Daily Archives: August 11, 2024

Saturday, August 17, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Wampanoag Heritage Day

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Join Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich for the fourth annual celebration of Wampanoag culture at Heritage from 10 am-2 pm on August 17. This fun-filled day will feature a performance by the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers of Eastern social songs and dances (with audience participation encouraged!) from 11-11:45 am and hands-on activities. Explore the wetu, a reproduction of a historic dwelling, the mush8n, a reproduction dug-out canoe, and the Three Sisters demonstration garden, all created in collaboration with SmokeSygnals, a local Native American creative agency.

All activities are free with museum admission or membership. This event is rain or shine.

Tickets include admission to:

  • The gardens, featuring collections of rhododendrons, hydrangeas, daylilies, and more (seasonal)
  • The Hidden Hollow outdoor discovery area
  • The Special Exhibitions Gallery, featuring the Impressionist New England: Four Seasons of Color and Light exhibit
  • The J.K. Lilly III Automobile Gallery, featuring the From Carriage to Classic: How Automobiles Transformed America and Charging Ahead: Early Electric Cars in America exhibits
  • The American Art & Carousel Gallery, featuring the Heritage Highlights exhibit and rides on the 1908 Looff carousel
  • The outdoor art exhibit Alfred Glover in the Garden
  • Wampanoag wetu, Three Sisters Garden, and mush8n
  • Outdoor features such as the McGraw Family Garden of the Senses, the Flume Fountain, the Hart Family Maze Garden, the labyrinth, walking trails, and more
  • Lilly’s Café
  • The Shop at Heritage in its new temporary locatiom

Friday, September 13, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Garden Masters: A Garden for Cutting, Arranging, and Photographing: Frances Palmer’s Garden

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Frances Palmer has been making ceramics since 1987. She was trained as an art historian and yet has always made work with her hands. First as a printmaker and now as a potter and gardener, she loves the process of changing ideas into form. This program will be hosted by Frances in her studio and garden in Westport, a longtime Open Days favorite, giving participants an intimate peek into her creative process. Anyone following Frances Palmer on Instagram will not wish to miss this opportunity to visit in Weston, Connecticut.

After a welcome with coffee, tea, and a cake baked by Frances, she will take participants through her two cutting gardens. At this time of year, the dahlias will be in full array. Then, she will discuss which flowers are best for cutting and how to arrange and photograph them, followed by a delicious boxed lunch from a local bakery.

$160 for Garden Conservancy members, $180 for nonmembers. Call to be placed on a waitlist 845.424.6500, M-F, 9-5 Eastern, or email events@gardenconservancy.org.