Exciting Programs and Events Coming Your Way!
Our Programs Team has been hard at work crafting an incredible schedule of activities, events, and programs that are perfect for you and your family. From engaging workshops to fun-filled community events, we’ve got something for everyone to enjoy!
While registration isn’t open just yet, we’re thrilled to share the amazing line-up for the first half of the year. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for updates on how to secure your spot!
Upcoming Events:
1/11/2025, Saturday
Member’s Only Tours of the Garden: Camellias
10:00am - 11:00am
Take a deep dive into the winter blooming Camellia collection with a knowledgeable member of our Horticulture team. Join us for a member’s only experience to celebrate one of our special collections and learn about our plants you cannot find anywhere else.
1/18/2025, Saturday
What's the Tea: How tea is made; Part 1 of a 3-part series
11:00am - 12:00pm
We are spilling the tea on how tea is made. Join us for a couple cups of different teas and learn about the process behind turning the Camellia Sinensis into the warm comfort drinks we know and love. Then take a guided tour through our beautiful winter blooming Camellias with a warm drink. Cost: London Town Members, $14, Non-members $20.
2/1/2025, Saturday
Reenactor Yard Sale
10:00am – 2:00pm
Join us for our Reenactor Yard Sale, a multiple period yard sale of reproduction historic items ranging from shoes to hats, tents to trousers, cookware to dishes, and many items in between. Buyers are welcome to attend with a suggested donation of $5 each.
2/8/2025, Saturday
Member’s Only Tours of the Garden: Hellebores
10:00am - 11:00am
Join us for a look into some of our earliest spring blooming plants from Crocuses to Hellebores. A member of our Horticulture department will walk you through the ins and outs of these curious plants.
2/9/2025, Sunday
Valentine’s Day Tea Party: Kids Edition
Morning session: 10:30 – Noon, Afternoon session: 2:00 pm – 3:30pm
Join us for a love-filled tea party filled with delicious treats and enchanting decorations to celebrate the sweethearts in your life. For adults, enjoy delicious hot tea and the kids will enjoy pink lemonade. Also included is our photo booth area to capture memories, flower bar to take home a small bouquet, and the craft station to create a personalized keepsake. Best for ages 5+. Cost: London Town members $35/person, Non-members $40/person.
2/12/2025, Wednesday
Homeschool Program: Colonial Trades
Morning session: 10:00am-11:30am, Afternoon session: 1:00pm-2:30pm
What do you want to do when you grow up? Become an apprentice for the day and try your hand at a few colonial jobs to discover what work was like in the eighteenth century. For children aged 6-12. Registration required in advance. Registration: London Town members $8, Non-Members $10.50.
2/12/2025, Wednesday
Lecture: Create your Homegrown National Park
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Why should you care about planting native plants, removing invasives, and restoring habitat? Join Alison Milligan (Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional, Master Watershed Steward, Master Gardener, and Master Naturalist) as she guides us through the concept for Homegrown National Park, a national challenge to create diverse ecosystems in our yards, communities, farms, and surrounding lands by reducing lawn, planting native, and removing invasives. Cost: London Town Members are free, Non-Members, $10.
2/15/2025, Saturday
English Country Dance comes to London Town
Lesson 6:30pm, dance 7:00pm-9:00pm
We’ve teamed up with Annapolis Trad Dance Society to bring an evening of English Country Dance (community/social dance) to the waterfront pavilion at Historic London Town and Gardens. English Country Dance brings a whole room of people together and includes live music and a caller who directs the dancers on the movements. This is a special type of social dance that one can attend without a partner. The dancers form couples, and the couples form sets of two couples in long lines starting from the stage and going down the length of the dance hall. No experience or partner required. London Town Members, $12. Non-Members $15. Students, $5.
2/22/2025, Saturday
What’s the Tea: History of Tea in London Town; Part 2 of a 3-part series
11:00am - 12:00pm
We are spilling the tea on the history of tea in London Town. Join us for a cup of tea and learn about tea in colonial London Town and the surrounding area. Then take a guided tour through our beautiful winter blooming Camellias with a warm cup of tea. Cost: London Town Members, $14, Non-members $20.
