Dry
Stone Conservancy
1065 Dove Run Rd.
Suite 6
Lexington, KY 40502
© 2008 Dry Stone
Conservancy
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Fri-Sat
April 3-4 |
Dayton, VA - “Virginia Dry Stone Retaining Wall Workshop”
Introductory workshop on a historic retaining wall near Dayton, Virginia (a few miles southwest of Harrisonburg). |
Fri-Sat
April 10-11 |
Harrodsburg, KY - “Shaker Village Edge Fence Workshop”
Introductory workshop on a historic rock fences at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Mercer County, Kentucky. For on-site lodging and more information go to www.shakervillageky.org. Rooms typically go quickly, so book early! Please note: this is Easter weekend. |
Sat-Sun
April 25-26 |
Lawrenceburg, KY - “Hebron Cemetery Workshop”
Introductory workshop on a historic cemetery fence in Anderson County, Kentucky. |
Sat
May 2 |
Woodford County, KY - Volunteer Workday - Registration |
Sat-Sun
May 9-10 |
Winchester, KY - “Lower Howard’s Creek Workshop”
Introductory workshop on a historic rock fence in the Lower Howard's Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve in Clark County, Kentucky. Please note: this is Mother’s Day weekend. |
Sat
May 16 |
Mercer County, KY - Volunteer Workday - Registration |
Sat-Sun
May 30-31 |
Harrodsburg, KY- “Shaker Village Special Features Workshop”
This is an advanced workshop and participants must have attended a previous workshop to participate. For on-site lodging and more information go to www.shakervillageky.org. Rooms typically go quickly, so book early! |
Sat
May 2 |
Bourbon County, KY - Volunteer Workday - Registration |
Sat-Sun
Jun 6-7 |
Loretto, KY- “Maker’s Mark Workshop”
Introductory workshop on a historic rock fence at the world famous Maker’s Mark Distillery in Marion County, KY. |
Sat
June 13 |
Fayette County, KY - Volunteer Workday - Registration |
Other Important Events
October 8-9 (Thursday/Friday) – “Mason’s Workshop”
Shaker Village, KY
This workshop will prepare candidates for the 6th Annual Walling Competition to be held on October 10th and the following Certification Exams held on October 11th -13th. A limited number of spots will be available for beginners. Participants will rebuild sections of historic fence on the property; mason participants will also gain the required certification exam experience on retaining walls and wallheads.
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October 10 (Sat) – 6th Annual National Walling Competition
Shaker Village, KY
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Novice, Intermediate and Professional Classes - trophies, ribbons, tools and cash prizes!!! Participants and spectators please come join us for the fun! Registration forms will be available on our website in mid-June. |
October 11-13 (Sun-Tue) – Drystone Mason Certification Exams
Shaker Village, Kentucky
Candidates may arrange to build their wallheads and other required special features on-site Sunday and Monday; timed tests for all candidates will be on Tuesday. Registration information and forms will be available on our website by mid-June.
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Download
and Print 2009 Registration
Form
Dates and locations for Spring/Summer 2009 workshops are listed on the accompanying registration form. Workshops run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, beginning with a classroom introduction to the techniques of dry stone masonry, followed by hands-on instruction while restoring or building a dry stone wall. Participants bring their own work gloves, safety glasses and a rock or brick hammer and their own food (unless otherwise noted). DSC will provide extra hammers for those who don’t already own or plan to buy one.
If interested, please reply as soon as possible; registration is limited and on a first-come first-serve basis. Dates and locations are subect to change; all registered participants will be notified as soon as possible.
Download
and Print 2009 Volunteer Workdays Registration
Form
Dates and locations for Spring/Summer 2009 volunteer workshops are listed on the accompanying registration form. Workdays take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. You must have already participated on at least one DSC workshop to be eligible.
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The
Conservancy regularly offers
workshops and training courses
taught by highly qualified
instructors teaching internationally-accepted
standards for the craft.
Introductory two-day workshops
are geared to three groups:
those interested in careers
as professional dry stone
masons; those interested
in building or restoring
their own drystone fences
and garden walls; and professional
designers, engineers, inspectors
and project owners who design
and oversee drystone masonry
restoration projects. Conservancy
workshops involve hands-on
instruction in the fundamental
structural techniques involved
in building a durable early
Kentucky rock fence or retaining
wall. Courses include a classroom
component where participants
learn the history and uses
of drystone walls, the fundamentals
techniques of drystone construction
and the opportunities available
for restoration and new construction.
After viewing a brief training
video participants then proceed
to the workshop site to dismantle
and fully restore a failed
section of historic stone
wall. A training manual is
provided for all workshop
participants.
Workshop
Experience
Introductory
training workshops sponsored
by the Kentucky Transportation
Cabinet and the Kentucky
Heritage Council were first
conducted by the Dry Stone
Conservancy in 1995 and 1996
to pre-qualify masons interested
in bidding rock fence work
for the Paris Pike widening
project. Shortly thereafter,
Kentucky State Parks sponsored
two training courses at Fort
Harrod to restore their fences
and train local masons for
future work.
Since
1996, the DSC has conducted
dozens of additional introductory
training courses for amateurs,
professional masons and design
professionals in the following
Kentucky and beyond.
Clip from Walls of Stone video
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INTRODUCTORY
WORKSHOPS HELD IN KENTUCKY
(1996-2009)
Hebron Cemetery Historic Fence Workshops, Anderson County.
T.B. Bright Homestead Historic Retaining Wall Workshop, Boyle County.
Shaker Village Historic Fence Workshop, Mercer County.
Auvergne Farm Historic
Fence Workshop, Bourbon County.
Perryville Cave Spring Historic Retaining Wall Workshop, Boyle County.
William Crow Property,
Kentucky 52 Historic Fence
Workshop, Boyle County.
Christman’s
Mill Road, Historic Fence Workshop, Boyle
County.
John Jacob Niles Home Site Historic Fence Workshop, Clark County.
McConnell Springs Historic Fence Workshops, Fayette County.
Raven’s Run Historic Fence Workshops, Fayette County.
Kentucky Horse Park New Fence Workshop, KyTC D.B.E., Fayette
County
Wolf Run Creek Retaining Wall Workshops and Mason Training,
Fayette County.
Old Frankfort Pike Historic Fence Workshop, Fayette County.
Leestown Pike Historic Fence Workshop, Fayette County.
Bryan’s Station Pike Workshop, Fayette County.
UK/LFUCG Arboretum Workshop, Fayette County.
West Hickman Creek Retaining Wall Mason Training, Fayette
County.
Fort Hill Park Historic Fence Workshop, Franklin County.
Peak’s Mill Historic Fence Workshop, Franklin County.
Locust Grove Historic Retaining Wall Workshop, Jefferson County.
Widow’s Watch Golf Course Historic Fence Workshop, Jessamine
County.
Cavalier Farm Historic Fence Workshops, Jessamine County.
Taylormade Farms Historic Fence Workshops, Jessamine County.
Logan Hubble Park New Fence Workshops, Lincoln County.
Beaumont Inn Historic Retaining Wall Workshop, Mercer County.
Greenville Springs Historic Rock Fence Workshop, Mercer County.
Fort Harrod Historic Fence Workshop, Mercer County.
Shakertown Historic Fence Workshop, Mercer County.
Robert Hall Farm Historic Fence Workshops, Scott County.
Cardome Center Historic Fence Workshops, Scott County.
Shelby County Campus, Jefferson Community College, Shelby
County.
Parkers Landing, Washington County.
Moore’s Mill Road Historic Fence Workshop, Woodford
County.
Pisgah Pike Historic Fence Workshops, Woodford County.
Spring Station Pike Historic Fence Workshops, Woodford County.
WORKSHOPS HELD AT NATIONAL PARK SITES NATIONWIDE
(1996-2009)
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
Channel Islands National Park, California.
Colorado National Monument, Colorado.
Tallgrass Prairie National Park, Kansas.
Acadia National Park, Maine.
Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
Grand Tetons National Park, Montana.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River, New York.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Pennsylvania.
Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Harper’s Ferry, Historic Preservation Training Center, Virginia.
INTRODUCTORY
WORKSHOPS HELD AT OTHER SITES NATIONWIDE
(1996-2007)
Blandair Estate, Frederick, Maryland.
Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Minnesota Arboretum, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Aullwood Gardens, Dayton, Ohio.
Rolling Rock Building Stone, Boyerstown, Pennsylvania.
Wray Cemetery, Brentwood, Tennessee.
Rest Haven Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee.
Traveler’s Rest Historic Site, Nashville, Tennessee.
Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, Vermont.
Eberly Road Retaining Wall, Dayton, Virginia.
City Hall, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Allen Creek Park, Evansville, Wisconsin.
References and photographs available upon request.
Mason Training Partnerhsips
/ Project Management listed
here.
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