Calendar of Events
Come join our year-round events for families, children, adults, professionals, and more!
Programs & Events are added throughout the year so check back periodically for updates.
Spaces
are limited. REGISTRATION REQUIRED except where noted. Call 802-985-8686.
Become a member today and receive discounts and priority registration on selected programs.
Shelburne Farmers Market
Every other Saturday, May 26- October 8
Burlington Farmers Market
Every other Saturday, May - September
INFO: www.burlingtonfarmersmarket.org
Come find our cheddar and beef at these winter markets, along with the products of many other local farmers and artisans—maple syrup, bread, wine, produce, crafts, and more!
Find a farmers market in your VERMONT area:
www.vermontagriculture.com/buylocal/buy
Storywalk
Starting Saturday, JUNE 16 FAMILY
FEE: Free with admission to property
Young people and adults are invited to experience Storywalk. Read a wonderful children’s book while walking along the beautiful trail to lone tree hill. Storywalk is a joint project of Montpelier’s Kellogg Hubbard Llibrary and the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition, a nonprofit that promotes bicycling, walking, and running through education and advocacy. Storywalk will be up for the entire summer.
Community Evenings at the Farm
Wednesdays,
JULY 11–AUGUST 22
Enjoy summer evenings at the Farm with local food and entertainment.
July 11–August 1
17th Annual Shelburne Town Farm Barn Family Concert Series. Details at: www.shelburnevt.org
August 8–22
TBD!
MAY 2012
Earthtime: Living Practice/ Practice for Living
Thursday–Sunday, MAY 3-6 ADULT RESIDENTIAL
FEE: $350/person for meals & accommodations (scholarships available); $225 for non-residential participants (Limited spots for non-residential participants)
APPLICATION: 802-985-8686, or
ktwotrees@gmail.com.
INSTRUCTORS: Kaylynn
Sullivan TwoTrees & Matt Kolan
Earthtime Practice is a retreat focused on creating sacred space for reciprocal communication and relationship with nature and the unseen world. The retreat focuses on practices intended to connect us with the Earth’s rhythms, cycles, and patterns. Specific practices include: listening and awareness, guided meditation, and seasonal rituals and celebrations. The collective retreat experiences are intended to support each individual’s unique practice and spiritual path.
The 2nd of 4 seasonal retreats that build on each other, but a commitment to all 4 is not required.
See also: February 2-5, August 2–5, November 1-4.
A Roaring 1920’s
Spring Soiree & Benefit
for Shelburne Farms
Friday, MAY4 SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 7:00–10:30 pm
TICKETS: $100 per person. Space is limited.
Purchase tickets online.
LOCATION: The Inn at Shelburne Farms
INFORMATION: 802-985-0342
Be the cat’s meow! • Wear dapper, swanky & swell attire! •
Swing to the music of Stolen Moments •
Nibble hors d’oeuvres. •
Imbibe (Prohibition’s over!) at cash bar. •
Bid on live auction items.
Proceeds benefit the Farm's education programs.
Dairy Day at the Farm!
Sunday, MAY 6 SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 1:00–4:00 pm FEE: $5/car; walkers free.
NO REGISTRATION
LOCATION: Dairy
Come see our dairy where our Brown Swiss Cow herd makes the milk for our yummy farmhouse cheddar. Explore the barns, visit the calves, take a wagon ride and try your hand at milking a cow. Then see the milking parlor in action on this special day!
Of Cows, Caves, and Cheese
(a new "Pasture to Palate" for 2012!)
Friday–Sunday, MAY 11–13 ADULT RESIDENTIAL
TIME: 8am breakfast on Friday to 4 pm Sunday
FEE: $350/person includes tuition and all meals.
Call for information about special rates on accommodations at The Inn at Shelburne Farms.
INFORMATION/REGISTRATION: Call Hilary Sunderland at: 802-985-0342, or hsunderland@shelburnefarms.org
Take a journey into artisanal cheese-making. Begin at Shelburne Farms with a pasture walk, farm tour, and visit to the dairy at milking time. On day two, make cheddar cheese with the Farm’s cheesemakers (we’ll age it and ship it to you in time for the holidays!). Then travel to the Northeast Kingdom for a rare opportunity to see The Cellars at Jasper Hill, a revolutionary cave aging facility built into a rocky hillside.
