Zen Meditation
Walking Tree Zen
We meet weekly on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm. at The Center at Orchard Hill, 114 Old Settlers Road, Alstead, NH, 03602.
Participation is free of charge, and we rely on donations to meet our expenses (rent and supplies).
If you are visiting for the first time, please arrive twenty minutes early for a brief orientation. Call ahead if you have questions, call Kathy Byrne at 603-321-1572
We welcome anyone to attend at any time. We hope you will join us.
Radiance Yoga
A Yoga Fusion class of slow movement, asana, many breathing ways and deep relaxation. Whatever is called for comes, whether Qigong, Tai Chi; all to allow the full flow of cosmic energy through our Being.
Bring: Mat, Towel, Block
Cost: $16 for 1 class, $56 for 4 classes
Elizabeth Bunker, author of Breathtaking, Growing up Mystic in America & Eleven Breaths for Life
email shimmerez@gmail.com or call 603-835-2900
Private Retreat
The building and playground will be closed for a private retreat.
Interesting in renting our space?
We host gatherings, parties, meetings, overnight retreats, as well as public and private workshops.
Hey Kids! Let’s Make Pizza!
At Orchard Hill Breadworks - A pizza making class for 9 – 16 year olds. Saturday, January 31st from 11am – 2pm
Attendance limited to 12 students
The Gift of Seed
Gift of Seed at Center at Orchard Hill, Alstead, New Hampshire
February 3rd
optional potluck at 4, Gift of Seed from 5 to 7, singing ’til 8!
gifting seeds, growing gardens & cultivating cultures of care beyond consumption
All flourishing is mutual, as Robin Wall Kimmerer reminds us, and seeds brilliantly embody this generosity, creativity and care. Together, let’s practice receiving hundreds of varieties of regionally adapted seeds as gifts, cultivating gift culture as well as community, nourishing all generations to come!
Come ready to reflect, connect and honor your gifts as well as we all learn to amplify the gifts of community together. Expect puppets! And lots of seeds! And to come alive as we explore living in ways both old and new. Bring a friend and a bag to bring home an abundance of seeds to sow more fruitful futures for your family, friends, neighbors and strangers as well as all generations yet to come 💛
Gift (Free) Event! Wondering how to thank us & sustain this work and joy alongside us? Take a peek here. (https://www.fruitionseeds.com/learn/blog/growing-gratitude-beyond-market-economy-how-to-thank-fruition-keep-the-gift-moving/)
Learn more about Fruition Seeds
Radiance Yoga
A Yoga Fusion class of slow movement, asana, many breathing ways and deep relaxation. Whatever is called for comes, whether Qigong, Tai Chi; all to allow the full flow of cosmic energy through our Being.
Bring: Mat, Towel, Block
Cost: $16 for 1 class, $56 for 4 classes
Elizabeth Bunker, author of Breathtaking, Growing up Mystic in America & Eleven Breaths for Life
email shimmerez@gmail.com or call 603-835-2900
Zen Meditation
Walking Tree Zen
We meet weekly on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm. at The Center at Orchard Hill, 114 Old Settlers Road, Alstead, NH, 03602.
Participation is free of charge, and we rely on donations to meet our expenses (rent and supplies).
If you are visiting for the first time, please arrive twenty minutes early for a brief orientation. Call ahead if you have questions, call Kathy Byrne at 603-321-1572
We welcome anyone to attend at any time. We hope you will join us.
The Honey Temple
Honey Temple
Come Dance, Sing, Lament and Nourish in the Tent of Oil and Spice
January 16-18 | February 27- March 1 | April 17-19
Come to one or all three ~ While the form is the same the theme for each will change
Honey Temple is a multi-day ritual gathering devoted to reviving a culture of Goddess remembrance. Through drum, voice, movement, ritual trance, and nourishment, women enter a living temple to metabolize emotions, awaken eros, and restore embodied belonging. Rooted in ancient feminine mystery traditions and held with spacious flow, the Honey Temple offers a place to be held, fed, and woven back into the collective web, leaving renewed, resourced, and reconnected to sisterhood, the living earth, and the indomitable pulse of life itself.
Intro to Bread
At Orchard Hill Breadworks - A bread making class for first time bakers or anyone who’s recently begun their bread making journey. March 7th from 10:30am to 4pm
Private Retreat
The building and playground will be closed for a private retreat.
Interesting in renting our space?
We host gatherings, parties, meetings, overnight retreats, as well as public and private workshops.
Sourdough Bread for Intermediate Bakers
At Orchard Hill Breadworks - A bread making class for intermediate bakers, focusing on sourdough baking with fresh milled whole grains.
