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The Conservatory Ball 2025

Celebrating Van Gogh: Painting with Flowers

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Cocktails | 7 p.m.
Dinner & Dancing | 8 p.m.
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The New York Botanical Garden will host its 50th Anniversary Conservatory Ball on May 29, 2025. This milestone occasion of our most glamorous event promises to dazzle guests under the glow of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory with a cocktail reception, elegant dinner, and dancing.

This year’s Conservatory Ball will celebrate our upcoming summer exhibition, Van Gogh: Painting with Flowers, inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s impassioned relationship with the natural world. The grounds of the Garden will be transformed into a sweeping and fragrant botanical fete full of sunflowers, irises, phlox, olive trees, and more. The evening will also honor Trustee Edward P. Bass for his dedicated service to the Garden and advocacy for plant science.

Proceeds support the New York Botanical Garden’s preeminent botanical research, children’s education, and horticulture programs. For more information or to purchase tickets to the Conservatory Ball, please contact the Special Events team at 914.579.1000 or conball@nybg.org.

HONOREE
Edward P. Bass

LEAD CHAIRS
Maureen K. and Richard L. Chilton

CHAIRS
Sharon and Bill Jacob

50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE

SPONSORS

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Past Conservatory Ball Highlights

  • Three people in cocktail attire pose for a photo in front of a bright yellow and black polka-dotted art installation

    Brooke Shields, Alex Wek, Karlie Kloss

  • A person in a pink cocktail dress poses for a photo in front of several large flower sculptures

    Nicky HIlton

  • Three people in red and white gowns pose for a photo at an evening event

    Eileen Guggenheim, Gillian Miniter, Sharon Jacob

  • Three people in pink gowns and black suits pose for a photo outdoors

    Georgina Bloomberg, Howard Buffett, Lili Buffett

  • A person with long dark hair poses for a photo in a flowing white dress

    Ariana Rockefeller

  • Two people in pink and purple dresses pose for a photo

    Maureen Chilton, Friederike Kemp Biggs

  • A person in a long, bright-pink dress poses for a photo on a red carpet

    Jill Joyce

  • Two people in evening wear pose for a photo after dark

    Tina Swartz, Steve Swartz

  • Five people in cocktail attire pose for a photo outdoors

    Naeem Delbridge, Scott Buccheit, Amory McAndrew, Gillian Hearst, PJ Pascual

  • Two people in evening wear pose for a photo in front of a large yellow sphere

    Deborah Royce, Chuck Royce

  • Two people in evening wear pose for a photo outdoors, holding drinks

    Sigourney Weaver, Susan E. Lynch

  • Four people in bright pink cocktail dresses pose for a photo

    Alexandra Kittle, Sarah Patrick, Rebecca Vanyo, Caitlin Davis

  • A person in black pants, a white shirt, and a long, flowing floral cape poses for a photo after dark

    Di Mondo

  • Six people in pink gowns pose for a photo on a dance floor

    Colleen Crivello, Priya Shukla, Sai De Silva, Carolyn Tate Angel, Rebecca Hessel Cohen

  • Seven people in evening attire pose in a line for a photo

    DeWayne Phillips, Rob Johnson, Dianne Renwick, Caroline Wamsler, J. Barclay Collins, Jennifer Bernstein, Lauren Turchio

  • Two people in evening attire pose for a photo outdoors

    Todd Lowen, Holly Lowen

  • Four people in evening attire pose for a photo outdoors

    Sara Arno, Kevin Cornish, Kyle Henderson, Armando Maldonado

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