Fairy Tale in the Creek

Enchantment awaited guests of Flowings, our creek dinner in Leiper’s Fork, benefiting the Harpeth Conservancy

Water calls us to play in it, float in it, wade in it, gaze upon it, and, in Leiper’s Fork, to dine in it. On a humid, late June evening, guests slipped on rubber boots and gingerly stepped down into the cool, clear, knee-high waters of the Harpeth Creek. Awaiting them stood a fantastical table, its legs and chairs all sending the gentle stream’s current into little whorls. Probably one of the most unlikely of places to dine, but certainly among the most enchanting. Welcome to "Flowings-Edible Nashville’s Creek Dinner." We partnered with Harpeth Conservancy and artist Rachael McCampbellto raise funds for the Harpeth Conservancy in a fitting manner. The table and event were styled by Nora Melton, who deftly created beautiful tables which neither sank nor floated away. Chef Dylan Morrison of 1892 Restaurant had a make shift stove top set up on the bank of the creek where dinner was in process. On the fire, green onions, brussels sprouts, asparagus, and patty pan squash sizzled and singed. Ingredients that were sourced just a stone’s throw away on their farm. Local musician Blessing Offor was perched on a stage overlooking the creek where he debuted his new song, "Tin Roof.” And, last but not least, Rachael’s novel work of art depicting the watershed, Flowings, hung from the trees over the stream. Painted on a Möbius strip to symbolize the feedback loop of life-giving water, Rachael’s work of art will eventually be sold with the lion’s share going to benefit the Harpeth Conservancy.