Christ Episcopal Church will host its Harvest Festival featuring the theme “Sowing and Sewing to Freedom” that pays tribute to the experience of Black slaves and their journey through the Underground Railroad. The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, October 11 at the church, 382 Boblett Street in Blaine.
The festival theme came to life after church members visited the Philipsburg Manor, a former plantation in New York, and received seeds harvested from the garden. Church members brought back the scarlet runner beans and planted them in their Blaine garden to be the festival’s highlighted crop.
Attendees will get to learn about the seeds and other produce growing in the garden before getting to take some home. In addition to focusing on crops, the festival will have an Early Americana quilt display featuring textile replicating Underground Railroad codes. Lynden quilter Billie Watts has spent the past year recreating quilts that contained hidden messages guiding slaves to freedom during the Underground Railroad. The church will offer an interactive experience with handmade footsteps guiding attendees through the display.
The Harvest Festival will also have educational activities in the church’s garden, music and food.
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