The Annual Luncheon Benefiting The John Fairey Garden Conservation Foundation
Louise Bland and Marjorie Cain, Co-Chairs
Support NowThe Annual Luncheon Benefiting The John Fairey Garden Conservation Foundation
Louise Bland and Marjorie Cain, Co-Chairs
Support Now11:30am - 1:00pm
The Junior League of Houston
1811 Briar Oaks Ln, Houston, TX 77027
Please join us and celebrate this important conservation garden and singular cultural landscape.
We hope you will consider supporting this event.
Table Sponsorships
$350 AGAVE OVATIFOLIA INDIVIDUAL TICKET
For information on corporate sponsorships, please email info@jfgarden.org.
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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.
At this year’s luncheon we are delighted to honor Houston philanthropist Cece Fowler, a dear friend of the Garden who has supported not only The John Fairey Garden, but a number of other civic spaces, parks, and cultural institutions. Cece previously served on the Garden’s board of directors, and has continued to provide multi-faceted stewardship through meaningful support, counsel, and advocacy, all shared with uncommon generosity and grace.
We are also thrilled to have as our guest speaker Andrew Hipp, author and Senior Scientist in Plant Systematics at the Morton Arboretum in Chicago. Andrew is widely considered to be one of the world’s foremost experts on oaks. As David George Haskell wrote about Hipp’s book, Oak Origins, “In this brilliant exploration, oaks emerge as jazz musicians, continually improvising, collaborating, and finding new living music over millions of years. We think of oaks as hard and unyielding, but Hipp’s compelling writing reveals them as supple and inventive.”
TAKING ROOT CO-CHAIRS
Louise Bland & Marjorie Cain
TAKING ROOT HOST COMMITTEE
Nancy Abendshein
Mary & Marcel Barone
Adele & Lan Bentsen
Kelli Blanton
Susan & Bob Boykin
Fredricka Brecht
Marianna Brewster
Anne Brollier
Mimi Brown
Aubrey Carter
Georgia Carter
Jeanie Carter
Maudie Carter
Kelty Crain
Susie & Sanford Criner
Kit Detering
Jenny Elkins
Sidney Fay
Heather & Jeff Firestone
Cindy & David Fitch
Cece & Mac Fowler
Stephanie Fox
Debby Francis
Mary Gregory
Jill & Dunham Jewett
Rebekah Johnson
George Johnston
Linda & George Kelly
Madeliene Kelly
Page Kempner
Sissy & Denny Kempner
Mimi Kerr
David & Mary Klein
Chris Knapp
Carmen & John Knapp
Virginia & Lee Lahourcade
Ann Lents
Catherine & Bruce McDonald
Mary Hale Mclean
Laura McWilliams
Betty Moody
Gary Moss
Betty & Steve Newton
Genevieve & Chris O'Sullivan
Cabrina Owsley
Carl Palazzolo
Betty Palmquist
Allison & Dan Parsley
Julie Peak & David Hightower
Mary Sommers Pyne
Shawn Stephens
Sandra Tirey & Jan R. van Lohuizen
Emily Todd
Stephanie Tsuru
Phoebe & Bobby Tudor
Janna Webber
Carroll Wessels
Susan Young
QUERCUS TARDIFOLIA
CLETHRA PRINGLEI
QUERCUS INSIGNIS
MIQUIHUANA MAHONIA
JACALA RAIN LILY
BRAHEA MOOREI
AGAVE OVATIFOLIA
FRIENDS OF THE GARDEN
QUERCUS RYSOPHYLLA
YUCCA ROSTRATA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark McKinnon - President
Tom McCasland - Vice President
Antonio Adezio - Treasurer
Jane Curtis - Secretary
Mary Barone
Adele Bentsen
Satara Henry
Louise Jamail
Sheryl Kolasinski
Sam Lasseter
Steven Matthews
Isaac Stein
Ron Stricklin
Sandra Tirey
Maggie Tsang
Wally Wilkins
Susan Young
STAFF
Randy Twaddle - Executive Director & Artist in Residence
Wally Wilkins - Director of Horticulture & Plant Collections
Aviana Kalinec - Office Manager
Ashlyn Mashbrun - Nursery Manager and Horticulturist
Adolfo Silva - Head Gardener
Ricardo Bautista - Gardener
Agustin Casas - Gardener
Luke Kelley - Gardener
FOUNDERJohn Gaston Fairey (1930-2020)
