Billings Farm

Billings Backyard: Putting Your Garden to Bed
2021-08-21 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | VT
After a great season of gardening, how can you set yourself up for success next year? Master Gardener Ben Pauly will show you all the best practices to end your season well by putting your gardens to bed. Ben will also discuss the joys of autumn gardening, and making the most of the growing season. Find more information at Billings Backyard: Putting Your Garden to Bed.
A Q&A period with the presenter may continue for up to 30 minutes past the scheduled end time.
Billings Backyard is a series of workshops designed to teach sustainable living skills to adult participants and is underwritten by a generous grant from the SpringRiver Private Foundation Trust. Each workshop includes hands-on demonstrations and concrete steps for incorporating these skills into everyday life.

Gentle Jersey Cows Week!
2021-08-21, 2021-08-20, 2021-08-19, 2021-08-18, 2021-08-17, 2021-08-16
Each week in July and August, Billings Farm & Museum will highlight a different farm animal with daily up-close programs, displays and explorations and a “themed” food recipe.
Meet these farm animals with daily programs at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm:
Gentle Jersey Cows: August 16-22
Giddy Goats: August 23-27
Learn more about the featured farm animal and their role on the farm. Enjoy a “featured animal” scavenger hunt in the Farm Life Exhibits and pick up a themed recipe from the Learning Kitchen.
Programs take place daily, except on Special Event Days: (August 1, 28 & 29).

"Foodie" Fridays
2021-08-20 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-08-13 10:00 - 17:00
Discover how we use seasonal ingredients from our farm and gardens to make delicious recipes. Culinary demonstrations and interactive garden programs.

35th Annual Quilt Exhibition
2021-08-20 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-08-19 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-08-18 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-08-17 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-08-16 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-08-15 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-08-14 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-08-13 10:00 - 17:00 and 1 more date
Explore the juried exhibition of locally-made quilts ONLINE & ONSITE. Enjoy quilting demonstrations and activities for all.

Thursday Threads
2021-08-19 10:00 - 17:00, 2021-08-12 10:00 - 17:00
Celebrate the fiber arts with ongoing demonstrations of textile-related crafts such as weaving, knitting, spinning, felting or dyeing, and create a craft to take home.

Wagon Ride Wednesdays
2021-08-18 11:00 - 14:00
Enjoy a wagon ride around the farm offered from 11:00 – 2:00.
(conditions permitting)

Time Travel Tuesdays
2021-08-17 10:00 - 17:00
Travel back in time with 1890 farm activities! Guess the artifact, butter making, hands-on crafts and games.

10:30 & 4:00 Garden Programs
11:00-4:00 Historic Recipes in the Learning Kitchen
11:00-3:00 Guess the Artifact in the exhibits
12:00 & 2:00 Butter Making Program on the Farmhouse Terrace
Time Travel Activity near the Garden Shed
Croquet on the front lawn of the 1890 Farm Manager’s House

Mindful Monday
2021-08-16 10:00 - 17:00
Heighten your senses in our relaxing farm landscape in a 20-minute instructor-led mindfulness activity offered at 10:30, 11:00, and 11:30 am. Sample herbal tea and Billings Farm cheese from 11 am – 4 pm. Find inner peace with a mission-focused mantra, complete with instructions, available at the Ticket Desk.
Mindful Monday programs are included with admission to Billings Farm & Museum.

Billings Bookworms Week 6: How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
2021-08-16 10:00 - 11:30
Join the Billings Bookworms! From July 12 through August 16, kids ages 6-8 are invited to Billings Farm & Museum each week to read about and explore a farm-themed topic. This is not just a book club! There are activities and crafts each week and Bookworms get to experience all the site has to offer.
Billings Bookworms Week 6: How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
10-10:30 Book reading and exploration. This week we’ll begin by reading How the Chipmunk Got His Stripes by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac, a Native American folktale. Each Bookworm will then pick a passage that stands out to them and write or draw about it. Everyone will have the chance to share what they’ve written or drawn about the story.
10:30-10:45 Snack time. Snack will be provided by Billings Farm & Museum. During snack we will complete the final chapter of Good Dog: Herd You Loud and Clear by Cam Higgins and Ariel Landy. Each week we will continue reading from this chapter book until it is finished on the last day of the club. The book is called Good Dog: Herd You Loud and Clear and is about a young herding dog working to bring in the sheep.
10:45-11:30 Activity time. Today our Bookworms will set out on the Billings Farm & Museum walking trail to identify native plants and learn about the indigenous concept of Seven Generations.
Learn more about Billings Bookworms and complete the application form.
Billings Bookworms is for kids ages 6-8
One session: $25 per participant/$20 per BF&M member
6-week Series: $125 per participant/$100 per BF&M member.
Spaces are limited!

Check Out the Chickens Week!
2021-08-15, 2021-08-14, 2021-08-13, 2021-08-12
Each week in July and August, Billings Farm & Museum will highlight a different farm animal with daily up-close programs, displays and explorations and a “themed” food recipe.
Meet these farm animals with daily programs at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm:
Check Out the Chickens: August 9-15
Gentle Jersey Cows: August 16-22
Giddy Goats: August 23-27
Learn more about the featured farm animal and their role on the farm. Enjoy a “featured animal” scavenger hunt in the Farm Life Exhibits and pick up a themed recipe from the Learning Kitchen.
Programs take place daily, except on Special Event Days: (August 1, 28 & 29).

Junior Farmer Camp: Session Four
2021-08-13 09:00 - 16:00, 2021-08-12 09:00 - 16:00
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a farmer? Junior Farmer Camp is designed to help kids, ages 7-10 (entering grades 2-5), discover for themselves by stepping into a farmer’s shoes for a week.
The majority of our camp activities will be held outside where campers can maintain social distance. This year we will offer outdoor animal chores with the sheep, goats, chickens, and heifers, tractor-drawn wagon rides, games, gardening, crafts, and cooking. We will take advantage of the adjacent National Historical Park for hiking and learn about Vermont’s natural history. We can’t wait to see you at Junior Farmer Camp!
Junior Farmer Camp: Session Four runs from August 9-August 13. Learn more at Junior Farmer Camp.
