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Celebrity pots coming to Umlauf Garden Party
Last year, I longed to linger at the Umlauf Garden Party, but previous commitments forced me to abandon the fundraiser too early in the evening.
On April 23, I hope to tarry in the leafy nook above Barton Springs where Charles Umlauf sculptures punctuate the landscape. (No, I won’t examine them closely for Farrah Fawcett resemblances, despite ongoing claims she served as a major muse.)
One thing that distinguishes this garden party is the display of celebrity pots and seeds, sold to benefit the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum.
Among the donors who have decorated garden containers, then filled them with goodies or plants, are some likely types: eclectic KUT personality John Aielli, maternal singer Sara Hickman and Anita Perry spokeswoman and former American-Statesman style writer Melanie Spencer — as well as first lady Perry herself.
Other announced pot-planners might raise eyebrows: Longhorns football coach Mack Brown, Texas Monthly political writer Paul Burka and beverage king and kingmaker Lowell Lebermann, for instance.
But there I go again, stereotyping. Perhaps these guy-guys are the tenderest of gardeners.
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