*Photographed Kaleta Johnson & Fallon Bock. By Thomas Garza and Rob Wythe.
I fell down the rabbit hole for the first time last year, arriving at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden for the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, the Women’s Council’s signature event, with a 10-pound boxwood poodle on my head. When I didn’t win the “Best in Show” category, I learned an important societal lesson. (Grab a pen.) Ladies who lunch do not come to play!
The 36th annual event, which benefits both the Women’s Council and A Woman’s Garden, took place on Thursday, April 18, and brought together 520 botanically-inclined supporters and socialites. This year’s sold-out fete invited guests to the “Gardens of Greece.”
Heavy is the head that wears the crown, but you wouldn’t know it from how gracefully event chairman Allison Brodnax, who looked resplendent in a full-length gown featuring climbing roses and an elegant fascinator, pulled off the entire affair. Community fixture Barbara Bigham served as this year’s honorary chair.
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