The 2010 Visitor Season is filled with opportunities for stewardship, education, and fun. True to its mission, Friends of Mount Harmon continues to shepherd in a new era of preservation and productivity. A record number of school groups, weddings, special tour groups, and visitors continue to discover Mount Harmon as a premiere heritage destination for recreation, education, and renewal.

This season we are delighted to announce we will be opening our new Education & Discovery Center, which is house in our renovated stables, and will feature expanded education programming and facilities, and a Mount Harmon Highlights in History Exhibit. The new Center will be a wonderful resource for surrounding schools and the community. The renovations are on track for a spring 2010 opening. Stay tuned for our Grand Opening and for announcements regarding our expanded educational programming. In addition to our Early American History Program, we will be offering additional programs in Tidewater History and Ecology for area school students, as well as fun and educational family programs.

This year also promised to be a banner year for Mount Harmon Special Events with annual old favorites, as well as wonderful new additions to our 2010 calendar. Mount Harmon will be featured on the Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage, Sunday, May 16. The first Sunday in June, Mount Harmon hosts our popular annual Colonial Picnic ~ featuring a gourmet Eastern Shore catered picnic, colonial demonstrations, manor house tours, plantation wagon rides, and silent auction.

New this year ~ the Mount Harmon Lotus Blossom Festival, Saturday July 31st, will showcase the plantation's rare American Lotus in peak bloom, as well as special nature-inspired activities and exhibitors. And, be sure to mark your calendars for our first ever full-scale Revolutionary War Re-enactment and Colonial Festival, featuring over 200 re-enactors and an array of colonial craft vendors and activities for our members and the public to enjoy. This year the Bull and Oyster Roast will be held in conjunction with our Reenactment Festival, giving history and oyster lovers even more to celebrate. Get into the holiday spirit at our Yuletide Manor House Tour, December 4 & 5 ~ a celebration of colonial holiday traditions.

Be sure to come out to Mount Harmon often and enjoy all that we have to offer throughout the seasons. Thanks to our new Mount Harmon Site Map and network of marked Nature Trails visitors, members and visitors are now better able to explore and enjoy the plantation’s points of interest and pristine natural setting. Hiking is great exercise and you’ll be enjoying some of the most scenic nature trails in Maryland. Remember, member are always free (during visitor season hours), with $100 members and above receiving year round access to the plantation. So, if you have not yet joined or renewed your annual membership, please do so and come out and enjoy the plantation.

Friends of Mount Harmon, Inc. publishes annual newsletters about Mount Harmon preservation, history, visitor programs, special events and other news. Members receive annual newsletters and many other benefits. For more information contact 410-275-8819 or e-mail info@mountharmon.org to receive a free brochure and Mount Harmon E-News. We look forward to seeing you at Mount Harmon.

Mount Harmon Fact Sheet (.pdf)

2010 MHP Spring Newsletter (.pdf)

2010 Special Event Flyer (.pdf)

2009 Visitor Season Newsletter(.pdf)

2008 Visitor Season Newsletter (.pdf)

2008 Preservation & Restoration News (.pdf)

2007 Visitor Season Newsletter (.pdf)

2006 Visitor Season Newsletter (.pdf)

Friends of Mount Harmon, P. O. Box 65, Earleville, MD 21919
410-275-8819 or via e-mail at info@mountharmon.org
Mount Harmon Plantation, a scenic and historic treasure.