View in a web browser Your holiday guide for the most wonderful time of the year! Forward to a friend Holiday Home Tour and Winter Walking Tours Begin Friday November 24 through January 7, 2018 Combo admission: $24 adults, $12 children (ages 5-12) Winter Walking Tours are included in general admission The 23rd Annual Holiday Home Tour takes a musical turn this year celebrating Charles Austin Buck's passion for jazz. The year is 1936 and every room in Pinewood Estate has been lavishly decorated for the season. Pinewood Estate's squirrel friends, Tucker & Tillie are back for the
season. Young and young-at-heart can enjoy a merry squirrel hunt through the estate with a special pint-sized program guide. Winter Walking Tours are back for the season Mon-Saturday at 12pm & 2pm and Sunday at 2pm. Tours depart from the Visitor Center. Live Jazz at Pinewood Estate Swing into the holidays with live jazz in the Frog Fountain courtyard. Bring your own chair or blanket as seating will be limited. Concessions will be available. All concerts are from 12:30pm-2:30pm Nov. 25: Omari Dillard Dec. 9: Swing Boutique Dec. 16: Charlie "Topp" Hines wtih Kelly Nelson
Dec. 23: Victoria de Lissovoy Dec. 30: Those Guys Dec. 6: John Skillman and the New Orleans Nighthawks 12 Days of Savings at Blue Palmetto Café & The Shop at Bok November 24 through December 5 Members receive a double discount during this promotion. Shop from the all-new Pinewood Collection or a great selection of gourmet gifts for everyone on your list and save 20%.
Enter to Win a $25 Gift Card November 24 through December 5 In celebration of 12 Days of Savings, members can register at the Blue Palmetto Café to win a $25 gift card. Check out the locally made gourmet honey products from Bee Haven. Gourmet gifts make perfect stocking stuffers!
Start Your Holiday Memories with Gingerbread Houses and Mrs. Claus Sunday, November 26 and Sunday, December 10, 2017 11am & 1pm $45 per child (includes one chaperone) Discover the sweet magic of the holidays by decorating a gingerbread house, enjoying storytime with Mrs. Claus and taking a tour of
Pinewood Estate. Take home your gingerbread house fully decorated and a copy of the storybook. Nov. 26 @ 11am Nov. 26 @ 2pm Dec. 10 @ 11am Dec. 10 @ 2pm Experience the Holiday Magic of Sunset & Symphony
Saturday, December 2, 2017 Advance: $25 adult, $10 children (ages 5-12) Ring in the season with the full Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the Singing Tower. Pick up a boxed meal from the Blue Palmetto Café before the concert. Hot dogs, pulled pork sandwiches, snacks, beer, and wine will also be available for purchase at the Hilltop Café. Schedule of Events 1pm & 3pm: Live Carillon Concerts with Geert D'hollander 4pm: Hilltop Café Concessions Open 4pm- 5:45pm: Opening Act, ACOUSTICDOSE 4:30pm: Instrument Petting Zoo Begins 5pm: Picnic Contest Judging Begins 6pm: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra takes the stage Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, small tables, and blankets for enjoying the concert. Picnic Decorating Contest prizes will be awarded for most creative, most elegant and best inspired by the Holiday Home Tour theme: Merry & Bright: A Musical Holiday Celebration. *Please note: Visitors entering the Gardens after 3 p.m. will be required to purchase a concert ticket. Advance ticket discount ends Dec 1 at 11:59pm. The last entry to the Holiday Home Tour at Pinewood Estate is at 4pm The gate closes at 7pm. Purchase Tickets Purchase Box Meal
Three Authors & A Fishmonger Seafood Feast Saturday, December 9, 2017 12pm-2pm $55 per person Enjoy an afternoon of cooking demonstrations and delicious Florida seafood with best-selling authors Pam Brandon, Heather McPherson and Katie Farmand, and Wild Ocean Fishmonger Cinthia Sandoval. Enjoy a specialty cocktail and three delicious courses. Ticket also includes wine and Crooked Can Brewery craft beer. Each guest will receive a signed copy of the author's cookbook Good Catch: Recipes & Stories Celebrating the Best of Florida's Waters ($29.95 value).
Catch a Ticket Lunch & Learn: Holiday Home Decor with Plants Wednesday, December 13, 2017 12pm-1pm Included in general admission Learn how to decorate for the holidays with plants and natural materials. Prettier with Plants
Experience Bok After Dark: Celestial Greetings with Geert D'hollander December 13, 2017 4:30pm - 6:30pm: CLASSERN Quartet at Blue Palmetto Café Terrace 7pm: Carillon Concert Included in general admission Join Geert D hollander as he performs his all-new Christmas CD live and enjoy the peak of the Geminids, also known as the King of All Meteor Showers. Members of The Imperial Polk Astronomical Society will have telescopes for viewing the meteor shower during and after the concert. The Gardens close at 9pm. Star of Wonder
Carillon & Chorale with Harrison School for the Arts Sunday, December 17, 2017 Concert begins at 4pm Included in general admission The sounds of the holidays ring out as the Singing Tower carillon joins a live choir for an enchanting sunset afternoon concert experience. More Holiday Music
Sweeten Your Holidays! Friday, December 22, 2017 1pm - 3pm $15 per person Join us for a fun family workshop with state certified horticulturist Linda Worle and local chef Stephanie Eckstein. Learn more about sugar cane plants and master surprisingly simple techniques for transforming royal icing and sugar cookies into edible art inspired by nature. So Sweet
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Perfect Planters and Personalized Service from The Shop at Bok November 18 through December 23 10am-4pm The Gift Shop can make your holiday decorating a snap! Bring your own planter (or purchase from the gift shop), select your choice of plants and then let the Gift Shop help you with a one-of-a-kind design. The gift shop will provide potting soil and personalized service during the selection and planting process. The design and planting is complimentary - all you need to do is provide the planter and purchase the plants. Call the Gift Shop now to reserve your spot: 863-678-1159.