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Stone Wall Workshop with Brian Fairfield

Saturday, RESCHEDULED FOR RAIN DATE 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m. (includes lunch)

(Rain Date Sunday, October 25, 2009)

Early Bird Registration is $75 (by October 10) and $90 after this date

The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden

145 Bolton Road

Harvard, MA 01451

For directions visit http://www.healinggarden.net/?topic=contact

Here in the New England landscape we are surrounded by stone walls of all shapes and fashions,  including the more modern walls of stone and mortar, building veneer and cement products. But have you ever wondered how the old time walls still stand without any mortar tying the structure together? In this workshop, participants will learn about the proper methods to prepare and construct a dry stack (mortar less) stone wall with a focus on creating walls with stair returns.

Guest Presenter: Brian Fairfield, Stone Mason, Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain

Brian Fairfield, who holds the intermediate certificate for stone wall building through the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain, has been collecting, hefting, breaking, shaping, splitting and most importantly stacking stone throughout his home state of Maine for over ten years. In this workshop, Brian will pass along his knowledge of his art as he shows you how to properly prepare and create a stone wall that requires no mortar yet is both aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound.

The main portion of this wall build workshop will focus on the stair returns and the center section of a large dry stack retaining wall that is being constructed to benefit the Virginia Thurston Healing Garden in Harvard, MA, a healing center for women with breast cancer. This wall, which is much needed after the construction of the gorgeous new center, will both retain the back property elevation gain and serve as the defining center access for the future back gardens.

So join us for a day of learning, hard work and a “ton” of fun! Lunch is included with your registration.

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