Annual Report FY09_Layout 1 - Hill-Stead Museum
Annual Report FY09_Layout 1 - Hill-Stead Museum
Annual Report FY09_Layout 1 - Hill-Stead Museum
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS, continued<br />
Gardens, Landscape, Nature<br />
Lessons from the Master: Beatrix Farrand at Bellefield<br />
Anne Cleves Symmes, Director, Beatrix Farrand<br />
Garden Association<br />
Lessons from the Master: Beatrix Farrand at <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong><br />
Paul Brisco, Garden Manager, <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />
May Market:<br />
Untold Gardening Secrets, Mar Jennings, awardwinning<br />
author and lifestyle expert<br />
The Magic of Small, Intimate Bouquets, Mar<br />
Jennings<br />
How to Plant a Pot – Thrillers, Fillers & Spillers,<br />
Steve Silk, award-winning author, photographer and<br />
Vice President of the Connecticut Horticultural<br />
Society<br />
Ongoing daily cooking & gardening demonstrations<br />
Live music by violinist Ben Dean<br />
Live music by Farmington High School Oriana<br />
Singers<br />
Zoodle Facepainting<br />
Decorate and plant your own pot for youngsters<br />
Garden Gang: April Open, October Close; Weekly<br />
Work Sessions<br />
Gardening Workshops and Talks<br />
City and Country Canvases, with Farmington Valley<br />
Visitors Association<br />
Sunday Afternoon Garden Interpreters on hand July<br />
through September<br />
Guided Estate Walks, First Sundays May through<br />
October<br />
10 <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong> <strong>Museum</strong><br />
Connecticut Trails Day, in Association with CT Forest &<br />
Park Association, including participation in DEP’s No<br />
Child Left Inside/Great Park Pursuit program<br />
Farmington Gardens Day with Farmington Public<br />
Library<br />
Connecticut Historic Gardens Day, with thirteen other<br />
House <strong>Museum</strong>s throughout Connecticut<br />
Rose and Garden Weekend, with Central Valley<br />
Tourism District, Inc.<br />
Outreach:<br />
UConn Master Gardeners, Cindy Cormier & Paula<br />
Brisco<br />
Connecticut Flower & Garden Show, Cindy Cormier<br />
Top: Painter and teacher Stuart Shils offers instruction<br />
to a student painting on <strong>Hill</strong>-<strong>Stead</strong>’s grounds.<br />
Above Left: May Market, 2009
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