BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Dakeyne Farm - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://dakeynefarm.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Dakeyne Farm REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20250309T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20251102T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20260308T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20261101T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20270314T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20271107T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260810T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260817T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T174124Z CREATED:20260511T000319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T174124Z UID:4915-1786356000-1786993200@dakeynefarm.com SUMMARY:Opening Week DESCRIPTION:The gentle beginning of bloom season. \n🌻\nSunflower season is almost here. Opening Week is your chance to experience the very first blooms — before the busy season arrives and while the fields are still finding their light. \n\n \n\nWhereDakeyne Farm\, Mount Denson\nSeasonFirst week of bloom\nPeak bloomMid-Aug – mid-Sept\nAdmissionOpen during farm hours\n\n \n\nDuring this special first week\, the first of our five sunflower sections will begin opening to the summer sun. Day by day\, more flowers face the light\, and the fields change a little more with each morning — a quiet\, living transformation you can watch unfold in real time. \n \nOpening Week offers something quieter and a little more peaceful — a chance to be here at the very beginning.\nWhile the full maze reaches peak bloom later in the season — usually from mid-August through the second week of September — there’s something special about arriving first. The paths are quieter\, the air is fresh\, and the flowers are just beginning their reach toward the sky. \n \n\nSeason progression \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\nOpening Week ← You are here\nPeak bloom →\n\n \nDuring Opening Week\n\nThe first sunflower blooms of the season\nWatching the flowers gradually open to the sun\nKites to borrow and fly in the open field\nPeaceful walks and fresh summer air\nPhotography among the early blooms\nA quieter\, more relaxed maze experience\nPicnic spots and slow summer moments with family and friends\n\n \n\n🌿\nGentle on every visitor\nThe first blooming section sits at the bottom of the hill — one of the easiest areas of the maze to enjoy for little legs\, grandparents\, wheelchairs\, strollers\, or anyone looking for a gentler walk through the flowers. Later in the season\, golf cart assistance is also available when possible to help guests explore more of the maze.\n\n \n\nA season worth returning to\nThe sunflower season changes week by week\, and many guests enjoy visiting more than once throughout the bloom to experience the progression of the flowers\, the changing colours of the fields\, and the different birds and wildlife that come and go as summer slowly shifts toward fall. Every visit feels a little different as more flowers open and the maze slowly transforms toward peak season. \n\n \nPerfect for\nFamilies & little ones\nGrandparents & gentle walkers\nWheelchair & stroller friendly\nPhotographers\nPicnic lovers\nKite flyers\nNature lovers\nEarly season explorers\nAnyone craving a slower summer day\n\n \n\nDakeyne Farm · Mount Denson\, Nova Scotia \nBring a picnic blanket. Slow down for a while. \n🌻 Come welcome the beginning of sunflower season with us. \n🌾🌻🌿 URL:https://dakeynefarm.com/event/opening-week-at-the-sunflower-maze-early-sunflower-bloom-experience/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dakeynefarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/OPeningSunflower16.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260810T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260831T180000 DTSTAMP:20260528T000054Z CREATED:20260528T000054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T000054Z UID:4985-1786356000-1788199200@dakeynefarm.com SUMMARY:Butterfly Releases DESCRIPTION:Opening day through the end of August. \n\n🦋\nIn the middle of the sunflower field\, in a natural little amphitheatre of blooms and open sky\, you open your hands — and something small and winged finds its way into the world. \n\n \n\nWhereDakeyne Farm\, Mount Denson\nSeasonOpening day – end of August\nAdd-onOptional · Reserve ahead\nQuantitiesLimited daily\n\n \n\nThere’s something about a butterfly release in a sunflower field that’s difficult to describe until you’ve been there. The warm wind. The blooms all around. The quiet that settles over a group of people in the moment before they open their hands. \n \nSome people make wishes.