Please note that Stone Barns Center will be closed for the Independence Day holiday on Friday, July 4.

For the safety of our visitors and to maximize farm production, we require that all visiting groups of 12 or more pre-register for programs led by Stone Barns staff. To schedule your group, please contact Diana MacDowell at 914 366 6200 x100 or dianam@stonebarnscenter.org.

Stone Barns has reinstituted a parking fee of $5 during daytime hours. As always, parking is free for all Stone Barns members. To learn about membership, click
here. A better-managed parking system helps Stone Barns ensure visitor safety, control traffic, and measure overall visitation.
For more information on the parking policy, click here.


UPDATE!
Stone Barns Farm Market
This year's hours are as follows:
Wednesdays 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Member hour for Seedling level and above)
Fridays & Sundays 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
In addition to all the seasonal Stone Barns produce and meat on offer, we’re excited to announce that Red Jacket Orchards (fruit, cider) and Consider Bardwell (farmstead cheese) will be joining our Friday market as vendors this year. Also, enjoy tastings from 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM on Fridays.


July is Alliums month!


Story Time in the Farm Store
Thursday 07/03/2008 11:30 AM - 12:00PM
Join us for Story Time featuring Stone Barns' Nena Johnson. Nena will be reading The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin. A Chinese-American girl and her mother grow a vegetable garden in a neighborhood where everyone else grows flowers. The girl thinks their plants are ugly compared to flowers, but soon learns why the veggies are better! No need to register, just stop by! Appropriate for children ages 3-6.

Insider's Tour
Saturday 07/05/2008 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM $15/adults, $9/youth
Our most intensive tour is an intimate, behind-the-scenes view of Stone Barns with one of our farm or program staff. Get up close and personal with the livestock and take a walk through the greenhouse and planting fields. Let us share with you our favorite places at Stone Barns. Due to the amount of walking & length of the tour, it is not recommended for those under 12 years of age. Tour meets in the Visitor Center. Click here to enroll.

Livestock Tour
Saturday 07/05/2008 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM $10/adults, $7/youth
Get face-to-face with Stone Barns’ livestock. This specialized tour will focus on the animals of Stone Barns: how they’re rotated using intensive management techniques, how they’re raised with concern for their social structures & natural instincts and how grassfed rearing is reflected in the final product. Discover what sets Stone Barns and other grassfed farmers apart; you’ll leave with a different perspective on livestock farming. Click here to enroll.

Vegetable Tour
Saturday 07/05/2008 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM $10/adults, $7/youth
Stop to smell the roses... and compost with a Stone Barns’ tour guide! This specialized tour will focus on the herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables in Stone Barns’ main production field, four-season greenhouse and various gardens. Learn how varieties are chosen, cultivated & rotated (without chemical fertilizers or pesticides!) in order to maximize production in limited space. You will leave inspired to get gardening. Click here to enroll.

Livestock Tour
Sunday 07/06/2008 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM $10/adults, $7/youth
See description above. Click here to enroll.

Vegetable Tour
Sunday 07/06/2008 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM $10/adults, $7/youth
See description above. Click here to enroll.

Tasting: Alliums
Saturday 07/05/2008 and Sunday 07/06/2008 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
This month farmers are harvesting shallots and garlic that were planted last fall and overwintered in the field. They'll be joined at the market by other alliums that were seeded and nurtured in the propagation bay of the greenhouse this spring, like onions and leeks. Stop by the Visitor Center for a taste!

Art on the Farm: Farm Chore: Sheep, Wool, & Weaving
Saturday 07/05/2008 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM $15
Join us here at Stone Barns Center to start off arts month with a weaving workshop. We will begin with some sheep & wool activities to make the material connection between the animals we raise and their uses in our everyday lives. We will then weave with wool and plant material on individual DIY looms. As you weave you will see incredibly strong and flexible surfaces emerge from those loose materials held together completely by tension. This program is recommended for children of 8-12 years of age. Please register only for children, adults accompany children free of charge. Click here for more information and to register.

