The core mission of Seed Song Center, a nonprofit organization that organizes events, workshops, festivals, summer camps, and community work at Seed Song Farm, is to renew a reverence for the land and its bounty through thoughtfully designed experiences of local sustainable agriculture.
ThanksGiveSing Family End-of-Harvest Celebration
Saturday, November 10, 2-5 (Rain date Sunday, November 11)
please see full details-- click the 'ThanksGiveSing' tab on the menu bar
Live Music and Entertainment, Farm Food, Games, Presentation on the work of the Farm & Center, Staff & Volunteer Appreciation.
Calling all Volunteers, Performers, & Participants: We need you! Join our work to rebuild a culture that reveres the land and its bounty.
Please leave message at info@seedsongfarm.org or (845) 383-1528
Winter Solstice Ceremony & Potluck
Friday, December 21 in the evening
Suggested Donation: $10
Organized by Neetopk Keetopk, a group of Native Americans & allies modelling traditional wisdom as solutions to modern problems.
Additional Events:
Farmer Creek Iversen & friends from Neetopk Keetopk, a group of indigenous people and non-native allies, will organize seasonal activities around Native American-inspired Three Sisters Garden, with corn, beans, squash, and sage, and others.
Farmer's wife Lisa Mitten & friends will organize activities surrounding flowers and herbs. This group will be called "Keepers of the Flowers and Herbs." Throughout the growing season, this group will seed, transplant, weed, harvest, dry, and save seeds for flowers and herbs. The group will also do special activities with the flowers and herbs such as making flower bouquets inspired the Dutch flower bouquets of Lisa's ancestors, making flower essences, and Lisa will teach about conducting energetic cleansings (also called limpias in Spanish) with herbs and flowers.
Past Events:
Pumpkin Patch and Fall Family Fun at Seed Song Farm
Saturday, September 15th through Sunday, October 28 - 10am-5pm (Saturdays), 11am-4pm (Sundays)
Pick pumpkins-on-the-vine, in-the-field, every weekend at Seed Song Farm! Family-friendly farm activities such as Haywagon rides, farm animals, meadow maze, farm & nature scavenger hunt, farm fresh snacks, imagination photo sets, live entertainment.
Free farm admission, Fee per pumpkin and per some activities.
Volunteer Work Party for Halloween Fest
Saturday, October 20, 9am-1pm and 1pm-5pm
Help Seed Song Center and MyKingstonKids prepare for Halloween Fest! Tasks for every age and ability. Food provided. RSVP's appreciated to info@seedsongfarm.org or (845) 383-1528.
Halloween Fest with MyKingstonKids at Seed Song Farm
NOTE: Due to the weather we are moving the event to our Rain Date & Time of Sunday, October 28 from 2-7pm.
See also the JackOPositiveLanterns menu tab for details about the pumpkin carving contest (10-27&28) and Art Pumpkin Show (10-27)
Our 2nd Annual Halloween extravaganza in partnership with MyKingstonKids! Featuring haywagon rides; music, puppets, storytelling, and theater; you-pick pumpkins; farm animal visits; vendors of food, refreshments, and information for families; spooky house; costume show; Jack-O-lantern display, giant bonfire and more. Thanks to the support of our farm community and local businesses, we are again be able to offer free admission to the festival, though there are fees for food and some activities. Visit mykingstonkids.com for more information.
Fall Equinox Ceremony & Potluck
Saturday, September 22, 3pm potluck meal; 4pm preparation, smudging, and fire lighting; 5pm ceremony.
Suggested Donation: $10
Organized by Neetopk Keetopk, a group of Native Americans & allies modelling traditional wisdom as solutions to modern problems
Wednesday Art Workshops
Wednesdays, June through July at 6:00pm-7:30pm
Suggested Donation $15
Partial scholarships available
Organized by Artist Andrew Kaminski
The public is invited to Wednesday Evening Art Workshops on the Farm with artist/muralist-in-residence Andrew Kaminski, every Wednesday in June from 6-7:30pm at Seed Song Farm & Center.The workshops integrate elements of the farm into the art work. There will be also be opportunities during the workshops to help prep for a giant mural at the farm.
Biogas Stove Workshop
Saturday, June 16 in the morning, 10am-12pm
By Donation
Organized by Solar Cities
Learn by doing as Kathy Puffer of Solar Cities, Inc, a not-for-profit humanitarian organization that helps people create food to fuel solutions for families and their communities, teaches and leads participants in creating a stove fueled by vegetable scraps and other farm waste materials.
