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  • Monday, July 18, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Herbal Dyes and Inks

    Spend a practical day on Monday, July 18, from 9 – 5 at Plimoth Plantation dyeing with wool and silk for embroidery, and preparing ink.  Under the guidance of renowned herbalist Christina Stapley, you’ll use fresh and dried dyes to illustrate dyeing methods and techniques and their results, while experimenting with leaves, roots, flowers, and barks of plants such as madder, woad, sumac, tansy, elder tree, logwood and elderberry.  You’ll look at the importance of herbs in embroidery, needlework, and tapestry design.  Bring your sketch pad.  Fee for Museum members: $95; nonmembers: $120.  Register at www.plimoth.org, or call 508-746-1622, ext. 8359.

  • Sunday, July 17, 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Herbs in Daily Life, 1650 – 1750: Cookery, Medicine, and More

    The Book of Receipts of Lady Anne Blencowe is the inspiration of this day at Plimoth Plantation, Sunday, July 17, from 2 – 5:30.  Herbalist Christina Stapley will teach participants how to use herb as flavorings, colorings, preservatives, fragrances, medicines and pest repellents, as you make scented water for washing and blend fragrances for strewing and decorating the house.  Fee for Museum members: $60; nonmembers: $75.  Register at www.plimoth.org, or call 508-746-1622, ext. 8359.

  • Saturday, July 16, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Secrets of the Tudor Stillroom

    Travel to Plimoth Plantation on Saturday, July 16, from 9 – 5, for a seminar led by renowned herbalist Christina Stapley, entitled Secrets of the Tudor Stillroom.  Learn about the activities of the Tudor still-house while making recipes from distilled aromatic waters, as well as scented powders, cough sweets, herb infused honeys, a salve, herb sugar, sweetmeats, vinegars, and more.  Featured herbs include rose, rosemary, elecampane, pot marigold, frankincense, marshmallow, yarrow, hyssop, betony, St. John’s wort, and angelica.  You’ll also learn about repelling pests, washing clothing, and herbal remedies.  Fee for Museum members: $95; nonmembers: $120.  Register at www.plimoth.org, or call 508-746-1622, ext. 8359.

  • Friday, July 15, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Kitchen Gardens and Herbs of the Pilgrims

    Using period sources like John Winthrop’s seed lists and a poem by William Bradford, Christina Stapley will explore the herbs the colonists felt necessary for their lives in the New World, at this Friday, July 15 seminar at Plimoth Plantation entitled Kitchen Gardens and Herbs of the Pilgrims.  The afternoon will include gathering herbs and preparing poultices, salves, powders, teas, and herb-infused honeys.  This great day (from 9 – 5)  will be filled with practical experience of plant recognition, making recipes, and sampling remedies, dyed materials, and skincare products.  A delicious lunch of 16th and 17th century foods made with popular period herbs will be served.  Fee for Museum members: $120; nonmembers: $150. Fee includes lunch. Register at www.plimoth.org, or call 508-746-1622, ext. 8359.

  • Thursday, July 14, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Elizabethan Herbs and Herb Gardens

    Welcome to the world of Elizabethan gardens.  Plimoth Plantation invites you to join Christina Stapley (at left, below) and spend the afternoon of Thursday, July 14, from 1 – 4, looking at images of gardens and getting weird and wonderful advice from period gardening books.  We’ll also take a walk through Plimoth Plantation’s gardens touching and smelling herbs and learning about the propagation of seeds.  You’ll even have time to sketch some planting ideas for your own garden.  Christina has been growing, studying and working with herbs for over 35 years.  She has a degree in Phytotherapy and practices as a medical herbalist.  She has created several herb gardens, and her own garden, containing over 300 herbs, has been featured on television.  She has written articles on herbs for publication in Britain, Canada and the United States, and is the author of four adult and one children’s book.  The fee is $60 for Plimoth Plantation members, $75 for nonmembers.  To register, visit www.plimoth.org, or call 508-746-1622.