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NEW GLOUCESTER — Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village will host its annual Harvest Festival from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. The event includes free barn tours, wagon rides and special activities. Freshly picked apples from the historic Shaker orchards will be offered for sale along with cider-pressing of Shaker apples, homemade Shaker apple and pumpkin donuts, BBQ dinner plates, and much more. There will be live bluegrass music by Albert Price and the Pseudonyms.
Chipman’s Farm, neighbors to the Shakers since the 1790s, will have a fresh bounty of seasonal produce for sale, along with preserves and baked goods. Maple syrup and maple candy will be sold by Passamaquoddy Maple from Jackman, Maine. Seasonal mums, other late-season “bloomers” and houseplants will be available from Donna’s Greenhouse. Fre, traditional craft demonstrations include wool fiber spinning, rug hooking and supplies by Parris House Wool Works, blacksmithing by Tim Greene, wood-turning by Peter Asselyn, and woodcarving by the Poland Woodcarvers.
Book signing and dovetail demo by Chris Becksvoort. Tintype photography demos and portraits by Cole Caswell, broom making demonstrations by Kent Russwick, knife making demonstration and booth by Zay’s Knives, Bee keeping demonstration and honey tasting, and more. The event takes place rain or shine — all activities will be in the Shakers’ historic 1830 barns. The Museum is open for tours as well as the Shaker Store and Museum Gift Shop.
Free nature walks will also be offered at 10:30 a.m. The two-hour guided hikes through the Shakers’ land will focus on indigenous species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, plants, trees and fungi that occupy the many diverse habitats of Shaker Village. Hikers will see evidence of glacial and geological forces that formed the land and watershed, including Sabbathday Lake from Loon’s Point and the hidden treasure of Aurelia’s Cascade.
The hike through hayfields, forest land, and century-old logging trails will include insights to the Shakers’ 200 years of land use and management. Registration is not required, but is encouraged because of limited space. Call 207-926-4597 or visit maineshakers.com/workshops for more information. Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is at 707 Shaker Road (Route 26).
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