DECEMBER 11, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was MUCH warmer than Saturday at the market, a very overcast morning getting ready but it cleared up and we had mostly blue skies and sunshine by tour time! The fire in the fireplace was really nice though and it smelled good! So did the beautiful Christmas Tree from "King's Christmas"! Thank you Jim King for the tree, and our loyal and hard working volunteers for all of your help this year, and our wonderful, kind and enthusiastic visitors!
DECEMBER 10, 2016
2nd Saturday at the Downtown Market was the Christmas Show for the Downtown Market, Saturday and Sunday! It was a cold, but beautiful day! People were dressed for it and it was strange to all of a sudden see winter clothes, hats and even gloves! Last days for the market until March! Thank you Allen and Brenda!
NOVEMBER 19, 2016
4th Saturdays at Spring House we have a monthly workday but November and December's are on the third Saturday because of Thanksgiving and Christmas! Today was SO MUCH FUN! The temperature was just right and later in the day the clouds went away and the sun came out, it was great! Lots of hard and good work was done by the FSU Interior Design Student Organization; Diana and Matt and Devin, long time and loyal SHI volunteers! Thank you everyone!
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House had great tours November 13! Thank you to all of our visitors from out of town and our friends from Tallahassee who brought friends who had never visited before! We were very happy to meet people from other states and Canada!
NOVEMBER 12, 2016
2nd Saturday at the Downtown Market SHI had a really nice day and met many interesting and enthusiastic people we hope to see at Spring House sometime! Nice to talk with so many visitors to Tallahassee, I think many were here for the FSU Boston College Friday night game! GO NOLES!
OCTOBER 22, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House Mike and Mandy from Liberty, South Carolina came to help with all of their tools! First time for Mandy and we are so happy she came! These are two incredible people, y'all! Jogie from Mashes Sands, Kristy and Graham, Rachel, Grace and Emily from Tally, Jack and Reese from Rho Kappa at Leon HS! Graham, Jack and Reese wood chipped the trail, Mike and Mandy cut up two big oaks and loaded them into the truck and Kristy helped them unload all of that; Rachel, Grace, Emily and Jogie pulled and cut more coral ardisia and cleaned up lots of downed limbs from Hermine! GREAT WORK DAY! THANK YOU!
OCTOBER 15, 2016
37 FAMU Art Appreciation students blessed us today with so much energy, hard work and fun! They lopped, sawed and cleaned up a huge area of downed oak limbs from Hermine; moved three truckloads of cut up pine and oak logs to the pickup spot, scrubbed the core and washhouse and terrace walls; chopped up many stumps in the two north yards! Pulled bags of coral ardisia out by the roots and made the grounds SO BEAUTIFUL! Fantastic group of hard working, enthusiastic, and interesting students! THANK YOU!
OCTOBER 9, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was the second perfect fall day in a row; we've been waiting for these! The Tallahassee Democrat ran a beautiful photo of Spring House in Best Bets and people came out! We saw some of the great people we met yesterday at the Downtown Market and got to visit with them more! We had a full team of volunteers and the tours ran perfectly! Thank you all Spring House volunteers, we love you! And thank you everyone who visited! YOU are why we do this!
OCTOBER 8, 2016
2nd Saturday at the Downtown Market was a beautiful fall day in Tally! We met lots of great people and many who said they would visit on our tours the next day; we appreciate that so much, it gears us up to be with people we'll be happy to get to know better on Sunday! Lots of people out with the Asian Festival in Bloxham and Lewis Park and the Downtown Market!
SEPTEMBER 24, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House we accomplished a lot with few volunteers; thank you to Malawi, Matt, Diana and Byrd. Two large oaks fell across the drive during Hermine. Seth was first on the scene, cutting and moved the huge pieces blocking the drive. George came next, cutting the trees up for firewood, and then on Saturday we all lopped and loaded and hauled the limbs to the pile on Okeeheepkee. Great work, thank you all!
