The salty air along Ocean Drive carries a slightly sweeter scent these days, thanks to the blossoming success of the Green Heart Tribe, a Women’s Beautification Committee, which hosted its second annual Vero in Bloom: Hats in the Garden Luncheon at McKee Botanical Garden, selling out the event within 24 hours.
Cindy O’Dare, a Green Heart Tribe board member with Jordan Wakeland, Deana Marchant, Stephanie MacWilliam and Margaret Anne Evans, said they were only able to take on the extensive undertaking thanks to the help of dedicated volunteers.
Attendees were attired in their best floral garden party attire, complete with festive hats and fascinators that rivaled the most glorious of floral arrangements, with everything from orchids to bird cages. The ladies enjoyed champagne while perusing garden-themed items under a tent near the garden’s entrance, before being summoned to lunch by the ringing of Waldo’s Bell…