The Museum of Modern Art’s annual Party in the Garden took place in New York on May 21. Overhead, dense arrangements of tropical plants were suspended between white pillars, creating a jungle-like canopy effect.
Held in Chicago on May 18, the Goodman Gala celebrated the theater's upcoming production of The Jungle Book. Kehoe Designs transformed the Fairmont Hotel's ballroom into a tropical setting replete with lagoon-colored lighting, leafy centerpieces, and giant cutouts of animal silhouettes.
In late April, the Brookfield Zoo outside of Chicago hosted its annual fund-raising gala. The event featured animal-theme decor from the Flower Firm, including a bar with leopard spots and eyes.
The fund-raiser was held on June 2 at New York's Museum of Modern Art. With decor and flowers from Concept Event Group, the dinner space used elements designed to evoke the outdoors. There were banana-leaf-print cloths, fruitwood folding chairs, and mixed-fern centerpieces.
In keeping with the event's lush, outdoor feel, shoots of bamboo lined a step-and-repeat with the museum logo.
At MoMA's Party in the Garden in April, the arrivals backdrop—featuring the Cartier and MoMA logos rendered in neon and marquee lights—echoed the dense arrangements of tropical greenery found inside the dinner space.
At the 2010 gala in Los Angeles, guests' after-dinner options included dancing and cocktails in a tiki-theme room, complete with flower leis, towering palm trees, and mai tais.
As a fun take on V.I.P. seating for its "Something to Share" gala in 2011, Dress for Success constructed 12 cabanas at the rear of the dining room. Situated atop platforms, the seating areas were marked with sheer drapes, wooden bench seating, and hand-painted signs.
Chicago-based catering firm Truffleberry Market serves frozen cinnamon-rum-bananas-Foster mousse.Â
