Just love this centerpiece.  It's simple, cost very little to make and it is getting your message across to everyone all night long.  Really moving.  PErfect.

I loved this centerpiece for many reasons, but the idea behind it was one of the best.  Basically, all the veggies were from a local garden teh benefactor has been working with.  A local chef who loved the organization provided a recipie fora  lovely soup, that required everything in the basket.  Sold for $50 each at

Fake grass and flowers, but people really wanted them at the end of the night.  We of course were happy to sell them for $20 each. ;)

This centerpiece looks good, but is a problem in that I can 't see the bidders and they often cannot see me.

I like this because it was cheap to produce, kept with the theme for the night and wasn't so big as to cause issues on each table..

Be careful to not go with a centerpiece that could potentially block the view of your guests or auctioneer.  They may be pretty, but they need to be appropriate for a fundraising situation.  If an auctioneer can't see a bidder's hand behind a centrepiece, we have a problem.

Above all this needs to serve it's purpose...and it does.