{"id":16,"date":"2011-03-04T08:19:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T08:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:00:40","slug":"tours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tours<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Leaskdale Manse is wheelchair accessible on the first floor only. The Historic Leaskdale Church, home to our luncheon teas and Gift Shop, is now wheelchair accessible on both floors. Please feel free to contact us at\u00a0 905-862-0808.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Site is Open Weekends in May from 10 – 4 pm<\/strong><\/h2>\n

*The Site will be Open Victoria Day, May 18 and Closed Saturday, May 30*<\/h2>\n

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Weekdays by Appointment Only<\/h2>\n

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TEA & TOURS – Open daily June 1 thru August 31 – 10am-4pm <\/strong><\/h2>\n

And Weekends in September from 10am-4pm<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tour only:\u00a0$10 per Adult, Children under 12 free<\/span><\/h2>\n

Tea, Scone & Tour: $20.00 per person* <\/span><\/h2>\n

Light Lunch & Tour: $25 per person (Groups over 10)*<\/span><\/h2>\n

*<\/span>TOURS WITH SCONES OR LUNCH MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE<\/h2>\n

CONTACT US<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/span> if you would like to book a visit or have any questions regarding tours or special events at our site!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bus Tours &<\/strong>\u00a0Group Tours<\/strong> are always welcome – please call and book in advance during the summer months 905-862-0808<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

*Off-season Tours, please call:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Melanie: \u00a0705-228-8155<\/p>\n

Tess: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 905-852-6515<\/p>\n

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Visit\u00a0Maud in the Garden<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

After two years of hard work, our statue of Maud is installed in the garden,\u00a0unveiled on June 20, 2015 by The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.\u00a0 A beautiful work of art by local<\/span> artist, Wynn Walters, she is seated in the garden looking across the fields she loved.\u00a0 Visit Maud in our church garden, sit and take your picture with her and finish with a\u00a0tour of\u00a0the home where she lived and wrote…<\/p>\n

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We are proud to bring Maud to the garden with guidance from past-president Kathy Wasylenky & The Ontario Trillium Foundation<\/p>\n

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Discover L. M. Montgomery’s Life in Leaskdale<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Take a journey back in time to The Leaskdale Manse and Historic Leaskdale Church. Discover, nestled in our scenic garden, the only full-size bronze statue of Canada\u2019s beloved author. Gain insight into Maud\u2019s life with a historic video before walking in her footsteps on a guided tour through the church where her husband preached and the lovingly restored manse where she lived and wrote. After a photo-op in the garden beside the statue, enjoy tea and scones in our interpretive centre before perusing the gift shop for a book or two.<\/p>\n

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Tours are available in the off-season by appointment only<\/span><\/h2>\n

Off-season<\/span> Tours, please call:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Melanie: \u00a0705-228-8155<\/p>\n

Tess: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 905-852-6515<\/p>\n

**Directions to the site: \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From Highway 404: \u00a0East on Bloomington Rd. to Uxbridge. North on Main St. to Leaskdale<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Highway 401: \u00a0North on Highway 23 (Lakeridge Rd.) to Durham Rd. 13 (Leaskdale Rd.) West to Leaskdale. South on Durham Rd. 1 to the site.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tours The Leaskdale Manse is wheelchair accessible on the first floor only. The Historic Leaskdale Church, home to our luncheon teas and Gift Shop, is now wheelchair accessible on both floors. Please feel free to contact us at\u00a0 905-862-0808.   The Site is Open Weekends in May from 10 – 4 pm *The Site will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":139,"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7607,"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/7607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}