Join us for on Monday, August 18 at 6:30 p.m. for a special presentation - "Growing Yesterday's Garden: Heirloom Seeds and Pennsylvania German Tradition."
The heirloom seed movement is becoming increasingly important to contemporary home gardeners. As Director of Research and Development of the Heirloom Seed Project of the Landis Valley Museum, Irwin Richman is intimately involved with the movement. The conservation of antique varieties and the processing and distribution of high-quality seed preserves an important part of Pennsylvania German cultural heritage. Enhanced by slides, this presentation will discuss heirloom varieties of flowers and vegetables. It also will describe their use in traditional gardens and how they can be adapted to modern needs. The presentation is an outgrowth of research done for Richman’s recent 2007 book Pennsylvania German Farms, Gardens and Seeds.
This presentation is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. PHC inspires people to come together to share a life of learning. Since 1973, has provided resources that empower groups to help their communities explore history, literature, the arts, and to shape the human experience.
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