Tag Archives: environmental

Farley Center/Palette Bar and Grill – Farley Fly By Fundraiser

bees, celebration, community, Culture, environmental, farm, Food, friendship, fun, honey, sustainable farming

4/12/25

The Palette Bar and Grill Spring menu will once again feature the Farley Fly-By cocktail, which includes sustainably farmed honey from the Farley Center!

Join us on April 12 for a cocktail hour from 5-7pm and try a Farley Fly-by (you can also order without alcohol). With every purchase of Farley Fly-Bys at this event, a portion of sales will go towards supporting Farley Center’s Beekeeping Program!

Learn more about the Farley Center

Learn more about Palette Bar and Grill

Learn more about the Farley Center beekeepers

Farley Center Volunteer Work Day in the Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS)

community, environmental, friendship, fun, gardening, volunteer, woods

3/9/25

Please join Natural Path Sanctuary Board Chair Jeanne Meier and other volunteers for a day working outside in the Natural Path Sanctuary(NPS).

“The concept for this work day and Amplify Joy began last year with a “Random Acts of Kindness for Zemi” week commemorating the one-year anniversary of beautiful Zemirah “Zemi” Somin Sung’s four-day stay here on Earth. Zemi’s body has been laid to eternal rest at Natural Path Sanctuary; her indomitable spirit lives on in us. May our actions spread like ripples of love around us, setting off a chain reaction of positivity that touches countless lives. Let’s really launch her legacy this year!”

There will be a variety of outdoor tasks so dress for the weather and bring work gloves and water bottles.

Meet at the Center at 8:55 a.m. in front of the the red packing shed.

Farley Center On-Site Supervisor:
Natural Path Sanctuary Board Chair Jeanne Meier

If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.

Farley Center Volunteer Work Day in the Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS)

community, environmental, friendship, fun, gardening, volunteer, woods

3/29/25

Please join Director Shedd Farley and other volunteers for a day of outdoor work in the Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) from 12:00-3:00 pm. Please meet in front of the red packing shed at 11:55pm.

Please dress for outdoor weather and bring work gloves and water bottles.

Farley Center Supervisors:
Director Shedd Farley

Volunteer Group Leader: TBA

If you have any questions, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org.

Natural Path Sanctuary Walking Tour

community, Culture, Death, Dying, end-of-life, environmental, Green Cemetaries, Grief, woods

8/12/25

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

Peace Songs, Farley Center Land Art Installations

art, celebration, community, Culture, environmental, folk music, Food, friendship, fun, music, Wisconsin, woods

Aug 9-Oct 31, 2025

FARLEY CENTER LAND ART EXHIBIT OPENING WILL BE ON AUGUST 9th FOR SELF GUIDED TOURS THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2025. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE DATE.

Come take a walk-about and see Farley Center Artist Installations in the Natural Path Sanctuary woods. We will have maps available for self guided tours. Visit the Farley Center anytime from sun-up to sun-down and take a walk through the woods.

This is the seventh year that area artists will create installations in the woods of the Natural Path Sanctuary on the Farley Center land. These artists are rising to the challenge of using only materials that can safely decompose back into the land.

Land art is also known as Earth art, and environmental art. It is created by artists who use the materials of the Earth including, for instance, the soil, rocks, branches, trees, vegetation, water and other natural, non-toxic materials. The Farley Center supports these types of installations on our land to highlight the beauty, value and necessity to think about how we view and use the land.

Our artists help raise the discussion of what is toxic and what do we mean by the word “decompose.” What has to change in the way we work in order to sustain the Earth and all of us that live on it in healthy ways

MORE INFO TO FOLLOW AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT DATE

Peace Songs 2025 Land Artists:
ARTIST NAMES WILL BE LISTED AS WE POST THEIR PHOTOS AND BIOS

Thank you to Dane Arts for your support of our artists, land art exhibit and Art Festival.
An art market is planned for Saturday, Sept 13 with the Farley Center Land Artists combined with the Dane Arts DABL artists.

