MOONLIGHT in the GARDENS 2018, South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center’s 12^th annual signature fundraiser, honoring NUECES COUNTY JUDGE LOYD NEAL and wife MRS. THETIS NEAL, is presented by CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery for the 5^th year.            
      This fun, festive event with continuous entertainment, beginning at 5:30 p.m., Friday, October 12, at Solomon P. Ortiz International Center, 402 Harbor Drive, opens with Stellar Spirits, Astronomical Appetizers, Wine Pull, Pictures with Parrots, auctions, and Aphrodite’s Patio Party on the water.
       Your seated dinner includes Best Steak on the Planet and Saturn’s Sweets, followed by a short
program, Nep-Tunes and dancing with Flashback!  Galactic Gifts await you in valeted vehicles.
       Sponsorships available now from $1500 to $10,000. Reservations required. Information:
Scott Simmonds, Development Director, 361-852-2100 x 237, scotts@stxbot.org. (www.stxbot.org)