SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE
Photo courtesy of Gabriel Hanway
Saturday, December 15 from 9 a.m. to noon is our monthly workday; it's early because of Christmas. These mornings are always fun and we hope you'll be able to join us!
'Round our skiff be God's aboutness ere she
try the depths of the sea, seashell frail for all
her stoutness unless Thou her helmsman be
SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE
is working to acquire,
restore and complete
LEWIS SPRING HOUSE,
the only private residence designed by
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
and built in FLORIDA
for public and private uses.
We need your help to do this.
is working to acquire,
restore and complete
LEWIS SPRING HOUSE,
the only private residence designed by
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
and built in FLORIDA
for public and private uses.
We need your help to do this.
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News
DECEMBER 9, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE were our last public tours of the year! Thank you to our hardy and loyal outdoor volunteers and our awesome visitors who came from Westchester, New York; Cape Town, South Africa; France, Italy, Germany; St. Augustine, FL; Gainesville, FL; Winter Haven, FL; Seattle, WA; and Tallahassee! You made our day! Thank you Tallahassee Democrat for your long standing support!
DECEMBER 8, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET we talked to so many people and many of them came Sunday to our tours, thank you! Saturday was the Holiday Market and many people visited the market even though it was a very cold and overcast day! People were "in the spirit of the season" and it was a special day, thank you for coming out! See you next March!
*NOVEMBER 17, 2018 because of Thanksgiving
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE workday was FAMU's Dr. Courtnay Micot's Art Appreciation Class and 32 of her students arrived at 8:30 to tour Lewis Spring House and hear some history of the house and then had a morning workday! They were an energetic and fun group and got more done than we had hoped! Thank you!
NOVEMBER 11, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE we had our public tours and many visitors especially from out of town came! Friends from Amelia Island, FL; Atlanta; Santa Cruize, CA; Los Angelos, Perry and Tallahassee gave us a Sunday full of lively questions and much appreciation! Thank you for your support!
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET We had our table and talked to many travelers to Tallahassee. It's a great venue for us to meet people and share about Lewis Spring House and share about our tours; many people come the next day to 2nd Sunday Tours!
*OCTOBER 27, 2018 – 1:30 PM
"AFTERNOON WITH WRIGHT" SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE thanks all the interesting and fine people who traveled from Deland; Crystal River; Leesburg; St. Louis, MO;Ocala; Orlando; W. Melbourne; Longboat Key; Griffin, GA; Tallahassee; and N. Manchester, IN to attend Timothy Totten's Afternoon With Wright at Lewis Spring House! Thank you Timothy and our incredible volunteers!
*OCTOBER 20, 2018 (changed from October 27)
4th Saturdays SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE prepared for Afternoon With Wright coming October 27!
OCTOBER 14, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE cancelled due to Hurricane Michael.
OCTOBER 13, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET cancelled due to Hurricane Michael.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Spring House Institute hosted a community home school group of 10 children and two adults on a tour of the house and a work afternoon on the grounds; it was a special time with the group who had been learning about Mr. Wright and his architecture before visiting so they were well prepared and had interesting questions, comments and observations.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2018
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE had an unusual workday; Robin arrived and shared much local information from her work in non-profits over the years and we shared ours and then Michael arrived from South Carolina to bring new window washing and de-webbing equipment for SHI and then much info sharing about fundraising suggestions, website observations, donor experience and work experience. Both conversations were enlightening and helpful.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE our public tours were well attended, the weather was great for the end of summer and everyone was enthusiastic. We all enjoyed meeting people who traveled from Cleveland, OH; Toronto, ON CA; San Juan, PR; Atlanta, GA; Tallahassee; Apopka, FL; Jacksonville, FL; and Destin! No rain, plenty of sunshine and shade, some fun children who tried out all the beds, and thankfully enough space on Okeeheepkee Road for everyone to park! Great day and it rained after everyone left! We love that!
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET we had a nice day meeting people from all over here for the college football games in town. Usually people are leaving on Sunday but some make it out to visit and if not, they now know about Lewis Spring House and plan on coming another time when they've added us to their plans. We're still amazed how many adults have never heard of Mr. Wright, but they get very interested when they see the photos of the house on our poster!