Summer Solstice Ceremony & Potluck
Thursday, June 21 in the evening
Suggested Donation: $10
Organized by Neetopk Keetopk, a group of Native Americans & allies modelling traditional wisdom as solutions to modern problems
Summer Camp on the Farm! and Open Houses (All Ages)
Monday July 2 through Friday, August 31 One-week Summer Day Camps Ages 5 and older
Wednesdays 2:30-4:30 Summer Day Programs Ages 3-4 and younger with parent/guardian
Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 Summer Camp Open Houses- all are welcome to visit camp, view campers' projects, and stay after for CSA, refreshments, and sale of fresh chemical-free produce
Explore the powers of the animals, plants, elements & traditions of this land through farm & nature experiences, games, and the arts. One-Week camp programs, day programs, and 2-Hour programs-- something for all ages.
For details please click on "camp" on the menu bar.
Make Your Own Salad Dressing with Joyce White
Saturday, June 23 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Program Fee: $20 includes samples, demo, and recipes
Advanced registration is required to plan materials - click here to sign up for this workshop
How are you dressing your CSA greens? Bottled commercial salad dressings are almost always made with low quality oils that have been stripped of their nutrients and made rancid by the manufacturing process. They contain dangerous ingredients such as stabilizers, preservatives, artificial flavors and colors, refined sweeteners, and neurotoxins. Learn how to make quick and easy home-made salad dressings, made with healthy oils, contain vitamin E, antioxidants, and enzymes. Come watch the process, sample several varieties, and go home with the recipes.
Carcinogens and Other Toxins In Everyday Cleaning and Personal Care Products with Joyce White
Saturday, June 30 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Program Fee: $30 includes demo, recipes, and your own shampoo and home cleanser to take home
Advanced registration is required to plan materials - click here to sign up for this workshop
Every morning, American women are exposed to over 100 chemicals before they leave the house. If your shampoo lathers, your dish soap foams, or your floor cleaner smells like pine, you should be concerned about carcinogens and hormone disruptors. Even the organic products are not exempt! Come learn how to easily make these products at home in less time than a trip to the store. And at a fraction of the price! Make and take home your own shampoo and whole house cleanser.
Principles Of Traditional Nutrition with Joyce White
Saturday, July 7 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Program Fee: $20
Scholarships are available. To inquire, contact Joyce at rollsadventure@msn.com
Advanced registration is required - click here to sign up for this workshop
In the early 20th century, extensive research of healthy, isolated communities eating their traditional diet revealed striking differences compared to modern day diets. Compared to today, these healthy traditional peoples consumed 10 times as much fat soluble vitamins (A and D) and 4 times as much water soluble vitamins and minerals. As we have abandoned these traditional foods, and replaced them with modern convenience foods, physical degeneration has followed. Physical issues from crowed teeth, cavities, reproduction difficulties, and degenerative illnesses, along with emotional instability, are the result of nutritional deficiencies not genetics. Learn the characteristics of traditional diets while sampling some traditional foods.
Fermented Greens and Beans with Joyce White
Saturday, July 14 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Program Fee: $20, includex one pint of fermented greens or beans to take home with you.
Scholarships are available. To inquire, contact Joyce at rollsadventure@msn.com
Advanced registration is required to plan materials - click here to sign up for this workshop
Come learn the basics of lacto-fermentation. Bring your own knife and cutting board and make a pint of dilly beans or greens to take home. Samples included.
Hudson Valley Brassroots Festival at Seed Song Farm
Saturday, July 28 from 1 PM to 10 PM
A full day and evening of brass band music of all kinds for all ages at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. Artisanal Food & Drink Vendors.
For more info visit http://hvbrassroots.com/ or the Brassroots Facebook event page
Fermented Condiments: Ketchup, Mustard, Mayo & Salsa with Joyce White
Saturday, August 4 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Program Fee: $20, includes demo, samples, recipes and take home one pint of salsa
Scholarships are available. To inquire, contact Joyce at rollsadventure@msn.com
Advanced registration is required to plan materials - click here to sign up for this workshop
Learn basic fermentation techniques as we make ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, and salsa. Fermenting condiments increases their vitamin levels, enhances their digestibility, and promotes the growth of healthy gut flora. They have antibiotic and anticarcinogenic properties as well. Samples included.
