Vote for YEC!
Vote for the Youth Enrichment Center at Hilton-Winn Farm with
Kennebunk Savings Bank this month!
If you have any bank accounts with Kennebunk Savings, please vote for the Youth Enrichment Center at Hilton-Winn Farm Programs this month. Here’s how you do it:
- You’ll need your ballot – which the bank will be mailing out in the next few weeks with your monthly statement.
- Click here & enter a ballot code.
- Under “Health & Human Services” check off the box for Youth Enrichment Center at Hilton-Winn Farm.
- Click “submit” and you’re done!
The Youth Enrichment Center at Hilton-Winn Farm greatly appreciates your vote. Kennebunk Savings is a locally-owned business that believes in giving back to the community – they are a great neighbor.
Fruit tree care workshops
Learn valuable skills while you help save the Hilton-Winn Farm fruit trees
The heirloom orchards at the Hilton-Winn Farm will continue to be the focus of attention this year. 
The apple, peach, plum, and pear trees are in need of a lot of TLC. Under the leadership of our orchard manager, master arborist Tchukki Andersen, we will be experimenting with companion plantings, compost tea and other natural types of fertilizers, and mulch, mulch, and more mulch to nurture the trees to better health.
To support the work in the orchard, Tchukki will be offering classes and workshops throughout the year to the YEC students and adults in the community. There are no pre-requisites to taking any of the tree classes offered at the YEC…..just a willingness to listen, learn and laugh. This is a great opportunity to help the farm while you learn some very handy orchard tree management skills.
Workshop: Peach Tree Pruning for Peaches, Please! (adults) — Saturday, March 16, 2013 10am (2 hours)
“Peaches, please!” is the cry given by every backyard orchardist who has a great fruit tree but get few or no fruit regularly from year to year. Our first class offered to the community will be the how’s and why’s of pruning backyard fruit trees (peaches), and a couple of heritage apple trees, in order to grow some fruit. Warning: patience is required when working with fruit trees.
Bring your hand pruners and loppers for a short tool preparation session before we begin.
Call to register now for this classes – limited to 15 adults
Workshop: Spreading Fertilizer Rumors (adults) — Saturday, April 13 10am (2 hours)
The discussion during this class will be on the benefits of fertilizing fruit trees. OK, “ensuing chores to reap the benefits” is closer to what we will actually do. Different types of fertilizers and tree nutrition will be talked about then we get right into the hands-on part of shoveling, carrying, and spreading the different applications.
Register early for this class. Bring functional work gloves, not the stylish up-to-your-elbow evening gloves.
Workshop: Planting Trees for You and Me (children and adults) — Saturday, April 28 10am (2 hours)
April is Earth Month With a Focus on Trees (according to Tchukki). It’s time to replace the trees in the orchard that just won’t make it. Learn proper planting procedures, and how less-is-more when it comes to tree planting depth. Nothing worse than a small tree dying because it was buried, not planted (big difference).
Bring your shovels, gloves and bionic strength to dig through solid granite in places
Tchukki Andersen, volunteer orchard manager, is the Staff Arborist for the Tree Care Industry Association – a non-profit professional resource for tree care companies around the world. She is a Board Certified Master Arborist and a Certified Tree Safety Professional, and is so excited to be working with all the trees at the Youth Enrichment Center at the Hilton-Winn Farm.
Owl Moon II Feb 28
Center for Wildlife and Hilton-Winn Farm present…Owl Moon
Thursday, February 28th, 6-7:30pm at Hilton-Winn Farm, 189 Ogunquit Road, Cape Neddick ME
Discover things that go who, who, whooooo under the light of the moon. Meet Center for Wildlife’s live owl ambassadors in Hilton-Winn’s historic barn, and learn about their amazing adaptations. Then, as we prepare to go out calling for great horned owls, we’ll read aloud from Jane Yolen’s Owl Moon and sip hot cocoa.
Recommended for ages 5 and up. All adults welcome!! $5 suggested donation, reservations are required.
Email info@centerforwildlife.org to reserve your spot today!
February Fun!
Throw on your boots and a warm hat and join us for a day of fun winter activities at the Hilton-Winn Farm. Sled down the rolling hills of the farm’s open fields, hike or snowshoe or cross-country ski along the wooded trails, and then warm up around the campfire with a delicious cup of hot chocolate. Children and adults are sure to have a frosty good time!
February fun at the farm will be held Saturday, February 16 from 10am – 2pm. There is a $3.00 suggested donation.
We hope to see you there!
Owl Moon Jan 24!
The Center for Wildlife and the YEC at Hilton-Winn Farm team up to bring you Owl Moon. 
Discover things that go who, who, whooooo under the light of the moon. Meet Center for Wildlife’s live owl ambassadors in Hilton-Winn’s historic barn, and learn about their amazing adaptations. Then, as we prepare to go out calling for great horned owls, we’ll read aloud from Jane Yolen’s Owl Moon and sip hot cocoa. Together, we’ll learn about owls’ special features, from silent flight to feathered feet. Recommended for ages 6 and up. $5 suggested donation, reservations are required. Email the Center for Wildlife to reserve a spot: info@yorkcenterforwildlife.org
Thursday, January 24th, 6- 7:30pm, at the Hilton-Winn Farm
photo credit to the Center for Wildlife