Archery was a common pastime for both adults and children in the Worthington’s time. Join us for Archery at Adena, where children will be given an introductory lesson in archery on the lawn of the estate. Feel free to bring your own bow if you have one (No crossbows please!). Archery at Adena will be […]
Join Tom Ortman Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 2:00pm for a gardening event. Make a Hypertufa planter for your lovely plants to be displayed in. Supplies will be provided. Reservations are required, as space is limited. Admission is $35 per person, and you may purchase your tickets online at adenamansion.com, by calling 740-772-1500 or email […]
Local Chillicothe artist Skip Hathaway will offer an art class for children of all ages. The classes will begin at 12:00 pm and will take place at the Education Center. Children of all ages are welcome to attend this event, which is offered at no cost. Art supplies will be provided and children must be […]
Join us on Sunday, July 3, at 2:00 PM, to celebrate Independence Day the way they did two centuries ago as you are transported back in time to experience the holiday like it was celebrated in the early 1800s. This event will take place at the picnic pavilion and there is no charge to attend. […]
A workshop explaining cursive handwriting with demonstrations and hands-on lessons using quill pens and ink. Also a discussion of how ink was made by gathering natural ingredients. Workshop will be on Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 2:00 PM in the classroom at the Visitor Center. Admission is free and for more information please email info@adenamansion.com […]
Adena Mansion & Gardens will host their annual Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Social July 9, 2021 at the picnic pavilion, behind the Visitor Center from 11am – 3 pm. Bring your lawn chair and sit back, relax, and enjoy homemade fruit cobblers and root beer floats. Admission charged at the gift shop, and […]
Although Thomas and Eleanor Worthington raised their ten children at Adena, only five of these children are buried here in Ross County. Join Mary Anne Brown, Worthington family historian, for a verbal tour of the final resting places of all ten of the children, some far from the Adena home of their youth.
Adena Mansion & Gardens will host a vintage “base ball” game on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Bring your blanket or lawn chair and join us on the grounds when the Adena Worthingtons challenge the Ohio Village Muffins, an 1860’s baseball team that plays the game by 19th century rules, in an exhibition game of vintage […]
Join Tom Ortman in the herb garden on Sunday, July 17 at 2pm. Here you will learn how herbs are planted, learn how to take care of herbs, as well as learn about which herbs are best when cooking. Admission is free and for more information please call (740)-772-1500 or email info@adenamansion.com.
The Hoggard Trail in Ross County's Buzzard's Roost Preserve has both natural and historical scenery. In the forest are remnants of 200 years of human alterations: a public road, house ruins, mico-quarries, pine plantations, a graveyard...and periwinkle, which does not plant itself. For those who missed my offering of a historical and geological tour of […]
