Calendar of Events

When events are not scheduled, the farm is open Monday-Saturday, 9am-6pm. Check out our Visit Us page for visitor guidelines!

  • 2024 Workshops, Classes, & Events:

  • Sunday, November 17th, 9:15 + 11:00 – Free Herbal Clinic with ArborVitae!

ArborVitae is a community herb clinic that offers private health consultations with their third year clinical students, working under the supervision of AV faculty practitioners. One-on-one consultations are 90 minutes and clients receive personalized herb, diet and lifestyle recommendations based on their health goals and concerns.

To book a consultation contact clinic@arborvitaeny.com . Include your name, phone number, preferred date and time + main health concerns.

2025 Workshops, Classes, & Events:

  • Tuesday, July 15th, 4:00-7:00 – Basket Weaving!

Registration coming soon!

 

COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSED

  • Thursday, March 7th 6:00-7:30pm – Create Your Own Herbal Tea

There’s nothing better than a cozy cup of tea, but did you know you can easily make your own tea blends? Join Education Director Ella to learn about different herbs, their properties, and how you can incorporate tea blends into your life! Participants will each be able to craft their own blend from a variety of provided herbs, and will additionally receive printed materials to continue their herbalism education.

        This event has closed.

  • Sunday, April 7th, 8:00-11:00am – Bird Walk!

Join us for a fun and exciting bird walk at Phillies Bridge Farm Project, led by Mark DeDea of the John Burroughs Natural History Society! Whether you’re a beginner or experienced birdwatcher, this event is perfect for all nature enthusiasts. Explore the beautiful surroundings and discover a variety of bird species in their natural habitat. If you have binoculars you are encouraged to bring them, though we will have a few extra to share. Our walk will go along the Phillies Bridge Farm Project 1.5 mile nature trail, so be prepared for potentially muddy or uneven ground. We can’t wait to see you there!

This event has closed.

  • Saturday, May 11th, 10am-12pm – Small Space Edible Garden Workshop!

Do you want to grow your own food, but you’re not sure if you have enough space to do so? Join our FREE Small Space Veggie Farming Workshop to start your own small farm, no matter your space. Whether you have a windowsill, balcony, or tiny backyard, you’ll learn how to grow the most veggies in the space you have. We’ll discuss soil preparation, container selection and bed design, crop choices, irrigation, harvest tips, and troubleshooting. No experience? No problem! This workshop is geared towards brand-new beginner growers, but those with more experience can brush up on the basics and bring specific questions to the workshop. The class is completely free for the community, and all in-person participants will take home a small container garden with a kaleidoscope of veggies, herbs, and flowers to choose from. This interactive class will be taught by Phillies Bridge Farm’s Assistant Farm Manager and Food Justice Director Suz, who taught workshops for community gardeners in NYC for years before starting to farm upstate last season. They can’t wait to show you what is possible with whatever space you’ve got!

This event has closed.

  • Saturday June 1, 7-9pm and Sunday June 2, 4-6pm – Hideaway Circus Presents: Canvas Sky – A New Kind of American Circus!

Following the success of three Stars Above tours, this new and unforgettable spectacle embarks on a 35-week journey to over 60 towns in 22 states. Today, we’re excited to unveil the first half of our 2024 tour, promising to inspire the imagination and warm hearts across America.

Learn more at hideawaycircus.com.

 Canvas Sky features a relatable tale exploring the themes of self acceptance and uplifting one another. We follow the story of a circus troupe where the clown struggles to ‘fit in’ and find his voice, until he gets a little help from a friend who has already figured out how to embrace what makes her wonderful and unique.

Showcasing a dazzling array of ten world-class performers, Canvas Sky blends the wonder of classical circus with a poignant, contemporary storyline, all underscored by entirely original music. Crafted by the Hideaway Circus’s innovative founders Josh and Lyndsay Aviner, this family-friendly experience is perfect for all ages.

  • Saturday, Septembers 7th, 2:00-4:00 – Botanical Dying Workshop with Kaitlyn Cronin

In this class you will learn two different methods of dyeing with locally foraged and grown plants, some right from the farm! Each participant will be provided two antique handkerchiefs that will be scored and soaked with mordant prior to the class for best results with the dye process. With the skills you have acquired from this workshop you will have a stocked tool belt to be able to dye your textiles / clothes at home! One method is creating a dye pot with a few different local plants, and learning which plants, mushrooms, barks, roots, nuts, seeds, flowers, leaves, and household vegetables you can use to dye fabrics. This method is most similar to a “tie dye” method where you can fold and submerge your entire fabric in a color that will dye the fabric. The other method is bundle dying, where you can arrange a variety of different flowers and leaves in a pattern and wrap the bundle around a stick and see the individual shapes and patterns on the fabric post soak.Both of these techniques have been used for thousands of years by people all around the world before synthetic dyes became popular. The hues and shapes created by these natural dyes reflect the environment we live in and link us back to our ancestral way of crafting.And no, “dying” is not a typo, along with being a botanical and fungal whisperer, instructor Kaitlyn Cronin is also a Death Doula. She will weave themes of transformation and transition throughout the class to create a multifaceted learning experience.

