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Kim Perez is the new president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. We asked her to lunch, and she chose Trellis, the restaurant under the Garden’s dome. Since we both prefer soups and salads during the winter months, we were in the right place. No one does either specialty better

Jeffrey Newland, the grandson of former Gov. Robert Ray, married the daughter of Tai Dam refugees Jasmine Vong in a Des Moines ceremony last weekend.

Jeffrey Newland, the grandson of former Gov. Robert Ray, married the daughter of Tai Dam refugees Jasmine Vong in a Des Moines ceremony last weekend.

Elvin McDonald is the grand gentleman of Des Moines style and taste. As a longtime editor of Better Homes & Gardens, as director of the Des Moines Botanical Gardens, as a guiding light of the Pappajohn Sculpture Park, the gardens of Terrace Hill, and those of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, he has