Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville, a benefit for Cheekwood Estate & Gardens and Economic Club of Nashville (ECON) Charities, returns to Music City Center for its 35th anniversary year on Jan. 31 – Feb. 2, 2025.
The event features 150 antiques, art and horticulture dealers; immersive garden showcases; live music and special events — including speaking appearances from actress, model, author, entrepreneur and design enthusiast Brooke Shields and nine-time Grammy award winner/singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow.
This year’s theme, “Cultivating Home: Life Well Tended,” will guide the overall look and feel of the weekend.
Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville
2025 lecture series
A Keynote Lecture will kick off the series with a conversation between Brooke Shields and her longtime collaborator and friend, British designer David Flint Wood.
The Designing Music City Lecture will feature Sheryl Crow and author and philanthropist Lauren Akins, alongside their shared interior designer April Tomlin.
FLOWER Magazine Editor-in-Chief Margot Shaw will moderate a Floral Lecture with two of Great Britain’s leading florists: Shane Connolly, ambassador for sustainable floristry who is perhaps best known for his public work for the British Royal Family, and Willow Crossley, author, designer, stylist, entrepreneur and influencer who is often dubbed ‘UK’s Queen of Flowers.’
Two of London’s most revered interior designers, Veere Grenney and Rita Konig, will lead the Design Lecture, moderated by Creative Director of Schumacher and FREDERIC Editor-in-Chief Dara Caponigro.
2025 garden showcases
Anchoring the Show Floor are the three spectacular garden showcases presented by accomplished landscape designers in which attendees are invited to walk through and experience interactively. This year’s West Garden will be presented by Anne Daigh of Daigh Rick Landscape Architects, and Josiah Lockhard of Josiah Lockhard & Associates will design the East Garden, which will prominently feature a Hartley Botanic Greenhouse.
Cheekwood’s botanical showcase that serves as the showstopping Entry Exhibition will again be designed by Cheekwood VP of Gardens and Facilities Peter Grimaldi and Cheekwood Director of Horticulture Mary Weber. Additionally, the Nashville Preservation Society is providing custom-built follies for an eye-catching display flanking the Show Floor entrance.
Lectures and special events require the purchase of a separate ticket to General Admission, and there is limited ticket availability for the 2025 Keynote Lecture. To learn more about the Show’s beneficiaries, schedule of events, lecture speakers and to purchase tickets, visit antiquesandgardenshow.com.
