The following Photo Galleries are:  Gift Shop, Scholte House Interior, The Gardens, Christmas Time & The Frontier Experience Exhibit.  Scan down to get an introduction to the gallery, then view all photos.  Click on the first photo in each gallery to enlarge the photos and see the captions.  To advance to the next photo in that gallery, click on the right arrow.

The Gift Shop

When you tour the Scholte House you will want to allow time to visit our beautiful Gift Shop where you will find Delft items of all kinds, as well as other things to remind you of your visit to Pella.  Prices range from upscale items to small souveniers, as well as our Children’s Corner. 

Scholte House Interior

Take a look inside the family home of Dominie Hendrik Scholte and his wife Mareah.  Each room contains furnishings, artifacts, and original artwork belonging to the family.  

The Gardens

During a walk around the gardens you’ll enjoy beautiful flowers April through September.  30,000 bulbs are planted each year for our Tulip Time festival in May, then all the beds are replanted with beautiful annuals to enjoy the rest of the summer.  Even wintertime is beautiful at Scholte House.

Garden Entrance

A Dutch Greeter in bronze

East Garden Gate

The House from the Gardens

Back Patio looking East

Back Patio looking West

Across a Field of Yellow

Winding Pathways

Dutch Mom with Children in Bronze

Fountain in the Center

Tiptoe through the Tulips

Summer Flowers

Begonias around the Fountain

Spring Window Boxes

On a Snowy Evening

At Daybreak

Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Winter Wonderland

White Christmas

Feeding the Squirrels

Anyone Seen Santa?

Christmas

Christmas time at Scholte House means decorations and 15 lighted trees in the rooms.  Plus, our annual Christmas Walk & Tea invites visitors to enjoy the music and freshments of an old fashioned Christmas tea. 

Frontier Experience

Our most recent exhibit this past Fall, ”The Frontier Experience” featured life in the early 1840′s prior to the Dutch settlers arriving.  There was information and displays about the early pioneers and the indians in the area, along with a special display on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House on the Prairie”.