MORE INFO TO FOLLOW AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE DATE

For questions, please contact programs@farleycenter.org

Farley Center – Exploring the Understory of the Natural Path Sanctuary

beauty, community, Culture, environmental, fun, Spring, woods

Farley Center – Exploring the Understory of the Natural Path Sanctuary
Saturday May 17, 2025
10 AM-Noon

May in the forest is full of new life. Please come and explore the magic and the mystery with Mary Michal, and other master naturalists Theresa Berrie, Fred Dike, Dave Kelly and Colleen Robinson. Together we will discover what spring ephemerals are thriving at Natural Path Sanctuary, and how we can support them.

What are the threats, and how do we bring our mindful attention to the balance? We will walk gently through the Sanctuary, exploring what is present, with plenty of time to observe and share.

Mary Michal is a member of a number of organizations involved with care for the Earth, with a long-time connection with NPS, who worked closely with Linda Farley to provide hospice care in the 1980’s and early 90’s. She is grateful for Gene and Linda’s legacy, and the beauty and serenity of NPS.

Please meet at the Farley Center kiosk at 9:55 to start the walk at 10 a.m. Please wear appropriate clothing for the weather and good walking shoes as we will be walking along the dirt paths in the Sanctuary.

Exploring the Understory

Questions? Please contact programs@farleycenter.org

Farley Center Fall Festival 2025

Apples, Bee Tour, celebration, Cider, community, environmental, Farm Tour, Festival, Food, Green Cemetaries, music

10-5-25

Farley Center Fall Festival 2025

Come join us for the Farley Center Fall Celebration 2025 – Open House and Apple Cider Day! Pick apples, wash apples, slice apples and press the apples in the 180 year old cider press! Come join us on a tour of the Natural Path Sanctuary, farm or bees. Listen to music and have a great time!

Please bring your baked apple treats (and other treats) to share with others!

Farley Center honey will be available for sale by Beekeepers Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten. Beekeepers will have information if you are interested in being a Farley Center Beekeeper!

Farley Center farmers will be selling fresh, organic vegetables at the Market Table.

Donations will be accepted to go toward the purchase of buying the next planting of fruit trees. All are welcome! Invite your friends on this facebook invitation and share this post!

RAIN OR SHINE!

FALL FESTIVAL TOUR SCHEDULE
11:15 Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Tour
12:15 Farm Tour
1:15 Bee Tour by Farley Center Beekeeper Patrick Norby

MUSIC LINEUP
TBA

FOOD/DRINK VENDORS
El Sabor de Puebla (food)- Reyna Gonzalez
https://www.facebook.com/…/El-Sabor-De…/100046777215513/

Farley Center/Sunshine Salad Farm/Farmer Katie Darnell
http://www.sunshinesaladfarm.com/

TAMALES! TAMALES! TAMALES!
Pre-Order tamales from El Sabor de Puebla and pick up and pay at the Farley Center Fall Festival – Sunday, Oct 5, 10:30-2:30
$25 a dozen (no mixing) for either:
Chicken with green salsa
Pork with red salsa
Jalapeño with cheese
Checks or cash only to El Sabor de Puebla.
Please e-mail order by Thursday evening (Oct 2) to programs@farleycenter.org with tamales in the subject line. Thank you!

VOLUNTEERS:
TBA

COMMUNITY TABLES:
TBA

Please carpool as parking is limited.

For more information, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org or call the office at 608-845-8724.

Natural Path Sanctuary – Mock Burial Workshop

community, Culture, Death, Dying, end-of-life, environmental, Green Cemetaries, Grief

9/27/25

Natural Path Sanctuary – Mock Burial Workshop
10:30-12:30

Director Shedd Farley, Cemeterian Dustin Duve will host the day with a Natural Path Sanctuary Mock Burial. Shroud demonstration by Natural Path Sanctuary Board Member Brenda Prorok who is also a Funeral Director at Ryan Funeral Home.

Mock Burial Workshop

“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 Cemetarian, pallbearing and even lowering “dead” weight into a grave.”

This event is free but please RSVP to programs@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 bring your water bottles.

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

Mock Burial Workshop Flyer

Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Rules and Regulations Presentation

community, Culture, Death, Dying, end-of-life, environmental, Green Cemetaries, Grief, woods

12/9/25

Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Rules and Regulations Presentation presented by NPS Cemeterians

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

Natural Path Sanctuary Walking Tour

community, Culture, Death, Dying, end-of-life, environmental, Green Cemetaries, Grief, woods

5/13/25

Walking Tour with Natural Path Sanctuary

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.