Watervliet Shaker Garden Tour & Seed Industry History
Join us for this special tour for SHS and Historic Albany Foundation members. The Shaker Heritage Society Herb Garden contains over 150 varieties of herbs, each labeled with historic culinary
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Tours
Thursday Afternoon Tours
Join a Shaker staff member on Thursdays for a family-friendly tour featuring the latest facts and trivia unearthed by our educators and volunteers! The tour includes a visit to the
Shaker Cemetery Tours
The stones are identical, but the stories are not... While Shaker cemeteries are modest by design, they are the resting place of some of the most innovative, creative, and radical
Celebrate National Pollinators’ Week 2021
Shaker Heritage Society (SHS) is joining forces with several partners to provide programs and information about pollinators. You can preview the flyer for the week's planned activities here. More information
Shaker Herb Garden 30th Anniversary
Celebrate National Pollinators' Week 2021 at Shaker Heritage Society! Join us on June 19th at 12:30pm for the Shaker Herb Garden 30th Anniversary celebration! Tours, a picnic lunch, and a toast to
Inventors & Gardeners Tour
Celebrate National Pollinators’ Week 2021 at Shaker Heritage Society! The Shakers developed the seed packing industry and also established the first herbal medicine industry in the US. Tour the herb
Inventors & Gardeners Tour
Celebrate National Pollinators’ Week 2021 at Shaker Heritage Society! The Shakers developed the seed packing industry and also established the first herbal medicine industry in the US. Tour the herb
Nature Walk at Ann Lee Pond
Join us for a "morning constitutional" and a chance to learn about the variety of plants at the historic Ann Lee Pond. We will identify some early spring wildflowers, shrubs,
Celebrate National Pollinators’ Week 2022
Join us in June for the 2022 Pollinators' Week! Shaker Heritage Society (SHS) is collaborating with several partners to provide programs and information about pollinators. Beginning June 18th, enjoy our
Walking in the Wicks’ Footsteps
In the fall of 1824, Job and Polly Wicks and their 10 children arrived at the Watervliet Shaker community. So began a 70-year association of the Wicks family with the
