hunt Slonem, and Huguette Hersch |
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| Nell and Dan Haughton, and Sacha MacNaughton |
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| Rick Meyer, Karon Cullen Meyer, Sherri Stephenson, and Tom Dittmer |
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| Amy Hoadley, Mario Buatta, and Stephanie Foster |
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| On Thursday, April 25, 2013, The New York Botanical Garden hosted the Garden Sculpture and Antiques Fair: 1750-2013 Preview Party and Collectors’ Plant Sale. Previously named the Antique Garden Furniture Show, the Preview Party and Collectors’ Plant sale took place in the Conservatory Tent, adjacent to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at The New York Botanical Garden. More than 500 guests from the philanthropic, design, architecture and art worlds gathered to view and purchase unique and highly coveted statues, urns, garden benches by more than 30 of the nation’s leading experts in garden antiques and ornaments before the Fair officially opened to the public on April 26. |
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| This year, the Fair’s scope was expanded to include contemporary sculpture and furniture. With this extension of contemporary dates, the Fair also introduced contemporary artists for the first time including Michael Fogg, Tom Gottsleben, John Hardacre, C.A. Johnson, Jeff Kahn, and Kim Dickey, daughter of garden designer and author Paige Dickey. The evening included a silent auction of one-of-a-kind plants, jewelry, garden décor, and other select items. Attendees were also able to meet two authors, Carolyne Roehm of Flowers and Jack Staub of Private Edens: Beautiful Country Gardens, who were signing copies of their newly released books. The Preview Party and Collectors’ Plant Sale raised $400,000 and was underwritten in part by Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan, with additional support from Mish New York, Mr. and Mrs. Coleman P. Burke, and it was sponsored by 1st Dibs. |
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| Proceeds from the event directly supports the work of the curators and gardeners who are responsible for making The New York Botanical Garden one of the most important horticultural showplaces in the world. The Preview Party and Collectors’ Plant Sale was the opening celebration to kick-off a weekend of exciting Garden festivities. This year’s Chairmen were Michael Bruno, Mrs. Coleman P. Burke, Barbara Israel, Barbara Cirkva Schumacher, Mish Tworkowski and Bunny Williams. The Chairmen’s Committee consists of Douglas Durkin, Mrs. Timothy M. George, S. Christopher Meigher III, Amy Todd Middleton, Mrs. George B. Moore and Katie Ridder Pennoyer. The Collectors’ Plant Sale Chairmen are James Benenson, Jr., Peter R. McQuillan, Marjorie G. Rosen, Joseph Singer and Carmen Thain. |
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| The Preview Party Designer Committee was chaired by landscape architect Mario Nievera, interior designer Emma Jane Pilkington, and event designer Renny Reynolds. Attendees Included: Martha Stewart, Bunny Williams, Barbara Israel, Barbara Cirkva Schumacher and John Schumacher, Coleman P. and Susan Burke, Mish Tworkowski, Gigi Mortimer, Charlotte Barnes, CeCe Black, Jeremy and Friederike Biggs, Robert and Linda Douglass, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hardwick, Fernanda Kellogg and Kirk Henckles, Alexandra Lebenthal, Amy Todd Middleton, Peter Pennoyer and many more! |
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| On Monday, April 15, the Central Park Conservancy welcomed a prominent guest list of socials and corporate leaders to the Taste of Summer Kick-off Party at Bill's Food & Drink on 54th and Madison. Sponsored by Macquarie this year, the annual fundraising celebration in Central Park will take place on June 19. Taste of Summer is expected to bring together nearly 1,000 guests to marvel at the fusion of the Park's beauty and New York's exquisite cuisine. Crown Group Hospitality, which hosted the Kick-off Party, last night, will feature tastings from Crown, The Lion, and recently launched Bill's Food & Drink in the Taste Cafe. Last night's hosts included Crown Group Hospitality's Partners John Delucie and Mark Amadei and Central Park Conservancy Trustees and Event Chairmen Jay Mandelbaum, Gillian Miniter, John Paulson and Norman Selby. Other guests at the pre-summer gathering included Lisa Anastos, Debbie Bancroft, Bob and Suzanne Cochran, Eric and Fiona Rudin, and many others. For more information or to purchase tickets visit: centralparknyc.org/taste |
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| Scott Velezo, Stephen Mooney, Jack Bochonok, Steven Stolman, Rich Wilkie, and Christopher Ribera |
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| Geoffrey Bradfield, Emily Carey, and Roric Tobin |
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| Debbie Bancroft, Amy Hoadley, Gillian Miniter, and Elenora Kennedy |
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| Fiona Rudin, Suzanne Cochran, Suzie, and Ainar Aijala |
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| Alec Call, Sharon Bush, and Bryan Johns |
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| Alexis Clarke, Andy Oshrin, and Michelle Smith |
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| Peter Davis, Logan Samuelson, Lisa Anastos, and Dori Cooperman |
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| Terri Coppersmith, John DeLucie, and Gillian Miniter |
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| Bob and Suzanne Cochran, and Eric Rudin |
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| Steven Stolman and Connie Anne Phillips |
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| R. Couri Hay and Friend |
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| Steven Stolman and Rich Wilkie |
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| Bob and Suzanne Cochran, Lise Evans, and Sandra Ripert |
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Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com; Billy Farrell (CPC Taste) |