Little party on the prairie

David Andrew and Katherine Andrew and Kylie and Buddy Carruth enjoyed the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center’s 2025 Alfresco Gala. Little Party on the Prairie, chaired by Lucie Harte Arnoldy and Daniel Arnoldy, honored 50 years of volunteers and raised nearly $450,000 for the Arboretum’s conservation and education programs. The Alfresco Gala was held on the Nature Center’s courtyard and lawn, where 400 nature-loving guests enjoyed dinner, a hibiscus and rosemary margarita specialty cocktail, and dancing under the stars to live music from local favorite The Spiffingtons. Other highlights of the evening included a silent auction, wine and tequila pull, and a photo op with a live donkey and hay bale. 

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