The Sustainability Project presents the 12th Annual Seed Celebration & Sustainable Community Fair on Saturday, February 11th from 8:45am to 4:30pm. The celebration will be held at the Orchard School, 114 Old Settlers Road, in Alstead, NH. There will be Vendors, Educational Displays & Workshops, Family Fun, Music, A Cafe, Seeds, and Raffle. There is a suggested donation of $10 per person or $20 dollars for family. For more info call (603) 209-7272.
This year’s theme “Building Resilience, Regenerating the Earth” focuses on environmental stewardship, gardening, tools for personal transformation and skills for living well in a changing world.
Schedule Of Events
All Day:
The Caterpillar Lab, Activities for Children & Families, Exhibits, Displays, Cafe, Raffle, Seeds For Sale & Swap
| 8:30 | Event Opens |
| 8:45 | Welcome |
| 9-9:30 | Doug Clayton: Biochar – Classroom A/Outdoors, Outdoor component: 9:30-10 & 2:45-3:15 |
| 9-9:45 | Valerie Piedmont: Designing the Self – Community Room |
| 9-10 | Marty Castriotta: Intro to Permaculture – Farmhouse |
| 9:45-10:30 | Jan Lambert: Let’s Save the Rain – Classroom A |
| 10-10:30 | Tom Prunier: Kimchi – Cafe |
| 10:15-11:30 | Carl Majewski: Basic Garden Design – Farmhouse |
| 10:30-11:30 | Hilary Richardson: JoyMoves – Community Room |
| 10:45-11:45 | Dave Wichland: Mycological Landscaping – The Big Picture – Classroom A |
| 11-11:45 | Anton Elbers & Jenny Wright: Pruning – Outdoors |
| 12-12:45 | Solar Sisters Concert – Community Room |
| 1-2:00 | Kevin Warzecha & Dee Denehy: Tiny Houses – Classroom A |
| 1:15-2 | Kate Dean: Mending: Repurposing Textiles – Community Room |
| 1:15-2:15 | Medicine Story: Permaculture of the Heart – Farmhouse |
| 1:30-2:30 | Chip Chapman: Managing your Woodlot – Outdoors |
| 2:15-3:15 | Lionel Chute: WALES & the 5 Imperatives – Classroom A |
| 2:15-3:15 | Lior Sadeh: The Way of Tea – Cafe |
| 2:30-3:15 | Bill Whyte: Visualization — the art and practice of imagining – Farmhouse |
| 3:15-4:00 | Lil’ Orphans band |
| 3:45 | Last Call for Raffle |
| 4:00 | Raffle Drawing |
| 4:30 | Clean-up Begins! |
Come visit these tablers:
- Green Energy Options
- Wichland Woods
- Bee Fields Farm
- Village Roots
- Cheshire County Conservation District/Monadnock Farm and Community Coalition
- KSC Campus Ecology
- Valley Green Journal
- Quaker City Land Trust
- A Homesteader’s Collection
- Unity Mountain Herbs
Yarden of Eatin' 