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House on 9-11-16 – we had many more visitors than we expected on this important day in American and world history and we were honored to share some of the day with you who came, thank you.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2016
2nd Saturday at the Downtown Market was a really pretty Tallahassee day. There was a nice breeze almost all of the time and it was cool a good bit of the day. We talked to many people who came to shop and some always visit Spring House the next day. If you haven't been, visit the Saturday Market every Saturday through November from 9 to 2, it's a great place to get fresh fruit and vegetables, great farm eggs and sausage, all kinds of wonderful art and hear local musicians!
AUGUST 5 & 6, 2016
After Hurricane Hermine SHI received awesome help at Spring House! Seth Coffin; George Boggs, his children Amelia, George and William and friend Claire; Devin O'Meara! Thank you great friends and neighbors! Seth and George both brought their chainsaws and cut up huge oaks that came down across the drive, George's children and friend picked up limbs on the terrace and Devin hauled out the big limbs George and Seth cut up and stacked north side firewood. THANK YOU, ALL!
AUGUST 27, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House we got much work done around the entrance to Spring House and on the two north "yards" going towards the pond with great help from Mike who came all the way from South Carolina with his chainsaw and maul to help on a Frank Lloyd Wright property; Jogie, who came from the Ochlockonee River; Karen who's from near Havana, and Kristy who's from Tallahassee and SHI staff. Not many people love working in the summer heat and humidity but we always have fun, there's good food and drink, and we appreciate so much all volunteers who help! You are large part of this important effort! THANK YOU!
AUGUST 14, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was a really nice day, almost three days of very little rain, blue skies with a few summer clouds and really great people from all over! The first to arrive had driven from Pensacola just to see Spring House, and right after then, a mother and son from New York. He's a grad student at FSU, then two friends from Saturday, one from Tally who brought her friend from Atlanta! Everyone enjoyed the day! Thank you for your support!
AUGUST 13, 2016
2nd Saturdays at the Downtown Market many people stopped who hadn't heard about Spring House, that's why we're there, and some who didn't know who Frank Lloyd Wright was, so we share some about Mr. Wright and then tell them about our public tours the next day! Some people have seen our tours in the Democrat and some have been to the house. It's always fun at the market, come on down!
AUGUST 5 & 6, 2016
After Hurricane Hermine SHI received awesome help at Spring House! Seth Coffin; George Boggs, his children Amelia, George and William and friend Claire; Devin O'Meara! Thank you great friends and neighbors! Seth and George both brought their chainsaws and cut up huge oaks that came down across the drive, George's children and friend picked up limbs on the terrace and Devin hauled out the big limbs George and Seth cut up and stacked north side firewood. THANK YOU, ALL!
AUGUST 3, 2016
MOLAB Architecture 101 Camp visited Spring House during their week focusing on architecture, environment and design in the context of Frank Lloyd Wright! This is such an exciting way for young people to get introduced to architecture. They learn about Mr. Wright, look at photos of different works, do art projects, learn software that allows them to design their own building as one part of their week and then they visit Spring House!
JULY 23, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House we got a lot done! Patsy scrubbed the south balcony outside cypress, Diana and Matt added wood chips to the trail, Dee cleaned the drawers in the kitchen, Byrd cleaned the leaves off of the roof, Dee and Karen cut privet, Ben lassoed kudzu and Byrd pulled it down with her truck, and got started on washing the upstairs windows. Eight people drove or walked in when they saw cars at Spring House. One stayed to help and will join our volunteers on 4th Saturdays! We hope the others come back on a tour or volunteer to work!
JULY 10, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was amazing! Even in the summer heat and afternoon showers great people came out to visit and many children were there too! We enjoyed all the questions and thank you for all the encouragement! Thank you Tallahassee Democrat for Best Best! Your support is SO IMPORTANT to us!
JULY 9, 2016
2nd Saturday at the Downtown Market was well attended even in the 99º weather and we talked to many people about Spring House, what we are trying to do to be able to continue using it as a community resource now and into the future. Become a Friend of Spring House and help us!
