Programs

Click here for our calendar of upcoming programs, workshops and events. Click the program you are interested in to learn more details and to register online.

We provide a wide array of educational programs for adults and children. Education in ornamental horticulture, botanical sciences, and history is provided through lectures, workshops, garden walks, and hands-on classes given by Blithewold staff and leading regional professionals. Please take a look at our current education offerings.

Blithewold also sponsors popular children's camps during the summer and spring vacation weeks, giving children the opportunity to learn about the interaction of plants, and animals, with humans and the environment.

When you sign up for a class, you have access to the gardens for that day. Please be sure to sign up early!

    From Our Blog

  • Marjorie’s dove tree turns 40 (May 16, '13)
    It’s a lucky visitor whose gaze turns east along the path between the mansion and the Enclosed Garden, instead of west across the blooming North Garden and Great Lawn to Narragansett Bay. The western view is a compelling one to be sure and even I am caught up short by it every time I walk ...
  • The Costume Collection (Jan 07, '13)
    Many of you already know about the fabulous collection of gowns and accessories belonging to Bessie Van Wickle McKee that came home to Blithewold last year.  Forty-one dresses with accessories, coats, and hats, had been given to the Colonial Dames … Continue reading
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