Travel the World in 55 Acres! 

Garden Feast

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

5:30 - 6:30pm PDT

Virtual Event 

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Benefiting the Garden’s education programs and extraordinary global plant collections

Keynote
Free RSVP
Chairs & Committee

While we won’t be able to feast together at the Garden this year, we look forward to celebrating this annual tradition with you online.

 

This past year has made us long for travel, so we invite you to travel the world in 55 acres at
the Garden. Our event starts with an immersive exploration of the Garden’s global collections. Keynote speaker Abby Meyer, executive director of Botanic Gardens Conservation International - US, will deepen our understanding of the critical role botanical gardens play in conserving global biodiversity.


Benefiting the Garden’s education programs and plant collections, which feature more than 8,000 kinds of plants, this special event will include some musical surprises. With schools closed during the pandemic, the Garden has proudly served as an essential outdoor classroom for thousands of children through Bean Sprouts Family Days, summer camp, and after-school programs. Your support will keep educational programs free and underwrite scholarships to our tuition-based programs. Now, more than ever, families need the Garden. That’s why we recently joined the Museums for All program which makes admission free to low-income families.

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For last year's program and keynote speech from Adam Greenspan see sfbg.org/at-home

 

Event Chairs

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Carla McKay

Sarah Ryan

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Event Committee

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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

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Sower

Don Baldocchi

Julie Chase Baldocchi

Paul & Sandra Bessiéres

Beatrice V. Bowles

Heidi Hansen & Richard Watkins

Carol Izumi & Frank Wu

Margaret Quattrin

Mary Ann Tonkin

Joanne Whitney

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Media Sponsor

Program Sponsor

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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 and 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

 
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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.