The Patterson School Foundation will welcome renown mushroom expert Ken Crouse for round two of last year’s popular fungi foraging class on September 14th. Then, the Thankful Goat’s Dawn Mathews will lead a workshop on making her popular goat milk soap on the 28th. We’ll be visited by over 1000 cyclists on September …
Patterson School Alumni: Join us for food, fun, and fellowship the weekend of August 2-4 as we host the Patterson School Reunion! No fee to attend. Learn about the many programs and projects happening on school grounds (like the WNC Sculpture Park and PSF’s Incubator Farm Program), all while being reunited and enjoying time together. …
Alumni Reunion at Patterson School Foundation, Aug. 2nd, 3rd, & 4th. Read More »
Forge your own outdoor plant stake in this 5 hour workshop! Thissession will introduce basic blacksmithing techniques and exploringpersonal creativity. You will learn blacksmithing hammer and tongbasics for intro level forging and hot steel bending. As a participantin this workshop, you will take home a set of 3, one of a kind forgedplant stakes that …
WNC Sculpture Center Artists to Lead Blacksmithing Workshop at PSF Read More »
**This program has been postponed for next summer** “Crankies” are an old-fashioned form of entertainment in which a story is drawn on a long roll of paper, and then cranked across a stage from one side to another, accompanied with music and a storyteller. For an example of crankies in action here’s folk duo Anna and …
One of the longest serving of the former Patterson School’s Nurses passed away April 10, 2019. Mrs. Seaver served as the Nurse and as a Dorm Parent from 1970-1977. In addition, her husband, Blanchard (Bill) was a Patterson graduate from the 1940s, and later served as the Comptroller. Shirley & Bill had three boys who all attended …
We are currently accepting applications for Incubator Farmers for our 2019 growing season! Please direct all inquiries to info@pattersonschoolfoundation.org
UPDATE: Thank you all for your support! Together we raised $5,795 on Giving Tuesday, before the match from Facebook! Stay tuned to learn how we put your generous contributions to work for our Incubator Farmers. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at The Patterson School Foundation! We are so grateful to all of our …
The Patterson School Team is grateful to have been able to attend the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Sustainable Agriculture Conference this past weekend in Raleigh. Many lessons learned and connections made! We are busy planning for the 2019 growing season and are now recruiting incubator farmers!
As harvest season winds down, we want to take a moment to give thanks to our local farmers who make it possible for our community to have access to fresh, local food! We celebrated a successful Farmers’ Market season with a good old fashioned potluck on the lawn in front of Palmyra Hall! Farmers from …
