Whittier Home Annual Plant and Bake Sale

MAY 18, 2013

We don't usually select bake sakes for TOP EVENTS, but this one tops our list. That's because we want everyone to experience the John Greenleaf Whittier House, so any excuse gets our attention. We've been here a half dozen times and even spoken tot he ladies -- mostly ladies -- who are the devoted fans of JGW who wrote so many of our favorite poems about Seacoast New Hampshire too. (Continued below) 

 

The Whittier Home Museum at 86 Friend Street, Amesbury, welcomes spring with its Annual Plant, Book and Bake Sale on Saturday, May 18th from 9 a.m. to noon (rain date Sunday May 19). Cynthia Costello, President of WHA, welcomes one and all to enjoy the beauty of the poets’ Victorian garden while enjoying homemade pastries in the outdoor café and reviewing cooking and gardening books.

“Our plant sale will include plants from the Whittier Home members’ gardens, as well as Whittier’s garden and include many unique species that you won’t be able to purchase in a garden shop including prize irises, hosta as well as hybrids and other “discoveries and herbs, “ say co chairs  Sue Curry of Merrimac, and Annie Tunstall, both expert gardeners. All plants are indigenous to New England soil. They say “and we’ll be on hand to give advice on how to transfer and take care of the plants.” Expect a varied collection of plantings and garden supplies, including vases, tools, pots and garden décor.

Rita Mullis and Cynthia Costello are co-chairs of the Whittier Garden Cafe, which will feature coffee and juice along with a mouth-watering choice of home baked sweets and breads made by Whittier Home members. The ladies encourage patrons to purchase extra baked goods including pies to take home. Come early for the best selection.

Donations of any of the above items are appreciated and can be left at the Whittier home on Friday, morning, May 17, from 9 a.m. to noon or call 978-388-1337 for pickup arrangements.  Empty starter pots are available on back porch of home.

The Whittier Home Museum opens for weekly tours on Saturday, May 4th, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Oct. 26, or by special appointment year-round. Call the home at 978-388-1337 for information or visit us at our website, www.whittierhome.org for a virtual tour, gift shop and our calendar of events.

About Whittier Home Museum

The Whittier Home, one of the “Amesbury Treasures” located at 86 Friend Street, Amesbury, MA is the home where John Greenleaf Whittier lived with his sister, mother and aunt from 1836 until his death in 1892. As a faithful Quaker, creative thinker, environmentalist and freedom lover Whittier published inspired poetry most of his life and is famed for his poem “Snowbound” and especially his anti-slavery activism.