International Migratory Bird Day
Saturday, MAY 12 SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm FREE
No registration. RAIN DATE: May 13
OFES will be celebrating this year’s International Migratory Bird Day theme, “Connecting People to Bird Conservation.” Join us at the Kennel to introduce both young and old to fun and educational aspects of birding and bird conservation. There will be live bird presentations, bird walks and a variety of fun birding related activities. Environment for the Americas coordinates the Day.
Green Mountain Draft Horse Beginner Driving Clinic
Saturday & Sunday, MAY 12 & 13
TIME: Saturday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm; Sunday, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm
FEES: includes lunch and light breakfast both days. Both days: $130 /GMDHA member, $145/nonmembers (includes 1-year membership).
Saturday only: $75/GMDHA member, $90/nonmember. Sunday only: $70/GMDHA member, $85/nonmember.
REGISTRATION: Download sign-up sheet at
www.greenmountaindraft.org, call 802-877-6802 or email Jean@greenmountaindraft.org.
Learn the basics of draft horses, and how to harness and ground drive, while focusing on safety working around these large animals. (Horses provided!) On Sunday, get in a cart or wagon, drive an obstacle course, then take turns driving on a horse-drawn tour of the farm. (Sunday prerequisite is to have taken class on Saturday or in the past.)
Green Mountain Draft Horse Plow Day
Sunday, MAY 13
TIME: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm. FEE: Free with admission to property. No registration for public.
TEAMSTER Registration: Download sign-up sheet at
www.greenmountaindraft.org, call 802-877-6802 or email Jean@greenmountaindraft.org.
Watch and learn the art of plowing with draft animals. Teamsters, bring your draft animals and plow.
Sun to Cheese Tour
Wednesday, MAY 16
(& 2nd Wed. of every month thru October)
TIME: 2:00–4:00 pm. FEE: $15/person includes a block of cheese. REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
A behind-the-scenes look at dairy farming and cheesemaking! Hear our farmers and cheesemakers explain the process of turning fresh milk into farmhouse cheddar; tour the dairy and taste cheese with the cheesemakers. The tours will meet at the Welcome Center.
Amazing Amphibians!
Saturday, MAY 19 FAMILY
TIME: 9:30-11:30 am and 12:30-2:30 pm
FEE: Member: $10/parent & child, $5/each additional child, Nonmember: $12/6
Spring is a perfect time to discover Vermont frogs and salamanders! We will hike into their favorite habitats and search for these incredible creatures from egg to adult. Bring your mud boots for some pond dipping fun!
Bird Walk
Thursday, MAY 24
TIME: 7:00–9:00 am. FEE: $6/person. REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Celebrate the return of the dawn chorus. Join naturalist Matt Kolan to explore shrubland, grassland, wetland and forest habitats in search on the sights and sounds of our feathered friends.
Bedrock to Birds:
The Natural History of Shelburne Farms' Working Landscape
Friday - Sunday, MAY 25-27 ADULT RESIDENTIAL
TIME: 11:00 am Friday–2:00 pm, Sunday
FEE: $300/person includes tuition & meals; optional accommodations $60/person/night + tax (double occupancy)
INSTRUCTORS: Walter Poleman & Matt Kolan, naturalists
REGISTRATION: 802-985-0342
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. You’ll enjoy morning bird walks, wildflower identification, geology explorations, and wildlife observations.
JUNE 2012
Mushrooms, Wild & Cultivated
Saturday, JUNE 2
TIME: 9:00am - 4:00pm. FEE:
$65 includes one inoculated mushroom log
REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Join Ari Rockland-Miller, The Mushroom Forager!
The morning will focus on cultivation of common mushrooms (shiitake,
oyster, stropharia, lions mane) and in the afternoon we'll head out into
the woods to hunt for wild mushrooms of all shapes and sizes, learning
the best strategies to find and safely identify wild fungi. Bring your
own lunch.
