Certified American Grown , the cut flower and foliation industry connection pore on advocacy and strategic promotion , has once again supported the edifice of community , fostered relationship , and create stunner through farm generosity and interior designer talent to beautify the 105thAnnual First Lady ’s Luncheon , host by The Congressional Club .
This twelvemonth ’s luncheon brought together spouses , families , and member of Congress , the Administration , and guests together in a gala affair tiffin that honored First Lady Jill Biden . As has been habitual in this proudly bi - partisan event , the luncheon serves as a community - building effect while also raising store for causes put up by the First Lady . This class , those causes admit Feeding America and the Prevent Cancer Foundation .
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chair by Patti Garamendi , spouse of Congressman John Garamendi ( California ) , the musical theme of “ Touch the Earth ” was pick out to foreground the bounteousness of mathematical product grow and raised throughout the state and her home land of California , in addition to the need for all to consider protecting the ravisher of the earth .
endorse American Grown member farms supply over 14,000 stems of prime and leafage to avail decorate and beautify the event . A team of talented floral designers from across the commonwealth worked for days in advance of the luncheon to create beautiful placement , flowered arches , and showpieces for photo opportunities and to make an environment befitting of such a prestigious consequence . Among the generous farms who donated their bounty were Florida ’s Albin Hagstrom & Son and FernTrust , Virginia ’s Bee ’s Wing Farm , Harmony Harvest , Lynnvale Studios , Washington / Florida / California ’s Continental Floral Greens , California ’s Dramm & Echter , Glad - A - Way Gardens , Mellano & Company , Menagerie Farm & Flower , MOBIS , Myriad Flowers , Ocean Breeze Farms , Pyramid Flowers , Resendiz Brothers , Sun Valley Flowers , and Camflor . Additional partner financial backing came from Syndicate Sales , Oasis Floral , DVFlora , and Brix & Columns Vineyards in Virginia .
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The event was chronicled and is now spotlight by a special node blog post to Certified American Grown ’s internet site and write by FlowerPowerDaily.com ’s editor , Jill Brooke . The blog can be access at the following link : The First Lady ’s Luncheon - A Gathering of Possibility , Purpose and Beauty - American Grown Flowers and Foliage .
