Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
About the Rose Garden Dinner On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, NYBG celebrates the Rose Garden Dinner. This annual event features the Botanical Garden’s world-famous Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, designed by celebrated landscape architect Beatrix Farrand in 1916, and fully realized in 1988 through a generous gift by Peggy and David Rockefeller. With nearly 700 cultivated varieties, the Rockefeller Rose Garden is one of the most spectacular displays at The New York Botanical Garden. Long lauded as one of the most beautiful rose gardens in America, it has been transformed in recent years into one of the most sustainable public rose gardens in the world. The Rose Garden Dinner is a celebration of the glorious autumn flowering of the Botanical Garden’s magnificent rose collection. The evening begins with cocktails in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, followed by an elegant dinner in the Garden Terrace Room. The event attracts 300 members of the Garden’s extended family, and raises more than $600,000 to support the Fund for Horticulture and the continued preservation and development of one of the world’s premier rose venues. For more information and tickets, please contact Thao Phan at 718.817.8774 or tphan@nybg.org or visit nybg.org/rosedinner
About Our Honoree Marjorie G. Rosen is being honored for her long-standing leadership and support of The New York Botanical Garden, including 22 years of service on the Horticulture Committee, which she currently chairs, and her service on the Board of Trustees since 2002, currently as Vice Chair and member of the Executive Committee. Marjorie has been an important member of the Garden community, dedicating her time and interests to many institutional advancement efforts, from Co-Chair of the Patrons Council and now Honorary Chair, to multiple leadership positions in the Special Events Program. We are also fortunate that Marjorie generously contributed her expertise and support for the redesign of NYBG’s Seasonal Walk, which was dedicated in 2014 and now bears her name. Marjorie’s passion for horticulture and talent for gardening are evident in her own garden where a stunning selection of rose varieties can be found.