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February 2, 2013- T-Shirt Design Contest!
We want your design to be on the official 2013 Peters Valley T-shirt. We are looking for creative designs that represent Peters Valley. It will be placed on the back of the t-shirt in one color ink. Please submit a jpg or pdf file no larger than 300 dpi to store@petersvalley.org by March 1st with the subject line "T-Shirt Design". The winner will receive two free shirts and be featured on our website and at our Store & Gallery.

January 1, 2013- Congratulations to Lindsay Ketterer Gates, who has been the Craft Fair Coordinator on becoming our Development Director. The Craft Fair has been the largest fundraiser for Peters Valley and the organization aims to grow the fundraising to provide resources for our educational programs. Lindsas passion and dedication to our mission is perfectly suited to grow the development program. Please welcome her lindsay@petersvalley.org

January 15, 2013 Registration is Open!
Online and phone registration are open. Take a look at the summer workshop offerings and give us a call with questions 973-948-5200

October 2012-Peters Valley is very honored to be he recipient of the DWGNRA Volunteer Group/Partner of the Year award and the Hertzog Award for Volunteer Organizatin of the Year a regional National Park Service award.

This award was given to Peters Valley in recognition of our superb efforts in working with the NPS as well as other partners in the park and volunteer groups in the construction of our new dining pavilion. The NPS has identified this project as a model for cooperation among the NPS and its partners in the Park.

Also, Dick Plog received the DWGNRA award for individual volunteer of the year in recognition of his contributions to the pavilion project. As you will remember, Dick was responsible for the milling of the trees that provided the lumber for the project. Dick and his wife Gay are also longstanding and committed supporters of Peters Valley.

The Pavilion project, in addition to the immeasurable benefits it brings Peters Valley directly, is also a milestone in and tangible evidence of the excellent working relationship between PV and the NPS, a relationship that will continue to accrue dividends for PV.

The timber framed picnic pavilion where the dining tent resided for so many years was completed in July. The site preparation was done by Flatbrook Excavating and T. Michael Moore of Wood Structures in Branchville, NJ completed the actual building process. With the help and cooperation of the National Park Service, vintage timbers were recycled from a local barn that was dismantled earlier this year as well as trees from storm damage on a local property.

This project has brought a lot of our community together which includes volunteers from the Millbrook Village namely, Dick Plog and Tom Horsefield who limbed all of the fallen trees and milled all of the lumber needed for this project. Peters Valley is very grateful for the help and support of so many local and regional volunteers.

Special Needs: Peters Valley is committed to being accessible to all of our students. However, the terrain at the Valley is natural and some of the historic buildings are only partially accessible. Paths and driveways are not paved. If you need special assistance, please indicate your needs with your workshop application. At least two weeks notice must be given when requesting special assistance so that we have time to accommodate your needs.