Join us for an ice cream social, live music, and the chance to mingle with Justin Morrill, as interpreted by David McWilliams. Free house tours will be available on the hour in conjunction with the Vermont Days weekend. Sponsored by the Friends of the Morrill Homestead.
An educational and engaging hands-on workshop with Justin Squizzero from the Burroughs Garret in Newbury, Vermont. Justin creates handspun, naturally-dyed, hand-woven textiles using methods and equipment from the 18th and 19th century. Participants will learn the basics of natural dyeing using plants, minerals, and insects and will take home samples of dyed textiles. Workshop fee: $15.00
For more information or to register contact: director@morrillhomestead.org Sponsored by the Friends of the Morrill Homestead.
Assist the site’s head gardener in preparing the kitchen and ornamental garden beds for the winter and the next growing season. Earn all Master Gardener outreach hours with us. All are welcome. No registration is required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Morrill Homestead.
A Vermont Chamber of Commerce “Top 10 Fall Event!” Make your own cider in an antique press, taste heirloom apples, fine artisan Vermont Cheeses, Vermont ice cream. Enjoy a lunch of homemade chili and apple pie. Soak in the beauty of autumn at Morrill’s remarkable Gothic Revival-style farmstead. Hear live music, play period games and meet farm animals. For more information contact: director@morrillhomestead.org.
Cost: $10 ADULT, $5 UNDER 15 (INCLUDES LUNCH)
Do you know which wild plant has sap containing salicylic acid (aspirin) or why apple seeds contain a touch of cyanide? Would you like to learn which native plants exude sap that can cure warts, or treat poison ivy? Join Michael Caduto, author of the Keepers of the Earth series for this 1 ½ hour walk. For more information or to register contact: director@morrillhomestead.org. Sponsored by the Friends of the Morrill Homestead.
Cost: Adults - $15.00
Under 15 - $5.00
Add to your watercolor practice with artist Jennifer Brown. Find inspiration from the early autumn colors in the gardens and historic landscape of Senator Justin Morrill’s Strafford home. For more information or to register contact: director@morrillhomestead.org. Sponsored by the Friends of the Morrill Homestead.
Cost: $65.00
Add to your watercolor practice with artist Jennifer Brown. Find inspiration from the early autumn colors in the gardens and historic landscape of Senator Justin Morrill’s Strafford home. For more information or to register contact: director@morrillhomestead.org. Sponsored by the Friends of the Morrill Homestead.
Cost: $65.00
Add to your watercolor practice with artist Jennifer Brown. Find inspiration from the early autumn colors in the gardens and historic landscape of Senator Justin Morrill’s Strafford home. For more information or to register contact: director@morrillhomestead.org. Sponsored by the Friends of the Morrill Homestead.
Cost: $65.00
Add to your watercolor practice with artist Jennifer Brown. Find inspiration from the early autumn colors in the gardens and historic landscape of Senator Justin Morrill’s Strafford home. For more information or to register contact: director@morrillhomestead.org
Sponsored by the Friends of the Morrill Homestead.
Explore the medium of watercolor in this introductory class with instructor Jennifer Brown. Students learn basic watercolor techniques while surrounded by a tapestry of color in the gardens and historic landscape of Senator Justin Morrill's Strafford home. For more information or to register contact: director@morrillhomestead.org Sponsored by the Friends of the Morrill Homestead.
Cost: $35.00
