Antique Show Affair:
Gala in The Gardens Kicks Off Annual Event
Birmingham Botanical Gardens kicked off its Antiques in The Gardens event Oct. 4 with Sterne Agee’s Gala in The Gardens.
More than 650 guests attended the exclusive, black-tie event that invited them to privately shop the sale, enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and dance to the sounds of the Tip Top Band.
For the eighth year, the gala was part of the Antiques in The Gardens event, presented by IberiaBank. Antiques in The Gardens included 14 themed areas curated by local “tastemakers” and antiques dealers from across the Southeast.
The weekend’s festivities also included a silent auction at The Gallery and a special menu by Kathy G at The Gardens Cafe.
Proceeds from Antiques in The Gardens events benefit The Gardens’ educational mission, including its flagship program, Discovery Field Trips, which has offered free, curriculum-based science education to nearly 100,000 Birmingham city schools students over the last decade.
Among those attending the gala were Carolyn Englefield, Jim and Tricia Holbrook, Clinton Smith and Frannie Jones.
Others spotted at the event were Emily and Bill Bowron, Richard Keith Langham, Barbara Burton and Suzette Doucet.
Also enjoying the 2013 gala were Murray and Virginia Smith, Jacob Dorsett, Mark Kennamer, Jimmy Laughlin and Birmingham Mayor William Bell.
