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  • Saturday, September 16, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Immersive Watercolor Workshop with Nadine Mazzola

    Explore wind, water and sky with watercolor at the Ropes Mansion Garden on September 16 from 2 – 3:30. Immerse yourself in the inner and outer process of creation and make art in dialogue with nature. Instructor Nadine Mazzola will guide participants in weaving together mindfulness, reflection and the act of painting, encouraging each person’s own unique expression. Through playful experimentation, we will explore and celebrate creativity in the natural world and ourselves. All materials are provided and no experience is necessary for this class. Ages 10 and up welcome. Free. Register at https://my.pem.org/17575/20955

    Nadine Mazzola is a forest therapy guide, expressive arts teacher and author of the award-winning book Forest Bathing with Your Dog. She has worked with conservation, educational and health organizations, speaking on forest bathing and conducting workshops around New England. She also leads team wellness retreats and advises businesses on how to incorporate nature into their wellness programs. Mazzola is a senior trainer and advisor for the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy and has appeared on PBS, ABC and in The Boston Globe and Boston Magazine. Learn more on her website, nenft.com.

  • Saturday, July 8, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – A Stroll Through the Gardens of Salem

    The Salem Garden Club will host a “Garden Stroll” with a tour of private gardens in the historic McIntire District. Featured will be more than 10 traditional, quaint and eclectic gardens. Ticket holders will also enjoy a stroll through the beautiful Ropes Mansion garden. Complimentary refreshments of lemonade and cookies will be served to strollers along the route. Local musicians and artists will be featured in several gardens. These private properties are not handicapped accessible. No pets please. For tickets, parking and other details visit www.SalemGardenClub.com.

    Cost: $20 day of tour at the Check In table located at the First Church, 316 Essex Street, Salem, MA. Look for the Salem Garden Club Banner.
    $18 if purchased by July 6, 2017 through the clubs website www.SalemGardenClub.com.

  • Saturday, July 23, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon – Ropes Mansion Garden Tour

    Explore the Ropes Mansion’s 1912 garden design with Paula Richter, Curator for Exhibitions and Research at the Peabody Essex Museum. The session is followed with a free drop-in art-making activity from noon to 2 pm in the Ropes Mansion Garden, which is open to the public. Cold lemonade is served. Garden activity is weather permitting.  Talk made possible by the Margaret Nowell Graham Lecture Fund. Free drop-in garden activity made possible by the Ropes Mansion Botanical Lecture Fund. Meet at the Garden on Saturday, July 23 at 11 am. The Garden is located at 318 Essex Street in Salem. $12 for PEM members, $15 for nonmembers. Register in advance by calling 978-542-1511, or visit http://www.pem.org/calendar/event/1530-ropes_mansion_garden.

  • Tuesday, August 6, 9:30 am – 11:00 am – Ropes Mansion Garden in Bloom

    The Peabody Essex Museum will sponsor a Tour and Workshop at the Ropes Mansion on Tuesday, August 6, from 9:30 – 11:00 am. Join gardener Robin Pydynkowski to learn how to prune spring flowering plants (shrubbery, roses and vines) and how pruning now prepares for next season. Gain insight into the importance of a garden journal and why photos and annotating can help rectify or prevent common garden errors. Bring photographs of your garden to discuss with the expert. Made possible by the Ropes Botanical Lecture Fund.  Please reserve by August 1 at www.pem.org.  The Ropes Mansion is located at 318 Essex Street in Salem. The house was built for Samuel Barnard, a merchant. In 1768, Judge Nathaniel Ropes, Jr., purchased the house from Barnard’s nephew. The Ropes family then inhabited the house until 1907, when the house was given to the Trustees of the Ropes Memorial for public benefit.

    Although altered through the years and then restored, the house looks much like its original form, with a symmetrical facade of two stories, three small pedimented gables through the roof, roof balustrade, and modillioned cornice. (Compare it to the Crowninshield-Bentley House.) In 1807, however, its interior was extensively renovated. In the mid-1830s five rooms and the central hall were remodeled, and today’s doorway installed (with details inspired by Asher Benjamin’s pattern book.) In 1894 the house was moved away from the street and further modified internally. A large, fine garden was added behind the house in 1912.

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