3/8/2024, Saturday
Members only Celebration of collections: Magnolias
10:00am - 11:00am
Spring has sprung in the gardens! Come view our beautiful spring Magnolia collection. Learn about these ancient flowering trees through a member’s exclusive guided tour with a knowledgeable member of our Horticulture Department. London Town Members only event.
3/12/2025, Wednesday
Homeschool Program: Spring Garden
Morning session, for children 6-12: 10:00am-11:30am
Afternoon session, for Children 6-12: 1:00pm-2:30 pm
or Middle school Afternoon Session, for children 11-14: 1:00pm-2:30pm
Come spend a day learning about the “how to” behind gardening. Explore the methods and science behind planning your space, checking the health of the dirt, and what you can plant to help the environment. Cost: London Town Members, $8. Non-members, $10.50.
3/15/2025, Saturday
What’s the tea: Make your own tea “Tea Party”; Part 3 of a 3-part series
11:00am - 12:00pm
Join us for the last ‘What’s The Tea’ as we spill the tea on making your own hand-crafted blend. Create four different blends using historical tea and herbs. Enjoy one of your creations while walking through our spring blooming camellias and take the other three home to enjoy later. Cost: London Town Members, $14. Non-members $20.
3/19/2025, Wednesday
The Garden Ramble: Sip & Stroll
5:00pm – 7:30pm
Wander through our 10-acre gardens, enjoy festive drinks, and revel in live music stations scattered throughout the grounds. Discover the beauty of our blooming camellia collection while sipping on themed cocktails. 5pm – 6pm, ramble through the gardens and enjoy live music at various stations. 6:15pm – 7:00pm, gather inside our heated waterfront pavilion for a showcase performance by an Irish Arts Trio Band. 21+ event. Cost: London Town Members, $25. Non-Members, $35.
3/21/2025 - 3/23/2025, Friday - Sunday
Maryland Day Weekend
10:00am – 4:00pm
Join us for a three-day admission free weekend to celebrate reopening the site for the season with a full roster of tours, family friendly activities, and living history programs. Whether you come to play in our beautiful spring gardens, talk with 18th-century interpreters in and around our historic buildings, or engage in hands-on learning, don’t miss out on this once-in-a-year opportunity. Free admission, no pre-registration required.
3/29/2025, Saturday
Planning a Spring Kitchen Garden 101 Workshop
11:00am - 12:30pm
Interested in starting your own kitchen garden this spring? Don’t know where to start? Join us for a beginner friendly workshop where, step by step, we will walk through starting your own garden. You will also have early access to the Heirloom Vegetables and Herbs grown in our greenhouse before the Heirloom Vegetable and Herb sale. Cost: London Town Members, $20. Non-Members, $25.
4/5/2025, Saturday (rain date 4/12/2025)
Garden Egg Hunt
10:30am - 11:30am
Start a new spring tradition with London Town and join us for a Garden Egg Hunt. Search for candies and prizes in our enchanting Dell and enjoy your spoils with a spring themed craft after the hunt. Participation included with admission.
4/9/2025, Wednesday
Homeschool Program: Colonial Medicine
Morning session: 10:00am - 11:30am
Afternoon session: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Step into the shoes of 18th century physicians and healers as we explore the gardens for 18th-century cures and learn all about how colonial people treated illnesses and injuries in an era before modern hospitals or even germ theory! For children aged 6-12. Registration: London Town Members, $8. Non-members, $10.50.
4/12/2025, Saturday
Members only tours of the garden: Ephemerals
10:00am-11:00am
Join us in admiring the flowers that herald the arrival of spring in London Town’s Garden. Smell the daffodils while taking a member's exclusive guided tour with a knowledgeable member of our Horticulture Department.
