Garden programming at Tate House Museum continues with a lecture and demonstration - July 1

Released 6/28/09

The Tate House Museum “Year of the Garden” series continues Wed. July 1 at 10:00AM with a talk on “Pre-Revolutionary Life in Portland.” The speaker, Christina White, is Executive Director of the Freeport Historical Society and Master Gardener. Ms. White is also the founder of Spirits Alive, an advocacy group for Portland’s Eastern Burial Ground. Admission to this lecture is $8.00.

Then at 1:00 PM, Barbara Bardack will demonstrate plant propagation techniques. This will include seed saving, starting plants from seeds and cuttings, plus ground layering techniques.

Ms. Bardack has been a Master Gardener and school and urban garden developer for several years, and her own personal garden was chosen for tours by the Federated Garden Clubs of Ohio. On Wednesday, she will concentrate on actual plants in the garden at the Tate House Museum. This event is free, and you do not have to attend the morning session to attend the afternoon session.

2009 is the Year of the Garden at Tate House Museum with garden-related workshops, demonstrations, and lectured being offered every Wednesday through August 19. July 8 features a lecture on colonial housekeeping and a workshop for making colonial sweetbags (room freshners and moth protectors).

The Tate House, built in 1755, is the only colonial house in Portland open to the public. The museum is open this summer for tours of the house Wednesday through Saturday 10:00AM-4:00PM and Sundays 1:00-4:00PM.For further information, please call the museum at 774-6177.

Tate House Museum1267 Westbrook StreetPortland, Maine 04102Tate House Museum“Connecting people to our colonial roots and them discover, imaine, and value the relevance of this history to our lives.”