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Atlanta's favorite
after-hours social returns this spring!
Explore the city’s lush urban oasis in the
cool of the evening on Thursdays, May 11 – September 28, as Cocktails
in the Garden returns to the Atlanta Botanical Garden
after a two-year hiatus.
As an
after-hours social for young professionals, a romantic date night
for couples, or simply a fun friends’ outing for still others, the
event – originally dubbed “social irrigation” – offers specialty
drinks from full cash bars, deejays, and live
entertainment and games and other activities.
Set for 6 – 10 p.m., Cocktails
in the Garden also is the only opportunity for
experiencing the Garden in the evening, when the cooler
temperatures of twilight cast the Garden’s thousands of beautiful
flowers and plants in a whole different light and draw out their
fragrances.
In addition,
guests may explore the Garden’s 2017 outdoor art exhibition, The Curious Garden, featuring a dozen installations designed to focus
attention on the wonders of nature, including
trees, plants, and entire gardens.
“We are
thrilled to bring Cocktails back after two years while we were
presenting two of our summer exhibitions at night,” said Mary Pat
Matheson, the Garden’s President & CEO. “This is the perfect
year to do it because after years of expansion and renovations we
are proud to show off all of those new enhancements, so it’s like
we’re declaring 2017 as our ‘year of the garden’.”
To emphasize
those gardens, Cocktails will move to different areas of the
botanical garden each month – from May through September – each
with its own theme, featured alcohol, and specialty cocktail. In May, for example, the event
will take place in the new Skyline Garden with the theme “Spiked”
highlighting the many thorned cacti, yuccas, and agaves planted
there. Complementing that theme will be tequila and margaritas.
Finally,
guests may round out the evening with a scrumptious dinner at the
Garden’s new Longleaf restaurant. Reservations are recommended.
Admission for Cocktails in the Garden is $21.95 per person; Garden members are
admitted for free. For information, visit atlantabg.org.
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