Art Mart 2024 seems like a long way off, but mark your calendars for Friday, December 6, 2 to 4 p.m., and Saturday, December 7, 10 to 3 p.m!
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Linda Decorating a Wreath
Art Mart is Tolland’s favorite introduction to the holiday season. Usually held the first weekend in December, the annual sale of hand-decorated wreaths and local crafts is a great way to start your holiday decorating and shopping.
Help us collect! We need materials such as:
- Dried plants (hang to dry) such as sedum, yarrow, purple sage, dusty miller, silver king, etc.
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Seed pods, such as lilies, Siberian iris, rose of Sharon, sweet gum tree.
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Pine cones – particularly the giant cones, or the little ones.
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Milkweed pods
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Teasel (Scotch thistle)
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Globe thistle
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Acorns
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Chestnuts
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Cinnamon fern spore “feathers”
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Sumac
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Red- and yellow-twigged dogwood
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White birch bark from fallen trees (Don’t strip bark from live trees, please.)
Starting at Thanksgiving we need fresh cuttings, such as…
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Holly and holly berries
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Fresh-cut balsam, juniper, cedar, rhododendron, leucothoe, boxwood, euonymous
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Deciduous holly (winterberry)
Donations can be left at the back door of the Center (if no one is around). If you have materials but cannot stop by please email or call to make arrangements for pick-up
Help us create!
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- Decorating hours are 9:00-1 daily Monday through Wednesday of Art Mark week.
- We provide fresh balsam wreaths, glue guns, bows, and natural embellishments.
- Coffee, tea, snacks, and creative fun are provided.
