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Shelburne
Farms hosts year-round events for families, children, adults, professionals, and more! Come join us. Spaces
are limited. REGISTRATION REQUIRED except where noted. Call 802-985-8686.
Our complete SPRING CALENDAR (March - May) will be posted shortly.
Become
a member today and receive discounts and priority registration on selected programs.
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Sleigh Rides! at The Welcome Center family
Weekends for as long as the snow lasts!
Time: Every half hour, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm FEE: $8/adult, $6/child, children under 3 free
INFORMATION: 802-985-8442 (No reservations necessary) Private rides available by reservation at 2:30 & 3:00 pm. Fee: $75/sleigh. Call 802-985-8442.
Fifteen-minute rides from the Welcome Center (weather permitting). Seats are first-come, first-served. Group sleigh rides available by advance reservation. 10% member discount.
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Winter Farmers Markets!
Shelburne Farmer's Market (Time: 10 am-2 pm, Town Gym, Shelburne, VT)
Saturdays, Feb. 13, March 6, April 3
Burlington Farmer's Market (Time: 10 am-2 pm, Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT).
Feb. 20, Mar. 20, Apr. 17
Take home some root veggies from our Market Garden, some pasture-raised beef from the Farm, and of course, some of our cheddar cheese!
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February 2010
Star Gazing Sleigh Rides family
Sat., Feb. 13
Time: 6:00 pm, 6:45 pm, 7:30 pm
FEE: Members: $12/adult, $7/child age 3-13; Nonmembers: $15/adult, $10/child age 3-13; children under 3 are free. All rides weather permitting. REservaTIONs required: 802-985-8686
Join Pat Palmer of Thornapple Farm and his team of Percheron draft horses for a winter evening of star gazing. Put on your woolies and brave the winter for one of these half hour rides, and don’t forget to bring a thermos with a warm beverage.
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Tracking & Trailing a Vermont Carnivore adult
Saturday, February 13
Time: 10:00 am – 2:30 pm Fee: $40/member; $50/nonmember Registration: 802-985-8686
Join naturalist Matt Kolan for a day of reading and interpreting the tracks and signs of a Vermont carnivore, exploring the intimate story of a day in its life. Carpool from the Welcome Center to the nearest accessible animal trail. Come prepared for the weather and somewhat strenuous hiking. Bring a brown-bag lunch.
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Play Date! Farm & Food Fun family
Saturday, February 13
Time: Anytime between 10:00 am & 2:00 pm
FEE: Member: $3/child; Nonmember: $5/child location: The McClure Center for School Programs
Registration: 802-985-8686 WALK-INS welcome!
Call up a friend and make a play date at Shelburne Farms! Explore lots of theme-based activities in the education center at your pace and schedule, with a staff member present for questions. Parent/ guardian chaperones requiredfor your home.
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Star Gazing Sleigh Rides family
Sun., Feb. 14
Time: 6:00 pm, 6:45 pm, 7:30 pm
FEE: Members: $12/adult, $7/child age 3-13; Nonmembers: $15/adult, $10/child age 3-13; children under 3 are free. All rides weather permitting. Reservations required: 802-985-8686
Join Pat Palmer of Thornapple Farm and his team of Percheron draft horses for a winter evening of star gazing. Put on your woolies and brave the winter for one of these half hour rides, and don’t forget to bring a thermos with a warm beverage.
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Forester for a Day family
Sat., Feb. 20
Time: Ages 4-5: 9:30-11:30 am; Ages 5+: 12:30-2:30 pm
FEE: Member: $10/parent & child, $5 each additional child; Nonmember: $12/$6
Registration: 802-985-8686
Put on a hard hat and watch a forester fell a tree as we learn the importance of trees in our lives. After exploring the woodlands, work in the woodshop to make a wood product.
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Owl Prowl family
Saturday, February 27
Time: 7:00 pm FEE: $5/members; $6/nonmembers AGES 10 & up Registration: 802-985-8686
Learn how to hoot like an owl and even call one in. Join Craig Newman of OFES for a hike into the woods to try and call in some owls. Then return inside for a cup of hot chocolate and to meet a live owl.
