Events
Saturday, 9:30 am - 4 pm; Instructor: Bonnie Faulkner
September 5- You’re garden did great, now what? Join the Maine Cooperative Extension for their talk on ‘preserving the harvest’ Suggested Donation: $5.00
10 AM - 12:30 PM OR 1:30 PM - 4 PM
See May 29th entry for details. Wear sturdy footwear.
FEE: $5.00 adults; $2.00 children; under 6 FREE
Call (207) 926-4597 to make reservations, or email usshakers@aol.com
CRAFTS DEMONSTRATION: Blacksmithing - Tim Greene
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(No pre-registration required)
CRAFTS DEMONSTRATION: R&R Spinners
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(No pre-registration required)
September 12- Food Drive. Thompson’s Orchard in New Gloucester will be hosting the annual Habitat for Humanity fundraiser. Come by the market and bring your non-perishable food donation for the Food Pantry.
CRAFTS DEMONSTRATION: Classic Quilters
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(No pre-registration required)
September 19- Interested in root cellars? This is for you! 1 p.m. Suggested Donation: $5.00
From Moo to You: Come meet our registered Holstein cows and learn about the products we get from them. We will travel from the calf barn, to the heifer barn and end up in the dairy barn where we will have a chance to milk a cow.
Date: September 21, 2010 & November 17, 2010
Ages: All ages
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Cost: $5.00 per person (cash or check)
Honey Bees: Come ready to explore the world of honey bees and the products we can make out of the bounty. We will begin at The Market and Welcome Center next to the honey hive at the back of the store. We will then take Trina the Trolley to our outdoor hives and look at the insides and see where a honey bee makes its delicious honey. We will all have a chance to sample some honey.
Date: September 22, 2010
Ages: all ages
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Cost: $5.00 per person
The Annual New Gloucester Apple Pie Sale sponsored by the New Gloucester Historical Society will be held on Saturday, September 25th beginning at 10 AM at the Shaker Museum, Route 26, New Gloucester, ME. The pies are baked with apples from New Gloucester's Thompson's Orchard and are all made by a volunteer crew of New Gloucester's finest cooks. To pre-order pies call Chair Avis Ford at 926-4561.
Learn how to knit cable swatches at a knitting workshop to be held at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester, ME on Saturday, Sept. 25th from 9 AM to 12 Noon. For advanced beginners and up. FEE: $50.00 ( includes yarn, pattern and instruction) (pre-registration required). (207) 926-4597/ www.shaker.lib.me.us
Free Cider Pressing (bring apples and containers)
(Note: Apples may be purchased at Shaker Store)
Special Event: Apple Pie Sale (in cooperation with New Gloucester
Historical Society)
