For details and registration, click here
How to Cook: Free Recipes and Videos
Hi from Tim’s Kitchen! Our Farm Kitchen may be closed, but we haven’t stopped cooking. Our in-house culinary instructors have put together some simple and delicious recipes for you to try at home.
Click HERE to see the videos and to get the recipes
What to Weed: Bittercress, Garlic Mustard, Ground Ivy, Mugwort
Wakeman Town Farm's Alice Ely a UConn Advanced Master Gardener and Master Composter shows us what we can weed right now! Getting a headstart on removing Bittercress from your yard and garden will save you a lot of time this summer! Check out the video HERE
ALL classes/EVENTS are cancelled
March 11,2020
Dear Westport Families,
We have just learned that a number of Westport parents and Westport Public School students, in schools throughout our district, were in contact with an individual presumed to be positive with coronavirus. Based upon discussions with and at the direction of Mr. Mark Cooper, Director of Health for the Westport Weston Health District, the Westport School District will be closed until further notice following today’s regularly scheduled dismissal. This includes all after-school and evening activities, including athletics. We will immediately begin deep cleaning our schools and in conjunction with the Westport Weston Health District will be consulting with state and federal officials.
Updates will be provided as more information becomes available.
Sincerely,
David Abbey
Interim Superintendent of Schools
Click HERE to read the above letter on the Westport Public Schools website
Wakeman Town Farm 2020 “big” Events
Join us for this year’s major events!
EGGSTRAVAGANZA
APRIL 4/5 (RAIN DATE)
SPRING FARM OPEN HOUSE
MAY 9
TEA WITH BUSY LITTLE BEE
JUNE 6/7 (RAIN DATE)
FAMILY FUN DAY - WITH BEER GARDEN
JULY 11/12 (RAIN DATE)
HARVESTFEST
SEPTEMBER 12
OKTOBERFEST BEER GARDEMN
OCTOBER 10/11 (RAIN DATE)
HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING
DECEMBER 4
Spring Parenting Series FREE
Cancelled Until Further Notice
Together At The Table - Westport is a speaker series presented by the Jordan Porco Foundation to help raise mental health awareness.
Join us for one or all three of this 3-part speaker series
SPEAKER SERIES INFORMATION
*Thursday, March 19th, 10:30-12:30 Dialectical Behavior Therapy*
Jenna Kiske, The Dialectical & Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center, LLC
Jenna Kiska is a licensed clinical social worker. She has proficiency in both Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and is fluent in making use of these two behavior therapies with children, adolescents, families, and adults in a variety of different settings, including inpatient, residential, and outpatient.
*Tuesday, April 28th, 10:00-12:00 Failure to Launch, Sarah Kate Venison*
Sarah Kate Venison, LMFT, Therapy and Consultation for Children and Adults
Sarah Kate Venison, or Kate, is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Westport, Connecticut with over 15 years of experience in community agency, private practice, mental health advocacy, and prevention work
*Tuesday, May 19th, 10:00-12:00 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Anxiety Disorders*
Amy Cawman, LCSW
Amy Cawman, is a Clinical Social Worker with a private practice in Westport who works with children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. She specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety-related problems, including phobias and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
SPACE IS LIMITED. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Questions?
Contact |Marisa Giarnella-Porco | Jordan Porco Foundation | 860-904-6041
Open House March 14-discover farm camps!
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
St. Patrick's Day Baking
This Event Has Been Cancelled
Kids' Cooking Parties at the Farm
At a Wakeman Town Farm cooking party, kids learn real-world cooking techniques while having a blast. We incorporate fresh and seasonal ingredients whenever possible, and our party guests learn valuable lifelong kitchen skills and healthy eating habits.
For more information and to book your party, click HERE
How To Get Started Raising Chickens
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED
Learn all the basics on how to start and raise a flock of chickens in your own backyard!
Join experts Bruce Benedict and Sarah Mastrobattisto to learn everything you want to know about starting and raising your own backyard flock. Bruce will walk you step-by-step through choosing the best coop, breeds and feeders for you to keep your flock happy and healthy. Sarah will guide you through feeding your birds from baby chicks to laying hens and all their nutritional needs along the way.
