Tour the restored 1920's Colonial Revival King's Garden, the site of the original Fort Garrison Garden. The King's Garden celebrates the Pell family's commitment to preservation and agriculture at Fort Ticonderoga for nearly two centuries. Immerse your senses in the colors and scents of the Discovery Gardens and marvel at sweeping lake vistas and stunning natural beauty of Fort Ticonderoga's landscape! The King's Garden is open May 25 through October 14, 2013.
When: Sat, May 25, 2013 until Sun, May 26, 2013
| 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$170 + materials ($20 - Est.)
Over the years, one of the signature decorative additions that traditional blacksmiths used to create a handle or show off their skills was called a basket twist. You'll find these beautiful decorative additions on many of the finer fireplace tool sets and other items. In this class, you will learn several ways of making basket twists while also learning skills that will help you to become a better smith. This class is intended for students with prior experience.
NOTE: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student safety.
When: Sat, May 25, 2013 until Sun, May 26, 2013
| 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$170 + $50 for materials.
So what are trestle ponies? They are fancy sawhorses used to support massive timbers when building large timber frame structures. Build yourself a set and have solid sawhorses for projects around the house, or use them to create the base for a trestle dining room table. Whatever you use them for, you will be learning the basics of timber framing. Whether building these trestle ponies or an entire building, the knowledge and skills needed for cutting these beautiful mortise and tenon joints is the same. This is a great beginner's class where you will learn the history of timber framing as you drill, cut, and chisel.
This workshop is for Crandall Library. Please contact Leslie Kendall at tel (518) 636-9291 or Email Lkendall8826@roadrunner.com or Email Leslie@kendallandassociates.com for information on workshops available for your organization.
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$85 + $35 for materials.
This basket is a variation on an Adirondack Pack Basket, one of the oldest surviving traditions inside the Adirondack Park. You will use a continuous weave technique and hand shaping to create this wonderfully useful basket. Shaker tape will be used to create a sturdy strap that will leave your hands free for blueberry picking or any other type of gathering. It also makes a great container to keep your yarn when knitting socks. This basket will be woven using reed and Shaker tape. The approximate finished size is 10 - 12? tall (width may vary).
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$85 + $25 for materials.
From the garden and the wild, learn to make high quality salves, balms, and oils! Come take part in an herbal identification walk through neighboring field, garden, and forest to forage plants for salves and oils. Learn identification, harvest, and preservation techniques for the herbs of early summer. Then learn the proper techniques for making herbal oils for massage, herbal salves for first aid and skin care, and lip balm. There will be hands-on demonstrations and tips for success and mistakes to avoid. Take home a sample of the items made in class, a supplies list, handouts, and recipes for many different products.
When: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 until Sun, Jun 2, 2013
| 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$170.
If you've ever admired the beautiful stone walls you've seen in the countryside and wondered how they were made, this class is for you! In this two-day class you will learn the basic techniques for creating dry-laid stone walls from an accomplished stone mason. Both retaining and freestanding walls will be covered, along with preparing the base and sub-base, stone selection, and other topics. This hands-on workshop is a must for anyone who wants to build or repair stone walls for his own home.
Note: Students must bring eye protection, ear plugs, gloves, and wear sturdy shoes for their safety.
When: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 until Sun, Jun 2, 2013
| 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$170 + materials ($25 - Est.)
What is smelting? It is a process that uses materials taken right from the earth, clay, iron ore, and fire, to create the iron that blacksmiths have used since the earliest times. The smelter created a bloom, which is the basic raw form of usable iron. New York State led the country in iron production before the Civil War and much of that iron was mined right here in the Adirondacks. In this class you will learn to build a clay furnace and prepare ore on the first day. Then learn the basics of smelting as you produce a bloom from Adirondack magnetite clay. This is a must-do class if you are interested in historic iron production or are keen about Adirondack history! You will greatly expand your knowledge of the unique characteristics of iron that make it ideal for forging. Smelting is a skill and art that has been kept alive by just a handful of artisan blacksmiths. You won't want to miss this class.
NOTE: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student safety.
When: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 until Sun, Jun 2, 2013
| 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$85 + $25 for materials.
Home life among the native peoples and settlers of the Adirondacks included the use of gourd vessels. In this fun class you will select a gourd, cut it, learn how to prepare and clean the gourd and, using a variety of optional finishes and adornments, create something both beautiful and useful such as a drum, bowl dipper, dream catcher, lantern, basket, cornucopia, or other objet d'art. You will enjoy seeing the unique items made by each of your fellow students - never two of a kind! No experience required
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$45.
Bluegrass banjo is the familiar sound that drove such favorites as the Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song, Rocky Top, and Foggy Mountain Breakdown. In this class you will learn enough about the banjo so that you can use a variety of available instructional aids from your home and progress with learning Bluegrass banjo at your own pace. You will be exposed to the basics of playing 5-string Bluegrass banjo, including tunings, left hand chord shapes, right hand rolls, vamping, hammer-ons, pull-offs, chokes, chimes, and how to read tablatures. We'll also look at online sites about banjo practice and instruction. Bring a playable 5-string banjo, two metal finger picks, and a thumb pick. Although there will be several handouts, an audio recorder is a good idea.
Kick off the Round the Lake in 80 Days series at LGLC'S Open House! Get maps and resources for parks and preserves, and become a member, if you aren't already. Open to LGLC members only (or join today for just $25!). Advance registration required. Mission #1.
When: Mon, Jun 3, 2013 until Wed, Jun 5, 2013
| 9:00 AM
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$215 + $80 for materials.
