To celebrate farming and great food on the island, we are excited to present several spring and summer events with our beautiful farm, the Turner Farm. The Turner Farm is a 200-year-old island farm that has been brought back to life over the last several years and provides Nebo with many of its wonderful ingredients.
The farm sits on the edge of Penobscot Bay, overlooking Goose Rocks Light and the Fox Island Wind Turbines. Today it is a functioning, four-season organic farm with several acres of vegetables, a certified creamery, and goats, pigs, cows, and poultry for meat, eggs, and milk.
FARM WEEKENDS: For the weekend of June 24-26th and September 30 – October 2, we are hosting a very special Nebo farm weekend, packed with wonderful meals and hands-on farm demonstrations.
The weekend meals include a Friday night North Haven oyster tasting, a barn dinner, and a picnic on the beach at the Turner Farm, as well as homemade breakfasts at Nebo Lodge. You will also enjoy an extensive farm tour of a working island organic farm with fields of vegetables, cows, pigs, chickens and goats. You’ll take a goat cheese-making workshop, hear an active talk on organic farming and four-season growing featuring our year-round greenhouses, and you’ll take an island foraging walk. There will be lots of opportunities to ask questions and to get your hands dirty! See below for the full weekend schedule.
BARN DINNERS: As part of our Turner Farm partnership, we are also thrilled to host four Saturday night barn dinners at the farm in the summer and fall, celebrating the incredible island harvest. The dinners will begin with farm tours and cocktails, and then we’ll sit down, family-style, in the barn for a dinner featuring farm-raised meats and vegetables and homemade cheeses from the Turner Farm. The prix fixe menu—including wine—will be $75 per person*. Barn dinners will be held on Saturday nights – June 25th, July 16th, August 6th, and October 1st. Seating will be very limited, so make your reservation early by calling 207-867-2007!
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF FARM WEEKEND EVENTS
Friday – Arrive on the middle boat (the hour-long ferry leaves Rockland at 2:15pm), get settled in your room at Nebo and then take a late-afternoon island tour. The tour will be followed by champagne cocktails, beer and wine with North Haven Oysters shucked by island oyster grower Adam Campbell at the beach, if the weather cooperates. Dinner follows at the Lodge.
Saturday – Enjoy a homemade breakfast at Nebo and a quick trip to our island farmers’ market. Next, we’ll travel to the Turner Farm for a full tour of the historic farm, including an extensive walking tour and overview of the farm history, our animals, and a discussion of four-season greenhouse rotation farming. There will be a casual picnic lunch on the beach followed by an afternoon of cheese making with Jamien Shields. You’ll make some fresh chevre using the farm’s own goat milk. Next, you’ll travel back to Nebo for some down time to shop in town, take a bike around the island, relax, and shower. At six, we’ll head back to the farm for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres of island-smoked seafood, homemade crackers and pickles. We’ll dine on grilled farm meats and veggies with fresh pesto, homemade bread and cheeses, and farm salads. We’ll finish off with homemade ice cream with berries and island-made elderflower syrup.
Sundays: Sunday starts with another leisurely breakfast at Nebo Lodge, followed by a 9am island foraging walk with David Hopkins. Check out is 11am and afternoon ferries leave at 12:30pm and 3:45pm (last ferry of the day).
Weekend Package Prices – includes lodging, all food, classes and tours, and barn dinner wine and happy hour cocktails. (Does not include gratuity, tax, or Friday night drinks with dinner.)
Shared Bath, Single Occupancy $795
Shared Bath, Double Occupancy $995
Private Bath, Single Occupancy $895
Private Bath, Double Occupancy $1095
