[IHHAAC Update] Accokeek Foundation Announces September Events

Tue Sep 2 13:36:00 EDT 2008

Press Release

Contact: Kathy Talbot

Phone: 301.283.2113, ext 32

Email: ktalbot at accokeek.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Accokeek Foundation Announces September Events

The Accokeek Foundation is pleased to offer several events for adults and
children this September. Whether your interest is colonial cooking, or
children's gardening, we have something for everyone. Advance registration
is generally required.

THE TROUBLE WITH TURF

Saturday, September 6, 2008
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Registration deadline is Tuesday, September 2nd, No Refunds After This Date 
Education Center, Rain or Shine 
$15.00, Class Size is Limited to 30 Participants

Our love affair with lawns has a long and interesting history. Learn how
this centuries-old idea has taken over formerly forested and prairied
landscapes. Discover the science of soils and the diversity of ways to lose
the lawnmower. Hear the fallacies of fescue and benefits of alternative
grasses. You might just be inspired to scrap your labor-intensive lawn and
spark up a new romance with a watershed-wise garden this spring. This
workshop is being taught by Jennifer Willoughby, Communications Specialist
at the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.

COLONIAL COOKING

Saturday, September 13, 2008
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
National Colonial Farm, Rain or Shine
$20 Non-Members, $15 Members
Class Size is Limited to 10, Registration Required

This hands-on, open-hearth cooking workshop focuses on "receipts" from the
18th century. With the help of our historic interpreter, Ellyn Mary Farrar,
learn fire-keeping, the use of 18th century culinary equipment, and creation
of a complete meal using ingredients appropriate to the season.

NATURE NUTS

Tuesday, September, 16, 2008
11:00 a.m. to Noon 
3rd Tuesday of each month, April through October
Education Center, Rain or Shine
$6.00 Non-Members, $5.00 Members
Limited to 15 Children, Ages 3-5, Registration Required

This fun-filled hour of exploration at the National Colonial Farm's Museum
Garden is the perfect setting to learn about the wonders of nature. Designed
for children ages 3-5, the children will hear a story, create a craft
project, and go on an outdoor adventure. Children must be accompanied by an
adult.

TREE IDENTIFICATION WALK

Saturday, September 20, 2008
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Meet at Education Center, Light Rain or Shine
$2.00 Non-Member, Free to Members 

This walk pays tribute to trees in all of their spectacular fall colors.
Join Joe Clements, owner of Heaven's Garden in Port Tobacco, Maryland, for a
walk down Bluebird Trail into the arboretum and back along the Paw Paw
trail. Throughout the walk Joe will talk about the trees encountered and
various techniques for identifying trees. Be sure to wear tough, comfortable
shoes.

COLONIAL FOODWAYS

Saturday, September 20, 2008
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
3rd Saturdays Monthly from March through December
National Colonial Farm, Rain or Shine
Admission Fee Required, Members Free

Love food? Ever wonder how people cooked before microwaves or what people
ate before fast food? Join us the 3rd Saturday monthly as costumed
interpreters demonstrate preparation of foods, representative of "middling"
sort tobacco growing families in the late 1700s in Prince George's County,
Maryland. Demonstrations vary monthly, and involve seasonally available
foods, colonial implements and methods.

For more information about this and other events or classes, please visit
the Accokeek Foundation's web site at  <http://www.accokeek.org/>
www.accokeek.org.

The Accokeek Foundation

3400 Bryan Point Road

Accokeek, Maryland 20607

301.283.2113

Founded fifty years ago to protect the view across the Potomac River from
Mount Vernon, the Accokeek Foundation, an educational non-profit, became one
of the nation's first land trusts. Today, the Foundation stewards 200 acres
of Piscataway National Park in Accokeek, Maryland, where visitors can hike a
network of trails winding through wetlands, visit a native tree arboretum,
and observe an award-winning forest restoration project. To emphasize the
connection between nature and history, part of the site includes the
National Colonial Farm, a living history museum that depicts a Maryland
middle-class family farm on the eve of the American Revolution. Nearly
extinct historic crops and animals are preserved here for future
generations. The Foundation's organic Ecosystem Farm emphasizes the future
of agriculture as organic farmers learn the tools of a new trade, practice
sustainable use of natural resources, and shares of the farms produce are
sold to households in the community.  The park's beautiful grounds, trails
and programs are open to the public year round.

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