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Farley Center Land Art Exhibit Walking Tour -Peace Songs 2025

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

Sept 13 – 1:00-2:00

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit
Peace Songs 2025 (August 9 – October 31 – maps in the Farley Center kiosk)
2299 Spring Rose Road
Verona. Wi

Come join us at 1:00 PM on Sat, Sept 13 for the Farley Center Land Art tour during the Dane Arts/Farley Center/Visit Verona Art Festival (10:00-5:00). https://www.facebook.com/events/714939224673340

All participating artists will gather with visitors at the Farley Center kiosk at 1:00.

After a brief introduction, each artist will then take a small group to their own installation.

Artists will remain at their art installation from 1:00–2:00 PM to welcome visitors, talk about their work, and answer questions. Visitors will each have a map and will be free to explore at their own pace, choosing which installations to visit and in what order. This should help scatter visitors throughout the Sanctuary and avoid large crowds in one spot.

Support along the paths:

Caroline and Shedd Farley, along with Natural Path Sanctuary board members Brenda Emerson and Jayne Squirrell, will be stationed at key locations in the woods to help direct visitors and answer questions.

This is the seventh year (every other year since 2013) 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. Thank you to Dane Arts and Visit Verona for your support of our artists, land art exhibit and Art Festival.

Thank you to all the Farley Center Land Artists:

Mona Cassis*
Kate Heiber- Cobb*
Cat Coberly*
Gene Delcourt*
Lester Dore
Thomas Ferrella*
Steve Heuer
Ruthanna Hutton-Okpalaeke
Katrina Krueger*
Efrat Livny
Jon McComb*
Erin McWalter*
Billy Morgan*
Karen Reppen*
Sue Schuetz*
Barry Sherbeck*
John Steines*
Lindy Wilson*

* artists participating in the Land Art Walking tour

For more information, please contact programs@farleycenter.org

Planning a stay in Verona?
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Farley Center Land Art Exhibit Opening Day Concert featuring Twila Jean – Peace Songs 2025

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August 9, 1:00-3:00

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit Opening Day Concert – with Twila Jean
Peace Songs 2025

🎵 Twila Jean Live! 🎵

Join us as Twila Jean, songwriter, music educator, multi-instrumentalist, and activist, shares her iconic acoustic folk and pop Peace Songs! Twila will perform from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA) at the Farley Center

Learn more about Twila: www.twilajeansongstress.com

When: Opening day of the Farley Center Land Art Exhibit – August 9, 2025

Where: Farley Center, 2299 Spring Rose Rd, Verona, WI

Planning a stay in Verona?
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Event Flyer

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

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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

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Aug 9 – Oct 31, 2025

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit
Peace Songs 2025 (August 9 – October 31)
There will maps at the kiosk for self guided tours.

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.

What is Land Art

Land art, also known as Earth art, and environmental art 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

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

Thank you to all the participating artists and we look forward to seeing all the sustainable art installations created in the Natural Path Sanctuary by the following Farley Center Land Artists:

Fabu Phillis Carter*
Mona Cassis
Kate Heiber- Cobb
Cat Coberly*
Gene Delcourt
Betsy Delzer
Lester Dore
Thomas Ferrella
Steve Heuer
Ruthanna Hutton-Okpalaeke
Katrina Krueger
Efrat Livny
Jon McComb*
Erin McWalter
Billy Morgan
Karen Reppen
Cynthia Reynolds
Bobbette Rose
Sue Schuetz
Barry Sherbeck
John Steines
Lindy Wilson*

* first time participating in a Farley Center Land Art Exhibit
All the bios/photos of the artists can be found in the Farley Center Artist facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/306035369827878

Save the Dates:

August 9 – October 31- Land Art Exhibit open to the public for self guided tours
https://www.facebook.com/events/610301588071730

August 9, – Farley Center Opening Day Concert with Twila Jean – Peace Songs 2025
https://www.facebook.com/events/1151857306288594

Seot 13- Farley Center/Dane Arts DABL/Visit Verona – An art market is planned for Saturday, Sept 13 with the Farley Center Land Artists combined with the Dane Arts DABL artists.

For questions, please contact programs@farleycenter.org

We thank Dane Arts and Visit Verona for supporting Farley Center artists, the 2025 Land Art exhibition and the DABL Art Festival.

Planning a stay in Verona?
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MORE INFO TO FOLLOW AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE DATE

Event Flyer

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

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 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