Activities feature sheep shearing and herding
Saturday-Sunday, April 24-25—WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum will feature sheep shearing and herding on Saturday and Sunday, April 24-25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. —celebrating sheep with a weekend of shear fun!
Meet herdsman Jim McRae and his team of border collies and watch demonstrations of herding sheep in the farm fields during narrated programs at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day. The farm’s Southdown sheep will receive their spring “wool cuts” by Craig and Philo Marcotte at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.
Spinning and carding demonstrations will highlight the skills needed to turn fleece into yarn. Visitors are invited to help skirt a fleece (the process of preparing the wool for washing), try their hand at carding, and make a wool butterfly. In the Learning Kitchen from 11 a.m-3 p.m., see a cooking demonstration for spanakopita made with sheep milk cheese and enjoy a sample!
Billings Farm & Museum enforces safety standards in compliance with state guidelines for visiting safely. We take the safety of our staff, animals, and our guests seriously. Each person must answer health screening questions and must have followed the Vermont’s travel guidelines. Contact tracing information and temperatures are taken for each visitor. Face coverings must be worn by all guests over the age of 2 everywhere on the site, including outdoors. For more about visiting Billings Farm safely, updates on our site capacity, and to learn which spaces are open, visit billingsfarm.org/safety.
Billings Farm & Museum is now in its 39th season. Its spring hours of operation are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sundays April 19-May 30, then open seven days a week May 31-Oct. 31.
The Billings Farm & Museum is owned and operated by The Woodstock Foundation Inc., a charitable non-profit institution. For more information visit billingsfarm.org.
