Little Cherries on the Prairie

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Paint Night at Little Cherries on The Prairie – August 14 from 5:30-8:30

A paint night will be held on Saturday, August 14 from 5:30-8:30 pm overlooking the Blindman Valley. The meal will include a full, 5-course dinner, featuring local ingredients.

The menu includes:

• bruschetta on sourdough baguette,
• Hungarian chilled cherry soup,
• mixed green salad,
• bison steak bites with cherry wine glaze,
• chicken bites with pear relish,
• and a choice of 3 desserts: haskap scone tarts, raspberry sandwich cookies, English possets.

All courses will be served while the paint night proceeds. Local artist, Dawn Derrien from Boho Apothecary, will be leading a very unique painting experience. In keeping with the theme of local and farm-fresh, she will be featuring fruit-based, egg tempera paints reminiscent of Michelangelo’s Renaissance paintings.

Cost is $125/person and can be e-transferred to djjc4@hotmail.com or mailed to Little Cherries on the Prairie, RR1 #40306, Bentley, AB, T0C0J0.

Products may be available for purchase the night of the event: locally milled flour, cookie mixes, jams, sauces, sourdough bread, and possibly honey.

Tours – August 15, from 1:00-4:00

On Sunday, August 15, from 1:00-4:00, there will be orchard tours. There will be no u-pick this year as a massive hailstorm took most of the fruit. What remains will be left on the trees for Open Farm Days viewing. There will be an opportunity for purchasing some orchard preserves.