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
Feed Us with Trees: A Conversation with Elspeth Hay and Chez Liley
Free

Join Elspeth Hay, author of the new book Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food, and Chez Liley of Wellspring Commons as they explore how narratives shape our food system, as well as our relationships to the ecosystems we call home.

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!

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
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.