Botanic Gardens at Burden replaces traditional wine dinner with a ‘Remote Raffle Affair’

(10/01/20) BATON ROUGE, La. — A long-standing fall fundraising activity by the Friends of the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden is taking on a different look in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wine and Roses is replacing the traditional outdoor dinner in the rose garden with a “Remote Raffle Affair” that began on Sept. 14 and will continue until Nov. 23.

People can celebrate the riches of the Botanic Gardens during social distancing by participating in a raffle of 20 gorgeously curated baskets full of one-of-a-kind artwork, gifts, décor, memorabilia and experiences, said Botanic Gardens director Jeff Kuehny.

Each basket also comes with a bottle of wine, a bottle of prosecco, two wine glasses and a custom-designed floral bouquet.

Individuals can go online and purchase raffle tickets for one or more baskets.

Tickets are one for $25, five for $100, 15 for $200 and 30 for $300 and are available exclusively online at http://bit.ly/wineandrosesraffle.

The raffle will end and tickets will be drawn for each basket Nov. 23.

All proceeds support the building of the Burden Museum & Gardens Welcome Center.

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“Rooster’s Paradise” (1981), a signed Don Wright original acrylic on canvas, framed 35 x 30 inches, is one of the offerings in the “Remote Raffle Affair” fall fundraising activity by the Friends of LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden.

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“Farmstead,” a signed Robert Rucker original watercolor, framed 23 x 27 inches, is one of the offerings in the “Remote Raffle Affair” fall fundraising activity by the Friends of LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden.

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“Swamp Idyl,” a signed Collette P. Heldner original oil on canvas, framed 24 x 20 inches, is one of the offerings in the “Remote Raffle Affair” fall fundraising activity by the Friends of LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden.

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