Mother’s day at Glensheen
Concerts by the Lake
Glensheen Garden Tours
Glensheen Croquet Tournament
Glensheen Festival of Fine Art and Craft
Glensheen Spooktacular
Mother’s day at Glensheen
Sunday, May 13 at 9:30 AM, 12:30 PM and 4:30 PM
Details: Glensheen is honoring mom with three opportunities for fine dining on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 13, 2012. Families can choose from the following options:
Brunch, 9:30 AM Station tour and brunch
Lunch, 12:30 PM Station tour and lunch
Dinner, 4:30 PM Station tour and dinner
Price: $15.95 to $31.95
Call: 218-726-8910, 1-888-454-GLEN or e-mail info@glensheen.org
Concerts by the Lake
Wednesdays, July 11, 18, and 25 at 7 PM
Details: Grab your partner and dust off your dancing shoes! The Jim Melde Big Band is returning to Glensheen for this hallmark event. The Concerts by the Lake will be held Wednesday evenings in July. Guests are invited to enjoy the big band's tunes while taking in the breathtaking views on Glensheen's Lake Superior shoreline.
The concerts are free, allowing visitors to enjoy both the music of the Jim Melde Big Band and Glensheen's seven acres of formal gardens, vegetable gardens, and rocky Lake Superior shoreline. Free parking is also available in the Glensheen parking lot.
Price: FREE
Call: 218-726-8910, 1-888-454-GLEN or e-mail info@glensheen.org
Glensheen Garden Tours
Wednesdays, July 11, 18, and 25 at 6PM
Details: A turn-of-the-last century adventure in self-sustainability on the shores of Lake Superior.
In 1905, the rugged shoreline at 3300 London Road began a transformation. Landscape architect Charles Wellford Leavitt, Jr. worked with the Congdon family in carefully preserving as much of the natural landscape as possible while making the estate
self-sufficient. More than a century later, the legacy of this remarkable partnership lives on.
Experience the Congdon legacy during this special grounds tour. The guides are two enthusiastic experts who recommend wearing shoes suitable for walking the seven-acre estate…and sticking around for the Concerts by the Lake after the tour.
Please meet at the gardener's cottage a little before 6 PM for the tour.
Price: Free
Call: 218-726-8910, 1-888-454-GLEN or e-mail info@glensheen.org
Glensheen Croquet Tournament
Saturday, August 4 at 9 AM
Details: Couples or individuals are invited to participate in the bracket-style tournament. It is modified English six-wicket play. Participants are encouraged to wear "croquet whites."
The tournament will take place on the bowling green at Glensheen, which has been transformed into a gorgeous "croquet pitch."
Price includes continental breakfast, boxed lunch, refreshments, and a champagne toast.
Price: $40
Call: 218-726-8910, 1-888-454-GLEN or e-mail info@glensheen.org
Glensheen Festival of Fine Art and Craft
Saturday and Sunday, August 11 and 12 from 9 AM to 5 PM
Details: On August 11 and 12, nearly 100 of the region's most talented artists will gather for Glensheen's 18th Annual Festival of Fine Art and Craft. With free admission, free parking, and a free shuttle bus, Glensheen's Festival of Fine Art and Craft truly is a community event.
The gates open at 9 AM on both days and wraps up at 5 PM.
Area musicians will add to the ambiance of the festival which takes place at Glensheen historic estate, 3300 London Road in Duluth, Minnesota. Visitors can enjoy demonstrations by a blacksmith, a glass blower, a painter and more. Food venders will make sure that shoppers have plenty of food to fuel their browsing.
Parking is free but Glensheen's lot quickly fills up. Free parking will also be available at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Maroon Lot B. A round-trip shuttle bus to Glensheen from UMD will run approximately every twenty minutes throughout the day.
House tours will be offered at regular rates during the Festival of Fine Art and Craft from 9:30 AM through 4 PM.
Price: FREE
Call: 218-726-8910, 1-888-454-GLEN or e-mail info@glensheen.org
Glensheen Spooktacular
Thursday, October 25 through Sunday, October 28 from 6 to 9 PM
Details: What is a Jack O’ Lantern Spooktacular? It is a display of artistry in which pumpkins are the canvas. Artists, students, and community members teamed up to create more than 600 Jack O’ Lanterns that will illuminate Glensheen’s seven-acres of Lake Superior shoreline, casting the 104-year-old mansion in a light never seen before.
The event will be held on Glensheen’s grounds and does not include a tour. Trick-or-treating is not offered at the Spooktacular.
Price: $7 to $20
Call: 218-726-8910 or 1-888-454-GLEN
Glensheen’s main house has 15 bedrooms and 15 fireplaces.