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Travel the World in 55 Acres!
Garden Feast
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
5:30 - 6:30pm PDT
Virtual Event
Benefiting the Garden’s education programs and extraordinary global plant collections
Thank You All So Much!
Last week we gathered online and were able to raise $290,000 to support the Garden’s education programs and extraordinary global plant collections.
If you were unable to join us or would like to revisit any part of the program the recording is now available above.
Thank you again to you all for your support and to our sponsors for making Garden Feast 2021 a huge success. We hope to see you in the Garden soon!
With gratitude,
Carla McKay and Sarah Ryan, Event Co-Chairs
Event Chairs
Carla McKay
Sarah Ryan
Event Committee
Julie Baldocchi
Don Baldocchi
James Campbell
Jane Chin
Anki Gelb
Cynthia Livermore
Delle Maxwell
Eva Monroe
Lainie Motamedi
Claire Myers
Julie Parish
Jennifer Petersen
Sandra Swanson
Wendy Tonkin
Chad Van Den Top
Amanda Weitman
Joanne Whitney
Ruth Wilcox
Thank you to Garden Feast 2021 sponsors
Champion
Delle Maxwell & Pat Hanrahan
Conservator
Anki & Larry Gelb
Carla McKay & Martha Ehrenfeld
Stuart & Sarah Ryan
Ruth & Ken Wilcox
Maggie Yum & King Fai Pang
Gardener
Sara B. Malone
Lawrence Pitts
Wendy Tonkin
Diane B. Wilsey
Rita Comes Whitney
Sower
Don Baldocchi
Julie Chase Baldocchi
Paul & Sandra Bessières
Beatrice V. Bowles
Heidi Hansen & Richard Watkins
Carol Izumi & Frank Wu
Margaret Quattrin
Mary Ann Tonkin
Joanne Whitney
Media Sponsor
Program Sponsor
Planter
Frank & Mary Beth Almeda
Paul B. Althouse
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph & Clara Barbaccia
Tish & Jim Brown
James Campbell & Adam Gavzer
Jane Chin & James Wong
Moira Conzelman
Joan L. Cooke
Bart & Ditty Deamer
Tony Farrell & Kathy Heinze
Mary C. Fishman
Renata Gasperi
Goodscapes
Mary & Steve Gorski
Anne & Jeff Katz
Stephanie Linder & Eamon O'Byrne
Cynthia Snorf Livermore
Monica Martin
Michael McKenna
Reed Minuth
Eva Monroe
Mauree Jane Perry
Marianne H. Peterson
Regina Phelps & Dave Kieffer
Bill & Joanne Prieur
Richard Radford -
The Garden Route Co.
Helen McKenna Ridley & Allan Ridley
Sue Ann Levin Schiff
Gail Secchia
Sally Shi & Hansong Zhang
Jane Singer, Mill Valley Garden Design
Sandra Swanson
Susy & Jack Wadsworth
Amanda Weitman
Barbara & David Whitridge
Listing as of May 13, 2021
2021 Keynote
Abby Meyer
Abby Meyer is Executive Director of the U.S. office of Botanic Gardens Conservation International, based at The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.
Abby works to provide tools and information to build botanic garden plant conservation collections and programs. She tracks botanic garden progress toward the targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and the parallel North American Botanic Garden Strategy for Plant Conservation.
Abby received a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and went on to complete a Master’s in Public Horticulture Administration through the Longwood Graduate Program at the University of Delaware and Longwood Gardens. Prior to her work with BGCI, she was a Putnam Research Fellow at The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University where she developed new approaches for assessing the conservation value of living plant collections. Now in Los Angeles, Abby enjoys hiking and gardening with her husband Evan and their 4-year old daughter Violet.