Garden & Museum Tour and Wine Tasting Seminar
Monday, April 28
12:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
The Harry P. Leu Gardens has nearly fifty acres of peaceful grounds that allow you to enjoy “Old Florida” via a guided tour of the gardens and the Leu House Museum, a restored late 19th-century home that began as a Florida Farmhouse.
Stroll along meandering paths shaded by ancient oaks, forests of camellias, and giant camphor trees. Leu Gardens features miles of paved scenic walkways that take you through garden settings, including America’s largest camellia collection outside California and the largest formal rose garden in Florida.
Other features include palm and bamboo gardens, tropical stream and butterfly gardens, and the new kitchen garden with herbs and vegetables.
Attendees will then enjoy a wine seminar featuring a two-hour instructional class on wine tasting featuring eight different wines. Please note lunch is not included in this tour so plan accordingly.
Winter Park Tour and Boat Cruise
Tuesday, April 29
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Winter Park is a quaint neighborhood with trees that overhang brick-lined streets. Many of the homes in this older, affluent area reflect a style of Florida not often seen today.
Stroll down tree-lined Park Avenue to visit a plethora of small boutiques and galleries for your shopping enjoyment.
The scenic Winter Park Boat Tour will be the highlight of your visit! You’ll board an excursion pontoon boat and let your skipper fascinate you as you cruise the lakes and canals of the unseen and hidden treasures of Winter Park. It’s a relaxing way to take in the beauty of Rollins College, Kraft Azalea Gardens, the Isle of Sicily, tropical birds, and magnificent Southern mansions.
Attendees will have time to browse the boutiques or visit the Morse Museum which features the largest collection of the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany including Tiffany jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded-glass windows, lamps, and the chapel interior he designed for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Attendees will be able to enjoy lunch on their own along Park Avenue (not included).