The Hundred Acre Wood is the fictional land inhabited by Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the Pooh series of children's stories by author A.A. Milne. The wood is visited regularly by the young boy Christopher Robin, who accompanies (or imagines through make-believe) Pooh and company on their many adventures. Winnie-the-Pooh is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. ... Alan Alexander Milne (January 18, 1882 _ January 31, 1956), also known as A. A. Milne, is an English author best known for his books about the talking stuffed bear; Winnie the Pooh and for various childrens poems, some of which also feature Winnie-the-Pooh and friends. ...
Members of the hundredacre alumni group met as students through Project Plus, a living and learning program at the College in the early 1970s.
And like the Milne characters’ home, the HundredAcreWood, for these alums it not just the place that they love, it is the memories and people that are fond and familiar to them, just like a favorite book or an old haunt from childhood days.
Members of the HundredAcre group came to campus in July along with seven Sharpe students and Jonathan Arries, associate professor of modern languages and literatures and University Professor for Teaching Excellence.
HundredAcreWood BandB has 4 rooms decorated with antiques with a special rustic flavor in keeping with regional influence.
HundredAcreWood is available for adults and by advanced reservation only.
Enjoy the morning mists and mountain views while listening to the wood thrush and other song birds as you sit on our large outside deck amidst lush gardens of wisteria, lilac and lavender.