FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> - The hottest ticket in town is for the START Partnership\u2019s Garden Party Gala at Garden in the Woods on Thursday night, September 14th from 5:30 \u2013 9:00 p.m.<\/p>\n This fundraising party begins with hot and cold appetizers and complimentary beer and wine and a stroll through the Garden in the Woods to enjoy the \u201cRock On!\u201d sculpture exhibit.<\/p>\n Attendees will enjoy the music of Pro Musica drifting through the woods as they stroll, nibble, and chat with many of the artists who created the sculptures on display.<\/p>\n Partygoers will be invited to build cairns under the direction of Jerry Kuyper, one of the artists, who will give a demonstration and some instruction about creating balanced rocks.<\/p>\n Guests will then enjoy a gourmet buffet supper by Tastings Caterers, followed by coffee and dessert and the announcement of door prize and raffle winners.<\/p>\n Prizes include: A Bose radio donated by Bose, a lady slipper donated by Garden in the Woods, The Framingham Bracelet donated by framingham.com, a Suffragette pin donated by the Framingham Historical Society and Museum, a business gift basket donated by Office Depot, plus other prizes to be announced.<\/p>\n Sponsors for this gala fundraiser include: TD Banknorth, 3Com, Bernardi Honda, Fitts Insurance, framingham.com.<\/p>\n Reserve your tickets by calling 508-532-5441, or emailing START@framinghamma.gov. Tickets are $ 50 per person in advance; $ 60 at the door. Please make checks payable to START Framingham Partnership and mail to: 150 Concord St., Framingham, MA 01702.<\/p>\n Dress: Garden Party attire; wear comfortable shoes. This event will be rain or shine. Bring a friend, your appetite, and be prepared for a \u201crockin\u2019\u201d evening.<\/p>\n \u00a0###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gala must go-to party at Garden in the Woods FRAMINGHAM, MA – The hottest ticket in town is for the START Partnership\u2019s Garden Party Gala at Garden in the Woods on Thursday night, September 14th from 5:30 \u2013 9:00 p.m. This fundraising party begins with hot and cold appetizers and complimentary beer and wine and a stroll… [read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[283,132],"tags":[2950,2951,678,32,2952,2948,2949,2947],"class_list":["post-6537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-town","category-arts-culture","tag-bernardi-honda","tag-fitts-insurance","tag-framingham-historical-society","tag-garden-in-the-woods","tag-jerry-kuyper","tag-pro-musica","tag-start-partnership","tag-tastings-caterers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6540,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6537\/revisions\/6540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}