WINTERBERRY FARM
2009 SPRING & SUMMER
PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS


Mid April – September
FLAX TO LINEN
We’ll likely meet 8-10 times during the growing and harvesting season.  We’ll start with planting seeds and continue right through all the steps of processing the fiber.  Working with an already harvested crop first, participants will learn to spin and weave with this ancient fiber.  By the end of the program participants will have a journal documenting their efforts and a linen napkin of their own making.  Maximum 4 participants, including all materials.  $300.

April 18
WET FELT & NEEDLE FELT
Felt is a wonderful material made without any spinning/knitting/weaving/crocheting- fiber turns into finished piece.  This beginner felting day will spend the morning on wet felting and the afternoon on dry (needle felting).  You’ll get to make a flat piece and a ball or dish; then you can make an animal or vegetable and embellish your morning creations.  We’ll have a good farm lunch in between.  You’re welcome to come to either session (including lunch!) or to both. Limited to 6 participants, the morning session begins at 9:00; the afternoon at 1:00 with lunch at noon.  Morning or afternoon session alone is $55; full day is $100. Materials are included.

May 9
BEGINNER SHEEP
Thinking about raising some sheep?  This day will get you going!  Covered will be feeding, housing, fencing and health care.  We’ll talk about choosing a breed, caring for wool, and will practice handling, teeth checks, foot trimming and the like.  Lots of hands-on! You’ll see different kinds of shelters and fences, different breeds and ages of sheep.  We’ll review the full year’s cycle of care and you’ll have a chance to look at lots of books and lots of equipment.  From 9:00 until 4:30 with hearty farm lunch included.  $80 for first person in family; $60 for second.

July 18
LEARN TO SPIN
For anyone 14 or older, you’ll spend the day learning to make yarn.  We’ll go over the process—and then make yarn with several different spinning tools.  You’ll choose and prepare wool for spinning and you’ll handle a variety of fleeces.  You’ll be introduced to other animal fibers, and also some that come from plants.  A great farm lunch is included, as well as a chance to meet the fiber-bearing animals here on the farm.  Workshop runs 9:00-4:00.  $100, including lunch and materials.  Limited to 4 participants.



Most of our adult workshops are held in the fall and winter.  Upcoming programs will include Making Soap; Experimenting with Weaving; Learning to Weave; Dyeing Wool and Felting Your own Hat.

The farm also sells small numbers of livestock, as well as and poultry & meat, all ready for cooking.

Winterberry Farm is a small family teaching farm. We raise a lot of our own food and we offer very small programs for families, for kids and for adults; we provide a place where people of different faiths—and people seeking faith—can reflect upon and share their call to care for the earth.