Art on the Farm: Summer Concert: Classics Inspired by Nature
Sunday 07/06/2008 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM $30
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture presents award-winning young chamber musicians Sharon Roffman, Jasmine Lin, Jacob Braun, Mark Holloway, and Melvin Chen to perform two seminal works which reflect the beauty of nature in music. Haydn’s string quartet Op. 76, No. 4, nicknamed “Sunrise” for its evocative melodies, will be followed by Brahms’ string quintet, Op. 88 in F Major. Written in the spring of 1882 on a retreat to the countryside, this work was described by Brahms’ biographer as “like the meadows at Ischl in the sunshine.” The performers, graduates of the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music, have performed extensively in the US and abroad and have appeared at such festivals as Marlboro, Taos, Ravinia, Sarasota, Angel Fire and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Click here for more information and to register.

Art on the Farm: FARMER: Photography exhibit of Jason Houston
Wednesday 07/09/2008 to Sunday 07/13/2008 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Stop by the Hay Barn July 9 – 13 to view photographer Jason Houston's FARMER exhibit. A professional photographer for over 15 years, Jason is currently a successful documentary photographer focusing mainly on social/environmental documentary subjects including food & agriculture, poverty, conservation, politics & protests. Jason has been documenting farms in his community for over a decade but has recently turned his lens to capture images of small community-focused farmers from around the world. Through his photo series FARMER Jason says he aims to “raise the critical conversations we need to be having about where our food comes from and the sustainability and vitality of [the farming] system.” Click here to see examples of his work.

Art on the Farm: FARMER: Photography presentation & reception with Jason Houston
Join Stone Barns for an intimate reception as we welcome documentary photographer, Jason Houston, for a presentation and reception celebrating his FARMER exhibit at Stone Barns. Visit Jason's website at www.jasonhouston.com to see examples of his work. Wine will be served. Click here for more information or to register.
Free tickets are available for all Stone Barns members for this event. Please call 914 366 6200 x151 to RSVP.

ABCs in the Kitchen: Alliums
Saturday 07/12/2008 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM $40
Seats for the general public are sold out at this time, but seats may still be available for Forager level members. Please contact the Stone Barns Registration Line at 914 366 6200 x151 to claim your Forager seat.
ABCs in the Kitchen is a collaboration between Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture and Blue Hill at Stone Barns. Adam Kaye, Blue Hill at Stone Barns Kitchen Director, welcomes a small group of students to pull up a stool in the restaurant’s kitchen each month as he walks them through 3-4 seasonal recipes. The class culminates in eating the fruits of your labor – as any kitchen class should.
A limited number of complimentary spaces in this program have been reserved for Forager members and above. For more information about becoming a member at this level, contact Rebecca Sherman, Development Assistant, at 914 366 6200 x140.

Art on the Farm: Bennett Konesni: Work/Song Film
Saturday 07/12/2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM $10
From farmer's chants to cattle yodels, people all over the world have found musical ways to make difficult work more enjoyable. Join us as we explore this age-old agricultural art with farmer & musician Bennett Konesni. We will view and discuss his documentary film: Work/Song: Musical Labor of Farmers, Herders and Fishermen in Tanzania, Mongolia and Ghana. Bennett has traveled the world meeting farmers, working alongside them in the field, and recording their songs. In this film and discussion he will introduce us to the people & songs that are a vibrant part of those farming communities. Click here for more information and to register.

Art on the Farm: Bennett Konesni: Work Songs Workshop & Farm Chores
Saturday 07/12/2008 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM $65
What do you sing while planting seedlings? How do you holler to a distant cow? Be part of an intimate group to join farmer and musician Bennett Konesni, and Stone Barns farmers, as they answer these questions in an afternoon of work songs and farm chores in the fields. Bennett has traveled the world meeting farmers, working alongside them in the field, and recording their songs. During lunch, he will introduce participants to work songs from different cultures as well as the nuances of singing while working. The group will then head out into the field to put their voices & hands to work, singing while doing vegetable chores with Farmer Jack. No singing or farming experience is necessary. Lunch is not included in the price of the program; lunch items may be purchased from Blue Hill Café. Click here for more information and to register.

Art on the Farm: Wendy Hollender: Botanical Illustration for Adults
Sunday 07/13/2008 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM $115
Artist Wendy Hollender had designed textiles for more than 20 years and a botanical artist & illustrator since 2002. Currently some of her clients include the French beauty company Coty Inc., the Riverside Park Fund, the Morven Garden and Museum, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation and the New York Botanical Garden. Wendy’s botanical illustration classes at Stone Barns are perfect for naturalists & beginning artists interested in capturing the natural beauty in their backyards, gardens & wherever they might go. Visit http://www.whartdesign.com to see examples of Wendy’s work. In each class, students will learn drawing & observation techniques, explore Stone Barns & collect samples and learn plant identification techniques.
Supplies for the class are included in the registration price. The class will include a short break for lunch. Click here for more information and to register.

