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Gwyneth Paltrow to Headline Keynote Program, as WorldRenowned Designers Gather for the 2016 Antiques and Garden
Show of Nashville
Famed designer Bunny Williams named Honorary Chair; Louis Benech and Shane
Connolly to talk floral and landscape design trends
NASHVILLE, Tenn. November 16, 2015 — Academy Award winning actress and Founder and
Chief Creative Officer of Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow, will be the Featured Speaker for the Keynote
Program at the 26 annual Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville, which will take place at Music
City Center during President’s Day weekend, February 12-14, 2016.
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For this year's Keynote Program, Paltrow will take the stage for a conversation with interior
designer Windsor Smith, as the close friends share insights on their enviable personal design and
lifestyle aesthetics. Paltrow wrote the forward to Smith’s most recent book, “Windsor Smith
Homefront: Design for Modern Living.”
The three-day event, presented by TVV Capital and lifestyle sponsor Goop, is the largest show of
its kind in the country with more than 150 fine antiques and horticultural vendors. The Show
draws crowds of up to 12,000 to shop, view the spectacular garden spaces and attend lectures.
“We’re absolutely thrilled to host Ms. Paltrow as our special guest,” said event co-chair Amy Liz
Riddick. “Her eye for design is impeccable, and we can’t wait to hear her exclusive insights.”
Paltrow is the founder of Goop, a lifestyle website that offers curated recipes, tips and more. Her
passion for interior design, effortlessly chic style and wellness will bring her to Nashville alongside
several celebrated designers.
The 2016 Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville will also include design lectures and panels
with Honorary Chair Bunny Williams, Brian McCarthy, Mark Sikes, Suzanne Rheinstein and
Brian Murphy. In addition, garden lectures will be offered by French landscape designer Louis
Benech and British floral designer Shane Connolly.
Benech most recently redesigned the Water Theater Grove at Versailles, the first new commission
at the palace since the era of Louis XVI. Connolly, aptly dubbed “The Flower Maestro” by Flower
Magazine has brought his expert eye to the floral world for over 25 years – including the wedding
of His Royal Highness Prince William and Catherine Middleton in April 2011.
“Louis Benech and Shane Connolly epitomize what makes the Antiques and Garden Show of
Nashville a one-of-a-kind event,” said co-chair Elizabeth Coble. “The show is a celebration of the
best in home and garden design, and they both offer nothing short of that.”
These renowned designers and authors will discuss current and traditional design elements, and
how to best incorporate antiques into the modern lifestyle. Further discussion and book signings
will follow each event. In addition, Clinton Smith, editor-in-chief of Veranda and author of “The
Romance of Flowers,” and David DiBenedetto, senior vice president and editor-in-chief of Garden
& Gun and the editor of “The Southerner's Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories,” will also
be hosting book signings.
Tickets and a full schedule of the 2016 Antiques and Garden Show are available
at www.antiquesandgardenshow.com.
About the Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville
The Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville brings together top interior designers, landscape
architects and purveyors of fine furnishings for a three-day event that showcases the elements –
indoors and outdoors – that make a house a home. The charitable event was founded in 1989 by
Connie Cigarran and the late Sigourney Cheek. It is produced in partnership with the Economic
Club of Nashville, formerly The Nashville Exchange Club, and over 200 volunteers. Since its
founding, The Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville has raised over $6 million for Cheekwood,
as well as many Nashville charities supported by The Economic Club, such as Big Brothers of
Nashville, Fannie Mae Battle Home for Children, Martha O’Bryan Center, the W.O. Smith
Nashville Community Music School and the YWCA of Nashville.
About goop
In 2008, Gwyneth Paltrow establish goop, one of the rare places on the web where food, shopping,
and mindfulness collide—where the ever-evolving intent is to make every choice count. Launched
out of GP’s kitchen, goop was originally conceived as a weekly e-mail newsletter. The concept was
two-fold: She wanted a place to organize her unbiased travel recs, health-centric recipes, and
shopping discoveries for friends, and also wanted to get her own questions—about health, fitness,
and the psyche—answered. Now, goop has become a place to meet incredible experts who are
pioneering new paths for the latter, and a place where readers can find suggestions about where to
shop, eat, and stay from a trusted friend—not from an anonymous, crowd-sourced
recommendation engine. It’s also now a tightly-edited e-commerce boutique, where you can find
everything from the perfect white top, to the ideal dutch oven, along with exclusive collaborations
with designers.
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