A special evening for friends or couples.

  An Evening Out at the Vineyard is just 2 weeks away. Friday, February 10th, 6:30-8:30PM. Live music with the smooth, sweet voice of Brenda Wallace and well known musicans: JP VanHoy and Clay Lunsford, the Grove Trio.  A perfect evening for a gathering of friends or couples. Food prepared by Marty and Stephanie Cass, caterers recognized for the quality of their cooking expertise and especially their desserts. Space is limited. Reservations are needed by February 1st.  $30.00 person   Grietje's Garden, 324 Mosswood Road, Olin, NC 28660 Call 704-880-3722 or email grietje@yadtel.net for reservations.

March 24th-UMW Book Study-More Bad Girls of the Bible

UMW- Mark your calenders for Saturday, March 24th, 8:30am-2:00pm for the Leadership and Spiritual Growth Book study hosted by Union Grove United Methodist Women here at Grietje's Garden, 324 Mosswood Road, Olin, NC. Cost per person is $15.00 which includes the book, light continental breakfast, snack, lunch, and beverages. Seating is limited to 40 participants. Reservation is confirmed with receipt of a check made payable to Union Grove United Methodist Women. Please include name and contact information including phone numbers and email addresses. Mail these to Penny Ledbetter, 324 Mosswood Road, Olin, NC 28660     Contact information: grietje@yadtel.net

The well-known book, More Bad Girls of the Bible by Barbara Essex will be the featured focus of our study.

I will be facilitating this book study in our meeting area of  our Farm Distribution Center here at the vineyard. I am a trained layspeaker in the United Methodist Church and lay leader of our church, Union Grove United Methodist. As a teacher and sister in Alpha Delta Kappa International Sorority, I am trained as a facilitator and have provided numerous workshops and presentations.

Grietje's Garden Facility

Some have asked, "What does the facility look like?" Here is a picture from the day of our open house in October. 

I am looking forward to the Evening Out at the Vineyard on February 10, 6:30-8:30PM. Planning these events pushes me to get things done! It will be a beautiful evening out with the 4 course meal and live music. Reservations are required so please call now for this.

Oh, The Grove Trio with Brenda Wallace, JP VanHoy and Clay Lunsford will be our musical enterntainment for the evening. You won't want miss this.

grietje@yadtel.net/704-880-3722

Evening out at Grietje's Garden

Come celebrate Valentines...or Winter....or February ...or just a wonderful Friday night out at Grietje's Garden, Friday, February 10. 6:30-8:30PM

Enjoy a delicious full course meal with an appetizer: cheeses, soup, salad, main entre' - Chicken pasta primavera, dessert- Italian Cream Cake, one complimentary glass of alcohol free wine, tea, coffee, rolls.

Enjoy live music with the sweet voice of Brenda Wallace accompanied by Clay Lunsford and JPVanhoy of the Grove Trio.

Reservations are required. $30/person .

Call 704-880-3722 for reservationsdirections or email Penny at grietje@yadtel.net.

Christmas Tasting with Live Music

Come join us on Sunday, December 11, 3-5 p.m. at Grietje's Garden. Listen to live music by Jewell's Harp with Jewell and Chuck Waldrup and enjoy a tasting of our alcohol free wines, juices and ciders.

324 Mosswood Road
Olin, NC 28660

Alcohol Free Venue

Customers ask, "Where is your wine?".  "If you'd let that ferment, I'd buy it."  I guess when the word "vineyard" is heard...the first thought is that there is a wine. Well, I've taken a different approach with Grietje's Garden Vineyard. Here there is muscadine cider blush- a mix of muscadine and scuppernong juices from our grapes, 100% muscadine juice, 100% scuppernong juice, muscadine alcohol free wine, scuppernong alcohol free wine, muscadine vinaigrette, syrups and jellies.

Why no wine? I'll have to admit that I enjoy a glass of muscadine wine in my home and occasionally out. I know my limitations. I may go months without having a glass of wine. But I do not want to market...push to sell a product that might cause harm to someone else or to their family. I've seen too much what alcoholism can do to a family. Enough said about that.

Now I have value-added products that most adults and children can enjoy. The Farm Distribution Center is a family friendly venue. And that's what a farm should be. :)

This is a photo from our recent Holiday Craft event discussed on another post. It was a good day of sharing and family time.

Holiday Time

My first try at a holiday craft event was pretty good. We had 9 vendors for the craft event on Saturday. Everyone sold something, but not as much as I had hoped for each participant. I have some reflecting to do on the date to do this. Should I do it the first weekend in December? The weekend before Thanksgiving? Make it a weekend event with music, etc. in the vineyard? So many people in our area are putting up Christmas trees the weekend after Thanksgiving...or are still having Thanksgiving with their families...and there is Black Friday to contend with, too. So...doing this again the weekend of Thanksgiving is probably not the best time...although this year for my family and me, it worked out well.

Hopefully, there will be at least  2 other events at the vineyard before Christmas...working on this. Stay posted.