Festival of Wreaths

The 2008 Festival of Wreaths is scheduled for November 26 – 30, beginning with the Preview Party on November 25.  For information, please call 508-228-1894, ext. 130.

Now a Nantucket tradition, the annual Festival of Wreaths and its Preview Party mark the start of Nantucket’s winter holiday season. Held over Thanksgiving weekend, the festival welcomes more than 1,600 visitors, free of charge, to enjoy more than eighty beautifully decorated wreaths in the Whaling Museum’s Peter Foulger Gallery. 

The event showcases the remarkable talent of local artists, artisans, schoolchildren, merchants, and nonprofits that decorate and donate the wreaths, which are displayed as part of the silent auction. Throughout the festival, visitors bid on the wreaths and purchase tickets for the Raffle Wreath, which has been generously donated by Sandy Taylor for the past five years. Proceeds from the silent auction and raffle help support the NHA’s educational programs. 

The NHA offers special thanks to Nantucket Bank, a division of Sovereign Bank, for its continued support as lead underwriter, and to Courtney O’Neill, chair of the 2007 Festival of Wreaths.

Click here to see images of our 2007 Festival of Wreaths event!