Art on the Farm: Courage in Color: Floral Design with Lucinda Rooney
Saturday 07/19/2008 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM $170
Create unique and unusual arrangements using branches, berries and vibrant flowers in season. Have fun learning to mix shades of a single color as well as how to compliment using colors which are complete opposites. This is a delightful experience for the beginner as well as advanced. Lucinda is a Vermont floral & garden designer who attended the school of Horticulture at The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, England. Her designs and gardens have been featured in several national magazines such as Victoria, Horticulture and Country Living. She has appeared on the PBS show The Victory Garden and is currently working on her first book with publisher Stewart, Tabori and Chang which will be released Christmas of 2009.
Click here to see examples of Lucinda's work. Price includes $100 materials fee.
Click here for more information and to register.

ABC's in the Field: Honey
Saturday 07/19/2008 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM $18
Farmers don’t get days off very often – they’re out making sure the seed makes it to the field, and the field makes it to your plate. You’re invited to come learn and engage in this process with the Stone Barns farmers and livestock husbands while learning the reasoning and the methods that go into farming with the seasons. Deepen your knowledge of and appreciation for local produce, get to know your farmer, and learn some techniques to apply to your own backyard! During this program, you’ll meet Livestock Manager Padraic MacLeish and learn the basics of beekeeping and how to get started at home. Click here for more information and to register.

ABC's in the Field: Alliums
Saturday 07/19/2008 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM $18
Farmers don’t get days off very often – they’re out making sure the seed makes it to the field, and the field makes it to your plate. You’re invited to come learn and engage in this process with the Stone Barns farmers and livestock husbands while learning the reasoning and the methods that go into farming with the seasons. Deepen your knowledge of and appreciation for local produce, get to know your farmer, and learn some techniques to apply to your own backyard! In this program, you'll meet Four-Season Grower Jack Algiere and get an intimate look at how we grow onions, leeks & garlic, among other aromatic favorites. Click here for more information and to register.

Art on the Farm: Wendy Hollender: Botanical Illustration for Parent & Child
Sunday 7/20/2008 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM $95
Artist Wendy Hollender had designed textiles for more than 20 years and a botanical artist & illustrator since 2002. Currently some of her clients include the French beauty company Coty Inc., the Riverside Park Fund, the Morven Garden and Museum, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation and the New York Botanical Garden. Wendy’s botanical illustration classes at Stone Barns are perfect for naturalists & beginning artists interested in capturing the natural beauty in their backyards, gardens & wherever they might go. Click [www.whartdesign.com][here] to see examples of Wendy’s work. Registration covers one adult & one youth. Supplies for the class are included in the registration price. Additional adult or child tickets may be purchased for a single family by calling 914 366 6200 x151. The class will include a short break for a snack. Click here for more information and to register.

Art on the Farm: Words & Music: How ‘Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm?
Sunday 7/20/2008 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM $30
Baritone Damon Kirsche and pianist Andrew Martin present this glorious bounty of vintage songs, famous and forgotten, celebrating America's rural heritage and exploring such topics as land use, food miles, capital, labor, disease, consumerism and ownership. Local songs about local food, these are the cream of the crop of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway. Wine will be served. Click here for more information and to register.

Art on the Farm: Anne Walker & Peter Pennoyer: Grosvenor Atterbury & Stone Barns Architecture
Thursday 07/24/2008 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM FREE
During the final decade of the nineteenth century and first three decades of the twentieth century, Grosvenor Atterbury (1869-1956) was one of the most successful and prolific architects in America. Producing over one hundred major projects, including the celebrated Forest Hills Gardens enclave in Queens, the Beaux Arts-trained designer grasped the stylistic requirements and prevailing architectural tastes of the period leading up to the Great Depression to produce grand mansions, estates and farms groups. Concerned with the social aspects of architecture, he supplemented the residential side of his practice with designs for model tenements, hospitals, workers' housing and town plans. Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker are currently working on The Architecture of Grosvenor Atterbury, the first book to exclusively examine the scope of the architect's rich and varied body of work. It will be published in 2009 by W. W. Norton & Company. In their slide show/walking tour, they will discuss the architecture of the Stone Barns and set the project in context of Atterbury's body of work. Click here for more information and to register.

