Master Heritage Broom Maker John Alexander's Workshop at Exchange Place's Spring Garden Fair, 2025

Name: Master Heritage Broom Maker John Alexander's Workshop at Exchange Place's Spring Garden Fair, 2025
Start: 2025-04-27T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-27T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 4812 Orebank Road, Kingsport, TN, United States, Tennessee 37664

Schedule

Sun Apr 27 2025 at 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

4812 Orebank Road, Kingsport, TN, United States, Tennessee 37664 | Kingsport, TN

Clean your cobwebs this spring with a broom you have made yourself, and scrub your veggies with a Vegetable Scrubber made by your own hands!
Sunday, April 27, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. during Exchange Place's 2025 Spring Garden Fair: A Cobweb Broom and Vegetable Scrubber Workshop with master Broom Maker John Alexander! Cost is only $45, with all materials and tools provided by Broom Maker John. Class size is limited, but open to anyone aged 12 to 112! PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. RESERVE YOUR SPOT BY E-MAILING [email protected].
John first learned broom making while a student at Berea College when he was given his first on-campus job at the broom making shop with Johnny Reed, Berea College's resident broom maker. Over the decades since, he has taught innumerable folks how to make brooms and has even performed for the crowned heads of Europe! (Well, that may be an exaggeration, but if I were a crowned head in Europe, I'd make sure to bring him over to teach me how to make a broom!)
John's workshop at Exchange Place was a big hit last year, so don't delay in signing up! He has also worked extensively with Matthews Living History Farm Museum in beautiful Galax, VA, and can be seen in several videos produced by Matthews Living History Farm Museum at

Along with approximately sixty other vendors, John and his wife, Susan, will be demonstrating and selling his handcrafted brooms during the 39th annual Exchange Place Living History Farm Spring Garden Fair in Kingsport, TN. The festival will will be held Saturday, April 26, 2025 (10 a.m.-5 p.m.), and on Sunday, April 27, 2025 (noon-5 p.m.). The Spring Garden Fair is a celebration that fills the grounds of the historic site with thousands of plants, demonstrations of springtime activities on a 19th century farmstead, the sharing of garden/farming wisdom, handcrafted garden art, and more.