2007 Gala in the Garden is best arb fund raiser ever
Visitors admire the perennial border at the nationally acclaimed 8-acre garden.
Photo by Becky Kirkland
Top:The Southern String Band of Raleigh played old-time music throughout the afternoon.
Middle Top:College benefactor Ruby McSwain (left) is among many ladies whose spring hats added even more color to the event.
Middle Bottom: Guests bid on plants in one of the silent auction tents.
Bottom: Arboretum Director Dennis Werner (center) is honored by CALS Dean Johnny Wynne (right) and NCSU Provost Larry Nielsen.
Photos by Becky Kirkland
Middle Top:College benefactor Ruby McSwain (left) is among many ladies whose spring hats added even more color to the event.
Middle Bottom: Guests bid on plants in one of the silent auction tents.
Bottom: Arboretum Director Dennis Werner (center) is honored by CALS Dean Johnny Wynne (right) and NCSU Provost Larry Nielsen.
Photos by Becky Kirkland
This year's annual Gala in the Garden at JC Raulston Arboretum was the arb's best fund raiser to date, pulling in almost $80,000, according to the event's organizers.
Colorful auction-tent covers in "daffodil yellow, sublimely lime, pink posies and regal purple" echoed the arb's splendid natural floral displays. As the Southern String Band contributed lively old-time music, attendees browsed their way through gourmet treats and entered their auction bids.
Dr. Dennis Werner, arboretum director, was honored at the gala for being named J.C. Raulston Distinguished Professor. Werner, a faculty member in the Horticultural Sciences Department, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was recognized for his many achievements, including the development of several late-blooming, frost-resistant peach varieties grown across North Carolina.
-Art Latham
Colorful auction-tent covers in "daffodil yellow, sublimely lime, pink posies and regal purple" echoed the arb's splendid natural floral displays. As the Southern String Band contributed lively old-time music, attendees browsed their way through gourmet treats and entered their auction bids.
Dr. Dennis Werner, arboretum director, was honored at the gala for being named J.C. Raulston Distinguished Professor. Werner, a faculty member in the Horticultural Sciences Department, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was recognized for his many achievements, including the development of several late-blooming, frost-resistant peach varieties grown across North Carolina.
-Art Latham