Chicago Botanic Garden's Harvest Ball
On September 21, the Chicago benefit featured decor from Event Creative. The dinner tent held wooden farm tables topped with bouquets of lavender-hued flowers and produce including dahlias, roses, eggplants, and plums. Overhead, vine-encrusted canopies held hanging lanterns.
Photo: Robert Kusel
Windows Catering Company provided a nature-themed hors d'oeuvres table with items placed on things from nature including tree trunks.
Photo: AP Alexander
Cups mimicking flower pots were stuffed with shrimp salad topped with sprouting greens.
Photo: Courtesy of Windows Catering Company
Stella Artois "Host Beautifully"
Menu items were served in rustic vessels arranged on slabs of wood. Heirloom LA handled catering, and the menu was designed by chef Aliya Leekong.
Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Stella Artois
The Nature Conservancy of Canada celebrated its 50th anniversary gala in November at the Ritz-Carlton in Toronto, where planners created a wintery forest feel by lining the ballroom with living trees hung with candlelit lanterns.
Photo: Tom Sandler
