The Annual Luncheon Benefiting The John Fairey Garden Conservation Foundation
Betty & Steve Newton, Co-Chairs
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The Annual Luncheon Benefiting The John Fairey Garden Conservation Foundation
Betty & Steve Newton, Co-Chairs
Support Now11:30 am - 1 pm
Celebration Garden, McGovern Centennial Gardens
1500 Hermann Drive, Houston, TX 77004
Antonia Adezio, Honoree and Guest Speaker
Please join us and celebrate this important conservation garden and singular cultural landscape.
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Thank you again for all you do to ensure we succeed in our mission to preserve, share, and advance the horticultural and artistic legacy of John Fairey.
Antonia Adezio is a public garden leader who has been involved with the development and stewardship of landscapes for the past 30 years.
As the founding Executive Director of the Garden Conservancy from 1989 – 2012, Antonia worked with some of the premier garden makers in the United States, helping them realize their vision for preserving and sharing their life’s work with the public.
The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California, was the Conservancy’s first project and Antonia collaborated with Ruth and a team of local garden professionals to establish a nonprofit organization to own and manage the garden for public education and enjoyment. Recently, she returned to the Bancroft Garden as interim Executive Director to lead a transition and strengthen operations to assure a bright future for this thriving public garden.
Antonia counts John G. Fairey as an important influence and inspiration, with pride in the work they did together to establish the John Fairey Garden as a public resource. First in her role at the Garden Conservancy and later as a board member and then acting director of the Garden, Antonia had the opportunity to experience and learn the Garden in all seasons.
Most recently, Antonia served as interim Executive Director of the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California, and before that, eight years as Executive Director of the Marin Art and Garden Center, as well as numerous consulting projects. Antonia lives in Sonoma, California, where she recently opened a pop-up art space to show the work of local artists.
Antonia has served on the boards of numerous small nonprofit gardens and cultural organizations, including the Foundation for Landscape Studies and the California Garden and Landscape History Society.
TAKING ROOT CO-CHAIRS
Betty and Steve Newton
TAKING ROOT HOST COMMITTEE
Nancy Abendshein
Adam Adams
Cedar Baldridge
Fredricka Brecht
Marianna Brewster
Frank Briscoe
Amy & Rob Bryant
Susie & Sanford Criner
Jane & Bill Curtis
Cindy & David Fitch
Cece & Mack Fowler
Satara Henry
Marisa Janusz & Joe Meppelink
Jill & Dunham Jewett
Rebekah Johnson & Randy Twaddle
David Klein
Christopher Knapp
Virginia and Lee Lahourcade
Mark McKinnon
Mary Hale McLean
Betty Moody
Eric Mullens
Judy & Scott Nyquist
Vivie O’Sullivan
Cabrina & Steven Owsley
Hans & Ingrid Roth
Sam Lasseter & Dillon Kyle
Leslie & Shannon Sasser
Terry & Tommy Smith
Ron Stricklin
Ann & Dave Thompson
Sandra Tirey & Jan R van Lohuizen
Maggie Tsang & Isaac Stein
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Susie & Payson Tucker
Elena White & Tom McCasland
Tonya & Wally Wilkins
Vallette & Russell Windham
Susan Young
CLETHRA PRINGLEIIJane Curtis & Sam Lasseter
Susan Young
QUERCUS INSIGNIS
Anonymous
Kelli & Eddie Blanton / Cabrina & Steve Owsley / Terry & Tommy Smith in honor of Betty & Steve Newton
Betty & Steve Newton
Jenny Elkins / Leslie & Shannon Sasser in honor of Betty & Steve Newton
MIQUIHUANA MAHONIA
Mary & Marcel Barone
Cece & Mack Fowler
Klein Equities
Chris Knapp
Jill & Jerry Kyle in honor of Sam Lasseter
Anne Whitlock & Michael Skelly in honor of Randy Twaddle
JACALA RAIN LILY
Adam Adams
Adele Bentsen in honor of Betty & Steve Newton
Fredricka Brecht
Sheryl Kolasinski
Virginia & Lee Lahourcade / Nena & David Marsh
River Oaks Garden Club Friends of Betty Newton
Sandra Tirey & Jan R. van Lohuizen
Elena White & Tom McCasland
Tonya & Wally Wilkins
Nina & Michael Zilkha
BRAHEA MOOREII
Cathy Chapman
Kate & Steve Gibson
Sis & Hasty Johnson
Jay Jones & Terry Wayne Jones
Ann & Tom Kelsey
Greg & Mari Marchbanks Foundation
Lisa & Mike O’Leary in honor of Betty Newton
Nancy McGregor & Neal Manne in honor of Betty & Steve Newton
Judy & Scott Nyquist in honor of Betty & Steve Newton
Maggie Tsang & Isaac Stein
AGAVE OVATIFOLIA
Susan & Bob Boykin, Jr. in honor of Betty & Steve Newton
Susan Cooley in honor of Betty & Steve Newton
Stephanie K. Fox / Botanica Landscaping
Sandy & Richard Lewis in honor of Betty & Steve Newton
Anne Lewis & David Morris
Prewett, Read, and Associates
Jill Whitten & Rob Proctor in honor of Antonia Adezio
Phoebe & Bobby Tudor
FRIENDS OF THE GARDEN
George Lancaster
QUERCUS RYSOPHYLLACurtis & Windham Architects
Dillon Kyle Architects
YUCCA ROSTRATADaikin
Grow & Company
McKinnon Associates
Metalab / Renfrow + Co.
THE JOHN FAIREY GARDEN
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark McKinnon - President
Tom McCasland - Vice President
Jane Curtis - Secretary
Ann Thompson - Treasurer
Adam Adams
Frank Briscoe
Satara Henry
David Klein
Sam Lasseter
Eric Mullens
Isaac Stein
Ron Stricklin
Maggie Tsang
Wally Wilkins
Susan Young
Executive Director
Randy Twaddle
Founder
John Gaston Fairey (1930-2020)