This same class is also being offered JUNE 3, at
Twin Pond Retreat, Brookfield, VT. It is part of a series of mushroom classes being offered in the Northeast this Spring by Work with Nature. Visit their site and click on the "Mushroom Classes" tab in the top navigation bar.
Nourishing Traditions
Thursday-Saturday, JUNE 7-9 SPECIAL EVENT
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Go to http://goo.gl/dghK4 or contact Tre McCarney, tmccarney@shelburnefarms.org. FEE: All programs are free.
Join Sally Fallon Morell, author of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition And The Diet Dictocrats, for three days of programming in which she will explain and demonstrate the importance of organic farming, pasture fed livestock and a diet of traditional foods. Sally Fallon Morell is founding president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, and a founder of A Campaign for Real Milk. Sponsored by: Aqua Vitae Kombucha, The Burlington Weston A. Price Chapter, Dealer.com, Flack Family Farm, Healthy Living, Main Street Landing, NOFA-VT, Rural Vermont, Shelburne Farms, and Vermont Fresh Network.
The Oiling Of America/The Cholesterol Myths
Thursday, JUNE 7
TIME: 7:00 pm
LOCATION: Main Street Landing Theater, Burlington
LECTURE: The consequences of abandoning a traditional foods diet and the connection with chronic disease.
REAL Milk
Friday, JUNE 8 JUST ADDED!
TIME:9–11 am*
LOCATION: Community Room, Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne VT
WORKSHOP: An interactive workshop on the safety, health benefits and economics of raw milk as the cornerstone of a traditional diet. An open discussion welcoming questions from milk producers, people making products from raw milk and those wanting to know more about this versatile food.
Traditional Diets
Friday, JUNE 8
TIME:1–5 pm*
LOCATION: Coach Barn, Shelburne Farms
SEMINAR: an exploration of the importance of animal fats and other elements for a healthy traditional diet; includes the pioneering work of Dr. Weston A. Price.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Saturday, JUNE 9
TIME:9 am – 2 pm*
LOCATION: Burlington High School
LECTURE: Get started with a traditional diet, including suggestions for no-fuss, economical meals. Afternoon includes hands-on demonstrations by local producers and chefs.
*Childcare available
Veggie and Herb
Container Gardening
Sunday, JUNE 10
TIME: 10:30 am – noon
FEE: $7/person plus the price of the veggies you buy.
INSTRUCTOR: Angela Knapp of Arcana Gardens
REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Think you have no space to garden? Think again! Container gardening is a practical and fun alternative to open space gardens. Salad greens, vining cucumbers, and kitchen herbs can all be just steps away on your deck! Interesting ideas on plants that can also provide a lovely privacy screen. Bring a 2-3 gallon container if you would like to purchase some plants to get started. Soil provided.
Sun to Cheese Tours
Wednesday, JUNE 13
(& 2nd Wednesday of every month thru October) SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 2:00–4:00 pm.
FEE: $15/person includes a block of cheese.
REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
A behind-the-scenes look at dairy farming and cheesemaking! Hear our farmers and cheesemakers explain the process of turning fresh milk into farmhouse cheddar; tour the dairy and taste cheese with the cheesemakers. Tours leave the Welcome Center promptly at 2:00 pm.
Morning Birdwalk
Friday, JUNE 15
TIME: 7:00–9:00 am
FEE: $6/person
REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Celebrate the return of the dawn chorus. Join naturalist Matt Kolan to explore shrubland, grassland, wetland, and forest habitats in search of the sights and sounds of our feathered friends.
Words Take Wing
A Retreat for Poets & Writers
Friday–Sunday, JUNE 22–24 ADULT RESIDENTIAL
FEE: $300/person includes tuition and meals.
Optional accommodations $60/person/night plus tax (double occupancy)
REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686 INFORMATION: 802-985-0342
Do you write poetry? Or wish you could? Do you long for more time to write? At this retreat, Julie and Dotty will help you find your own voice. Prompts, group and solo time allow you to delve into your writing and share with others. On the shores of Lake Champlain you will have time to read, reflect and wander. No experience necessary – just a love of poetry and the natural world.
Retreat participants will have the opportunity for individual consultations.
Guided nature walks are offered for inspiration.
