A berry delicious afternoon at Prairie West Historical Centre
By Annie Duncan
The Prairie West Historical Centre, in Eston, hosted its yearly raspberry tea with a twist! This year the board decided to turn their timely teatime into a berry delicious afternoon dessert, where you bring your lunch and dessert is on them!
The event started many years ago as an afternoon raspberry tea hosted at local museum supporter Catherine Bertram’s farm. As the years went on and she was no longer able to host, the museum took over the tea.
In 2003, when Maureen Jacobson joined the board at the museum, she took over the responsibility of providing the raspberries picked freshly from her farm. Jacobson has farmed raspberries for nearly 40 years and has passed on the tradition to her daughter as she is now the one that harvests the seasons’ berries for the tea.
PHOTOS BY ANNIE DUNCAN, click for larger images
