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The Patterson School Incubator Farm is Taking Part in Giving Tuesday

https://www.facebook.com/donate/485430810234928/ The Patterson School Incubator Farm is raising money for sustainability-focused improvements to our greenhouses. These refurbishments will allow PSIF to host more incubator farmers, grow more organic produce, and promote sustainability through the community. Donations to our fundraiser of $5 or more, made for 2 consecutive months, will be eligible to be matched by …

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Upcoming Workshops at the Patterson School

Workshops

November 12th @ 3pm – Smoke & Cacao: Herbal Smudge Sticks & Chocolate Sipping December 4th @ 10am – A Writer’s Retreat in the Valley: Collaborate with other local writers

Patterson School Foundation Summer Workshop Series Returns

Workshops

We are kicking off our 2022 Summer Workshop Series with returning favorite, Ken Crouse! Join us for Backyard Mushroom Cultivation on April 23rd. You will inoculate and take home a white oak log to enjoy gourmet mushrooms at home. Space is limited, click here to purchase tickets via Eventbrite.

Grieving the loss of Board member Janet H. Wilson

News

March 2020 was rather hard on the PSF family, especially in terms of the death of devoted friends. Just two days after our beloved Aunt Betty Patterson Medlin passed from us, our precious Janet H. Wilson followed her to Heaven on March 14. Janet had been an ex officio member of our Foundation Board for almost 10 years. …

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Our First Incubator Farmers

Incubator Farm, News

This is the beginning of the first full year of the Patterson School Incubator Farm, and we’re off to a whirlwind start! We’ve been joined by our first two Incubator Farmers, using the land and resources to start their farm journey. Josh and Katie are each off to the races with their farm business plans, …

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Food Forest Updates + Our first workshop of the season!

Incubator Farm, Volunteer Opportunities, Workshops

Here are some pictures from our Food Forest Planting on March 3rd! We got some spectacular weather and the help of 15 amazing volunteers. We got our 28 trees planted start to finish in just four hours, working the old-fashioned way. Check out the pictures, and if you haven’t already, RSVP for our first workshop …

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Food Forest Planting Day, March 3rd

Events, Incubator Farm, Volunteer Opportunities

On the first Saturday of March, we’ll be adding the first section of the Living Classroom Food Forest at the Patterson School Incubator Farm. We’re inviting the community to come and help plant the trees and dedicate the space. Anyone who wants to join us should bring a shovel, some work gloves, and something to …

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Incubator Farm Annual Report

Historic Documents, Incubator Farm

At the beginning of the 2018, we took the time to look back on all we have accomplished in our first year. Since February, we’ve been working non-stop getting this program ready to make a huge impact for farmers in the local economy. We’ve helped six great local businesses expand or get their start this …

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The New Incubator Farm Program

Incubator Farm, News, Workshops

Dear Patterson School Foundation friends, My name is Kitty Gurkin Rosati, heir board member of Patterson School Foundation and former board chair. As great, great niece of our founder, Samuel Legerwood Patterson, it gives me immense pleasure to summarize for you the substantial progress we’ve made to regenerate his vision and legacy for this beautiful …

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Clovis’s Journey

News

Patterson Alumnus Clovis Ballet Gniguessi, Class of 2008, his wife Melissa, his 13-month-old daughter Joyce, and his sister-in-law Jahel, recently vacationed at The Patterson School Campus for a month, leasing the first floor Wiese Hall former Dorm Parent apartment. Melissa and Jahel were excited to actually see “this little school in NC” that Clovis had …

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