Page Farm & Home Museum Offers Holiday Wreaths, Wreath-Making
Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4100; George Manlove, 581-3756
ONO — The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum will hold its annual holiday wreath-making workshops from 6-8 p.m., Nov. 28, 29 and 30, on the Orono campus.
Deborah Smith of Smith Farm Greenhouses will lead the workshops. A $15 charge covers materials, including a base ring, wire, pine cones, berries, ribbon, boughs and instruction.
Museum Director Patty Henner says participants are encouraged to use organic decorations, and participants are welcome to bring those, along with any other decorations they would like to add to their wreaths, to the workshops.
Henner recommends early registration (581-4100) because of the popularity of the workshops, which are a great source of creative fun for the whole family, she says.
For people who are looking to buy a decorative holiday wreath and cannot make one of the three workshops, the farm and home Museum also will make decorative wreaths to sell, with proceeds benefiting the non-profit Page Farm and Home Museum.
Beginning Nov. 17, the museum will sell large, fresh hand-wrapped and decorated wreaths with ribbon, cones and berries for $15. From each sale, $6 benefits the museum.
The wreaths include five pounds of tips purchased from local farms, Henner says, and are high-quality and long-lasting. People ordering wreaths can choose their own ribbon color from a choice of blueberry, white pepperberry, cranberry and hollyberry. Ribbons match berry color.
Wreaths can be ordered by calling the farm and home museum at 581-4100. Henner will deliver the wreaths at no cost on campus and locally.