JUNE 25, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House monthly workday was a special day! We finally got to take the boat out into the pond to see about pulling up the grass that grew in the pond when it was dry! Amazing the other water plants that have grown in the water, beautiful too! We filled the boat up with the grass we were able to pull up. It fun to see and learn how the pond is changing.
JUNE 12, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House June 12 we celebrated Mr. Wright's 149th birthday (which is on June 8) with ice-cream and cake. It was a good day, even in the mourning with Orlando, we managed to celebrate a great life.
JUNE 11, 2016
2nd Saturdays at the Downtown Market SHI had our table to spread the word about Spring House, the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed private residence in Florida, we will have information about who we are, what Spring House is, and what we are doing. Many people said they'd come to Spring House 2nd Sunday!
MAY 28, 2016
4th Saturdays at Spring House workday we accomplished a lot today, pulling wandering gentile and oxalice from the terrace, hauling wood chips to the terrace and re-chipping the entire terrace. Thank you Matt and Diana for your many wheelbarrow fuels of wood chips, and Dee and Byrd for spreading them. Rebecca and Mary cleaned all the reachable interior cypress with Murphy's Oil Soap and water! Great work! Thank you everyone!
MAY 8, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was a beautiful day for Mother's Day! A surprise visit from Judith Dupre, author of "One World Trade Center: A Biography of the Building" and her good friend Linda Figg and friend Richard, started the day with a burst of energy and excitement! The very next people to arrive for the tours were a mother and her grown son; a young mother we met Saturday brought her five little children, a special treat! There were many grown children who brought their mothers, it was great to be with so many families. Thank you all for sharing the day with us!
MAY, 7 2016
Saturday at the Downtown Market was an incredibly beautiful spring day in Tallahassee! SHI board members talked to many people about the importance of our historical project and many people said they would be there on Mother's Day! Many of them came and we all enjoyed the welcoming and cooling space Mr. Wright designed in Spring House. Thank you for your support!
APRIL 23, 2016
4th Saturday workday at Spring House was a nice day after the gray early morning burned off. Some first time volunteers joined us and many of our dedicated workday friends. With all the rain we've had and springtime, the "Wandering Gentile" has really taken off so Dustin, Mary Beth, Patrick and Byrd moved it back two and three feet on the terrace, east side of the house and the path to the stone benches, which are now high enough to sit on, and John did a yeoman's work hauling it all to the road! Two new perches at the bend in the trail with an elbow rest or table thanks to Diana and Matt. Clean inside balcony walls, thanks Dee! Lots less poison ivy, thanks Patsy! We enjoyed getting to know each other, the beautiful peaceful space, good food and work! Thank you everyone!
APRIL 10, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was wonderful! The morning stated out not looking like the forecast at all, there was a gloomy fish belly sky and it was COLD but we prepared and counted on it clearing up and warming up and IT DID! A perfect day at Spring House! Thank you everyone who visited with us, we enjoyed being with you! Please share what we are doing with your friends, family, and co-workers! We need everyone who cares about this project to KEEP HELPING US UNTIL IT'S DONE, and AFTER!
APRIL 9, 2016
2nd Saturdays at the Downtown Market SHI had our table to spread the word about Spring House, the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed private residence in Florida, we met and talked with lots of people about who we are, what Spring House is, and what we are doing. Come see us at the Downtown Market on Park Avenue! May 7 we'll see you there!
MARCH 26, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House was cancelled for the rain. The pond may be full, we'll let you know!
IT IS!!!
MARCH 13, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House – Thank you all who visited with us at Spring House 2nd Sunday! We appreciate your enthusiasm for what we are working towards, and the contributions you made by attending. The weather was almost perfect in spite of the forecast! Thank you Tallahassee Democrat for our info in the Sunday Calendar!
MARCH 12, 2016
2nd Saturdays at the Downtown Market SHI had our table to spread the word about Spring House, the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed private residence in Florida, we had information about who we are, what Spring House is, and what we are doing. We met lots of great people and many came to 2nd Sunday the next day! Thank you!!!