Julie Cadwallader-Staub’s poems have been published in numerous journals and publications. Her first collection, FACE TO FACE, was published in 2010. Julie has also been featured frequently
on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac. Dotty Holcomb Doherty is a Maryland writer whose work has been featured in The Delmarva Reviw, The Healing Muse and other publications.
Many Voices, One Orchestra 25th Gala Concert
of the Essex Children’s Choir
Saturday, JUNE 23 SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 3:00 pm TICKETS: $25. Order at www.Flynntix.org or 802-863-5966
INFORMATION: 802-863-9161
LOCATION: Breeding Barn
Celebrate 25 years of the Essex Children’s Choir: enriching lives through choral artistry, education and community service. Collaborators: Counterpoint,Nathaniel Lew, Director; Wayne Hobbs, Tenor; and Maple Jam, Vermont’s premier a cappella jazz ensemble. They’ll take you on a sensational journey of art music from europe to the shores of America. Founding Director: Constance J. Price; Founding Accompanist: Karen Reed
“Dear Pina” Dance
Previews: Monday & Tuesday,
JUNE 25 & 26
Performances:
Wednesday–Saturday, JUNE 27–30 SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 7:00 pm
TICKETS: $25 (preview nights $15)
Order at www.flynntix.org or 802-863-5966
LOCATION: The Breeding Barn
INFORMATION: www.hannahdennison.org for video clips and more
An evening-length dance/theater tribute to Pina Bausch, the well-known German choreographer who changed the shape of dance and influenced artists around the world, including Vermont choreographer Hannah Dennison, the show’s originator and director. Performed by a topnotch ensemble of 30 Vermont dancers. Original music composed by Dave Severance; choreography by Hannah Dennison, Amy Lepage and Hanna Satterlee. Presented by Cradle to Grave Arts in partnership with the Flynn Center.
A Toast to the Season:
Dinner in the Vineyard
Thursday, JUNE 28
TIME: 6:00 pm
FEE: $50/person (includes tax). Shelburne
Vineyard wines available at a cash bar REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
RAIN SITE: Pipe Room at the Farm Barn
Enjoy our annual family-style dinner featuring ingredients produced on the Farm in a spectacular vineyard setting while you watch the sun setting over Lake Champlain. Winemakers Ken and Gail Albert, Market Gardener Josh Carter and Chef David Hugo will be your hosts.
Garden Tea Party
Saturday, JUNE 30 FAMILY
TIME: 1:00–3:00 pm AGES: 4+
FEE: Member: $10/parent & child, $5/each additional child; Nonmember: $12/parent & child, $7/each additional child
REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Bring your family to enjoy the colorful, fragrant gardens at the Inn at Shelburne Farms! After we go on a treasure hunt adventure you will learn to make your own tea bags and enjoy some tea and tasty treats.
JULY 2012
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, JULY 4 SPECIAL EVENT
TICKETS: Order at www.flynntix.org or 802-863-5966
INFORMATION: 802-864-5741 x10; 1-800-vso-9293 x10; www.vso.org LOCATION: Inn lawn
National Brown Swiss Sale & Cattle Auction
Saturday, JULY 7
SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 10:30 am–1 pm FEE: free LOCATION: Breeding Barn
Cattle auctions are a great spectator sport! Come view more than 60 of the best Brown Swiss cows in the country. Maybe you’ll drive home with a bovine in your back seat! Being held in conjunction with the National Brown Swiss Cattle Association’s conference in the Burlington area.
Tour Two Great Country Houses: The Brick House and Shelburne House
Saturday, JULY 7
TIME: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
FEE: $35/member of Shelburne Farms or Shelburne Museum; $40 nonmember
INFO & REGISTRATION: 802-985-3346, ext 3368 or email brickhouse@shelburnemuseum.org
Reservations must be made at least one week in advance of the desired tour date
Discover the relationship between two generations of American country houses on this special in-depth tour of the Brick House—the Colonial Revival Vermont home of Shelburne Museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb; and Shelburne House (the Inn at Shelburne Farms)—the Gilded Age house of her in-laws, Dr. William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb. Also offered Saturday, OCT. 13
Nature Connection & Regenerative Leadership
Sunday–Friday, JULY 8–13
FEE: $795 (noncredit)
REGISTRATION:
For noncredit: www.8shields.org.
