• Napkin Basket Weaving Workshop

    Local weaver Sandy Salada will teach you how to create your own functional & fabulous Napkin Basket! Weaving wonder Sandy Salada will teach you how to make your own plain

  • Serving: a Reading and Discussion Program

    Join us for this six-part reading and discussion series to explore the idea of "serving" through history and literature. “Serving” is the topic of a new reading and discussion group

  • Hands to Work Day

    Join us as we welcome the return of warmth and sun to the Shaker Site with a good-old-fashioned spring cleaning! Masks are not required outdoors, but we ask all participants

  • Seed Saving Workshop

    The appearance of the Asian Jumping Worm makes it harder to share plants, but we can still share seeds. Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Kathryn Adams Harter will discuss how

  • Lattice Basket Weaving Workshop

    Local weaver Sandy Salada will teach you how to create your own lovely Lattice Basket! Weaving wonder Sandy Salada will teach you how to make your own Lattice basket, which

  • 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,

  • 2022 Summer Craft Fair

    Bring your family for a safe and fun weekend featuring pony rides, food, live musicians, and over 70 vendors at our beautiful site. We look forward to welcoming you to

  • 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

  • Introduction to Needle Felted Painting

    Did you ever go to a fiber fest or farmers market and see unspun wool in gorgeous colors and wonder what you could do with them? Local artist Chris O'Connor will

  • Planting Utopia Exhibit & Reception

    Inspired by Shaker gift drawings, artist Julia Whitney Barnes photographed over 150 plants to create this unique in and outdoor exhibition. Beginning in the spring of 2021, Poughkeepsie-based artist Julia