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2002 Pennsbury Manor Calendar
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Tuesday 1/1
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New Year’s Day – Site Closed
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Monday 1/21
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Martin Luther King Day – Site Closed
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Monday 2/18
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President’s Day – Site Closed
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Sunday 3/10
1-4 pm
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Charter Day
Come join us in celebrating the birthday of
Pennsylvania! We’ll
be demonstrating plantation crafts and offering tours of the Manor
House. Best of all,
it’s free! (King
Charles II of England granted the charter of Pennsylvania to
William Penn in March of 1681.)
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Thursday 3/21, 4/4, 4/11, 4/25 (7-9 pm)
& Saturday 4/27 (10am – 3pm)
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Initial Volunteer Orientation
Want to really join in the fun at Pennsbury?
This series of workshops will prepare you for the many
volunteer opportunities available. Graduates of the program serve as tour guides, gardeners,
craft demonstrators, and vital support for Pennsbury’s broad
range of programs. We’d
love to have you as part of our volunteer family.
Call to pre-register.
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Sunday 3/31
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Easter – Site open but no tours or programs
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Sunday 4/7
1-4pm
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Historic Trades
Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of
wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their
skills.
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Sunday 4/14
1-4pm
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Living History Theater:
Pirates in
Philadelphia
Philadelphia was a haven for pirates.
Gossip with the locals as they voice their concerns.
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Sunday 4/21
1-4pm
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Open Hearth Cooking:
And it is Spring!!!
Tansy, eggs, and shad … the seasonal spring
17th-century foods will be featured by Pennsbury Manor’s
volunteer foodways staff.
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Sunday 4/28
1-4pm
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Garden Highlights
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Sunday 5/5
1-4pm
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Sheepshearing & Historic Trades
We shear our sheep the old-fashioned way!
Come out and watch the fun as our shearer uses hand
clippers to peel a potential sweater, blanket, or pair of mittens
off our obliging sheep. Our
colonial craftsmen will also be demonstrating their skills.
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Sunday 5/12
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Living History Theater:
Tea in the Formal
Garden
Feel free to chat with Pennsbury residents
and neighbors over a cup of tea.
Our guests are most agreeable and would love to engage you
in conversation about life in the colony and abroad.
Reservations are required.
Seatings at 1:00, 2:15, & 3:30.
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Sunday 5/19
1-4pm
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Open Hearth Cooking:
17th-Century
Banquetting Foods
The Pennsbury Manor volunteer cooks will be
preparing foods for the final course of a feast – the sweets. Sugar will abound as sweetmeats (desserts) including sugar
plate goblets, candied flowers, and jumbals will be prepared.
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Sunday 5/26
1-4pm
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Garden Highlights
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Monday 5/27
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Memorial Day – Site open
Saturday tour schedule
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Sunday 6/2
1-4pm
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Historic Trades
Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of
wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their
skills.
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Sunday 6/9
1-4pm
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Garden Highlights
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Tuesday 6/11
7:00-8:30pm
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Adult Workshop
Pennsbury’s herb garden will be lush and
fragrant with its full summer bounty.
Come learn how the Penn household would have used herbs for
cooking, cosmetics and medicine.
Get tips from the past (and from our gardeners) about how
to best grow and use herbs here in modern Pennsylvania.
Come explore the practicalities of herb gardening and get
some plants to take home as well!
Reservations Required
Call for Cost
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Sunday 6/16
1-4pm
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Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration:
The First Course
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Thursday 6/20
7:00-8:30
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Just for Families:
Gardening
Tired of the typical everyday activities?
Bring your family of gardeners (novice or experienced) to
Pennsbury for an evening of gardening (17th-Century style) that
the whole family will enjoy.
Cost: $20
per family or $7.50 per person (not recommended for children under
5 years old)
Reservations Required
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Sunday 6/23
1-4pm
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Living History Theater:
Germantown Protest of
1688
Francis Daniel Pastorius and three others
brought a formal protest against slavery to the Germantown
Meeting. Sit in on ht historic Quaker meeting as slave owners and
early abolitionists share their views.
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Monday 6/24 -
Thursday 6/27
10:00-3:00
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Initial Volunteer Orientation
Want to really join in the fun at Pennsbury?
