ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME BUCKET LIST EXPERIENCE: Private tour for 2 with the legendary Coach Vince Dooley of his stunning botanical gardens followed by an exclusive lunch for 2 at the Athens Country Club with the iconic couple Coach Dooley and the fabulous Barbara Dooley, and with UGA alumni and college sweethearts John ('63 AB; '65 JD) and Claudia Noell (B.S.F.C.S '64).

Auction Item:

• Private tour for 2 by Coach Dooley of his beautiful botanical gardens with
• Lunch for 2 with Coach Dooley, Barbara Dooley, and John and Claudia Noell at the Athens Country Club (lunch generously donated by John and Claudia Noell)

Detailed Description:

Private tour for 2 by the legendary Coach Dooley of his majestical botanical gardens! Coach Dooley is known far and wide for his dedication to the football turf as a Hall of Fame football coach, Athletic Director, and coach of the 1980 National Championship Team, but he has also become known for his second love of another kind of turf as a "master gardener" (an official title bestowed by the UGA Cooperative Extension office)! His gardens have become so admired that it has been featured in numerous articles, books, tours, and shows! It's no wonder there are two flowers named after him - the Dooley camellia and the Dooley hydrangea.

The tour will be followed by (or precede) lunch for 2 at the Athens Country Club with the iconic couple Coach Dooley and his wife and motivational speaker Barbara Dooley and UGA alumni and college sweethearts John ('63 AB; '65 JD) and Claudia Noell (B.S.F.C.S '64). John is a double dawg and law dawg known for his storytelling, and Claudia was recently named to the College of Family and Consumer Sciences 100 most influential graduates list.

Instructions for scheduling the tour and lunch will be provided to the winning bidder following the close of the auction.

Location: Athens, GA

Donated by: Coach Dooley & Barbara Dooley and John & Claudia Noell (the Noells donated the lunch)