Hill-Stead Museum Sunken Garden Poetry Festival

Hill-Stead Museum Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Celebrate Summer at the 2020 Sunken Garden Poetry Festival
June 17-Aug 9
https://www.hillstead.org/sunken-garden-poetry-festival/2019-poetry-festival/

We are delighted to announce that our beloved Hill-Stead Museum Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Fresh Voices Poetry Compet...
04/02/2020

We are delighted to announce that our beloved Hill-Stead Museum Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Fresh Voices Poetry Competition has extended its submission deadline to May 15th at midnight.

This outstanding program offers students the opportunity to write and perform poems suitable for presentation and publication. Since 1993, student poets from all corners of Connecticut have entered this competition. The Fresh Voices Poetry Competition is now open to all New England high school students.
Fresh Voices provides a creative outlet, especially during these unprecedented times.

May 15 - Entry deadline EXTENDED until midnight Fri, May 15!
May 22 - Up to 15 FINALISTS will be announced via email and museum website.

HOW TO ENTER
Visit https://www.hillstead.org/sunken-garden-poetry-festival/poetry-programs-students-educators/fresh-voices-poetry-competition/ for a downloadable Entry Form, and return completed and signed forms and poems to Kate Ebner, [email protected].

Life’s little miracles! It’s always a good day at Hill-Stead Museum, especially when we welcome a lamb or two!
03/28/2020

Life’s little miracles! It’s always a good day at Hill-Stead Museum, especially when we welcome a lamb or two!

All are welcome to come enjoy Hill-Stead Museum‘s gorgeous grounds. While exploring the estate, pick up a sweet scroll o...
03/28/2020

All are welcome to come enjoy Hill-Stead Museum‘s gorgeous grounds. While exploring the estate, pick up a sweet scroll of coloring pages left behind by leprechauns.🍀

“Happy Spring🌿! I think this year (more than ever) scenes like this one will uplift and nourish our spirits.”Regram •
03/20/2020

“Happy Spring🌿! I think this year (more than ever) scenes like this one will uplift and nourish our spirits.”

Regram •

It’s a miracle! 🐏Our first Spring lamb has been born ! 🐑Thanks to for all the hard work taking care of the newest memb...
03/18/2020

It’s a miracle!
🐏
Our first Spring lamb has been born !
🐑
Thanks to for all the hard work taking care of the newest member of the flock, born just this morning ❤️
Welcome to the family, little one!
👋
You can visit the lambs (and the rest of the flock!) from 7:30am-5:30pm...down past the Museum to the red barn by Route 4.

“St. Patrick’s Day! St. Patrick’s Day!Oh! thou tormenting Irish lay—I’ve got thee buzzing in my brain,And cannot turn th...
03/17/2020

“St. Patrick’s Day! St. Patrick’s Day!
Oh! thou tormenting Irish lay—
I’ve got thee buzzing in my brain,
And cannot turn thee out again.
☘️
Oh, mercy! music may be bliss
But not in such a shape as this,
When all I do, and all I say,
Begins and ends in Patricks’s Day...”
☘️
An excerpt from by ELIZA COOK

The grounds are open dawn to dusk for reflection, walking and trail hiking. The house and shop remain closed.

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• We have postponed “The Art of Shearing” fiber festival scheduled for Sat., March 21 .🐑 The shearing, however, will be...
03/14/2020

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We have postponed “The Art of Shearing” fiber festival scheduled for Sat., March 21 .
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The shearing, however, will be live streamed, so everyone can stay home and stay healthy.
Stay tuned for for details as they are available!

Due to the recent concerns over COVID-19, and in support of local and state efforts to minimize its spread through our c...
03/13/2020

Due to the recent concerns over COVID-19, and in support of local and state efforts to minimize its spread through our community, has made some changes that will affect daily operations for the next 30 days.

While our lovely estate will remain open to visitors for hiking, picnics, lamb-peeping and all other outdoor activities, beginning Saturday, March 14, Hill-Stead will be providing tours of the house museum by appointment only.

To arrange a tour, please contact Kate Ebner, by email at [email protected] or telephone at 860.677.4787 x140. To ensure that we have staff available to conduct all private tours, advance reservations are greatly encouraged. Please note, regular admission rates apply to all tours of the house museum. Our museum shop will remain open according to its normal schedule.

We plan to reschedule most of our impacted programs and will communicate new dates for these events as soon as possible.

Thank you for your understanding.

THIS SUNDAY, March 15, is the deadline to enter the The Hill-Stead Museum Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Fresh Voices Poe...
03/11/2020

THIS SUNDAY, March 15, is the deadline to enter the The Hill-Stead Museum Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Fresh Voices Poetry Competition!

High School students in New England can submit by March 15 via the guidelines below, and become one of 15 finalists to perform before judges on April 24.

FIVE winners will then be chosen to read with SGPF headliner, Mahogany L. Browne, during Young Poets Day, August 9!

Application and Guidelines can be found on hillstead.org:

https://www.hillstead.org/sunken-garden-poetry-festival/poetry-programs-students-educators/fresh-voices-poetry-competition/

🌼Repost from will have a table at the show on Thursday. Please stop by! 🌸After you've strolled through the gardens, ma...
03/11/2020

🌼Repost from will have a table at the show on Thursday. Please stop by! 🌸After you've strolled through the gardens, make sure to stop by and check out our Florist Invitationals! This year, in keeping with our Garden Party theme, our Florist, Design Vignette and Window Box Invitationals will all be centered around taking the party outside - to the garden! In the meantime, here's a roundup of some of our favorites from Florist Invitationals of years past.

03/11/2020

Some fabulous (and timely)🤝advice :
“For people who want to avoid the handshake, I have created two alternative contactless greeting options. First option: “Stop, Drop & Nod”, second option “Grasp and Greet”. If someone reaches out to shake YOUR hand, you can simply say “I’m going handshake free to be extra careful”. Both socially and in business, a contactless greeting is now widely accepted practice and still shows respect without the pressure to shake hands during the current climate, particularly by indicating thoughtfulness for other people’s health. 💫 I hope that’s helpful to you all. Stay healthy and safe❤️❤️❤️ Song on my beats boombox is Stand By Me, John Lennon

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