Events

Smithereen Farm hosts workshops in collaboration with our sister organization, Greenhorns.

  • Greenhorns offers free and low-cost events for the benefit of the local and regional community. If you enjoy a free event, consider making a tax deductible donation to Greenhorns to support our programming
  • Many events require advance registration; please follow the registration link within the workshop description.
  • Coming for an event and want to stay a while? You can book a tent platform via HipCamp.
  • Refund Policy: Due to our rural location and small event sizes workshop registrations are not refundable.

Looking for food and agriculture events in Downeast Maine? Check out the Eat Downeast event calendar for fairs, festivals, workshops, meet-ups, demonstrations, plant sales, family-friendly events, and more.

Eat Downeast Event Calendar

Seaweed Saturday (Maine Seaweed Week)

Gulf of Maine Research Institute 350 Commercial St, Portland, ME, United States

Seaweed Commons, Greenhorns, and Smithereen Farm are proud to be exhibitors at Maine Seaweed Week's Seaweed Saturday on April 26 in Portland, Maine.More details about the event at: https://seaweedweek.org/seaweed-saturday/Come find us and taste our award-winning Seaweed Sprinkle, pick up your dried seaweed for making dashi, and take home our sugar kelp . . .

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Low Low Tides Seaweed Harvest Workshop: April

Greenhorns and Smithereen Farm partner to offer educational seaweed harvest events. This is our seventh year of offering Low Low Tides Seaweed Programming.These events are multi-day educational and social experiences; at dawn we teach you to harvest responsibly and process wild algae for culinary use. In the afternoon we host . . .

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Smithereen Farmstore: Opening Day

Smithereen Farmstore 12 Little Falls Rd, Pembroke, ME, United States

Join us for OPENING DAY 2025! The Smithereen Farmstore is back for another season, offering fresh organic produce from Smithereen Farm and lots of delicious local products from Washington County, Maine, and New England food producers. For the 2025 season we're open daily 9am–5pm.Learn more at smithereenfarm.com/farmstore

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Virtual Panel Discussion: West Coast Kelp Watchers

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/gw0K9e0FR6-Wwwb6Yg63zA

This is a virtual discussion — beam in from anywhere! Greenhorns and Smithereen Farm present a free virtual panel discussion with West Coast aquaculture practitioners Amanda Swinimer (Dakini Tidal Wilds) and Julie Drucker (Yemaya Seaweed). Please register here. What do the west coast Kelp watchers see off their shore? This digital panel . . .

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Open Hours: Agrarian Library at Reversing Hall

4 Leighton Point Rd Pembroke, ME, United States

Thanks to Librarian Lysa Intrator, Reversing Hall will be open two days per week during the 2025 season:From May 1-October 1, 2025Fridays 1-3pmSundays 1-3pmWe intend our "open hours" to make the collection accessible to users. The collection is also open by special appointment for school groups, researchers, artists and others. We . . .

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Open Hours: Agrarian Library at Reversing Hall

4 Leighton Point Rd Pembroke, ME, United States

Thanks to Librarian Lysa Intrator, Reversing Hall will be open two days per week during the 2025 season:From May 1-October 1, 2025Fridays 1-3pmSundays 1-3pmWe intend our "open hours" to make the collection accessible to users. The collection is also open by special appointment for school groups, researchers, artists and others. We . . .

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Open Hours: Agrarian Library at Reversing Hall

4 Leighton Point Rd Pembroke, ME, United States

Thanks to Librarian Lysa Intrator, Reversing Hall will be open two days per week during the 2025 season:From May 1-October 1, 2025Fridays 1-3pmSundays 1-3pmWe intend our "open hours" to make . . .

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Open Hours: Agrarian Library at Reversing Hall

4 Leighton Point Rd Pembroke, ME, United States

Thanks to Librarian Lysa Intrator, Reversing Hall will be open two days per week during the 2025 season:From May 1-October 1, 2025Fridays 1-3pmSundays 1-3pmWe intend our "open hours" to make the collection accessible to users. The collection is also open by special appointment for school groups, researchers, artists and others. We . . .

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Open Hours: Agrarian Library at Reversing Hall

4 Leighton Point Rd Pembroke, ME, United States

Thanks to Librarian Lysa Intrator, Reversing Hall will be open two days per week during the 2025 season:From May 1-October 1, 2025Fridays 1-3pmSundays 1-3pmWe intend our "open hours" to make the collection accessible to users. The collection is also open by special appointment for school groups, researchers, artists and others. We . . .

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