The next public Open House days at Bedrock Gardens are in May 2016. We wish you a cozy and safe winter. Here's a few glimpses of the gardens in its post-leaf season splendor.
Thank you to all who made 2015 a stellar season in the gardens. We had special activities every month of the year, including:
- The Dwellings Project: 150 middle and high school students sculpted imaginative homes dispersed throughout the gardens.
- Wildlife Encounters: Friendly and unusual animals visited Bedrock for an educational day with owls, armadillos, parrots, tortoises, and more!
- The Shoe Show: A shoe-themed art installation by 12 area artists incorporating hand-made shoes by Molly Grant of the Cordwainer Shop.
- Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons: Northwest songsters wove ragtime, blues and folk songs with storytelling into a tapestry of American roots culture.
- Classical Cello & Oboe: Harel Geitheim on cello and Margaret Herlehy on oboe performed classics, including Beethoven, Faure, and Gliere.
- The Penhallow Celtic Ensemble: These charming musicians serenaded us with wooden whistle, guitar, mandolin and banjo.
- Stranger Than Fiction Improv: The Granite State's premiere improvisational comedy troupe made up scenes and characters on the spot in Cone Town.
- The Caterpillar Lab: A wondrous traveling collection gave fascinating insights into the microscopic world of these beautiful and alien creatures.
- Dale's Jazz Lab: Live music every Open House weekend!
On top of all that, we held three successful fundraisers with Flatbread Pizza in Hampton, 99 Restaurant in Portsmouth, and The Friendly Toast in Portsmouth.
Lee – Bedrock Garden's hometown – is celebrating its 250th Anniversary in 2016. Jill created a commemorative sculpture now displayed at the town Transfer Station. She has also been working with 60 second graders and 10 friends of Bedrock Gardens to plant 5,000 tulip bulbs. Come see them in downtown Lee this spring!
Stay tuned for more news throughout the winter.
Jill shared this final note:
We are reminded of the last lines of ‘Reluctance’ by R.Frost
'Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?'
But we must, and we do, but we are looking forward to your smiling faces in the Spring.
Lee – Bedrock Garden's hometown – is celebrating its 250th Anniversary in 2016. Jill created a commemorative sculpture now displayed at the town Transfer Station. She has also been working with 60 second graders and 10 friends of Bedrock Gardens to plant 5,000 tulip bulbs. Come see them in downtown Lee this spring!
Stay tuned for more news throughout the winter.
Jill shared this final note:
We are reminded of the last lines of ‘Reluctance’ by R.Frost
'Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?'
But we must, and we do, but we are looking forward to your smiling faces in the Spring.
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