Sarasota Garden Club toasts to 90 years

The club marked its anniversary with a party themed to the decade of its founding — the roaring 20s.

  • By Anna Brugmann
  • | 7:00 a.m. November 21, 2017
  • Sarasota
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It was a night of celebration, glitz, glamour and all that jazz on Nov. 18 at the Sarasota Garden Club. Garden club members dressed in the best 1920s outfits — an homage to the decade of the club's founding. 

They toasted to the Garden Club's 90-year history — its origins woven with those of Sarasota itself — and celebrated its many years to come. 

Kathryn Johnson, Andy Papineau and Anita Laesser
Kathryn Johnson, Andy Papineau and Anita Laesser
Franck and Jan Johannesen, Alan Levin and Joan Lerner
Franck and Jan Johannesen, Alan Levin and Joan Lerner
Dianne and Don Beaver
Dianne and Don Beaver
Karen and David Purviance
Karen and David Purviance
Patsy Wingo and Mary Fran Papineau
Patsy Wingo and Mary Fran Papineau
Carol O'Connor, Livy Haynes and Jan Johannesen
Carol O'Connor, Livy Haynes and Jan Johannesen
Monica Durakis and Audrey Kramer
Monica Durakis and Audrey Kramer
Janet and George Allgair
Janet and George Allgair
Jacqueline and Bill Connell
Jacqueline and Bill Connell
Ron and Joy Lightcap pose next to an antique car parked at the entrance of the Sarasota Garden Club's 90th anniversary celebration.
Ron and Joy Lightcap pose next to an antique car parked at the entrance of the Sarasota Garden Club's 90th anniversary celebration.
John and Sandra Chzczonowski ad Sue Angle
John and Sandra Chzczonowski ad Sue Angle
Yvonne Zaccone and Carol Alexander
Yvonne Zaccone and Carol Alexander

 

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