Herb House-Lowering Watch Party

Schedule

Tue, 03 Dec, 2024 at 08:30 am

Location

707 Shaker Rd, New Gloucester, ME, United States, Maine 04260 | New Gloucester, ME

It’s happening! After 5 years of planning and a busy season of construction, the Herb House is ready to be lowered on to its new concrete foundation! Join us on Tuesday, December 3 beginning at 8:30am when the building will land on its new base for all time. Light refreshments, hot coffee, and a warming station will be set up on the great lawn by the brick Dwelling House. Bring some chairs and some warm blankets. Hunker down with friends, new and old, and watch as the 200-year old Herb House, built by a community of Shakers, passes a major milestone in its rehabilitation thanks to the generosity of a community of friends and supporters.
Please join us for this historical event!
Tuesday, December 3 starting at 8:30am.
This marks the completion of a critical phase to stabilize the structure while creating more than 2,000 square feet of new space for our culinary arts classroom and incubator kitchen, traditional arts classroom, and community gathering room. In the months ahead, repairs will be made to the interior of the building to return it to the headquarters of the Shakers’ ongoing herb business.
We still need your help! This $4.4 million project has crested its half-way point thanks to the generosity of supporters like you! We still have a significant way to go in our fundraising to make this vision into a reality. Checkout the plan, and the ways it aims to become a central hub for hundreds of farmers, traditional artists, and aspiring entrepreneurs for social enterprise and place-based learning for 30,000 annual visitors and 100,000 students within an hour’s drive of Shaker Village. This will be the only place in the world where visitors work, study, and learn alongside Shakers to preserve and practice important communal traditions deeply rooted in Shaker culture, farming, and arts. Please make a gift today, or renew your ongoing support, to demonstrate how you value the worth of community and the power of connection to one of Maine’s richest, enduring cultures. maineshakers.com/donate
We hope to see you on December 3rd! Rain or shine! Bring your friends, too!
There will be a video recording shared afterwards.

Where is it happening?

707 Shaker Rd, New Gloucester, ME, United States, Maine 04260

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Host or Publisher Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village

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