Hands-On Farm Experience at Land’s Sake Farm

South Station
Activity Level: Easy
Tour Duration: 4 Hours

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Hands-On Farm Experience Near Boston (No Car Needed)

Escape the city for a seasonal, hands-on farm experience with train transportation included. Learn, taste, and take home what you make.

Escape the city for a unique, hands-on farm experience just outside Boston. This all-inclusive day trip includes your train ticket, transportation, and a seasonal workshop where you’ll learn, create, and take home what you make.

Why This Experience Is So Unique

Hands-on workshops (you’re not just watching—you’re doing)
Seasonal experiences that change throughout the year
Take home what you make (food, recipes, or handmade goods)
Set on a real working farm—not a studio
No car needed—transportation included

Workshop Dates & Experiences

Salves & Balms Workshop – Sunday, May 10th 2026

Learn how to find healing herbs and what to do with them! In this workshop we will learn how to identify herbs with medicinal properties, harvest them, create oil infusions, and make our own salves and balms to take home.
Participants will take home three containers of freshly made salve as well as a bagful of herbs to use in the future.

Fresh Pasta & Pesto – Sunday July 19th 2026

Learn how to make a pasta dinner from scratch! We will work to make a simple (and delicious) pasta dough, adding in vegetables from the farm, as well as a fresh pesto. We will also discuss different pesto variations. Parts of this workshop will take place outside.

Participants will take home recipes and harvest enough basil to create a pesto at home.

Fresh Pasta & Tomato Sauce – Sunday September 13th 2026

Learn how to make a pasta dinner from scratch! We will work to make a simple (and delicious) pasta dough, adding in vegetables from the farm, as well as a fresh tomato sauce with herbs that we harvest ourselves.
Participants will take home recipes and tomatoes and herbs to create a sauce at home

Muffin Tin Pies – Sunday, November 8th 2026

Make a variety of seasonal pies with fresh produce! We will create mini hand pies in muffin tins, creating individualized deserts, learning secrets to flaky crust, decoration and delicious fillings.
Everyone will get 2 hand pies of various flavors to either eat then or take home, as well as a container of filling that will allow them to bake another 12 hand pies at home (or one full pie).

**Note: All programs are 18+, It is your responsibility to notify us at the time of booking of any allergies. gluten free items cannot be accommodated for the Pasta Making & Tin Pie classes.

What's Included

Weekend Commuter Rail Pass
Step-by-step instructions on how to get to North Station & what train to take
Transportation from the outlying station to the activity and back
1.5 hour workshop
Time to explore the farm
Food/ Recipes to take home

Getting to Weston, MA

Note: This is a **SAMPLE*** timeline- actual departure times will vary due to the varying times of the trips.

1:00pm

Your Worcester Line train departs from South Station

1:31pm

Arrival at the Wellesley Farms Station where our van will be waiting for you.

1:45pm

Arrival at Lands Sake Farm in Weston, MA

1:50pm-3:40p

Enjoy your workshop!

3:45pm

Board the bus and depart back to the Wellesley Farms Station

4:10pm

Your train departs Wellseley back to Boston

4:45pm

Arrival back to South Station in Boston.

Note: This is a **SAMPLE*** timeline- actual departure times will vary due to the varying times of the trips.