Hamilton House

Thursday, July 10, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – A Seacoast Garden Exhibition Opening

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Join Historic New England at the Sarah Orne Jewett House, 5 Portland Street in South Berwick, Maine on Joly 10 from 5 – 7 for an opening reception of our new exhibition!

In partnership with the Dover Arts Commission, this summer’s gallery exhibition at the Sarah Orne Jewett House is A Seacoast Garden. This exhibition is inspired by the new collections going on displayed at Hamilton House. This new display examines Elise Tyson’s early 20th century photography of the Hamilton House Gardens and her floral arrangements. Tyson found inspiration for her photography and art in her garden and others along the seacoasts of Maine and New Hampshire. Elise was inspired by the beauty and uniqueness she found in these gardens. A Seacoast Garden weaves together the works of local artists that are interpretations or are inspired by the local seacoast gardens of today with Elise Tyson’s garden photographs. Together, this exhibition examens the unique beauty of seacoast gardens and the purposes they serve today and in the past.

Free. Please call (207) 384-2454 for more information.

Saturday, August 12, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – The Summer Drawing Tour Through Historic New England: Hamilton House and Langdon House

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Join the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art for this Summer Drawing Tour series through Historic New England, led by Architect, David Pearson. The program will be held August 12 from 9:30 – 4, at Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Land in South Berwick, Maine, and at Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Sketching historic sites provides participants with practical knowledge of tradition as manifest in the architecture. The morning session will be at the 18th-century Hamilton House. Special attention will be made in drawing the house in the landscape. The afternoon session will be at Langdon House where the focus will be the study of Georgian details.

Participants follow in the great tradition of architects and artists who have learned from drawing in situ. One may take a thousand photos of a subject and may not know it…but if one spends some time drawing the same object …you will have it in your mind forever. To draw is to see. The program focuses on the enduring vitality and continuity of the classical tradition through the means of observational and analytical drawing.

Tickets $60; Please click here to register for this program. 

Thursday, August 10, 9:00 am – 11:00 am – Two Centuries of New England Gardens: A Deep Dive into the Sunken Garden at Hamilton House

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On Thursday, August 10 from 9 – 11, explore the history, architecture, and plant species of the romantic Colonial Revival sunken garden at Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Lane in South Berwick, Maine. Learn how you can re-create some of its features at home. Historic New England will sponsor this event.

$5 Garden and Landscape members; $10 Historic New England members; $20 nonmembers

Registration required. Garden and Landscape members must call to register. Space is limited. Please call 617-994-6678 or register online at http://shop.historicnewengland.org/HAM-LANDSCAPE-1-7463/.

Sunday, August 10, 10:30 am – 11:30 am – Down to Earth: A How-To Tour of the Hamilton House Gardens

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Learn the inside scoop on the day-to-day work of maintaining the Hamilton House gardens from the gardeners themselves while you pick up valuable tips to implement in your own garden. Gardeners Mimi Demers and Kathy Gray share their knowledge and experiences, touching on a variety of how-to topics including buying plant material, feeding and fertilizing, favorite tools, dealing with bugs, and more. The program will take place Sunday, August 10, from 10:30 – 11:30 at Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Lane, South Berwick, Maine, and is sponsored by Historic New England. Free to HNE Garden and Landscape members, $8 to Historic New England members, and $15 to nonmembers.

Registration is required. Please call 207-384-2454 for more information, or register online at http://shop.historicnewengland.org/p-6569-down-to-earth-a-how-to-tour-of-the-hamilton-house-gardens.aspx.

Sunday, August 18, 10:30 am – 11:30 am – Down to Earth: a how-to tour

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Learn the inside scoop on the day-to-day work of maintaining the gardens at Hamilton House, and pick up valuable tips to implement in your own garden, at this Sunday, August 18 class sponsored by Historic New England at Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Lane in South Berwick, Maine. Gardeners Mimi Demers and Kathy Gray share their knowledge and experiences, touching on a variety of how-to topics including buying plant material, feeding and fertilizing, favorite tools, dealing with bugs, and more. $15 fee.  Register at www.historicnewengland.org, or call 207-384-2454.

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Sunday, August 19, 10:30 am – 11:30 am – Down to Earth: A How-To Tour of the Hamilton House Gardens

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Learn the inside scoop on the day-to-day work of maintaining Historic New England’s Hamilton House gardens from the gardeners themselves while you pick up valuable tips to implement in your own garden. Gardeners Mimi Demers and Kathy Gray share their knowledge and experiences, touching on a variety of how-to topics including buying plant material, feeding and fertilizing, favorite tools, dealing with bugs, and more.

Registration is required. Address: 40 Vaughan’s Lane in South Berwick, Maine. Please call 207-384-2454 for more information.  Cost: Free to Historic New England Garden and Landscape Members, $8 Historic New England members, $15 nonmembers.

Thursday, July 8 and Saturday, August 7, 10:30 am – 11:30 am – Hamilton House Landscape and Garden Tour

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Take part in a special opportunity to learn about the landscape and gardens at Hamilton House with Historic New England’s Piscataqua Region Landscape Manager Gary Wetzel. Imagine the changes in the land as wilderness yields to a busy commercial waterfront, then to farming and, finally, to formal gardens. Learn about the flowers, trees, and other plants and how the gardeners create and maintain the beautiful landscape. Tour participants are invited to visit the house at no additional charge. Landscape and garden tours are available for private groups by special arrangement. The tour will take place on Thursday, July 8 and on Saturday, August 7, from 10:30 – 11:30 am. $6 for HNE members, $12 nonmembers. Registration is required – call 207-384-2454, or log on to www.historicnewengland.org.

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Thursday, July 23, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. – Landscape and Garden Tour of Hamilton House

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Take part in a special oportunity to learn about the landscape and gardens at Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Lane, South Berwick,  Maine, one of the properties administered by Historic New England, with Regional Landscape Manager Gary Wentzel.

After railroads made the region accessible in the late 19th century, coastal Maine became a fashionable destination for wealthy summer people. Many of the newcomers bought and restored the fine old houses built during the prosperous years following the American Revolution.

In 1898, Mrs. Emily Tyson and her stepdaughter, Elise, purchased the c. 1785 Hamilton House, built on a magnificent site overlooking the Salmon Falls River. The Tysons flung themselves into a lifelong project to restore the house to its former glory. Influenced by literary imagery, including the writings of their neighbor and friend, Sarah Orne Jewett, they decorated with a mixture of elegant antiques, painted murals, and simple country furnishings to create their own romantic interpretation of America’s colonial past.

$6 for Members of Historic New England, $12 for non-Members.  For more information and directions, log on to www.historicnewengland.org.