Art on the Farm: Watercolor with Lorrie Pallant: Beginner & Intermediate
Saturday 07/26/2008 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM $20
Join award-winning local watercolor artist Lorrie Pallant for an exploration of watercolor technique using Stone Barns & its natural surroundings as inspiration. The program will start by delving into the many possibilities of watercolor through value, color and design using photos. Students in this intimate class will paint projects in the Hay Barn to gain confidence in their skills. Lorrie will also spend time sharing from her experience and her favorite painting locations at Stone Barns. Participants will be e-mailed a materials list. Please contact Stone Barns Registration Line at 914 366 6200 x151 if you have questions about the materials needed prior to registration. Click here for more information and to register.

New York Botanical Garden: Vegetables and Herbs in Containers
Saturday 07/26/2008 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM $31/$28 NYBG members
Learn how to grow garden-fresh vegetables and herbs in containers. This class examines which varieties grow best in containers and how to care for them. Also learn about varieties that not only taste great but are attractive, with interesting or unusual blooms and foliage. Harvesting tips will also be covered so that you get the most flavor and nutrition from your container garden’s abundance. SU GAR 212 Registration for this program is taken through NYBG. Please call 718.817.8747 or visit www.nybg.org to register

Farming in a Changing Climate: Permaculture
Saturday 07/26/2008 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM FREE
Most of our food supply travels thousands of miles to reach our cities and towns, but this situation will change radically in the coming years, as local food and energy production comes to the forefront. Bill Burke and Brendan Baer, of Tristate Food Not Lawns, will outline our current situation, and will present their vision of a local and sustainable food system that combines local sustainable farming with urban and suburban food and energy systems, utilizing the principles of Permaculture to provide greater security in the coming years. Permaculture is a design framework for sustainable human living. The principles of Permaculture have been successfully applied to existing farms and intentional communities around the world, both large and small. However, it is in the urban and suburban setting where Permaculture will be needed most, especially in the current era of rising energy costs and growing transportation problems. Click here for more information and to register.

New York Botanical Garden: The Herb Garden
Saturday 07/26/2008 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM $31/ $28 NYBG members
Learn to design and maintain an herb garden, and how to make the most of the herbs you grow. Learn about the individual cultivation needs of culinary and medicinal herbs and which will be the best ones for your garden. Preservation techniques will also be covered so that you can enjoy your aromatic harvest throughout the year. SU GAR 183 Registration for this program is taken through NYBG. Please call 718.817.8747 or visit www.nybg.org to register

Art on the Farm: Family Farm Yoga with Eliza Littrell
Sunday 07/27/2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM $35
For children ages 3–4. Together, with Mom or Dad, we’ll learn yoga poses, use our own creativity and experience the action on the farm. After a fun, gentle warm up we’ll set out for the fields and pastures to look, listen, and learn about movements in nature. We will discover and practice various postures inspired by the animals and our physical environment. Most of all we’ll have fun! No yoga experience necessary. If you have a mat… please bring it! For registration, one "adult" ticket covers one adult & one child. Click here for more information and to register.

Okra, Beans & Leafy Greens: The African-American Food Festival
Sunday 07/27/2008 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The festival is a joint program of Philipsburg Manor & Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture where you can explore the influence of enslaved and free Africans on colonial and contemporary American foodways. Enjoy activities at both sites throughout the day & take advantage of free shuttles to get you back & forth! Visit Stone Barns website at www.stonebarnscenter.org or the Historic Hudson Valley website at www.hudsonvalley.org. Tickets will be available for purchase on the day of the event at both sites.

Art on the Farm: Young Farmers Yoga with Eliza Littrell
Sunday 07/27/2008 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM $25
In this kids-only class for ages 8–10 we will explore the farm and connect to the forests, fields, animals and natural elements while stretching and balancing the whole body. After warming-up in the Hay Barn, we’ll set out to catch sight of and observe movement in the natural surroundings. On our journey, we’ll create our own farm poses to share with our family. Finding a relationship to the outside world, we’ll become aware of the internal connection to our own heart, body and mind. No yoga experience necessary. If you have a mat… please bring it! Click here for more information and to register.


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