Bring your own knife and cutting board and make a pint of salsa to take home.
Family Week: Summer Camp on the Farm
Tuesday, August 7- Saturday August 11
A week of best-of-summer-camp-on-the-farm activities for families, with optional overnight camping.
For details please click on "camp" on the menu bar
Summer Herbs with Sarah Elisabeth
Saturday, August 11 from 11 AM to 1 PM
Program Fee: Sliding scale $10 to $20
Make Your Own Flower Essences + Vibrational Plant Medicine with Emma Elisabeth
Saturday, August 25th from 11:30 AM to 2 PM
Program Fee: $30
Advanced registration is required to plan materials - click here to sign up for this workshop
Have you ever wondered what lies beyond the beautiful, physical properties of Flowers? Do you long to slow down, sit with a flower, and open yourself to receive the subtle energy it contains? Are you curious about Flower Essences and vibrational healing, but don’t know where to start? Join Emma for a Full Moon workshop on making your own Flower Essences while learning about the vibrational healing qualities of plants. You’ll learn the practical process of crafting, preserving and diluting Flower Essence remedies as you attune to the subtle energies of flowers through meditation and intuition. As you strengthen your connection to yourself and nature, you’ll learn to ally with the plants and flowers in a new way that requires no prior knowledge. This is a beginner friendly, introductory workshop that merges the practical and energetic applications of working with Flower Essences. You’ll leave with your own Flower Essence and the steps to create vibrational remedies for yourself and others.
May Faire with Mystik Mayhem at Seed Song Farm (all ages)
NOTE: MAYFAIRE WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY ONLY (The Saturday events are cancelled due to the weather)
Sunday, May 13 from 11 AM to 5 PM
$5 per adult and teen, Free for children 12 and under, additional fees for food and some activities
Welcome in the May with a maypole, dancing, participatory music and planting activities, hayrides, and a visit with the sheep and chickens. Mystik Mayhem will add actors, food, youth activities, and a twist of fantasy to this year's traditional agricultural celebration of springtime. Mystik Mayhem invites you to a real-life traditional hand-fastening ceremony (pre-wedding) on Saturday, and a Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday. Fore more information about these activities please visit their website www.mmte.20m.com
Seedling Sale at Seed Song Farm! While supplies last! We will have limited quantities of seedlings. Come early!
Cooler weather seedlings
Friday, May 18 from 11 AM to 6 PM
Saturday, May 19 from 8 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, May 20 from 10 AM to 4 PM
Saturday, May 28 from 10 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, May 29 from 11 AM to 4 PM
Saturday, June 2 from 10 AM to 2 PM
We grow seedlings not just for our own plants but for your own garden as well! We care for your seedlings with the same love, attention, and quality inputs as our own seedlings for our production farm, CSA, and farmers markets. We transplant our seedlings from trays into peat pots that you can plant directly into your garden (we recommend poking holes into the peat pots first before you plant). The original starting soil and the transplanting soil is very high quality, certified organic potting soil filled with nutrients to support strong plant growth. The health and vitality of our seedlings are evident when you see them!
MyKIngstonKids Fest (all ages)
Saturday, May 19 from 11am to 4pm
Location: Lace Mill, 165 Cornell St, Kingston
Free!
Visit Seed Song Farm & Center's activity table at this fun Willie Wonka-themed family event.
More information: http://www.mykingstonkids.com/kingstonevents/upcoming-events?limit=10&start=20
Foraging Walk with Dina Falconi
Saturday, May 20 from 1 PM to 3 PM
Program Fee: $10
Click here to sign up for this event
Join herbalist Dina Falconi and explore the wild plants of Seed Song Farm. Learn to identify these plants using basic sensory skills and discover how they are used for food, medicine and pleasure. This walk will include practical information on harvest and preparation. Bring a notepad, camera, and water bottle. Rain or shine, but if it is pouring heavily, we will cancel. Sponsored by Hudson Valley Slow Food.
Community Three Sisters Corn Planting (all ages)
Saturday, June 2 at 11:30 AM
Free!
Join the farm crew as we plant native corn seeds in our three sisters field of corn, beans, squash, sage, and other heritage plants.
RSVPs appreciated: info@seedsongfarm.org or (845) 383-1528 with contact name, number of adults, number and ages of children.
