Calendar
2013
JANUARY
19 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free
FEBRUARY
12 Lincoln Essay Competition Submission Deadline
All Essays submitted for the Lincoln Essay Competition are due to Hildene on or before February 12, at 5:00 pm. Entries may be dropped off by hand at the Welcome Center. For more information or to receive a packet of materials, call Stephanie Moffett Hynds at 367-7960 or email her. Sponsored by The Perfect Wife Restaurant and Spiral Press Cafe.
Principals, Teachers, Librarians & Homeschool Instructors
Click here for downloadable Lincoln Essay Competition Application and Materials
Students
Click Here for downloadable Lincoln Essay Competition Application and Materials
16 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free
MARCH
23 Apple Tree Pruning Workshop
Join Joe Blair for a demonstration of apple tree pruning on the grounds at Hildene. Joe will be pruning the Lincolns' historic apple trees to produce fruit for eating and will demonstrate corrective pruning with the ornamental crab apple trees in the allee. Time for questions and answers throughout. Joe is from Joseph J. Blair Tree Care. Check in at the Welcome Center, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, Free
16 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free
APRIL
13 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free
27 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 7:00 am, Free. (Please note time change.)
MAY
TBD Arbor Day
Kids, ages 5 to 7, Program details will be posted soon. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Call Stephanie at 367-7960 to sign up or email her at stephanie@hildene.org.
11 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 7:00 am, Free
19 Lincoln Essay Competition Awards and Luncheon
Winners of the competition for Vermont State 8th graders will read their essays and be awarded their checks at a celebratory luncheon at Hildene. The competition is sponsored by The Perfect Wife Restaurant and Spiral Press Cafe. Check back here for a list of this year's winners and to read our First, Second and Third Place essays.
Celebration of Peonies
Traditionally the last two weeks of May and the first two weeks of June when the Formal Garden signals the beginning of the season with 1,000's of peony blooms; many of them from the original 1907 plants.
JUNE
15 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 7:00 am, Free
JULY
VSO Concert
Held at Hunter Park this year: http://www.rileyrink.com/events. For more information and tickets call 802.864.5741 x 10. or visit www.vso.org
13 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 7:00 am, Free
28 Hildene Award Luncheon
The Hildene Award honors Vermonters who have made extraordinary contributions in the areas of land conservation or historic preservation. This year's honoree to be announced. 12:00 Noon, $40/$30 Members. Includes admission to Hildene for the day.
AUGUST
TBD Washington County Band Concert
Held at Hunter Park this year:http://www.rileyrink.com, 802-362-0150.
17 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 7:00 am, Free
SEPTEMBER
14 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free. (Please note time change.)
21 Komen VT-NH Race for the Cure
Hildene Meadows. Click here for information and registration: Visit www.komenvtnh.org
OCTOBER
12 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free
NOVEMBER
23 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free
HILDENE CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING
DECEMBER
A 1912 Victorian Christmas
Robert and Mary's home is decorated throughout the month as they might have done when they stayed at Hildene through the holidays in 1912. Christmas is celebrated with festive greens throughout, carols played on Robert and Mary’s organ and piano on weekends, and carolers in the Welcome Center. Check back for additional programs as they are added.
7 Bird Walk
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or email randy@thevermontbirdplace.com. Meet at the Welcome Center Parking Lot, 8:00 am, Free
7 & 8 Our House for the Holidays?
The Museum Store Welcomes Neighbors & New Friends. Dressed in holiday finery, the spirit of the season abounds in our 100 year old Carriage Barn! Apple cider, Vermont tastings & fresh cider doughnuts. The crisp fragrance of pine boughs & sounds of the season.
All conspire to create a unique Holiday Shopping experience. Distinctive items for Holiday Gift Giving sure to please young & old. Lincoln, Gilded Age, Gardens, History, Nature and Vermont.
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24 & 25 HILDENE CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
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