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A Busy Few More Weeks of Summer at the Grist Mill

Summer may be winding down, but it’s still busy at the Grist Mill, with many events planned in the next couple of weeks

 

Summer may be winding down, but it’s still busy at the Grist Mill, with many events planned in the next couple of weeks before the fall equinox on September 22. These special events will round out an exceptionally busy summer at the Grist Mill, where 2014 attendance is on track to double the total number of visitors to the site in 2013.

Special events before the end of summer include:

Thur, Sept 11 - Similkameen Burger Night

On Thursday, September 11, come for the first in a series of special dinners at the Grist Mill. For the first dinner, Chef Natasha will be transforming the humble hamburger with a ton of scratch-made sides and condiments including her famous bacon jam as well as mustards, ketchups, relishes and salads made from the freshest ingredients from our own garden. Everything, from the pickles to the patty, will have some connection with the spectacular Similkemeen Valley. $25. Reservations required; please call (250-499-2888) or email (info@oldgristmill.ca) to reserve your spot. Doors at 5 p.m.. Dinner served at 5:30 p.m. If the weather cooperates, this will be an “al fresco” (outdoor) dinner, so please dress accordingly.

Sun, Sept 14 - Workshop: Plein Air Painting - “Japanese Sketching”

Bring your paints, easel and chair for a plein air (in open air) painting session with Okanagan based artist, Loraine Stephanson. Join other painters with various levels of experience at 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.. This workshop will focus on “value to color” exercises. Learn the Japanese sketching technique of simplifying the landscape into black and white shapes. Capture light and shadow and the main features of your subject with small, quick, felt pen drawings; then refer to your sketches as you learn the basics of using color in your landscape paintings. Any painting media and all skill levels welcome. There will be a break for lunch - the Tea Room will be serving or you are welcome to bring in your own lunch. Don’t forget to bring a water bottle and hat! Workshop fee, $35. Please call (250-499-2888) or email (info@oldgristmill.ca) to reserve your spot.

Sat, Sept 20 - Equinox Kitchen Party (with Jocelyn Pettit and the Pettit Band)

The Grist Mill & Gardens invites you to celebrate the impending Fall Equinox with a party in (and around) our Summer Kitchen featuring Jocelyn Pettit. Jocelyn is a vibrant and award-winning fiddle player, stepdancer, singer and composer from Squamish. Good music, good food and good company are the keys to any real kitchen party and we’re thrilled that Jocelyn Pettit and the Pettit Band will be providing the first piece of the puzzle. The second piece will come from Chef Natasha, who will be preparing dinner (and snack) options for those who arrive peckish. The last piece, of course, is you. This special event will be hosted in and around the site’s own summer kitchen and you are encouraged to bring your own blankets and low-rise beach chairs. Also, be sure bring your dancing shoes... Tickets are $20 and are available at the Grist Mill front desk or on the website.

Sun, Sept 21 - Heritage Fall Fair At The Grist Mill

 

Are you proficient at preserves, brilliant at baking, daft at crafts, well-versed at veggies or adept at flower arrangement? If so, the Grist Mill might have a great opportunity for you to show off your skills. On Sunday, September 21 the Grist Mill and Gardens at Keremeos will be hosting its first-ever Heritage Fall Fair! There will be almost seventy exhibit categories to see or compete in as well as heritage games of skill, concessions, entertainment and even a petting zoo on site for the day, courtesy of Andy’s Animal Acres from Naramata. The whole site will be filled with family-oriented activity for the day. The evening before at 6 p.m., as a lead-in to the Fall Fair and to celebrate the impending fall equinox, the Grist Mill will be hosting a kitchen party featuring Jocelyn Pettit and the Pettit Band. Based in Squamish, Jocelyn is a vibrant fiddle player, stepdancer, singer and composer that is sure to get people up and dancing and making merry around the summer kitchen. Admission to the Fall Fair is $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. Visit the Grist Mill website (www.oldgristmill.ca) for information, entry forms and more.