Timed Programs:
12:00-4:00pm @ Vegetable Garden | Traditional farming with oxen demonstrations by Sanborn Mills Farm
12:30-1:00pm @ The Bee House | Bee House & Shaker agriculture talk by Kyle Sandler, Director of Education at CSV
1:00-1:30pm @ UNH Extension Tent | Native plants and pollinator talk by UNH Extension
1:30pm-2:30pm @ UNH Extension Tent | Garden tour led by UNH Master Gardeners (tour leaves from UNH tent)
2:00-2:30pm @ Elkins Public Library Tent | Kids story time
2:30-3:00pm @ UNH Extension Tent | Native plants and pollinator talk by UNH Extension
3:00-4:00pm @ UNH Extension Tent | Garden tour led by UNH Master Gardeners (tour leaves from UNH tent)
All Day Activities (12:00-4:00pm):
The North Shop | Observation Hive, Farmer’s Market, and Beer Garden
Bee House Lawn | Lawn games
The Creamery | Honeycomb Ice Cream
Elkins Public Library Tent | Kids activities
The Print Shop | Traditional printing press activities
Confirmed Vendors:
Black Olive Pottery Studio – handmade ceramics
Cathedral Ledge Distillery – spirits
Fen Ridge Farm – jams and jellies
Floodwaters Press – greeting cards
Hermit Woods Winery – wine, mead, and cider
Hot Rod Grill – food truck
Kathie Fife – photography, greeting cards, fiber arts
McCormack’s Bee Farm – honey and other products from the hive
North Family Farm – syrup and other maple products
Patti’s Pies Pizza – Neapolitan pizza
Sanborn Mills Farm – produce and herbs
Schrock Farm – wool felted arts
White Rock Farm – flowers, build your own bouquets
If you would like to become a vendor for the event, please contact Sarah Aznive, Development Associate, at saznive@shakers.org.
Sponsorship Opportunities
The Village is looking for additional partners to help underwrite this free, community event! Please contact Cassidy Priester, Director of Development, at cpriester@shakers.org.
SAVE THE DATE for our 2021
Online Benefit Auction
August 1 — 15
Join us for our Simply Shaker Online Auction where you can bid on exciting items and experiences. Registration and Bidding open at 9:00am, Sunday, August 1, and bidding closes at 5:00pm, Sunday, August 15.
Every bid helps the Village — all proceeds go toward maintaining and protecting our beautiful historic buildings.
Then join us live at our festive
Picnic-on-the-Green
Sunday, August 30 | 5–6:30pm
Bring your own picnic. Light refreshments and dessert are on us!
Celebrate with us at a festive Picnic-on-the-Green! Enjoy the music of the Jared Steer Trio, hear from our special guests on the importance of preserving the Village’s historic buildings, and take part in our live “Fund the Need” Auction to help fund the Village’s building assessment.
Ben Wilson, Director of NH Division of Historical Resources, will lead a presentation “Preserving What is Simply Significant” with Martha Werenfels, Principal at DBVW Architects, Providence, and Rob Emlen, Visiting Scholar in American Studies at Brown University and author of Imagining the Shakers: How the Visual Culture of Shaker Life was Pictured in the Popular Illustrated Press of Nineteenth-Century America.
Social distancing will be in place and please be sure to bring your mask. We will also have special Village masks, made by the Canterbury Sewers, for sale.
$50.00 per person
Celebrate with us at a festive Picnic-on-the-Green! Enjoy live music and hear from our special guest, Martha Werenfels, Principal at DBVW Architects, Providence, on the results of the Village building assessment.
Tickets are $100 per person, including picnic basket fare and beverages.
Kathleen Belko
Kelly Bryant
Ann Camann, Chair
Rae Easter
Carolyn Leary
Bob Lord
Leslie Nolan
Joan Noga Pazdon
Juliana Phillips
Craig Savage
Sarah Schmidt
Carolyn Tolles
Thank you to our generous sponsors of 2026 Simply Shaker.
