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Carson Seeligson at Bayou Bend Christopher Gardner at Rienzi Arthur Seeligson PHOTOGRAPHY JENNY ANTILL, WILSON PARISH. The Lush Life ... GARDENS IN BLOOM, PATRICIANS WIELDING PARAPLUIES AND STATELY MUSEUM HOUSES MAKE FOR TWO SUCCESSFUL SOIRÉES. AUGUST | PAGE 10 | 2014 Anne Duncan Charles Duncan at Bayou Bend Ben Eshleman at Bayou Bend Nancy Eshleman Margaret Williams at Bayou Bend Colleen Kotts Pam Ott at Bayou Bend Mark Sullivan at Bayou Bend Chairman Wally Wilson at Bayou Bend Chairman Jeanie Kilroy Wilson Rich Kinder at Bayou Bend Nancy Kinder Martha Katherine Long at Bayou Bend Karen Mayell at Bayou Bend Rose Ann Cranz at Bayou Bend Carroll Goodman at Rienzi Dionne Breen at Rienzi Lynda Underwood at Rienzi David Underwood Drake Heller at Rienzi Ginny Heller Libbie Masterson Kelty Crain Jessica Phifer at Bayou Bend Bas Solleveld at Bayou Bend Courtney Solleveld Lacey Goossen Mavis Kelsey III Frank Hevrdejs at Bayou Bend Sarah Lamb David Larned Amy Purvis Karen Payne Terry Wayne Jones Gary Tinterow Tommy Reckling at Rienzi Isla Reckling Jana Arnoldy Scott McClelland at Bayou Bend Soraya McClelland Chairman Glenda Grainger at Rienzi Molly Delery Lesli Giannukos at Rienzi John Giannukos Bill Phelps Chairman Parker Fauntleroy Chairman Fran Fauntleroy Chairman Lara Fauntleroy at Rienzi Chairman Shelley Cox Michelle Hevrdejs Diane Lokey Farb Janet Gurwitch Vivien Caven Juanita Markwalter O nly for Ima Hogg will swells traverse the bayou by way of an infamously undulating bridge. And so they did for Bayou Bend's annual Garden Party, chaired by Jeanie Kilroy Wilson and Wally Wilson. Despite intermittent spring showers, almost 500 guests gathered for an evening that included cocktails in the formal gardens and throughout the first floor of the John F. Staub-designed Hogg home; a seated supper by City Kitchen on the south lawn beneath a tent (care of McDugald-Steele, with a botanical bounty brought in by Scott McCool's In Bloom Inc.); and dancing to the sounds of David Caceres. An anonymous donor's decision to silently pitch in $46,000 towards the museum-house's operating budget brought the evening's earnings near three quarters of a million dollars — doubtlessly pleasing both Bayou Bend director Bonnie Campbell and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston director Gary Tinterow. Dogwood denizens and camellia connoisseurs: MFAH board president Rich Kinder with wife Nancy, Juanita and Jack Markwalter, Vivien and Scott Caven, Van Gogh museum director Axel Rüger, Jessica Phifer, Michelle and Frank Hevrdejs, Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence, Bobbie and John Nau, Lacey and Matthew Goossen, Les Ballard, Laurie and Reed Morian, Ann and John Bookout, Leslie and Brad Bucher, Carol and Michael Linn, Martha Katherine Long and Sean Wade, Karol and Paul Barnhart, Colleen and John Kotts, Sharyn and Jim Weaver, and Anne and Charles Duncan. In the weeks that followed, the MFAH's other regal repository of decorative arts, Rienzi (once home to the late Carroll Sterling Masterson and Harris Masterson III), played host to a house party. Chairmen Fran Fauntleroy, Lara and Parker Fauntleroy, Shelley and Mitch Cox, and Glenda Grainger orchestrated the evening, which began with cocktails on the motor court of the Staub-designed home with Palladian overtones. Guests enjoyed their boissons beneath a tent erected for the evening, abundantly adorned with spectacular planters filled with foxglove and other botanicals, all imagined by architect David Samuelson and florist Jeff Bradley. Guests ambled through the home's central vestibule before enjoying a buffet dinner by Culinaire set amidst the terraced gardens and pool. Rienzi revelers: Tommy and Isla Reckling, Sue Trammell Whitfield, Christiana and Luke McConn, Elise and James Reckling, Libbie Masterson, Christopher Gardner, Betty and Stephen Newton, Carroll Goodman, Ann and Leslie Doggett, Katherine and Bill Phelps, Pat Breen, and Muffet Blake. Seth Vaughan Katherine Phelps at Rienzi Ken Delery Axel Rüger at Bayou Bend Denise Monteleone Matthew Goossen Jack Markwalter