Supporting Little Hands Virginia
Where Stories Unfold
Virginia Tablescapes 2025
Where
The Foundry at Tredegar
Richmond
When
May 8th & 9th, 2025
Thank you for an incredible Virginia Tablescapes 2025!
Where design meets purpose.
Everyone’s favorite children’s books came to life through tablescapes created by the most acclaimed interior designers in Virginia and beyond at Virginia Tablescapes: “Where Stories Unfold,” benefiting Little Hands Virginia. At An Evening at Tablescapes, guests delighted in the exclusive reveal of the table’s grand designs while hearing about the growth of Little Hands Virginia over the past six years. At the Tablescapes Luncheon, keynote speaker James Farmer shared his insight on the design process. The event raised over $330,000, with over 500 guests coming out to support Little Hands Virginia’s mission.
Little Hands ensures young children in need of support have the essentials needed from birth to improve outcomes for life. The funds raised through Virginia Tablescapes will help to provide diapers, strollers, car seats, hygiene items, books and more to ensure children in our community have what they need to be safe, healthy and well-cared for. Learn more about Little Hands at littlehandsva.org.
LOVE AND CARE
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Nurturing little hands, building brighter futures.
Join us in supporting the littlest hands in our community.
Event Details
An Evening at Tablescapes
Thursday, May 8th
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Foundry at Tredegar
500 Tredegar St. Richmond, VA. 23219
​The exclusive grand reveal of the tablescapes, is a moment of awe and wonder, just like your favorite children's book. Meet designers for firsthand insights into their creative process bringing storybooks to life.
Enjoy live music, heavy hors d'oeuvres, and an open bar. Bid on live auction items exclusively available at An Evening at Tablescapes. There will also be opportunities to preview and bid on unique home and art pieces in the silent auction. Help write Little Hands Virginia's story during the captivating short program and donation drive.​
Cocktail attire.
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Tablescapes Luncheon
Friday, May 9th
10:00am - 2:00pm
Foundry at Tredegar
500 Tredegar St. Richmond, VA. 23219
The story continues during the Tablescapes Luncheon. Experience the event’s grandeur among 350 attendees with tablescapes viewing and mingling. Meet and talk with the designers before enjoying lunch while seated at the amazing tablescapes. A program will follow with keynote remarks by James Farmer.
Enjoy bubbles and wine throughout the day. Bid on the silent auction, featuring unique home and art pieces, which will close during the luncheon. ​​
Fun luncheon attire.​
Event Sponsors
Table Hosts
Rachel Duke, Rachel Duke Injectibles
Frances Farmer
Leigh Farmer
Parti Design Studio
Bea Gates, Gates Interiors
Sarah Holzbach
Alissa Howard
Melissa Jiulianti & Carrie Johnstone
Ryan & Amber Leggett
Taryn Lloyd
Meleah Mitchell
Generra Peck
Anna & Holland Rhoads
Introducing our 2025 Keynote Speaker
James Farmer
James Farmer is an esteemed interior designer, author and gardening expert known for his ability to create beautifully familiar and welcoming homes. To James, a home engages all of the senses - the pleasantries of colors, the smell of tea olive in the garden or the sound of the closing door. Through his design firm, James Farmer Designs, he and his team work with clients to truly create a home.
He is the author of ten best-selling books that range in topic from interior design to gardening and cooking to entertaining. His newest interior design book, titled Home Again, will be released in September. James is truly a fresh voice for all generations and admirers of his work can be found throughout the country.
Projects by James Farmer Designs range from the countryside of Connecticut to James's home state of Georgia — which is where he was born, raised and operates his design business.
Meet our 2024 Tablescapes Luncheon Design Panelists
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Emma Bazilian
Emma Bazilian is the content director at FREDERIC magazine and Frederic Media, and co-author of the book Charm School: The Schumacher Guide to Traditional Decorating for Today (Monacelli). A former editor at the Hearst Design Group and House Beautiful, where she coined the term “Grandmillennial,” she is also an avid needle pointer.
Emily Eerdmans
Emily Evans Eerdmans is a design historian and founder of Eerdmans, a fine and decorative arts gallery and consultancy in New York City. She is the author of several books including the newly published Mario Buatta: Anatomy of a Decorator as well as monographs on Madeleine Castaing and Henri Samuel. A close friend of Buatta, Eerdmans oversaw the dispersal of his estate, including the blockbuster auction at Sotheby’s. Eerdmans has a Master’s degree in Fine and Decorative Arts from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, and has taught design history at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the New York School of Interior Design.
Little Hands Virginia ensures economically disadvantaged young children have the essentials they need from birth to improve outcomes for life. Each month, we distribute up to 100,000 diapers and fulfill 250 direct requests for supplies, equipment, and clothing to those in need.
2025 Tablescapes Committee
Lauralee Allen, Christina Bier, Tracy deShazo, Frances Farmer, Mary Farrell, Bea Gates, Sarah Graper, Joanna Harris, Karen Hill, Julia Mattingly
Contact Us
Please contact us at tablescapes@littlehandsva.org and we will direct your question to the appropriate person.
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To learn more about Little Hands Virginia, visit littlehandsva.org.