Glebe Museum And Jekyll Garden Opening For Season

WOODBURY — Spring will officially arrive at The Glebe Museum and Gertrude Jekyll Garden when the grounds open to the public on Wednesday, April 2, at 1 pm.

The museum will continue to be open Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 4 pm, until December 6. The museum and garden is on Hollow Road, off Route 6.

The public is invited to stop by on Saturday, April 5, for the first of many special programs planned for the season. Allison Gabrielson, a docent and talented spinner, will be on hand with her spinning wheel to demonstrate her techniques. Some of the “Marshall Children” involved in the young docent program will be available to give tours of the house and garden.

From 9 to 11 am that morning there will be a workshop for children ages 7 and up. They will be using all-natural materials 18th Century Woodbury residents would have used for dyeing wool and flax to dye Easter eggs. The program, “Easter Egg Dyeing,” costs $5 per child. Space is limited; call The Glebe House pre-register.

Set in the picturesque Litchfield Hills in historic Woodbury’s village center, The Glebe House Museum offers the visitor a glimpse of Revolutionary War era Connecticut. The 18th Century farmhouse is furnished as the home of the Reverend John Marshall, his wife Sarah, and their nine children who lived in the “glebe” during the turmoil of the American war for independence. The museum represents the birthplace of the Episcopal Church in the New World.

The Jekyll Garden is the only extant American garden planned by England’s most venerated garden designer.

For reservations and information about tour programs or for information about membership,  volunteering and special events, call the museum at 203-263-2855 or visit

www.TheGlebeHouse.org.