About This Event
Take a step back in time and join us for a Victorian Holiday at the Queen Anne Cottage! The historic core of the garden will be transformed into a holiday marketplace featuring local vendors, Victorian entertainment, visits with Santa, and walkthrough tours of the Queen Anne Cottage. Enjoy themed refreshments while browsing handmade goods, decorate an English Christmas crown and create a Victorian pickle ornament at the children’s craft table, and experience the charm of daily Victorian life by exploring the inside of the historic Queen Anne cottage, open to the public for a limited time during this celebration.
Victorian-themed performances take place on the historic lawn in front of the cottage.
Marketplace and lawn festivities are free. Walkthrough tours of the Queen Anne Cottage require tickets.
Marketplace Vendors: 10am-3pm each day
Visits with Santa: 11am-2pm each day
Victorian Dancers: 12-1pm, November 30, December 6
Victorian Carolers: 12-1pm, November 29, December 7, 13, 14
Queen Anne Cottage Walkthrough Tours: 11am-2pm each day; Tickets Required
*Don’t miss a special themed reading of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” on our closing date, December 14 from 12-1pm!
QUEEN ANNE COTTAGE WALKTHROUGH TOURS TICKETS:
General Public Tickets Open October 23
Non-Member Tickets: $25 per person (includes garden admission)
Member Presale October 15-22 –SOLD OUT
Member Tickets: $10 per person
*Walkthrough tours not recommended for children under 12.
Read our Frequently Asked Questions page HERE.
Interested in being a vendor at the Marketplace? Local makers, artists, and more are invited to apply here.
A Victorian Holiday is presented by the Georgina Fredrick Children’s Foundation.
*ATTENTION MEMBERS! The number of member tickets you can reserve for the Queen Anne Cottage walk-through tour is based on your membership level allowance. Please do not purchase more member tickets than your membership level allows. Purchased member tickets beyond your membership level allowance will not be honored. Click here to view membership level allowances*
Tickets
Members: $10 per person
Non-Members: $25 per person (includes garden admission)
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Cancellation/Reschedule/Refund Policy:
Cancellations or reschedules must be requested in advance of one week prior to the program start date in order to qualify for a refund or reschedule. Cancellations or reschedules requested within 7 days of the class start date will not qualify for a refund or reschedule. The Arboretum does not offer credit or reschedules for missed classes. If you are unable to cancel within the required refund window, please consider your program fee a donation to the garden. Your registration confirms your understanding of and agreement with this policy.
