It’s harvest time in Wellington County and the Wellington County Museum and Archives is once again hosting the annual Harvest Home Festival – an afternoon of fun with a full lineup of programs appropriate for families and adults of all ages. And, as part of Culture Days in Canada, admission is free.
Visit the museum on Sept. 27 from 1 to 5pm for a full day of harvest time fun. The festival will be bringing in the sheaves with a vintage threshing bee featuring historic working threshing machines and a display of classic tractors. The sound of hammers and shears will be ringing all over the site with demonstrations of blacksmithing, sheep shearing, and rope making all afternoon.
If visitors have built up an appetite from all that work, there will be fresh produce available for purchase at thelocal Taste Real Farmers’ Market, and scrumptious pies from Melville United Church.
No harvest would be complete without a good old fashioned hoe-down! Local musician and singer-songwriter Madison Galloway will be preforming on the historic 1877 barn floor, and the Elora Grand Squares will be cutting a rug with square dancing. The festival is also celebrating 100 years of 4-H this year and a variety of local 4-H clubs will be on hand to introduce visitors to how they ‘make the best better’ and ‘learn by doing’.
In association with Minga Skill Building Hub, there will also be a series of hands on skill building workshops, where the public can learn old fashioned skills for modern self-reliance, and can learn how to do their very own ‘harvesting’ at their homes.
Bring the whole family, great work ethic, and dancing shoes, and the festival will send visitors home with sore muscles, an intrigued mind, and a full belly.
Contact reception with any questions at 519-846-0916. Admission is free. Children in attendance must be accompanied by an adult.
For a full description of all of the Harvest Home Festival, visit www.wellington.ca/museum.
