The Revolution Era Garden is shifting into late fall. Mornings are cooler, the light is lower, and the season’s work is shifting from gathering to preparing. Beds are being cleared and improved, cover is going onto the soil, and turnips and collards will soon be planted for the cold months. Alongside that practical work, we […]
We welcome cooler mornings at the Revolution Era Garden at the Transylvania Heritage Museum. The Trail of Tears beans have been harvested and seeds saved, and corn has produced at least two small ears-a vast improvement over last year. Over the coming winter months, we will continue improving the soil, diligently working to better our […]
August abundance fills the Revolution Era Garden at the Transylvania Heritage Museum. Trail of Tears beans are producing in the Three Sisters plot, while the corn, though still modest in height, is producing tassels. Sunchokes tower over six feet and will bloom soon; their tubers can be dug and enjoyed all winter long. The Cherokee […]
The Revolutionary Era Garden at the Transylvania Heritage Museum is holding up well in the heat of July, thanks to our volunteers who keep it watered during dry spells. Last month, we harvested some onions from the Provisional Garden to make room for okra, and the plants are already growing. The Three Sisters mounds are […]
June’s warmth and longer days are bringing the Revolutionary Era Garden at the Transylvania Heritage Museum into growth. Last month, we planted Beans and Squash in the Three Sisters mound, and they are growing nicely. The Provision Garden’s onions are bulking up nicely, the peas are producing sweet pods, and the lettuce, kale, and cabbage […]
May’s warmer days and lengthening light bring new energy to the Revolutionary Era Garden at the Transylvania Heritage Museum. Many of our perennials have returned from last year, with the Cherokee Medicine Wheel plantings in the center making the strongest impression. The Provision Garden boasts a nice stand of onions, and the peas are beginning […]
April showers are hoped to nourish the Revolution Era Garden at the Transylvania Heritage Museum-it has been a dry spring so far- where several perennials have returned in the Cherokee Medicine Wheel and the Colonial plots, while onions and peas are already peeking up in the Enslaved African’s Provision Garden. Benjamin Franklin quipped in Poor […]
March’s winds awaken the Revolution Era Garden at the Transylvania Heritage Museum, sweeping away the last traces of winter and stirring the soil into readiness for the season ahead. John Adams captured this restless pull toward the earth in a letter to Abigail from Philadelphia, weary of congressional gridlock: “I begin now to think all […]
February’s chill lingers in the Revolution Era Garden at the Transylvania Heritage Museum, but beneath the scatterings of snow and leaf mulch, parsley, thyme, yarrow, and oregano peek through or show tiny new sprouts. Thomas Jefferson reminds us, “Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, […]
As the new year unfolds beneath a crisp blanket of frost, the Transylvania Heritage Museum’s Revolution Era Garden stands as a living tribute to the resilience and ingenuity of its caretakers—Cherokee, enslaved Africans, and colonial settlers. The garden’s layout honors these traditions: Cherokee beds highlight crops and practices they cultivated and shared, provision plots recall […]
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