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…
All of you people with projects brought experience to this retaining wall workshop. Collectively, you’ve taught yourselves how to build freestanding walls, to shape stone, and to do flat work. And you left the workshop feeling very confident that you can apply the five basics of dry stone walling to a retaining wall. Good!
Eleven of you arrived at the Stone Trust training site at Broadview Farm on a summery July Thursday. You came to learn the five basic rules of dry stone walling, the foundation for your future understanding of dry stone masonry. Your evaluations indicate that you learned what you came for. We are aware that you…
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…
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,…
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…
Photos are complete except I didn’t add any from Friday. Didn’t remember what was decided about Test Day photos. Click on a photo to see a larger image, then use the forward arrow to scroll through them as a slide show. Monday Tuesday Wednesday & Thursday Congratulations to the nine men who achieved Dry Stone…
If you’ve decided it’s time for you to learn the 5 basic principles of dry stone walling, take one of the few remaining spots in our April workshops in Vermont. A spot has opened in our 1.11 Women’s Introduction to Dry Stone Walling, Saturday April 10. Or you may want to take one of the…
You may know that we have added a Stone Trust workshop site in Nashville, TN. Certified Stone Trust instructor Martin Beevers leads four workshops spaced across the season at The Land in the Kingston Springs area of Nashville. Together we intend this site to continue to develop capacity over the next several years to offer…
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…
