The Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation

The Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation

Following last years success, I have been asked to take part in the second Stone Walls for Wildlife Program (click above heading for more info) and will take participants on an interactive journey, including:

Children's stone wall building activity

How to explore, date and identify your stone walls. It is not always this easy.

Want to know how our forefathers built these incredible structures? Stone artisan Andrew Pighills will conduct a hands on dry stone walling workshop to create one of these amazing life supporting walls.

Followed by a short interactive Powerpoint presentation.

Historic Walls for Wildlife

Yesterday I gave a hands on demonstration of Dry Stone Walling for the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation

The large stones for the adults

and the smaller stones for the children.

In all my years of teaching dry stone walling, invariably a group of strangers come together and within minutes they are working together like old friends.

In this particular case three children came together, and within seconds they were cooperating verbally and actively to create this masterpiece

I would like to think it was the wall that had the full attention of the baby in its mothers arms. you're never too young to learn

The bottom half of this miniature wall started with multiple running joints (stones stacked one on top of another) whereas the top half is almost entirely built with crossing joints. That is a steep learning curve for a child. Well done.

Whatever the end result, the looks of concentration and enjoyment that go into the build make it a worthwhile endeavour.

It's nice to know someone was listening when I was explaining the batter of a dry stone wall. 

Have you ever wanted to build a Dry Stone wall without all the heavy lifting?

Tomorrow March 18th

For Kids from 4 to 40 and above

https://cvhfoundation.org/event/sunday-sanctuary-historic-stone-walls-wildlife/

Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation

This Sunday, March 18th 2018

Sunday at the Sanctuary- Historic Stone Walls for Wildlife

Join us at Fraser Woods Montesori School

173 S. Main St Newtown, CT

1-2.00pm

Dr. Robert Thorson, UCONN professor and founder of the Stone Wall Initiative, will share the exciting, hidden life behind stones! Author of the children's book "Stone Wall Secrets", Dr. Thorson will also be signing books and answering questions.

2-3.00pm

Join Becky Newman, Education Director from Earth Place of Westport, as she introduces stone wall wildlife including Box Turtles and Amphibians!

In addition, Master Stone Mason Andrew Pighills will take participants on an interactive journey of exploration including:

Hands on stone wall building demonstration

Children's stone wall building activity

How to explore, date and identify your stone walls

Please register at this web address

https://cvhfoundation.org/event/sunday-sanctuary-historic-stone-walls-wildlife/