A team of students from Thacher Montesorri’s Adolescent Program have just completed construction of the estate’s first stile (also spelled style). A stile is defined as a set of steps for passing over a fence or wall, and is more commonly seen in the United Kingdom. Here at the estate, stiles will be valuable to keep people from climbing over and […]

Although we were prepared for substantial damage, the estate made it through Hurricane Sandy’s wrath with relatively little damage. The storm did bring down an abundance of leave but a surpringly brilliant array of color was on display this past weekend. We hope you enjoy these photos.

Today’s Pumpkin carving and seed collecting scavenger hunt is cancelled due to inclement weather and high winds. SORRY!! We hope you can come for a visit soon and bring your Halloween pumpkin when you are done with it for our chickens to enjoy! Call us at 617-333-0924 for more info or to schedule a visit.  p.s.(thanks to linkopingwithlove.com for the […]

Our 2nd Annual Autumnal Equinox, held Friday, September 21st, was a big hit! Everyone shared their best marshmallow cooking techniques, enjoyed a hot dog or just enjoyed a beautiful evening at the estate! Plan to join us for our next outdoor “fire” event, Winterfire, which will be held in January. Watch our events calendar for date and details to follow.

This summer was the third year the Wakefield Estate had collection interns through its partnership with the Tufts Museum Studies program. The graduate students help catalogue the collection of items housed at the Mary Wakefield Trusts property in Milton, MA and assist in making curatorial decisions about what objects should be included in the collection. Two of this year’s interns, […]

The 2012 Summer Archaeology Institute concluded in early August after 4 exciting weeks of excavation at a site believed to be the location of the original “summer house.” By the end of the 2nd session, the archaeologists had located the original stone foundation of the summer house, which was torn down in the early 20th century. The area was then covered […]

This summer was the sixth year the Wakefield Estate assembled a Summer Landscape Crew and we think this year’s crew may have been the best yet. Eight students from local high schools united as a team for six weeks, proving that sometimes when the right combination of people pull together, eight can accomplish the work of twelve! We’re very proud […]

The first session of the 2012 Summer Archaeology Institute wrapped up on Friday, July 20 after several days of exciting excavation. This year’s focus is in the lowest terrace of the estate’s Formal Garden, at a site believed to be the location of the original summer house. The Institute’s STPs(shovel test pits) unearthed artifacts from the first day of digging, […]

Enjoy a stroll through hundreds of blooming kousa dogwood trees cultivated and planted by the late Polly Wakefield, and tour the gardens that she created.  This year Dogwood Days will feature a guided tour of the formal gardens each day at 11:00am, a guided tour of the Isaac Davenport mansion on Saturday, June 2 at 1:00pm, the opportunity to observe plein […]

Not only did we have a gorgeous day for our first annual Spring Shearing, but we also had a terrific crowd. Visitors of all ages enjoyed master blade Kevin Ford’s demonstration of traditional shearing of our three sheep and Jack the llama. It was hard to believe how small the sheep were underneath their ample fleeces! We learned that the […]