The Gardens at Elm Bank, located at 900 Washington St., are in bloom and ready to host the Pomona Festival on Thursday, 6pm – 8:30pm. Wander the gardens, take a tour and enjoy garden activities for all ages as we celebrate the Festival of Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit and gardens.

Bring your picnic dinner, blanket, and lawn chairs and enjoy music by critically acclaimed folk-pop singer and songwriter Jennifer Kimball, the “other half” of the 90’s folk-pop duo The Story. She will perform her lyrical and and literate songs with a trio from the highly acclaimed Brooklyn-based avant-pop band Cuddle Magic.

This special FREE community event is sponsored by The Wellesley Bank Charitable Foundation.

Enjoy garden activities and crafts for all ages and try something fresh on a Tour and Taste of the Garden to Table vegetable garden. Enter Mass Hort’s free raffle for a chance to win a prize.

Located at 900 Washington Street in Wellesley (Route 16), on the 36-acre Cheney estate in the Elm Bank Reservation, the property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The estate includes twelve display gardens, some highlights include the Italianate Garden designed by the Olmsted Brothers.

For more information, please visit www.masshort.org/events.