AUGUST 25, 2018
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE had a wonderful workday today, thank you Art and Juanita who came up from Mt. Dora yesterday for a really nice personal tour and then they spent the night in a nearby motel. They arrived right at 9 AM today and got started on two different projects; Art cleared the area where a tool house is planned and Juanita pulled all of the wild grass off of the terrace! Frost and Elliot came next and Frost did heavy loading of rock-dirt from the side of Okeeheepkee to build up a slope against the house on the east block wall so water doesn't sit in a low area against the house and Elliot will send some of his excellent photos of everyone soon. Matt and Diana arrived with their chain saw and cleared an area higher at the entrance towards Okeeheepkee. Much was accomplished, fun and food were had by all. Robin and Peter arrived with David and Norma from near Manchester, England! Bud came by to get Peter for lunch and last but certainly not least (there is no least) Michael from South Carolina surprised us with a visit today and WORKED hard loading more rock-dirt like Frost and then sloping it away from the house! YES!
AUGUST 12, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE on our public tours the weather was fine for August and exceptional tours with visitors from Orlando; Shell Point; Columbia, SC; Gainesville, FL; Enterprise, AL; Smyrna, GA; Bridges, FL; Havana, FL and Tallahassee. Thank you for your support and please share our website and this grassroots project!
AUGUST 11, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET we met many people from out of town who often are leaving Sunday morning to go back wherever home is but take cards and handouts of Lewis Spring House for their next trip to Tallahassee. Then there are Tallahassee neighbors and friends and new friends. There is always beautiful produce from the farmers; good food to eat as you stroll the venders; many gifts; cards and artwork and always local live music! The Downtown Saturday Market!
AUGUST 1, 2018
SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE hosted MOLAB Camp Spark! Architecture Camp and it was a great group of 6 thru 8th graders who enjoyed the open and natural space on a rainy day with cheerful good humor! After hearing a brief history of Lewis Spring House and some of the design elements Mr. Wright contributed to homes across the globe, the young played games and enjoyed each other while taking turns having the upstairs tour; such a fun group! Thank you for your visit!
JULY 28, 2018
4th Saturdays SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE 's workday Pete and Bud put wood chips on the terrace and trail; Bud cut up two fallen trees and he and Pete stacked the oak for winter fires; Victoria and Byrd weeded some of the rocked entrance to the front door and weeded the terrace preparing for 2nd Sunday tours on August 12. Thank you everyone!
JULY 8, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE we had awesome tours, people! Thank you to everyone who visited and to our fabulous and growing number of dedicated volunteers! People traveled from Orlando; Ponte Vedra; Pensacola; Tallahassee; Marianna; Panama City Beach; Jupiter; Crawfordville; and Monticello! We love our Florida visitors!
JULY 7, 2018 (the next day was 2nd Sunday Tours)
1st Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET was a really fun day! Neighbor and volunteer Victoria helped for the first time at the market and she picked it right up and had fun with the people we met. You should visit the Downtown Farmer's Market any Saturday from 9 to 2 PM in the months of March thru November. It's a great way to get groceries and gifts and other things you might need!
JUNE 23, 2018
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE was fortunate to have two awesome young people drive over from Destin to help out on our monthly workday! Sheila and Kevin spent two nights in Tallahassee on a "weekend vacation" to visit Lewis Spring House and contribute their hard work and knowledge! Thank you so much, please come again!
JUNE 10 , 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE Happy Birthday celebration for Frank Lloyd Wright's 151st! We appreciate all who visited 6-10-18 and eight people who we met at the Saturday Market Downtown! Visitors came from Bradenton, on the way home to New Orleans; Fredericksburg, TX; Charleston, SC; Houston, TX; Ormond Beach, FL; Lamont, FL; Panama City Beach and Tallahassee! Great ice cream and cake! Thank you old and new volunteers, we can't do it without U and fun guests who volunteered to help us move things in a brief shower, and served the ice cream and cake!
JUNE 9, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET Great day at the Market! Dee and Byrd talked to many people about Spring House and tours the next day. It was perfect weather, a breeze and not hot at all! Many people shopping for good groceries from the farms, fun and beautiful local art, good food to enjoy while strolling the booths, and good music from a local duo!