Spring Herbs with Sarah Elisabeth
Saturday, April 14 from 1 PM to 3 PM
Program Fee: Sliding scale $10 to $20
Come and enjoy the tastes of the season. We’ll make nettle infusion and enjoy nettle soup, wild salad and herbal vinegar.
RSVP's appreciated to info@seedsongfarm.org or (845) 383-1528 with contact name and number of adults attending.
FREE Summer on the Farm! Programs Open House (Ages 5-12)
Friday, April 20 from 9:30am to 12:00pm or 1pm to 3:30pm
Free!
Introduction and information about our Summer on the Farm! week-long and half day programs in May, June, July & August.
Please click on "Day Programs" on the menu bar for details and registration information.
City of Kingston's 5th Annual Earth Fair & Expo
Saturday, April 21 from 10am to 4pm
Location: Forsyth Park and Nature Center
Free
Visit Seed Song Farm & Center's table at this excellent 5th annual event! We'll have information about our CSA, Summer on the Farm! day and week-long programs, volunteer opportunities, and upcoming workshops and events.
For more information: https://kingston-ny.gov/EarthExpo
Hudson Valley Co-housing and Farm Collectives Meetup Group
Saturday, April 28 from 11am-2pm
Interested in Intentional Community? Co-housing? Farming Collectives? Come get informed, inspired, & meet your future collaborators. The April meeting will be held at Seed Song Farm & Center. Anyone interested is encouraged to join the meetup group:
www.meetup.com/Hudson-Valley-Collectives-Co-housing-Meetup/
Please RSVP through Meetup. Register your interest. Meet others!
Tree Planting Party
Sunday, April 29 from 10am to 12:30pm and 1pm to 3:30pm
Free
Plant fruit, nut, & native trees into our developing public agroecological forest garden. Farm snacks and simple lunch will be on hand.
RSVP to info@seedsongfarm.org or (845) 383-1528 with contact name, number of adults, number and ages of children.
May Farm Camp Sampler: A Preview of Summer Camp on the Farm! (Ages 5-12)
Saturday, May 5 from 2pm to 4:30pm
Fee: $25
A fun afternoon in which children will feed the farm animals, work with seeds, meet the farm & camp staff, and get a feeling for what a full week of the Summer on the Farm! program would be like.
For details and registration form, visit our summer camp website.
ThanksGiveSing Family End-of-Harvest Celebration
Saturday, November 10, 2-5 (Rain date Sunday, November 11)
please see full details-- click the 'ThanksGiveSing' tab on the menu bar
Live Music and Entertainment, Farm Food, Games, Presentation on the work of the Farm & Center, Staff & Volunteer Appreciation.
Calling all Volunteers, Performers, & Participants: We need you! Join our work to rebuild a culture that reveres the land and its bounty.
Please leave message at info@seedsongfarm.org or (845) 383-1528
Winter Solstice Ceremony & Potluck
Friday, December 21 in the evening
Suggested Donation: $10
Organized by Neetopk Keetopk, a group of Native Americans & allies modelling traditional wisdom as solutions to modern problems.
Additional Events:
Farmer Creek Iversen & friends from Neetopk Keetopk, a group of indigenous people and non-native allies, will organize seasonal activities around Native American-inspired Three Sisters Garden, with corn, beans, squash, and sage, and others.
Farmer's wife Lisa Mitten & friends will organize activities surrounding flowers and herbs. This group will be called "Keepers of the Flowers and Herbs." Throughout the growing season, this group will seed, transplant, weed, harvest, dry, and save seeds for flowers and herbs. The group will also do special activities with the flowers and herbs such as making flower bouquets inspired the Dutch flower bouquets of Lisa's ancestors, making flower essences, and Lisa will teach about conducting energetic cleansings (also called limpias in Spanish) with herbs and flowers.
Past Events:
Pumpkin Patch and Fall Family Fun at Seed Song Farm
Saturday, September 15th through Sunday, October 28 - 10am-5pm (Saturdays), 11am-4pm (Sundays)
Pick pumpkins-on-the-vine, in-the-field, every weekend at Seed Song Farm! Family-friendly farm activities such as Haywagon rides, farm animals, meadow maze, farm & nature scavenger hunt, farm fresh snacks, imagination photo sets, live entertainment.
Free farm admission, Fee per pumpkin and per some activities.
