Creating Place: A Garden Walk, Lunch & Conversation with
Flora Grubb & Bonnie Bridges
Saturday, September 19, 12-3pm
$500 per person, limited to 20
Garden walkabout and conversation with Bonnie Bridges & Flora Grubb.
Seasonal lunch by accomplished chef David Carey paired with Chappellet wines.
An intimate afternoon focused on gardens, story, stewardship, and the art of creating place.
Summer BBQ and Hootenanny
at Mighty Arrow Ranch
Saturday, August 8
530-9pm
Food by chef Lee Desrosiers
Paired with Freeman wines & a special WHG brew by Dick Cantwell of Old Growth beer.
Music by the Crooked Jades
$150 per person
VIP Garden Experience with the Horticulture Team
at Western Hills Garden
Saturday, August 8
4-530pm
Meet the people who have shaped –and been shaped by–Western Hills over the years.
Delight in a series of intimate encounters revealing the Garden’s past, present, and future.
Enjoy a tasting of Ken Freeman wines + seasonal bites + a celebratory toast before departing for Mighty Arrow Ranch.
$175 per person, limited to 20
Spring Supper
at Western Hills
Saturday, May 23, 5-830pm
Chef Mariana Carvallo - dinner
Chef Michele Fanucchi - dessert
Paired with Arnot-Roberts wines
Music by cellist Michael Fecskes playing works created in residency at WHG.
5-630pm: appetizers, drinks + garden wander
630-8pm: seated dinner + dessert
$250 per person, limited to 30
OUR FOOD AND WINE PARTNERS
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Mariana Carvallo
Chef - 5/23
Mariana Carvallo is a professionally trained and certified chef who graduated from Le Cordon Bleu, Miami. She works as a private chef and caterer for events across the Bay Area. Her passion for good food and company, along with her zest for life, is reflected in her dishes. She specializes in using quality, fresh ingredients and creating stunning presentations. Chef Mariana is known, not only for designing delicious menus, but for creating an overall experience that is truly memorable.
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Lee Desrosiers
Chef - 8/8
Lee Desrosiers lives in Sonoma County, close to the abundant sea, forests and farms of Northern California, which inform his cooking. He brings 10 plus years experience from kitchens in New York City, Sonoma and Martha’s Vineyard. He was notably plucked to lead the kitchen at Brooklyn’s Achilles, which led to much acclaim and a serious following for his “Hell Chicken”. He currently works as a private caterer and pop-up chef with the aim of supporting small farms and classic seasonal cooking.
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David Carey
Chef - 9/19
David Carey is the founder and executive chef of Camber Events. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, David has worked at renowned hospitality destinations including Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City, The Wauwinet on Nantucket, and SingleThread in Healdsburg. Today, he creates highly personalized dining experiences that celebrate the connection between land, producer, guest, and season.
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Arnot-Roberts
Wine Partner - 5/23
Arnot-Roberts was founded in Healdsburg in 2001 by childhood friends Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts. Beginning with one barrel of wine made in their basement, the winery started small and grew slowly by sourcing grapes from some of the most remarkable vineyards in California.
Single-vineyard wines are the core of the production as well as a few appellation bottlings that clearly speak of their individual upbringings.
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Freeman Winery
Wine Partner - 8/8
Since 2001, Freeman has been one of the great pioneers of cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, charting a course to the western edges of California winegrowing, where the influence of the Pacific Ocean shapes the character of the wines. In doing so, the winery has helped to define a more balanced, sophisticated and thoughtful style of winemaking—a style that has been embraced by connoisseurs and collectors around the world.
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Chappellet
Wine Partner - 9/19
Chappellet is recognized as one of the great Napa Valley wineries, and one of the few which remains family owned. Today, the second generation is committed to continuing the vision of their parents, Donn and Molly Chappellet. Molly is an avid gardener and knew Western HIlls Garden founder’s, Lester Hawkins and Marshall Olbrich, which makes this partnership particularly special.
Tickets support the Garden and are not tax-deductible or refundable. If you purchase a ticket and can't attend, you are welcome to transfer it to another person. Please email us if this is the case: [email protected].
Thank you for your belief in our efforts to steward Western Hills Garden into the future as a place for public enjoyment and learning.
Additional tax-deductible donations or donations in lieu of attendance may be made here.
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Garden wandering, delicious local food, local wine, n/a beverages, camaraderie, and the warm feeling of supporting a West Sonoma County nonprofit thrive.
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Occidental and the surrounding areas have a number of lodging possibilities.
The Occidental Lodge, a simple 1970s style motor lodge right on Bohemia Highway in Occidental.
The Inn at Occidental, a quaint bed & breakfast just a block up the hill from town.
The Valley Ford Hotel, a historic hotel with modern amenities at competitive prices about 8 miles from Occidental.
The River Electric, a new camp resort and swim club getting a lot of hype in Guernville about 11 miles from Occidental.
Dawn Ranch, a 22 acre luxury resort and spa in Guervnille.
The Lodge at Bodega Bay, a luxury resort near Doran Beach in Bodega Bay.
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We will have people in the parking lots to help manage parking. The main WHG lot can hold about 10 cars. Overflow parking is on the property above the garden with an interior path connecting the properties. Don’t walk on the road! And please be careful pulling in and out.
Parking instructions and driving directions to Mighty Arrow Ranch and the Sebastopol private residence property will be emailed to registrants.
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We will have a vegetarian/vegan option. and we will do our best to accomodate all dietary restrictions.
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Reach out to us at [email protected]. We will get back to you as soon as possible!
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A huge thank you to our Presenting Partners.
And more thanks to our Pollinators.
Robin Azevedo
Laura Counts
Adam Davidson
Kevin Dwyer
Alison May
Carol Moran
Julie Parish
Ellian Raffoul
Miegan Riddle
Jane White