Blacksmithing
Step into our fully equipped blacksmith shop. Learn to heat, hammer and shape steel at the anvil, guided by our experienced interns.
Classes & Activities
Classes, Activities, and Experiences.
Hands-on classes for schools, homeschool groups, families and organizations from across the greater tri-state area. Choose one class, or combine several into a full day.
Intro to Beekeeping
Suit up and get up close to our hives. Learn how a colony works, how to inspect a hive safely, and why bees matter to every farm.
Organic Gardening
Get your hands in the soil. Learn soil building, planting, natural pest control and harvesting in our organic vegetable gardens.
Woodworking
Measure, cut, glue and assemble a real project in our barn woodshop. Students leave with something they built themselves, like the handmade pine toolbox.
Maple Syrup Production
Follow the sap from tree to bottle: tapping, collecting and boiling it down in our sugarhouse during maple season.
Wagon Rides
Climb aboard for a tractor-pulled wagon ride across our 109 acres of fields, gardens and woods.
Design your own experience
Build a day on campus around your group.
Schools, families, homeschool co-ops, scout troops, camps, businesses and community organizations can combine our classes and activities into one custom experience.
- Pair a wagon ride with one or more hands-on classes
- Add a sugarhouse, beehive or garden visit
- Finish with a picnic or a guided nature walk
- Tailored for every age, from kindergarten through college and adults
Featured experience
Wagon Ride & Learn
Climb aboard a tractor-drawn wagon for a guided tour of our 109-acre campus, with stops along the way where our student interns teach about maple sugaring, honey bees, organic vegetables and forest care.
Book a class
Set up your class by email or text.
Classes are scheduled by request, and pricing depends on the date, the class and the size of your group. Send us an email, or text our cell at (203) 470-6386, with any questions or class requests and we’ll put together the details.
In your message, let us know:
- Which classes or activities you’re interested in (as many as you like)
- How many people, and their ages
- A few dates that work for you
Plant something that lasts.
Your tax-deductible gift funds paid student internships and hands-on education for students and families across the greater tri-state area.