Portsmouth Fairy House Tour Celebrates 10 years with 150 fairy house challenge
The Portsmouth Fairy House Tour is celebrating 10 years and is looking for fairy house builders. The 2014 Portsmouth Fairy House Tour will take place on September 20 and 21, 2014 11:00 am-3:00 pm on the grounds of Strawbery Banke, the Governor John Langdon House, Prescott Park and Peirce Island in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Tour occurs rain or shine and tickets will go on sale July 1.
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The Portsmouth Fairy House Tour is the world’s largest fairy house tour. Last year, the Tour featured more than 150 handcrafted fairy houses made by local artists, florists, garden clubs club members, businesses, families and local school children. This year, the Tour organizers have set out to exceed this number as a tribute to the decade of magic, fun, and community support the event has generated.
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Fairy houses are great projects for grandparents, parents and children to build together over the summer. From collecting natural materials to delivering the finished fairy house during the Tour weekend, families can experience the magic that comes with creating an enchanted home for a fairy or gnome.
Inspired by local author Tracy Kane’s Fairy Houses Series®, and produced by Friends of the South End with the assistance of Canoe Harbor Consulting, the annual Fairy House Tour attracts more than 5,000 families and fairies each year.
The 2014 Portsmouth Fairy House Tour is sponsored by Infinite Imaging (design & print sponsor), Parenting NH magazine (media sponsor), Sanders Fish Market, Rocky Coast Brand Identity, Cunningham Associates, DeStefano Architects, Geno’s Sandwich and Chowder Shop, People’s United Bank, Piscataqua Savings Bank, Rolling Green Nursery and Sandie Dika, realtor.
Anyone interested in learning more or signing up to build a house for the 2014 Fairy House Tour can visit www.portsmouthfairyhousetour.com.
About Friends of the South End
The Friends of the South End (FOSE) is a nonprofit corporation in the South End of Portsmouth, NH. FOSE’s mission is to foster a cooperative, neighborly spirit; encourage preservation of the neighborhood's historic character; promote public safety; monitor and disseminate information about important developments in Portsmouth and the South End; and protect and enhance the quality of life in the South End. Membership is open to others who share the goals of the organization. For more information or to become a member, please visit www.friendsofthesouthend.org.
