Adult Programs
Forest to Furniture
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$525
With Shelburne Craft School

Create a bench and learn about sustainable forestry, wood properties and selection, milling and building in the process.

Adult Programs
Growing an Herbal Tea Garden
$20
With Spoonful Herbals

Consider adding the medicinal and culinary benefits of herbs into your garden and landscape this season!

Special Events
Through the Lens of Empathy: Photographing Hope in a Fractured World
Free
With Fletcher Free Library

Join Fletcher Free Library for an inspiring talk by acclaimed National Geographic photographer, filmmaker, and writer Ami Vitale. 

Family & Youth Programs
Dairy Day at the Farm!
$5 per car; walkers free

Explore the dairy barns, visit the calves, take a wagon ride and try your hand at milking a cow. Watch afternoon milking, too!

Adult Programs
Early Spring Wildflowers & Plant Adaptation
$12

Join ecologist Leslie Spencer for a guided exploration of early spring wildflowers.

Adult Programs
Agricultural and Culinary Traditions as Connection to Place: A Conversation with Fabrizia Lanza
Free

Join us for a thoughtful conversation exploring how food, culinary traditions and sharing meals with one another can foster a deeper connection to place and support the building of a food system grounded in resilience and care.

Adult Programs
Shelburne Farms Tour
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$15

Explore the stories of Shelburne Farms  on a unique open-air wagon tour through a beautiful working landscape. Tours run daily, 11:30AM-1:00PM through October 18, 2026.

Adult Programs
Sun to Cheese Tour
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$20

Where does the story of our delicious farmstead cheddar cheese begin? Join us on a behind-the-scenes tour to uncover the sun to cheese story at Shelburne Farms! Tours run daily, 2–4:00PM through October 18, 2026.

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.