Festival of Trees at Mass Hort! November 28-December 14

Visit the Festival of Trees - a magical holiday event for the whole family.
New This Year! Trains, Planes, and Villages- See Snow Village at Elm Bank!

Open: Weekends and the day after Thanksgiving

Nov. 28, 29, 30, Dec. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13
10am – 8pm

Dec. 3, 4, 10, 11
4pm - 8pm

Dec. 14
10am - 6pm

Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Festival of Trees will showcase over 75 trees and a new addition to the festival, Snow Village at Elm Bank for children and adults to enjoy. This annual festival, in its sixth year, will take place from November 28 until December 14, at Mass Hort’s Elm Bank property, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02482.

The Festival of Trees, displayed in the Hunnewell Carriage House, offers beautifully decorated holiday trees that are donated and decorated by local businesses, garden clubs, and individuals. Visitors “vote” with their raffle tickets, in hopes of being the tree winner at the end of the festival. Visitors can enjoy the decorated buildings and grounds at Elm Bank with a stroll or a horse-drawn wagon ride. For the young at heart, there is a Pajama Story Time, Santa Visits and Kids’ craft workshops.

Snow Village at Elm Bank is a wonderful addition to the holiday spirit of the Festival of Trees. Bill Meagher of Needham graciously donated the product of his thirteen year “hobby” of building Christmas villages and trains. Massachusetts Horticultural Society is delighted to share his enchanting displays featuring trains, Christmas in the City (Boston of course!), Fenway Park, New England Villages, and hundreds of decorated houses and lights. This amazing scenery in miniature is sure to get kids excited about the holiday season.

Admission is $10 for adults, $6 for children 12 and over, children under 12, no charge. The Mass Hort member rate is $8 for adults. Join Mass Hort at the Festival and admission is free! The festival is open November 28-December 14; Wednesdays and Thursdays, 4-8pm and Friday through Sunday, 10am-8 pm. The Festival is open weekday mornings, by appointment, for nursery school and senior tours.

Please see the Special Events listing below for information on adult and children’s craft workshops, Santa visits and much more! If you would like to get involved, please click here to volunteer or consider sponsoring part of the festival or contributing a tree – check out the forms on the links below.

Special Events of the 2014 Festival of Trees

Click on the links below for more information

Horse-drawn Wagon Rides

Workshops for Families/Kids
Finger Puppets Workshop - Sun., December 7
Penguin Snow Globe Workshop - Sun., December 14

Workshops for Adults
Holiday Wreath Workshop - Sat., December 6
Stars Ornaments Workshop - Thurs., December 11

Live Music
Wellesley Choral Society - Sat., December 6

Pajama Story Time - Friday, December 5

Santa Visits

The Festival of Trees is a holiday fund raiser for Mass Hort, a 501 (c) (3) educational organization.

Learn More at http://www.masshort.org/Festival-of-Trees