SOLD OUT!
Some tickets may become available as we confirm attendance from some of our sponsors. To add your name to the list, please e-mail Jennifer Hemmerlein at jennifer@mtarboretum.org.
To purchase tickets, please e-mail Jennifer Hemmerlein at jennifer@mtarboretum.org.
The Canopy Dinner is on July 11th!
This summer, Mountain Top Arboretum is reimagining the traditional benefit dinner. Instead of one event in a single location, friends of Mountain Top Arboretum are opening their homes, gardens, and businesses to host a series of intimate dinners—each one unique, but all united by a shared purpose: supporting the Arboretum.
The Canopy Dinner
to benefit Mountain Top Arboretum
July 11, 2025 @ 6:00 PM
Tickets are just $125/person. We also have sponsorships available:
$300: Receives two tickets to the dinner and recognition on our website;
$750: Receives four tickets to the dinner and recognition on our website and e-newsletter;
$2,000: Receives eight tickets, presenting rights, recognition on our website, e-newsletter and press release, and a complimentary 1-year Patron level Membership with all benefits (including free programs and free/discounted admission at over 380 arboreta, gardens and conservatories across the United States, Virgin Islands and Canada as part of the American Horticultural Society Reciprocal Admissions Program).
Of course, a donation of any size is gratefully accepted, and your sponsorship/ticket purchase/donation is 100% tax-deductible! Each host is generously welcoming 8 to 20 guests for an evening of good food, great company, and meaningful connection. Some dinners will be elegant, some rustic, others creative or cozy—but every gathering will help sustain the Arboretum’s work preserving the natural beauty of our mountain landscape. We are so grateful to our community members who have volunteered their homes and businesses to host the Canopy Dinner. While you’re welcome to request a specific host, part of the fun of an event like this is meeting new people and dining somewhere new!
A happy Arboretum visitor at our Plant Sale on 5/24.
A Hunter Elementary third grader observing a Garter Snake at a recent class visit.
Our Hosts
Scott and Christiana Arnold
Mel and Peter Bennett
Marc Chodock for Scribner’s Catskill Lodge
Sydney Frazier and John Gallagher
Merritt and Leah Johnson
Carla and Steve Red
Patty and David Schneider for TABLA
A huge thank you to our sponsors (through 7/9/25)!
$7,500 Level: Bloomberg Philanthropies
$2,000 Level: Emily Fisher
$750 Level: Jeannette Price and Michael Titowsky, Tom Wilson
$300 Level: Fax and Andrea Ayres, Sharon and Ken Barber, Sissel and Peter Bos, Abby and Peter Coffin, Eileen Cunningham, Jane Curley, Sarah and Peter Finn, Brian Flynn and Amy Scheibe, Sydney Frazier and John Gallagher, Larry and Karen Gardner, Dennis Grady and Allison Bugay, Ginny and Taylor Gray, Rachel Greenstein, Marisa Grimshaw, Susan and Richard Hope, Deirdre Larkin, Larry and Mary McCaffrey, Joe and Tara Pepe, Henrietta and Brett Pertuz, Romana Rainey, Michael and Amanda Reynal, Tanner Rose, Robert Roth and Patrick Meade, Pierce Sioussat and Abby Ross, Aleksandra Smith, Karen and Dick Taggart, Mary Tynes, Meg and Adam Waldron, Williams Lumber, Heather and Dave Wilson