On Monday, April 22, Delia Bolden School kindergarteners explored Grasmere Park and the Herb Garden at Durand-Hedden. The students learned about the invasion of buttercups (lesser celandine), stood inside the hollow stump of the great ash tree near the driveway that we lost a couple of years ago (there are two animal burrows under the stump now), and learned about the many herbs springing up in the Herb Garden.
It was a pleasure to host these curious young visitors on a beautiful spring day.
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Step back in time as Eliza Vincz-Lichack (pictured here) recreates a Colonial-era afternoon tea in Durand-Hedden's eighteenth-century kitchen. This historical reenactment will use an antique eighteenth-century tea set, punch bowl, and more. Learn why tea was such a hot commodity, spill the tea, and swap biscuit and sweets recipes as you enjoy this engaging demonstration.
Eliza Vincz-Lichack holds her BA in art history from Rosemont College with a focus in the socio-economic aspects of fashion in late eighteenth-century America and Europe.
The day's events will also include a Chinese tea demonstration with Xiuqin "Qin" Zhai and Susan Li as well as children's activities and an exhibit on this history of tea from China to eighteenth-century New Jersey.
Registration is free and is appreciated. Just visit our event page.
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Durand-Hedden is thrilled that Xiuqin "Qin" Zhai (pictured above) will lead visitors in a Chinese tea demonstration and tasting on Sunday, May 19, at the Durand-Hedden House as part of our All the Tea: From China to New Jersey Open House. This unique event will honor Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. She will be assisted by Susan Li.
Qin is a professional Tea Artist and Tea Evaluator, also known as a Sommelier, based in Millburn, NJ. She represents Pu’er Tea Culture and her family's business, Yun Cha Zhi Bang Tea Co., Ltd. Her motto is "One Cup of Tea."
The day's events will also include a reenactment of a colonial-era tea by Eliza Vincz-Lichack of Ministers of Apollo at our historic hearth as well as children's activities and an exhibit on this history of tea from China to eighteenth-century New Jersey.
Registration is free and is appreciated. Just visit our event page.