A special feature for the event will be
a tour of 2 local Historical sites,
The Thomas Alva Edison Museum &
The Franklin School House.
Tickets in advance are
$20 for adults
$10 for teens 13 to 18
children under12 are free.
(Tickets at the door $25)
Presented by the Edison Arts Society
in affliliation with The Terra Nova Garden Club
Sponsored by Anthony’s Landscaping
For more information visit us at
www.edisonarts.org
or call us at 908-753-2787
TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR ARTS IN THE GARDEN TOUR
The Edison Arts Society is pleased to announce the date for the 5th Annual Arts in the Garden Tour.
On Saturday July 17, 2010 (rain or shine) five beautiful and unusual residential gardens in Edison and Metuchen will be open to the public. The gardens will all showcase various styles and themes used for gardens.
A special added feature for the event will be a tour of two local Historical sites. The Thomas Alva Edison Museum in Edison, which is the original site for the first research and development laboratory in the United States, and the Franklin School which is a one-room school house circa 1807 which was built by local residents and is listed in the New Jersey Historical Registry.
Sponsored by the Edison Arts Society, a group of dedicated local artists in a variety of disciplines whose goal is to enhance and delight our community, together with the Terra Nova Garden Club, a group of gardeners whose main concern is to beautify as much of our community as humanly possible. Tickets are now available at $20 per adult and going fast. Teens ages 13 to 18 years are $10 per person and children under 12 years are free, tickets at the door are $25. The tour starts at 10 AM and ends at 5 PM.
The various disciplines of the arts will be included in the Tour and will be coordinated by our Artistic Executive Director, Anne Redlin.
For additional information and to purchase tickets, contact either the Edison Arts Society at 908.753.2787 or Gloria Dittman at 732.548.9134. Checks may be payable to the Edison Arts Society. To learn more about the Edison Arts society, please visit www.edisonarts.org
“Beauty Spots…”
The weather the day of the Tour was glorious and there were multiple “beauty spots”…these but a few!
“EAS Members, Terra Nova Collaborators, Gardeners…”
Edison Arts Society Visual Artists Members turned out in force to assist as hosts and to exhibit work. Alan Rosenberg and Donna Muscynski served as the official photographers for the day, documenting the event. We were so grateful to the hospitality of the homeowner / gardeners. As always, videographer Eddie Cologna spent the day interviewing gathering footage for the Tour Presentation to be aired on ETV.
“The ART in the Gardens…”
Artwork of every discipline filled the six gardens: paintings, live music, poetry, and performance. The “Master Artist Impersonators” were a genuine highlight with six different college student EAS interns taking on the role of Master Artists and interacting with the visitors “in character”.
“Tots on Tour…”
Billed as a “child-friendly” event, the Tour attracted a number of young children.
“Visitors…”
The 4th Annual was a wonderful event, enjoyed by visitors, local and from out-of-state.
A special thank you to Linda Vonderschmidt-LaStella and Denise Riordan, Co-Chairs of the Art in the Garden Tour, for their superb expertise and commitment to making the tour such a tremendous success. In addition, we would like to thank the wonderful gardeners, whose homes were graciously shared with us, as well as the dedicated committee members, hosts, the Terra Nova Garden Club, and the coterie of performing, visual, and gardening artists and educators, who shared their diverse talents with us all. The day was a glorious success because of all of them.
Six residential gardens, in Edison and Metuchen, will be open to the public on Saturday, July 18, 2009 for the Fourth Annual “Art in the Garden Tour”. From its beginning, the tour has been a popular local event that has grown to attract visitors from around the state. Tickets are $20 and cover admission to all six gardens plus refreshments. Children under 10 are Free!
This year, the Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison will be assisting us as Hostesses in each garden.
Our theme “Tots On Tour” includes activities, song and poetry designed for young children. At the starting location, each child that finds a magic blue pebble and tosses it into the “Make a Wish Fountain “ will receive a nature inspired craft to take home! Mom, Dad, Grandparents bring the little ones with you!
The gardens, which will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., showcase different styles, from a lovingly self tended garden in the heart of town to a large, professionally developed space. Sponsored by the Edison Arts Society, a ten-year-old arts organization that supports a variety of art disciplines, the event is distinctive in that each garden on the Tour includes live music and poetry along with an exhibit of visual art. College Interns of the EAS will offer an interactive performance in each garden, impersonating Master Artists and briefly discussing the work of that artist.
Meet Dr. Jim Conroy “The Tree Whisperer” and Ms. Basia Alexander, General Manager, Tree Whispering Coach and Green Centrics Teacher. Dr. Conroy followed a childhood love of plants all the way through a B.S. in Horticulture from Delaware Valley College in Pennsylvania to his Ph.D. in Botany and Plant Pathology from Purdue University in Indiana. All during his 25+ years in Fortune 100 corporations, he promoted tree and plant health in both research and marketing.www.TheTreeWhisperer.com
Members of Edison’s Terra Nova Garden Club and the Edison Arts Society will serve as hosts in each garden.
Tickets may be ordered by mail from: the Edison Arts Society, 340 Raritan Center Parkway, Edison, 08837, or purchased at the Brass Lantern on Main St. Metuchen.
Directions to the POINT OF ENTRY From NJ Turnpike:
47 BURCHARD ST. N.
Take Exit 10 – Metuchen/ Edison Twp.
After toll – Bear Left & follow sign for Woodbridge/Fords (CR-514)
Turn Left on Amboy Avenue (CR-501)
Turn Right onto Burchard Street N. (Approx. 3 blocks – do not pass Fire House.
