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Worked/Wild Exhibit at the Adirondack History Museum

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Worked/Wild Exhibit at the Adirondack History Museum

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Worked/Wild is an award-winning exhibition featuring thought-provoking materials designed to spark visitors’ awareness of how the Adirondack landscape has determined the path of its human history.  Complex themes and differing perspectives of the meaning of “worked” and “wild” compel visitors to explore the multifaceted relationships of our region and its people. Rather than being a nostalgic, object-based display, Worked/Wild is an interactive multimedia experience. Community members contributed to this exhibit; their unique perspectives helped shape this reflection of the people, environment, and social structure of Essex County and the Adirondack region.  Features Small Farm Rising film.

The Adirondack History Museum is home to the Essex County Historical Society, an organization dedicated to the ever-evolving interpretation of Adirondack history so as to inspire reflection, scholarship and comprehension of the land and its inhabitants. We strive to serve as an authentic presentation of the human face of the Adirondacks through our diverse collections, exhibits, and education outreach programs.

Hours Wed – Sat 10 – 4/ Sun 12-4

Farm Tour and Maple Syrup and Wine Tasting

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Join us for a farm tour and sample our maple syrup and wine! Come see our new expansion project currently under construction. Please call ahead 518-569-5146 to make arrangements for a tour, and to reserve a seat in our tasting room as we currently have limited seating. Monday & Tuesday 11-6, Thursday & Friday 11-6 and Saturday & Sunday 4pm to close.

About Brandy Brook Maple Farm and Old Tyme Winery

“We are a family-owned and operated Maple Farm located in the Northern-most region of New York. We tap about 8000 maple trees annually and have increased in size each year since becoming a commercial producer. If you love maple syrup, please try ours! We also have maple cream and maple sugar available to order! We are very proud of the maple products we make and love new customers! If you see steam and smoke coming from the sugarhouse during late February through April, stop in; we love to have visitors, too!”

Heritage Beef Farm Open House

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Join us for an open house! See some of our highland cows and learn about how we raise our natural beef and pasture-raised chicken available for purchase at our farmstore. No pets please.

Moon Valley Farm raises “all natural Highland beef, Non GMO pasture raised chickens, and NY certified organic hay in the Adirondack mountains.” 

Meet the Master Gardeners: Talks, Demos & Displays

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Master Gardener Volunteers will be at the fairgrounds to answer any questions you may have about fall care and clean-up in your garden.

  • Good Bug/Bad Bug by Lorraine Miga
  • Toxic Weeds & Horses by Florence Sears
  • Herb Butters & Preserving Herbs by Diane Lassen
  • Community Gardens by Trisha Best
  • Recycling by Kathy Linker
  • Sensory boxes for kids play
  • Free soil pH testing

The Master Gardener Volunteer program” prepares volunteers to be peer educators who build relationships with community audiences to integrate local experience and research based knowledge in planning for and initiating steps to
manage gardens, lawns, and landscapes with an emphasis on food security and environmental
stewardship.”

Farm Tours at a Hops & Lavender Farm

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Celebrate the fall harvest season at the Hopenhagen Farm! The Hopenhagen Farm Tea Room will be open for tea and scones for a special harvest festival cost. We will be available to give guided tours throughout the week or simply pick up a map and descriptions for a self-paced tour where you can see the lavender in the fields being trimmed for winter, hop vines drying in the barn, sunflowers in bloom. The Essential Oil Distillery Barn will be open to view. Our shop will be open, where you can find aromatherapy and culinary products for sale made with the lavender grown on our farm.

Please contact us in advance to schedule a guided tour so we can fit your accessibility needs. Call us at: 315-778-8735.

Our hours for self-guided tours and visits are Monday-Saturday 9-4 and Sunday 11-3.

The Hopenhagen Farm is “a family run farm located in Copenhagen, NY. Walk through our fields, visit our farm store or shop on line for all our finest lavender and hop products.”

Guided Farm Tour at littleGrasse Foodworks

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Join farmers Bob Washo and Flip Filippi for a tour of their diversified gardens to learn about their Homestead Share, which grows bulk amounts of vegetables and herbs for participating shareholders to preserve for the off-season. This session will focus on how littleGrasse plans and manages dozens of vegetable and herb crops in a subsistence gardening model that feeds participating shareholders throughout the year.

Join us to learn more about this approach from farmers Bob and Flip as well as special guest speakers with their own homestead gardening and preserving experience, and about how this way of growing food fits into long-standing regional traditions of living off the land. This session is part of a season-long partnership between littleGrasse Community Farm and area non-profit TAUNY called Grow and Tell. This event requires registration and space is limited. Register at: https://tauny.org/sections/4/calendar

littleGrasse Foodworks is a “diversified small-scale farm 1 mile from the village of Canton. Using zero pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizers, we grow vegetables, flowers and herbs for people living or working in the Canton-area. The model we follow is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Our CSA encourages a meaningful connection between YOU the shareholders, US the farmers and THE FOOD that is naturally grown in the 3 acres of gardens. Our share options are unique and delicious! Individuals can sign up for one or all of the three complementary options: Summer you pick share, Fall (we pick for you) share and Bulk Share. Join us for healthy fresh produce, family-friendly learning opportunities and the pleasure of community building through food.”