The work is the archive.
2027 Workshops
Learn a traditional craft from the people who practice it. The 2027 season runs from April through November, and registration opens Monday, November 30 at 8 a.m.
Two water-powered mills still turn at the outlet of Sanborn Pond in Loudon, New Hampshire, as they have for nearly two hundred years. Sanborn Mills Farm is the nonprofit working farm and craft school that keeps them turning. Since 1996 we have practiced traditional and heritage methods of farming and craft. Our founders brought the mills and the old timber-framed barns back to work, and today, students keep this craftsmanship alive by learning traditional craft and farming methods with materials grown, harvested, and milled right here.
Make
Working makers teach workshops of one to six days in metal, wood, fiber, basketry, and farm and garden skills, in the farm's barns, studios, and gardens.
Grow
Oxen and horses work the hayfields, the corn and flax fields, and the woodlot. The gardens grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers, along with the dye plants and willow the studios use, and the farm raises sheep, pigs, and chickens.
Mill
The sawmill, built in 1829, and the grist mill, built in 1830, still run on water at the outlet of Sanborn Pond.
The 2027 season
Every workshop is taught in the farm's own barns, studios, and gardens.
The 2027 workshops will be listed here on Saturday, November 28 at 8 a.m.
Registration opens Monday, November 30 at 8 a.m.
More than 140 workshops across five disciplines.
Keep the work going
Workshop tuition covers part of what it takes to keep the farm running. Gifts pay for the rest: repairs to the mills and dams, care for the land and the animals, and the teaching itself.
A year on the farm
- WorkshopsWorkshops run from April through November in five disciplines.
- Visit the farmWalk the campus, the mills, and the gardens in season.
- Dine at the farmBook a seat at a Farm to Table Lunch or another meal from the farm kitchen.
- EventsSee the demonstrations and everything else coming up on the farm calendar.
Hear from the farm
We'll send you stories from the fields, the mills, and the studios, and tell you as soon as workshop registration opens.
Thank you.