Have fun building a lasting child's toy - a classic rocking horse. This class will lead you through layout techniques for the best use of wood for strength and beauty. You will use a variety of woodworking equipment and tools to cut your pieces, hold the parts in proper orientation for drilling and assembly, and to edge shape the parts. Bring a sharp #2 pencil, red pencil, and a dust mask. You may choose to bring any personal hand tools of choice: coping saw, block plane, spoke shave, jigsaw, random orbit sanders, measuring and marking tools, or small edge router and radius bits. Create a toy for your kids or grand-kids that can be handed down through the generations!
Join local herbalist Nancy Scarzello for a hands-on demo as we plan and plant our herb garden for this year's growing season. We'll cover plant placement and how to choose perennial, biennial and annual herbs. Learn which plants do best from seed, how to make divisions, retail sources for herb seeds and plants, and everything we do to give our herb garden a fresh start for a new season.
Join Rider Magazine?s Editor-in-Chief, Mark Tuttle for a fun-filled ride through time and around the world laughing and scratching your head about all things ?motorcycle.?
Join local herbalist Nancy Scarzello for a hands-on demo as we plan and plant our herb garden for this year's growing season. We'll cover plant placement and how to choose perennial, biennial and annual herbs. Learn which plants do best from seed, how to make divisions, retail sources for herb seeds and plants, and everything we do to give our herb garden a fresh start for a new season. Help to revamp this year's King's Garden while getting a jump on your own with extra "volunteers" and divisions to be taken home. 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm (rain date June 5th). Cost: $20 includes instruction, site admission from 2 pm, handouts and take-home plants. Friends' members - $15. Advance reservation required by calling 518-585-2821
You'll laugh and learn at Fred's always popular seminar. Fred Rau offers up excerpts and commentary from his most popular seminars and magazine articles of the past 30 years, including 'You Might Be A Motorcyclist,' 'The 10 Stupidest Motorcycling Products,' and the ever-popular "Over Here & Over There."
When: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 until Sat, Jun 8, 2013
| 9:00 AM
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$130 + $15 for materials.
In this class students with little or no bread-making experience will learn to make sourdough bread in a wood-burning brick oven. Starting with feeding a sourdough starter and ending with easy-to-handle dough, you will take home a few loaves of delicious breads. The class will cover oven firing, baking techniques for wood-burning ovens, mixing, fermenting, shaping, and baking hearth breads. We will also discuss methods and equipment to make baking at home easier.
When: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 until Sat, Jun 8, 2013
| 10:00 AM
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$170.
Spring is the time for rain, but with rain come some of the most beautiful and delicate subjects in the Adirondacks. From gently cascading brooks to raging waterfalls, along with budding trees and fields of wild flowers, springtime has something for everyone. In this class we will discuss the relationship between us, our cameras, and our subjects by exploring the connection between shutter speed, aperture, and distance to our subject. Participants should possess an understanding of how to use the manual features of their SLR/DSLR cameras and be prepared for cool wet weather. We will spend a majority of our time in the field exploring local wild flower hot spots and waterfalls. The beauty of flowers and waterfalls is that they are always willing to pose, so we will get up close and personal with our subjects and develop a relationship with them. There will also be Q & A and indoor lessons. Bring appropriate clothing and footwear for being outside in potentially wet, cool conditions.
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$95. Tuition includes all materials.
This one day class offers those new to weaving (as well as those with experience) a chance to explore the world of colorful weaving. Each loom will be set up with a multi-colored warp, allowing the student to explore stripes, plaids, tabby, and twill designs. Experiment with colors, make a table runner, a set of placemats, or a woven sampler to display with pride in your home. The choices are numerous - so let your creative and colorful side shine!
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$85 + $35 for materials.
Native people designed the ribbed egg basket to safely collect their fresh eggs. Hooped baskets are some of the most beautiful and graceful because of their distinct design created from four parts: the hoops, lashing, ribs, and weaving. In this class you will learn the basics of rib basketry construction, with an emphasis on shaping by adjusting the lengths of individual ribs. With a wrapped handle, this 8" basket will be the perfect egg collector or look great in your home!
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$85 + $20 for materials.
At AFS we jokingly refer to these marshmallow roasters as "Squirrel Roasters"! Great for roasting marshmallows or even flipping your steak on the grill, the process of making these roasters is also a great way to learn the basics of blacksmithing. In this class you will learn how to build a fire in the forge, heat metal, twist, cut, and bend while using the tools of the blacksmith. This class is open to all wanting to try their hands at blacksmithing and have some fun!
NOTE: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student safety.
Where: Adirondack Folk School, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846
Cost:$85 + $10 for materials.
This class will take you through the experience of creating a traditional Appalachian broom using broomcorn, a stick, cord, various types of wood for handles, and no machinery, only your hands and feet. You will leave the class with three brooms that are totally functional and promise a clean sweep for many years to come. This is a wonderful one-day class to spend with a friend and learn something new!
Where: Paul Smith's College VIC, 8023 State Route 30, Paul Smiths, New York 12970
Cost:$10
During the spring of 2013, Adirondack Birding Center Director Brian McAllister is leading a series of bird walks at the Paul Smiths VIC. Participants are challenged to see and hear many of the bird species identified by a young Teddy Roosevelt in his research while visiting Paul Smiths in the 1870s. Birders meet at the VIC building at 9:00 AM on selected Wednesdays and Saturdays in May and June.
When: Today until Thu, Dec 5, 2013
| 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: LARAC
Cost:Free *$1 for rent
Aspiring Writers and Poets. Come together, write and share with us in a supportive environment. No need to publish, but we will write. All levels of experience welcome!
When: Today until Wed, Jun 19, 2013
| 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Fort Edward
Cost:$20.00
Lean, tone, and tight. Take the challenge! Win money and prizes! Registration Period Ends Monday 5/13! Official Starting Weigh-in Wednesday May 15 @ 7pm!
Check out the beautiful King's Garden at Fort Ticonderoga.
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