On October 20 at 10 am, visit Old Sturbridge Village at the height of foliage season and learn how to graft your own fruit trees. The selection of root stock and fruit varieties will be discussed and simple grafting techniques will be demonstrated in this Garden Thyme lecture. Free for OSV members, admission charged for non members. Visit www.osv.org for more information.
September is the month when dried flowers come into their glory. Learn how to grow period “everlastings” as well as modern plants that are suitable for drying, in this Garden Thyme Program at Old Sturbridge Village on Saturday, September 15 beginning at 10 am. We will cover everything from seed starting to harvest and crafting. Free for OSV members, admission charge for non members. Visit www.osv.org for directions and more information.
Old Sturbridge Village will hold its August Garden Thyme Program on Saturday, August 18, beginning at 10 am (free for Old Sturbridge Village members, admission charge applicable for all others.) Is that melon ripe? Should you use that squash yet? What’s the best time to pick a beet? The answers to these questions and more will be covered in this session designed to help you get the most out of your vegetable garden. For directions and more information, visit www.osv.org.
Come to Old Sturbridge Village on Saturday, November 21, beginning at 10 am, for another in its Garden Thyme programs. Roberta McQuaid will conduct a class entitled “Gifts from the Garden.” Who doesn’t love a homemade gift? Use the next month to get busy crafting simple, garden inspired gifts, including teas, sachets, potpourris, and the like. Meet at the Visitor Center, and you will be led to the setting of this workshop. For more information, log on to www.osv.org.
Garden Thyme programs are held on the third Saturday of each month and are FREE for members of Old Sturbridge Village. Led by Village horticultural and agricultural staff, these programs and workshops are held at various sites and deal with a variety of plant-related themes and topics. Participants gather at the Visitor Center at 10 a.m. each month and are led to the appropriate site or setting. On October 17, enjoy Eden’s Gems: A Walk in the Village Orchard, with Christie Higginbottom. Did you ever wonder why 1800s cooks and cider makers had over 800 apple varieties to choose from and we only have a dozen or so? Meet the Village’s historic fruits — the Mothers, the Spitzenburgs, the Russets, the Baldwins and the Sheepsnose apples. Learn about seedlings, scions and rootstocks. Find out how the art and skill of propagating these trees keeps our apple heritage alive. For more information, and directions, log on to www.osv.org.
