This class schedule was updated on November 13th, 2009.

The classes below will run only if a minimum number of people sign up; if more sign up than there are spaces, classes may repeat if schedule permits. All classes include materials, a delicious lunch and dessert., and printed instructions. All classes are $85. A $40 nonrefundable deposit is required for all classes. (If classes don't run, you get a full refund). Holidays are coming: Give a friend a gift certificate for a class at Otter Pond -- or ask for one for yourself! Gift certificates come in a lovely paste paper envelope.

Box O' Books:  November 21st, 10AM to 3PM  Make 5 or 6 small books in an origami box and go home with kits to make more. Great Hannukah gifts or stocking stuffers.

Two Single-Section Hardbound Journals: November 28th, 10AM to 3PM  Use paste or marbled paper to create two single-section journals--one for you, one for a friend. Kits available.

Tunnel Books: December 5th, 10AM to 4PM  Bring your own postcards or photos printed on cardstock, or use materials provided to make a magical, amazing tunnel book in a windowed case.

Photo Album: December 12th, 10AM to 3PM  Make a screwpost photo album using paste or marbled paper or gorgeous Yuzen Shi paper. Gold stamp your album with a name or date. Kits available. These make wonderful presents.

Personal Field Journal: Sunday, December 27th, 10AM to 4PM  Get over the post holiday blues by making your personal field journal. This book form celebrates your treasured place(s) and includes windows, pull outs and other surprises. Bring small flat objects/photos/pressed leaves etc. to include in this special book.

NOTE: If you're from out of town and need a place to stay overnight, do check out Schoolhouse Number 10! Make a weekend of it with your family or friends.

PAGE DOWN FOR DIRECTIONS TO BINDERY AND SCHOOLHOUSE NUMBER 10.

Please note there is an error in the directions from the South. Go right, not left, from the exit ramp off I-91, toward Bernardston. Also, I recently discovered that the road sign is missing at the Weatherhead Hollow turn off from Keets Brook Rd.  The first stop sign on Keets Brook Rd. IS Weatherhead Hollow. Sorry for any confusion.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

FROM THE NORTH: take I-91 South to exit 1, go south (right) on rte 5 toward Guilford, and in less than a mile, turn right in front of the Guilford Country Store onto Guilford Center Rd. Follow that for a little less than 2 miles, and turn left onto Weatherhead Hollow Rd. Follow that for about six miles until you pass Weatherhead Hollow Pond (a large pond on your left). You will see the Franklin Farm (and farm store) on your right. Just after that is Packer Corners Rd on the right. Take that for 1.6 miles, then turn right onto S. Belden Hill Rd. You will pass our small refurbished schoolhouse on the corner ("Schoolhouse No. 10"), then a gray barn on the right, then you'll see a white house and red barn. That's me! Park on the side of the road or near the barn.

FROM THE SOUTH: Take I-91 North to Exit 28b in Bernardston Massachusetts, and go left from the off-ramp. Turn right (North) when the road dead-ends into Route 5. After several miles, turn left on Keets Brook Rd. and follow it through the valley until it comes to Weatherhead Hollow Rd. Turn left and pass the Franklin Farm, then take a right on Packer Corners Rd. and follow that for 1.6 miles. Turn right onto S. Belden Hill Rd. Our refurbished schoolhouse ("Schoolhouse No. 10") is on the corner, then a gray barn on the right, then a white house and red barn. Park on the side of the road or near the barn.

For a charming local accommodation, see Schoolhouse Number 10 (our 2-BR refurbished 18th century schoolhouse).

For additional local accommodation nearby, see the Cabin at Bear Meadow (http://www.vtcabin.com/).