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The New York Botanical Gardens Conservatory Ball 2017

The New York Botanical Garden Raises $1.7M at Conservatory Ball

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On Thursday, June 1, the New York Botanical Garden raised $1.7 million toward education and international plant research at its annual black-tie Conservatory Ball.

The gala chairs include Alexandra Lebenthal, Gillian Miniter, Deborah Goodrich Royce, and Catherine Marlette Waddell. The benefactors for the ball were Maureen and Richard Chilton, Amy Goldman, Fowler and Cary Fowler, Mr. and Mrs Charles B. Johnson, and Deborah and Charles Royce.

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In attendance were 500 guests, including Genevieve Barker, Linda Fargo, Lisa Harbert, Alexandra Lebenthal, Gillian Miniter, Deborah Royce, Suada Velija, Eleanore and Domenico de Sole, Fe Fendi, Tim Harbert, Larry Milstein, and Michelle Smith.

NYBG’s exhibition “CHIHULY” exhibition, which runs through October 29, is currently on view throughout the garden, including more than 20 pieces by glass artist Dale Chihuly.

The New York Botanical Gardens Conservatory Ball 2017

Lisa Harbert, Naeem Khan, Genevieve Barker at the New York Botanical Garden 2017
Curtesy of the New York Botanical Garden

Guests were encouraged to enjoy cocktails after being welcomed by a royal blue carpet. Music was provided by a live jazz trio among the flowering trees of the Perennial Garden. Afterward, everyone was ushered inside to enjoy NYBG’s many spectacles like the “Palms of the World,” “Seasonal Galleries,” and more.

 

The New York Botanical Gardens Conservatory Ball 2017

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