Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage Offers Advance Talbot Tour Tickets Online

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EASTON, MD – The 2026 Talbot County Tour of the Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage will take place on May 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine. Advance Tickets at reduced price are now on sale at MHGP.org/talbotcounty.

The 2026 Tour, organized by the Talbot County Garden Club, will showcase significant historic sites in the county on Maryland’s beautiful Eastern Shore to offer visitors an unrivaled experience in celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary. 

Visitors will access an array of homes and gardens that are rarely open to the public. These include nationally important historic waterfront homes with singular interiors and significant private gardens on the water. At each property, visitors will find incredible floral displays creatively fashioned by the garden club’s talented designers – a hallmark of this biennial event.

Waterfront properties on tour include: 

  • Wye House (a 17th century National Historic Landmark with an 18th century residence continuously occupied by 12 generations of the Lloyd family, including a delegate to the Continental Congress, Governor, and U.S. and State Representatives); 
  • Plimhimmon (where Anna Maria Tilghman, widow of  Revolutionary War hero Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman, entertained the Marquis de Lafayette); 
  • Emerson Point (graciously set on the Miles River); and
  • Harleigh Farm’s spectacular grounds (on Trippe Creek). 

Tours and a delicious lunch will be available at Third Haven Friends (Quaker) Meeting House (1684) in Easton. And visitors will be encouraged to tour Talbot Historical Society’s Gardens and Neall House (ca 1804). The gardens are designed and maintained by the garden club and Tour proceeds are earmarked to help with Neall House restoration.   

To add to the day’s experience, visitors will be directed via exclusive audio tours to drive by and discover the many historic landmarks in Oxford and St. Michaels, towns that were influential in America’s Colonial Period.

Advance Tickets at $50 may by purchased online at MHGP.org/talbotcounty until May 8. On the day of the event (May 9), tickets at $60 will be available at all Tour sites.

An optional $22 box lunch menu with full ordering, payment and pickup instructions is also available at MHGP.org/talbotcounty. (Advance lunch reservations are required by May 1.)

For updated Talbot County Tour details, visit MHGP.org or talbotcountygc.org. Direct questions about the Tour to info@MHGP.org.