Eight women met at the Stone Trust New Hampshire for a 2-Day Women’s Introduction to Dry Stone Walling workshop. Many landscape professionals attend Stone Trust workshops, but this group was unique in that seven of the eight participants are landscape professionals. Five women came from Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architecture in New York, including founder Kim…
At the beginning of October, the Stone Trust @ Opus 40 hosted its second weekend of Stone Trust workshops this year. The 2-Day Introduction to Dry Stone Walling and Cheek Rebuild workshops were mostly full of New York residents, along with a few New Englanders. Unlike the May Intro and Cheek Rebuild workshops, where people…
Used for striking chisels. While more of a traditional carving tool than a walling tool, some wallers love these hammers when working with chisels. The curved surface allows for good contact between the hammer and chisel with out needing to have the hammer squared up to the chisel. Made in Spain. 2-1/2 lb weight.
Dry stone walls – the thousands of miles of stone ribbon stretching across the landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire Dales and Cotswolds – use construction methods which have existed for thousands of years. Indeed, dry stone structures in the Orkney Islands and Ireland are even older than the Egyptian pyramids. A dry stone wall…
Stone is elastic. Yes, it’s true; an established scientific fact. When you stand on a stone it compresses, i.e. it’s molecules move closer together. When you get off the stone it expands back to its original size immediately. The amount it strains (deflects) is proportional to the amount of stress (your weight) applied. Therefore, stone…
Would you or someone you know make a good board member for the Stone Trust? Please send nominations to the Stone Trust Board of Directors by November 1, 2023. We welcome your nominations to the Stone Trust Board of Directors. Our board includes fourteen members who set direction and provide oversight to our nonprofit 501(c)(3)…
Since the barn was built at the Stone Trust PA, it has been put to great use to protect instructors and participants from the elements. Back in the winter, an indoor facility and a wood stove kept everyone warm while they learned about dry stone walling. At the most recent Pennsylvania workshop, the weather was…
Congratulations! Level 1: Lucinda Booth, MA Kevin Halcott, VT Brett Hunsanger, RI Darrin McCarthy, MA Jason McGeachey, ME Colin McKenna, MA Alan Napolitan, NY Madylin Partridge, VT Patrick Scully, CT R. Anuhea Sebstad, MA Jay Staunton, MA Level 2: Ursa Medeiros, WA Level 3: Ben Sandri, MA As always, Fall Test…
At the end of September, the Stone Trust Center hosted a 2-Day Introduction to Dry Stone Walling workshop in Dummerston, Vermont for this year. With a fully booked workshop, sixteen participants arrived eager to learn the five basic principles of dry stone walling. Taking the first day to learn the techniques that ensure a structurally…
The New Hampshire Landscape Association (NHLA) held its second annual member Field Day at the Belknap County Fairgrounds on September 20th. Nearly 200 NHLA members were present to see and take part in a variety of landscape tasks. The Stone Trust conducted a hybrid build/workshop. Instructors Pete Ryder, Victoria Merriman, and Andras Lazar led participants…