FEBRUARY 27, 2016
SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE hosted tours of the only Frank Lloyd Wright private residence built in Florida & St. Francis Wildlife had Lake Jackson neighborhood birds of prey on display and shared information about them and their habitat. It was a beautiful day in Tallahassee!
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
Workday was Friday this month to prepare for our event, a beautiful day for anything at all! We had two early morning tours. One was the special Quirky Cultural Tallahassee Tour, really enjoyed this with the cheerful and kind women from different Florida media, and the next was a tour with Howard Rideout, Canadian architect and his family who stopped by to visit Spring House. Workday we learned much working with Elliot about good hedge plants for the dam, he and Dee cleared around beds of trillium and then he gave us a lesson in cutting old growth English ivy off of trees. We cleared the trail and readied the house for our SHI & St. Francis tour and program Saturday, February 27th.
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House on Valentine's Day was very special, thank you to everyone who celebrated with us and enjoyed a beautiful day at Spring House!
JANUARY 30, 2016
3RD ANNUAL FOSH PARTY – To our friends who shared the great food, wonderful music and happy times January 30 and over the years with us, THANK YOU!
JANUARY 23, 2016
4th Saturday work morning was terrific because of the great people who came! It was cold, but not bad, everyone dressed for it and we didn't start until about 10:30 or so but got a lot done, and it was FUN! We had good food and drink and visited and then Matt taught us how to use the wood splitter so we split and stated pecan for the fireplace, dug up many roots from the pond bottom, cut and moved Chinese Paper tress, cleaned and oiled the upstairs windows, dug and cleaned more block pieces, cut privet away from the sago by the big oak and all enjoyed refreshment afterwards! Thank you for your hard work!
JANUARY 10, 2016
2nd SUNDAY TOUR at SPRING HOUSE was AMAZING and wonderful! What FUN! The most children ever, and loaded with SPUNK and questions and openness! Still SMILING! Wish we had photos of everyone who came! Thank you ALL so much for coming out on a cold day, and we even had some SUN in Spring House! GREAT day!
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was MUCH warmer than Saturday at the market, a very overcast morning getting ready but it cleared up and we had mostly blue skies and sunshine by tour time! The fire in the fireplace was really nice though and it smelled good! So did the beautiful Christmas Tree from "King's Christmas"! Thank you Jim King for the tree, and our loyal and hard working volunteers for all of your help this year, and our wonderful, kind and enthusiastic visitors!
DECEMBER 10, 2016
2nd Saturday at the Downtown Market was the Christmas Show for the Downtown Market, Saturday and Sunday! It was a cold, but beautiful day! People were dressed for it and it was strange to all of a sudden see winter clothes, hats and even gloves! Last days for the market until March! Thank you Allen and Brenda!
NOVEMBER 19, 2016
4th Saturdays at Spring House we have a monthly workday but November and December's are on the third Saturday because of Thanksgiving and Christmas! Today was SO MUCH FUN! The temperature was just right and later in the day the clouds went away and the sun came out, it was great! Lots of hard and good work was done by the FSU Interior Design Student Organization; Diana and Matt and Devin, long time and loyal SHI volunteers! Thank you everyone!
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House had great tours November 13! Thank you to all of our visitors from out of town and our friends from Tallahassee who brought friends who had never visited before! We were very happy to meet people from other states and Canada!
NOVEMBER 12, 2016
2nd Saturday at the Downtown Market SHI had a really nice day and met many interesting and enthusiastic people we hope to see at Spring House sometime! Nice to talk with so many visitors to Tallahassee, I think many were here for the FSU Boston College Friday night game! GO NOLES!
OCTOBER 22, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House Mike and Mandy from Liberty, South Carolina came to help with all of their tools! First time for Mandy and we are so happy she came! These are two incredible people, y'all! Jogie from Mashes Sands, Kristy and Graham, Rachel, Grace and Emily from Tally, Jack and Reese from Rho Kappa at Leon HS! Graham, Jack and Reese wood chipped the trail, Mike and Mandy cut up two big oaks and loaded them into the truck and Kristy helped them unload all of that; Rachel, Grace, Emily and Jogie pulled and cut more coral ardisia and cleaned up lots of downed limbs from Hermine! GREAT WORK DAY! THANK YOU!
