Great Gardens Party Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Great Gardens Party Wednesday, May 14, 2013 tonight’s events 6 pm Silent Auction bidding begins 7 pm Silent Auction tables close 7:15 pm Welcome and Introduction by David Hooker, President & CEO dinner served 8 pm Live Auction begins 8:30 pm Check-Out opens auctioneer Scott Miedema emcee Judge Sara Smolenski entertainment Mark Kahny Photographer John Corriveau Menu Taste of the Gardens Thank you to the individuals and businesses who generously donated items for tonight’s auction, and to those who volunteered their time and talents! Please patronize the businesses that helped make this event a success. 5 6 4 3 2 1 Locations 1. Registration 2. Beer & Wine Gardens 3. Raffle Ticket Sales 4. Checkout 5. Bar 6. Bar Menu Hors d’oeuvres Blue Cheese Pear Tartlet Cajun Shrimp Canape Baby Ratatouille Amuse salad Michigan Spring Vegetable Salad striped beets, rainbow carrots, cauliflower, grape tomatoes, with our sweet and tangy vinaigrette entrée Chicken Saltimbocca with Belgian Ale demi, smashed red beet potatoes, roasted hand-peeled carrots dessert Chocolate Raspberry Desire sponge cake, chocolate and raspberry mousse, raspberry mirroir Great Gardens Party committee Eileen DeVries (Committee Co-Chair) Ric Roane Ping Liang (Committee Co-Chair) Leandro Robles Joy Fossel LouAnn Shawver Eleonora Frey Zagel Lindsay Slagboom Meg Goebel Sharon VanDellen Elisa Lintemuth Christopher Wilson Neil J. Marchand Ellen Witkowski Mary McLoughlin Susan Wright Miller Great Gardens Party Honorary committee Vicky Black and John Weller Mike and Sue Jandernoa John and Marian Bouwer Mike & Kathy Lloyd Richard and Sheri Brolick Don & Kathy Maine Keith and Sheila Brophy Henry & Connie Mast Kim Bruyn Candace Matthews Linda Chamberlain Mike and Rachel Mraz Brian Cloyd and Aggie Kempker-Cloyd Craig and Patti Mutch Sam and Janene Cummings Kate Pew Wolters Steve and Kim Dabbs Jim and Marie Preston Sue and Gary Eberle Janet Ramsey and Jeff Avink Kathleen L. and Bob Hajek Mary Ellen and David Rodgers Kelly Hassberger David and Ellen Vanden Berg Kurt and Madelon Hassberger Jill Walcott and James Cox Earl and Donnalee Holton Matt and Jennifer Wey J.C. and Tammy Huizenga John and Anne Zimmerman 6 carat Great Lakes diaMond tennis Wine & Spirits Pick your favorite bottle from this year’s national Wine BraceLet raffLe & spirits Wine Garden and unwrap a lovely bottle of wine $100 Per TICKET to enjoy. Two hundred raffle tickets will be sold for $100 each. One lucky $25 per “Pick” participant will win a 6 carat diamond tennis braceletValued at $13,300.00. Only 200 tickets will be sold. The winner will be choose either a yellow ribbon for a white wine or a red ribbon announced during the live auction. for a red wine. Diamond Tennis Bracelet Raffle We respectfully request that you do not open the wine while at the event. our bar is open all evening. is generously sponsored by all wines in our garden have a minimumvalue of $10, over 30% of the wines are a $25value or higher with 7 bottlesvalued at $100 or more. our Highlighted Wines If you are lucky, tonight you will pick one of the top 7 wines in Gift card Bowl our garden. If you do, this is what you would find blooming inside: $25 Per Pull Pull a mystery gift card from the bowl. All gift certificates Joseph PHelps 2010 insiGnia areValued at or above $25 and include restaurants, 94 POINTS Spectator Collectible Selection - The Wine Spectator car washes, nurseries and more! Firm, dense and deeply concentrated, this offers a powerful thrust of flavors, with mocha-and espresso-laced blackberry, black licorice and cedar notes, revving up on the finish. Pure, driven and persistent, this seems set for a long life. Best to cellar. Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot and Malbec. CENTERPIECES Best from 2015 through 2028. OUR CENTERPIECES ARE FOR SALe Value $277 If you would like to take home a gorgeous flowering orchid for $35, remove the sticker and bring it with you to the checkout. ceLani 2011 adore 93+ POINTS Stephen Tanzer Deep ruby. Discreet aromas of black and purple berries and crushed rock. Like liquid velvet on the palate, with an enticing sweetness to the dark raspberry and chocolate flavors. Finishes with huge, palate-saturating, broad tannins supported by a wave of fruit. Value $231 veuve Cliquot 2004 La Grande daMe Chateau MonteLena 2009 estate caBernet 94 POINTS