Event

Garden Party at the Oasis

The Ruth Bancroft Garden's Annual Member and Friends Party
This year it's a "Garden Party at the Oasis".
Come celebrate an extraordinary garden and community.

Sunday November 8, 2015 5:30 pm at the Pleasant Hill Community Center, The Perera Pavilion; 320 Civic Drive Pleasant Hill, CA, 94523.

5:30 to 7 pm: Cocktails, wine tasting, Moroccan food stations with casual seating, music, and silent auction.

7 pm: Awards honoring our outstanding garden volunteers

7:30: Theater style live auction and dessert

Auction highlights:
One-of-a-kind garden gate planter
Steel work by Ernest and Lois Rich owners of Sculptural Accents (sculpturalaccents.com)and planted by Laura Hogan of Arid Accents (aridaccents.com)

Gorgeous Fountain Planter by Troy McGregor and Linnea Lion of the Ruth Bancroft Garden.

Music by Al 'Azifoon - Classical Middle Eastern Music
http://www.alazifoon.com/
Al 'Azifoon is a professional Arabic "Taht" based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The musical term "Taht" in Arabic refers to a group of musicians performing on traditional acoustic instruments.
Traditional acoustic Arabic instruments are the heart of Al 'Azifoon's authentic sound.
These instruments include: oud, joura, qanun,nay, mizmar, microtonal accordion, and vocals, riqq (Arabic tambourine), doumbek (also called: darbuka, dumbek, or tabla), duff, mazhar, and tabla baladi.

Moroccan buffet by Culinary Excellence Catering of Oakland.
http://www.culinaryexcellence.com/