Our first workshop at our new training site 459 Eureka Rd in Springfield VT was a huge success. Held on June 23-25, 14 participants learned about site preperation and wall building. In the process the built 40 lineal ft of wall with 3 cheek ends. Participants came from as far as New Mexico and Ontario…
We have just launched this new version of our website on 7/1/17. We hope you like it! If you do find anything that is not working properly please notify us at brian.post@thestonetrust.org so we can correct the problem. There are a few things we are currently correcting like the photos in the recent blog posts.
EVENT DETAILS On Saturday, July 15th, The Cultural Landscape Foundation will sponsor a garden dialogue with Robin Key of RKLA Studio in conversation with artist, Dan Snow. July 15th from 2 – 4 PM Borderline Farm 2455 Spring Hill Road South Londonderry, VT 05155 Tickets for Garden Dialogues are tax deductible and proceeds benefit the…
We have had a few questions about what the stone will be like at our Eureka Rd. Training Site in Springfield VT. Workshop preparation work started yesterday, so now that we have done some clearing you can get a sense of the stone in the photos and video available here. The stone tends to be…
“How much should I charge?” and “How much do you charge?” I’m frequently asked these questions by people thinking about starting a new business or getting into a new product line or service. Prices are a common topic of conversation for those of us already in business, and we frequently compare our prices to those…
The Stone Trust’s 1st ever hard copy member newsletter has just been sent out today! If your a member it should be arriving soon. If not sign up as a member and we will sent it right out to you! This 16 page newsletter contains exclusive content that dry stone wallers and wall enthusiasts will…
Daniel Peterson (Minnesota), featured in The Stone Trust’s 2017 Calendar, says of his work “HabAdapt, my business, was born the day I realized my design work focused on adapting home landscapes to meet the habitat requirements for native life. The wildlife supported includes plants, arthropods, and birds. These thriving entities then sustained the earth by…
If you are in Scotland This July, be sure to check out Northstone 58˚ The Dry Stone Walling Festival in Scotland July 7-9, 2017. The second Northstone 58° Stonefest is the UK’s only Dry Stone Festival and also the world’s most Northerly, up here just above a Latitude of 58 degrees It is based in…
In the last edition of Stonechat the basic principles of building foundations out of reasonably regular shaped stone were dealt with. Here we take a look at what to do with essentially triangular shaped stones. In part 1 the need for adjacent stones to butt up against each other with as much of their internal…
Sally Hodgson will be giving the key note presentation at our Evening of Dry Stone Event. The presentation is titled “The Adventures of a Dry Stone Waller” – looking at walls and stone structures around the world, including the scholarship she received from the Winston Churchill Trust. Sally’s talk will be fully illustrated and is…
