PICNIC LIKE IT’S 1924!
Let’s take it all the way back to 1924—the year our estate first came into being. You’re invited to step through time and join a cast of fashionably dressed Dolls and Dapper Dans as we celebrate our third annual Prohibition Tipple, a spirited speakeasy-style lawn party set on the grounds of beautiful Blenheim Park.
Picture it: summer light, good company, a century-old estate, and a gathering that trades the modern rush for a slower, sweeter kind of revelry.
GET YOUR GLAD RAGS ON
Embrace the era and dress the part. Shimmy into a flapper dress, press your summer linens, dust off a straw boater, snap on your suspenders—or simply arrive as your most fabulous self. This is a celebration of style, confidence, and a little theatrical flair.
Come dressed to dance, to lounge on the lawn, and to turn a few heads along the way.
DUST OFF YOUR WICKER
This is a BYO picnic affair, so fill your basket with favorite treats, pack a blanket, and stash your cordial of choice. Find your spot on the lawn, settle in, and savor an afternoon designed for lingering.
Oysters will be available for purchase on the day—because some indulgences never go out of style.
END PROHIBITION!
We may be in a dry town, but we’re no wet blankets. Inspired by the garden parties of the 1920s, we’ll transport you back to 1924 with music, mood, and mischief. You’ll bring the picnic basket and the blanket; we’ll handle the atmosphere.
Brush up on your ’20s slang, dress the part, memorize the secret password, and prepare for a bash that hits on all sixes. Nobody sings like a canary, and teatotalers can rest easy—we’ll have a lovely selection of non-alcoholic cocktails available for purchase.
THE CAT’S PAJAMAS
We’ll set up croquet and roll out the bocce balls, cue up some old-timey tunes, and clear space on the lawn for a little Lindy Hop–style footwork. If competition is more your speed, rally a team for tug-of-war or press your tennis whites for a genteel round of badminton, old sport.
Dress comfortably, stay awhile, and enjoy a swell afternoon that promises to be the bee’s knees and the cat’s pajamas all at once.
DADA AT HEART
The Dada Mask Parade
We invite the whimsical at heart—and the joyfully unruly—to abandon good sense and join our Dada mask and costume parade. Absurdity is not only welcomed; it is encouraged. A crafting booth will be on hand for those who prefer to create their mischief on the spot.
On July 14, 1916, poet Hugo Ball stood in Zurich and declared a new movement into being. Its name: Dada. Its purpose: to cast off everything that was tidy, polite, moralistic, and numbed by convention. Dada rejected the reasonable, the refined, and the “proper,” insisting instead on instinct, chaos, and freedom of expression.
Born in the shadow of the Great War, Dada artists believed that a world capable of such devastation had forfeited the right to its old traditions—art included. If society no longer made sense, then art shouldn’t pretend otherwise.
As artist Hans Arp wrote:
“Revolted by the butchery of the 1914 World War, we devoted ourselves to the arts. While the guns rumbled in the distance, we sang, painted, made collages and wrote poems with all our might.”
The resulting work—poetry, performance, masks, and mayhem—was deliberately nonsensical and sharply satirical. It was a celebration of individuality and a protest against systems that prized order over humanity.
A century on, the spirit of Dadaism still rattles the cage. So if this language speaks to you, we invite you—and your children—to rummage through your craft drawers, surrender to spontaneity, and show us your most absurd selves in our Dada costume parade.
The more chaotic, the better.
Order is overrated.
And this, without question, is one of our favorite Tipple traditions.
MY OH MY, WE LOVE PIE
Start your ovens—and mind your alibis.
You’re invited to show off your finest pie-making prowess at our third annual Pie Competition. Bring a pie and an appetite; the evidence will be deliciously destroyed after judging.
If you’re pie-inclined (or pie-adjacent), bring along your favorite creation to enter the contest and serve as dessert once the verdict is in. This is a judgment-free zone—except, of course, for the judging.
Contest categories include:
Most Beautiful Pie – a real looker
Most “Dada” Pie – chaotic, absurd, delightfully unhinged
Best Cherry Pie – in cherries we trust, naturally
Bake it. Borrow it. Buy it at the store. We won’t ask questions—and we don’t snitch.
Bring your best pie, your worst excuse, and a healthy appreciation for a little friendly competition. Nothing says Prohibition-era hospitality quite like pie shared in good company.
DANCERS. POETS. ARTISTS. FORTUNE TELLERS
Our cast of colorful characters includes dancers, bathing beauties, poets who'll write you a poem in real time, a fortune teller to predict your future, a photo booth to memorialize the occasion, a Dada mask making station, and a selection of fine vintage wares.
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ARE $35 PER PERSON (INCLUDES A $10 STORE COUPON)
‘BEE’S KNEES’ TICKETS ARE $55 PER PERSON, GUARANTEED WATERFRONT SEATING + GIFT BAG
THE TIPPLE IS BEST ENJOYED WITH FRIENDS. PLEASE INVITE YOURS!
SPACE IS STRICTLY LIMITED. BOOK NOW AND START PLANNING!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
One ticket is for one person. If booking for a group please select the appropriate number in your party.
Tickets are non-refundable, but can be transferred. In the event of rain, the Tipple will be held at a future date. Guests will be welcome to visit the Farm Store, all weather.
Blenheim Park is located in a town which has been ‘dry’ since Prohibition therefore we cannot sell alcohol. (Our money is on the Teahouse seeing some Bootlegger / Speakeasy action back in the day. We confess we quite like the idea).
Not everyone shares our love of pets, so please leave yours at home for this event.
For the safety and enjoyment of all guests, we ask that you observe our no-smoking policy throughout the property, thank you.
Protecting the beautiful waterways of Maine is a role we’re passionate about, we are in fact Stewards of the McCurdy Islands Preserve, so we advise this is not a swimming event and we ask you not to bring paper napkins or any other picnic goods likely to ‘take flight’ so they do not end up in the lake.
Our aim is to provide you with a lovely, elegant afternoon, so thank you for not bringing in outside seating, grills or electronic music devices. (Lutes, Harps, Sitars and Mandolins welcome).
Please advise in advance if anyone in your group has special needs so we are able to make a plan to accommodate them, since we are a working farm and some areas of the orchard are not readily wheelchair accessible. Thank you.
WORKING FARM — NO LIABILITY FOR INJURY
Warning: Under Maine law, there is no liability for injury to a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if such injury results from the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment and animals, as well as the potential for injury if you act in a negligent manner. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity.