Happenings
Get your party started with a master of the small bite, Festivities Executive Chef/Co-Owner Bill Kaliff.
This perfectly timed class will be focused on tray-passed hors d’oeuvres with a strong emphasis on organic garnishes--all well-suited to the season!
For More info and to register, Click HERE
Join us in the Barn at the Farm to make an incredible living centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table using specialty pumpkins and succulent plants. For more info and to register, click HERE
Join chef Annalyce and Farm Instructor Chryse Terrill for a farm-based Election Day camp.
Chef Annalyce will be creating a yummy patriotic-themed dessert with the kids.
Chryse is planning to run an election poll for “favorite farm animal” and the kids will vote to name our feisty rooster.
Of course, the Farm will offer all the usual fun activities, including animal feeding and petting, games, and crafts.
$100
For more info and to register click HERE
Nick Mancini, UConn master gardener, author of The Complete Organic Garden, and currently the guiding light at the Grace Farms community garden, will share his accumulated wisdom from decades of growing both fruits and vegetables organically. In this Pollinator Pathway Series talk, Nick will explain the fall and winter ‘must dos’ to have a successful organic veggie garden next summer.
This talk is FREE, but registration is requested.
Join Kathy Oberman & Carl McNair for a workshop in pizza-making using our new Mugnaini wood-burning outdoor oven. We will make the dough in our kitchen and then go outside to bake the pizzas in the oven. Kids can join parents in the pizza making fun!
For more info and to register click HERE
Join us in Tims Kitchen with pastry Chef Adrianna Robles of Good Morning Cupcake for a hands-on experience!
Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your class, as class will begin promptly at 11am. Feel free to hang out on the farm grounds prior to class. Children 8 and up must be accompanied by a parent.
For more info and to register, click HERE
Join local ethnobotanist Sefra Alexandra, The Seed Huntress & Executive Director of CT NOFA, Dina Brewster of The Hickories for an evening of hands-on native seed saving instruction for pollinator health
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We'll have a great morning making empanadas together with Chef Florencia Lipton, a Weston-based chef who has her own popular cottage Empanada business.
We will enjoy a lunch together with empanadas and a simple salad. And, all will go home with your own empanadas to share with the family at dinner! For more info and to register, click HERE
Oct. 28 10:00am-12pm
Kids from grades 3-5 will learn to make rolled, baked and dough-based goodies from near and far!
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Put your garden to bed for the winter with Wakeman's Master Gardening Gurus! They will share tips on what to cut down and what to leave, how to properly recycle and compost the last greens as the garden prepares for its long winter nap.
For more info and to register for this FREE talk, click HERE
Join us for an hour of quality time each week with your child on the Farm, while connecting with other children and parents in the community. Our amazing instructors will offer different farm and nature themes and activities .Choose the 9 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. start time.
For more info and to register, click HERE
Come hear from the man who turned the home-grown herb industry on its ear, providing global flavors for home gardeners for 60+ years, and recently introduced Petite Edibles
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Registration is FREE
Jr. Chefs will bake holiday cookies, pies and treats in one or more of our two-hour holiday-inspired classes, and learn a few cool culinary tips and tricks along the way. For more info or to register click HERE
Re-create mouthwatering dishes from an Island resort with Chef Darlene Banks. Thursday, October 3 7-10pm
For more info and to register click HERE
Join us for an encore class of our sold out Taste of Bologna: Lasagna al Ragú.
If you didn't have an Italian grandmother to teach you how to make classic lasagna, this is the place for you! Chef Vita Palmeri will walk you through all the steps of creating old-world style lasagna completely from scratch!
For more info and to register, click HERE
Elementary school children in our Homesteaders Farm Club are thrilled to experience real farming and gardening activities, including planting and harvesting along with farm animal care. For more information and to register, click HERE
Get your passports ready! Sharpen those knives and let’s get ready to journey around the world in 60 days!
Whether your child has little or no experience in the kitchen, our goal is to create a sense of independence and self-reliance. We will teach culinary recipes highlighting different flavor profiles from all over the world using ingredients and spices reflecting various cultural backgrounds.
For more information and to register, click HERE
Join local pastry chef Adrianna Robles, owner of Good Morning Cupcake and pastry chef for Isabel et Vincent in Fairfield, for a series dedicated to making kids’ favorite cookies and bars. The emphasis will be on teaching essential baking techniques that can be replicated at home.
For more information and to register, click HERE
DROP IN!
Our Fall drop in volunteer hours will be beginning on Tuesday August 27 and will continue until the farmstand closes at the end of the growing season. The official end date will be determined by Jack Frost and confirmed by us, later in the season. Usually we stop after hard frost, around November 1.
We generally work rain or shine, but not in the case of extreme weather, when we'd advise checking the Wakeman Town Farm FB page for cancellations.
Volunteers age 13 & up are welcome. Younger must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Bring your own water bottle, and garden gloves if you have them.
Tuesdays 9:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Fridays 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Saturdays - any time between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
SOLD OUT! SEE OUR ENCORE CLASS
If you didn't have an Italian grandmother to teach you how to make classic lasagna, this is the place for you! Chef Vita Palmeri will walk you through all the steps of creating old-world style lasagna completely from scratch!
