Join us to celebrate the apple harvest! Try your hand at cider-pressing and sample the results, stop in the Kitchen House to watch our brewers making Apple Beer, and watch as pippins and apples abound as the cooks use an array of 17th century receipts (recipes) and cooking techniques to prepare foods fit for William Penn.

Meet the Joyners and Blacksmiths and watch as they create things needed around William Penn’s estate. The Joyner’s will be working on a Joynt Stool.

Spring in the 17th Century Kitchen - Spring has sprung and the cooks are delighted with the fresh spring greens, eggs, and milk products that have been missing in the winter.

Talk with the gardeners and brewers about the importance of bees and their honey in the 17th Century. Learn how honey was harvested and visit the brewers who will be making some delicious Mead.

Stop by our Joyner and Blacksmith Shops to watch them work and learn about the lives of Pennsbury’s 17th century craftsmen. Joyners will be starting a new workbench to expand their shop.

Tea & Gossip: The Penn's are having a tea party and have invited some of the most interesting colonists. Come join them in the formal gardens as they gossip about current events, other guests, and life in the colony and abroad. Stroll over to the stable and watch as the sheep are sheared the old fashion […]

Meet our gardeners and learn what’s happening this spring in the Kitchen Garden. Wander over to the Kitchen House and watch as the brewer’s make a batch of English March Beer and discuss the brewing process in the 17th Century.

Come meet the furry and feathered residents of Pennsbury Manor!

The Joyners will be crafting an object using 17th century tools and discussing the techniques of the trade. Come over to the Blacksmith Shop were the blacksmith will be working over the hot coals and discussing what their roles were in the 17th Century.

Come tap into history and enjoy tastings of beer, live music from Barefoot Bobby and The Breakers, and food trucks during this 4th annual event. Stroll the 43 acre grounds of this 17th century country estate, take a walk through the gardens and see the hops growing, enjoy a 17th century beer brewing demonstration, or simply relax […]