The Shaker Harvest Festival 2024 is a fun-filled day for the whole family! Celebrate the autumn harvest with us!

Horse Drawn Wagon Rides – Richard Vincent

Live Animal Petting Zoo – Mike Sforza

Ice Cream Making & Butter Churning

Press Your Own Cider on an antique cider press

Sheep Herding Demonstrations – Liz Shaw

Live Music from 12 – 2 – Still Hill

Hands-on Craft Activities – Broom Making, Climate Bracelets, Grapevine Crowns, and more

Garden & Museum Tours

Harvest Festival in the Garden:

Featured Talk: “Tips for End-of-Season Gardening & Preparing for Winter” with gardening expert Henry Homeyer. Learn strategies to ready your garden for the cold months ahead and ensure a flourishing start next spring.

Guided Herb Garden Tour: Enjoy a guided tour of the Enfield Shaker Herb Garden led by our Garden Coordinator, Susan Quinlan, alongside guest speaker Happy Griffiths.

Children’s Art in the Garden: Bring the young ones to explore their creativity with artist Tami De Felice at our “Children’s Art in the Garden” tent.

Nature Journaling for Kids by Tami DeFelice

Pollinator Tent: Young children can join the fun at our Pollinator Tent, where they can create their own pollinator masks and craft pine cone bird feeders.

Demonstrations:

Harvesting Honey – Watch and learn as the President of the NH Beekeepers Association, Shane Howard

Culinary Herb Harvest and Preservation

How to make an Everlasting Wreath

Creating Herbal Teas from the Garden

Visit our Enfield Shaker Herb Garden Market Tent: Explore our market tent offering a variety of unique, garden-inspired products. Take home a taste of our garden with Enfield Shaker Museum Herb Garden Honey, dried everlasting herbal wreaths, sachets, and bundles. We also have a selection of fresh herbs, including Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, Thyme, various Basils (Tulsi, Lemon, Thai, Purple, and Genovese), **French tarragon, Greek oregano, Lemon balm and much more. Shaker Onions grown on site, Rhubarb, Pumpkins, Pickles, Jams and Baked goods.

ADMISSION: Adults $15 Ages 12-17 $8 Ages 6-11 $3 Ages 5 & under Free Family (Up to (2) Parents or Grandparents and (3) related children – ages 17 and under) $27

Plenty of Free Parking