Como Conservatory Christmas Tea

Stepping inside the conservatory it's easy to forget about the Minnesota winter outside. Sitting among tropical foliage and water features it's as if you just landed in a tropical escape complete with humidity. Once a year, tables line the walkway of the north garden for a holiday tea fundraiser.

Our table was nestled under a beautiful Italian fig tree.

Emma among the lush rainforest with sun beams streaming through as we settle in for the first course.

I gave Emma a hedgehog ornament (her favorite garden creature) for Christmas and she said it was hungry, ha ha :). The hedgehog enjoyed goat cheese & watercress with pecans, tomato tea, putting on the Ritz egg salad and smoked turkey with arugula aioli tea sandwiches.

Enjoying our Earl Gray tea.

Chocolate and blueberry scones with honey butter.

We knew the lovely ladies at the table next to us - Emma's mom, Sue, and her godmother, Eileen.

Look straight across the water - how fun would it have been to sit at the table on the bridge?

The third and final course - dessert of course!

Fresh fruit bands, upside-down marble cake and creme brulee mini tart.

The sunken garden was decorated with hundreds of beautiful poinsettias for the holidays.

Happy Holidays!