OCTOBER 15, 2016
37 FAMU Art Appreciation students blessed us today with so much energy, hard work and fun! They lopped, sawed and cleaned up a huge area of downed oak limbs from Hermine; moved three truckloads of cut up pine and oak logs to the pickup spot, scrubbed the core and washhouse and terrace walls; chopped up many stumps in the two north yards! Pulled bags of coral ardisia out by the roots and made the grounds SO BEAUTIFUL! Fantastic group of hard working, enthusiastic, and interesting students! THANK YOU!
OCTOBER 9, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was the second perfect fall day in a row; we've been waiting for these! The Tallahassee Democrat ran a beautiful photo of Spring House in Best Bets and people came out! We saw some of the great people we met yesterday at the Downtown Market and got to visit with them more! We had a full team of volunteers and the tours ran perfectly! Thank you all Spring House volunteers, we love you! And thank you everyone who visited! YOU are why we do this!
OCTOBER 8, 2016
2nd Saturday at the Downtown Market was a beautiful fall day in Tally! We met lots of great people and many who said they would visit on our tours the next day; we appreciate that so much, it gears us up to be with people we'll be happy to get to know better on Sunday! Lots of people out with the Asian Festival in Bloxham and Lewis Park and the Downtown Market!
SEPTEMBER 24, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House we accomplished a lot with few volunteers; thank you to Malawi, Matt, Diana and Byrd. Two large oaks fell across the drive during Hermine. Seth was first on the scene, cutting and moved the huge pieces blocking the drive. George came next, cutting the trees up for firewood, and then on Saturday we all lopped and loaded and hauled the limbs to the pile on Okeeheepkee. Great work, thank you all!
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House on 9-11-16 – we had many more visitors than we expected on this important day in American and world history and we were honored to share some of the day with you who came, thank you.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2016
2nd Saturday at the Downtown Market was a really pretty Tallahassee day. There was a nice breeze almost all of the time and it was cool a good bit of the day. We talked to many people who came to shop and some always visit Spring House the next day. If you haven't been, visit the Saturday Market every Saturday through November from 9 to 2, it's a great place to get fresh fruit and vegetables, great farm eggs and sausage, all kinds of wonderful art and hear local musicians!
AUGUST 5 & 6, 2016
After Hurricane Hermine SHI received awesome help at Spring House! Seth Coffin; George Boggs, his children Amelia, George and William and friend Claire; Devin O'Meara! Thank you great friends and neighbors! Seth and George both brought their chainsaws and cut up huge oaks that came down across the drive, George's children and friend picked up limbs on the terrace and Devin hauled out the big limbs George and Seth cut up and stacked north side firewood. THANK YOU, ALL!
AUGUST 27, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House we got much work done around the entrance to Spring House and on the two north "yards" going towards the pond with great help from Mike who came all the way from South Carolina with his chainsaw and maul to help on a Frank Lloyd Wright property; Jogie, who came from the Ochlockonee River; Karen who's from near Havana, and Kristy who's from Tallahassee and SHI staff. Not many people love working in the summer heat and humidity but we always have fun, there's good food and drink, and we appreciate so much all volunteers who help! You are large part of this important effort! THANK YOU!
AUGUST 14, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was a really nice day, almost three days of very little rain, blue skies with a few summer clouds and really great people from all over! The first to arrive had driven from Pensacola just to see Spring House, and right after then, a mother and son from New York. He's a grad student at FSU, then two friends from Saturday, one from Tally who brought her friend from Atlanta! Everyone enjoyed the day! Thank you for your support!
AUGUST 13, 2016
2nd Saturdays at the Downtown Market many people stopped who hadn't heard about Spring House, that's why we're there, and some who didn't know who Frank Lloyd Wright was, so we share some about Mr. Wright and then tell them about our public tours the next day! Some people have seen our tours in the Democrat and some have been to the house. It's always fun at the market, come on down!
