Yesterday, 12/7/08, Annville Inn was on the annual tour of significant structures (homes and some business buildings) in the Lebanon Valley. This is a Christmas Tour held every year to help raise funds for the historic Cornwall Iron Furnace. Between 250 and 300 people toured the Inn, Rosalie created tasty refreshments for visitors, and everyone enjoyed seeing most of our 7,000+ square feet decorated from top to bottom for Christmas.
The task is so large, Rosalie begins decorating in October, and finishes by the end of the first week of December! We have a space the size of two and a half garage bays filled with rows and rows of shelving upon which the decorations are stored. It all comes out this time of year, and the Inn is gorgeous all decorated for the holidays.
Some unusual features are 5-1/2 foot nutcrackers weighing nearly 100 pounds each, a "Christmas tree chandler" made of an upside down Christmas tree, hung from a ceiling, an elegant tree decorated in all white and crystal (which took eight hours to decorate) and new this year, an inspiration Rosalie had for a stunning hand rail decoration on our main staircase. Check back on this blog later tomorrow to see some photos!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Connecticut Horticulture Society visits Annville Inn
We have returned to our blog! Back in the late winter, while we were snowed in, it was easy to keep our blog up, but once spring
hit and our three acres of gardens started gobbling up Craig's weekend and evening time, we had to relax our blog postings. We are now going to get all our postings caught up, and are starting with a story about the Connecticut Horticulture Society's visit to the Inn!
In late March, we were honored to be named as a select private garden to be toured by the society. The Connecticut Horticulture Society toured from Connecticut, through West Virginia, down to Virginia examining exemplary gardens. For their return trip, they chose a stop at Annville Inn's Private Guest Gardens, and we were honored that we were chosen as the final two-hour stop of their tour! We were worried that their huge Peter Pan tour bus would make it up our lane, and it managed to make it part of the way in. They disembarked, Craig gave them a horticultural tour and discussed gardening methods with them, suggestions and ideas--and inspirations--were shared all around, and after a little over two hours, the group happily climbed aboard for the trip home.
Fast forward from March to December: Have you found the perfect gift for the holidays? Give a gift certificate good for a two-night stay at Annville Inn! Call Rosalie to find out details--we are presenting a special offer just for the Christmas season! You can reach Rosalie at 717.867.1991.
hit and our three acres of gardens started gobbling up Craig's weekend and evening time, we had to relax our blog postings. We are now going to get all our postings caught up, and are starting with a story about the Connecticut Horticulture Society's visit to the Inn!
In late March, we were honored to be named as a select private garden to be toured by the society. The Connecticut Horticulture Society toured from Connecticut, through West Virginia, down to Virginia examining exemplary gardens. For their return trip, they chose a stop at Annville Inn's Private Guest Gardens, and we were honored that we were chosen as the final two-hour stop of their tour! We were worried that their huge Peter Pan tour bus would make it up our lane, and it managed to make it part of the way in. They disembarked, Craig gave them a horticultural tour and discussed gardening methods with them, suggestions and ideas--and inspirations--were shared all around, and after a little over two hours, the group happily climbed aboard for the trip home.
Fast forward from March to December: Have you found the perfect gift for the holidays? Give a gift certificate good for a two-night stay at Annville Inn! Call Rosalie to find out details--we are presenting a special offer just for the Christmas season! You can reach Rosalie at 717.867.1991.
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