Volunteer Work Party for Halloween Fest
Saturday, October 20, 9am-1pm and 1pm-5pm
Help Seed Song Center and MyKingstonKids prepare for Halloween Fest! Tasks for every age and ability. Food provided. RSVP's appreciated to info@seedsongfarm.org or (845) 383-1528.
Halloween Fest with MyKingstonKids at Seed Song Farm
NOTE: Due to the weather we are moving the event to our Rain Date & Time of Sunday, October 28 from 2-7pm.
See also the JackOPositiveLanterns menu tab for details about the pumpkin carving contest (10-27&28) and Art Pumpkin Show (10-27)
Our 2nd Annual Halloween extravaganza in partnership with MyKingstonKids! Featuring haywagon rides; music, puppets, storytelling, and theater; you-pick pumpkins; farm animal visits; vendors of food, refreshments, and information for families; spooky house; costume show; Jack-O-lantern display, giant bonfire and more. Thanks to the support of our farm community and local businesses, we are again be able to offer free admission to the festival, though there are fees for food and some activities. Visit mykingstonkids.com for more information.
Fall Equinox Ceremony & Potluck
Saturday, September 22, 3pm potluck meal; 4pm preparation, smudging, and fire lighting; 5pm ceremony.
Suggested Donation: $10
Organized by Neetopk Keetopk, a group of Native Americans & allies modelling traditional wisdom as solutions to modern problems
Wednesday Art Workshops
Wednesdays, June through July at 6:00pm-7:30pm
Suggested Donation $15
Partial scholarships available
Organized by Artist Andrew Kaminski
The public is invited to Wednesday Evening Art Workshops on the Farm with artist/muralist-in-residence Andrew Kaminski, every Wednesday in June from 6-7:30pm at Seed Song Farm & Center.The workshops integrate elements of the farm into the art work. There will be also be opportunities during the workshops to help prep for a giant mural at the farm.
Biogas Stove Workshop
Saturday, June 16 in the morning, 10am-12pm
By Donation
Organized by Solar Cities
Learn by doing as Kathy Puffer of Solar Cities, Inc, a not-for-profit humanitarian organization that helps people create food to fuel solutions for families and their communities, teaches and leads participants in creating a stove fueled by vegetable scraps and other farm waste materials.
Summer Solstice Ceremony & Potluck
Thursday, June 21 in the evening
Suggested Donation: $10
Organized by Neetopk Keetopk, a group of Native Americans & allies modelling traditional wisdom as solutions to modern problems
Summer Camp on the Farm! and Open Houses (All Ages)
Monday July 2 through Friday, August 31 One-week Summer Day Camps Ages 5 and older
Wednesdays 2:30-4:30 Summer Day Programs Ages 3-4 and younger with parent/guardian
Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 Summer Camp Open Houses- all are welcome to visit camp, view campers' projects, and stay after for CSA, refreshments, and sale of fresh chemical-free produce
Explore the powers of the animals, plants, elements & traditions of this land through farm & nature experiences, games, and the arts. One-Week camp programs, day programs, and 2-Hour programs-- something for all ages.
For details please click on "camp" on the menu bar.
Make Your Own Salad Dressing with Joyce White
Saturday, June 23 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Program Fee: $20 includes samples, demo, and recipes
Advanced registration is required to plan materials - click here to sign up for this workshop
How are you dressing your CSA greens? Bottled commercial salad dressings are almost always made with low quality oils that have been stripped of their nutrients and made rancid by the manufacturing process. They contain dangerous ingredients such as stabilizers, preservatives, artificial flavors and colors, refined sweeteners, and neurotoxins. Learn how to make quick and easy home-made salad dressings, made with healthy oils, contain vitamin E, antioxidants, and enzymes. Come watch the process, sample several varieties, and go home with the recipes.
Carcinogens and Other Toxins In Everyday Cleaning and Personal Care Products with Joyce White
Saturday, June 30 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Program Fee: $30 includes demo, recipes, and your own shampoo and home cleanser to take home
Advanced registration is required to plan materials - click here to sign up for this workshop
Every morning, American women are exposed to over 100 chemicals before they leave the house. If your shampoo lathers, your dish soap foams, or your floor cleaner smells like pine, you should be concerned about carcinogens and hormone disruptors. Even the organic products are not exempt! Come learn how to easily make these products at home in less time than a trip to the store. And at a fraction of the price! Make and take home your own shampoo and whole house cleanser.
