Maker’s Monday at the Dudley Farm

 Crafters are invited to join the ladies from the Dudley Farm gift shop for fun and fellowship Monday afternoons from 1 to 3 pm downstairs at the yellow Munger Barn. Bring your work-in-progress projects and craft in community as we share expertise, advice, and laughter working in centuries-old techniques: sewing, quilting, knitting, basket weaving, hooking, spinning, whatever! Donations appreciated. For more information, contact Mary Norris, 203-415-0426. 

Farmers Market

 

June 7 through Oct

Saturday’s 9-12:30

We have breakfast and lunch being made fresh to order.  Hot coffee and rumor has it that there will be cold brew coffee this weekend.  Olive oil, jams, and maple syrup from just up the road.  The best canvas shopping bag that I’ve ever had the pleasure to use, will carry your food and so much more (only $15 with all proceeds going to the Dudley Foundation). Jewelry to compliment your dining outfit and even a spoon or fork to eat with.   Fiber arts to wear, keep you warm, keep you safe (masks), dry your dishes and put your plates on.  Bread, oh my God bread, of the sourdough variety.    Live music every week and historical craft demonstrations.   And you can say hello to our sheep and our chickens.

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Living History Immersion: Victorian Farmwomen’s Daily Lives

Dudley Farm 2351 Durham Road, Guilford, CT, United States

Come spend a weekend engaged in the daily activities of women living on small farms in New England in the late nineteenth century. Activities include sewing, washing, ironing, writing a letter, reading magazines, tending to sheep and chickens, making bread, butter, and shrub. Spending two days in our 1845 farmhouse, having to fetch and heat […]

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Spring Migration Bird Walk—CANCELLED

Fee: Free (Binocular Rental $4) Suggested Donation: $5 Register Her Cancelled Join us at the Dudley Farm for a bird walk led by expert guide Tom Connolly of The Audubon Shop in Madison. Tom has led bird walks at Hammonasset State Park and East Rock Park, as well as in Costa Rica. Mid-May in Connecticut […]

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Free

Expressive Art & Writing Workshop–four consecutive Wednesdays, May 21 to June 11, from 1 to 3 p.m

Munger Barn 2351 Durham Road, Guilford, CT, United States

Recharge your creativity and experience the joy of writing and drawing from the intuitive, imagistic right-side of the brain. Amy J. Barry, writer, and expressive arts educator will lead this workshop for adults. She will employ imaginative prompts and exercises, inspired by the beautiful natural surroundings at Dudley Farm; historical items in the 19th-century farmhouse; and […]

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$100.00

Maushop: Telling and Illustrating the Wampanoag Legend

  The Dudley Farm is excited to welcome back award winning and prolific Mashpee Wampanoag artist, poet, and author Robert Peters on Saturday, May 31. He will share his art and read from his latest children’s book, Big Baby—the story of how a village cared for the legendary Wampanoag giant Maushop as a baby. Robert’s […]

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Free

Conversations with Historical Objects

Part of a series of discussions on objects from the Dudley Farm Museum collections.  We’ll explore what stories can be generated from different perspectives.  This month’s objects are two spinning wheels that are both still working great (with a wee bit of restoration).  We’ll talk about the history of home spinning and what role these […]

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Free

Bobbin Lacemaking Demonstration

Dudley Farm 2351 Durham Road, Guilford, CT, United States

Bobbin Lacemaking Demonstration Come see members of the New England Lace Group demonstrating how they make complex designs as their bobbins click and clack

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Wool Spinning Demonstration

Dudley Farm 2351 Durham Road, Guilford, CT, United States

Come see wool fleece from local sheep being spun into yard on antique wheels—a great wheel, a flax wheel and a drop spindle.  Try it yourself, too!

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Storytelling Down On The Farm

Come to the Barn for some old time storytelling with Carolyn Stearns and music by Joe Flood. Storytelling Down On The Farm is a free family event. Carolyn Stearns is the kind of storyteller who roamed New England towns 200 years ago. Her family tales of Revolutionary ships lost at sea, the man who painted […]

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Free

Traditional Herbs and Their Uses

  Join us as North Branford resident Courtney Cucinotta shares her knowledge about the traditional Indigenous use of herbs and herbal remedies. A Certified Clinical Herbalist and member of the Indigenous Nipmuc Tribe of Northeastern Connecticut, Courtney has been researching and using traditional plant remedies for more than thirty years. She has studied under many […]

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Free

Conversations with Historical Objects

Big Barn

Part of a series of discussions on objects from the Dudley Farm Museum collections.  We’ll explore what stories can be generated from different perspectives.  This month’s object is a nineteenth century buggy.  Come explore how it worked and the role it played on nineteenth century farms.  This month, we’ll meet in the Big Barn where […]

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Free