Saturday March 28th, 10am – 5pm
The Honey Temple
Honey Temple
Come Dance, Sing, Lament and Nourish in the Tent of Oil and Spice
January 16-18 | February 27- March 1 | April 17-19
Come to one or all three ~ While the form is the same the theme for each will change
Honey Temple is a multi-day ritual gathering devoted to reviving a culture of Goddess remembrance. Through drum, voice, movement, ritual trance, and nourishment, women enter a living temple to metabolize emotions, awaken eros, and restore embodied belonging. Rooted in ancient feminine mystery traditions and held with spacious flow, the Honey Temple offers a place to be held, fed, and woven back into the collective web, leaving renewed, resourced, and reconnected to sisterhood, the living earth, and the indomitable pulse of life itself.
La Frontière
La Frontière
A film by Katy Haas & Megan Ruffe
Cinematography by Lindsay Taylor Jackson & Jared Ames
The border between the United States and Canada is the longest international border in the world. Six-hundred and eleven of those miles distinguish Maine from its northern neighbors Quebec and New Brunswick, dividing towns, homes, and nations that existed long before the two it separates today. La Frontière is a poetic documentary portrait of Maine’s border with Canada, exploring the history and culture of these borderlands.
Runtime: 35min
This film has been supported by grants from the Points North Institute/TV5Monde, as well as the Keith Campbell Family Foundation, and is fiscally sponsored by UnionDocs, Inc.
Radiance Yoga
A Yoga Fusion class of slow movement, asana, many breathing ways and deep relaxation. Whatever is called for comes, whether Qigong, Tai Chi; all to allow the full flow of cosmic energy through our Being.
Bring: Mat, Towel, Block
Cost: $16 for 1 class, $56 for 4 classes
Elizabeth Bunker, author of Breathtaking, Growing up Mystic in America & Eleven Breaths for Life
email shimmerez@gmail.com or call 603-835-2900
The Honey Temple
Come Dance, Sing, Lament and Nourish in the Tent of Oil and Spice
January 16-18 | February 27- March 1 | April 17-19
Come to one or all three ~ While the form is the same the theme for each will change
Introducing the Honey Temple–a place that has always existed in the in-between, called in when the need for it is there. A place where women remember what it is to be part of one cloth– one earthly, singing, loving, nourishing body– offering our gifts for the filling of the well in ourselves, each other, and the world.
Contradance
Contradance returns to Orchard Hill!!!!
With music by:
Kathy Torrey
Randy Miller
Amy Cann
Natalie Backes
Free and open to the public, $5-10 donations help keep us going!
Intro to Bread
At Orchard Hill Breadworks - A bread making class for first time bakers or anyone who’s recently begun their bread making journey. January 10th from 10:30am to 4pm
Radiance Yoga
A Yoga Fusion class of slow movement, asana, many breathing ways and deep relaxation. Whatever is called for comes, whether Qigong, Tai Chi; all to allow the full flow of cosmic energy through our Being.
Bring: Mat, Towel, Block
Cost: $16 for 1 class, $56 for 4 classes
Elizabeth Bunker, author of Breathtaking, Growing up Mystic in America & Eleven Breaths for Life
email shimmerez@gmail.com or call 603-835-2900
Solstice Sing
Let’s sing together! Join in the Great Room for warmth of community and voice.
Bring instruments, bring your voices, easy snacks if you're able and inspired, a friend if you like, and your own wonderful self. We hope to see you!
Sunday, 12/21, Winter Solstice
Quaker Meeting is from 9:30-10:30
Snacks and Songs to follow
Come as you are! All welcome 🕊️
Private Retreat
The building and playground will be closed for a private retreat.
Interesting in renting our space?
We host gatherings, parties, meetings, overnight retreats, as well as public and private workshops.
Card Making Workshop
Join printmaker Sammy for a holiday card playground! We will learn some printmaking techniques, experiment with color, paper and shapes, as well as have the opportunity to carve an original stamp. All materials will be provided. (But bring any favorite stamps or papers if you want to!) Tea and cocoa and light snacks will be available as well.
$40/person
or register with a friend for $70
cash or card payment at event
Steve Dyer Quartet: Freedom Melody
South African tenor saxophone/flute player and his quartet perform.
These programs are made possible in part by support from Continuum Culture & Arts, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
lone eagle/THE FOREST: Coyote Makes a World
As the central figure within Indigenous storytelling traditions of the Interior Northwest, Coyote navigates the tenuous and tumultuous present in Coyote Makes a World, a collaborative multimedia project between storyteller/vocalist čnaq’ymi (lone eagle) and The Forest, a cooperative percussion ensemble featuring Gustavo Aguilar, Leah Bowden, Andrew Drury, and Michael Wimberly.