MAY 28, 2018
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE workday we got so much done! Robin and Peter cleared the satsuma bed and made a chipped path to the hose; Peter spread pulled Trinity that has already taken root along the drive, it keeps pot the poison ivy! Diana and Matt cut old ivy off of major trees near the fire pit; Victoria cleared and re-mulched the mule grass bed; Byrd pruned the two large sago palms near the big oak; Victoria and Byrd cleared Trinity around the oak; Diana and Matt cut back wisteria around the oak – lots of great work! Thank you all!
MAY 25, 2018
Spring House Institute hosted a class from OLLI led by Tobias Mostel the teacher of the class, and Byrd Lewis Mashburn representing SHI and the Lewis family. We enjoyed each other and the combination tour! Thank you for coming out!
MAY 13, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE ON MOTHER'S DAY was a special day and thank you to our visitors who traveled from Pensacola, Atlanta, Bainbridge, Tallahassee, Albany, and Homosassa! We appreciate your Mother's Day visit and support! And thank you to our loyal and new volunteers, you're the muscle of our efforts!
MAY 12, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET we had a cool morning breeze that kept up most of the day and great music from David, George, Louis, and George! There was wonderful food from Africa and happy children and parents with their family dogs. Many people were in town for several sports events and people getting ready for Mother's Day were buying beautiful flowers grown in Monticello.
APRIL 28, 2018
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE had our monthly workday. Robin, Peter and Bud joined us as well as long time volunteers and friends of Spring House, Matt and Diana. Robin and Peter cleared around four new plantings of giant brown-eyed Susans and mulched them heavily with wood chips then moved on to trimming around newly discovered small cedars and other new plantings. Bud used our donated weed eater from Michael from South Carolina and cut back the spring growth of smilax, poison ivy, and other wild and wrangling weeds in many places; Matt and Diana brought their trusty chainsaw and cut the last designated tree at the entrance driveway. Great work team! Thank you for helping on the growing grounds!
APRIL 14, 2018
FAMU Art Appreciation workday with Dr. Courtnay Micot's class everyone worked on the grounds: the trails were covered with fresh wood chips; the terrace, east side and path to the streambed were weeded; core wall and washhouse walls were cleaned; areas of crocosmia were cleared and area of terrace edge was rebuilt. Thank you everyone for your hard work!
APRIL 12, 2018
"Clifton in the Capital" in the Mary Lou Norwood Reading Room, Strozier Library, FSU. Open M-F, 10 to 6 thru Summer 2018, is a good start on documenting some of the many contributions Clifton Lewis made to our community and the greater community. Please visit and find out how you can add to this project with other contributions you know Clifton made. Thank you Lydia Nabors for the work you did on this project.
APRIL 10, 2018
"Masterpieces": A Frank Lloyd Wright Documentary
APRIL 8, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE we had a really fun and interesting day meeting people from Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Bethel, MI; Longwood, FL; Sarasota, FL; New Jersey; New York City; Thomasville, GA; Crawfordville, FL; Carrabelle, FL; and Tallahassee, FL, our home town! Thank you always to our outstanding volunteers that we cannot do without!
APRIL 7, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET was also Springtime Tallahassee Jubilee and the shows in the parks were cancelled because of weather.
MARCH 24, 2018
LEON HIGH CLASS OF 1963 had our 55 Year Class Reunion which included two tours conducted at Spring House on Saturday! It was very special to be with classmate-friends on a beautiful spring day! Thank you for making it such a memorable time!
MARCH 17, 2018 (EARLY workday in March)
4th (NOT) Saturday SPRING HOUSE workday was perfect weather and we had expert and much appreciated volunteers Michael Morton from Liberty, SC, Michael not only came from South Carolina to help, he donated the best weed eater ever, a Stihl! Thank you, Michael; Pat Posner from Attapulgus, GA; Steve Cooper from Jacksonville, FL; Diana Kampert and Matt Keelean with their chainsaw from Havana, FL; Frost and Elliot Burke from our home town, Tallahassee! Thank you all for your excellent work!
MARCH 11
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE well attended with visitors from Tallahassee; Toronto; Pittsburgh; Kennewick, WA; LA; St. Paul; Royal Oak, MI; Ft. Pierce, FL; Washington, DC; Montgomery, TX; Greenview, IL; Coral Springs, FL; Ft. Lauderdale; Jasper, GA and Thomasville, Georgia! Thank you for your support by attending our tours!
MARCH 10, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET was our first market day of the year, it was chilly but a pretty day and we told many people about our tours on the next day. About ten people said they would be there and they were! Thank you for visiting and talking to us after the tours! Always so nice to meet people who are interested even if they have never heard of Frank Lloyd Wright!
FEBRUARY 24, 2018
4th Saturday at SPRING HOUSE workday was amazing! MANY THANKS Carey, Allie, Alexandra, William, Christian, Michael, Juan, Gabby, Dee, Patsy, Robin, Peter, Bud, Frost, Elliot, Rhonda and Ben! You did incredible amounts of heavy and elbow grease demanding work!
FEBRUARY 11, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE there was a light rain just at 2:00 so we gathered under the roof at the entrance for a brief entry tour and gathered inside for the rest of the opening tour. The rest of the day the front outside tours were able to be completed outside. Amazing today to meet three people who have been inside the only other pod shaped house; Mr. Wright designed it for his sixth child, Llewellyn Wright and wife Elizabeth! And two people who have been docents at other FLW houses! Thank you for visiting with us today and always thank you to our devoted volunteers!
FEBRUARY 10, 2018
2nd Saturdays at the DOWNTOWN MARKET DON'T START AGAIN UNTIL MARCH 10, 2018
JANUARY 27, 2018
4th Saturday at SPRING HOUSE monthly workday like last January, we planted more hedge plants, this time on the lower end of the property on Okeeheepkee Road. The weather turned out to be perfect for our planned planting but all week it kept switching back and forth from rain all to day to no rain and kept some of our expected volunteers away. We got a lot done anyway and a big THANK YOU to the team who came!
JANUARY 14, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE public tours we had another cold Sunday, great fire in the fireplace and many wonderful and hardy visitors! MANY THANKS to them and our loyal volunteers, especially everyone who stayed outside for the duration! We appreciate you all so much!
JANUARY 13, 2018
2nd Saturdays at the DOWNTOWN MARKET DOESN'T START AGAIN UNTIL MARCH 10, 2018
FOR ARCHIVED YEARS 2010 AND 2013 THRU 2017 SEE "SHI NEWS ARCHIVES" NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTENTS BAR.
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE were our last public tours of the year! Thank you to our hardy and loyal outdoor volunteers and our awesome visitors who came from Westchester, New York; Cape Town, South Africa; France, Italy, Germany; St. Augustine, FL; Gainesville, FL; Winter Haven, FL; Seattle, WA; and Tallahassee! You made our day! Thank you Tallahassee Democrat for your long standing support!
DECEMBER 8, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET we talked to so many people and many of them came Sunday to our tours, thank you! Saturday was the Holiday Market and many people visited the market even though it was a very cold and overcast day! People were "in the spirit of the season" and it was a special day, thank you for coming out! See you next March!
*NOVEMBER 17, 2018 because of Thanksgiving
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE workday was FAMU's Dr. Courtnay Micot's Art Appreciation Class and 32 of her students arrived at 8:30 to tour Lewis Spring House and hear some history of the house and then had a morning workday! They were an energetic and fun group and got more done than we had hoped! Thank you!
NOVEMBER 11, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE we had our public tours and many visitors especially from out of town came! Friends from Amelia Island, FL; Atlanta; Santa Cruize, CA; Los Angelos, Perry and Tallahassee gave us a Sunday full of lively questions and much appreciation! Thank you for your support!
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET We had our table and talked to many travelers to Tallahassee. It's a great venue for us to meet people and share about Lewis Spring House and share about our tours; many people come the next day to 2nd Sunday Tours!
*OCTOBER 27, 2018 – 1:30 PM
"AFTERNOON WITH WRIGHT" SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE thanks all the interesting and fine people who traveled from Deland; Crystal River; Leesburg; St. Louis, MO;Ocala; Orlando; W. Melbourne; Longboat Key; Griffin, GA; Tallahassee; and N. Manchester, IN to attend Timothy Totten's Afternoon With Wright at Lewis Spring House! Thank you Timothy and our incredible volunteers!
*OCTOBER 20, 2018 (changed from October 27)
4th Saturdays SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE prepared for Afternoon With Wright coming October 27!
OCTOBER 14, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE cancelled due to Hurricane Michael.
OCTOBER 13, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET cancelled due to Hurricane Michael.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Spring House Institute hosted a community home school group of 10 children and two adults on a tour of the house and a work afternoon on the grounds; it was a special time with the group who had been learning about Mr. Wright and his architecture before visiting so they were well prepared and had interesting questions, comments and observations.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2018
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE had an unusual workday; Robin arrived and shared much local information from her work in non-profits over the years and we shared ours and then Michael arrived from South Carolina to bring new window washing and de-webbing equipment for SHI and then much info sharing about fundraising suggestions, website observations, donor experience and work experience. Both conversations were enlightening and helpful.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE our public tours were well attended, the weather was great for the end of summer and everyone was enthusiastic. We all enjoyed meeting people who traveled from Cleveland, OH; Toronto, ON CA; San Juan, PR; Atlanta, GA; Tallahassee; Apopka, FL; Jacksonville, FL; and Destin! No rain, plenty of sunshine and shade, some fun children who tried out all the beds, and thankfully enough space on Okeeheepkee Road for everyone to park! Great day and it rained after everyone left! We love that!
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET we had a nice day meeting people from all over here for the college football games in town. Usually people are leaving on Sunday but some make it out to visit and if not, they now know about Lewis Spring House and plan on coming another time when they've added us to their plans. We're still amazed how many adults have never heard of Mr. Wright, but they get very interested when they see the photos of the house on our poster!
AUGUST 25, 2018
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE had a wonderful workday today, thank you Art and Juanita who came up from Mt. Dora yesterday for a really nice personal tour and then they spent the night in a nearby motel. They arrived right at 9 AM today and got started on two different projects; Art cleared the area where a tool house is planned and Juanita pulled all of the wild grass off of the terrace! Frost and Elliot came next and Frost did heavy loading of rock-dirt from the side of Okeeheepkee to build up a slope against the house on the east block wall so water doesn't sit in a low area against the house and Elliot will send some of his excellent photos of everyone soon. Matt and Diana arrived with their chain saw and cleared an area higher at the entrance towards Okeeheepkee. Much was accomplished, fun and food were had by all. Robin and Peter arrived with David and Norma from near Manchester, England! Bud came by to get Peter for lunch and last but certainly not least (there is no least) Michael from South Carolina surprised us with a visit today and WORKED hard loading more rock-dirt like Frost and then sloping it away from the house! YES!
AUGUST 12, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE on our public tours the weather was fine for August and exceptional tours with visitors from Orlando; Shell Point; Columbia, SC; Gainesville, FL; Enterprise, AL; Smyrna, GA; Bridges, FL; Havana, FL and Tallahassee. Thank you for your support and please share our website and this grassroots project!
AUGUST 11, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET we met many people from out of town who often are leaving Sunday morning to go back wherever home is but take cards and handouts of Lewis Spring House for their next trip to Tallahassee. Then there are Tallahassee neighbors and friends and new friends. There is always beautiful produce from the farmers; good food to eat as you stroll the venders; many gifts; cards and artwork and always local live music! The Downtown Saturday Market!
AUGUST 1, 2018
SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE hosted MOLAB Camp Spark! Architecture Camp and it was a great group of 6 thru 8th graders who enjoyed the open and natural space on a rainy day with cheerful good humor! After hearing a brief history of Lewis Spring House and some of the design elements Mr. Wright contributed to homes across the globe, the young played games and enjoyed each other while taking turns having the upstairs tour; such a fun group! Thank you for your visit!
JULY 28, 2018
4th Saturdays SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE 's workday Pete and Bud put wood chips on the terrace and trail; Bud cut up two fallen trees and he and Pete stacked the oak for winter fires; Victoria and Byrd weeded some of the rocked entrance to the front door and weeded the terrace preparing for 2nd Sunday tours on August 12. Thank you everyone!
