We’re excited to open for the 2025 season this weekend! Our tours and programs, walking trails, and Inn and restaurant are ready to welcome you. To celebrate opening weekend, we asked Shelburne Farms staff members to share their favorite places on our working farm campus.

Watch the video and plan your visit.

May 31: Celebrate Pollinators with Us!

Join us for a day of learning organized by the Vermont Pollinator Working Group. Hear from experts about supporting pollinators in your community, join workshops, and explore youth activities. 

Recipe: Spiced Sweet Potato Soup

As we eagerly await the growing season, our Kitchen Team makes delicious use of local storage crops, like the bayou belle sweet potato.

Upcoming Programs

Tuesday, May 13, 5–7:30PM:

Vermont Education & Environment Network 2025 Spring Gathering

Thursday, May 15, 5–6:30PM: Weed Walk & Nettle Pesto Making with Spoonful Herbals

Saturday, May 17, 9:00AM–12:00PM:

Spring Forest Bathing with Nature Connection Guide

Saturday, May 24, 1:30–3:00PM:

Spring Blooms Culinary Delights for Kids with Spoonful Herbals

Sunday, May 25, 10–11:30AM:

Family Bird Walk with Green Mountain Audubon Society and Outreach for Earth Stewardship

Wednesday, May 28, 5:30–7:00PM:

Community Farming & Grassland Birds: A Local Conservation Strategy

Saturday, May 31, 10:30AM–4:00PM:

Pollinator Celebration Day with Vermont Pollinator Working Group, Vermont Center for Ecostudies, and Vermont Bee Lab

Saturday, June 7, 6–9:00PM: Early Spring Forest Bathing with Nature Connection Guide

Monday, June 9, 5–6:30PM: The Art & Science of Herbal Tea with Spoonful Herbals

Shelburne Farms is an education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future through its programs, place, and products.

We offer transformative learning experiences to help educators, students, overnight guests, and visitors create a more thriving world. Home to the Institute for Sustainable Schools, our historic campus is a 1,400-acre diversified farm located on the homelands of the Winooskik band of the Abenaki.

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