Winter Solstice Restorative Yoga Workshop
The winter solstice is a time to be gentle on the body, exercise self-reflection, and set intentions for the upcoming 2027 year. Join Mandy Lubas and Kristen Harte from Holistic Therapies 4Life and honor the tradition of the solstice with a gentle yoga practice, sound healing (including a gong and… Read More
Focaccia and French Onion Soup: Adult Cooking Class
Good things come to those who wait—especially golden focaccia and deeply caramelized French onion soup. In this hands-on cooking class, Chef Charlotte will guide you through mixing, proofing, and baking flavorful focaccia, while sharing practical tips to save time without sacrificing quality. You’ll also learn how to slowly caramelize onions… Read More
Growing Together: Natural Holiday Gifts from the Garden
Turn the garden’s bounty into thoughtful, handmade gifts for the holiday season. This hands-on workshop explores creative ways to use dried herbs, flowers, seeds, and other garden-grown materials to make simple, beautiful gifts such as garden-inspired sugar scrubs, botanical sachets, infused salts, tea mixes, and natural decorations. Participants will leave… Read More
Kids Gather, Make, Give: Children’s Natural Gift Making Workshop at Appleton Farms
Come to Appleton Farms’ Education Barnyard and gather with community, family, and our barnyard friends for a festive day of natural and repurposed crafting. Designed for families with children ages 3–12, this workshop will feature craft tables in the carriage barn where children can make recycled material handmade cards, stamped… Read More
Date Night: That's Amore – Adult Cooking Class
Join us for a romantic, hands-on cooking experience designed for couples, where you’ll create a complete, flavorful meal together. Create your own spaghetti kiss homage in this Italian-inspired class where we’ll make our own pasta, mix and simmer tender ricotta meatballs, and master the tableside Caesar, before capping everything off… Read More
Gather, Make, Give: Natural Gift Making Workshop for Adults at Appleton Farms
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
Winter Wreath-Making Workshop
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
Potatoes, Pommes, and Papas: Adult Cooking Class
If you say “potato”, we say “Hasselback gratin!” In this hands-on class, Chef Charlotte will lead the group in a variety of potato-based dishes to upgrade your holiday spreads. Whether you’re a mashed potato purist, or tuber-curious, you’ll love these crispy potato pillows with garlic and rosemary, sage and sweet… Read More
Powisset Pals – Fairy Garden Workshop
Bring a little bit of magic indoors this season! As the days get shorter and the world outside becomes less green, we’ll create a little forest of our own inside the Powisset Kitchen. In this hands-on crafting class, young gardeners will design and build their own miniature fairy gardens using… Read More
Natural Wreath Making Workshop at Appleton Farms
Decorate your door with a gorgeous holiday wreath, created from a variety of textural evergreen boughs all foraged from our historic farm property! Join us in our carriage barn where we will demonstrate a simple technique for making your wreath. You will then have the opportunity to make your wreath… Read More
City Natives Workshop – Pumpkins!
Winter squash and pumpkins are key food sources for growers in our climate, providing a nutritious, late-season harvest that stores well into winter. Join us to harvest and taste-test two kinds of squash: New England Pie Pumpkin and Jamaican Pumpkin (a.k.a. Calabaza). City Natives Plant Nursery is located at 30… Read More
Holiday Breakfast of Champions: Adult Cooking Class
You’ve set the guest list, brined the turkey, and figured out how to watch football and the parade at the same time, but what’s for breakfast?! In this hands-on cooking class, Chef Charlotte will guide you through easy and delicious sweet and savory breakfast options you can prepare well ahead… Read More