\nSome send messages to heaven.\nSome just stand there and let themselves feel something.\nIt happens in groups\, and it happens in private moments. Children release them for the pure joy of it. Parents release them quietly\, thinking of someone. Grandparents stand still and let the field hold them for a minute. Every release is its own. \n \n\nAnd sometimes — not always\, but sometimes —\na butterfly lands on someone who needs it.\nThose are the moments people remember longest. \n\n \nTwo ways to experience it\n\n\n🦋 Group release\nBring a gathering to the field for a shared release — a beautiful\, spontaneous\, community moment in the flowers. \n\n\n🌿 Private moment\nStep away from the paths for a quieter\, more personal release — just you\, the flowers\, and whatever you’re carrying into the field with you. \n\n\n \n\n🌻\nReserve your butterfly ahead of time\nDaily quantities are limited\, so we recommend reserving ahead to make sure your butterfly is waiting for you. If you’d like to chance it on the day — it almost always works out. But we’d hate for anyone to leave without their moment\, so booking ahead is the kindest thing you can do for yourself.\n\n \n\nGrow your own butterfly kit\nCan’t make it to the farm — or want to carry the experience home? Our grow-your-own butterfly kits let you raise a butterfly from caterpillar to release\, watching the whole transformation unfold in your own space before setting it free. \nA slow\, quiet kind of magic that belongs entirely to you. \n\n \n\nThe sunflower field has a way of holding moments gently.\nWhatever you bring into it\, it meets you there. \n\n \n\nAfter the release — keep wandering\nThe farm is a beautiful place to linger — wander the sunflower maze\, borrow a kite\, find a quiet corner of the field. And when you’re ready\, the valley has its own kind of magic waiting. A loose\, unhurried wander with no particular order and no particular rush. \n\n \n\n \nDakeyne FarmRelease your butterfly. Wander the sunflowers. Stay as long as you like.\n\n\n \nHarriet Irving Botanical Gardens\nAcadia University\, Wolfville  ·  Free & open daily\nA six-acre living botanical garden laid out across nine native forest habitats — exactly the kind of place a butterfly might choose to spend an afternoon. Pollinator gardens\, woodland trails\, a conservatory\, and a medicinal garden. Free to visit\, and quietly extraordinary.\n\n\n \nSustainable Hill Wellness Retreat\nScotch Village\, West Hants  ·  Riverfront tiny homes & farm stays\nAn eco-minded retreat alongside the Herbert River — foraging walks\, animal therapy\, river swimming\, and a very intentional kind of quiet.\n\n\n \nRoadside farm stands\nAlong the back roads through Hants & Kings County\nFlowers\, honey\, vegetables\, eggs\, baked things — whatever’s in season. Stop when something catches your eye.\n\n\n \nGaspereau River tubing\nGaspereau Valley\nFloat the afternoon away on an inner tube\, letting the river carry you slowly through the valley. One of those simple summer things that’s exactly as good as it sounds.\n\n\n\n \nIf the day feels too good to end\nStay the night nearby and wake up slow. Three beautiful glamping experiences are close to the farm. \n\nSustainable Hill\nScotch Village\, West Hants\nRiverfront tiny homes and tenting alongside the Herbert River — gentle\, intentional\, and deeply restorative.\nValley Glamping\nAnnapolis Valley\nGeodesic domes in the heart of wine country — stars above\, soft bed below.\nAs the River Bends\nHantsport\, NS\nA peaceful riverfront retreat just down the road — close to everything\, far from the noise.\n\n \nPerfect for\nFamilies with little ones\nThose honouring someone\nGrief & remembrance\nWishes & milestones\nCouples & quiet moments\nSolo visitors\nNature lovers & pollinators\nPhotographers\nDay trips from Halifax\nAnyone who needs a soft landing\n\n \n\nReserve your butterfly.\nThe field is waiting. \n🦋 Dakeyne Farm · Mount Denson\, Nova Scotia \n🌻🦋🌿 URL:https://dakeynefarm.com/event/butterfly-releases/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dakeynefarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DSC08341-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260811T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260929T190000 DTSTAMP:20260801T001155Z CREATED:20260801T001155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T001155Z UID:5034-1786442400-1790708400@dakeynefarm.com SUMMARY:Tuesday Field Jam DESCRIPTION:Dakeyne Farm  ·  Mount Denson\, Nova Scotia \nThe TuesdayField Jam\nEvery Tuesday  ·  All day\, come and go as you please  ·  Throughout sunflower season \n\n \n 🎶\n \n \nEvery Tuesday throughout sunflower season\, we’re opening up the field for musicians\, singers\, and anyone who just loves making music — surrounded by sunflowers\, wildflowers\, and the