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In honor of the 35th annual Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville, select local businesses are offering floral-inspired cocktails and mocktails beginning in January.

A tea and bourbon drink in a wine glass with a lemon garnish, sitting on a table with green plants.

We are sow there. | Photo by Tailor

Can you dig it? The Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville is celebrating 35 years when it returns to Music City Center the weekend of Jan. 31.

The countdown is on to the annual Bourbon Party, which features caviar pairings from San Francisco-based The Caviar Co. this year — but we’re not about to waste any thyme. We’re already getting into the spirit because six local spots are offering floral-inspired drinks in January:

  • Park Cafe’s Pink Spritz mocktail | Lyre’s zero-proof Pink London gin, Vinada non-alcoholic prosecco, and soda | Available all January
  • Tailor’s Fruit Tea Punch | Buffalo Trace bourbon, orange, lemon, pineapple, and black tea | Available until Feb. 2
  • The Hermitage Hotel’s Beaux & Bloom | Elderflower liqueur and fresh citrus zest topped with Laurent Perrier champagne | Available during the Antiques & Garden Show welcome reception + Beaux & Bloom Tea Friday through Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.
  • Deacon’s New South’s English Garden | St-Germain, gin, apple juice, lime juice, apple, and cucumber garnish | Available until Feb. 2
  • Miel’s The Queen Bee (mocktail version offered) | Bruleed grapefruit, Nashville wildflower honey, Barr Hill gin, grapefruit bitters, and fresh thyme | Available through March
  • etc.'s The Conservatory Curio | Old Forester rye, Chartreuse green, Lustau Oloroso sherry, lime juice, and green tea syrup | Available indefinitely beginning Jan. 20

Proceeds go to the show’s beneficiaries, Cheekwood and ECON Charities.

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