AUGUST 5 & 6, 2016
After Hurricane Hermine SHI received awesome help at Spring House! Seth Coffin; George Boggs, his children Amelia, George and William and friend Claire; Devin O'Meara! Thank you great friends and neighbors! Seth and George both brought their chainsaws and cut up huge oaks that came down across the drive, George's children and friend picked up limbs on the terrace and Devin hauled out the big limbs George and Seth cut up and stacked north side firewood. THANK YOU, ALL!
AUGUST 3, 2016
MOLAB Architecture 101 Camp visited Spring House during their week focusing on architecture, environment and design in the context of Frank Lloyd Wright! This is such an exciting way for young people to get introduced to architecture. They learn about Mr. Wright, look at photos of different works, do art projects, learn software that allows them to design their own building as one part of their week and then they visit Spring House!
JULY 23, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House we got a lot done! Patsy scrubbed the south balcony outside cypress, Diana and Matt added wood chips to the trail, Dee cleaned the drawers in the kitchen, Byrd cleaned the leaves off of the roof, Dee and Karen cut privet, Ben lassoed kudzu and Byrd pulled it down with her truck, and got started on washing the upstairs windows. Eight people drove or walked in when they saw cars at Spring House. One stayed to help and will join our volunteers on 4th Saturdays! We hope the others come back on a tour or volunteer to work!
JULY 10, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was amazing! Even in the summer heat and afternoon showers great people came out to visit and many children were there too! We enjoyed all the questions and thank you for all the encouragement! Thank you Tallahassee Democrat for Best Best! Your support is SO IMPORTANT to us!
JULY 9, 2016
2nd Saturday at the Downtown Market was well attended even in the 99º weather and we talked to many people about Spring House, what we are trying to do to be able to continue using it as a community resource now and into the future. Become a Friend of Spring House and help us!
JUNE 25, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House monthly workday was a special day! We finally got to take the boat out into the pond to see about pulling up the grass that grew in the pond when it was dry! Amazing the other water plants that have grown in the water, beautiful too! We filled the boat up with the grass we were able to pull up. It fun to see and learn how the pond is changing.
JUNE 12, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House June 12 we celebrated Mr. Wright's 149th birthday (which is on June 8) with ice-cream and cake. It was a good day, even in the mourning with Orlando, we managed to celebrate a great life.
JUNE 11, 2016
2nd Saturdays at the Downtown Market SHI had our table to spread the word about Spring House, the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed private residence in Florida, we will have information about who we are, what Spring House is, and what we are doing. Many people said they'd come to Spring House 2nd Sunday!
MAY 28, 2016
4th Saturdays at Spring House workday we accomplished a lot today, pulling wandering gentile and oxalice from the terrace, hauling wood chips to the terrace and re-chipping the entire terrace. Thank you Matt and Diana for your many wheelbarrow fuels of wood chips, and Dee and Byrd for spreading them. Rebecca and Mary cleaned all the reachable interior cypress with Murphy's Oil Soap and water! Great work! Thank you everyone!
MAY 8, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was a beautiful day for Mother's Day! A surprise visit from Judith Dupre, author of "One World Trade Center: A Biography of the Building" and her good friend Linda Figg and friend Richard, started the day with a burst of energy and excitement! The very next people to arrive for the tours were a mother and her grown son; a young mother we met Saturday brought her five little children, a special treat! There were many grown children who brought their mothers, it was great to be with so many families. Thank you all for sharing the day with us!
MAY, 7 2016
Saturday at the Downtown Market was an incredibly beautiful spring day in Tallahassee! SHI board members talked to many people about the importance of our historical project and many people said they would be there on Mother's Day! Many of them came and we all enjoyed the welcoming and cooling space Mr. Wright designed in Spring House. Thank you for your support!
