food art

Gather, Make, Give: Natural Gift Making Workshop for Adults at Appleton Farms

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Gather with family, friends, and community in our scenic Carriage Barn to kick off the holiday season with creativity and joy. Participants will have the opportunity to make a variety of nature-based crafts to take home and give as gifts, including natural barnyard inspired fire starters, tea bags, stovetop simmer… Read More

holiday wreath

Winter Wreath-Making Workshop

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Celebrate the winter season by creating your own winter wreath led by Long Hill’s horticulturist, Kristyn Stogner! During this workshop, participants will learn techniques for making their wreath using natural materials foraged from the Long Hill gardens. Workshop Includes: 12” wreath frame We will provide wire and all decorating… Read More

wool roving

Make and Mingle: Felted Winter Landscapes

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Create your own three dimensional winter wonderland while enjoying some festive bubbles! Learn how to “paint” with multi-colored wool roving onto a felt “canvas” and watch as layered, textural works of art come to life! Get inspired by the New England landscape and create your own winter scenes that… Read More

thanksgiving workshop

Thanksgiving Centerpiece Floral Workshop

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Decorate your Thanksgiving tablescape with seasonal flowers in our Thanksgiving Floral Centerpiece Workshop. Join us for this hands-on floral workshop in preparation of Thanksgiving celebrations. Centerpieces will incorporate seasonal hues and blooms that will elevate your table décor or make a thoughtful hostess gift. Workshop includes: Step-by-step centerpiece construction techniques… Read More

Growing Together: Natural Fall/Winter Decorations from the Garden

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Bring the garden’s beauty indoors with this hands-on workshop focused on creating beautiful winter decorations using natural materials. Participants will explore how to gather and preserve seasonal branches, evergreens, dried flowers, seed heads, berries, grasses, and other garden treasures to create festive botanical accents for the home. This class celebrates… Read More

sheep

Field to Felting: A Felting Workshop at Weir River Farm

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Discover the art of working with wool at Weir River Farm in this immersive, hands-on felting experience celebrating our beloved flock of sheep! During this workshop, guests will enjoy an up-close introduction to the farm’s sheep and learn about the important role sheep play in sustainable fiber production. Participants will… Read More

ARTfull Halloween

Halloween in the Morning Mist

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Celebrate Halloween at deCordova with your little one! Spend a crisp fall morning with your family in the Sculpture Park and complete gently-ghoulish activities designed for preschoolers and toddlers. Work with educators to explore spiders through a collaborative rope web installation and sculptures inspired by the 8-legged arachnids. Read More

deCordova Clay/Wheel Workshop

Sip and Sculpt: Ceramic Planter with a Friendly Face

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Throughout the Sculpture Park you’ll find many hidden faces and abstracted human forms nestled within the landscape. Inspired by the interactions between these man-made figures and the natural world, we’ll be using air-dry clay to create our own planters in the shape of a human head, blending material, form, and… Read More