Mother’s Day & Critter Cage Crafts!
Read all about our super cool Mother’s Day craft, and our Critter Cage Craft Workshop!
Johnny Cakes on the Farm!
Winter at the Farm with Bonnie
Take a loop around the farm on a muddy snowy day and greet our friendly animals. Don't forget to stop at the greenhouse to find out what happens to our big pile of mulch!
Grandparents & Hygge!
The term "hygge," a Danish word associated with warmth, safety, and satisfaction, is often described as a hug without physical touch…
Fairy Light Cabin Craft Event
Check out our recent kids crafting event at the Tripp barn where we made beautiful mason jar scenes lit with fairy lights. It was so much fun!
Merry Christmas from Rock Wall Garden!
Rock Wall Garden has had a busy year! Read on to find out about the crazy year we’ve had, our hand-on workshop events, and some really exciting news!
PEER Project Cider Event 2024!
Join Rock Wall Garden for a beautiful morning on the Tripp Farm making apple cider with the PEER Project!
Come Learn to Make Papercrete!
Strong as stone, light as lava rock - it’s papercrete!
The Gnome House activity was a blast!
The little bitty garden houses were great big fun!
Build a Gnome House!
Come make the cutest Gnome House with us at the Rock Wall Garden Greenhouse!
Scarcity and Cider
Scarcity mentality can dominate your life. We live in a world where many resources are limited. Students in our special education programs live in a world where practically everything they need is rationed: Teachers’ time, transportation, summer camps, training opportunities, job internships, fun activities, etc. are always traced to available funding and always at the mercy of the priorities of the educational system.
We wanted the students in Jimmie’s Peer Project class to feel the rhythm of an order where there is enough work for everyone as well as enough food. Read on to discover how apple cider was the key to making this happen!
Rock Wall Honey is Ready!
Local honey has a reputation for being beneficial to allergies, however, local means within a five mile radius of your home. Find out how to get honey from Richmond bees!
Is it Ripe? A guide to picking produce for optimal flavor!
There is always a bit of guesswork in recognizing ripe produce. Sometimes it helps to see the green, the ripe and the over-ripe all at the same time to spot the signs of satisfying, full flavor.
De-feathering the Nest? Adapting Work on the Farm…
Tripp Family Farm has a free range egg enterprise, powered by a large flock of happy hens. At night the chickens come home to roost in their converted garage and shed which boasts concrete floors, a screen porch, and a store room that protects the precious feed from rodents and raccoons. By morning this posh hotel is dramatically in need of room service.
A Day at Rock Wall Garden
It’s 6:30 am and Derek like a good teenager is still asleep. On a summer morning, my husband and his buddy are hitting the local mountain trails, while I make my escape up the road to the farm where Rock Wall Garden is still asleep in the shadows…
How to make Zucchini Bread (even if you're a beginner)
The rain stopped. You went out to the garden and stumbled onto the giant zucchini that was invisible two days ago. Even though you promised yourself this would not happen this year…it did. It’s time to make zucchini bread!
Remember that Crayon, Magenta?
A handful of heavy beets dangle from their lush tops in my left hand, and I aim the hose at the muddy roots. With a flash of color, wet and shiny, I am suddenly a preschooler who has just pulled a novel crayon from the first box of 48 Crayolas on Christmas Day.
Good tilled earth…
The top layer of garden soil is the homeland of the earthworm, that marvelous converter of garbage to topsoil. It seems a pity to tear it to bits with power equipment…