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Edible Garden

September 14, 2025

5–8 pm

Tickets on sale now!

It was a magical night of exploring our gardens enjoying delicious cuisine and libations from local chefs, wineries and purveyors. Guests savored botanical cocktails from the Garden, music, and an art walk. As the sun set, the evening culminated with small plates around beautiful tables, sweet treats and rock & roll, all among friends under the bistro lights.

Thanks to all our local food and beverage sponsors:

What to Expect

Enjoy live music from local musicians as you wander through the Garden,

and Walking Mirrors on the Stratford Stage:

Ricky Rasura, Harp

In the Habitat Garden

Archie Williams Jazz Band

On the Gazebo Lawn

Jennifer Murphy, Keyboards

At the Fountain Pond

Formed in 2019 by singer songwriter Mark Nelson and lead guitarist/producer Craig Bartock, Walking Mirrors has assembled some of the Bay Area’s best music all-stars. Delivering a classic but insanely original brand of reflective rock n’ roll, they’ll treat you to songs from their thirty-piece original catalogue as well as a host of synergistic cover songs that just make you feel the way you were meant to feel.

In The Studio:

An exhibition of works by the artists at Cedars, inspired by visits to the Gardens. You’ll have the opportunity to purchase these works, supporting the artists directly.

You’ll have a chance to enjoy the Upcycled CD Tapestry created by the students at Bacich Elementary School and led by Connect the Dots Art Studio’s award winning art educators Barbara Libby-Steinmann and Anna Rochester who together have over 30 years of experience in art and museum education. 

Table Sponsors

Nina & Piers Barry
Pat & Jay Cahill
Michael & Dudley Del Balso
Diane Doodha
Katie & Max Eulenstein
Andy & Stephanie Evans
Jessica Fairchild & Kai Broms
Frank & Barbro Greene
Meghan Laffey & John Stalder
Stacy & Mark Nelson
Tom & Jan Perry
Ned & Ellin Purdom
Janet & Gary Scales
Marcia & Michael Skall
June & John Sullivan

Edible Garden Event Committee

Jennifer Ames
Nina Barry
Kendra Bolt
Amie Boswell-Kennett
Diane Doodha
Katie Eulenstein
Vanessa Famulener

Hilary Foster
Kate Gibson
Addison Iskow
Meghan Laffey
Stacy Nelson
Ali Stillman
Rebecca Sylla

Thanks to all sponsors:

Media Sponsors:

Check out photos from last year’s sold-out event!

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See the full photo gallery

IRS Guidelines for Gifts from Donor Advised Funds to Support MAGC Events

Thank you for your interest in giving to the Marin Art & Garden Center events from your Donor Advised Fund (DAF) or Family Foundation.

We sincerely appreciate your generosity and support!

To ensure your gift follows the current IRS guidelines for DAF/Family Foundation support of an event, we would like to share the below guidelines with you.

  • Raffle tickets, tickets to galas and other special events, auction items, and benefits conferred in connection with a DAF/foundation grant are not permitted.
    • IRS has specifically ruled that fair market value associated with fundraising events cannot be separated, a practice known as “bifurcation.”
      • For example, with Edible Garden, if the price of the ticket is $200 and the FMV fair market value (non-tax-deductible amount) is designated to be $50, the donor must pay from sources other than her DAF/foundation for the full value of the ticket ($200) and not just for the non-tax-deductible amount ($50).
    • We recommend you confer with your financial advisor to confirm if any of these examples of how donors may still use their DAF to support an event would work for you:
      • A donor could sponsor the event, and not attend, and pay fully out of the DAF/foundation.
      • A donor could sponsor the event using DAF/foundation funds and attend by purchasing an individual ticket through non-DAF/foundation funds.
      • A donor could sponsor the event, join the event as a guest of another donor/table guest, and pay fully out of the DAF/foundation.
      • A donor could sponsor the event and host the afforded number of people at their chosen level as long as they pay for the seats at the lowest ticket price ($200 for Edible Garden) outside of their DAF.
        • As an example, a $1,500 sponsor that covers 2 guests, could pay for their sponsorship with $400 from a different source of funds, and then give an additional gift of $1,100 out of their DAF.

 

Please email Tod Thorpe, Director of Development at tod.thorpe@maringarden.org to discuss your gift to Marin Art and Garden Center