“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life. And see if I could not learn what it had to teach and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” Henry David Thoreau

The Walden Project is a public place-based education program sponsored by the Willowell Foundation and run through Vergennes Union High School. Willowell is committed to the support of local, state, national, and international initiatives that show a unique intersection with the arts, education, and the environment. Because of the Walden Project’s unique commitment to this interlocking triad, Willowell provides supplemental funding and serves as an umbrella for public and private grants. The Walden Project meets two days a week on the Willowell Land throughout the school year, benefits from Willowell’s garden management program, makes connections with Willowell’s other programs, and has received support from Willowell AmeriCorps VISTA members. The Walden Project is run through the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union and is proud of its connection to the public school system and the people of the Vergennes area.