For UVM credit (additional fee): www.uvm.edu/~summer /course-detail/?Crn=61323
LOCATION: Shelburne Farms
INSTRUCTORS: Jon Young, Lauren Dalberth, Matt Kolan, and a skilled team of facilitators from around the country.
Explore leadership practices for creating change in our own communities, organizations, fields, and regions. Take an experiential journey; exploring practices, principles, and core routines for creating transformative learning experiences that foster deep and long-lasting relationships and connections to nature and place. A partnership of UVM, 8 Shields Network, and Shelburne Farms.
Watershed for Every Classroom 2012-2013
Begins JULY 9-13, Monday-Friday
FEE: $400 (scholarships available).
A Watershed for Every Classroom is a year-long professional development experience for educators in the Lake Champlain Basin (Vermont, New York and Quebec), brought to you by the CBEI partners. It offers teachers inspiration, knowledge and skills to frame exciting place-based learning around watersheds. Information & Application. Applications due May 18.
Additional dates: October 19-20, 2012, February 8-9, 2013; May 3-4, 2013
Sun to Cheese Tour
Wednesday, JULY 11
(& 2nd Wed. of every month thru October)
TIME: 2:00–4:00 pm. FEE: $15/person includes a block of cheese. REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
A behind-the-scenes look at dairy farming and cheesemaking! Hear our farmers and cheesemakers explain the process of turning fresh milk into farmhouse cheddar; tour the dairy and taste cheese with the cheesemakers. The tours will meet at the Welcome Center.
Propagating Mystery Saving Seeds for Food & the Future
Lunch at the Inn & Program
Thursday, JULY 12
TIME: 12:00 – 2:30 pm FEE: $25/person (includes lunch at the inn)
REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
In her Hartland, Vermont garden, Sylvia Davatz works to save common, rare, and endangered seeds of open-pollinated vegetable varieties. Sylvia will talk about her long passion for seed saving and share stories about successes and failures. Lunch featuring produce from the market garden will be followed by a tour of the market garden with josh carter. Four years ago, Sylvia launched solstice seeds, a small seed company dedicated to offering locally adapted, regionally appropriate, open-pollinated seed.
Shore Explore
Saturday, JULY 14
TIME: 9 am – 4 pm FEE: $55/member, $60/ nonmember (includes lunch) REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Wade along some of the farm’s two miles of shoreline with naturalist Walter Poleman and Shelburne Farms’ Marshall Webb. Learn the geological history of the Champlain Valley and find out why white lines run through all the beach rocks! The program runs rain or shine, but if it’s very wavy, expect less wading and more walking. This program is physically challenging and requires sturdy water shoes. Expect to get soaked!
Project Seasons Summer Workshop
Tuesday–Thursday, JULY 17-19, 2012 for EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS
TIME: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM FEE: $300 includes copy of PROJECT SEASONS (scholarships available).
One graduate
credit optional for additional $175
Special scholarships for Middlebury Teachers, courtesy of the Middlebury Garden Club! Download Middlebury Scholarship Application.
PRESENTED BY: Shelburne Farms
INFORMATION: Linda Wellings, lwellings@shelburnefarms.org
Enrich your early childhood curriculum with exciting, interdisciplinary, and hands on, teacher friendly activities on environmental and agricultural topics. This workshop is designed to increase science literacy and cultivate connections by tracing the food we eat and the clothes we wear back to the farm.
Community Works Summer Institute on Service-Learning
JULY 16-20 for EDUCATORS
For more information, visit Community Works Institute.
Bats in the Barn
Friday, JULY 20 FAMILY
TIME: 7:30–9:00 pm FEE: member: $10/parent & child, $5/each additional child; nonmember: $12/parent & child, $7/each additional child
REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Mosquitoes getting you down? Come celebrate the best bug zappers around! We’ll learn about the benefits of bats, then venture out with Barry the bat guy to watch the flight of the barn’s bats as they leave for their evening hunt.