Principles Of Traditional Nutrition with Joyce White
Saturday, July 7 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Program Fee: $20
Scholarships are available. To inquire, contact Joyce at rollsadventure@msn.com
Advanced registration is required - click here to sign up for this workshop
In the early 20th century, extensive research of healthy, isolated communities eating their traditional diet revealed striking differences compared to modern day diets. Compared to today, these healthy traditional peoples consumed 10 times as much fat soluble vitamins (A and D) and 4 times as much water soluble vitamins and minerals. As we have abandoned these traditional foods, and replaced them with modern convenience foods, physical degeneration has followed. Physical issues from crowed teeth, cavities, reproduction difficulties, and degenerative illnesses, along with emotional instability, are the result of nutritional deficiencies not genetics. Learn the characteristics of traditional diets while sampling some traditional foods.
Fermented Greens and Beans with Joyce White
Saturday, July 14 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Program Fee: $20, includex one pint of fermented greens or beans to take home with you.
Scholarships are available. To inquire, contact Joyce at rollsadventure@msn.com
Advanced registration is required to plan materials - click here to sign up for this workshop
Come learn the basics of lacto-fermentation. Bring your own knife and cutting board and make a pint of dilly beans or greens to take home. Samples included.
Hudson Valley Brassroots Festival at Seed Song Farm
Saturday, July 28 from 1 PM to 10 PM
A full day and evening of brass band music of all kinds for all ages at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. Artisanal Food & Drink Vendors.
For more info visit http://hvbrassroots.com/ or the Brassroots Facebook event page
Fermented Condiments: Ketchup, Mustard, Mayo & Salsa with Joyce White
Saturday, August 4 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Program Fee: $20, includes demo, samples, recipes and take home one pint of salsa
Scholarships are available. To inquire, contact Joyce at rollsadventure@msn.com
Advanced registration is required to plan materials - click here to sign up for this workshop
Learn basic fermentation techniques as we make ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, and salsa. Fermenting condiments increases their vitamin levels, enhances their digestibility, and promotes the growth of healthy gut flora. They have antibiotic and anticarcinogenic properties as well. Samples included.
Bring your own knife and cutting board and make a pint of salsa to take home.
Family Week: Summer Camp on the Farm
Tuesday, August 7- Saturday August 11
A week of best-of-summer-camp-on-the-farm activities for families, with optional overnight camping.
For details please click on "camp" on the menu bar
Summer Herbs with Sarah Elisabeth
Saturday, August 11 from 11 AM to 1 PM
Program Fee: Sliding scale $10 to $20
Make Your Own Flower Essences + Vibrational Plant Medicine with Emma Elisabeth
Saturday, August 25th from 11:30 AM to 2 PM
Program Fee: $30
Advanced registration is required to plan materials - click here to sign up for this workshop
Have you ever wondered what lies beyond the beautiful, physical properties of Flowers? Do you long to slow down, sit with a flower, and open yourself to receive the subtle energy it contains? Are you curious about Flower Essences and vibrational healing, but don’t know where to start? Join Emma for a Full Moon workshop on making your own Flower Essences while learning about the vibrational healing qualities of plants. You’ll learn the practical process of crafting, preserving and diluting Flower Essence remedies as you attune to the subtle energies of flowers through meditation and intuition. As you strengthen your connection to yourself and nature, you’ll learn to ally with the plants and flowers in a new way that requires no prior knowledge. This is a beginner friendly, introductory workshop that merges the practical and energetic applications of working with Flower Essences. You’ll leave with your own Flower Essence and the steps to create vibrational remedies for yourself and others.
May Faire with Mystik Mayhem at Seed Song Farm (all ages)
NOTE: MAYFAIRE WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY ONLY (The Saturday events are cancelled due to the weather)
Sunday, May 13 from 11 AM to 5 PM
$5 per adult and teen, Free for children 12 and under, additional fees for food and some activities
Welcome in the May with a maypole, dancing, participatory music and planting activities, hayrides, and a visit with the sheep and chickens. Mystik Mayhem will add actors, food, youth activities, and a twist of fantasy to this year's traditional agricultural celebration of springtime. Mystik Mayhem invites you to a real-life traditional hand-fastening ceremony (pre-wedding) on Saturday, and a Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday. Fore more information about these activities please visit their website www.mmte.20m.com
Seedling Sale at Seed Song Farm! While supplies last! We will have limited quantities of seedlings. Come early!
