Event is June 21, tickets now available
FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 12, 2014) — As part of the Governor’s Mansion Centennial Celebration, the Kentucky Executive Mansion Foundation, Inc. (KEMFI) will host a Summer Solstice Garden Celebration from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, June 21 at the Governor’s Mansion. Tickets are $100 per person.
Renowned Kentucky floral designer Roiann Ridley will host breakfast and 2013 James Beard Award winning chefs Christopher Hirscheimer and Melissa Hamilton will host lunch.
Sessions include:
♦ Katy Moss Warner, president emeritus, American Horticultural Society: “How Horticultural Tourism Can Bring Your Town Revenue”
♦ John Morris, director of visual display and buyer, L.V. Harkness & Co.: “Creating Beautiful ‘Tablescapes’ for Summer Entertaining”
♦ Stacy Hirvela, former garden editor for Martha Stewart Living and bestselling garden author: “Edible Spots and Pots”
♦ Longshadow Planters, Classic Garden Ornaments, Ltd.: “Containers as Art in the Garden”
♦ Beth Sebastian, Kentucky Governor’s Mansion Floral Designer: “Bringing the Garden Indoors”
♦ Jon Carloftis, Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens; Pat Siebel, Four Star Greenhouses and Proven Winners; and Sandy Perkins, Governor’s Mansion Landscaping: “Inside Story and History of the Governor’s Mansion Gardens”
Tickets are available for purchase at the door; online at governorsmansion.ky.gov/centennial/Pages/solstice.aspx; or by contacting Mackenzie Brown at [email protected] or (502) 564-3000.
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