Life Member Luncheon
The 2025 Life Member Lunch will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025.
Tickets will go on sale in late spring 2025.
We hope you will be able to join us!
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12:00 pm
2024 Life Member Luncheon:
Celebrating 100 Years of Smith Wilkes Hall
August 2, 2024
12:00 pm
Athenaeum Hotel Parlor
featuring speaker:
Clara Miller
"BTGiants:Our Foremothers (and Fathers)"
$75 per ticket. Deadline: July 23
Menu:
Mediterranean Grilled Vegetable Stack = Grilled Eggplant, Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Red Peppers & Portobello Mushrooms, topped with Swiss Cheese, marinated in Balsamic Vinaigrette and served with CousCous. (This is a warm dish and can be prepared without the cheese.)
Olive loaf bread
A BTG Famous Decadent Dessert - Flourless and gluten free chocolate torte with fresh raspberries and whipped cream
Iced Tea, Water or Lemonade
Regular & Decaf Coffee & Assorted Teas
Clara Miller
Curator at Miller Cottage
Clara is a Cultural Landscape Historian who worked for two years as an intern at the Oliver Archives and now has her Masters Degree in Gender History from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. She wrote her dissertation on hegemonic femininity and landscape gardens in Regency Britain. At our lunch, she will speak on founding and early members of the Bird and Tree Club, and the tangible legacy they have left in Chautauqua.
Highlights from Last Year's Luncheon
*Photos from the 2023 Life Member Luncheon
THE 2023 LIFE MEMBER LUNCH
“LESSONS LEARNED FROM A GARDENING LIFE”
BY HOLLY SHIMIZU
Holly is a nationally recognized horticulturist with a rich background in gardens, herbs, and plant conservation. After working in numerous gardens in England, Germany, Holland, and Belgium, Holly was the first Curator of the National Herb Garden at the US National Arboretum in Washington, DC. Most recently, Holly was the Executive Director of the US Botanic Garden, on the National Mall, where she was responsible for all aspects of running the Garden which experienced a renaissance during her leadership.
