Pickings from Sanborn Mills Farm

Farm Pickings

News and Updates from Sanborn Mills Farm

— November 29, 2023 —

The earth was our home, she would have said, but no less was it home to the oxen that pulled our plows or the elephants that roamed in the forest and worked for us. They lived with us as partners whose well-being was inseparable from our own.



~ Eknath Easwaran



This Saturday at the Farm: Winter Market and Farm-Made Wreaths

The annual Winter Market at the Farm begins this Saturday, Dec. 2, at 10 a.m., featuring goods produced by several of our workshop instructors. Shop at the Market for beautiful textiles, hand-made baskets, hand-forged blacksmith items, and many other crafts. Enjoy wonderful music by guitarist Jeremy Morse and delicious food prepared by Head Chef Kelly Fahey as you peruse the Market. It’s truly a festive occasion in beautiful Fifield Hall at the Farm.

In addition, holiday wreaths made by our Gardens staff, including Head Gardener Helen Westergren and Assistant Gardener Madison St. George, will be available for pick-up. The wreaths, which come in two sizes, 18-inch diameter and 24-inch diameter, with a choice of ribbon color, can be pre-ordered — click here to order. A limited number of wreaths will be available for sale at the Market.

See you at the Market!

Gift Certificates for 2024 Workshops

Looking for just the right gift for that hard-to-buy-for friend or family member? Consider a gift certificate for any 2024 workshop at the Farm. Our workshops cover a wide variety of craft and skills, from making and using natural dyes to basketry to blacksmithing to wood-working to learning how to work with draft animals, among many other choices. We have a workshop for almost any interest involving traditional craft and skills.

Our workshop schedule runs from April into November; click here to see the full schedule.

To purchase a gift certificate, click here.

Sanborn Mills Farm 2024 Workshop Schedule

Now on Website

The full schedule of 2024 workshops at the Farm, running from April into November, is now available on our website. Click on any workshop title for more information and to register.

The variety of workshops next year is truly impressive, from our traditional blacksmithing courses to wood-turning to basketry to several textile workshops to gardening and working with draft animals — and much, much more. Multi-day workshops offer the option of staying at the Farm overnight, with meals included.

Many of our workshops are fully subscribed months in advance, so if there’s a workshop of particular interest to you, don’t hesitate to register.

Photo Credits

Top photo by Steve Bjerklie.

Wreath Sale, Winter Market, and Gift Certificate graphics by Lea Rossignol.