Celebrate the New England harvest with apple cider, a special harvest menu in Twigs Cafe, and locally made products for sale at the Shades of Autumn Arts & Crafts Fair: The Family Celebration of the Fall Harvest Season, at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, Massachusetts. The Fair will take place on Columbus Day Weekend, October 8 – 10, from 9 – 5. Farm animals, displays of garden produce, an arts and crafts market, and taste-testing tours of the heirloom apple orchard will round out the weekend. Visit www.towerhillbg.org, or call 508-869-6111 for more information. Photo by Susan Herrmann Lewis, author of Nuts in the Kitchen.