Thursday Intensive Classes
New for 2024! Arrive Wednesday evening and take a day-long intensive class with one of our expert instructors on Thursday.
This class also includes a special wild food lunch!!! You will need to purchase a separate ticket at the link below.
If not everyone in your party signs up for the Thursday intensive, the entire party may arrive Wednesday evening, but only ticketed individuals may participate in the class and lunch.
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Early bird: $75
After May 1st: $100
Thursday Intensive Class Options:
Arthur Haines: Mahoosuc Wanderings
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“In the abode of hungry animals” (one possible translation of the word Mahoosuc), we will wander the rugged terrain of Grafton Notch, exploring the land and applying our ecological knowledge. Food and medicine plants will be a focus, though we will examine and practice a suite of place-based skills as we encounter different wild lives and landforms. Conditions allowing, we will cook using primitive methods. This is an experiential journey where we will learn based on the situations that arise. Come with an open mind and heart. This foray is weather dependent given the terrain we will be exploring.
limit 8 students
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Harmony Cronin: Make a Folded Bark Basket
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Join Harmony and make a beautiful and functional folded bark basket, from cutting a tree to the final touches on your finished container.
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limit 10 students
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Len Mackey: Make a Wood Framed Hand Drum (which you can play at the drum circle!)
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Create good vibrations! Make your own frame drum and mallet. Learn how to safely cut your own raw hide cord and drum head from a whitetail deer skin, then stretch and tune over a wooden frame. Construct a mallet with a hardwood stick, string and leather. Combine the two together and play some music! Take home a beautiful instrument and a few songs to share with your tribe. Materials fee – $85
limit 6 students
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Jonathan Shapiro: Tracking
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Learn to read the stories of our wild animal kin—join Jonathan Shapiro of Fox Paw School for a full day of tracking, awareness, and learning the land.
Tracking is both a technical skill and a source of deep meaning and connection to our landscape. This day-long course will cover track ID, awareness and observation skills, and animal biomechanics and movement patterns—and we’ll spend plenty of time learning about the lives of our animal kin from the track and sign they leave behind.
Please come prepared to wander. Expect to walk up to several miles over uneven and possibly hilly terrain. This class is aimed at adults and motivated teens.
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limit 10 students