Cooler weather seedlings
Friday, May 18 from 11 AM to 6 PM
Saturday, May 19 from 8 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, May 20 from 10 AM to 4 PM
Saturday, May 28 from 10 AM to 4 PM
Sunday, May 29 from 11 AM to 4 PM
Saturday, June 2 from 10 AM to 2 PM
We grow seedlings not just for our own plants but for your own garden as well! We care for your seedlings with the same love, attention, and quality inputs as our own seedlings for our production farm, CSA, and farmers markets. We transplant our seedlings from trays into peat pots that you can plant directly into your garden (we recommend poking holes into the peat pots first before you plant). The original starting soil and the transplanting soil is very high quality, certified organic potting soil filled with nutrients to support strong plant growth. The health and vitality of our seedlings are evident when you see them!
MyKIngstonKids Fest (all ages)
Saturday, May 19 from 11am to 4pm
Location: Lace Mill, 165 Cornell St, Kingston
Free!
Visit Seed Song Farm & Center's activity table at this fun Willie Wonka-themed family event.
More information: http://www.mykingstonkids.com/kingstonevents/upcoming-events?limit=10&start=20
Foraging Walk with Dina Falconi
Saturday, May 20 from 1 PM to 3 PM
Program Fee: $10
Click here to sign up for this event
Join herbalist Dina Falconi and explore the wild plants of Seed Song Farm. Learn to identify these plants using basic sensory skills and discover how they are used for food, medicine and pleasure. This walk will include practical information on harvest and preparation. Bring a notepad, camera, and water bottle. Rain or shine, but if it is pouring heavily, we will cancel. Sponsored by Hudson Valley Slow Food.
Community Three Sisters Corn Planting (all ages)
Saturday, June 2 at 11:30 AM
Free!
Join the farm crew as we plant native corn seeds in our three sisters field of corn, beans, squash, sage, and other heritage plants.
RSVPs appreciated: info@seedsongfarm.org or (845) 383-1528 with contact name, number of adults, number and ages of children.
Spring Herbs with Sarah Elisabeth
Saturday, April 14 from 1 PM to 3 PM
Program Fee: Sliding scale $10 to $20
Come and enjoy the tastes of the season. We’ll make nettle infusion and enjoy nettle soup, wild salad and herbal vinegar.
RSVP's appreciated to info@seedsongfarm.org or (845) 383-1528 with contact name and number of adults attending.
FREE Summer on the Farm! Programs Open House (Ages 5-12)
Friday, April 20 from 9:30am to 12:00pm or 1pm to 3:30pm
Free!
Introduction and information about our Summer on the Farm! week-long and half day programs in May, June, July & August.
Please click on "Day Programs" on the menu bar for details and registration information.
City of Kingston's 5th Annual Earth Fair & Expo
Saturday, April 21 from 10am to 4pm
Location: Forsyth Park and Nature Center
Free
Visit Seed Song Farm & Center's table at this excellent 5th annual event! We'll have information about our CSA, Summer on the Farm! day and week-long programs, volunteer opportunities, and upcoming workshops and events.
For more information: https://kingston-ny.gov/EarthExpo
Hudson Valley Co-housing and Farm Collectives Meetup Group
Saturday, April 28 from 11am-2pm
Interested in Intentional Community? Co-housing? Farming Collectives? Come get informed, inspired, & meet your future collaborators. The April meeting will be held at Seed Song Farm & Center. Anyone interested is encouraged to join the meetup group:
www.meetup.com/Hudson-Valley-Collectives-Co-housing-Meetup/
Please RSVP through Meetup. Register your interest. Meet others!
Tree Planting Party
Sunday, April 29 from 10am to 12:30pm and 1pm to 3:30pm
Free
Plant fruit, nut, & native trees into our developing public agroecological forest garden. Farm snacks and simple lunch will be on hand.
RSVP to info@seedsongfarm.org or (845) 383-1528 with contact name, number of adults, number and ages of children.
May Farm Camp Sampler: A Preview of Summer Camp on the Farm! (Ages 5-12)
Saturday, May 5 from 2pm to 4:30pm
Fee: $25
A fun afternoon in which children will feed the farm animals, work with seeds, meet the farm & camp staff, and get a feeling for what a full week of the Summer on the Farm! program would be like.
For details and registration form, visit our summer camp website.