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Adirondack Harvest Festival Workshops

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Workshop with Mary Godnick, Creative Kitchen Garden

Time: 12:30-1:15 PM

About: Learn how to make your own homemade skincare products using local beeswax and garden-grown or foraged herbs. See for yourself how simple, affordable, and fun making your own homemade salve, lip balm, and lotion really is. Folks can opt to simply watch the workshop for free, or participate hands-on and take home their own local beeswax-based salve and lotion. This workshop will be led by Mary Godnick of Creative Kitchen Garden in Westport, NY. Creative Kitchen Garden makes herbal skincare products and tinctures, offers a you-pick CSA, and bulk cut flowers. 

Details: $25.00 fee, limit 25 people. Arrive 15 minutes early to register for the workshop.

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    Workshop with Nichole Gerding, Thankful Sage Farm School

    Time: 1:30-2:15 PM

    About:

    oin us for a candle dipping workshop utilizing locally sourced beeswax. The workshop will be led by Nichole Gerding of Thankful Sage Farm School. Participants will be guided through a brief history of making beeswax candles, while they hand dip their own candles to take home. The process is simple and great for all ages, parent supervision is required for young children with the hot wax/melting pot.

    Details: $10, 15 participant limit. Please arrive 15 minutes early to register for the workshop.

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      Workshop with Chef Robert Dumas, Paul Smith’s College

      Time: 2:30-3:15 PM

      About: Come hungry, as you’re likely to eat this snack board on site! Learn how to make personal sized whipped butter boards with Chef Robert Dumas, Director Institute of Adventure Hospitality and Food at Paul Smith’s College

      Traditional bread and butter just got taken to the next level with this simple, easily replicable and shareable dish. A butter board is a sensation taking over social media, where wooden boards have butter spread over them and finished with various toppings. Butter boards can be something that add a vibrant pop of color to your hosting spread.

      In this workshop, Chef Dumas will have attendees taste different types of honey – like blueberry, buckwheat, wildflower – that attendees will whip with butter to spread over their personal boards. Then, attendees will decide which kinds of edible flowers and other toppings they’ll use to garnish the butter board. Crackers or bread will be provided to enjoy the butter board when they’re finished. 

      Kid-friendly cooking workshop! Must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

      Tools used: plastic disposable butter knife, cutting board, spoons. 

      Details: $15 per person, limit 15 people. Please arrive 15 minutes early to register for this workshop.

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        Workshop with Zach Clemans, Landscape Paintings

        Time: 3:30-4:15 PM

        About: Harness the power of native yeast to make complex and delicious mead with local ingredients. Learn the techniques and tools for turning your seasonal harvest into a wonderful expression of a place that you can drink. Nothing more than honey, water, and any whole food, fruit, or plant that you find to be interesting — that’s it! With the power of microbes, high-quality ingredients from your backyard or neighborhood farm, and a spirit of adventure, here’s to wild fermentation. Cheers!

        Details: $20.00 fee, limit 20 people. Arrive 15 minutes early to register for the workshop.