What is one (of many!) things that American Kestrels and Eastern Screech Owls have in common? They nest in cozy cavities. Come build a nest box for these important raptors and learn when and...
Put on a hard hat, watch a forester fell a tree, and learn the importance of trees in our lives. Then, work in the woodshop to make a wood product for your home.
For ages five and up...
Have you ever wondered what owls like to eat? Let’s dissect owl pellets to find out! We’ll make masks and meet a live owl, too!
For ages five and up with accompanying adult.
Did you know that felt is a fabric made from sheep’s wool? Meet a sheep from the Shelburne Farms flock and learn how to turn its fluffy wool into a beautiful felted flower. We'll spend time...
Saturday, Any time between 9:30AM & 1:30PMFamily Program
Call up a friend! Meet wiggly worms, burrow underground like a woodchuck, tap a sugar maple, along with so many other activities at your own pace and schedule. Seating and tables available if you...
Join with educators, students, and community partners at the Vermont History Museum for a day-long workshop and design studio on March 18th. This is the second event in a series of...
Saturday to Sunday, 10:00AM–1:00PMFamily Program, Special Event
Explore Our Sugarbush
Head up to the sugarbush to see the sugarhouse in action! Enjoy a taste of maple syrup as you learn about the journey of sap to syrup. Explore a sugarmaker’s tools, tap a...
Join the Vermont Sheep and Goat Association for a day-long lambing clinic. Master Shepherd Chet Parsons will start the morning off with a class to go over the basics: ewe nutrition,...
Come explore Farm to Early Childhood (FTEC) programming with us!
Cultivating Farm to Early Childhood is an opportunity for you — Family Child Care, Head Start, Center-Based, Public Pre-K, and Home...
Are you looking to build a farm-based education program, or inspire your existing programming?
At this workshop, you’ll fill your toolbox with kid-tested, educator approved activities, as you join...
Watershed for Every Classroom (WEC) is a year-long professional development experience for K-12 educators in the Lake Champlain Basin of Vermont, New York and Québec, brought to you by ...
Saturday, 8:30AM–3:30PM, lunch and snacks providedEducator Workshop
Grades 6-12 teachers, we would like to invite you to learn about the great work happening in local classrooms. Please join us for this Design Studio, where we'll...
Saturday to Sunday, Saturday 9:00AM–4:00PM, Sunday 9:30AM–2:00PMAdult Program
In this two-day, hands-on clinic, you’ll work with experienced teamsters of the Green Mountain Draft Horse Association and their horses in the beautiful setting of the Breeding Barn. If you’ve never...
Truly experience the energy of late spring by connecting to nature. Slowly walk and pause amongst the waking trees, the budding plants and listen to the springtime birds. Give yourself this time to...
Friday to Saturday, Year-long Program Special Event
Watershed for Every Classroom (WEC) is a year-long professional development experience for K-12 educators in the Lake Champlain Basin of Vermont, New York and Québec, brought to you by ...
We’ve taken some of your favorite school program topics and turned them into one-day, seasonal educator workshops!
In "Milk and More," you'll explore a Vermont tradition and build awareness of the...
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...
Join us for afternoon tea and create a spring planter for your home with Victoria Dilley, floral designer at the Inn. Enjoy a stroll through the Formal Gardens before heading home with your creation...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Saturday, 9:30–11:30 AM or 12:30–2:30PMFamily Program
Bring your mud boots for some pond dipping fun! Spring is a perfect time to explore the pond for life and all of the cool critters that live there. We'll hike down to the pond, dip in to look...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Friday to Saturday, 9:00AM–5:00PM Friday & SaturdaySpecial Event
Come learn the core principles of traditional diets and explore how lifestyle and the environment in which you live impacts health.
Hosted at Shelburne Farms, Nourish Vermont is a program...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Monday to Tuesday, Monday 9:00AM–7:00PM, Tuesday 9:00AM–5:00PMAdult Program
Throughout the course of the two-day program, you’ll build a rustic table or bench with metal legs out of a piece of slab wood from a tree grown on the Farm. Begin your experience by exploring and...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
The Northeast Farm to School Institute is a unique year-long professional learning opportunity for twelve school teams from New England and New York. It is a cornerstone professional development...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Are you looking for new ways to connect your program to the community outside of your classroom? Join us at the Farm for hands-on, interdisciplinary activities and explore ways in which these can be...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm Educator Workshop
Spend five rich days with colleagues from around the country at an informative and restorative institute created to give you the opportunity to deepen your understanding of Education for...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Monday to Thursday, Multiple all-day sessions, some overnightsEducator Workshop
The Forest for Every Classroom is offered in partnership with Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Green Mountain National Forest, and the Stewardship Institute. The...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Thursday to Friday, 8:30am-4:30pmEducator Workshop
For those wishing to dive deeply into their education for sustainability work in a residential, retreat-like setting at Shelburne Farms. We will hold evening programming on Thursday night...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
Where does the story of our delicious Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese begin? Come join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to discover the art and science of cheesemaking. Visit the dairy, meet the cows that...