Admission cost is $48 per attendee. All materials are included in the attendance cost.

  • COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSED Sunday, September 22nd, 12:00-2:00pm – Equinox Sun Salutations!

Join our very own farm hand Angelique in a guided equinox yoga class of 108 Sun Salutation to celebrate the fall equinox and the changing of the seasons!

This event is pay what you can, $30 suggested donation

 

 

  • COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSED Saturday, September 28th, 4:00-7:00pm – Community Potluck Picnic!

Come celebrate the changing of the seasons with fellow farm members! Bring a dish to share and a blanket, and let’s enjoy the bounty of the farm together!

 

 

 

 

  • COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSED Sunday, October 13th, 2:00-4:00 Foraging Walk! 

Join us for a foraging walk at Phillies Bridge Farm Project! Sarah Lucas will lead a walk around the farm and show what beside the vegetables can make for good eating! Registration is $30/person and includes materials, the guided walk, and a foraged snack at the end. Please write to education@philliesbridge.org if you would like to register but the cost is prohibitive. The workshop is approximately 2 hours, starting at 2pm on Sunday, October 13th.

 

  • COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSED Saturday, October 26th, 1:00-2:30 – Soil Chromatography!

Soil chromatography is the photographic process of allowing a treated filter to absorb a prepared soil sample by capillary action. According to this method’s advocates, the resulting photograph depicts the composition of minerals, organic matter, and microbial life within the collected soil sample. Yet as a form of soil sampling, this method has typically been overlooked by the scientific community. Soil chromatography, nevertheless, is an accessible and inexpensive place-based practice that has the potential to stoke public interest in soil and environmental health while also beautifully chronicling the life of and in the soil that supports us.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to prepare and run a soil chromatogram to take home. All supplies will be provided, but participants who wish to run additional chromatograms at home are encouraged to bring their own soil sample and a glass jar with a lid.

Melissa Schultheis is a New York City farmer, educator, and artist with over ten years of experience in education, research, and organic production farming. Her art practice explores the complex dynamic between humans and their environment, and soil chromatography, in particular, offers a powerful illustration of the human impact on the natural world and our environment’s resilience. She is eager to share her practice with students, artists, and activists.

Tickets are $25-$40 sliding scale, and includes all materials!

  • COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSED Friday, November 1st, 5:30pm-7:00pm – Create Your Own Herbal Tea

There’s nothing better than a cozy cup of tea, but did you know you can easily make your own tea blends? Join Education Director Ella to learn about different herbs, their properties, and how you can incorporate tea blends into your life! Participants will each be able to craft their own blend from a variety of provided herbs, and will additionally receive printed materials to continue their herbalism education.

 

  • Sunday, November 3rd, 8:00am-10:00am – Bird Walk!

Peter Schoenberger from the John Burroughs Natural History Society joins us to lead a guided bird walk around the farm! Whether you’re a beginner or experienced birdwatcher, this event is perfect for all nature enthusiasts. Explore the beautiful surroundings and discover a variety of bird species in their natural habitat. If you have binoculars you are encouraged to bring them, though we will have a few extra to share. Please be prepared for potentially muddy or uneven ground.

        2023 Workshops, Classes, & Events:

  • COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSED FARM FEST JULY 29th 1pm – 5pm. Please join us Saturday, July 29th for the Phillies Bridge Farm Project Summer Farm Fest!  There will be music, vendors, food, drink, and of course, our Tasty Dips Contest (free to enter your dip, $1 to taste!)
    Entry to the festival is free! We hope to see you there.  If you’re interested in vending or playing music, please fill out this form!

 

  • COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSEDSaturday, March 18th, 11 am to 1 pm – Home Vermicomposting Workshop with Community Compost Company Are you interested in harnessing the many benefits of setting up a worm bin in your home? Earthworms like red wigglers and Indian blues not only digest food scraps that would otherwise be destined for the landfill, they produce worm castings (worm poop)–an excellent soil amendment.

    Learn the ins and outs of vermicomposting! In this workshop we’ll explain how worms digest organic material and create worm castings, what worms can and can’t eat, how to set up and maintain your worm bin at home, and how to harvest and use vermicompost to enrich your soil and boost the health of plants.
    Each participant can build a basic worm bin during the workshop. Materials and worms will be provided. Admission cost is $40 per attendee. One child may attend for free with each adult registrant and help to construct the worm compost bin.

Community Compost Company is a local, women-owned business that provides food scrap collection services and soil products through our brand Hudson Soil Co. You can learn more about their services and products at communitycompostco.com.

  • COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSED Wednesday, April 19, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm at Room 1907 in the SUNY New Paltz Old Main Building – Making Visible the Erased History of Our Farms and Community: A Community Dialogue Join the Margaret Wade-Lewis Center, Phillies Bridge Farm Project, Historic Huguenot Street, the SUNY New Paltz Black Studies Department, and a panel of guest speakers to learn about the difficult truths behind the historical foundation of our community, and countless others across America. Our panel of historians and scholars will discuss and elucidate the history of colonization, displacement, and enslavement that built the structural and financial foundation of our community, and how this history has manifested in our current sociopolitical climate. Time will be allotted for audience questions.

Panelists will include Kate Hymes, Vice-President of the Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis Black History Cultural Center; Susan Stessin-Cohn, New Paltz Town Historian; Albert Cook, Social Studies Teacher at New Paltz High School; and Eddie Moran, Tour and Interpretation Manager at Historic Huguenot Street. Introduction by Phillies Bridge Farm Project board member, Steve Goodman. Moderated by PBFP Education Director, Alyssa Bruno

This is a free event open to the public. Registration is not required.

  • COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSED Sunday, April 23, 10 am – 12 pm – Flowers: Getting Started & Blooming on with Lauren of Alchemy Farmhouse  Dream of a garden filled with flowers and having your own freshly-cut blooms? This can be your year!

    Join Lauren Tamraz of Alchemy Farmhouse, Gardiner’s CSA flower farm to learn about growing beautiful and reliable plants. This workshop will cover how to decode a seed packet, choose varieties, organize your layout and maximize your season. Novice gardeners welcome. More experienced growers can benefit from our Q & A and hands-on portion. All participants will sow their own seeds to transplant into their dream gardens later at home. Make 2023 your most flower-filled summer yet!

    Admission cost is $25 per attendee and includes all materials.

    Learn more about Lauren and Alchemy Farmhouse at https://www.alchemyfarmhouse.com/ 

  • COMPLETED – REGISTRATION CLOSED Saturday, May 13, 10 am – 12 pm – Small Space Edible Garden Workshop with Phillies Bridge Assistant Manager/Food Justice Director Suz
    Do you want to grow your own food, but you’re not sure if you have enough space to do so? Join our FREE Small Space Veggie Farming Workshop to start your own small farm, no matter your space.Whether you have a windowsill, balcony, or tiny backyard, you’ll learn how to grow the most veggies in the space you have. We’ll discuss soil preparation, container selection and bed design, crop choices, irrigation, harvest tips, and troubleshooting. No experience? No problem! This workshop is geared towards brand-new beginner growers, but those with more experience can brush up on the basics and bring specific questions to the workshop.The class is completely free for the community, and all in-person participants will take home a small container garden with a kaleidoscope of veggies, herbs, and flowers to choose from. The workshop will be streamed and recorded using Zoom for those who can’t attend in person.This interactive class will be taught by Phillies Bridge Farm’s Assistant Farm Manager and Food Justice Director Suzannah, who taught workshops for community gardeners in NYC for years before starting to farm upstate last season. She can’t wait to show you what is possible with whatever space you’ve got!
  • COMPLETED — REGISTRATION CLOSED Saturday, May 27, 2 pm – 4:30 pm – Botanical Dying Workshop with Kaitlyn Cronin In this class you will learn two different methods of dyeing with locally foraged and grown plants, some right from the farm! Each participant will be provided two antique handkerchiefs that will be scored and soaked with mordant prior to the class for best results with the dye process. With the skills you have acquired from this workshop you will have a stocked tool belt to be able to dye your textiles / clothes at home! One method is creating a dye pot with a few different local plants, and learning which plants, mushrooms, barks, roots, nuts, seeds, flowers, leaves, and household vegetables you can use to dye fabrics. This method is most similar to a “tie dye” method where you can fold and submerge your entire fabric in a color that will dye the fabric. The other method is bundle dying, where you can arrange a variety of different flowers and leaves in a pattern and wrap the bundle around a stick and see the individual shapes and patterns on the fabric post soak. Both of these techniques have been used for thousands of years by people all around the world before synthetic dyes became popular. The hues and shapes created by these natural dyes reflect the environment we live in and link us back to our ancestral way of crafting. And no, “dying” is not a typo, along with being a botanical and fungal whisperer, instructor Kaitlyn Cronin is also a Death Doula. She will weave themes of transformation and transition throughout the class to create a multifaceted learning experience.

 

Admission cost is $40 per attendee.

Stay tuned for more 2023 events!

Do you have a skill you’d like to share with us? Please let us know!

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Don’t see what you’d like to learn? Please contact us!

Pre-registration is required.

Classes are held at Phillies Bridge Farm, 45 Phillies Bridge Rd, New Paltz NY 12561
Please contact us if you have any questions.