This series of workshops will prepare you for the many
volunteer opportunities available. Graduates of the program serve as tour guides, gardeners,
craft demonstrators, and vital support for Pennsbury’s broad
range of programs. We’d
love to have you as part of our volunteer family.
Call to pre-register.
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Sunday
6/30
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Beer Brewing Demonstration
Visit Penn’s Brew House and see how beer
and ale were made in early Pennsylvania.
Here you can savor the pungent scent of malted barley and
hops while the brewers discuss their art.
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Wed. 7/4
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Independence Day -- site open
Saturday tour schedule
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Sunday 7/7
1-4pm
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Historic Trades
Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of
wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their
skills.
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Monday 7/8 -
Friday 7/12
10:00-3:00
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Arts & Crafts Camp I
Experience what it was like to live 300 years
ago through hands-on activities and selected crafts: washing wool,
open-hearth cooking, making Lenape masks, and much more!
At the end of their week, campers give a tour of Pennsbury
to their parents.
Entering grades 1-3
$75 non-members
$68 members
Reservations required
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Sunday 7/14
1-4pm
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Living History Theater:
A Busy Summer Day at
Pennsbury Manor
Due to an ailment, Penn is confined to his
bedroom. find out how
this affects the daily routine of the household.
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Monday 7/16 -
Friday 7/20
10:00-3:00
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History Camp I
What would it have been like to live at
Pennsbury in the late 17th Century?
Campers will answer this question through exploration of
Pennsbury'’ buildings and grounds, and in participation in
hands-on activities. At
the end of their week, the campers will give a tour of Pennsbury
to their parents.
Entering grades 4-6
$75 non-members
$68 members
Reservations required
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Sunday 7/21
1-4pm
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Open Hearth Cooking:
The Dairy
Pennsbury Manor volunteer cooks will
demonstrate the cheesemaking process from rennet, buttermaking,
and prepare Gulielma Penn’s receipt for chesstarts as well as
other 17th-century receipts (recipes) from dairy
products.
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Thursday 7/25
7:00-8:30pm
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Just for Families:
Colonial Cooking
The whole family can pitch in to help prepare
some of Gulielma Penn’s recipes (or “receipts” as she called
them)! We’ll be
cooking over an open fire, but you’ll also learn how to make
your own complete William Penn meal at home. (not recommended for
children under 6 years old)
Reservations Required
$20 per family, $7.50 per person
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Sunday 7/28
1-4pm
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Garden Highlights
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Monday 7/29 -
Friday 8/2
10-3pm
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Arts & Crafts Camp II
Experience what it was like to live 300 years
ago through hands-on activities and selected crafts: washing wool,
open-hearth cooking, making Lenape masks, and much more!
At the end of their week, campers give a tour of Pennsbury
to their parents.
Entering grades 1-3
$75 non-members
$68 members
Reservations required
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Sunday 8/4
1-4pm
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Historic Trades
Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of
wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their
skills.
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Monday 8/5 -
Friday 8/9
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History Camp II
What would it have been like to live at
Pennsbury in the late 17th Century?
Campers will answer this question through exploration of
Pennsbury'’ buildings and grounds, and in participation in
hands-on activities. At
the end of their week, the campers will give a tour of Pennsbury
to their parents.
Entering grades 4-6
$75 non-members
$68 members
Reservations required
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Sunday 8/11
1-4pm
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Living History Theater:
Pennsbury Through the
Eyes of a Servant
William Penn employed paid and indentured
servants to work on his manor.
learn about their past, their current job with William
Penn, and their plans for the future.
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Sunday 8/18
1- 4pm
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Open Hearth Cooking:
Pickled, Potted, and
Preserved
Pennsbury Manor volunteer cooks will
demonstrate the 17th century methods used for pickling
and preserving food for the winter months.
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Sunday 8/25
1-4pm
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Garden Highlights
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Sunday 9/1
1-4pm
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Animals at Pennsbury:
Then & Now
Meet the furry, feathered and wooly residents
of Penn’s plantation, and learn about the lives and
contributions of their 17th-century predecessors.
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Monday 9/2
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Labor Day -- site open, Saturday schedule
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Sunday 9/8
1-4pm
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Garden Highlights
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Saturday 9/14 & Sunday 9/15
12:00-5:00pm
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Manor Fair
Join
our many 17th-century fairgoers as they trade goods,
secure necessities for daily life in the Pennsylvania wilderness,
and (dare we say it?) indulge in a cornucopia of worldly delights. Mingle with costumed vendors, craftspeople, tradesmen,
entertainers, hucksters, and the usual motley riffraff.
