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.
Become
a member today and receive discounts and priority registration on selected programs.
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Ongoing Events
Sun to Cheese Tours adults
2nd Wednesday of each month, MAY - OCTOBER
TIME: 2–4 pm FEE: $15/person includes a block of
cheese to take home. 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
cheesemaking facility.
Storywalk family
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 4 – Sunday, OCTOBER. 17
Fee: FREE with property admission Location: TBD
Walk our wonderful trails and read a fall-themed children’s book along the way. Storywalk is a joint project of Montpelier’s Kellogg Hubbard Library and the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrians Coalition, a nonprofit that promotes bicycling, walking and running through education and advocacy. (Check our website in early September for trail site and book title.)
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September 2010
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Sun to Cheese Tour special event
Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 8
TIME: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm FEE: $15/person includes a block of cheese to take home
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 cheesemaking facility.
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Hawk Migration Program adults
Friday, SEPTEMBER 17
TIME: 7:00 pm AGES: Ages 10 and up REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Are you a beginner hawk watcher? Come discover the mysteries of migration and learn some basic hawk identification skills. There’ll be a live bird presentation, too!
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Annual Choral Celebration of the Earth: World Peace & Healing special event
Sunday, SEPTEMBER 19
TIME: 4:00 pm LOCATION: Breeding Barn NO REGISTRATION Public welcome FEE: free-will collection at the door INFORMATION: All Souls Interfaith Gathering: www.allsoulsinterfaith.org or 985-3819 Guest Speaker: Amy Seidl, author of Early Spring, research scholar at Middlebury College, ecologist, activist, & mother
Listen to an inspirational blending of choral voices from In Accord, All Souls Interfaith Choir, and the Essex Children’s Choir singing in the cathedral-like Breeding Barn. Amy Seidl will share global warming’s impact upon the 21st century landscape. The barnis unheated; please dress for the weather.
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Art at the Coach Barn special event
Shelburne Farms 23rd Annual Art Exhibition and Sale
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23 – Sunday, OCTOBER 24
TIME: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm daily FEE: FREE with property admission
Enjoy the work of 44 artists in water- color, oil, wood, stone, pastel and other media. Proceeds support Shelburne Farms’ education programs.
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Poetry at the Art Show adults
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23 (Also, Thursday, OCTOBER 30 with Rick Bessette)
TIME: 5:00–6:00 pm FEE: FREE Registration: 802-985-8686
Gather in the gallery at the Art at the Coach Barn Exhibition for poetry readings by two Vermont poets. Come early to enjoy the exhibition before the reading. Register for one or both evenings.
Julie Cadwallader-Staub, a featured poet on The Writer’s Almanac, will read from her first collection FACE TO FACE. (See “Words Take Wing” program, p.3.)
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Farm Wellness Retreat adults
Friday–Sunday, SEPTEMBER 24–26
FEE: $300 (sliding scale available) REGISTRATION: www.farmwellnessretreats.org
Come be nourished and renewed with Grace Jull, MA, founder of Farm Wellness Retreats and a senior wellness instructor from Kripalu Center. These 3 days of simple breathing, moving, cooking and meditative practices will deepen your connection to self, others and to the profound web of life that holds us all. For more information about the Shelburne Farms Retreat or the local training to become a Farm Wellness leader (Sept. 18–22), visit web site listed above.
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Shelburne Farms 32nd Annual Harvest Festival family
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 25
TIME: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm FEE: $8/adult, $5/child, FREE to members and children under 3
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 machinery and farm animals. Want to volunteer? Call 985-8686. Please no pets.
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Shoreline Hike at Shelburne Farms adullts
Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 29
TIME: 10:00 am FEE: Free Registration: Lake Champlain Land Trust, 802-862-4150 or info@lclt.org
Join the Lake Champlain Land Trust and Shelburne Farms’ naturalist Matt Kolan on an easy hike to learn more about land use changes along the lake and the importance of protecting shoreline natural areas. We will begin at the Shelburne Farms shoreline protected by a conservation agreement with the Lake Champlain Land Trust and end at Lone Tree Hill. Bring a bag lunch and eat while enjoying a spectacular autumn view of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks. Space is limited, so register early.
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October 2010
Cheddar is a Verb: Be a Cheesemaker for a Day! adults
Friday, OCTOBER 1
TIME: 8am - 4pm FEE: $75/person REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
A full-day experience in the art and science of cheese. Work side-by-side with our cheesemakers to turn 6,000 lbs of milk into cheddar! Topics include: raw milk cheese, the 8 steps of cheesemaking, and cheese quality and aging. The day includes a home cheesemaking demonstration.
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Nutrient Dense Farming & Gardening Series adults
Saturdays, OCTOBER 2, DECEMBER 4, MARCH 5, APRIL30 & JUNE 25
FEE: $300/person for the series (includes all workshops, twice monthly newsletters, comprehensive soil analysis & consultations) INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: Douglas Williams 603-924-7008, doug@realfoodcampaign.org
Learn the principles and practices of this new way of working with the biology and energy of your soil to produce more nutritious crops for healthier lives. Designed for farmers, market gardeners, landscape designers, and home gardeners.
