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June 2024 by Tom Gilliam (Realtor-Tom Gilliam)
Beautiful way to share a wonderful place.
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June 2024 by Shelley
Pretty place, good walking
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May 2024 by Christine Begle
We took our third and fourth grade classes on a field trip. We spent the morning in the school house. Greenmead provided us with reference materials and period texts so that we could present lessons from the 1920s. Of course, we actually spent a great deal of the time answering the children's questions about what school was like back then! Fortunately, I was adequately prepared from having read the material, and one of our chaperones was also quite knowledgeable about one-room schoolhouse! It was the best sort of experience, where the children could lead their own learning!
Then we toured four of the buildings on-site, and the docents were highly knowledgeable and great with the kids. Everyone from planning to the end of our trip was friendly, helpful, and organized. We had time constraints because of when the bus had to be back to do its normal route, so we could not stay as long as I would have liked, but everyone helped keep us on schedule!
I highly recommend a trip to Greenmead. It's much more focused and personal than a trip to Greenfield Village, and less walking!
If you're just taking a tour on the weekend, definitely go!
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February 2024 by Bryan Finigan
We hosted a baby shower at the Alexander Blue House on February 4th, and it was fantastic. The staff was professional and courteous from booking through cleanup, and the pricing was very affordable.They have a huge parking lot and will work with you on the layout options. I’d highly recommend them to anyone looking for an event venue.
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January 2024 by Jen J
I was married here at Newburgh Church and the ladies were very helpful! It was a blizzard and one of them was out there shoveling the steps and the walkway for my guests. My only complaint is the director, Chris that we scheduled the wedding with. I called to asked if we could place flowers and photos the night before at rehearsal, so we were not so stressed the day of to decorate. He absolutely refused to let us do so. I could understand if there was an event after ours, but there was not and he was adamant that we could only do it at our paid alloted time...it takes nothing to go the extra mile. We could have paid and gone anywhere else to be married, but we chose to support our local historical park. They are pretty strict here given it is a historical church, so just be conscious of that. But, Chris not letting us put flowers out the night before was pretty ridiculous. Everyone else was fantastic and made our day special!
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December 2023 by Jim Mariani
Great place
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December 2023 by Kevin Zepp
Great holiday event
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October 2023 by Chris Scott
If you are looking for a very well kept historical chapel to get married in I would recommend greenmeads. They also have workers there that will walk you through on how a typical wedding is performed during your rehearsal which was alot of help for us. Overall it was very clean with friendly staff and all of my guests loved the stained glass and feel of it.
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October 2023 by mavericks
The Sunday tour that I attended was okay. The docents are certainly not well-versed in the history of the individual buildings. Docents in different buildings will tell you conflicting stories and timelines. I assume the only correct information I received came from those docents that religiously referred to their physical handbooks when I asked a question -- those that spoke from memory were useless. But if you just enjoy looking at old buildings, it's easy to look past that failing and just enjoy the walk around.The open buildings included: Simmons/Hill house (both first and second floor), Farmhand's house (first floor only), Kingsley house (first floor only), Shaw house (first floor only), Newburg school, Newburg church (first floor only), A.J. Geer Store (which has some bottled water and soda for sale, some resale items like antiques for sale, and Greenmead-branded bags for sale), and the DUR station (train station). The Hinbern House is likewise open, but is first floor only and set up as a gift shop. The gift shop is also where you'll purchase your tickets for the tour ($3 per person) and receive your admission sticker that you'll wear so that docents know you're a part of the tour groups. The tour is self-led from one building to another, but the docents do lead you through each building. The Bungalow home was closed the day I attended, but it is regularly open.The following are not included in the tour: the caretaker's house, the north and south barns, the "blue office" (garage), the meeting house (which is available for rent for private events), the old schoolhouse that doesn't have a sign and is currently cordoned off and in disrepair, the "blue house" (the grand house that they hold events in), and the parsonage for the church.No photography is allowed within the buildings. Main parking is off Newburgh Road, just south of 8 Mile Rd, in front of the grand "blue house" (which is tan lol), but there is parking available elsewhere in the park. The vast majority of the buildings are not handicap accessible.
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April 2023 by Tiffany M.
motor city Irish fest 2022 June 10,11,12 gates open at 1130 this event is not to be missed! Weather you are Irish or just trying to be, your welcome here! Take a blast from the past with amazing heritage, traditions, archery, aerial silks, bag pipes playing in the background and the smell of fresh corned beef and craft beer!
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January 2023 by Samuel Ewing
Like to come here in the morning to walk with the dog. It's a pleasant quiet place with both the historical village, a beautiful garden area in the summer and nice wooded trails. The view of the sunrise from the hill is also really nice. Four stars instead of five because I have no idea what the buildings open to the public are like or how it is when there's an event.
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October 2022 by Nina Ayers
I've been here several times for different events.The most recent event was the Local UAW party! My family had an amazing time.Beautiful gardens, zip lines, bounce homes, food trucks, great staff, clean Porter potatoes, and plenty of parking.I would go to any event hosted here.
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August 2022 by Judy Woughter
At Greenleaf Historical for the 173rd Saint Andrew's Highland Games. I was there with my Gordon Setter club. Very hot today! But the organizers gave us a nice shady spot along with the other scottish dogs.There is a cost to attend the games but we were guests. You can see highland dancing, heavy athletic contests, learn about your scottish ancestry and there is an area with games and crafts devoted to children
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August 2022 by Jeanine B
Volunteered at the Highland Games Ceilidh night. Such a good time. Added bonus of knowing they are raising money for benefit of others. Games are awesome as well. Great food, great music and beat of all great people.
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August 2022 by Joe Mahaney
What a beautiful place. We were there for the highland games. Fantastic lay out and very nice people. We stopped at ther greenmead gift shop and met 2 very nice people, and they gave us the run down of the place and some history of it. We will definitely be back.
