ORKESTAI FARM

An agricultural, arts and educational environment.

A farm & arts environment for individuals of all abilities

Farm Olympics: Summer Fundraiser
Jun
23
1:00 PM13:00

Farm Olympics: Summer Fundraiser

A fun novel yet old-timey way to engage with the farm, each other, and the animals. Games include egg on a spoon, potato sack race, three-legged race, wheelbarrow race. Culminating in the grand finale of hen racing! Yes, you read that right! How pray tell can hens race? Come to the farm to find out!

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Harvest Moon Fall Festival
Oct
7
3:30 PM15:30

Harvest Moon Fall Festival

Join Orkestai Farm for an autumnal celebration in gratitude for the Abundance of the Land and the contributions of our Neurodiverse Farmers. The evening will include live music, a dance performance, collaborative community art, farm-fresh hors d'oeuvres, and drinks.  

Contributions to our fundraiser will help us continue to develop our winter programming, Overwintering, which will provide year-round consistency and meaningful engagement to our Neurodiverse Community.  In addition, you will be helping us develop the necessary land-based and social infrastructure to flourish during all seasons.

Orkestai Farm exists to promote creative participation in our community of people of All Abilities, including Autism and other Developmental Differences, through the practice of ecological agriculture and expressive arts. 

Find Tickets Here: https:/secure.givelively.org/event/orkestai-farm-inc/harvest-moon-fall-fundraiser-2023

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Buck Moon Community Dance
Jul
8
3:30 PM15:30

Buck Moon Community Dance

Join us for an open-air Community Dance that will spin us into the heart of the growing season. The event will feature an inclusive community dance in the field, farm fresh zucchini muffin bites, and herbal iced teas hand-crafted by our Organic Growers. 

This dance aims to be inclusive of All.  The dances are simple called folk dances accompanied by live fiddle music. Before each dance, the caller organizes participants into pairs and walks them through the steps.  All of the dances selected for this event are beginner friendly.

Caller: Chart Guthrie

Band: Dance All Night

Tickets: $30, Children under 10 Free

The funds raised at this event will be used to incorporate dance, music, and art into our daily rhythms at the farm. 

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EVENT AND PURCHASE TICKETS

Rain location: St Lukes Episcopal Church, Sea Cliff, NY

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Community Day: Creating Your Home Vegetable Garden
Jul
8
10:00 AM10:00

Community Day: Creating Your Home Vegetable Garden

Come to Orkestai for Community Farming and a workshop on Creating Your Home Vegetable Garden with our Farm Educator, and founder of Steady Harvest NY , Samantha Jo.

During this event, from 10am-11am, we will also have a meet and greet with the teachers who will be guiding our upcoming Dig IN! Farm Experience for Children. Any child in attendance will be welcome to explore the art of finger knitting alongside those who are attending our camp.

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Harvest Moon: An Evening of Expressive Agriculture 2021
Oct
2
4:00 PM16:00

Harvest Moon: An Evening of Expressive Agriculture 2021

Join us in the field for our fall harvest and arts festival replete with live music, dance performance, collaborative community art, and small farm fresh bites. All are welcome.

For tickets click here: https://secure.givelively.org/event/orkestai-farm-inc/harvest-moon-an-evening-of-expressive-agriculture-2021

NOTE: IF this event cannot be held in person due to a spike in cases of COVID-19 we will hold the event live on Zoom. As this is a fundraiser, all contributions will still go toward furthering Orkestai Farm’s mission.

** Moon illustrated by Maya Horton @mayanetzer_art @maya.netzer

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Virtual Hug Campaign Launch Party
May
9
7:00 PM19:00

Virtual Hug Campaign Launch Party

You and your family and friends are cordially invited to our online farm FUNraiser extravaganza! Complete with live music, dance, comedy, and poetry. And all from the comfort of your home over Zoom. Please join us in supporting local, sustainable, and organic farming that’s needed now more than ever. So, block off your calendar and tell everyone you know to come join in the fun in supporting the farm that’s reaching out virtually to hug you.

In order to attend, it requires two steps: 

  1. Please register here for the Zoom Meeting

    Suggested donation $20.

  2. Please donate here: https://www.orkestaifarm.org/donatevirtualhugs For questions about this event please contact Faith Legendre (legendrefaith@gmail.com)

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Orkestai Farm  -  P.O. Box 653, Oyster Bay, NY 11771  -  all images © Orkestai Farm 2022.  

Orkestai Farm is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.