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Greenwich Botanical Center – From Seed to Summer Sips: Garden-Grown Cocktail Design & Tasting
From Seed to Summer Sips: Garden-Grown Cocktail Design & Tasting
Thursday, July 16, 2026 | 6–7:30 PM
$50/GBC Member | $60/Non Member
Gallery at Greenwich Botanical Center
Discover how thoughtful garden design can elevate both your landscape and your summer cocktail gatherings. Join Bethany Naccarato, owner of Blueacre Garden, for a lively evening focused on the design, planning, and planting of a home cocktail garden—where beauty, fragrance, and flavor come together. Bethany will walk guests through the essentials of cocktail garden design, including plant selection, growing guidance, and layout strategies that balance aesthetics with easy harvest and maximum enjoyment. Participants will receive take-home plan renderings for two differently sized cocktail gardens, along with six cocktail recipes created to highlight fresh, garden-grown ingredients.
Immediately following the presentation, Bethany will demonstrate how to mix three popular summertime cocktails, with a tasting of each. Guests will enjoy cocktails on the terrace at Greenwich Botanical Center and have the opportunity to ask Bethany questions. Perfect for gardeners, design enthusiasts, and anyone who loves entertaining outdoors, this program offers inspiration from the garden bed to the cocktail glass.
About Bethany Naccarato:
Bethany M. Naccarato is an author, gardening educator, and owner of Blueacre Garden. A Connecticut native, Bethany found her passion for gardening at a young age growing vegetables with her grandparents and filling the beds at her childhood home with a variety of annual and perennial flowers. Bethie continued to pursue her passion in the classroom, becoming a Certified Master Gardener.
In 2023, Bethie launched her social media presence, @BlueacreGarden, on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube, where her followers learn best practices, solutions to common issues, and other advice to help them achieve the gardens of their dreams. Today, Bethie has over 500,000 followers across her social media channels and has been featured in The New York Times and gardening publication, The Spruce. She loves gardening at her home, “Blueacre,” where she grows a variety of organic heirloom vegetables, and annual and perennial flowers including peonies, zinnias, and dahlias.
