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Sustainable Cooking in the Off-Season: Preparing Soups & Stocks

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Sustainable Cooking in the Off-Season: What to Cook While the Rushton Farm Fields Are Dormant

Come sharpen your culinary skills while we wait for the spring thaw, with a series of classes that focus on basic techniques. Classes, which are all BYOB, will explore preparing stocks and soups (February 12, $75), using different cooking methods, including braising, pan searing, roasting and steaming (March 5, $75), and creating classic sauces (March 18, $75).

February 12, 6 – 8 pm, $75
Discover the basis for delicious soups by learning to prepare basic, deeply flavored vegetable & meat stocks. We will then use our Easy Vegetable Stock & Roasted Chicken Stock to make Tuscan Farro & Bean Soup,  Creamy Leek & Parsnip Soup with Rye Croutons, Chicken Soup with Orzo & Dill.Please note: final menu subject to change.

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Sustainable Cooking in the Off-Season – Knife Skills

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Chef Donna Laveran of Lazy Susan Kitchen is back! As we await the spring thaw, let’s sharpen those knife skills and learn the fundamentals of preparing fruits and vegetables, using chopping, dicing, slicing, and julienne techniques. We’ll prepare a meal, to include salad, soup, and dessert, with a focus on local and sustainable ingredients. Please note: because this is a hands-on class, we are limited to 12 guests, who should each BRING YOUR OWN CHEF KNIFE so that you learn with a knife you know.

This event is a BYOB event, so please bring any spirit you would like to enjoy! There will be non alcoholic beverages available.

To ensure the safety of our staff, partners, and attendees we are requiring that all attendees be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before attending this event. If you are feeling unwell or experiencing any Covid-19 symptoms, please stay home and stay well. Thank you for helping us keep our community safe.

Questions or dietary restrictions? Please email events@wctrust.org

Genevieve Snyder Art Show Open House

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Join us for this open house featuring original oil paintings from Rushton Conservation Center artist-in-residence Genevieve Snyder, whose works explore the conserved open space and pastoral landscapes of Willistown Conservation Trust.

Genevieve will be painting on site at the Rushton Conservation Center during the open house and her works will also be for sale. Other showings by appointment, visit genevievefineart.com.

GENEVIEVE SNYDER was born and raised in Chester County, where she and her husband Eric still reside. From childhood, she has found joy in painting and drawing. She began her career in set design for television, but since 2005, she has focused exclusively on painting. Since that time her award-winning paintings have been on display at juried shows and invitationals, and her work
has been used for cards, posters, magazine covers and calendars, including most recently the 2020 Radnor Hunt calendar. Genevieve has long been a supporter of land conservation and has generously donated fifty-percent of the sales from her show at the Rushton Conservation Center to Willistown Conservation Trust.

 

Genevieve Snyder Art Show Open House

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Join us for this open house featuring original oil paintings from Rushton Conservation Center artist-in-residence Genevieve Snyder, whose works explore the conserved open space and pastoral landscapes of Willistown Conservation Trust.

Genevieve will be painting on site at the Rushton Conservation Center during the open house and her works will also be for sale. Other showings by appointment, visit genevievefineart.com.

GENEVIEVE SNYDER was born and raised in Chester County, where she and her husband Eric still reside. From childhood, she has found joy in painting and drawing. She began her career in set design for television, but since 2005, she has focused exclusively on painting. Since that time her award-winning paintings have been on display at juried shows and invitationals, and her work
has been used for cards, posters, magazine covers and calendars, including most recently the 2020 Radnor Hunt calendar. Genevieve has long been a supporter of land conservation and has generously donated fifty-percent of the sales from her show at the Rushton Conservation Center to Willistown Conservation Trust.

 

Spotted Lantern Fly Lunch-and-Learn

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What’s red and brown and spotted and seems to be everywhere these days in Chester County? It’s the Spotted Lanternfly, lycorma delicatula, an invasive species wreaking havoc on the grapes, fruit trees, and hardwood trees of Pennsylvania since 2014. To teach us more about what we can expect from and do about these insects, we are pleased to welcome Meagan Hopkins-Doerr, Coordinator for the Master Gardeners of Chester County and Master Watershed Stewards of Chester & Delaware Counties, who will host a community bring-your-own-lunch discussion about how to identify the spotted lanternfly, impacts to local industries and communities, current quarantine areas in Pennsylvania, and things you can do to help stop the spread.

Bring your own lunch (in a reusable, recyclable, or recycled container, of course!) and participate in this important conservation conversation.

This event is FREE, but please pre-register so we know how many seats we will need.

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