2008
VISITOR
EVENTS
Museum Opens Thursday, May 1st, 1:00 – 4:00 PM Daily, Closed Monday and Tuesday
Admission to Museum - $5.00
adults - $2.00 Children - MEMBERS FREE
Spring Garden Programs at Glebe House Museum & The Gertrude Jekyll Garden
As
we enter our eighth decade of the museum and garden, staff and
volunteers of the Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House, Inc. are pleased to present a number of programs that focus on our unique Gertrude Jekyll Garden.
Join
Jane Brook Barba, a gifted garden designer and teacher at the New York
Botanical Garden, for two informative workshops that every gardener,
whether experienced or novice, will want to attend.
Saturday, April 26th-- The Art of Cottage Gardening
Workshop will take place from 10a.m. to noon at the Glebe House, with refreshments. (See ticket info under 6/28).
Saturday, April 26th-- Spring Into the Season Volunteer Party--5:00 p.m.
The Board of Directors invites volunteers to an appreciation party at the Museum. Please RSVP by April 20th.
Thursday, May 15th -- Container Gardening Workshop
Workshop
will take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Gertrude Jekyll Garden at
the Glebe House. Back by popular demand, Jane Brook Barba’s
evening workshop will introduce novices to container gardening and
inspire experienced gardeners with plant combinations and designs that
will delight. Plants will be available for sale and participants will
end the workshop with a glass of wine in the Jekyll Garden. (See ticket info under 6/28)
Saturday June 28 -- Restoration, Preservation & Conservation
in a Historic or Revival Colonial Garden
Gertrude Jekyll Garden at the Glebe House Museum 10:00-12:00
The cost per lecture
will be $26/$21 members per workshop, or $65 paid in advance for the
series of three lectures and may be reserved in
advance by calling 263-2855.
Tuesday, May 6th -- "Friends"(Volunteers) Evening Meeting--5:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 4th -- Living History Day--1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Experience 18th century daily
life with our costumed docents and junior docents as they perform tasks
of the Marshall Family in the 1770s.
Thursday, May 15th -- "Friends"(Volunteers) visit Hammond Museum
Wednesday, May 21st -- Homeschool Day--9:30 a.m. to noon
Home
school children and their families are invited to spend the morning
touring the museum and experiencing hands-on activities of the 18th
century. Cost $6.00 per child. Call 263-2855 for more information.
Sunday, May 25th -- "Friends"(Volunteers) visit march in
the Memorial Day Parade 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Watch our children & adult volunteers march in the parade, then join us for a pot luck barbeque back at the museum.
FESTIVE DINNER WITH FRIENDS
Saturday, May 31st -- Celebrating the Life of Wayne Pratt
Cocktails in the Garden of the Mill House Antiques from 5:30 p.m. to
7:00 p.m. Followed by private dinners.
Wine,
champagne, fine food and good conversation will flow freely at nearly a
dozen intimate dinner parties Saturday, May 31st, benefitting
Woodbury's Glebe House Museum and Gertrude Jekyll Garden. Guests
will be treated to an elegant cocktail party in the private gardens of
Mill House Antiques. Sarah Shinn Pratt is honorary chairperson
for the evening's events, which will 'Celebrate the Life of Wayne
Pratt' who served on the museum board, and along with Sarah provided
friendship, expertise and financial sponsorship. The evening is
sponsored by Bennett Sullivan Associates, Mill House Antiques, and The
Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House, Inc.
Fees from the event, $150 per person, will help support innovative
educational programs, maintain and restore the house on Hollow Road and
its collections, and support the renovation and maintenance of the
Gertrude Jekyll Garden, the only extant work by England's most
important garden designer in the United States, commissioned in 1926. RSVP by calling 203-263-2855.
Tuesday, June 3rd-- "Friends"(Volunteers) Daytime Meeting--10:00 a.m.
June 14 – Connecticut Open House Day-- 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Connecticut Residents are
invited to tour the museum at a reduced rate and all are invited to
join us for lemonade and cookies in the garden.
June 22– Connecticut Historic Gardens Day-- 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
11 of Connecticut’s historic gardens will be open all across the state. Garden docents will be available.
SUMMER CAMPS START JUNE 23rd--make plans for 2008:
  
Our summer camp
program, now in its 18th year, offers children ages 6
– 14 a multitude of experiences in a safe and rich
environment.
Be a part of the fun with these camps. Camps run from 9:30 AM to 3:00
PM. Space is limited, so call the museum for more information or click
here for a PDF
brochure from our 2008 program.
Thursday, June 26th -- "Friends"(Volunteers) visit Kykuit Garden/Pontico Hills Union
Church
Sunday, June 29th -- Historic Gardens Day
A number of Connecticut's
historic gardens will be open all across the State, including the Glebe
House. Garden docents will be available for information.
Tuesday, July 1st-- "Friends"(Volunteers) Daytime Meeting--10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, August 5th-- "Friends"(Volunteers) Daytime Meeting--10:00 a.m.
click
here for our 2008 Programs & Events and Volunteer Signup Form
For further information, contact the Glebe House Museum at
203-263-2855; e-mail ghmgjg@snet.net
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