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Workshop: Fresh Pine Wreaths

Join us in making fragrant, one-of-a-kind seasonal wreaths to enliven your home during the holidays.

$40.00

Mabee Farm “Through the Woods” Tour

This program will take you “over the river and through the woods” on a journey back in time. We’ll begin with a candlelit walk through our nature trail with guides to provide orientation and share local tall tales

$10.00

Jan Mabee’s Twilight Tour

Mabee Farm as it’s meant to be explored; awash in changing colors, the wind gusting outside, and the flickering lights of the Mabee house keeping us cozy and warm.

$10.00

Festival of Trees

Celebrate the season as we fill our galleries with lighted fir trees! Decorated from classic to kooky Christmas styles, the Festival of Trees glows with the enchantment of the holidays.

Kids Craft: Tea Light Snowman Ornament

This fun and easy craft allows you to create and customize your own adorable snowman ornament to take home. Hang on a tree or anywhere around the house.

$12.00

Schenectady Wine Society

Join City Historian and wine connoisseur Chris Leonard on a tasting and history tour of his favorite wines to make the season bright.

$30.00

Jan Mabee’s Twilight Tour

Join us as we explore Mabee Farm as it’s meant to be explored; awash in changing colors, the wind gusting outside, and the flickering lights of the Mabee house keeping us cozy and warm. A costumed guide from the 1600s will lead us through the house, which is decorated for the season.

$10.00

The Holiday Stockade Stroll 12/14

Schenectady’s Stockade is beautiful any time of year but the holidays always bring out a certain magic! In this walking tour we’ll explore the lights and sights of this historic district while learning the ways in which generations past celebrated the season.

$13.00