Centered on stories that embody the qualities of long held Native storytelling traditions, here Coyote encounters the contemporary crises of our times, oblivious to the consequences of his actions in ways that are familiar, unsettling, and often humorous. Set within a dynamic rhythmic landscape layered with songs and mesmerizing vocalizations, Coyote Makes a World reflects the world we’ve made while taking the listener to places they’ve never before encountered.
These programs are made possible in part by support from Continuum Culture & Arts, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Maria Valencia
Maria Valencia
live concert
alto saxophone and clarinet
solo and with Andrew Drury, percussion
These programs are made possible in part by support from Continuum Culture & Arts, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Walking Tree Zen Day of Practice
We also hold a monthly Day of Practice at Orchard Hill on the last Saturday of each month, 9:00 am. to 2:30 pm.
Participation is free of charge, and we rely on donations to meet our expenses (rent and supplies).
If you are visiting for the first time, please arrive twenty minutes early for a brief orientation. Call ahead if you have questions -- 603-903-9743.
Walking Tree Zen Day of Practice
We also hold a monthly Day of Practice at Orchard Hill on the last Saturday of each month, 9:00 am. to 2:30 pm.
Participation is free of charge, and we rely on donations to meet our expenses (rent and supplies).
If you are visiting for the first time, please arrive twenty minutes early for a brief orientation. Call ahead if you have questions -- 603-903-9743.
Clothing Swap
Join us for this annual gathering in April to refresh your closet by cleaning out what you don’t wear and finding something new from a neighbor.
April 5th, 2025 from 1:00 - 3:00
$5 - $30 sliding scale donation
Seed Swap
Celebrate the approaching spring! Let’s gather and share seeds for the coming season.
No seeds required to participate! Some seed starting materials will be provided.
Printmaking Workshop
Stamping gives us the opportunity to create our own images, repeat them, and share them. Join resident artist Sammy in creating your own stamp project, with enthusiastic guidance and instruction. All levels welcome - from “I have no idea what to do, help!” to “Thanks, I’ll be over here doing my thing.” All materials will be provided.
Print Workshop will include some warm-up activities, snacks and as much instructional or open time as needed. Feel free to join part-way through for a couple hours, or become a repeat student and develop your skills with instruction.
Sliding scale pricing, $20 - 80
Printmaking Workshop
Stamping gives us the opportunity to create our own images, repeat them, and share them. Join resident artist Sammy in creating your own stamp project, with enthusiastic guidance and instruction. All levels welcome - from “I have no idea what to do, help!” to “Thanks, I’ll be over here doing my thing.” All materials will be provided.
Print Workshop will include some warm-up activities, snacks and as much instructional or open time as needed. Feel free to join part-way through for a couple hours, or become a repeat student and develop your skills with instruction.
Sliding scale pricing, $20 - 80
Printmaking Workshop
Stamping gives us the opportunity to create our own images, repeat them, and share them. Join resident artist Sammy in creating your own stamp project, with enthusiastic guidance and instruction. All levels welcome - from “I have no idea what to do, help!” to “Thanks, I’ll be over here doing my thing.” All materials will be provided.
Print Workshop will include some warm-up activities, snacks and as much instructional or open time as needed. Feel free to join part-way through for a couple hours, or become a repeat student and develop your skills with instruction.
Sliding scale pricing, $20 - 80
Block Printing Workshop
Stamping gives us the opportunity to create our own images, repeat them, and share them. Join resident artist Sammy in creating your own stamp project, with enthusiastic guidance and instruction. All levels welcome - from “I have no idea what to do, help!” to “Thanks, I’ll be over here doing my thing.” All materials will be provided.
Print Workshop will include some warm-up activities, snacks and as much instructional or open time as needed. Feel free to join part-way through for a couple hours, or become a repeat student and develop your skills with instruction.
Sliding scale pricing, $20 - 80
Block Printing Workshop
Stamping gives us the opportunity to create our own images, repeat them, and share them. Join resident artist Sammy in creating your own stamp project, with enthusiastic guidance and instruction. All levels welcome - from “I have no idea what to do, help!” to “Thanks, I’ll be over here doing my thing.” All materials will be provided.
Print Workshop will include some warm-up activities, snacks and as much instructional or open time as needed. Feel free to join part-way through for a couple hours, or become a repeat student and develop your skills with instruction.
Sliding scale pricing, $20 - 80
Shape Note Singing
A tradition with rich history, aimed at bringing community together and singing in four-part harmony. This is traditionally participatory, rather than performance music, with singers facing each other and taking turns leading songs. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm.