Natural Path Sanctuary

"Strings to Roam" at the Farley Fall Festival
2025-10-05 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability, 2299 Spring Rose Rd., Verona, WI, United States
Oc. 5, 2025
Come enjoy some great live music by Strings to Roam from 1:00-2:30 at the Farley Center Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 5. Don’t miss it!
“Together since late 2019, Strings to Roam has so much fun playing unique arrangements of great bluegrass music. From old standards to new inventions and 3 – 5 part vocal harmonies, we honor the music and artists who inspire us. Healthy doses of gratitude, good humor, and your great company mix with the music for an experience all can enjoy!”
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For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail programs@farleycenter.org

Natural Path Sanctuary Walking Tour
2025-10-14 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability, 2299 Spring Rose Rd., Verona, WI, United States
10/14/25
Walking Tour with Natural Path Sanctuary
Come join a Natural Path Sanctuary Cemeterian, Shedd Farley or Dustin Duve, on a walking tour of the Natural Path Sanctuary. Meet at the bur oak tree near the red packing shed at the Farley Center at 9:50 a.m.. Please wear good walking shoes and dress appropriately for the weather.
You MUST reserve a spot by e-mailing nps@farleycenter.org or calling the Farley Center at 608-845-8724. Tours fill up fast so if you sign up and need to cancel, please let us know so we can add another from our waitlist.
Come take a walk through the Natural Path Sanctuary and learn about green burial.
THIS IS AN OUTDOOR PRESENTATION – THERE WILL NOT BE A PRESENTATION IN THE CENTER.
Walking Tour Flyer

Gun Sense Event at Brix Cider
2025-10-19 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | Brix Cider, 119 S. Second St., Mount Horeb, WI, 53572, United States
Event sponsored by
Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP),
Linda & Gene Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability
Mt. Horeb Area Progressive Trolls
at Brix Cider
Don’t miss this special event featuring three musical acts, united in a quest to raise awareness and demand better gun laws. Gunsense. Brix Cider is located at 119 South Second Street in Mount Horeb, WI. The musicians donating their time and talent to this event are: Red Door Duo, Don Greenwood, Scott Steiber, Katy McGrath Morkry. A free will donations at this event will benefit Mom’s Demand Action.

Natural Path Sanctuary Native Garden - Groundbreaking and Seeding Celebration
2025-11-09 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability, 2299 Spring Rose Rd., Verona, WI, United States
Nov. 9, 2025
It’s time to plant the new NPS Native Garden, a designated area to grow native Wisconsin plants. Here, NPS cemetery members can engage and connect in various ways, such as tending the gardens, collecting seeds, or just enjoying the peace of the beautiful view. It will be an education and engagement resource, providing a regenerative, sustainable source for grave plantings. The goals of this project include demonstrating the importance of native plantings and providing an option for those who would like to plant on their own plot or around the grave of a loved one.
Please attend the “Groundbreaking and Seeding Celebration” on Sunday Nov. 9, 12:00 to 2:00 pm, to participate in leveling the ground, followed by scattering and tamping in the seeds that will overwinter to be ready to sprout next spring.
Questions? Please e-mail nps@farleycenter.org

Farley Center - Sunflower Paint Event with Muralist Rodrigo Carapia
2025-12-07 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability, 2299 Spring Rose Rd., Verona, WI, United States
Dec.7, 2025
Sunflower Paint Event with Muralist Rodrigo Carapia
Cost: $35
Looking for something fun to do with friends? Join us on Sunday, December 7, from 1:00-3:00PM for our sunflower paint event with Muralist Rodrigo Carapia (the muralist who painted the Farley Center bee barn) ! The event will be held at the Farley Center, 2299 Spring Rose Road, Verona.
Our instructor, Rodrigo Carapia, will provide all the tools and supplies you’ll need. Price is $35 per person, and that includes your canvas and all the supplies. Please pay cash or check to Rodrigo Carapia the day of the event.
Please RSVP to programs@farleycenter.org to reserve your spot. Space is limited so sign up early.
So bring some friends and have some fun! Feel free to bring snacks to share! Please share this post

Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Rules and Regulations Presentation
2025-12-09 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability, 2299 Spring Rose Rd., Verona, WI, United States
12/9/25
Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Rules and Regulations Presentation presented by NPS Director Dustin Duve
The Natural Path Sanctuary promotes a legacy of care and respect for the earth through choosing a natural burial. We recognize that death is not always easy to accept, whether anticipated or unanticipated, and all involved with the Natural Path Sanctuary believe that there is healing in the practice of a natural-life sustaining burial.
The Natural Path Sanctuary is committed to family and community friendly burials with as minimal of an impact on the environment as possible. It is our desire to preserve the natural beauty of the land in life and in death.
Topics of discussion:
Embalming
Outer burial containers and liners
Biodegradable containers and coverings
Cremation Remains
Grave Markers
Planting of Flowers, plants, shrubs and trees
Floral Tributes and Decorations
Size of Memorial gathering
Our rules are based on our desire that people buried here will be a part of the natural path of life and death, buried amongst the trees and the plants.
Please RSVP to nps@farleycenter,org or call the Farley Center at 608-845-8724.
www.naturalpathsanctuary.org

