Calendar of Events & Activities
The Intervale Center is pleased to announce its first-ever online auction. Bidding closes Sept. 30. Click here to view the items and place your bids. 100% of the proceeds will support the Intervale Center's ongoing operations and programs. For more information, visit the auction web site, or e-mail Mary Sullivan.
Summer Thursdays at the Intervale
Join us next summer at the Calkins Community Barn for more music, fun, American Flatbread, kids activities, and exciting educational programs in the setting of our historic farmstead, minutes from downtown Burlington. For more information, call 660-0440 x 101.
A special thank you to everyone who made the 2009
Thursdays at the Intervale our best ever:
Our 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, Eating Well Magazine, Vermont Soy, and Skinny Pancake; Matt, Luke, Tracy, and the rest of the American
Flatbread crew; Mara and Spencer from Half Pint Farm & Slow Food
Vermont; Sue from Bluebird Tavern; event coordinators Christine and
Jess; interns Sunny, Chris, Kate, and Beth; Molly, Jen, Matt, Ginger,
and the rest of the volunteer team; all the great musicians; the
farmers who contributed food for the tastings; and the thousands of
wonderful community members who came to the Intervale for Thursday
evenings full of fun, food, and music.
Check out the 2009 Thursdays photo album here!
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 Association workshop 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 web site. 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 seasons 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
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.