Vermont Cheesemakers Festival
Sunday, JULY 22 SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm. Complete information & tickets at: www.vtcheesefest.com
Vermont is the premium artisanal cheese state with the highest number of cheesemakers per capita: over 40 of them! Experience vermont’s passion for making fine cheeses, taste local and fresh foods and wines, and meet the artisans who make them. Expand your experience with a pairing seminar. Tickets limited! The festival has sold out in advance the past 2 years.
Bats on the Farm
Tuesday, JULY 24 ADULT
TIME: 7:30-9:00 pm FEE: $6/member; $8/nonmember REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Mosquitoes getting you down? Come celebrate nature’s best bug zappers! Learn about the benefits of bats; discuss commonly asked questions on rabies, white nose syndrome and how to have your own bat box. Then venture out with Barry the bat guy to see one of vermont’s biggest bat houses and watch the flight of the bats as they leave for their evening hunt.
Burlington Ensemble - A Benefit Concert for Vermont Feed
Tuesday, JULY 24 SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: Gates open at 5:30 pm for picnicking followed by the 7:30 pm indoor concert.
TICKETS: $30/person; purchase at: www.burlingtonensemble.com.
INFORMATION: burlington.ensemble@gmail.com or 802-598-9520. LOCATION: Coach Barn
Vermont-based Burlington Ensemble— nine world-class musicians—will perform an indoor chamber music concert to benefit Vermont Feed, a statewide Farm to School program that provides food, farming, and nutrition education programs in classrooms, cafeterias, and communities. (Shelburne Farms is a partner.)
Shelburne Farms
40th Anniversary Cookout & Dancing
Saturday, JULY 28 SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 4:00-9:00 pm TICKETS: Dinner & dancing: $25/adult & $10/child 3-12 years (under 3 are free); purchase at: http://store.shelburnefarms.org
Neighbors, friends, members – 2012 is Shelburne Farms’ 40th year educating for sustainability! Join us from 4-5 pm for reflections and remarks. Celebrate together at a fun-filled cookout by the lake from 5:30-7:00 pm, followed by music and dancing in the Coach Barn. Bid on many wonderful silent and live auction items to benefit the Farm’s education programs. Cash bar (beer/wine). Don’t miss the fun!
Green Mountain Draft Horse Field Day
Saturday, JULY 28 SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 11am–2 pm FEE: Free with admission to property
Watch demonstrations of draft horses plowing, haying and logging, using modern and antique equipment, and chat with teamsters about what it’s like to farm with horses in today’s world. Mini horses will demonstrate how helpful they can be around the farm, too! Wagon rides will be offered to some areas of the farm not normally explored. (Donations accepted)
Mindfulness Connections
JULY 30 - AUGUST 3 for TEENS
TIME: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
INFORMATION: Margaret Burke, 802-985-0327, mburke@shelburnefarms.org
South Burlington Wellness and Resiliency Program will be collaborating with Shelburne Farms for a week-long mindful teen program. The program supports teens’ connections to self and to the environment while building inner resiliency. Teens are invited to come for the week to connect with the land and with themselves through a community experience of movement, stillness, and sensory exercises.
NEW! The Summer Institute on Education for Sustainability
Monday-Friday, JULY 30-AUGUST 3, 2012 for EDUCATORS
TIME: Monday – Thursday, 8:30-4:30 and Friday, 8:30-12
FEE: $550 includes materials, light breakfast and lunch. (Scholarships available)
One graduate credit optional for additional $175
Special scholarships for Middlebury Teachers, courtesy of the Middlebury Garden Club! Download Middlebury Scholarship Application.
INFORMATION: Jen Cirillo, jcirillo@shelburnefarms.org
Four and a half informative and restorative days created to provide an opportunity for participants to deepen their understanding of Education for Sustainability - part conference, part workshop, part retreat. More details coming soon!
AUGUST 2012
Earthtime: Living Practice/ Practice for Living
Thursday–Sunday, AUGUST 2–5 ADULT RESIDENTIAL
FEE: $350/person for meals & accommodations (scholarships available); $225 for non-residential participants (Limited spots for non-residential participants)
APPLICATION: 802-985-8686, or
ktwotrees@gmail.com.
