CAPE MAY — Each winter, Historic Cold Spring Village is festively decorated with the help of community supporters. From throughout Cape May County, supporters donate wreaths that adorn the doorways of the Village’s restored historic buildings. This year, wreaths were graciously donated by Avalon Campground, Barbara’s Sea Shell Florist, Leona Betz, the Cape Island Questers, Cape Shore Gardens, Cape Winds Florist, Church’s Garden Center, the Colonial House Questers, Country Barn Florist, Stina Ferguson, Garden Greenhouse & Nursery, the Grady Family, Kate’s Flower Shop, Marie’s Flower Shop, Virginia Mueller, Marilyn Petitto, Secluded Acres Garden Center, and Patricia Zackey. Many of these wreaths are decorated with materials appropriate for the time period the Village represents, the homespun era.
“Wreaths and other displays of greenery were a festive and practical way for families in the Early American period to decorate for winter holidays,” said Anne Salvatore, Executive Director of HCSV, “and we are grateful that our supporters help us keep those traditions alive.”
Visitors can celebrate the season at the Village on Saturdays in Dec., through the 21st. The Country Store will be open from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. and stocked with unique holiday gift ideas including traditionally-processed wool, artisan crafts for the home, books, hand-knit caps, wooden toys and old fashioned candy. Visitors can meet Father Christmas in the Country Store from 12 – 2 p.m., enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride throughout the festively decorated Village grounds for a small donation, and see a model railway exhibit in the Welcome Center. The Country Store is also open from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Sundays.
Historic Cold Spring Village is a non-profit, open air living history museum that portrays the daily life of a rural South Jersey community of the Early American era. Its mission includes the preservation of 26 historic Cape May County buildings, history education and promoting heritage tourism. The Village is a museum for all seasons. During the summer months, interpreters and artisans in period clothing preserve the trades, crafts and heritage of “the age of homespun.” From Oct. to May, the emphasis is on teaching history through school trips to the Village, classroom visits by the education department and interactive teleconferences with schools throughout the United States.
The Village is located on Route 9, three miles north of Victorian Cape May and a mile and a half west of the southern end of the Garden State Parkway. For more information, call (609) 898-2300, ext. 10 or visit the Village website at www.hcsv.org.
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