Raindrops Kept Falling On Trade Secrets, And Nobody Cared
The Trade Secrets garden fundraiser returned to Lion Rock Farm in Sharon, Conn. for its 18th year.
Privet House co-owner Richard Lambertson and Matthew Smyth, interior designer.
Trade Secrets always attracts some of the best-looking people we see at any event, but even the most beautiful can be forgiven for looking a bit waterlogged on Saturday, May 19. Still, the rain was good for the plants, and that’s what they came to see, along with the statuary, garden furnishings and, of course, Martha Stewart, who was not only shopping but signing her newest book, Martha’s Flowers. Now in its 18th year, the volunteer-driven rare plants and antiques show brings interior and exterior decorators, landscape designers, gardeners and those with a “good eye” from all over the East Coast. More than 60 vendors spread out at generous host Elaine LaRoche’s Lion Rock Farm for the two-day event that raises money for Women’s Support Services (WSS) of the Northwest Corner of Connecticut, which provides free aid to women who have been on the receiving end of violence from someone they know.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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