Since with this rabble there’s sure to be some trouble
a-brewing, we’ve a colonial court to assure justice is sure and
swift. Sit back and
enjoy… juggling, hurdy-gurdy and bagpipe.
Or join in on everything from paper making, cornhusk doll
making, and quill pen writing, to country dancing!
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Sunday 9/22
1-4pm
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Open Hearth Cooking:
The Bake Oven
The firing of the bake oven was an entire day’s
work. The Pennsbury
Manor volunteer cooks will demonstrate the baking of breads,
coffins, gret cakes, pyes, tarts, and the use of the slack oven
for drying as the heat retained in the oven drops.
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Sunday 9/29
1-4pm
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Beer Brewing Demonstration
Visit Penn’s Brew House and see how beer
and ale were made in early Pennsylvania.
Here you can savor the pungent scent of malted barley and
hops while the brewers discuss their art.
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Saturdays 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, 11/16
10:00-3:00
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Initial Volunteer Orientation
Want to really join in the fun at Pennsbury?
This series of workshops will prepare you for the many
volunteer opportunities available. Graduates of the program serve as tour guides, gardeners,
craft demonstrators, and vital support for Pennsbury’s broad
range of programs. We’d
love to have you as part of our volunteer family.
Call to pre-register.
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Sunday 10/6
1-4pm
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Historic Trades
Hear the clang of the hammer and the sound of
wood being cut as our joyner and blacksmith demonstrate their
skills.
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Sunday 10/13
1-4pm
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Animals at Pennsbury:
Then & Now
Meet the furry, feathered and wooly residents
of Penn’s plantation, and learn about the lives and
contributions of their 17th-century predecessors.
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Monday 10/14
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Columbus Day -- Site Closed
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Sunday 10/20
1-4pm
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Living History Theater
"The Sotcher Wedding"
Your presence is requested at the marriage of
John Sotcher, the steward at Pennsbury Manor, to the Penn's head
housekeeper, Mary Lofty. Observe
late 17th-century Quaker wedding customs, sign the marriage
certificate, watch the cooks prepare the wedding feast, and chat
with William & Hannah Penn and the other wedding guests.
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Sunday 10/27
1-4pm
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Cider Making Demonstration
Penn grew hundreds of apple trees here at
Pennsbury. Come watch
cider being made.
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Sunday 11/3
2-4
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Annual Meeting of the Pennsbury Society
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Monday 11/11
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Veteran's Day -- site closed
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Sunday 11/17
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Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration:
Native
American-European Contact
The Pennsbury Manor volunteer cooks will
demonstrate the Native American influence on English cooking and
the English influence on Native American foodways.
The three sisters – corn, beans, and squash – will
abound.
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Thursday 11/28 & Friday 11/29
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Thanksgiving -- site closed
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Date & Time
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Event & Comments
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Tuesday 12/3
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Begin winter tour schedule
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Saturday 12/7
10-12
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Wreaths & Greens Workshop
Spend the morning making a fragrant evergreen
wreath to take home. Our
horticulturist will also share tips about how to prune and care
for a variety of evergreen trees and shrubs in the home landscape.
Bring Clippers.
Pre-registration required; Call for cost
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Thursday 12/ 12 & Friday 12/13
5:30-9:00 p.m.
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Holly Nights
Experience the enchantment of Pennsbury by
candlelight! A
community tradition for over 25 years, this joyous feast for the
senses offers crackling fires, hot-mulled cider, dancing shadows,
and the merry sounds of carolers strolling the grounds.
So gather friends and family.
Come toss a green sprig on our Yule log bonfire, make your
wish for the coming new year.
Step back into the glow of torches, candles, and luminaries…the
bustle of colonial craftspeople (always happy to chat, mind you!)…the
good cheer of noels and wassailing songs … and – if Old Man
Winter wills it – the crunch of frosty pathways underfoot.
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Tuesday 12/24
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Christmas Eve -- site open but no tours or
programs
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Tuesday 12/25
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Christmas -- site closed
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Thursday 12/26 - Sunday 1/5
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Holiday tour schedule – Call for
information
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Tuesday 12/31
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New Year’s Eve – Site open but no tours
or programs
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