Tropics Treasures & Trains
The Conservatory of Flowers'
Second Annual Gala
featuring
The Golden Gate Express
Garden Railway™
November 18, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Patron Reception at 5:30 pm
Join us for a gala preview evening of this remarkable exhibit in San Francisco's crown jewel of Victorian architecture.
This season the 'romance of the rails' includes new San Francisco Landmarks that will join the eleven that debuted last holiday season. Each landmark is constructed of recycled and reclaimed materials. G-gauge trains steam past a lush landscape of dwarf plants and flowers. The landscape is designed and sited specially for this exhibit.
All proceeds from tickets, benefit drawing and sponsorship will
support the Conservatory of Flowers youth environmental education
programs.
PURCHASE TICKETS | GALA CHAIRS & COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Sponsorship packages are available!
Please contact our Director of Development, Jane Scurich at 415-831-2093 or jscurich@sfcof.org for more information.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
CORPORATE CONDUCTORS
Media Sponsor
Patron Party Sponsor
Starlight Room
Raffle Sponsor
Carl Kawaja and Wendy Holcombe
In-Kind Sponsors
THANK YOU TO OUR CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Gala Chairs
Laine Buckingham
Hazel Kawaja
Honorary Chairs
Hon. Willie L. Brown, Jr.
Harry Denton
Richard Goldman
Honorary Committee
| Nancy Conner | Ernie Ng |
| Davis Dalbok | Bob Otsuka |
| Barbara Derich | Betty Ann Prien |
| Jason Dewees | Catherine Pyke |
| Judy Fayollat | Murphy Robins |
| Anette Harris | Shelagh and Tom Rohlen |
| Lola Heer | Nancee Rubinstein |
| Louisa Heer | Karen Schoenberg |
| Marilyn Jacobson | Nancy Stoltz |
| Alison and Arthur Kern | Sandra J. Swanson |
| Mary Lou Maier | Pat Hanson Thomson |
| Christopher R. Miller | Elizabeth Vobach |
| Eva Monroe | Martha Woollomes |
Gala Committee
| Elizabeth Birka-White | Cheryle Miller |
| Kari Boosalis | Terry Nevin |
| Steven Brown | Betty Packard |
| Ann Colvin | Ann Simon |
| Anne Connolly | Claudia Smay |
| Barbara Derich | Nancy Stoltz |
| Donna Ellis | Pat Hanson Thomson |
| Lisa Harris | Johanna Walsh |
| Terry Kenney | Colette Weil |
ARTISTIC DESIGN
Bay Area Garden Railway Society (BAGRS)
HISTORY AND MEDIA
The Conservatory of Flowers first opened to the public in 1879. Among the original twenty-seven kit purchasers were two of San Francisco's Big Four transcendental railroad developers, Leland Stanford and Charles Crocker. In 1883 Stanford began running a steam train along the street now named Lincoln Way from Stanyan to Ocean Beach.
The venerable Conservatory of Flowers was a distinctive landmark and popular attraction. A severe wind storm caused devastating damage to the Conservatory in 1995. A grass roots effort to Save the Conservatory resulted in a $25 million renovation with the Conservatory officially reopening in September 2003. The Conservatory has received numerous local, state and national awards.