Event Description
12:00pm | Virtual Welcome
Style Show by Marissa Collections
Montage of Best of Hats Contest Winners
Best of Hats Contest and Raffle Winners Announced
While we won’t gather for Hats in person this November, we will recognize this Naples traditional virtually while raising funds for Naples Botanical Garden. Aptly coined, #HatsInOurGardens, Garden friends are encouraged to:
- Check back on Tuesday, September 29 to purchase your tickets or make donations!
- Take a beautiful Hats in the Garden Inspired Photo in your own garden or home. Be creative; three winners will be announced during the virtual celebration.
- Post your photo in your favorite outfit and chapeau on Instagram and #HatsInOurGardens
- Ticket purchasers stay-tuned for a link in November to join the #HatsInOurGardens celebration. Perhaps your photo will be one of the lucky winners…
While planning your photo, consider the Best of Hats Judging Categories:
- Most Creative
- Most Chic
- Best Virtual Adaptation
Click here to view a fabulous photo shoot tutorial by Sustaining Leadership Council Member, Wynnell Schrenk! For beauty resources to assist in curating your video, please click here.
Each Category Winner will receive:
- A Family Membership to Naples Botanical Garden for one year
- A $500 Marissa Collections Gift Card
- Champagne Luncheon for 4 at Sea Salt
- Beautiful floral arrangements designed by Kaleidoscope Floral delivered to your home once monthly. January-March 2021
TUNE IN ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 FOR YOUR CHANCE TO PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS FOR
A fabulous trio of Floral Rings by Guita M Fine Jewels*
Questions regarding ticket purchase or photo submissions? Please contact 239.315.1351 or Hats@naplesgarden.org
*Actual rings may vary in color & gemstone design
The restorative powers of time spent in nature are now more important than ever. All proceeds will support Naples Botanical Gardens and expansion of its community access programs. To support this program via sponsorship or donation, please contact Rhea Merrill: rmerrill@naplesgarden.org.
Thank you to our Sponsors:
City Mattress, Edwards Asset Management, Fiddler Films, Guita M Fine Jewels, Kaleidoscope Floral, Luminaire foto, Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, Sea Salt
Click here for photos from Hats in the Garden 2019
Click here for photos from the Hats in the Garden 2019 Patron Party
2020-2021 Sustaining Leadership Council
PLATINUM
- Jane Purdy Berger
- Mary Ann E. Bindley
- Joanne D. Brown
- Eleanor B. Chabraja
- Joan E. Clifford
- Parker J. Collier
- Grace B. Evenstad
- Ann Khan
- Donna S. Hall
- Nancy H. Hamill
- Barbie J. Hills
- Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann
- Ann Khan
- Kathleen Kapnick
- Linda W. Koehn
- Jody B. Lippes
- Joan T. Loos
- Gloria P. Messey
- Donna D. Nelson
- Patrice H. Schoonmaker
- Karen M. Scott
- Lynne W. Shotwell
- Jeannie M. Smith
- Mary S. Smith
- Vicky C. Smith
- Jenny W. Sutton
- Carol A. Walter
- Shirley Z. Welsh
- Christine G. Williamson
- Kathryn E. Woods
GOLD
- Cortney L. Beebe
- Carol Dinardo
- Geren W. Fauth
- Leslie K. S. Fogg
- Amy M. Heuerman
- Melissa G. Keiswetter
- Paula J. Malone
- Barbara L. Morrison
- Katherine R. Pallas
- Kathleen C. Rooney
- Wynnell Schrenk
- Shelly Stayer
- Susan C. Stielow
- Connie M. Vandenberg
- Linda G. White
Founding Hats in the Garden Chairs
- Jane Purdy Berger
- Barbara J. Finn
- Leslie K.S. Fogg
- Anne M. LaGrippe
