UPCOMING EVENTS
Growing Gardens Virtual Farm Gala
The Growing Gardens Farm Gala is celebrating its 21st anniversary virtually this year. We are bringing together four restaurants that have been longtime partners and friends of ours: Blackbelly, Leaf, Mateo, and River and Woods. Guests will enjoy their choice of dinner from one of these four restaurants and join us virtually to participate in a silent auction, cocktail demonstration, and a live program from our farm with a special announcement.
This year’s gala will put a wide spotlight on all of our programs at Growing Gardens that have all had to drastically adapt this year to allow us to continue to serve our community. All proceeds raised from the event benefit Growing Gardens’ education and food donation programs for children, teens, adults, seniors, and those with differing abilities. A portion of ticket sales will also go back to our restaurant partners to support them during this time. In addition, we are also partnering with our neighboring nonprofit, Mountain Flower Goat Dairy, who was not able to hold a gala this year and will be giving back a portion of ticket sales to their organization. They will be providing some adorable goat footage from their herd throughout the event that you won’t want to miss.
On the day of the gala, we will open our live event on Zoom at 5:00 pm, where our farm chef, Carly Silberman, will provide a from-the-farm experience making a craft cocktail. You can mix along with her at home. We’ll also be featuring some goat entertainment from our friends at Mountain Flower Goat Dairy while you sip your cocktail and make sure everyone’s technology is working. At 5:30 pm we will start our program with a welcome from our Executive Director. We will also have a surprise guest with an important announcement about the future of Growing Gardens. We will wrap up by 6:15 pm. After the program, you’ll heat and enjoy your meal featuring local, sustainable ingredients.
We look forward to seeing you virtually on August 29th!
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