Celebrate the arrival of spring and Mother’s Day weekend with Mayfest, featuring a variety of family-friendly activities in the beautiful gardens of Lakewold. Enjoy our most colorful season with a refreshing mocktail, participate in a garden scavenger hunt (and win a prize!), make Mother’s Day cards, and play games on the lawn. Bring or purchase a picnic lunch to enjoy on your favorite spot […]
Music From Home: Sounds of the Homelands
In the first of the season’s American Focus subset of concerts, soprano Ellaina Lewis, violinist Robert Murphy, and pianist Kim Davenport will deliver performances of music by Black composers active in the United States. The program includes Sonnets on Love, Rosebuds and Death (a song cycle of 8 haunting and fascinating pieces for voice, violin, and piano) by Dorothy […]
Lakewold Gardens Programs for April-June 2024
Spring/Summer/Fall Hours (begin Sunday, April 1):Wednesday – Sunday, 10 am-5 pmAdmission prices include entrance to the gardens Events MayfestMay 10-12, 10am-5 pmTickets: $20 General, $16 Students, Seniors & Military, $10 Youth 6-17 (5 and under free)Celebrate the arrival of spring and Mother’s Day weekend with a variety of family-friendly activities in the beautiful gardens of Lakewold. […]
Lakewold Gardens Hosts New Series of Garden Programs
Lakewold Gardens has added three new programs that invite guests to fully appreciate the natural beauty of the gardens and Pacific Northwest region. Each of these programs provide opportunities for participants to slow down and thoughtfully consider how nature can inspire and enhance their lives. Crafting from the GardensSecond and Fourth Sundays*, 1:30-3:30 pm$25-$35 (includes garden […]
Lakewold Gardens Brings an ‘Unnatural Selection’ to Wagner House
Unnatural Selection by Erik FremstadFebruary 16 – April 7, 2024Artist Reception: Friday, February 16, 5-7 pm Lakewood, WA—Lakewold Gardens is pleased to present Unnatural Selection, an exhibition of the wildlife portrait series of the same name by artist Erik Fremstad. Opening Friday, February 16, the show includes all six large-scale paintings in the series, the first time they […]
Lakewold Gardens Programs for February-March 2024
Winter Garden PoetrySaturday, February 24, 10 am-4 pmTickets: $15 General ($5 Workshop Fee – optional)Experience the South Sound’s vibrant literary arts community! Celebrate the poets whose work has been selected for Lakewold’s 2024 Garden Poetry Walk, a self-guided tour marked by signs with QR codes that link to audio recordings of the poems. Additional activities […]
Lakewold Gardens Wants to Hear from You
Submitted by Susan Warner, Executive Director. As we enter 2024, the Board and staff at Lakewold Gardens are reflecting on the past year–what went well, where we can improve, what we want to build on in the days ahead. As part of this process, we invite you, our Lakewold family of volunteers, supporters, members and guests, to share your […]
Lakewold Gardens Programs for December 2023
WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVALThursdays – Sundays December 14-31, 5-8pmTickets: $20 General | $16 Students, Seniors and Military | $10 for youth ages 5-17 (5 and under free)The Winter Solstice (or Midwinter) marks the shortest day and longest night of the year, bringing with it the promise of increased sunlight in the days ahead. It is a […]
Join Volta Piano Trio for ‘Music from Home’ Sunday at Lakewold Gardens
Join us Sunday, November 5 (3-5 pm) for a delightful chamber music in the cozy and intimate Wagner House living room. Volta Piano Trio will perform Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 2, Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 2, and works for violin and piano and solo cello by William Grant Still and Mario Lavista. Hailed by Gramophone magazine for their “warmly […]