Village Gardener Hands-on Learning
2023-05-18 08:00 - 2023-10-12 17:00 (America/New_York) | Enfield Shaker Museum, 447 NH Route 4A, Enfield, NH, 03748, United States
2023 Village Gardener Hands-on Learning Series
May – October
Enfield Shaker Museum

The Village Gardeners Hands-on Learning Series is a thorough introduction to organic herb gardening practice, including soil preparation, garden planning, composting, mulching, and propagation.
The Village Gardener hands-on learning classes will cover cultivation through harvesting and use of culinary, medicinal, fragrance, due, and everlasting herbs. Enfield Shaker Museum Garden Coordinator Susan Quinlan and Enfield Shaker Museum Herbalist Emeritus Happy Griffiths will guide the series.
Our focus will be on building community connections and enhancing the well-being of ourselves and our environment. Together, using organic practices, we will become stewards of the historic Museum Herb Garden. In community you will nurture plants, tend to the gardens, and harvest the fruits of your labors on the historic site of the Enfield Shaker Community. The skills you learn will be enriched with the herbal and gardening knowledge of the Shakers during their time in Enfield, as they raised herbs to season their foods, scent the air, soothe bodily aches and disease, and color textiles.
The Classes:
Every other Thursday evening from 5:30 – 7:00 pm (May 18 – October 12) all Village Gardeners will gather in the garden for an outdoor class that will cover growth, maintenance and use of the “herb bed of the week”. The garden’s 12 beds include roses and herbs. These evening sessions will be taught by Susan Quinlan, Enfield Shaker Museum Garden Coordinator with support from Happy Griffiths, Enfield Shaker Museum Herbalist Emeritus.
In addition to class time, Village Gardeners who agree to dedicate at least two hours per week in the garden working alongside our experienced Village Gardeners will get a 50% discount on the hands-on class series.
Join us as we take this Shaker Herbal Garden Path through the 2023 growing season. All gardening experience levels are encouraged to join us–from total beginner to master gardener.
Registration:
We have 15 spaces available in this year’s class. Registration is required.
Classes Only – Museum Members – $275/person
Classes Only – Non-Members – $300/person
Classes + Volunteer Hours – Museum Members – $137/person
Classes + Volunteer Hours – Non-Members – $150/person
Have questions? Call 603-632-4346 or email education@shakermuseum.org
Want to know more about Susan Quinlan?
Susan is a retired registered nurse who has been creating and caring for gardens for forty-nine years. She is a self-taught and dedicated organic gardener living in Canaan, NH. Susan grows flowers, herbs, vegetables, perennials, and shrubs on a northern slope. She creates wreaths for all seasons, and gives hands-on workshops in wildcrafting. Her passion is to create connections between people and plants.

Mary Keane Chapel Organ and Flute Recital
2023-09-10 16:00 - 17:30
Mary Keane Chapel Organ and Flute Recital
Sunday, September 10, 2023
4:00 pm
Enfield Shaker Museum
Featuring
Joshua Brown – Organist
Rebecca Carson Rogers – Flutist

The Mary Keane Chapel Organ and Flute Recital with Organist Joshua Brown and Flutist Rebecca Carson Rogers presenting a concert that includes organ works by Buxtehude, Franck, and Mendelssohn, and compositions for Flute and Organ, including a set of French pieces and works by Quantz and Libby Larsen.
Joshua is Music Director at the Norwich Congregational Church, Norwich, VT and Director of the Kendal Chorale, Hanover, NH. Rebecca Carson Rogers is an accomplished chamber music and orchestral flutist, conductor and teacher, who has recently resettled in the Upper Valley.

Reservations are not required. Plenty of free parking.
Suggested donation $15.00. All concert donations support the ongoing restoration of the historic Casavant Organ in Mary Keane Chapel.

Pesto Making Class and Dinner
2023-09-19 18:00 - 20:00
Pesto Making Class and Dinner
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Addicted to pesto? Join our Pesto Making Class and Dinner and you’ll discover the secrets of making the most delicious basil pesto from scratch, using traditional techniques. The class instructor Rosann Schwartz, grew up in a traditional Sicilian-American family. She spent her summers gathering fresh herbs and vegetables to make a wide variety of savory and sweet pesto sauces. She was fortunate to be able to learn from her “Nona” and “Zias” in Sicily how to grow and harvest local herbs, fruits, and nuts on the family pistachio/almond farm in southern Sicily.
Although most people in the US are only familiar with traditional Basil Pesto, Rosann will teach you how to craft delicious sauces from whatever herbs and nuts are on hand: basil, fennel fronds, parsley, tarragon, arugula, dandelion greens paired with pistachios, almonds, oranges, or lemons to make light fresh pasta sauces and condiments.
Once you are done in the kitchen with your culinary creativity, you will have a chance to savor the pesto sauces as you share a Pesto Pasta Dinner in the historic Shaker Dining Room of the Great Stone Dwelling.
Class size limited to 15. Advance registration required.
Museum Members – $45/person
Non-Members – $50/person