INSTRUCTORS: Kaylynn
Sullivan TwoTrees & Matt Kolan
Earthtime Practice is a retreat focused on creating sacred space for reciprocal communication and relationship with nature and the unseen world. The retreat focuses on practices intended to connect us with the Earth’s rhythms, cycles, and patterns. Specific practices include: listening and awareness, guided meditation, and seasonal rituals and celebrations. The collective retreat experiences are intended to support each individual’s unique practice and spiritual path.
The 3rd of 4 seasonal retreats that build on each other, but a commitment to all 4 is not required.
See also: February 2-5, May 3–6, November 1-4.
16th Annual
Vermont Fresh Network Forum
Sunday, AUGUST 5 SPECIAL EVENT
TIME: 5:00–9:00 pm
TICKETS/INFORMATION: www.vermontfresh.net or 802-434-2000
LOCATION: Coach Barn
Take an edible journey through Vermont’s foodways, guided by farmers, chefs and artisanal food producers. The celebration will feature a bounty of local products cultivated by hardworking farmers and grilled, braised and baked into delectable offerings by Vermont’s finest chefs. This annual event is a wonderful opportunity to mingle and break bread with those interested in ensuring a fair and sustainable food system for our future.
Sun to Cheese Tour
Wednesday, AUGUST 8
(& 2nd Wed. of every month thru October)
TIME: 2:00–4:00 pm. FEE: $15/person includes a block of cheese. REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
A behind-the-scenes look at dairy farming and cheesemaking! Hear our farmers and cheesemakers explain the process of turning fresh milk into farmhouse cheddar; tour the dairy and taste cheese with the cheesemakers. The tours will meet at the Welcome Center.
Vermont Fresh Network Farmers’ Dinner
on Sheep’s Knoll
Thursday, AUGUST 16
TIME: 6:00 pm FEE: $50/person (includes tax) wine & beer available at a cash bar
REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686 RAIN SITE: Pipe Room at Farm Barn
Sample the season’s offering with a dinner outdoors on Sheep’s Knoll, enjoying spectacular farm vistas. The menu, prepared by Chef David Hugo, will feature food raised on the Farm and you will have the opportunity to meet Shelburne Farms’ producers and deepen your understanding of Vermont’s edible landscape.
Moonlit Campfire
Saturday, AUGUST 18 FAMILY
TIME: 7:00–9:00 pm FEE: member: $10/parent & child, $5/each additional child; nonmember: $12/$7 REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686 All ages
Enjoy listening to (non-scary) stories while sitting around a campfire on a warm summer evening. There will be a live owl presentation following the story
Create a Fresh Flower Arrangement Fit for the Inn
Saturday, AUGUST 25
TIME: 10 am – 12 noon
FEE: $30/person
INSTRUCTOR: Victoria Dilley, Floral Designer for the Inn RAIN DATE: August 26
Learn how to create amazing flower arrangements using flowers from Shelburne Farms’ own cutting garden. Tour the cutting garden with Market Gardener Josh Carter, and leave with your very own floral masterpiece. Please bring your own container or vase, no bigger than 1 ft tall by 6 inches round
SEPTEMBER 2012
Sun to Cheese Tour
Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 12
(& 2nd Wed. of every month thru October)
TIME: 2:00–4:00 pm. FEE: $15/person includes a block of cheese. REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
A behind-the-scenes look at dairy farming and cheesemaking! Hear our farmers and cheesemakers explain the process of turning fresh milk into farmhouse cheddar; tour the dairy and taste cheese with the cheesemakers. The tours will meet at the Welcome Center.
2012-2013 Aspiring Naturalists!(Ants program)
2nd Thursday of the month starting SEPTEMBER
thru MAY for TEENS
TIME: 4:30–6:30 pm Ages: 13–17
INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: Margaret Burke, 802-985-0327 INSTRUCTORS: Educator Margaret Burke; Educator & Naturalist Teage O’Connor
To the naturalist, each season offers a unique window to understand the nature that surround us. Teens will practice naturalist skills through observation and exploring seasonal changes around the Farm. Experience tracking predators, building fires-by-friction, rope making, learning bird songs, eating wild edibles, and making new friends!