APRIL 23, 2016
4th Saturday workday at Spring House was a nice day after the gray early morning burned off. Some first time volunteers joined us and many of our dedicated workday friends. With all the rain we've had and springtime, the "Wandering Gentile" has really taken off so Dustin, Mary Beth, Patrick and Byrd moved it back two and three feet on the terrace, east side of the house and the path to the stone benches, which are now high enough to sit on, and John did a yeoman's work hauling it all to the road! Two new perches at the bend in the trail with an elbow rest or table thanks to Diana and Matt. Clean inside balcony walls, thanks Dee! Lots less poison ivy, thanks Patsy! We enjoyed getting to know each other, the beautiful peaceful space, good food and work! Thank you everyone!
APRIL 10, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House was wonderful! The morning stated out not looking like the forecast at all, there was a gloomy fish belly sky and it was COLD but we prepared and counted on it clearing up and warming up and IT DID! A perfect day at Spring House! Thank you everyone who visited with us, we enjoyed being with you! Please share what we are doing with your friends, family, and co-workers! We need everyone who cares about this project to KEEP HELPING US UNTIL IT'S DONE, and AFTER!
APRIL 9, 2016
2nd Saturdays at the Downtown Market SHI had our table to spread the word about Spring House, the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed private residence in Florida, we met and talked with lots of people about who we are, what Spring House is, and what we are doing. Come see us at the Downtown Market on Park Avenue! May 7 we'll see you there!
MARCH 26, 2016
4th Saturday at Spring House was cancelled for the rain. The pond may be full, we'll let you know!
IT IS!!!
MARCH 13, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House – Thank you all who visited with us at Spring House 2nd Sunday! We appreciate your enthusiasm for what we are working towards, and the contributions you made by attending. The weather was almost perfect in spite of the forecast! Thank you Tallahassee Democrat for our info in the Sunday Calendar!
MARCH 12, 2016
2nd Saturdays at the Downtown Market SHI had our table to spread the word about Spring House, the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed private residence in Florida, we had information about who we are, what Spring House is, and what we are doing. We met lots of great people and many came to 2nd Sunday the next day! Thank you!!!
FEBRUARY 27, 2016
SPRING HOUSE INSTITUTE hosted tours of the only Frank Lloyd Wright private residence built in Florida & St. Francis Wildlife had Lake Jackson neighborhood birds of prey on display and shared information about them and their habitat. It was a beautiful day in Tallahassee!
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
Workday was Friday this month to prepare for our event, a beautiful day for anything at all! We had two early morning tours. One was the special Quirky Cultural Tallahassee Tour, really enjoyed this with the cheerful and kind women from different Florida media, and the next was a tour with Howard Rideout, Canadian architect and his family who stopped by to visit Spring House. Workday we learned much working with Elliot about good hedge plants for the dam, he and Dee cleared around beds of trillium and then he gave us a lesson in cutting old growth English ivy off of trees. We cleared the trail and readied the house for our SHI & St. Francis tour and program Saturday, February 27th.
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
2ND SUNDAY at Spring House on Valentine's Day was very special, thank you to everyone who celebrated with us and enjoyed a beautiful day at Spring House!
JANUARY 30, 2016
3RD ANNUAL FOSH PARTY – To our friends who shared the great food, wonderful music and happy times January 30 and over the years with us, THANK YOU!
JANUARY 23, 2016
4th Saturday work morning was terrific because of the great people who came! It was cold, but not bad, everyone dressed for it and we didn't start until about 10:30 or so but got a lot done, and it was FUN! We had good food and drink and visited and then Matt taught us how to use the wood splitter so we split and stated pecan for the fireplace, dug up many roots from the pond bottom, cut and moved Chinese Paper tress, cleaned and oiled the upstairs windows, dug and cleaned more block pieces, cut privet away from the sago by the big oak and all enjoyed refreshment afterwards! Thank you for your hard work!
JANUARY 10, 2016
2nd SUNDAY TOUR at SPRING HOUSE was AMAZING and wonderful! What FUN! The most children ever, and loaded with SPUNK and questions and openness! Still SMILING! Wish we had photos of everyone who came! Thank you ALL so much for coming out on a cold day, and we even had some SUN in Spring House! GREAT day!