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December 1–10

Livermore Pavilion

Marin Art and Garden Center presents Winter Wonderland, a magical holiday experience in the beautiful Gardens. Come enjoy:

  • An outdoor skating rink with snow and music under bistro lights
  • The Watering Can serving snacks, hot cocoa and cider
  • A cozy warming hut on the Livermore deck with heaters, a fireplace, and twinkle lights
  • An enchanting light installation
  • Holiday shopping at the WERKSTATT pop-up in The Shop, including WINTERMARKT craft fair
  • Our traditional Greens Sale
  • Cookie decorating with Babaloo Bakes
  • Ross Valley Players present “It’s a Wonderful Life” in the Barn Theater
  • Childrens’ concert from ELM
  • Candle lighting and songs celebrating the first night of Hanukkah with Brandeis Marin
  • Holiday activities for the whole family

The garden is open to the public, no tickets or reservations required. You’ll need tickets to skate—on sale now and selling out fast! 

Get skating tickets!

All events are rain or shine!

Friday, December 1

 

10am–5 pm

Shopping at WERKSTATT

3–8 pm

Skating rink open

3–6 pm

Cookie decorating with Babaloo Bakes

7:30 pm

RVP presents “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Saturday, December 2

 

1–8 pm

Skating rink open

2–5 pm

Holiday Greens sale

3-6 pm

WinterFest Activities

Pixie Bake Sale

5 pm

Santa visits

5:15 pm

Tree lighting

10am–5 pm

Shopping at WERKSTATT

7:30 pm

RVP presents “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Sunday, December 3

 

2–8 pm

Skating rink open

10am–5 pm

Shopping at WERKSTATT

2–4 pm

Wreath making workshop at WERKSTATT

2 pm

RVP presents “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Monday, December 4

3–8 pm

Skating rink open

Tuesday, December 5

3–8 pm

Skating rink open

Wednesday, December 6

4–8 pm

Skating rink open

Thursday, December 7

3–8 pm

Skating rink open

3–6 pm

Cookie decorating with Babaloo Bakes

5 pm

Hanukkah candle lighting and songs with Brandeis Marin 

Friday, December 8

3–8 pm

Skating rink open

10am–5 pm

Shopping at WERKSTATT

3–6 pm

Cookie decorating with Babaloo Bakes

6 pm

ELM Children’s Concert

Saturday, December 9

2–8 pm

Skating rink open

10am–5 pm

Shopping at WERKSTATT

3–6 pm

Cookie decorating with Babaloo Bakes

7:30 pm

RVP presents “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Sunday, December 10

2–8 pm

Skating rink open

2 pm

RVP presents “It’s a Wonderful Life”

11am–5 pm

WINTERMARKT Craft Fair at WERKSTATT

Would you or your business like to become a sponsor? 

Find out more!

Thank you to our sponsors!

Plus…

The Ross Auxiliary presents their annual WinterFest

on Saturday, December 2 from 3 to 6 pm. 

Including Pixie Park’s annual Holiday Bake Sale!

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We’ll let you know when ticket sales open. If you need to reach us, please call 415-455-5260 or email info@maringarden.org.

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