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Birmingham Botanical Gardens' Trustees' Ball

Birmingham Botanical Gardens' Trustees' Ball

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Danielle Hicks

13:30, 21 JAN 2016

Steve Brookes and James Wheeler at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens' second annual Trustees' Ball.1 of 6
Phil Powell, Vanessa Powell, Jonathan Hart, Diptyka Hart, Steve Wallace, Germaine Maynard, Duncan Smith, Karen Lloyd, Anders Jones and Mark Bradbury at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens' second annual Trustees' Ball.2 of 6
Victoria Burgin, Matt Burgin, David Williams, Jamie Sutton, Amy Sutton, Claire Abbotts, Tim Abbotts, Jo Kirk, Ali Lee and Chris Adams at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens' second annual Trustees' Ball.3 of 6
Danny Parmer, Pravina Parmer, Lee Jones and Philippa Pickavance at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens' second annual Trustees' Ball.4 of 6
David Cosgrove, Vicki Mudie, Andy Mudie and Jilly Cosgrove at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens' second annual Trustees' Ball.5 of 6
Fraser Godfrey, Greer Williams, Alessandro Columbano, Sophie Hamer, Gurjit Bansal, Dav Bansal, Lucy Swift, Simon Swift, Alan McCartney and Becky McCartney at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens' second annual Trustees' Ball.6 of 6

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