Early childhood through grade 12

Hawthorne Valley Association

Spotlight: Anna Duhon

anna duhon, co-director of the Farmscape Ecology Program

This article appears as part of Hawthorne Valley’s 2024 Annual Impact Report: The Biodiversity Edition. We invite you to explore the full report and learn more about our work to renew soil, society, and self through the integration of education, agriculture, and the arts here. Farmscape Ecology Program (FEP) has been a hub of innovative research

Farmscape Ecology Program receives Ecological Restoration Grant to protect rare native species

patch of rare Leatherwood at Hawthorne Valley

Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program (FEP) is pleased to receive an Ecological Restoration Grant from Partners for Climate Action Hudson Valley. The funding will support the installation of deer exclosure fencing to protect a population of Leatherwood (Dirca palustris), a rare native shrub in the Hudson Valley that suffers from heavy deer browse in the

Hawthorne Valley awarded $1.2 million by NYSERDA for Decarbonization Efforts

Aerial view of Hawthorne Valley

Hawthorne Valley is thrilled to announce an award of $1.2 million from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to support its efforts to decarbonize its campus. The funding will support the installation of geothermal systems and a solar array at Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School, and a renewable energy dairy pasteurization system

Student initiates Bike and Walk to School Challenge

student at HVS

This past spring, 11th grader Miriam Harbath organized the Bike and Walk to School Challenge for her fellow students and the faculty at Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School to participate in for the month of May. Miriam, who was on exchange from Switzerland this year, says that at her home in Geneva, she likes to bike

Bringing Biodiversity and Beauty to the Landscape

two photos of Hawthorne Valley Farm hedgerow comparing its planting to its growth two years later.

In May 2022, Hawthorne Valley Farm and Farmscape Ecology Program (FEP) teamed up to honor Hawthorne Valley’s 50th anniversary by planting a 350-foot long hedgerow, featuring the valley’s namesake hawthorn trees. Farmers, staff, students from Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School and the Visiting Students Program, and volunteers helped to plant over a dozen different varieties of