EVENTS & NEWS
"Easels in the Gardens" takes place April 13 and 14 here in historic Edenton.
The event includes:
- Tours of private gardens and the 1758 Cupola House Gardens, 1-5pm each day
- Plein air artists painting in the gardens each day, and silent auction of their artwork, Saturday 5-7pm
- Gardening lectures, flower arranging workshops and demonstrations each day
- Colonial music festival, Friday, 5-7pm. Music reflects Native American, British Isles and African influences in Colonial music performed by The Grey Wolf Junior, The Itinerant Band, The Rennaisance Consort, and a Community Black choir.
- Master gardeners available for questions
- Landscape design and plant selection information for each garden
- Downtown Edenton family friendly street dance, Friday evening, featuring the "10 Spot" Dance Band
Tickets $25 for ALL events. Proceeds benefit the 1758 Cupola House Museum and Gardens. (Groups of 10 or more, tickets are $20)
You can purchase individual tickets below via our online shopping cart. Or for group tickets or individual tickets, please mail a check for payment to P.O. Box 311, Edenton, NC 27932. For more information, email us at admin@cupolahouse.org
The Beverly Hall garden, one of the gardens on the Tour.
Purchase tickets by clicking the button below. (We use PayPal, so you can be certain that the payment process is entirely secure.) You will be sent a receipt via email. Bring your receipt to the Cupola House at 408 South Broad Street after 12 noon on Friday or Saturday to exchange for your ticket and gardens map.
View a photo gallery of the Cupola House gardens.
View a beautiful UNC-TV documentary on Frances Inglis and the Cupola House.
View a WRAL-TV news report on the Cupola House Restoration.
View a UNC-TV "North Carolina Weekend" video about the Cupola House
