Long Valley's Gardeners Beautify Governor's Mansion For Holiday

LONG VALLEY, NJ — One of the rooms in “Drumthwacket,” the Governor's mansion, is touched with the warmth of the holiday season, thanks to the Garden Club of Long Valley.

Long Valley’s Garden Club, along with Garden Clubs from Belvidere, Keyport, Warren, West Trenton and Allentown, volunteered to add special decorative touches to the “official residence” of New Jersey’s Governor, the historical mansion in Princeton constructed in 1835.

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The property is preserved by The Drumthwacket Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan group that oversees the stately home and its grounds, according to its website, where the garden clubs received special recognition for their decorative contributions this year.

See the video below for a glimpse of the decorations the Garden Club of Long Valley provided for this year, which they called “an incredible opportunity.”

They started with a team workshop, focusing on botanicals. Their creations adorned the mantle, table and Christmas Tree within the room; and were placed there during a four-hour timeframe.

The Garden Club posted photos of some of the decorative projects from other clubs, among them:

Keyport Garden Club, with decorations in the mansion’s foyer:

White and gold accents touching the greenery and pinecones in the parlor from Warren’s club:

West Trenton’s Gingerbread elements in the Music Room:

The peaceful theme in the Library, with paper cranes interspersed in Allentown’s design:

Last but not least and the first thing one sees when coming in to Drumthwacket, there’s the entrance with the wreath on the doors, put together by Belvidere and touched with ribbons with the state’s flag:

Learn more about The Garden Club of Long Valley at www.thegardencluboflongvalley.shutterfly.com and click here to find them on Facebook.

Find out how to visit Drumthwacket's open houses this holiday season at www.drumthwacket.org/open-houses.

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