Philadelphia Flower Show Preview Party Raises $750,000

CBS RADIO EXEC Marc Rayfield and his wife Nicole thank Tom Woodward, left, president of Bank of America, for loaning six of the bank’s gorgeous Andy Warhol flower prints to Phila. Flower Show for its ARTiculture theme. BOA is Exclusive Sponsor of show and US Trust division of BOA sponsored Preview Party. Photo by Bonnie Squires

FROM LEFT, Nick DeBenedictis, CEO of Aqua America, recipient of Binney Award at Phila. Flower Show, greets friends Carol Aichele, Secretary of Commonwealth, and her husband Steve Aichele, Esq., along with Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley. Photo by Bonnie Squires

FROM LEFT, Dr. John Bennett and his wife Nancy enjoyed visiting Phila. Flower Show at Friday night’s preview party with Lindy Snider, member of committee, and her husband Dr. Larry Kaiser, CEO of Temple University Health System. Temple always has a major exhibit at show. Photo by Bonnie Squires

FROM LEFT, Keith Leaphart and his wife Lisa chat with Paula & Mark Solomon, Esq. All four of them serve on Preview Party Committee. Photo by Bonnie Squires

SUBARU is Premier Sponsor of Phila. Flower Show. 6abc always does a special to air the first day of show. Here Thomas J. Doll, president of Subaru of America, Inc., welcomes meteorologists Karen Rogers and David Murphy as they begin to tape. Photo by Bonnie Squires

FRAN NORTHRUP, chair of Phila. Flower Show committee; Sam Lemheney, designer of show, sponsored by Penna. Horticultural Society; and Bill Sasso, Esq., whose law firm Stradley Ronon sponsored a patron table at preview party. Photo by Bonnie Squires

CONSTANCE WILLIAMS, board chair of Phila. Museum of Art, and Leslye Silver, board chair of Bicycle Coalition of Phila., enjoy hors d’oeuvres with Marsha & Jeffrey Perelman. Marsha is immediate past chair of Franklin Institute board. Photo by Bonnie Squires

DREW BECHER, president of PHS, thanks Martha Snider, co-chair of gala preview party. Photo by Bonnie Squires

FROM LEFT, Renee & Joe Zuritsky catch up with Oliver Franklin at preview party. Photo by Bonnie Squires

SHARON PINKENSON & Joe Weiss enjoyed checking out ARTiculture exhibits at preview party. Photo by Bonnie Squires

SAM LEMHENY tapes interview for 6abc meteorologists Cecily Tynan and Adam Joseph. Photo by Bonnie Squires

FROM LEFT, Anne Miller, Bill Fullerton and Leslie Anne Miller, Esq., check to see if their potted blooms picked up any ribbons in Hamilton Horticourt. They did! Photo by Bonnie Squires