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Star Gazing Sleigh Rides family
Sat., Feb. 27
Time: 6:00 pm, 6:45 pm, 7:30 pm
FEE: Members: $12/adult, $7/child age 3-13; Nonmembers: $15/adult, $10/child age 3-13; children under 3 are free. All rides weather permitting. Reservations required: 802-985-8686
Join Pat Palmer of Thornapple Farm and his team of Percheron draft horses for a winter evening of star gazing. Put on your woolies and brave the winter for one of these half hour rides, and don’t forget to bring a thermos with a warm beverage. |
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March 2010
Star Gazing Sleigh Rides family
Sat., March 6
Time: 6:00 pm, 6:45 pm, 7:30 pm
FEE: Members: $12/adult, $7/child age 3-13; Nonmembers: $15/adult, $10/child age 3-13; children under 3 are free. All rides weather permitting. Reservations required: 802-985-8686
Join Pat Palmer of Thornapple Farm and his team of Percheron draft horses for a winter evening of star gazing. Put on your woolies and brave the winter for one of these half hour rides, and don’t forget to bring a thermos with a warm beverage. |
Maple Open House Weekend family
Saturday & Sunday, March 27 & 28
Time: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm, FREE to all, No registration
Come to our sugarbush on Saturday for some hands-on maple activities with Shelburne Farms educators— from tapping a tree to sugar on snow! On Sunday you can take a self-guided tour of the sugarbush and see the sugarhouse in action.
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Pancake Breakfast family
Saturday & Sunday, March 27 & 28
TIME: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon, FEE: $8/adult, $4/child,
LOCATION: McClure Center for School Programs
No registration
Come enjoy pancakes topped with Shelburne Farms’ very own syrup, offered by the Shelburne Explorers 4-H Club as a benefit for their dairy project.
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April 2010 |
Words Take Wing:
Retreat for Poets & Writers adults
Friday–Sunday, April 23–25
Fee: $300/person includes tuition & meals; optional accommodations: +$60/person/night (double occupancy), Registration: 802-985-8686 Instructors: Julie Cadwallader-Staub & Dotty Holcomb Doherty
Do you write poetry? Wish you could? This retreat will give you the time, space and encouragement to read, write, reflect and wander in a beautiful setting on the shores of Lake Champlain. No experience necessary, just a love of poetry and the natural world. Julie Cadwallader-Staub has been featured on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac; her first collection, FACE TO FACE, will be out in 2010. Dotty Holcomb Doherty is a Maryland writer whose work has been featured in The Healing Muse and Wordgathering.
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May 2010
Bedrock to Birds: The Natural History of Shelburne Farms’ Working Landscape residential
Friday–Sunday, May 28–30
FEE: $300/person includes tuition & meals; optional overnight accommodations: + $60/person/night (double occupancy)
Registration: 802-985-8686 Instructors: Walter Poleman & Matt Kolan, naturalists
Enjoy a weekend rich in discovery and friendship as you explore the natural history of the Farm’s rural working landscape from bedrock to birds and from forest to furniture. The program includes morning bird walks during the year’s most diverse bird-watching season, wildflower identification, geology explorations, and wildlife observation. |
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Pasture to Palate: The Art of Cheesemaking
Friday & Saturday, JUNE 11 & 12 adult program
FEE: $225 includes tuition & meals (accommodations available for additional fee)
Registration: Hilary Sunderland at 802-985-0342 or hsunderland@shelburnefarms.org
Take a two-day journey into artisanal cheesemaking at Shelburne Farms, a 1,400-acre working farm and environmental education center. Your first day will begin with a pasture walk and a visit to the dairy at milking time. Enjoy a reception featuring an array of Vermont's finest cheeses with a guided tasting led by Jeff Roberts, author of THE ATLAS OF AMERICAN ARTISAN CHEESE. On the second day, you'll make cheddar cheese with the Farm's cheesemakers; we'll age the cheese you make and ship you a two-pound block in time for the holidays.
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PAYMENT & CANCELLATION POLICY
for Family Programs, Campfires and Vacation
Days
Payment in full is due with registration. Cancellations
one week prior to the program will receive a credit toward future
programs. No credit will be issued for "no shows" or
cancellations within one week of the program. In cases of
extreme weather, programs may be postponed or cancelled (decision
made 2 hours before program).
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