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Second Annual Taking Root Luncheon

Taking Root Luncheon

(From left) Christopher Knapp, Jill Whitten, Sarah Newbery, John Fairey, Thomas Woltz. 

Peckerwood Garden Conservation Foundation (PGCF) presents its second annual Taking Root luncheon on Oct. 15. This year’s keynote speaker is Michael Van Valkenburgh, President & CEO of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. (MVVA). Based in Brooklyn, NY and Cambridge, MA, MVVA creates environmentally sustainable and experientially rich places across a wide range of landscape scales. Here in Houston, Mr. Van Valkenburgh is the landscape architect for the new Drawing Institute of the Menil Collection, which broke ground in March.

Peckerwood Garden is the culmination of founder John Gaston Fairey’s vision and passion for a majestic, living palette of artistic textures and colors, showcased in a garden that shows its respect for the environment through the use of natural terrains and conservation. It is also a place that maintains a habitat for biodiversity and a tranquil space for humans to enjoy nature.

Located in Hempstead, about an hour’s drive from Austin, College Station and Houston, Peckerwood Garden is poised on the edge of three climatic zones and is the setting for an expanding collection of rare plants native to a wide region of the southern United States and to Mexico mingled with their Asian counterparts. Private tours can be scheduled during the year, with the garden also open to the public on select dates called "Open Weekends.”

Event type: 
Dates: 
Thursday, October 15, 2015, 11:30 am
Price: 
Tables available at $2,000, $3,500 and $5,000; Individual tickets are $150.
Phone number: 
979-826-3232.
Venue: 
Bayou Club
Address: 
8550 Memorial Dr.
Houston, TX 77024

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