Winter Class Series

Check out our pop-up weekend adult programs this winter season! They’re a perfect chance to get outdoors, alone or with friends - and make great gifts!

1/15 - Medicine Making I - Tinctures and Salves: 10a-2p. We will learn to make tinctures and salves, two essential preparations for your medicine chest. Having the knowledge to make your own medicine will give you the resources to take care of you and your loved ones. We will make a heal-all salve and an immune tincture.

1/21 - Medicine Making II - Fire Cider, Vinegars & Broths: 11a-2p Vinegar is an exceptional menstrum for medicine making and is commonplace in most peoples kitchens. You will walk away from this class knowing how to make an acetate, a powerhouse immune booster, and how to upgrade your broths with bones, mushrooms and herbs using vinegar. Come hungry!

2/11 - Kindling the Fire for couples: 10a-1p Fire starting and tending has a lot to teach us about awareness, communication and intention. It can be a perfect metaphor for our own growth and that of our relationships. Join us for a fun day where you will build confidence in fire making through ancestral fire skills such as flint and steel, bow drill, long matches and fire tending.

2/11 - Open Telescope: 6-8pm. Space is big. Come check out the moon, some planets, stars and possibly an entire galaxy with an open 10” telescope. We’ll consider the size, shapes, scales and speeds of all the strange and enormous things overhead, and reconnect to our ancestral skills of orienting by the stars. All ages.

3/4 and 3/5- Spoon Carving Class- 9-4. Learn the traditional art of green wood spoon carving in this 1-day workshop! Over the course of our time together we'll learn everything from axe work to knife techniques, oil finishes to wood selection - and much more.

2/11 (a few days before Valentine’s day) - Kindling the Fire for couples:

$45.00 - $65.00

10:00-1:00. Fire starting and tending has a lot to teach us about awareness, communication and intention. It can be a perfect metaphor for our own growth and that of our relationships. Join us for a fun day where you will build confidence in fire making through ancestral fire skills such as flint and steel, bow drill, long matches and fire tending!

Leapfrog Programs strongly believes in the importance of making our programs affordable and accessible for all. Please use the sliding scale below to select a price that best works for your family’s financial situation and needs.

Payments towards the higher end allow us to offer lower cost tuition to children of families with less resources. If program payment presents a hardship, please get in touch.

Proceeds from these programs support planting and maintenance of public access orchards in communities across Western MA. We thank you for your support.

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Open Telescope (2/11)

$20.00 - $30.00

2/11 - Open Telescope: Sat, 2/11/23, 6-8pm. Space is big. Come check out the moon, some planets, stars and possibly an entire galaxy with an open 10” telescope. We’ll consider the size, shapes, scales and speeds of all the strange and enormous things overhead, and reconnect to our ancestral skills of orienting by the stars. All ages.

Payments towards the higher end allow us to offer lower cost tuition to children of families with less resources. If program payment presents a hardship, please get in touch.

Proceeds from these programs support planting and maintenance of public access orchards in communities across Western MA. We thank you for your support.

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Winter Medicine Making

$25.00 - $45.00

1/22 - Medicine Making II - Fire Cider, Vinegars & Broths : Vinegar is an exceptional menstrum for medicine making and is commonplace in most peoples kitchens. You will walk away from this class knowing how to make an acetate, a powerhouse immune booster, and how to upgrade your broths with bones, mushrooms and herbs using vinegar. Come hungry! 11-2

Payments towards the higher end allow us to offer lower cost tuition to children of families with less resources. If program payment presents a hardship, please get in touch.

Proceeds from these programs support planting and maintenance of public access orchards in communities across Western MA. We thank you for your support.

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Spoon Carving Class

$80.00 - $140.00

Class Description

Learn the traditional art of green wood spoon carving in this 1-day workshop!

"Green wood" refers primarily to wood that has been recently harvested and, therefore, has a high moisture content compared to something seasoned or dried. Green wood is generally softer and easier to shape using only hand tools - amazing! - so with only a few implements and techniques, we'll be able to transform our blocks of wood into beautiful, functional eating utensils in just a few short hours.

Over the course of our time together we'll learn everything from axe work to knife techniques, oil finishes to wood selection - and much more. While there's a lot to cover, the small class size and spacious carving process will allow a lot of room to tailor the experience to your curiosities and desires. Expect to leave full, but still hungry for more!

Dates

Saturday - March 18th, 2023

Time

9:00am - 4:00pm

Location

Darling Brook Farmstead

Warwick, MA

Ages

16+

All materials and tools provided. Folks are welcome to bring any green wood they want help working on and/or their own carving knives if they want more practice with them.

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Payments towards the higher end allow us to offer lower cost tuition to children of families with less resources. If program payment presents a hardship, please get in touch.

Proceeds from these programs support planting and maintenance of public access orchards in communities across Western MA. We thank you for your support.

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