
Instructors: Andrew Pighills, Jared Flynn Accomplishments: 12 participants rebuilt 25 feet of a debilitated stone wall, Dutton Farm Road, operated by Landmark Trust USA.
Each of the wallers listed below is certified by the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain. The DSWA certifies wallers on four levels. Level IV / Master Craftsman Brian Post Springfield, VT Dan Snow Dummerston, VT Jared Flynn Dummerston, VT Michael Weitzner West Brattleboro, VT Chris Tanguay Yarmouth, ME Dean McLellan Holstein, Ontario Canada Dave…
This test is in two parts which must be applied for and paid for separately. Candidates must hold a Level II / Intermediate certificate before applying for Level III /Advanced Certificate. Part A must be marked and passed before appling for Part B (Timed test – Retaining Wall). Part A: Candidates must build 54 square…
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Saturday, Sunday, May 19-20, 2012. 8:30-4:30, rain or shine.Dutton Farm Road, Dummerston, VTInstructors: Chris Tanguay, DSWA Master Craftsman certification, and Matt Carter, DSWA Advanced certification.Fee: $300The two-day hands on workshop is designed to teach homeowners and tradespeople the structural techniques involved in building and restoring a historic field stone wall. The outdoor classroom provides the…
Sunday, May 6, 2012, 8:30-4:30 The Stone Trust Center, at Scott Farm, Dummerston, VT Fee: $200 (limit 8 participants) The Stone Trust Offers this indoor Workshop for interest and improving dry stone wallers. Unlike in an outdoor workshop, participants work in a laboratory setting: the atmosphere is more controlled (fewer bugs, no poison ivy or…
On Saturday morning, October 22, about 15 people gathered at the Dummerston Town Pound for the start of a day-long Workshop on dry stone walling. Workshop instructors Dan Snow (Dummerston) and Dave Goulder (Scotland) welcomed eleven participants from all over the northeast.Thanks to Lynn Levine for talking with participants about local ecology. Thanks to Jared…
Ingredients: A baker’s dozen of energetic participants. Inspiring outdoor site, complete with classic Vermont views. Two days of wonderful weather. Two fine instructors. Stone. Plenty of stone. Result: A wonderful Dry Stone Walling Workshop that added 35 feet of wall, four feet high, to the ever-lengthening wall across from the Dutton Farm House in Dummerston,…