Saturday, June 9, 2012, 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm at the Hahn Horticulture Garden
Enjoy a little "Margaritaville" right here in the New River Valley! Enjoy live music by the Key West Band, fantastic hors d'oeuvres and drinks by Blue Ridge Catering, and bidding on exciting silent and live auction items.
Ticket order form HERE, or call (540) 231-5970!
2011 Gala Honorary Chairs: T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. and Jean Russell Hahn, Blacksburg, Va.
2012 Gala Honorary Hosts: Steve and Juanita Grigg, Grigg Design, Inc., Manassas Park, Va.
All activities are held outside in the beautiful Hahn Horticulture Garden and as always, rain or shine.
Dressy casual attire (parrot optional)! Hawaiian shirts are fine. No jeans or shorts, please.
The Garden Gala is our most important fundraiser of the year - we raise all of our own operating funds including student wages. Your attendance and sponsorship helps keep this garden growing!
Tickets are $70 each. Nametags will be mailed the week prior to the gala. Consider a sponsorship and receive complimentary tickets (info to the right)!
There are three ways to order:
-- Print off this form and send it directly to the Virginia Tech Foundation with a check or credit card number.
-- Call Shendale Simpson (VT Foundation) 540-231-2889 with your information and credit card number
-- If you are a Friend of the Garden and receive our newsletter, you will received an invitation/order form in the mail late-April.
More information:
The festivities run from 5:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Name badges will serve as your ticket and will be mailed out this year - no waiting in line (unless you forget to bring it).
PARKING and ACCESS: Parking is very limited around the greenhouses/garden area. We recommend:
From the main entrance to Virginia Tech at the 460 bypass, turn onto Southgate (towards stadium), then left on Duck Pond Dr. Park in the "cage" lot (commuter parking) on the left. There is also limited parking in the lot of the Food Science & Technology building on the right. Walk up the meadow garden paths to the Pavilion.
From the "downtown Blacksburg" side, there is parking in the Cassell Coliseum lot (Lot 1 for football). Walk along Washington Street to the garden, turning left between the greenhouse complex and the garden (Garden Lane), continue until you reach the pavilion. No permit is necessary to park in marked spaces.
Need special parking accommodations? Please contact Stephanie at (540) 231-5970.
Checks and cash only accepted for auction items. No credit cards this year, sorry. Come prepared to bid on some fantastic plants, art, and more!
Descriptions of auction items will be available, so you can browse prior to the gala. Check back the week of the gala.
Gala Committee 2012: Lisa Lipsey, Lauren Elissa Steeves, Linda Fiedler, Lynn Brammer, Linda Harris, Kathy Duncan, Stephanie Huckestein, Paul Chumbley, and Holly Scoggins.
Gala ticket mail order form
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Past galas -
Guests were dazzled by the array of unusual plants, original art, and other unique items in the silent auction.
More auction action - the bidding became more competitive as the evening went on!