Events
Greenhorns hosts workshops in collaboration with our sister organization, Smithereen Farm, in Pembroke Maine.
- Greenhorns offers free and low-cost events for the benefit of the local and regional community. If you enjoy a free event, consider making a tax deductible donation to Greenhorns to support our programming.
- Many events require advance registration; please follow the registration link within the workshop description.
- Coming for an event and want to stay a while? You can book a tent platform via HipCamp!
- Refund policy: Due to our rural location and small event sizes workshop registrations are not refundable
Looking for food and agriculture events in Downeast Maine? Check out the Eat Downeast event calendar for fairs, festivals, workshops, meet-ups, demonstrations, plant sales, family-friendly events, and more.
Sixth Annual Pennamaquan Alewife Festival
Join us for the Sixth Annual Pennamaquan Alewife Festival — Free, family-friendly fun with the fish.
Saturday, May 29 • 10am–5pm
12 Little Falls Road, Pembroke ME 04666
We're excited to bring back this popular family event for a fifth year in a row! Join us for . . .
- FREE LOCAL FOOD LUNCH prepared by Smithereen Farm.
- SMOKING AND EATING OF ALEWIVES from the Pennamaquan River in the Downeast Salmon Federation smoker.
- CANOEING the Pennamaquan River, led by Eric Otter Bacon. Space is limited, sign up here! Eric will also present on Passamaquoddy canoe material culture and practices.
- BICYCLE REPAIR AND GROUP RIDES with Mike of Mike's Bikes in Eastport. Bring your bike out of storage for the season, grab a tune-up!
- LEARN FROM FISH BIOLOGISTS and walk over to check out the beautiful river full of fish with shad blossoms in bloom. The river full of spring-run alewives is glorious!
- LEARN TO STAKE PLANTS David Holmberg of Maine Coast Heritage Trust will teach a hands-on workshop about live staking, using cuttings to propagate in situ bank stabilization. Meet at the Smithereen Farmstore porch at 2pm, bring your own hand clippers if you have them, get ready to enjoy riparian restoration praxis.
- LOCAL LIVE MUSIC by The Maple Honeys, Fish Husbands, and Adam Steinberg.
- ART ACTIVITIES including family-friendly painting of fish cut outs to take home or bring to a parade, and "beach trash" puppet-making with Lubec Turtle Dance Co-op's Chuck Kniffen.
- SCIENCE PRESENTATION about fish restoration work in the area and the recovery of our native fish despite all the impediments. Learn about the returns!
- EXPLORING the flat, family-friendly Alewife Trail beside the river, an interpretive path with signage by local artist. Take a dip in the river! See the fish!
Details
We have an electric car charger available.
The Smithereen Farmstore will be open, 9am–5pm, with local produce, cheese, meats, and baked goods... special treats for the festival, and plenty of local treasures to take home.
Make a weekend of it and book your campsite at Blueberry Land, or at Cobscook Bay State Park for a full agritourism experience.
Join with Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/ubv-ddzw-abn
Or dial: (US) +1 240-903-4070 PIN: 961833031#
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