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Youth Camp
Birch Bark Boxes: Scandinavian Bark Basketry
In this class, students will make durable, airtight birch bark boxes that are perfect for storage…
Thu, Oct 30th, 2025 – Sun, Nov 2nd, 2025
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Craft Exploration Camp for Adults
If there’s one thing that all North House students have in common, it’s curiosity: how…
Mon, Aug 18th, 2025 – Fri, Aug 22nd, 2025
9am-3pm
9am-3pm
Craft Exploration Camp for Families
Make this year's North Shore vacation unforgettable: join us for family craft camp! Curious kids…
Mon, Aug 18th, 2025 – Fri, Aug 22nd, 2025
9am-3pm
9am-3pm
Dried Flower Wreaths
Instructors:
Jenny Monfore
Learn how to make beautiful, sustainable dried wreaths using farm-grown flowers! We’ll start…
Thu, Sep 18th, 2025
9am-noon
9am-noon
Instructor:
Jenny Monfore
Hand Drawn Maps: Exploring Your Relationship with the Land
Instructors:
Bryan Hansel
In this hands-on class, students will learn how to create their own hand-drawn maps, focusing on…
Fri, Nov 21st, 2025
9am to 5pm
9am to 5pm
Instructor:
Bryan Hansel
Hand-Crafted Brooms: An Introduction
Instructors:
Marybeth Garmoe
Experience traditional broom making from start to finish. Students will explore design and…
Fri, Oct 24th, 2025 – Sun, Oct 26th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Marybeth Garmoe
Hand-Stitched Leather Travel Accessories & Gifts
Instructors:
Candace LaCosse
Two things that many of us can expect during the holidays are traveling and gifting! In this class,…
Sat, Dec 6th, 2025 – Sun, Dec 7th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Candace LaCosse
Handmade Whisk Brooms
Instructors:
Marybeth Garmoe
One whisk broom is never enough! Great for cleaning off car seats or workbenches, whisking dirt out…
Fri, Jul 25th, 2025
9am-5pm
9am-5pm
Instructor:
Marybeth Garmoe
Sat, Jul 26th, 2025
9am-5pm
9am-5pm
Instructor:
Marybeth Garmoe
Hardcover Codex Bookbinding
Instructors:
Maeve Gathje
Hand-bound hardcover books are not only functional and beautiful, but they hold a certain…
Fri, Jul 18th, 2025 – Sun, Jul 20th, 2025
Days 1-2: 9am-5pm; Day 3: 9am-noon
Days 1-2: 9am-5pm; Day 3: 9am-noon
Instructor:
Maeve Gathje
Herbal ID Basics and Creating an Herbal First Aid Kit
Instructors:
Gigi Risberg Stafne
Bumps, bites, and bruises...oh my! Whether it's a scraped knee or insect bite, when you have…
Fri, Jun 6th, 2025 – Sat, Jun 7th, 2025
9am-3pm each day
9am-3pm each day
Instructor:
Gigi Risberg Stafne
Herbalism Apprentice: Beginner's Botanical Medicine
Instructors:
Gigi Risberg Stafne
Do you want to be more self-sustainable with your health care and home? Perhaps you've…
Fri, Sep 26th, 2025 – Sun, Sep 28th, 2025
Days 1-2: 9am-5pm; Day 3: 9am-3pm
Days 1-2: 9am-5pm; Day 3: 9am-3pm
Instructor:
Gigi Risberg Stafne
Introduction to Lantern Puppets
Instructors:
Eva Adderley
Lantern puppets bring a unique magic to nighttime theater shows and after-dark parades. In this…
Thu, Oct 16th, 2025
9am-3pm
9am-3pm
Instructor:
Eva Adderley
Mabon Medicines: Being Deeply Rooted
Instructors:
Gigi Risberg Stafne
Mabon, the celebration of the autumnal equinox, reminds us to reconnect and remember our true wild…
Sat, Oct 11th, 2025 – Sun, Oct 12th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Gigi Risberg Stafne