Wine, Cheese & Art Please! Event Returns
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Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden 2026 Fundraiser: Saturday, May 30th
Woodbury- It is hard to resist a glass of fine wine in a beautiful garden on a perfect summer afternoon. Still, when you add the unique visions of local artists, it becomes an event to delight all the senses.
The Glebe House Museum’s festive fundraiser, “Wine, Cheese & Art Please,” in the Gertrude Jekyll Garden at 49 Hollow Road in Woodbury on Saturday, May 30th (Rain Date: May 31st) from 4:00 – 7:00 pm, promises to be a pleasurable event.
Amid bursts of summer flowers and local artists showcasing their talents, guests can sample delectable cheeses from New Curds on the Block and fresh oysters from To the Gills. Hors d’oeuvres and wine, including Walker Road Vineyard’s Gertrude’s Garden, will also be served.
Art lovers are sure to find that very special piece amongst a wide variety of styles and media. Many artists will be demonstrating their creative process, and all will have art for sale.
This year’s event features 12 local artists: Raffaela Arcamone, Becky Butler, Sandy Carlson, Sharon Curran, Sandra Daignault, Sharon Famiglietti, David Jean, ShawnaLee W. Kwashnak, Kathleen L’Hommedieu, Lucy Pierpont, Christiane Schmohl, and Aaliyah Willets.
There will also be a silent auction of very special items chosen for this event. The Glebe House Museum’s main floor will be open for guests to view.
Tickets for the garden party are $30 per person, and all proceeds will support the Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden.
For online ticket sales by credit card:
To reserve tickets by check/cash, please call or email the Museum Director at 203-263-2855 / office@glebehousemuseum.org
About the Glebe House & Garden:
Set in the picturesque Litchfield Hills in historic Woodbury’s village center, the museum welcomes visitors for a glimpse of Revolutionary War-era Connecticut. The simple but elegant 18th-century farmhouse is furnished as the home of the Reverend John Rutgers Marshall and his family, who lived in the “glebe” during the turmoil of the American War for Independence. The Glebe House was restored in 1923 under the direction of Henry Watson Kent, a pioneer of early American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. One of the earliest historic house museums in the country, The Glebe House opened its doors to the public in 1925, and is celebrating over a century open to the public.
In 1926, the famed English horticultural designer and writer, Gertrude Jekyll, was commissioned to plan an “old-fashioned” garden to enhance the newly created museum. Ms. Jekyll had a profound influence on modern garden design and is widely considered the greatest gardener of the 20th century. Although a small garden, when compared with the 400 more elaborate designs she completed in England and on the Continent, the Glebe House garden includes 350 feet of a classic English-style mixed border with sweeps of red, yellow, and gold and cool waves of lavender and blue hues. It is the only remaining example of her work in the United States today and is currently in year four of a full restoration.
