A Virtual Trip to Writer’s Garden Symposium

February 17, 2021February 16, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments A Woman’s Garden, Arriving Home-A Gracious Southern Welcome, events, Gallery, Near & Far: Interiors I Love, Park Cities, philanthropy, preston hollow, society, Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Writers Garden Symposium

The 14th annual A Writer’s Garden Literary Symposium and Luncheon benefiting the Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden and A Woman’s Garden took a virtual approach Nov. 17 with the theme, “Near or Far … There Is No Place Like Home.”

Broadcasting from the garden at his cottage in Perry, Georgia, James Farmer, Southern author and interior designer, discussed his new book, Arriving Home-A Gracious Southern Welcome.

Mary Brinegar, Suzanne Millet, Kay Weeks, and Empress Gilbert

Carol Welwood, Mary Griggs, Empress Gilbert, Regina Bruce, and Kunthear Mam-Douglas

Suzanne Millet, Mary Brinegar, and Kay Weeks

Caroline Whitman, Lisa Fine, and Beth Ewing

Dallas’ own Lisa Fine, founder of Lisa Fine Textiles, which specializes in hand printed linens that are sold in 16 showrooms worldwide, and spoke about her book, Near & Far: Interiors I Love, which features the homes of avid travelers, readers, and passionate gardeners whose homes feature their hobbies.

After the presentations, home hostesses and their guests enjoyed luncheons provided by Preston Hollow Catering.

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