MOUNTS BOTANICAL GARDEN
Hosts 12th Annual Spring Benefit & Auction Enchanted Garden
Annual Friend of the Garden Awards Were Presented to
* Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons
* The Esther B. O’Keeffe Foundation
* The Junior League of the Palm Beaches
Photos by Michiko Kurisu
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Audrey Norman and Mike Zimmerman |
Clare O’Keeffe of the Esther B. Okeefe Foundation, a recipient of the 2010 Friend of the Garden Award from Mounts Botanical Garden |
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Sarah
Macintyre
Goldstein,
Terri
Fekete,
Lisa
Jaloski,
Anne
Marie
Pilling
&
Amy
Quattlebaum |
Toni
Mann,
County
Commissioner
Jeff
Koons,
Teresa
Stoddard
and
Leslie
Mann |
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Paton
White,
David
Perkinson
and
Arlo
Prior
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Barbara
Cook,
Kathy
Vaughan
and
Audrey
Norman
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(West
Palm
Beach,
FL -
March
18,
2010) Michael
Zimmerman,
president
of the
board of
directors
of The
Friends
of
Mounts
Botanical
Garden,
welcomed
more
than 130
supporters
at the
nonprofit
organization’s
12th
annual Spring
Benefit
&
Auction.
Under
the
theme
of Enchanted
Garden,
the
event
was held
at
Mounts
Botanical
Garden
in West
Palm
Beach.
In
addition
to
mouth-dropping,
eye-popping
“horticultural
performance
art” by
DiVine,
a live
jazz
trio and
barefoot
fairies,
the
event
also
included
the
awarding
of the
organization's
annual Friend
of the
Garden
Awards to
the Esther
B.
O’Keeffe
Foundation,
the Junior
League
of the
Palm
Beaches and Palm
Beach
County
Commissioner
Jeff
Koons.
Both the
O’Keeffe
Foundation
and the
Junior
League
received
a
permanent
bench in
the
garden -
complete
with
identifying
plaque
-- where
people
can sit
and
admire
the
natural
beauty
around
them. In
honor of
Commissioner
Koons,
Mounts
will
soon
plant a
new tree
in the
Garden.
“All
three of
this
year’s
award
winners
have
proven
to be
true
friends
of
Mounts
Botanical
Garden,
and
generous
in both
their
time and
support,”
said
Zimmerman.
“The
Esther
B.
O’Keefe
Foundation
has
given
Mounts
more
than
$200,000
for
capital
projects
in the
Garden;
the
Junior
League
of the
Palm
Beaches
has
repeatedly
partnered
with us,
particularly
on
programs
for
children;
and not
only has
he been
a strong
political
and
community
supporter,
but Jeff
Koons
even
comes
out
occasionally
to help
us pull
weeds.”
Guests
at
Mounts
annual
Spring
Benefit
enjoyed
wine and
hors
d'oeuvres
and a
silent
auction
of
beautiful
and
uncommon
plants,
garden
art, and
exciting
dining
and
entertainment
packages.
Leslie
Mann
chaired
the
organizing
committee
for the
12th
annual
Spring
Benefit
with
special
help
from Barbara
Cook,
Sarah
Macintyre
Goldstein,
Stormi
Bivin,
Paton
White,
Beverly
Miller,
Kathy
Vaughan and Joy
Ford Le.
About
Mounts
Botanical
Garden:
Mounts
Botanical
Garden
is Palm
Beach
County's
oldest
and
largest
public
garden.
Mounts
displays
tropical
and
subtropical
plants
from
around
the
world,
including
plants
native
to
Florida,
exotic
trees,
tropical
fruit,
herbs,
citrus,
palms
and
more. As
a
component
of the
Palm
Beach
County
Cooperative
Extension
Service,
and
through
its
affiliation
with the
University
of
Florida,
Mounts
is the
place to
connect
with
Extension
Horticulturists,
Master
Gardeners,
the
Florida
Yards
and
Neighborhoods
Program,
and
professional
horticultural
advisors.
Mounts
also
offers a
variety
of
horticultural
classes,
and
garden-related
events
and
workshops.
Located
at 531
North
Military
Trail in
West
Palm
Beach,
Mounts
Botanical
Garden
is open
Monday-Saturday
from
8:30
a.m. to
4:30
p.m. and
Sunday
from
noon to
4 p.m.
The
suggested
donation
for
entry to
the
Garden
is $5
per
person.
For more
information,
please
call 561.233.1757 or
visit www.mounts.org.
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