NEW GLOUCESTER — Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village will offer a series of traditional craft workshops and educational nature walks Saturday, Sept. 17.

Traditional craft workshops include Natural Dyes for Wool with Mary Elkin of A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm. She will take participants through a full day of learning to dye wool skeins with plants from her dyer’s garden, as well as from plants participants will gather from the Shakers’ garden. The cost is $80 and preregistration is required by calling 207-926-4597 or by visiting www.maineshakers.com.

Another workshop is Shaker-Style Seat Weaving. For more than 200 years, the Shakers have seated their chairs and stools with woven cloth tape, a classic Shaker feature. Local instructor and Shaker enthusiast Sandy MacDonald will explain the history of Shaker chairs using original, historic examples along with contemporary replicas. Learn the methods, tips and techniques to weaving Shaker chair and stool seat patterns. Cost is $50.

In Intro to Digital Photography, New Gloucester photographer Vicki Lund will familiarize participants with how to create a shot using the features of digital cameras. She will teach basic camera operation, composition, use of light and basic Photoshop enhancement. The cost is $50.

Internationally-renowned local master cabinetmaker Chris Becksvoort will teach Dovetailed Drawer Woodworking. Participants will learn hands-on how to construct a classic dovetailed drawer. Students will practice layout, cutting both through and half-blind dovetails. The cost is $75.

Resident naturalist Carolyn Fensore will lead Nature’s Outdoor Classroom, a 2½-hour hike through the Shakers’ 1,800 acres of diversified habitats while identifying and explaining flora, fauna, geological formations and Shaker history. See evidence of glacial and geological forces that formed the land and watershed, including Sabbathday Lake’s Loon’s Point and the hidden treasure of Aurelia’s Cascade. The nature walk will be offered at 10:30 a.m. and again at 2 p.m. Check-in at the Museum Visitors’ Center. Walks are free. Reservations are suggested but not required.

Attendees can visit the Shaker Store and the Shaker Museum Visitors’ Center, which feature a wide selection of old-fashioned gifts and high-quality local Maine crafts and guided tours of Shaker Village.

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is at 707 Shaker Road/Route 26.

FMI: 207-926-4597, [email protected], www.maineshakers.com/workshops.