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SUMMARY:Flowers & Flavor: Garden Tours with High Tea
DESCRIPTION:Start your Sunday off with florals\, flavor\, and flair. Join our Head Gardener Peter Winne for an intimate tour of our colonial revival gardens\, followed by “high tea” in the garden. Scratch your horticultural itch\, or just enjoy a whimsical morning among flowers and friends. \nTickets: $55; $45 members \nNote: Each event is limited to 15 guests. To book a private tour and tea for your friends and family\, contact events@wdsmuseum.org.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/flowers-flavor-garden-tours-with-high-tea-2/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Garden Program,Members,Tea &...,Colonial History
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SUMMARY:WORKSHOP | A Spring Pruning Primer: Roses\, Fruit Trees\, Evergreens\, Perennials\, and Grasses
DESCRIPTION:Purchase Tickets\nNOTE: Due to weather\, this event has moved to MARCH 14\, with a new rain date of March 21.  \nAfter a long\, cold winter\, gardeners are eager to get back outside. Kick off your 2026 gardening season by joining WDS Head Gardener Peter Winne for a hands-on workshop focused on pruning techniques and other essential early-spring garden tasks. Learn about which plants to prune now\, how much to cut back\, and the right tools for the job. The workshop will also cover strategies for waking up perennial beds and borders after winter dormancy. Plants covered include roses\, ornamental and fruit trees\, perennials\, ornamental grasses\, and evergreen shrubs. This outdoor demonstration will take place in the museum gardens. In the event of rain\, snow\, or extreme cold\, the workshop will be rescheduled for the following Saturday\, March 14. \nPeter Winne | Hartford-based horticulturist Peter Winne is a landscape designer and gardener who has served as Head Gardener at WDS since 2022. He founded Peter Winne Gardens in 2021 after four years as Head Gardener at Hartford’s Elizabeth Park\, and currently leads the redesign of the Frank M. Weston Garden adjacent to the Wethersfield library. \nTickets: $25 | $20 Members | Children 6-12 FREE \n*This event is not suitable for children under 6.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/springpruning/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Workshop,Garden Program,Kids Free,Members
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SUMMARY:TEA | Mother's Day Tea
DESCRIPTION:Purchase Tickets\n  \nTreat the special women in your life to an elegant Mother’s Day filled with flowers and flavor. Enjoy music and a morning stroll through our gardens with WDS Head Gardener Pete Winne\, learning about the blooms and blossoms that shine in early Spring. Then share tea\, cake\, and conversation overlooking the beautiful grounds. Whether you’re celebrating a mother\, grandmother\, daughter\, or dear friend\, this is a gracious way to honor the women who you hold dear. \nMother’s Day Tea Menu* \nSavory Bites \nEgg Tartlett (DF\, GF) \nSmoked Salmon Finger Sandwiches \nCucumber & Cheddar Finger Sandwiches \nCoronation Chicken Tea Sandwich \n  \nSweet Treats \nAssorted Scones with Cream & Jam \nFruit Tart \nFlourless Chocolate Torte (GF) \nBakewell Tart \n  \nBeverages \nBlackberry Iced Tea \nStrawberry Lemonade \nSelection of Hot Tea \n*Menu subject to change. Please share allergens and food sensitivities to rdumouchel@wdsmuseum.org \n  \nNote: Each event is limited to 20 guests. To book a private tour and tea for your friends and family\, contact events@wdsmuseum.org.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/tea-mothers-day-tea/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
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SUMMARY:CT Historic Garden Days
DESCRIPTION:Join us and 15 other CT Historic Sites to celebrate the 22nd annual CT Historic Gardens Day! \n\nSpend a perfect Sunday wandering our Colonial Revival Garden. Chat with a Garden Angel about our blooms\, join a scavenger hunt\, channel your inner artist with rock painting\, enjoy complimentary refreshments in the barn\, take a morning yoga class on the lawn\, or attend a lecture with head gardener Peter Winne on the surprising relationship between music and plants. All activities are FREE. 50% discount on Museum admission. Yoga and lecture are ticketed programs.   \nYoga in Bloom: $25| Roots & Rhythms: A Garden Talk with Pete WInne $15 | $10 Members  \nA perfect Sunday to slow down\, wander the grounds\, and discover why these gardens have been cultivated with care for over a\ncentury. \nSchedule: \n10 am: Yoga on the Lawn with Soulshine. \n11 am: Lecture: Roots & Rhythms: A Garden Talk with Pete Winne \n10 am – 2 pm: House Tours (reduced admission)\, guided tours of the garden\, rock painting\, scavenger hunts\, and complimentary refreshments.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/ct-historic-garden-days-2/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Garden Program
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SUMMARY:LECTURE | Roots & Rhythms: A Garden Talk with Pete Winne
DESCRIPTION:Roots & Rhythms: A Garden Talk with Pete Winne Sunday\, June 28 | 11 am | Webb Deane Stevens Museum \nWhat does tending a garden have in common with playing a folk song? More than you might think. Join WDS head gardener Pete Winne for a one-of-a-kind presentation weaving together the art of horticulture and the art of musical expression—illustrated live with folk music. Part lecture\, part performance\, entirely unexpected. \nTickets: $15 | Children under 12 FREE \nOffered in celebration of Connecticut Historic Gardens Day. \nAbout Peter Winne: \nHartford-based horticulturist Peter Winne designs and cares for gardens in public parks and on unique and historic residential properties in Connecticut and New York. He founded Peter Winne Gardens in 2021 after four years as Head Gardener at Elizabeth Park\, home of the nation’s oldest public rose garden. Pete apprenticed under rosarian Stephen Scanniello\, curator of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at New York Botanical Garden\, and has received additional mentoring from Michael Shoup of the Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham\, Texas and Gregg Lowery of The Friends of Vintage Roses in Sebastopol\, California. He holds a BA in Urban Planning from Vassar College\, an MA from the Gallatin School at NYU\, and a Landscape Design Certificate from Naugatuck Valley Community College. Prior to going into horticulture full-time\, he performed in the US and Europe as a touring bluegrass musician. He currently lives in his hometown of Hartford where he still occasionally performs.
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LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
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