Pomona Festival and Concert in the Gardens at Elm Bank

Thursday is the Pomona Festival at The Gardens at Elm Bank in Wellesley.

Bring your picnic dinner, blanket, or lawn chairs and enjoy music by critically acclaimed folk-pop singer and songwriter Jennifer Kimball.

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.

This special community event is sponsored by The Wellesley Bank Charitable Foundation and is free to all.

It starts at 6 p.m. and last until 8:30 p.m.

Jennifer Kimball, the ‘other half’ of the 90’s folk-pop duo The Story, will perform with a trio from the highly-acclaimed Brooklyn-based avant-pop band Cuddle Magic. Kimball, with Cuddle Magic’s Alec Spiegelman, Dave Flaherty and Christopher McDonald, will bring her unmistakable vocals and her lyrical and literate songs to a beautiful summer evening at Mass Hort.

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

The Gardens at Elm Bank are a wonderful natural resource for people of all ages to enjoy, whether you are interested in plants or gardening or just relaxing in the beautiful landscape.

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.