beauty of the farm. Come for an hour. Stay all day. There’s no wrong way to do it. \n \n \n\n\n WhenEvery Tuesday\n \n\n HoursAll day — come & go\n \n\n WhereDakeyne Farm\, Mount Denson\n \n\n MusiciansPlay free all day\n \n \n \n\nNo stage. No setlist. No sound check. Just people who love music gathering in a sunflower field on a Tuesday and seeing what happens. Show up in the morning with your coffee. Wander back in the afternoon. Stay for the evening light. It’s that kind of day. \n \n\nWest Hants has always been a community of jam sessions. \nNeighbours have been gathering at community halls across the area for decades — picking guitars\, fiddles\, and banjos together\, passing the tradition from one generation to the next with nothing more than a free-will donation and a good chair. \nTuesdays were the old community gathering day at the Mount Denson Search and Rescue building just up the road. That tradition has since ended — but the spirit of it hasn’t. \nWe chose Tuesdays to honour that. And we thought — if so many of our neighbours are already gathering this way all week long\, wouldn’t it be something to have one great big one\, right here in the field\, and share it with the little ones who’ve never seen it yet? \n \n \n\nOur hill is shaped like a natural bowl.Music doesn’t just carry here — it travels upward\, through the blooms\, into the open sky.We’ve heard fiddles\, steel drums\, old country songs\, and entire bands playing from the back of a haywagon. The field holds it all. \n \nBring your instrument\, your voice\, a chair\, and your friends. Come join a relaxed community jam where the only expectation is showing up. Whether you’ve been playing for years or you’re just someone who loves to sing along — there’s a place for you here. This is for the seasoned pickers\, and it’s for the kids watching from the blanket who might just pick up a guitar themselves one day. \n \n\n🎸 Musicians who come to jam play free all day.🌻 Visitors welcome with regular farm admission.No stage. No pressure. No expectations.Just music\, nature\, and good people. \n \nMostly acoustic music fits the space beautifully — though small battery-powered amps are welcome too. All kinds of music\, all kinds of players. Young or old\, experienced or learning\, every Tuesday is its own. \n \n\n Bring\n \n \n\nWhat to bring\n\n An instrument — any kind\n Your voice\n A lawn chair or blanket\n Your favourite songs\n A friend or three\n Little ones who need to see this\n Or simply come and listen\n \n \n \n\n\n The wider community — music all week long\n \n \nWest Hants has been quietly hosting some of the best community jams in Nova Scotia for years. Come to ours on Tuesday — and if the music takes hold\, there’s something happening almost every night of the week. \n \n\n🎸 Jake Smith Music School — Wee Jams & Adult Band Night\n128 Gerrish Street\, Windsor  ·  Friday nights\nJake runs both a Wee Jam for little musicians just finding their feet\, and an Adult Band Night open jam for local players to connect and play together. If the Tuesday Field Jam lights a spark in your kids — or in you — Jake’s the next stop. One of the best things happening for music in this community.\n \n \n\n🎵 Falmouth Community Hall — “The Friday Night Jam”\n147 Falmouth Back Road  ·  Fridays\, 7:00 – 9:00 pm\nKnown simply as “The Friday Night Jam” to local pickers. Free-will offering at the door — all proceeds go directly to hall upkeep. One of the best evenings you can have in this part of the province.\n \n \n\n🎵 Newport Corner Community Hall\nNewport Corner  ·  Thursdays\, 7:00 pm onward\nVery informal\, community-driven acoustic jam. Free-will offering. The kind of evening where you’re not sure how it’ll go and it’s always better than expected.\n \n \n\n🥘 Three Mile Plains Community Hall\nJust east of Windsor/Falmouth  ·  Wednesdays\, 7:00 pm\nFree-will donation and a 50/50 draw at the door\, plus a light community lunch served halfway through the evening. Music and a meal — the full community hall experience.\n \nThese jams have been running for years\, quietly and consistently. Come to ours on Tuesday and stay for the rest of the week. \n \n \n\n🎵\n\n Want to be part of it?\n If the Tuesday Field Jam sounds like something you’d love to be part of — especially as a musician\, small group\, or occasional guest performer — send us a message. We’d love to hear from you.\n \n \nSee you in the field. 