Found Foods Supper Club: A Hands-On Culinary Experience
Join Chef Jenny DeVivo for a unique hands-on culinary experience that celebrates food rescue, zero-waste cooking, and seasonal ingredients from local farmers, fishers, and food purveyors. Each session features a curated, on-the-spot menu dictated by the surplus ingredients available that week—transforming overlooked foods into delicious, sustainable meals. Attendees will actively… Read More
City Natives Plant Sale
The City Natives Nursery 2024 spring plant sale is here! Pre-orders open at https://bit.ly/citynativesplantsale We will have a wide selection of seedlings including annual vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers, as well as native herbaceous perennials and woody plants for sale. The 2025 plant sale will include pre-orders and in-person… Read More
Make it Mediterranean! Adult Cooking Class
Join us during the month of May in the Powisset Kitchen, where we’ll Plant-it-Forward all month long, with recipes that put what’s growing seasonally and here at the farm front and center! In this hands-on class with our own Chef Thi, you will journey to the Mediterranean and back, without… Read More
Farm Explorers at Weir River Farm
Spring is here and Weir River Farm is full of barnyard fun! Meet our friendly goats, pigs, and all of the animals in the barnyard. We invite your little farmers to experience life in the barnyard up closeand participate in age-appropriate activities and adventures on the farm. Farm Explorers… Read More
Fiddleheads: Preschool Drop-Off Series at Appleton Farms – SPRING SESSION
Spring has sprung! It is an excellent time of year for exploring and learning on the farm. We will be planting, observing, exploring and learning in our garden. While also taking care of our animals and finding all the signs of spring that nature divulges. Join us on Wednesday mornings… Read More
Barnyard Story Hour at Weir River Farm
Barnyard stories really come to life when you get to meet the main characters up close and personal! Bring the kids to Weir River Farm for our farm fresh version of ‘story time.’ Explore the barnyard and meet our barnyard friends such as Pepper the goat and Primrose the pig. Read More
Barnyard Story Hour at Appleton Farms
Bring your little ones to Appleton Farms for our farm-fresh story hour. We will read books about animals and nature, maybe sing a song or two, then head up to the carriage barn to visit our Nubian goats, Angora rabbits and see what other animals are out and about on… Read More
Pasta Making with Katie Leaird of Martha's Vineyard Pasta
Celebrate the arrival of spring’s most anticipated vegetable, asparagus, in this hands-on pasta class! Participants will learn how to make their own fresh pasta from scratch. Katie will do a demonstration showing techniques and then guide participants in creating their own batch! We’ll do a a small tasting with the… Read More
Adult Cow Connection at Appleton Farms
Come meet, cuddle, brush, and sit with our hand-raised cows at Appleton Farms! The mild heart rate and warm body temperature of the cows induces a slowing of our own heart rate, as well as the release of Oxytocin, our social bonding hormone. Visit our scenic and historic farm and… Read More
Family Farm Chores at Weir River Farm
It’s morning at Weir River Farm, and we have work to do! Join us for our unique Family Farm Chores program held on Saturdays. Get on your muck boots: your whole family will get to be farmers together! Help feed, groom, and care for our friendly sheep, goats, pigs, and… Read More
Sensory-Friendly Open Barnyard at Weir River Farm
Welcome to Sensory-Friendly Open Barnyard at Weir River Farm! This program offers a dedicated hour with a reduced number of guests and quieter sensory friendly environment. Any family that would benefit from a limited capacity visit is welcome. Read More
Open Barnyard at Weir River Farm
Welcome to Weir River Farm, where you can experience life on one of the last working farms on the South Shore. In the barnyard, meet our piglets, rabbits, and other furry friends. Interact with our goats and greet our sheep. Then, consider exploring the woodland trails. Come experience all that… Read More