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HOMESTEAD HAPPENINGS

There's lots happening at the Homestead! 
We are bringing history to life through lectures, reenactments, literary workshops, kids learning & fun, art-at-mather, music-at-mather, field trips and more!

 

Our Spring Scholars Series celebrates the impact of women in architecture with several events honoring female architects, including pioneers Bertha Mather McPherson (1906–1993) and her contemporary Theodate Pope Riddle (1867–1946). Both earned their architecture licenses in 1933, shaping the built environment and paving the way for future generations.​ Join us for one, two or all!

Thank you to our generous sponsors of this important educational series:  

Carlson & Carlson

Baywater Properties, Burr & Salvatore, Diana Mikkidou Galik, Neil Hauk, Amanda Martocchio Architecture, Rings End​​. 

Joellyn and Kevin Gray, Annie Roberts & Charles Ziga. 


Upcoming events below plus YOGA

  • Vinyasa yoga with Mary Ann
    Vinyasa yoga with Mary Ann
    May 21, 2025, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
    Refresh your mind and energy with this revitalizing practice to uplift and restore your entire system. Enjoy a well-paced flow that will offer you just the right amount of challenge while encouraging strength, resistance, and flexibility while reducing tension in the hips, back and shoulders.
  • 2025 Garden Tea
    2025 Garden Tea
    May 22, 2025, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
    Join us for our fifth annual garden tea supporting preservation of the Mather Homestead and property. We will be joined by Fred Landman of Sleepy Cat Farm in Greenwich who will take us on a tour of the property he created as “a garden of which the house could be proud.” RAINDATE Friday May 23
  • Summer Soiree in the Garden with the Junior Board
    Summer Soiree in the Garden with the Junior Board
    May 31, 2025, 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Join the junior board for a summer kick off celebration in the garden featuring cocktails & heavy hors d'oeuvres from Ardens Rowayton + dancing under the stars! To benefit preservation projects at the Mather Homestead.
  • Plein Air at the Mather Homestead   June 8 to June 15 - please RSVP for lunch on June 10th!
    Plein Air at the Mather Homestead   June 8 to June 15 - please RSVP for lunch on June 10th!
    Jun 10, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Artists and aspiring artists are invited to enjoy the Mather Homestead property from June 8 through June 15. Come to paint, draw, photograph and be inspired!! Lunch event on Tuesday, June 10th. Raindate June 12th. Please RSVP!
  • Lecture featuring Artscapades - Gardenscapes: From Vista to Vase
    Lecture featuring Artscapades - Gardenscapes: From Vista to Vase
    Jun 11, 2025, 7:00 PM
    With a focus on Impressionism, ArtScapades will look at how gardens and flowers played an important role in the works of artists throughout history, including Hieronymus Bosch, Gustav Klimt, Wassily Kandinsky, and Henri Rousseau, Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt, and Vincent Van Gogh.
  • Field Trip to Sleepy Cat Farm, Greenwich
    Field Trip to Sleepy Cat Farm, Greenwich
    Jun 12, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:10 PM
    Join us for a trip to Sleepy Cat Farm, home of Fred Landman. In 1994, Landman purchased a Georgian Revival home on 13 acres. Landman worked with Greenwich architect Charles Hilton and noted landscape architect Charles J. Stick to create a “a garden of which the house could be proud of.”
  • Brown Bag Lunch in the Garden with Andy!
    Brown Bag Lunch in the Garden with Andy!
    Jun 19, 2025, 12:00 PM
    Bring your lunch and an appetite for learning as we explore the beautiful Mather Gardens past and present. Executive Director Heather Raker and Volunteer Gardner Andy Huntington will share the property’s rich history from Native Americans to colonial farmers to modern summer escape and now museum. J
  • What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?  A reading of Frederick Douglass with Samantha
    What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?  A reading of Frederick Douglass with Samantha
    Jun 26, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Join us in celebration of Juneteenth and the Fourth of July for a discussion of Frederick Douglass' speech: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" This speech was delivered on July 5, 1852 as an address to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society.
  • Stephen Mather's Birthday -- the Mather Mountain Party!
    Stephen Mather's Birthday -- the Mather Mountain Party!
    Jun 29, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    Join us for ICE CREAM and National Parks family fun! Upon arriving at the Homestead, you'll get your Mather passport book. Then, head to the various National Park stations where you'll learn about the national parks while playing games and having fun! For people of all ages. FREE for members!
  • Literary Lyrics with Samantha + Music by Parkway Ramblers:  Dylan!
    Literary Lyrics with Samantha + Music by Parkway Ramblers:  Dylan!
    Jul 31, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    We’re spicing up our literary evening with music! We’ll discuss the lyrics of Bob Dylan, considered one of the greatest lyricists of all time, and hear his music played by Parkway Ramblers!! We'll also discuss his beat poet influences - Kerouac, Ginsberg - plus Guthrie!
  • Exhibit - Bertha Mather McPherson: A Legacy of Preservation
    Exhibit - Bertha Mather McPherson: A Legacy of Preservation
    Date and time is TBD
    This exhibit will look at Bertha Mather's legacy as preservationist of home, family and community. To open Spring 2025
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