Visit the Historic Village of The Farmers’ Museum while the site is closed to visitors and take photographs during the beautiful ‘golden hour’ of the day just before sunset! Photographer and museum staff member Kevin Gray will walk you through the museum grounds, stopping at photogenic areas and providing helpful pointers on composition, light and […]
Stock your medicine cabinet with a variety of homemade remedies for everyday ailments – bruises, cuts, burns or sore muscles – all made from natural ingredients! Learn about the properties of plants, from the backyard as well as from the spice rack, and how to make tinctures, extracts, balms, salves, and rubs, then make your […]
This program explores the many uses of plants that most of us refer to as weeds. Burdock, dandelion, sumac, and plantain are just a few of the plants that will be explored. While participants learn about the history of these plants they will also discover the medical, culinary, cosmetic and household uses. Participants will go […]
Visit the Historic Village of The Farmers’ Museum while the site is closed to visitors and take photographs during the beautiful ‘golden hour’ of the day just before sunset! Photographer and museum staff member Kevin Gray will walk you through the museum grounds, stopping at photogenic areas and providing helpful pointers on composition, light and […]
Visit the Historic Village of The Farmers’ Museum while the site is closed to visitors and take photographs during the beautiful ‘golden hour’ of the day just before sunset! Photographer and museum staff member Kevin Gray will walk you through the museum grounds, stopping at photogenic areas and providing helpful pointers on composition, light and […]
This is an introductory class geared toward people who are interested in beginning to learn about the art of blacksmithing. Participants will learn how to build and maintain a fire in the forge, heat metal, and practice hammer control while using the traditional tools and methods of a blacksmith. Each participant will build and take […]
Spend your day in the kitchen of the Lippitt Farm House learning how to bake traditional breads, cakes, and treats! Fire and bake in the brick bake oven, as well as a bake kettle, or Dutch oven. Share your delicious goods at the end of the session or take them home to impress your family! […]
How does a broom become a broom? Learn this and more as you transform a wooden handle, broom corn straw, and wind into a beautiful and functional handmade broom. Take home your own creation to clean house or give away as a gift. Class Fee: Members $85. Non-members $95. All materials included. Requires advance registration, […]
Delight your family and friends by sending them a unique handmade greeting card! Choose from our collection of type, ornaments, and illustrations to create your own text and design, learn how to set it by hand and lock it in a chase before taking it to our 1862 Liberty Press to print. Class Fee: Members […]
Jump-start your garden with this ancient technique that can beat the late winter cold. You will first construct your own 2ft x 3ft frame to take home, then learn how to set it up by working on the hot frame in one of our historic gardens. We will even send you home with a hand-picked […]
Learn how to make your own tinctures, extracts, balms, salves, and rubs. Make your own to take home. Stock your medicine cabinet with a variety of homemade remedies for everyday ailments – bruises, cuts, burns or sore muscles – all made from natural ingredients! Learn about the properties of plants, from the backyard as well […]
Learn how what many consider weeds have medical, culinary, cosmetic, and household uses. After a weed walk make and sample herbal creations. This program explores the many uses of plants that most of us refer to as weeds. Burdock, dandelion, sumac, and plantain are just a few of the plants that will be explored. While […]
