Burden Museum & Gardens offers springtime activities
BATON ROUGE — A cold, wet winter in Louisiana deserves to be followed by a warm spring. And Burden Museum & Gardens offers many activities to help people enjoy the changing seasons.
On March 7 and April 4, children ages 3 to 8 can enjoy StoryTime in the Garden from 9 a.m. to noon in the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens. The morning will feature storybook readings and imagination-themed activities every half hour. The last reading begins at 11:30 a.m. StoryTime is sponsored by the Junior League of Baton Rouge. Admission is free.
The LSU Rural Life Museum will present Louisiana Sew & Sow on March 14. The event will bring 18th and 19th century Louisiana to life by celebrating the start of the spring planting season with a look back at traditional life in the home and field.
From sewing a quilt to sowing seeds in a field, families are invited to spend a day as an early Louisianan with unique demonstrations ranging from blacksmithing to animal-drawn plowing. Children and families can participate in hands on activities such as making candles, quill pens and butter churning.
Presentations will be by costumed interpreters sharing about life in the old days.
On March 28, from 3:30 to 6 p.m., Zapp’s International Beerfest will be held at the LSU Rural Life Museum. It will feature more than 200 foreign and domestic beers, ales and homebrews for tasting.
Limited to visitors 21 years of age and older, proper photo identification will be required to purchase tickets and enter the event. Non-alcoholic beverages will be available.
General admission tickets are $40 each. Tickets at $100 for early entry at 2:30 p.m. include specialty beers and food from local restaurants. For more information, call 225-765-2437.
From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 4, the East Baton Rouge Master Gardeners will conduct its annual spring plant sale. The sale includes thousands of plants in hundreds of varieties of landscape ornamentals. The funds raised support activities such as plant health clinics, school gardens and educational classes for the community and various children’s programs. This public event includes free admission.
On April 5, from 1:30 to 4 p.m., LSU Rural Life Museum will celebrate an Old-fashioned Easter Celebration. Children ages 2 through 8 will have the opportunity to enjoy customs associated with Easter in Louisiana by participating in many activities such as egg-dying, egg pacquing, egg races and, of course, an Easter egg hunt.
Refreshments will be served throughout the day. Admission is $5 per person with children under 2 admitted at no charge.
From 6 to 9 p.m. April 23, the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens will present Gourmet in the Garden.
The evening will include food creations from local restaurants prepared with locally grown products along with samplings of beverages from local mixologists. The event is presented by the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and the Louisiana Culinary Institute Foundation.
Tickets include samplings of food and cocktails along with live music. The cost is $60 per person until April 19 and $70 thereafter. Tickets are available online at http://bit.ly/37h2j8m.