4/17/2025, Thursday
Colonial Cocktails: Creamy Concoctions
6:30pm – 7:30pm
More than just Irish Coffee, come learn about dairy’s place in 18th-century alcohol. We’ll be having syllabub, a Colonial Cocktails classic, and trying something new with a milk punch! 21+ event. Cost: London Town Members, $25. Non-members, $33.
4/19/2025, Saturday
Heirloom Vegetable and Herb Plant Sale
London Town Members 9:30am – 1:00pm, Public 10:00am – 1:00pm
Start your spring garden with colonial plants and herbs grown on site. All proceeds from the sale of the veggies go to supporting the development and expansion of the demonstration garden, helping us connect the history of London Town and gardening together! Free to shop at the plant sale.
4/19/2025, Saturday (rain date 4/20)
Plein Air Open House
10:00am – 4:00pm
Admission is free for all Plein Air artists who come to paint on April 19th. Be a part of the event and join amazing local Plein Air artists who come to capture the beauty of our historic William Brown House, acres of ornamental and woodland gardens, blooming camellias, stunning overlooks, and panoramic views of the South River. Participating Plein Air painters receive free admission. Spectators and other site visitors, please pay admission.
4/26/2025 - 4/27/2025, Saturday and Sunday
A Tree Birthday Party & Environmental Resource Fair
10:00am - 3:00pm
For Earth Month, we are throwing a party! Join us as we celebrate our oldest tree on site that has witnessed all 250+ years of United States history. Enjoy garden and tree themed crafts, scavenger hunt, games, other exciting activities and, of course, birthday cake! It will be a celebration that you and our unofficial Witness Tree will remember. Included with admission to the site. Free with admission.
5/9/2025, Friday
London Town in Bloom: A Garden Gala
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Join us for a delicious dinner, an open bar, silent and live auction, and sip + stroll through the gardens to help fund history and nature programs to thousands of visitors, and to help preserve the history and the gardens of Historic London Town and Gardens. London Town Member tickets are $175 per person or $325 per couple. Non-Member tickets are $200 person or $350 per couple.
5/10/2025, Saturday
Members Only Tours of the Garden: Azaleas, Rhododendron
10:00am - 11:00am
The gardens are exploding with color during this bloom of Rhododendrons and Azaleas! Join us for a member’s only tour, with a member of our Horticulture team, to learn more about some of our most colorful collections on site. Find out more at
5/11/2025, Sunday
Mums & Mimosas: Workshop
Morning Session: 10:30am – 11:30am
Afternoon Session: 1:30pm – 2:30pm
This Mother's Day, why buy your mom a bouquet when you can make one together? In this hour-long class, you'll enjoy two classic mimosas and learn how to create beautiful arrangements for bouquets, centerpieces, and more. While enjoying time with mom (or your bestie!), you'll each craft a gorgeous centerpiece to take home. Ages 21+. London Town Members: $35. Non-Members: $45.
5/15/2025, Thursday
Colonial Cocktails: Seafaring Punches
6:30pm - 7:30pm
In honor of Naval Commissioning Week, come and try Tortuga Island Punch and Admiral Russel’s Punch, two cocktails designed to get sailors through their rough days on the high seas. 21+ event. Cost: London Town Members, $25. Non-members, $33.
5/14/2025, Wednesday
Homeschool Program: Monarch Mania
Morning session: 10:00am-11:30am
Afternoon session: 1:00pm-2:30 pm
Monarch butterflies are some of our most vibrant wildlife but they’re in trouble! This
month, we’ll learn all about these beautiful creatures and how we can protect them and
their habitat. For children aged 6-12, Registration: London Town Member, $8. Non-Members, $10.50.
Recurring Events
Weekends starting March 22nd
Living History Weekends
10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us for special living history themed weekends. Your family will enjoy engaging with our costumed interpreters and while they demonstrate 18th-century activities from hearth cooking, to dying fabric, to spinning yarn. All activities are included with admission, no pre-registration required.
This is just a sneak peek, so get ready for an unforgettable year of connection, learning, and fun. We can’t wait to see you there!
Stay tuned for registration details and updates at www.historiclondontown.org/events.