Adult Programs
Bridging the Agricultural and Culinary Traditions of Sicily and Vermont with Fabrizia Lanza
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$400 (includes breakfast, lunch and dinner using seasonal and farm fresh ingredients on May 10-11 exclusive of alcohol)

Explore how food, farming, and sustainability are deeply intertwined — connecting the landscapes of Sicily and Vermont.

Adult Programs
Advocating for Preservation and Scenic Beauty: Insights and Inspiration from the Life of an Unknown Civic Champion
Free
With Preservation Trust of Vermont, UVM Historic Preservation Graduate Program

Join us for a conversation with award-winning preservationist Anthony Wood and Vermont preservationist Emily Wadhams to explore the remarkable life of civic advocate and preservation champion Albert Sprague Bard.  

Adult Programs
Weed Walk & Nettle Pesto Making
$25
With Spoonful Herbals

Learn how to sustainably harvest nettles and then process them into a nutrient dense nettle pesto to take home.

Adult Programs
Community Farming & Grassland Birds: A Local Conservation Strategy
Free

Join Noah Perlut, Ph.D. to learn how the timing and intensity of haying affects grasslands birds and how Vermont's farming and landowner community are balancing bird and farmer needs.

Adult Programs
Pasture Walk and Picnic
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Free

Step off the trail, and into the pasture to discover the many benefits that grazing livestock offer our land, animals and people.

Adult Programs
Farm to Medicine Cabinet Herb Walk
$15
With Spoonful Herbals

This “weed walk” will introduce you to medicinal plants commonly found on Vermont’s working lands as you explore nature-based, local medicine as part of a resilient food system.

Special Events
Pollinator Celebration Day
Free; optional lunch $30
With Vermont Pollinator Working Group, Vermont Bee Lab, One Hive Foundation

The Vermont Pollinator Working Group presents a celebration of all-things pollinators for learners of all ages! From managed honey bees to the 350 species of native bees in Vermont, we will learn from experts about their extraordinary diversity and importance.

Family & Youth Programs
Family Bird Walk
$5
With Outreach for Earth Stewardship, Green Mountain Bird Alliance

Join us on the farm for a casual and fun family bird walk. 

Adult Programs
Collaborative Design/Build Intensive
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$2,000
With Yestermorrow Design / Build School

From the first sketch to the final nail, participants in this program will work with Shelburne Farms staff to bring a project to life.