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Glebe House Museum and The Gertrude Jekyll Garden, located on Hollow Road, will be open for special first person tours given by costumed guides from 1 to 4 p.m. Costumed young docents will teach quill writing in the shade of the Gertrude Jekyll Garden which will be in full bloom. The Glebe House Museum is a historic house museum and garden where the Rev. John Rutgers Marshall lived with his family from 1771 to 1786. The guided tour explores the way of life of an 18th-century middle class family at the dawn of the new republic. The garden was designed in 1926, just a year after the museum opened, by Gertrude Jekyll, the renowned English garden designer and writer.
The Hurd House Museum, also on Hollow Road, will be open at 2 p.m. when Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Atwell of Vernon will present a program called "Stars and Stripes Forever," a perfect fit for Flag Day. The District 2 School House on Main Street will be open demonstrating what a day in a one-room school was like in the late 1800's.
Walker Road Vineyards will open the winery for tasting from noon to 5 p.m. The basic equipment used in a winery for crushing and pressing grapes, and storing and bottling wine will be on view.
To learn a little about Connecticut farming practices and tools and equipment farmers used in a bygone era, Flanders Nature center and Land Trust will open its Buzz Russell Antique Farm Tool Museum from 9 a.m. to noon. The trails at the Nature Center will be open all day.
Locally Grown History. It's In Your Backyard is a unique collaboration created to give the public a new, enticing view of the regions historical treasures. Locally Grown History passports and maps will be available at all locations. Residents and visitors are encouraged to participate in the "hunt" with their maps and passport. The more stickers acquired between May 30 and Oct. 30 from participating sites throughout the state, the greater a chance to win a local prize.
Locally Grown History is a project organized by historical societies and museums throughout northwest Connecticut, along with UConn/Torrington, the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council and the Northwest Connecticut Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The days event is open to the public and is free or a nominal charge at some sites.
Those seeking additional information may call 203-263-2855 or visit www.locallygrownhistory.org.