Farley Center Holiday Honey Delivery!
2025-12-13 10:00 - 23:00 UTC | Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability, 2299 Spring Rose Rd., Verona, WI, United States
It’s that time again for HONEY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!!!!
Honey delivery by beekeepers Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten!
Min. order of $25
E-mail beekeepers@farleycenter.org by Dec. 11th for Dec. 14 delivery.
Prices:

Quart $20 – Holiday Special (usually $25)
1lb Glass Jar $10
2lb Gift Pack $25
Minimum Order of $25 please

What makes a sweeter gift than Farley Center honey? Great for all your holiday gifts and for yourself.
Farley Center honey is always available in our closet store at the Center and at Steep N Brew – West on Odana Road in Madison.
BUY LOCAL – support your local beekeepers! All proceeds from honey sales always goes directly to the beekeepers!
HOLIDAY HONEY DELIVERY FLYER

Farley Center Holiday Gathering 2025
2025-12-14 11:00 - 14:00 UTC | Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability, 2299 Spring Rose Rd., Verona, WI, United States
Dec. 14, 2025
Come join us at the Farley Center Holiday Gathering!
11:00-12:00 Light refreshments and holiday cheer!
Music by Musician John Duggleby
12:00-1:00 Holiday Sing-along with Musician John Duggleby
1:00-2:00 White Elephant gift exchange and some laughs!

Native Garden Plant Identification and Volunteer Workday
2026-05-16 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability, 2299 Spring Rose Rd., Verona, WI, United States
Celebrate the season at Natural Path Sanctuary. It’s time to continue planting the new NPS Native Garden, a designated area to grow native Wisconsin plants. This sacred growing space will begin its first year of growth, sprouting this Spring, and will serve as an education and engagement resource to provide a regenerative, sustainable source for grave plantings. Please stop out and see what’s growing.

Volunteer Opportunity: If you’re able, stick around to help plant 780 native plants! (Bring gloves and water.) We invite all to attend and create your connection to this space. Event and volunteering is from 2:00-5:00pm.

Questions or to RSVP for May 16 Spring Planting: Please e-mail nec@farleycenter.org

Cemetery Walking Tour in NPS (June)
2026-06-17 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | WI
Join NPS staff for a walk through our beautiful cemetery grounds. This walking tour presentation will present information about green burials in the unique setting of Natural Path Sanctuary.

Meet at the burr oak tree near the red packing shed at the Farley Center at 11:50 a.m. Please wear good walking shoes and dress appropriately for the weather.

RSVP by e-mailing npstours@farleycenter.org or calling 608-845-8722. Tours often fill up quickly, so if you register and cannot attend, please let us know so we can add someone from our waitlist.

Mock Burial
2026-09-26 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | WI
Join NPS staff for a mock green burial, including a shrouding demonstration.

Participants have the opportunity to learn what the green burial process entails by participating in a simulated version of it. This workshop includes Q&A with a Natural Path Sanctuary Cemeterian, pallbearing and even lowering “dead” weight into a grave.

This event is free but please RSVP to npstours@farleycenter.org
This event will take place OUTDOORS and a good portion will take place walking in the Sanctuary. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and a water bottle, and dress appropriately for the weather.

This event will take place RAIN OR SHINE.Burials happen year around in snow, rain or sun.

Cemetery Walking Tour in NPS (October)
2026-10-14 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | WI

Cemetery Guidelines: an NPS Community Conversation
2026-11-18 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | WI
The Natural Path Sanctuary promotes a legacy of care and respect for the earth through choosing a natural burial. We recognize that death is not always easy to accept, whether anticipated or unanticipated, and all involved with the Natural Path Sanctuary believe that there is healing in the practice of a natural-life sustaining burial.

Natural Path Sanctuary is committed to family and community friendly burials with as minimal of an impact on the environment as possible. It is our desire to preserve the natural beauty of the land in life and in death.

Topics of discussion:

Embalming
Outer burial containers and liners
Biodegradable containers and coverings
Cremation Remains
Grave Markers
Planting of Flowers, plants, shrubs and trees
Floral Tributes and Decorations
Size of Memorial gathering

Our rules are based on our desire that people buried here will be a part of the natural path of life and death, buried amongst the trees and the plants.
Please RSVP to npstours@farleycenter.org or call the Farley Center at 608-845-8722.
