Calendar of Events & Activities
Summer Thursdays at the Intervale
THE SUMMER OF TASTE
Thursdays at the Intervale start JULY 9: Check out the schedule below!
Thank you to our Summer Series Sponsors:
Slow Food Vermont tastings: 5:30 p.m.
Programs: 6-ish
Live Music: 6:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)
American Flatbread from the onsite hearth & kids activities every Thursday!
180 Intervale Road (parking is across the road from Gardener’s Supply)
$5 suggested donation per family
- Click here for special Season Pass info.
Join us at the Calkins Community Barn for music, fun, American Flatbread, kids activities, and some exciting educational programs in the setting of our historic farmstead, minutes from downtown Burlington. This year will also feature weekly tastings by Slow Food Vermont. For more information, call 660-0440 x 101.
JULY 9
Slow Food Vermont tasting: Carrots and Summer of Taste kick-off panel “Why Taste is Important” with farmers, chefs and Slow Food Vermont.
Abenaki Traditional Garden presentation - 6:30 p.m
Abenaki Circle Of Courage Youth Dancers - 6:45 p.m.
Music 7:30 p.m.: Join us in opening the Thursdays summer season with a Community Open Mic Night (Pre sign up required: 802-999-5831)
JULY 16
Bees and a healthy food system
Slow Food Vermont tasting: Vermont cheese
Music: Come a dancin' with your sweetie, friends, and kids to the honky tonk harmonies of Me & You. http://www.myspace.com/brettrocknehughes; http://www.myspace.com/marieclairemusic
Sponsored by Eating Well Magazine
JULY 23
Slow Food Vermont tasting: Vermont wines & ciders, and special kids tasting
Kids Circus Thursday: Kids and adults join in a Jeh Kulu dance workshop with drumming (6:30 p.m.), learn to make and toss juggling balls, watch a puppet show, learn a tap dance or two, and sharpen balance skills with tricklining, a more flexible and low-to-the-ground form of tightrope walking.
JULY 30
Land of the Intervale with Intervale Conservation Nursery tree walk and Abenaki Traditional Garden tours 5:30-7 p.m.
Slow Food Vermont tasting: Vermont beer & root beer
Music: Joshua Panda - Described as "a songster, a performer, and advocate for the freedom of inhibited and conformed souls...,," don't miss the powerful and breathtaking voice of Burlington's very own soul man. http://www.sonicbids.com/joshuapandamusic; http://www.myspace.com/joshuapanda
AUGUST 6
New Farms for New Americans with presentation, slide show, food, music
Slow Food Vermont tasting: Vermont maple
Music:The Pick Pockets - There's nothing better than an old barn full of fresh hay and the traditional sounds of The Pickpockets with Brent Weaver on guitar, Jonathan Leonard on mandolin, bouzouki & vocals, James Barnes on banjo & vocals and Audrey Barnes on vocals. http://www.myspace.com/pickpocketsband
Sponsored by Vermont Soy
AUGUST 13
Your Food, Your Community with Burlington Permaculture, Grow Team ONE, Burlington Food Council, Friends of Burlington Gardens, BACG and the Intervale CenterSlow Food Vermont tasting: Heritage Chickens and Heritage Pork
Music: The Grift - Don't miss the lip smackin' jams and tightly crafted grooves of The Grift with Clint Bierman on guitar & vocals, Jeff Vallone on drums, samples & vocals, Ryan Erskine on keys, and Peter Day on bass, trumpet, & vocals. http://www.myspace.com/thegrift; http://www.thegrift.com
Sponsored by City Market
AUGUST 20
Local Business = Living Economies with Vermont Sustainable Exchange, Local First Vermont, and Burlington Timebanks
Slow Food Vermont tasting: Heirloom apples
Music: Xander Naylor Trio - The Xander Naylor Trio pulls inspiration as much from rock, grunge, noise, and ambient genres as they do from the traditions of jazz. Composer and guitarist Xander Naylor provides the majority of the material, which in any given piece may incorporate a lulling ambient chord-progression, a biting distorted guitar riff, a catchy pop melody, or all-of-the-above. The dynamic duo of Ian Kovac on upright bass and Peter Negroponte on drum, serves to flesh out the sound and hold the grooves tight, creating a firm pad from which to launch into an extended group improvisation."
http://www.myspace.com/xandernaylor
Sponsored by Burlington Electric Department
AUGUST 27
Farmer Appreciation Night
Slow Food Vermont tasting: Heirloom Tomatoes
Barn Dance and Open Music Circle: Enjoy Old Time and Cajun music with Mark Sustic on bass, Brianna Farver on fiddle, Andrew Hathaway on guitar, Julia Wayne on banjo/mandolin, and guest callers. Bring instruments for our traditional Farmer's Night Open Music Circle.
Sponsored by City Market and Three Tomatoes Trattoria
Thank you to our Summer Series Sponsors:
American Flatbread Burlington Hearth
Gardener's Supply
Slow Food Vermont
Bluebird Tavern
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Seven Days
City Market
The Radiator 105.9 FM
Big Heavy World
More events around the Intervale…
VERMONT BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION WORKSHOPS
The Vermont Beekeepers Association represents more than 1,200 beekeeper with a total of 9,000 hives producing about 700,000 pounds of honey per year. The association's springtime workshop series is free and open to the public.
Vermont Beekeepers Associationworkshop schedule
GARDENER'S SUPPLY WORKSHOPS
Gardener’s Supply Company offers educational seminars each spring. Seminars feature nationally-renowned gardening experts, as well as some of our favorite local gardening gurus. They’ll share tips, techniques and strategies on a wide variety of gardening topics that will enhance the repertoire of the beginner and expert gardener alike.
Click here for a full listing and description of all seminars. All seminars will take place at the Intervale store location. Seating in the our seminar room is limited, so please call early to pre-register, as we expect the programs to sell out early. To pre-register, call the store at (802) 660-3505.
Ongoing Activities
Daily
Free trail maps and nature brochures
Pick one up at the entrance to the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum or visit www.WVPD.org
Year-round
Bird monitoring
Find out how to enter sightings through the E-bird website. Contact Amy Cantor at
Wildlife tracking
On going training with Keeping Track throughout the year. Call 863-5744 or 434-7000.
Picnic under cover
Picnic shelter for rental at the Ethan Allen Homestead for group events. Call 863-5744.
May to October
Invasive Species Removal
Join others to remove nuisance plants from the parks, May to August. Call 863-5744.
Ethan’s Secret Forest
Learn how early settlers enjoyed recreation as part of daily work at the Ethan Allen Homestead. Children and adults. Call 865-4556 for information.
All season by reservation.
Umiak Group Tours
Start at the Ethan Allen Homestead and paddle to Lake Champlain. Call Umiak Outfitters at 253-2317.
Learn about flowers, butterflies and frogs at the Ethan Allen Homestead
Learn about flowers, butterflies and frogs at the Ethan Allen Homestead. For families with young children. Call the VNA Family Room at 864-0377.
Burlington Area Community Gardens
Garden space for rent to grow your own vegetables and flowers.
At the Ethan Allen Homestead and the Tommy Thompson Community Gardens on Intervale Road. Call Lisa Coven at 863-0420.