JULY 8, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE we had awesome tours, people! Thank you to everyone who visited and to our fabulous and growing number of dedicated volunteers! People traveled from Orlando; Ponte Vedra; Pensacola; Tallahassee; Marianna; Panama City Beach; Jupiter; Crawfordville; and Monticello! We love our Florida visitors!
JULY 7, 2018 (the next day was 2nd Sunday Tours)
1st Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET was a really fun day! Neighbor and volunteer Victoria helped for the first time at the market and she picked it right up and had fun with the people we met. You should visit the Downtown Farmer's Market any Saturday from 9 to 2 PM in the months of March thru November. It's a great way to get groceries and gifts and other things you might need!
JUNE 23, 2018
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE was fortunate to have two awesome young people drive over from Destin to help out on our monthly workday! Sheila and Kevin spent two nights in Tallahassee on a "weekend vacation" to visit Lewis Spring House and contribute their hard work and knowledge! Thank you so much, please come again!
JUNE 10 , 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE Happy Birthday celebration for Frank Lloyd Wright's 151st! We appreciate all who visited 6-10-18 and eight people who we met at the Saturday Market Downtown! Visitors came from Bradenton, on the way home to New Orleans; Fredericksburg, TX; Charleston, SC; Houston, TX; Ormond Beach, FL; Lamont, FL; Panama City Beach and Tallahassee! Great ice cream and cake! Thank you old and new volunteers, we can't do it without U and fun guests who volunteered to help us move things in a brief shower, and served the ice cream and cake!
JUNE 9, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET Great day at the Market! Dee and Byrd talked to many people about Spring House and tours the next day. It was perfect weather, a breeze and not hot at all! Many people shopping for good groceries from the farms, fun and beautiful local art, good food to enjoy while strolling the booths, and good music from a local duo!
MAY 28, 2018
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE workday we got so much done! Robin and Peter cleared the satsuma bed and made a chipped path to the hose; Peter spread pulled Trinity that has already taken root along the drive, it keeps pot the poison ivy! Diana and Matt cut old ivy off of major trees near the fire pit; Victoria cleared and re-mulched the mule grass bed; Byrd pruned the two large sago palms near the big oak; Victoria and Byrd cleared Trinity around the oak; Diana and Matt cut back wisteria around the oak – lots of great work! Thank you all!
MAY 25, 2018
Spring House Institute hosted a class from OLLI led by Tobias Mostel the teacher of the class, and Byrd Lewis Mashburn representing SHI and the Lewis family. We enjoyed each other and the combination tour! Thank you for coming out!
MAY 13, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE ON MOTHER'S DAY was a special day and thank you to our visitors who traveled from Pensacola, Atlanta, Bainbridge, Tallahassee, Albany, and Homosassa! We appreciate your Mother's Day visit and support! And thank you to our loyal and new volunteers, you're the muscle of our efforts!
MAY 12, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET we had a cool morning breeze that kept up most of the day and great music from David, George, Louis, and George! There was wonderful food from Africa and happy children and parents with their family dogs. Many people were in town for several sports events and people getting ready for Mother's Day were buying beautiful flowers grown in Monticello.
APRIL 28, 2018
4th Saturday SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE had our monthly workday. Robin, Peter and Bud joined us as well as long time volunteers and friends of Spring House, Matt and Diana. Robin and Peter cleared around four new plantings of giant brown-eyed Susans and mulched them heavily with wood chips then moved on to trimming around newly discovered small cedars and other new plantings. Bud used our donated weed eater from Michael from South Carolina and cut back the spring growth of smilax, poison ivy, and other wild and wrangling weeds in many places; Matt and Diana brought their trusty chainsaw and cut the last designated tree at the entrance driveway. Great work team! Thank you for helping on the growing grounds!
APRIL 14, 2018
FAMU Art Appreciation workday with Dr. Courtnay Micot's class everyone worked on the grounds: the trails were covered with fresh wood chips; the terrace, east side and path to the streambed were weeded; core wall and washhouse walls were cleaned; areas of crocosmia were cleared and area of terrace edge was rebuilt. Thank you everyone for your hard work!
