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Van Vleck House & Gardens
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Join us for an outdoor luncheon in the
formal garden of Van Vleck House &
Gardens to kick-off our annual “Roses to
Rock Gardens” tour. Our special guest
speaker will be Emmy-award winning TV
personality, George Oliphant, host of
NBC’s George to the Rescue.”
Seating is limited to 200 people,
reserve today! |
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Join us for
our 13th Annual “Roses to Rock Gardens”
tour and have the rare opportunity to
stroll through seven spectacular private
gardens in Montclair. The tour begins at
9:30 am with a coffee reception at Van Vleck
House and Gardens.
Following the coffee reception, enjoy
the Van Vleck grounds with our cell
phone audio tour or proceed directly to
the featured gardens and tour at your
own pace, enjoying an audio narrative at
each location. |
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Luncheon - Thursday May
31st, 12:00 PM at Van Vleck.
Garden Tour -
Friday June 1st and Saturday June 2nd.
Gardens are open 9:30AM to 2:30PM |
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Get
tickets online now
and enjoy a discount
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2012 Spring
PlantSale
The event may be
over, but the shopping continues. Feel free to come
and browse. Plants purchases can be made from
10 am to 3 pm during the week or on Sunday during the
Mother's Day concert.
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TIME OUT in the Garden - where we make it easy to
spend quality time with your family outside.
Spend you
family time together here at the Van Vleck creating a garden of
pizza ingredients! Each family will plant a container garden
filled with basil, oregano, and peppers. Since no pizza is
complete without tomatoes, participants will also receive
heirloom tomato seedlings to transplant at home.
Date:
Thursday,
May 17th
Time:
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Fee:
$15 per Family for Friends; $20 per family for Others. Please
register by Monday, May 14th
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Garden Discoveries
Our Garden Discoveries classes are designed to inspire children
about the natural world around them. Since each child learns in
a different way, every class examines one topic through stories,
outdoor exploration, and hands-on activities and specimens.
Classes are held twice a month, and each class has individual
registration. Each program will include a guided hike, hands-on
activities and a story.
Dates:
5/23 - Recycled Treasures
Time:
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Fee:
$7 Friends; $12 Others
Ages: 3-5 year-olds
(accompanied by parent/caregiver)
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Monday Morning Yoga with
Jennifer Hondru-Celestin
Experience harmonizing yoga where everything is connected. Gain
insight into your body, breath, and mind. A great way to wake up
and focus the day and week ahead in the most magnificent
environment: the living room of the Van Vleck House overlooking
the courtyard garden.
Classes are open to all levels and
experience. Bring your own mat.
Spring Dates: April 2nd through June 25th (no
class on 4/23, 5/7, & 5/28)
Time: 9:30-10:45 AM
Fees: 1 class pass: $18 Friends / $22 Others
4-class pass: $64 Friends / $80 Others
8 class pass: $112 Friends / $144 Others
Class passes expire at the close
of the session. There are no credits or refunds for unused
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From the Garden
with Laura Roberts
Join
Garden Manager, Laura Roberts, as she explores in-depth
botanical and horticultural topics in a monthly series.
Classes
are held on the 3rd Friday of each month (except April) from
1:00 to 2:30pm.
Upcoming date and topics:
May 18th: Flower Anantomy; June 15th
Tree ID: Leaf Morphology; July 20th: Basic
Entomology; August 17th: Tree ID: Maples
Visit our
Adult Education page for full details.
Registration deadline is the Monday
before class.
Cost is free for Friends of Van Vleck; $5.00/Others
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And don't miss the spring semester
of the..
Adult School of Montclair
with Van Vleck House & Gardens
Registration
begins February 1st for classes that run through May. Check out
the Home & Garden section for classes at Van Vleck, including:
Exploring
the Gardens of Beatrix Potter's Writing with Marta
McDowell
Green-Up
with Water Wise Lawn Car with Gray Russell
Be A Birder I & II with Deb DeSalvo
Make your Garden Deer Resistanand
Pruning Basics with Laura Roberts
To
browse the full catalog and to register online
Visit
www.adultschool.org
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To see all of
our educational programming click on programming links at the
top of the page. |
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The Gardens are
open to the public from dawn to dusk,
365 days a year,
and are always free-of-charge.
Come experience this precious
gift! |
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The
Van Vleck House & Gardens is proud to be a preservation
project of the Garden Conservancy, an organization
dedicated to preserving America's exceptional gardens.
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Van Vleck House & Gardens is owned by The Montclair Foundation,
a 501(c)(3) organization supporting non-profits in our
community. |
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Send
mail to info@vanvleck.org with questions or comments about this
web site.
Copyright © 2012 The Montclair Foundation - All rights
reserved.
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