The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Early American Women and Their Kitchen Garden

Kitchen gardens in the 1700's fed, healed, and clothed Early American families. The 18th century "huswife" skill set included "physicke, cookery, distillation, perfumery, the making of wool, hemp, flax, dayries, brewing, baking," and, of course - gardening. Growing plants both Native American and from their homelands, these women turned their soup pots into the "melting pot" that is America and exemplified all the best qualities of plantswomen and patriots.

Join us as we welcome lecturer and historian Lesley Parness for a fascinating presentation on the daily lives of New Jersey's colonial women. Registration is required. Participants can sign up for either the in-person or virtual version of the program. This presentation is made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council on the Humanities.