APRIL 12, 2018
"Clifton in the Capital" in the Mary Lou Norwood Reading Room, Strozier Library, FSU. Open M-F, 10 to 6 thru Summer 2018, is a good start on documenting some of the many contributions Clifton Lewis made to our community and the greater community. Please visit and find out how you can add to this project with other contributions you know Clifton made. Thank you Lydia Nabors for the work you did on this project.
APRIL 10, 2018
"Masterpieces": A Frank Lloyd Wright Documentary
APRIL 8, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE we had a really fun and interesting day meeting people from Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Bethel, MI; Longwood, FL; Sarasota, FL; New Jersey; New York City; Thomasville, GA; Crawfordville, FL; Carrabelle, FL; and Tallahassee, FL, our home town! Thank you always to our outstanding volunteers that we cannot do without!
APRIL 7, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET was also Springtime Tallahassee Jubilee and the shows in the parks were cancelled because of weather.
MARCH 24, 2018
LEON HIGH CLASS OF 1963 had our 55 Year Class Reunion which included two tours conducted at Spring House on Saturday! It was very special to be with classmate-friends on a beautiful spring day! Thank you for making it such a memorable time!
MARCH 17, 2018 (EARLY workday in March)
4th (NOT) Saturday SPRING HOUSE workday was perfect weather and we had expert and much appreciated volunteers Michael Morton from Liberty, SC, Michael not only came from South Carolina to help, he donated the best weed eater ever, a Stihl! Thank you, Michael; Pat Posner from Attapulgus, GA; Steve Cooper from Jacksonville, FL; Diana Kampert and Matt Keelean with their chainsaw from Havana, FL; Frost and Elliot Burke from our home town, Tallahassee! Thank you all for your excellent work!
MARCH 11
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE well attended with visitors from Tallahassee; Toronto; Pittsburgh; Kennewick, WA; LA; St. Paul; Royal Oak, MI; Ft. Pierce, FL; Washington, DC; Montgomery, TX; Greenview, IL; Coral Springs, FL; Ft. Lauderdale; Jasper, GA and Thomasville, Georgia! Thank you for your support by attending our tours!
MARCH 10, 2018
2nd Saturday at the DOWNTOWN MARKET was our first market day of the year, it was chilly but a pretty day and we told many people about our tours on the next day. About ten people said they would be there and they were! Thank you for visiting and talking to us after the tours! Always so nice to meet people who are interested even if they have never heard of Frank Lloyd Wright!
FEBRUARY 24, 2018
4th Saturday at SPRING HOUSE workday was amazing! MANY THANKS Carey, Allie, Alexandra, William, Christian, Michael, Juan, Gabby, Dee, Patsy, Robin, Peter, Bud, Frost, Elliot, Rhonda and Ben! You did incredible amounts of heavy and elbow grease demanding work!
FEBRUARY 11, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE there was a light rain just at 2:00 so we gathered under the roof at the entrance for a brief entry tour and gathered inside for the rest of the opening tour. The rest of the day the front outside tours were able to be completed outside. Amazing today to meet three people who have been inside the only other pod shaped house; Mr. Wright designed it for his sixth child, Llewellyn Wright and wife Elizabeth! And two people who have been docents at other FLW houses! Thank you for visiting with us today and always thank you to our devoted volunteers!
FEBRUARY 10, 2018
2nd Saturdays at the DOWNTOWN MARKET DON'T START AGAIN UNTIL MARCH 10, 2018
JANUARY 27, 2018
4th Saturday at SPRING HOUSE monthly workday like last January, we planted more hedge plants, this time on the lower end of the property on Okeeheepkee Road. The weather turned out to be perfect for our planned planting but all week it kept switching back and forth from rain all to day to no rain and kept some of our expected volunteers away. We got a lot done anyway and a big THANK YOU to the team who came!
JANUARY 14, 2018
2nd Sunday at SPRING HOUSE public tours we had another cold Sunday, great fire in the fireplace and many wonderful and hardy visitors! MANY THANKS to them and our loyal volunteers, especially everyone who stayed outside for the duration! We appreciate you all so much!
JANUARY 13, 2018
2nd Saturdays at the DOWNTOWN MARKET DOESN'T START AGAIN UNTIL MARCH 10, 2018
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