New CSA Partnership with Gazy Brothers Farm
Local farms need all the support we can give them, and Wakeman Town Farm has a new way to help. Because our own garden isn’t quite big enough to provide all the produce you love, we’ve partnered with fourth-generation Gazy Brothers Farm. Coming this spring, weekly CSA shares of fresh local produce will be delivered right to our farm every Thursday.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE is Feb. 14
For More info click HERE
Empowerment Through Self-Care: A Workshop for Women
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED
As spring awakens, join us for a special day of immersive mind-body wellness and personal reflection.
In this relaxed setting, learn how to build more lasting self-care techniques into your busy life:
Use daily guided AFFIRMATIONS to program your mind in a positive way Build MEDITATION practices into your day and use many resources available online Understand shopping and cooking techniques for optimal NUTRITION Organize and arrange your surroundings to make your house a MINDFUL HOMEUnderstand the benefits of JOURNALING and develop your own writing schedule Use VISION BOARDING to clarify and maintain focus on your life goals
In addition, an hour of YOGA will be led by Cynthia Davis.
Cynthia is a Baptiste yoga practitioner who trained with the Africa Yoga Project.
A plant-based organic LUNCH will be provided, as well as snacks, water, coffee and tea.
Cost is $189 per person
Presented by:
Stef Richthammer CHC, CLC
Empowered You
Health and Life Coaching
203-692-5447 empoweredyouhealthcoach@gmail.com
LeeAnn Weaver
Yourself at Home
Residential and Lifestyle Organizing 203-400-7836
leeann0450@gmail.com yourselfathome.com
Check out the workshop Facebook page
SUMMER CAMP 2020
2020 Summer Camp
Please note: Registration through Westport Parks & Recreation is not yet available due to Town closures. As soon as we know if/when camps are coming online, we will post the info here. Click here
April Vacation Week Camp
Join our experienced Farm Educators, Arts, and Culinary Instructors for a Vacation Week Camp celebration! We will spend the days visiting our Farm animal friends; learning to cook delicious farm-fresh foods; creating a variety of nature-based crafts and other “maker” activities; playing games; exploring the grounds, gardens and nature trail. Please bring a hearty nut-free snack or two, a reusable water bottle, and wear warm shoes or boots and weather-appropriate outdoor clothes that are OK to get dirty.
Click Here to Register
Japanese for the Home Cook
Japanese cuisine is not all about sushi. There are so many other delicious Japanese dishes that are simple, healthy, and easy to make at home. Let's learn how to make some of the popular dishes that often appear on the table in Japanese households.
Aya was born and raised in Japan and came to the U.S. to go to college. She teaches classes in her own kitchen or yours. When she is not teaching or cooking for private parties, she works as a recipe consultant.
For menu, more info and to register, click HERE
3rd Annual EGGstravaganza
This Event Has Been Cancelled
Cooking Around the Globe
Grades 5-7
Wednesdays, 3:30pm-5:30pm
April 15-June 3
Learn cooking techniques, such as basic knife skills, mise en place (recipe set-up), and kitchen etiquette as you create delicious (and simple) recipes highlighting ingredients and spices from all over the world.
We’'ll make a variety of healthy yet delicious recipes and learn about their origins, such as: Asian potstickers, Venezuelan arepas, Middle Eastern falafel and flat breads and American shortcakes with berries and homemade whipped cream…
For more information and registration click HERE
Farm to Table Cooking
Grades 2-5
Mondays, 3:30 pm-5:15pm
March 23-May 4 (no class April 6)
This Farm-themed class is designed with young chefs in mind. Participants join Chef Kathy in Tim's Kitchen to learn new recipes based on the seasons. Our jr. chefs develop lifelong culinary skills, including knife-handling, baking, and using a variety of kitchen appliances and gadgets. They leave the series feeling more seasonally aware and more confident in the kitchen. And, of course, eating what we cook is always part of the fun! spring veggie tarts and pizzas, farm-fresh egg frittatas and a variety of baked goods.
For more info and to register click HERE
Compassionate Engagement for Seniors Living with Dementia
Join us for a coffee talk about ways to support and engage a loved one who has dementia on Tuesday, April 14 at 10:30 a.m.
It promises to be an uplifting and informative discussion.
The event is free and open to the public, but the organizers would appreciate it if you could register via the link below so they can plan for seating and refreshments.
Cucina Italiana with Vita Pasta Lab
Simple and delicious are the themes for this class, which teaches you how to make fresh Italian dishes that are so good and easy to execute!
Class starts with an antipasto By Vita Pasta Lab.
For more info and to register, click HERE