Wine spectator - October 2012 sauviGnon Brut Grande Dame 2004. “Very elegant, this is all in the details: 93 POINTS The Wine Advocate precise and silky texture, mouthwatering acidity and a smoky, mineral undertow that enriches flavors of patisserie pear, One look at the dense crimson ruby color and you know that crystallized honey, kumquat and toasted almond. Offers a clean, this is a big wine. The nose opens with big black cherry, citrus-tinged finish. Drink now through 2027.” currants, and plum spice cake notes. Underpinning all that fruit are layers of smoke, anise, and very subtle oak tones. The Value $218 palate entry is soft and round, but builds quickly with loads of fine velvety tannin, huge black cherry, and red fruits that Episode 2009 naPa valley ProPrietary red persist through to a rich finish layered with spice. A firm core 95 POINTS Wine Enthusiast of acid and barrel spice integrate beautifully across all layers, enhancing the structure and balance of this massive but “So delicious now, you can hardly keep your hands off it. approachable wine. Blackberry tart, ripe blueberry, cassis, milk chocolate, licorice and sweet, smoky cedar flavors flood the mouth, dramaticaly Value $154 huge and memorable, and lasting long into the finish. The tannins are obvious, but sweetly ripe and soft. A brilliant the Wine Garden is generously sponsored by evocation of Napa Cabernet, shows the class and potency this bottling has exhibited for many years. Drink now through 2020.” national Wine & spirits, inc. Value $215 cayMus 2011 SpeciaL seLection caBernet sauviGnon 97 POINTS Wine Enthusiast “So delicious now, you can hardly keep your hands off it. Blackberry tart, ripe blueberry, cassis, milk chocolate, licorice and sweet, smoky cedar flavors flood the mouth, dramaticaly huge and memorable, and lasting long into the finish. The tannins are obvious, but sweetly ripe and soft. A brilliant evocation of Napa Cabernet, shows the class and potency this bottling has exhibited for many years. Drink now through 2020.” Value $178 BLackBird 2010 contrarian 93 POINTS The Wine Advocate “A beauty of purity, symmetry, harmony and pure Napa fruit. Abundant notes of blue and black fruits, sweet tannin, and enough acidity for delineation and freshness result in a stunningly impressive wine to drink over the next 10-12 years.” Value $169 DELIRIUM NOCTURNUM HUyGHe Alliance BeveraGe 90 POINTS Beer Advocate A triple fermentation ale using 3 different yeast strains and Beer 5 different malts. Incredibly well-balanced for an ale this high in alcohol, the bouquet has an aromatic sweetness. The new and exciting this year is the body is bursting with flavors of raisins, bittersweet chocolate, alliance Beverage Beer Garden. and aniseed. The finish is long and develops into a hoppy unwrap a bottle of rare and craft beer to enjoy. aftertaste. $25 for two bottles. NEW HoLLAND BreWING NIGHT TRIPPeR We respectfully request that you do not open 91 POINTS Beer Advocate the beer while at the event. our bar is open all evening. An Imperial Stout with an abundance of roasted malts and flaked barley which creates a rich, roasty stout with deeply our Highlighted Beers intense, lush flavors. There are so many beers to choose from! Here are some of the award-winning, BLACKROCKS BreWERY FLyING HIPPO hard-to-find, craft brews that you might select: This beer ain’t no old Jake! Belgian yeast lends a fruity and spicy aroma. Motueka hops deliver a tropical citrus flavor. FOUNDERS BreWING KBS-(Kentucky BReakfast Stout) This magical beauty only shows up once a year so step right up 100 POINTS Beer Advocate and enjoy this Blackrocks Brewery special release. The Flying What we’ve got here is an imperial stout brewed with a massive Hippo is a Belgian style Imperial IPA. It promises to make amount of coffee and chocolates, then cave-aged in oak bourbon every occasion a circus. barrels for an entire year to make sure wonderful bourbon undertones come through in the finish. Makes your taste buds FOUNDERS BreWING SWeeT RePUTe squeal with delight. 94 POINTS Beer Advocate The brewing team at Founders painstakingly choreographed GREEN fLASH BreWING WeST COAST IPA each layer of this beer’s characteristics, starting with a 94 POINTS Beer Advocate healthy wheat and roasted malt base and adding clean, A menagerie of hops is layered throughout the brewing fragrant hops. 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