Cream Tea & Tour of Old Westbury Gardens Mansion
Wed, Dec 05
|Old Westbury Gardens
Cream tea and guided tour of Old Westbury Gardens mansion decorated for the holidays.
Time & Location
Dec 05, 2018, 11:00 AM
Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA
About the event
Historic/Educational/Preservation. Members, Spouses, & Friends. Enjoy a cream tea, which features scones, clotted cream, jam, and tea, then a guided tour of the 1906 period home built for John S. Phipps. Period rooms are beautifully and exquisitely decorated by the Horticulture Staff with Christmas trees, wreaths, mantelpiece arrangements, topiaries, and plants. Antique clothing and toys from the Westbury House collection will be on display. The house and gardens are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Cost is $16.00 per person, which covers a ”cream tea" beginning at 11:00 A.M. with guided tour beginning at 11:30 A.M.
To sign up for this event, please RSVP to Betty at least one week in advance, then send a check made out to Ketewamoke Chapter, NSDAR (note at bottom of check “Westbury Gardens") and mail check to Betty.