My first table at the New York Botanical Garden Orchid Dinnner and certainly not my last!
I was honored when the NY Botanical Garden team asked me to design a table for their annual dinner at The Plaza Hotel. The theme for this year’s New York Botanical Garden Orchid Dinner was orchids in fashion. In order to find inspiration, I looked into my favorite fashion designers and landed on Christian Dior. With an affinity for his garden, where he would find constant inspiration, it drove my own inspiration to create an ode to one of my favorite designers. See below for more details!
Even better than I’d hoped, our table design featuring florals by The Plot mimicked a lush garden growing organically out from its centerpiece, giving guests the feeling that they were outside among the flowers and moss. While the dinner featured centerpieces in a variety of brilliant color palettes, I chose to lean into the understated elegance of simple and natural white and green.
Proceeds from The Orchid Dinner support the Garden’s global plant research and conservation initiatives, as well as programs in horticulture and education with efforts to protect the Earth’s biodiversity.
floral design: The Plot, photos: Studio Thao, handmade insects: Golden Age Botanicals, linen napkins: Sew Special by V, venue: The Plaza hotel
And see what I wore for the 2024 New York Botanical Garden Orchid Dinner, here.
