Come celebrate the peak of summer and the enchanted forest on Beach Hill by making a magical gnome home or fanciful fairy house for your home or garden.
We will begin our day together with a grounding walk on the beautiful and magical lands at Rootstock and we will make an outdoor fairy village with found materials.
We’ll then break for a delicious, organic lunch from Rootstock’s Cosmic Egg Pizza Oven and fresh produce from the garden, herbal tea and some sweet fairy treat!
After lunch we will begin the construction of a fairy or gnome home that you will get to take home with you. Chris will bring a plethora of beautiful natural materials collected from her daily hikes and plenty of hot glue guns and expertise to help you craft the gnome home nightlight of your dreams. A self timed battery operated night light will be included so that the little home will be a beacon in the night for fairies and gnomes. This workshop is ideal for adults and children over 5. Kids 12 and younger will require adult supervision. Adults should be prepared to assist their youngsters with the hot glue guns.
Masks may be required during some of the activities and specific COVID protocol and preparation will be provided via an email confirmation to all registered participants. This workshop is ideal for children of all ages and kids 12 and younger will require adult supervision.
Limited to 10 participants (that includes any kiddos!)
The Format
Saturday, July 24th
9:45am - Arrival and check-in
10:00am - Introductions and Grounding Circle
10:30am-12:00pm - Forest walk to explore and gather materials & Fairy House Community Building in Forest
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Delicious Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm-ish - Gnome Home & Fairy House Night Light Making
The workshop will be held in the Garden Amphitheater at Rootstock and guests will also be welcome to explore the land, the Temple at Dragon Rock and the Tipi. In the event of rain, the workshop will happen in Rootstock’s Oasis or will be tented.
Investing in Joyful Creation
$60 per participant includes the full days program, all materials and instruction and a delicious, organic lunch. Parents wanting to bring children will need to register their kiddos too so we keep the event at a safe and joyful capacity. Please don’t register only yourself and show up with kids :)
Participants will go home with their very own magical gnome home or fairy house night light and a face that hurts from smiling and having fun with the fairies all day.
About Chris Gluck
Chris Gluck has been teaching many types of art and crafts at her art school in Underhill for over 25 years. Painting, drawing, clay, monoprint, jewelry, sculpture and fabric painting are just a few of the mediums she teaches. Her favorite is to use materials from nature to collage and sculpt and to build fairy and gnome homes with. See some of her work and her students work on her websites and on instagram.
The Setting
West Glover, Vermont was chartered in 1783, though the Nulhegan Tribe, The Memphremagog Band, and the Northern Cowasuk Indians have lived here - N'DAKINNA (Our Land) - from time beyond memory.
