{"id":289079,"date":"2026-05-12T04:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/289079\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T04:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:58:15","slug":"madhatters-luncheon-celebrates-art-of-the-garden-at-dallas-arboretum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/289079\/","title":{"rendered":"Madhatters Luncheon Celebrates Art Of The Garden At Dallas Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcdabg.org\/mad-hatters-tea.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:MadHatters;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;MadHatters&quot;}\" class=\"link \">MadHatters<\/a> Luncheon brought elaborate hats, bold fashion, and a major Dallas tradition back to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden on Friday, April 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event, benefiting the Women\u2019s Council of the Dallas Arboretum, featured a fashion show in A Tasteful Place Garden and highlighted the council\u2019s ongoing support for the Women\u2019s Garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Paige Elliot, president of the Women\u2019s Council, said the fundraiser directly supports one of the arboretum\u2019s signature spaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cEverything that we raise today benefits the women\u2019s garden of the Dallas Arboretum,\u201d Elliot said. \u201cIt is the only garden planned by women, supported by women, and done for women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 2026 theme, \u201cThe Art of the Garden,\u201d celebrated Dallas\u2019 cultural institutions and arts community while showcasing creative designs, including fashion pieces made from recyclable materials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The episode takes viewers inside the luncheon, where guests, staff, and longtime supporters reflected on the event\u2019s history, its role as a key fundraiser, and its place as one of Dallas\u2019 most colorful spring traditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m4O4GtkN5nY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:full episode;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;full episode&quot;}\" class=\"link \">full episode<\/a> to see the hats, fashion, and community behind this year\u2019s MadHatters Luncheon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The annual MadHatters Luncheon brought elaborate hats, bold fashion, and a major Dallas tradition back to the Dallas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,76761,104,103,14917],"class_list":["post-289079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-arboretum","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-womens-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}