The Place Based Learning Center has been providing on-farm learning experiences for children and teens since 1972. Our biodynamic farm, school, and related initiatives all sit on a beautiful 900-acre campus; our mission includes the integration of education, agriculture and the arts, and our work with students is informed by a deep reverence for our environment, an awareness of the interdependence of our community, and a knowledge of the pedagogy of Waldorf education.

We are located in Upstate New York in the beautiful Hudson Valley, 2 ½ hours from Manhattan. The Place-Based Learning Center offers year-round children’s programming. During the school year, our Visiting Students Program hosts weeklong residential educational farm experiences for school classes (grades 3-10). In the summer, we welcome campers ages 8-16 to our overnight and day camps.