Weekend overnight nature programs
iIn September, March, June.
34th Annual Harvest Festival!
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 15
TIME: 10:00–4:00 pm.
Celebrate the autumn traditions of Vermont’s farms and forests with musical entertainment, hay rides, demonstrations, farm-fresh food from Shelburne Farms and neighboring farmers, antique farm machines, farm animals, and back for the second year, the newly expanded hay bale maze. Want to volunteer? Call 802-985-8686, or email Julia: jpenca@shelburnefarms.org.
OCTOBER 2012
Sun to Cheese Tour
Wednesday, OCTOBER 10
(& 2nd Wed. of every month thru October)
TIME: 2:00–4:00 pm. FEE: $15/person includes a block of cheese. REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
A behind-the-scenes look at dairy farming and cheesemaking! Hear our farmers and cheesemakers explain the process of turning fresh milk into farmhouse cheddar; tour the dairy and taste cheese with the cheesemakers. The tours will meet at the Welcome Center.
Tour Two Great Country Houses: The Brick House and Shelburne House
Saturday, OCTOBER 13
TIME: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
FEE: $35/member of Shelburne Farms or Shelburne Museum; $40 nonmember
INFO & REGISTRATION: 802.985.3346, ext 3368 or email brickhouse@shelburnemuseum.org
Reservations must be made at least one week in advance of the desired tour date
Discover the relationship between two generations of American country houses on this special in-depth tour of the Brick House—the Colonial Revival Vermont home of Shelburne Museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb; and Shelburne House (the Inn at Shelburne Farms)—the Gilded Age house of her in-laws, Dr. William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb.
Art at the Coach Barn: 25th Annual Art Exhibition and Sale
Friday, OCTOBER 20 - Sunday, NOVEMBER 4
TIME: Daily, 10:00 am -5:00 pm.
To commemorate the 25th year of the Art Exhibition and Sale, and the 40th year of the nonprofit Shelburne Farms, we are hosting a retrospective show in 2012, show-casing artists who have exhibited with us over the past 25 years. More details to come.
The ABC’s of Farm Education
Sunday - Tuesday, OCTOBER 21 - 23
FEE: $200 (includes all
materials & meals). Scholarships
available. Limited accommodations
for additional fee.
REGISTRATION/INFORMATION:
Erica Curry, 802-985-0325,
ecurry@shelburnefarms.org
Discover exciting, hands-on ways to develop agricultural education
programs for school groups with kid-tested, easy-to-use activities from
PROJECT SEASONS, a collection of teaching ideas
developed by teachers and agriculture educators
over the past 20 years. If you are just starting to
explore the possibilities of opening your farm
for education, or looking for new ideas for
your program, this is the workshop for you.
Shelburne Farms’ farmyard, dairy, gardens,
and forest will be our campus with the
Education Center as our hub. Topics include
marketing your farm program to schools and the
community, creating a safe farm environment
for the public, and meeting teachers’ needs.
NOVEMBER 2012
Earthtime: Living Practice/ Practice for Living
Thursday–Sunday, NOVEMBER 1–4 ADULT RESIDENTIAL
FEE: $350/person for meals & accommodations (scholarships available); $225 for non-residential participants (Limited spots for non-residential participants)
APPLICATION: 802-985-8686, or
ktwotrees@gmail.com.
INSTRUCTORS: Kaylynn
Sullivan TwoTrees & Matt Kolan
Earthtime Practice is a retreat focused on creating sacred space for reciprocal communication and relationship with nature and the unseen world. The retreat focuses on practices intended to connect us with the Earth’s rhythms, cycles, and patterns. Specific practices include: listening and awareness, guided meditation, and seasonal rituals and celebrations. The collective retreat experiences are intended to support each individual’s unique practice and spiritual path.
The 4th of 4 seasonal retreats that build on each other, but a commitment to all 4 is not required.
See also: February 2-5, May 3–6, August 2–5.
DECEMBER 2012
JANUARY 2013
FEBRUARY 2013
MARCH 2013
APRIL 2013
