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Spring on the Homestead

Sunday, May 21 & Monday, May 22 - 10:30am to 4:00pm

Join us for our opening weekend to help us mark the changing of the seasons!

Learn all about the different tasks a settler family like the Hubles would take on to ensure the rest of their year was a success. 

Watch or participate in old-fashioned activities such as the May-pole dance! Grab a ribbon and get ready to learn more about this spring tradition that dates back to the dances ancient people would do in hopes of harvesting a large crop.

 

Try playing the Game of Graces or borrow one of our kites to see if you can get it off the ground! Find out which vegetables will be planted in the Huble garden this season, and learn about the heritage varieties of potatoes being grown in anticipation of this fall’s Potato Festival! Watch the garden go in, and decorate a plant pot to take home a seed of your own!

The Northwest Invasive Plant Council will be on location for Sunday, May 21 to educate visitors about preventing the introduction and spread of invasive plants, and to chat about the Canada-wide Play Clean Go program. 

On Sunday you can also flex your creative muscles in the scarecrow making contest for your chance to have your entry stay up in the Huble garden all summer long!

Reacquaint yourself with the historic site by taking a guided tour and explore the buildings by taking part in a treasure hunt. Afterwards, relax with a picnic basket brought from home, or buy lunch from the BBQ. 

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Take part in heritage demonstrations such as butter making and ice cream making with our staff, and cheesemaking with local expert Tracey Johnson of Cheeseneeds.com! Learn more about working with a pole lathe from Dave of SilverTree Woodworking, who'll be on location both days. Wander over to the blacksmith shop to chat with Dawson of Brandt Blacksmithing - he'll have the shop running Sunday and Monday! If you're interested in learning about Icelandic wool, chat with Heimdall's Reach on the Sunday, and learn about honey through a display by the Prince George Beekeepers! If you're in the mood to purchase honey, you're in luck - Clover Fields Apiaries will be set up to fulfill all your honey related needs!

Don’t forget to check out the General Store and browse a new selection of locally made goods! As an added bonus, take 10% off plant and garden supplies all weekend long. 

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Schedule of Events - Sunday, May 21

 

10:00 AM-12:00 PM - Pancake Breakfast

12:00 PM-4:00 PM - Regular BBQ

11:30 AM & 2:30 PM - May-pole dance

10:30 AM & 3:30 PM - Old fashioned games

10:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Scarecrow making contest

1:30 PM - Scarecrow judging

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – Planting the Huble garden

11:30 AM & 2:30 PM - Tours of Huble Homestead

 

DEMONSTRATIONS

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Cheesemaking with Tracey Johnson

12:00 PM & 2:00 PM - Cheese curd cutting

12:30 PM & 3:00 PM - Butter making

1:15 PM - Ice cream making

10:30 AM - 3:30 PM - Pole lathe with SilverTree Woodworking

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Blacksmith demonstrations

10:30 - 3:00 - Chat with Heimdall's Reach about Icelandic wool

COMMUNITY GROUPS & VENDORS

Northwest Invasive Plant Council

Check out the Prince George Beekeepers display

Clover Fields Apiaries 

 

Schedule is subject to change. 

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Sunday May 21
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Schedule of Events - Monday, May 22

 

10:00 AM-12:00 PM - Pancake Breakfast

12:00 PM-4:00 PM - Regular BBQ

11:30 AM & 2:30 PM - May-pole dance

10:30 AM & 3:30 PM - Old fashioned games

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – Planting the Huble garden

11:30 AM & 2:30 PM - Tours of Huble Homestead

 

DEMONSTRATIONS

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Cheesemaking with Tracey Johnson

12:00 PM & 2:00 PM - Cheese curd cutting

12:30 PM & 3:00 PM - Butter making

1:15 PM - Ice cream making

10:30 AM - 3:30 PM - Pole lathe with SilverTree Woodworking

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Blacksmith demonstrations

COMMUNITY GROUPS & VENDORS

Clover Fields Apiaries 

 

Schedule is subject to change. 

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Monday May 22

Huble Homestead Historic Site is a 30 minute drive north of Prince George, BC. Leave the city behind and make your way up Highway 97 for 40 kilometres, before turning off on Mitchell Road to continue another 6 kilometres down a well-maintained dirt road.

Huble Homestead is dog friendly and open daily from 10:00am to 5:00pm for guided tours and shopping in the General Store. Enjoy a picnic or purchase lunch from the BBQ as you relax in the fresh air. Admission is by donation, with a recommended amount of $10.00 per family.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.

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