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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
CATEGORIES:Garden Program,Members,Tea &...,Special Event
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SUMMARY:CT Historic Garden Days
DESCRIPTION:Roots & Rhythms Tickets | Yoga in Bloom Tickets \nJoin 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 garden activities are FREE. 50% discount on Museum admission. Yoga and lecture are ticketed events.   \nTicketed events \nYoga in Bloom: $25 \nRoots & Rhythms: A Garden Talk with Peter Winne $15 | $10 Members | Children under 12 FREE \nA perfect Sunday to slow down\, wander the grounds\, and discover why these gardens have been cultivated with care for over a\ncentury. \n\nSchedule \n10:00 AM | Yoga on the Lawn with Soulshine Yoga. \n11:30 AM | Lecture: Roots & Rhythms: A Garden Talk with Peter Winne \n10:00 AM-2:00 PM | House Tours (50% off admission)\, garden chats with our Garden Angels\, 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 (New Date TBD)
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed. Contact rdumouchel@wdsmuseum.org to be notified when a new date is chosen.  \nRoots & Rhythms: A Garden Talk with Pete Winne Sunday\, June 28 | 11:30 AM | Webb Barn \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 | Hartford-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.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/lecture-performance-the-harmony-of-plants-with-peter-winne/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Learning Series,Performance,Garden Program,Kids Free,Lecture,Members,America 250
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SUMMARY:WORKSHOP | Winter Decor with Foraged Plants  
DESCRIPTION:Head Gardener Peter Winne shows you how to transform seasonal greens\, berries\, and dried flowers into stunning natural décor—a hands-on afternoon for getting into the holiday spirit the old-fashioned way.  \nTickets: $25 | $20 Members | Children 6-12 FREE \nPeter Winne | Hartford-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 is Head Gardener for the Amy Cogswell Colonial Revival Garden at the Webb Deane Stevens Museum. 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.  
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/workshop-winter-decor-with-foraged-plants/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Workshop,Garden Program,Holiday Program
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