Daily Archives: May 12, 2024

Saturday, June 8 & Sunday, June 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Museum of Old Newbury’s 45th Annual Garden Tour

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Come join The Museum of Old Newbury’s 45th Annual Garden Tour, Beyond the Garden Gate, on June 10 and 11 from 10 – 4. Enjoy access to urban pocket gardens to large, formally landscaped homes this year in Newburyport, Amesbury, Newbury, and Rowley. Since 1877, the Museum of Old Newbury has been collecting, preserving, and presenting the history of Newburyport, Newbury, West Newbury, Byfield, and Plum Island. With objects and documents, we tell the stories of local people from the past four centuries. Learn more and buy tickets through Eventbrite HERE.

Saturday, May 18, Sunday, May 19, Saturday, May 25, Sunday, May 26, and Monday, May 27, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Springfield Garden Club’s Magical Fairy Garden Tour

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Thirty magical habitats will be on display the weekends of May 18 & 19 and 25 & 26 as well as Memorial Day, May 27. The tour will be open from 1-5 PM and will be set in the beautifully landscaped yard of Al & Vana Whitehouse at 48 Park Edge Avenue in Springfield, MA.

In addition, two evening tours on May 21 and 22 from 7-9 PM, will be offered so guests can watch the habitats as they sparkle and shine through sunset to dusk. Tickets for evenings sold separately at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/springfield-garden-clubs-magical-lighted-evening-fairy-garden-tour-tickets-870649444927?aff=oddtdtcreator.

Admission for all the tours is $10 for adults, $5 for children and $20 for a family (up to 6 people). Tickets are good for any date.

During the show, each design will have its own special story page that tells of the journey of The Shy Giraffe in the soon to be published children’s book, Tell Me About Your Happy Place written by Haabiba Rothenberg-Whitney with photographs by Natalie Fielding. A full color version of the book and/or a coloring book of the story featuring photographs of each creation can be ordered during the tour.

All profits from the tour and the sale of the books purchased through June 2024 go to support Springfield Garden Club and its programs. $5 – $20 – book HERE.