💛 \n \n\n Perfect for\n \n \n\n Musicians of all kinds\n Singers & jammers\n Families with instruments\n Little ones hearing it for the first time\n Mount Denson neighbours & locals\n Community hall regulars\n Travellers passing through\n Music lovers & listeners\n Kids who might pick up a guitar someday\n Tuesdays well spent\n \n \n \n\nSome Tuesdays may be quiet.Some may become unforgettable. \n🎶 Dakeyne Farm · Mount Denson\, Nova Scotia \n\n 🌻🎶🌿 URL:https://dakeynefarm.com/event/tuesday-field-jam-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dakeynefarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DSC04579-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260813T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20261001T190000 DTSTAMP:20260801T002629Z CREATED:20260731T013519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T002629Z UID:5028-1786615200-1790881200@dakeynefarm.com SUMMARY:Plein Air Thursdays DESCRIPTION:Plein Air\nThursdays\nEvery Thursday  ·  Throughout sunflower season \n🎨\nBring your canvas\, your sketchbook\, your watercolours\, your pencils — and come paint with us in the sunflower field. No classes. No pressure. No expectations. Just a beautiful place to slow down and create. \n\n \n\nWhenEvery Thursday\nTime10 am-7 pm\nWhereDakeyne Farm\, Mount Denson\nArtistsBy donation\n\n \n\nEvery Thursday throughout the sunflower season\, the farm opens its gates to artists of all kinds. Set up your easel anywhere you like — in the sunflower maze\, along the river trail\, at the edge of the wildflower field\, or on the hill overlooking the tidal valley. The light changes every week. The view never gets old. \n \nThe sunflower field sits in a natural little amphitheatre. The light moves through it in ways that feel like they were made to be painted.\nWhether you’re an experienced artist who paints en plein air regularly\, or someone who just wants to sit outside with a sketchbook and try something new — there’s always something waiting to be captured. The bees don’t mind. The sunflowers don’t judge. The river just keeps doing its thing in the background. \n \n\n🌻 Artists who come to art are welcome by donation\n🎨 Visitors welcome with regular farm admission.\nNo classes. No pressure. Just come find your view. \n\n \nWhat’s waiting to be painted\n\nA field of Sunflowers\nThe tidal river below the hill\nWildflowers and garden paths\nKites drifting over open fields\nBelted Galloway cattle grazing\nThe valley as the sky changes colour\nEagles\, bees & late-season birds\nGolden hour over the Avon River\n\n \n\nBring whatever you create with\nCanvas & oils\nWatercolours\nSketchbook & pencils\nPastels\nAcrylics\nCharcoal\nA camera\nWhatever you’ve been meaning to try\n\nCome find your view. 💛 \n \n\nKeep the creative day going\nDakeyne Farm is part of a vibrant creative community along the Avon River. After your day in the field\, the area is full of galleries\, studios\, and creative spaces worth wandering through. Explore the full Avon River Arts & Culture Guide to discover what’s nearby. \n\n \n\n \nDakeyne Farm — Plein Air ThursdaysMount Denson  ·  Your starting point. \n\n\n \nAvon River Heritage & Culture Centre\nNewport Landing/Avondale  ·  Home of the Avon River Arts Society\nGallery\, museum\, tea room\, gift shop\, and Open Studio every Thursday afternoon May–October. Monthly members’ exhibitions and the beloved Great Little Art Show. Also home to Sofa Sundays — live music on the last Sunday of each month.\n\n\n \nMakers Studio & Art Market\n21 Gerrish Street\, Windsor  ·  Pottery\, glass\, weaving\, woodwork & more\nOver 300 local artisans\, plus working studios in pottery\, stained glass\, fused glass\, weaving\, sewing\, and woodworking. Browse\, shop\, or sign up for a class.\n\n\n \nThe Bread Gallery\n7778 Hwy 14\, Brooklyn  ·  Artisanal bakery & gallery\nA heritage building home to rotating exhibitions by established and emerging Nova Scotian artists — with a scratch bakery and daily lunch specials alongside.\n\n\n \nShore Hall Studio & Gallery — Cara Sawka\n4801 Highway 215\, Summerville  ·  Textile design & fine art\nWatercolour-based textile design\, sculpture-inspired patterns\, and the quiet energy of a working artist’s space beside the Fundy shore.\n\n\n \nWalton Lighthouse\nWalton\, NS  ·  The last original lighthouse in Hants County\nPanoramic views of the Minas Basin and its record tides — one of the most paintable views on the entire Bay of Fundy shore.\n\n\nExplore the full Avon River Arts & Culture Guide — 10\,000 copies distributed across Nova Scotia each season. \n\n \nPerfect for\nPainters & plein air artists\nSketchers & watercolourists\nPhotographers\nCreative beginners\nArt lovers & gallery wanderers\nThursday evenings well spent\nSolo visitors & quiet creative time\nAnyone who’s been meaning to try something creative\n\n \n\nEvery Thursday. Every kind of artist.\nCome find your view. 💛 \n🎨 Dakeyne Farm · Mount Denson\, Nova Scotia \n🌻🎨🌿 URL:https://dakeynefarm.com/event/plein-air-thursdays/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dakeynefarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DSC08155-2.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR