![]() Dee Simmons wore an Eliza Doolittle complete costume and hat inspired by her role in My Fair Lady. Liz Minyard wore a grocery bag as her hat, filled with fruits and vegetables. The event sold 100 seats and earned $10,000. ![]() With Mad Hatter’s Tea as our theme, we sent out invitations to the Women’s Council membership. “ Scottie Buehler was the Women’s Council president and she asked if I would chair an event to help bring people to the Dallas Arboretum, an afternoon tea, and I thought that would be a fun event. This is a photo from later Mad Hatter’s where she is wearing the original Frank Olive hat he gave her in 1989.*Ĭarole Ann Brown, chair of the first Mad Hatter’s Tea in 1989, recalled that first event held as a marketing event to bring about awareness of the Women’s Council and the Dallas Arboretum in the Camp House gardens. It was with great sadness that Venise Stuart, Women’s Council president and Patti Flowers, Mad Hatter’s Tea chair, had to cancel the event due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and the shelter-in-place order.Īnd now, in the spirit of Mad Hatter’s Tea, its historic beginnings and the vital role its fundraising plays in the maintenance and care of A Woman’s Garden, everyone is invited to tip toe through the tulips and flashback through photos and revisit this wonderful event’s history.Ĭarole Ann Brown, Chair of the first Mad Hatter’s Tea in 1989. One of the most anticipated parties each spring, Mad Hatter’s Tea is traditionally a fun day at the Arboretum featuring a high-style and beautiful crowd wearing artful and creative hats supporting the elegant and chic A Woman’s Garden, the only public garden in the nation conceived by women, funded by women, and dedicated to the spirit of women. In April 2020 the Mad Hatter’s Tea The Art of Chic would have celebrated its 32 nd Year benefiting the Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden and A Woman’s Garden amongst the glorious blooming gardens at the Dallas Arboretum. Featured photo from the Judges Announcement event hosted by Empress Gilbert and Micah Gilbert at Empressive Earth Galleries in March 2020: Empress Gilbert, hostess Empressive Earth Gallery and a Hat Judge Patti Flowers, Chair, Mad Hatter’s Tea Venise Stuart, President, Women’s Council Joni Krieg and Regina Bruce, Reveal Party Chairs*
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