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Art at the Coach Barn Tea and Tour adults
Wednesday, OCTOBER 6
TIME: 2:45-4:30 pm TICKETS: $18/person REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Join exhibiting artists to discover the creativity, craft, and inspiration behind the artwork at our 23rd art exhibition. Afterwards, enjoy afternoon tea, with sweet and savory treats, and further discussion with the artists at the Inn.
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Annual “Share the Harvest” special event
Thursday, OCTOBER 7
TIME: 7:30 – 11:30 am BREAKFAST RESERVATIONS: Call the Inn at 802-985-8498 INFORMATION: Other participating sites: 802-434-4122
Enjoy breakfast at the Inn at Shelburne Farms and the Inn will contribute 10% of its sales to help low-income families afford a summer of fresh produce from local farms. A statewide event sponsored by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont; www.nofa.org
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Cooking Close to Home: In Season adults
Thursday, OCTOBER 7
TIME: 5:30 – 7:30 pm FEE: Free REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Diane Imrie and Richard Jarmusz, co-authors of COOKING CLOSE TO HOME: A Year of Seasonal Recipes, return to share more tips for eating in season using the produce typically received in a farm share or grown in a home garden. The program will include a sampling of fall recipes from the book featuring produce grown in the Farm’s Market Garden. Copies of the book will be for sale at the program.
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Orienteering family
Saturday, OCTOBER 9
TIME: Clinic: 9–10 am, Courses (beginner, intermediate & advanced): 10 am–12 pm AGES: Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult FEE: Member: $10/parent & child, $5/each additional child, Nonmember: $12/6; $5 for just the course. REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686. Walk-ins welcome.
Use a map and compass to find your way from point to point across the farm. Presented in partnership with the Green Mountain Orienteering Club.
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Sun to Cheese Tour special event
Wednesday, OCTOBER 13
TIME: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm FEE: $15/person includes a block of cheese to take home
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 cheesemaking facility.
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Tour Two Great Country Houses: The Brick House and Shelburne House adults
Saturday, OCTOBER 16 This program is FULL. For waitlist, call 802-985-3346, ext. 3368
TIME: 1:00-4:00 pm FEE: $35/member of Shelburne Farms or Shelburne Museum; $40/nonmember INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: brickhouse@shelburnemuseum.org.
Enjoy in-depth tours of both the Brick House, the Colonial Revival Vermont home of Shelburne Museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb, and Shelburne House (The Inn at Shelburne Farms).
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Terrific Tractors: & other cool farm machines family
Sunday, OCTOBER 17
TIME: 10:00 am-4:00 pm FEE: FREE with property admission
Come celebrate the last day of our season by climbing aboard tractors and other big machines! Our Farm Barn courtyard will have a variety of vehicles for all ages to enjoy!
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Encore Dinner at the Inn adults
Friday, OCTOBER 22
FEE: $65/person; with optional wine pairings: $97/person (excludes tax & gratuity)
DINNER RESERVATIONS: Call the Inn at 802-985-8498 LOCATION: Main Dining Room at the Inn
Join us for a special evening after the Inn has closed and let us share the fresh and delicious products raised on the Farm with you one more time. Our farmers will be available to share stories of the season so come early to meet them. Cash bar will open at 4:00 pm.
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Hunter’s Moon Campfire family
Friday, OCTOBER 22
TIME: 7:00 pm Fee: Member: $10/parent & child,$5/each additional child, Nonmember: $12/6; $5 REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686.
Celebrate the arrival of the autumnal equinox, the time of year for migration and preparing for the coming winter. There will be non-scary stories told around a campfire and a live bird.
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Poetry at the Art Show adults
Thursday, OCTOBER 30 (Also, Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23 with Julie Cadwallader-Staub)
TIME: 5:00–6:00 pm FEE: FREE REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686
Gather in the gallery at the Art at the Coach Barn Exhibition for poetry readings by two Vermont poets. Come early to enjoy the exhibition before the reading. Register for one or both evenings.
Rick Bessette, will read from his forthcoming collection, A VERMONTER’S HERITAGE.
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November 2010
Predator or Prey? family
Saturday, NOVEMBER 6
TIME: 10:00 am Ages 7 & up FEE: Member: $10/parent & child, $5/each additional child, Nonmember: $12/6; $5 REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686.
Learn about the relationships and interdependency of predators and prey through activities that demonstrate the links in the food web. You’ll get to meet a live predator, too!
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Moonlit Wagon Rides family
Saturday, NOVEMBER 20
TIMES: 5:15 pm, 6:00 pm, 6:45 pm, 7:30 pm FEE: $10/adults, $7/children under 12 REGISTRATION: 802-985-8686.
A moonlit evening is a great time to enjoy Shelburne Farms by horse-drawn wagon ride! Celebrate this magical time of year with light snacks and activities back at the education center before or after your ride. Hoping to ride with a friend? Let Julia know when you register, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you! |
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