Kim and Jerry Coggin (Pennsylvania), own and operate Laurel Stoneworks which is located in the beautiful Laurel Highlands are of South central PA. Laurel Stoneworks specializes in the art and craft of dry aid stonework. Kim has been working with dry stone for over eight years. Both Kim and Jerry currently hold Level Two Certificates from the Dry Stone…
Peter Isherwood, from Lancashire England, will be coming to instruct and examine for the first time in Sept 9 – 11, 2017. He Is one of England top wallers and serves on the Craft Skills Committee of the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain which governs the certification program. Your chance to learn from…
Peter Isherwood, from Lancashire England, will be coming to instruct and examine for the first time in Sept 9 – 11, 2017. He Is one of England top wallers and serves on the Craft Skills Committee of the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain which governs the certification program. Your chance to learn from…
The Stone Trust has worked with the Latches Hotel to give Stone Trust participants a special rate while attending our events in September. Available for September 8-11 the Latches will give Stone Trust participants a rate of $115 per night (+tax). This is a 25% discount on the regular rate for September. The well appointed…
Check out this great video of a retaining wall workshop at The Stone Trust. All this happened in Just one day! Our next retaining wall workshop is just a week away, on 8/12/17. Click here to register. Check out all other upcoming workshops here
As I drove along back roads in Connecticut, I noticed the old stone walls marking the boundaries of grassy fields, but in Mark Mennin’s driveway, huge sections of fluted marble columns, five feet tall and five feet wide, were carefully arranged along the edge. This turned out to be just one example of many collected…
SAM BRAKELY (Vermont) Sam has been building trails since age eight, and has progressed to complex trail constructions throughout New England. Sam’s trail building work led him to working with stone, and he has been building dry stone walls for more than 5 years. Having taken many prior workshops at The Stone Trust, Sam is…
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…
