La Basse Cour

In Harmony with Nature

Our Community Textile Studio and Incubator

Through workshops and retreats, learn the traditional arts for creating beautiful and durable goods from nature's gifts. Begin at the beginning with fiber from animals pastured and raised sustainably on our farm and near by farms. Create your own studio space, share your skills, learn from experts, and encourage others Knit, crochet, spin, weave, dye, felt, sew and more. As part of our commitment to being in harmony with nature, we use only plant based dyes from our native plants and cultivated dyeing garden. Complete a piece for a gift, or undertake a unique entrepreneurial venture. We can help with business planning, marketing and identifying sources of funding. Located in our Carriage House. Become a part of the growing bioregional fibershed in New York and network with others across the country and around the globe to create beautiful textiles from natural materials grown and raised with climate-benefitting practices. Learn more at about this emerging textile ecosystem at Fibershed and in this wonderful piece by Laura Sansone, designer and founder of NY Textile Lab.