The Morrill Homestead Education Center, 214 Justin Morrill Memorial Highway, in Strafford, is sponsoring a presentation entitled "Historic Gardens in your Own Backyard", on Saturday, July 19th, at 1:00 P.M. The speaker is John Forti, known as The Heirloom Gardener. John is a nationally recognized lecturer, garden historian, ethnobotanist and garden writer. He is Curator of Historic Landscapes at Strawberry Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH, where he has created numerous award-winning gardens and educational programs. Previously, he was the Director of Horticulture at Plimoth Plantation Museum, where the gardens and seed program he created brought interational attention to the preservation of Pilgrim and Wampanoag heirloom crops.

John will show you how to find evidence of earlier gardens and landscapes where you live, and discuss recreating, restoring, and/or rehabilitating elements of period gardens in your own historic home. The program is co-sponsored by Central Vermont Master Gardeners, the Morrill Homestead (which is a national historic site), and the New England Wild Flower Societ
person. Preregistration is encouraged.

Cost of the program = $15 per person. You can register and pay securely online, or by going to www.morrillhomestead.org. You can also phone the Morrill Homestead at (802) 765-4288, or e-mail them at director@morrillhomestead.org.

If you have never been to the Justin Morrill Homestead, this is a wonderful opportunity to see the site and learn from an expert!

This program offered in partnership with the New England Wild Flower Society.

15 per person.

Please preregister:
Online: Register & pay securely online
By Phone: 802-765-4288
By Email: director@morrillhomestead.org