Moore Center Event

We were so excited to design the set plants and florals for the Moore Center Annual Meeting which featured 2 Broadway Stars! Earlier this year Moore Center clients were able to go to New York and see the Lion King on Broadway, and this event honored that special outing as well as celebrating another great year of enriching lives!

Seeing and hearing this creative family using their talent together was a gift! It brought tears to our eyes as we peered through the dividers in the back of the great hall : )

Christi and I really wanted to ask to have our picture taken with them, but we felt like idiots. Kristin, being far braver, pushed through the fear of being publicly reprimanded and thereby humiliated and took some shots while they practiced on stage! My hero. Thanks Kristin : )

While Mpho is sitting down in these shots, his enigmatic personality caused him to smile incessantly while jumping and bouncing around the stage-- his body just naturally reacting to the music in such an open, beautiful way. I myself have always been terrified of dancing and I lip-sync to "happy birthday" whenever possible (in the best interest of those around me, I assure you); but being in a room that was largely made up of musical creatives, I marveled at the way they openly broke out in song and fluidly moved to the test music as naturally as talking, laughing, or sneezing.

The Event's Main sponsor was St. Mary's Bank.

We don't usually work in tropicals, but it's safe to say that we had a blast using the interesting greens and punchy colors.

My favorite element was the slightly disturbing jungle vine....creepy cool!

Green Hanging amaranthus gave us some drapey, droopy drama...

Unfortunately the candles aren't lit yet in this photo, but we created a walkthrough area just beyond the main foyer using rented plants--our favorites were the Fiddly Fig trees!!!

(How fun is that to say : ) Fiddly Fig, Fiddly Fig, Fiddly Fig....)

a metal arbor and two iron screens made up of rows of candles. We wanted guest to feel like that were passing through and transitioning into a magical place.

The HUGE elephant ears helped create some fun table-scapes.

Cocktails were served in the Charles Club, which is perhaps my favorite little spot at C.R. Sparks. We kept the floral arrangements simple yet fun for the tiny tables.

Gotta love those Billy Balls! That's as fun to say as Fiddly-Fig.

Our Thanks to the Moore Center for all you do in the lives of so many, and for letting Apotheca contribute to the year-end celebration.