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2022 Season Drawing to an End: Last chances to learn the basics of dry stone walling, November & December 2022

During this year of remarkable growth, the Stone Trust has offered you thirty-seven opportunities to learn the five basic rules for building an aesthetically pleasing, structurally sound freestanding dry stone wall that will endure the forces of nature–friction and gravity–over long periods of time. Thanks to the energy, commitment, and generosity of site hosts and…

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Thanks for coming to New Hampshire to learn the 5 basics of dry stone walling!

Participants at the June 11 & 12 Introduction to Dry Stone Walling brought varied experience. Several of you had split and shaped stone or built walls and foundations with preformed materials. A few of you brought contracting and landscaping experience to the learning experience. Virtually all of you describe yourselves as beginners (with one enthusiast–maybe…

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Thanks for coming! 2-Day Intro + Cheek End: September 25-26, 2021 (VT)

On two beautiful late September days, fifteen men and women gathered at the Stone Trust Center in Dummerston, Vermont to learn the five basic rules of dry stone walling. Four others came to apply those principles to building vertical wall ends, also known as cheek ends. You came from near and far–Vermont, Massachusetts, New York,…

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2-Day Intro and Cheek Ends, May 15 & 16, 2021 (VT)

As is often the case, the thirteen people who participated in May’s 2-Day Introduction to Dry Stone Walls and Cheek Rebuild arrived with varied experience. Some brought experience handed down from parents, others from dabbling with walls on their property. One brought her landscape architect’s perspectives, another the lenses of an architect. Two noted that…

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New Hampshire October Medley Weekend : Come learn the basics, then add other dry stone building skills

Many people, professionals and enthusiasts alike, have asked us to cluster skill-building workshops so they can learn a lot in one trip. Our 2021 offerings respond to that request. Come in to Vermont to learn at April and July Medley Weekends. Or come in October to our first Medley Weekend in New Hampshire. We have…

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