How Fragile … How Strong …
How Fragile …
How Strong …
A Caring Message
From Meetinghouse Farm
As we face our common challenges
at this difficult time, may we support one another
with strength, kindness, and compassion.
Nature Heals
The Farm grounds are open for walking
with recommended distancing.
Learn more about our volunteer possibilities!
Learn more about our volunteer possibilities!
“The world is hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers”
-- Everett Mamor
Calling All Volunteers
As Meetinghouse Farm prepares for the 2020 growing season, we want to acknowledge the work of our volunteers and highlight the essential role that volunteers play in the Farm’s success.
 Handy Carpenters and Mechanical Wizards |
Veggie Foster Parents |
Incredible Hulks and Hulkettes |
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Wanna Be Florists |
Creative Program Planners |
Obsessive Organizers |
Please contact us if you would like to discuss volunteer possibilities or arrange a personal tour of the Farm.
Volunteering is ...
Diverse
Volunteer tasks range from raking and pruning autumn leaves to maintaining the Farm’s growing mailing list. Volunteers may make a long-term commitment such as caring year-round for the herb garden, or commit to a short -term task such as baking an apple pie for the annual pre-Thanksgiving Pie Sale. Whatever your skills or schedule there’s a task for you!
Educational
Because the Farm promotes horticultural and agricultural education, many volunteers report they learn new skills as part of their volunteer experience. Whether helping “hands-on” by planting a new variety of lettuce or hosting a local food expert. There is always more to be learned.
Collaborative
Maintenance and improvement of the Farm is a challenging responsibility for volunteers. The Farm has a history of collaboration with organizations and community service programs for large labor –intensive tasks. The adage “many hands make light work” certainly applies when residing a barn, removing acres of invasive bittersweet or installing new gardens.
Satisfying
Happiness research indicates that volunteer service builds personal satisfaction and a sense of purpose. If you love to “dig in the dirt” you also know that gardening provides a multitude of physical, emotional and spiritual rewards. Whether weeding while hawks circle overhead, talking plants with a Master Gardener, or savoring quiet moments unplugged from a high tech world, volunteers report they are nourished by their time “down on the farm.”
Valued
Volunteers are essential for every aspect of the Farm’s operation. The skills, schedules and personalities of our volunteers are diverse and each unique contribution is valued. The Farm really is made possible because of a community of volunteers who care deeply about the Farm’s mission and goals. A famous Gibran quote says, ”Work is love made visible.” Never more true, than in the work of committed volunteers.
Looking for Volunteers
Meetinghouse Farm
If you are interested, please contact
Judy Desrochers
desrochersj@comcast.net
Go to Volunteers Page
See also Student Programs
Winter Reflections
“There is a privacy about winter
which no other season gives you…
In the spring, summer and fall,
people sort of have open season
on each other: only in the winter,
in the country, can you have longer
quiet stretches, when you can savor
belonging to yourself.”
- Ruth Stout
“I prefer winter and fall,
when you feel the bone structure
of the landscape
-the loneliness of it,
the dead feeling of winter.
Something waits beneath it.
The whole story doesn’t show.” Andrew Wyeth
“Winter is the time for comfort,
for good food and warmth,
for the touch of a friendly hand
and for a talk beside the fire:
it is time for home.” Edith Sitwell