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Learn first hand how the magnificent floral arrangements were created for the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Chris Giftos, who for 33 years was their special events director.  Mr. Giftos will share inside stories about his famous clients:

  • Very first customer was Greta Garbo
  • Made Elizabeth Taylor’s wedding bouquet for her 1964 marriage to Richard Burton
  • Became friends with Lee Radziwill, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
  • Eventually came to do the flowers for the dinner parties that Ms. Kennedy Onassis would host at her Park Avenue penthouse
  • For 33 years was the manager of special events and master floral arranger at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan
  • In his role at the Met, Mr. Giftos greeted such guests as Nancy Reagan, Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey (was also a guest on their TV shows), Bill Gates, George Bush, the Clintons, and Prince Charles and Princess Diana and many more!

For more information call 248.644.5832 or email ChrisGiftos@communityhouse.com

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