Upcoming Events 2026

Mt Pleasant Arch

Date: 
July 16, 2005
Type: 
Demonstration
Location: 
Mt Pleasant Ontario
Status: 
Completed

   The Arch Installation was held on July 17th in Mount Pleasant, 25 minutes north of  Port Hope Ontario. A team of seven wallers erected, over the course of the day, a dry stone arch situated on a pile of stones picked from a farmer's field well over a hundred years ago. Perched almost on the crest of a large hill, it is visible from the surrounding countryside; standing as a silent testament to our days labor. A special thank you to those who came supporting the DSWAC cause, braving the heat and the steep climb.

Indoor Workshop at Bethany Ontario Jan 14-25

Date: 
January 13, 2006 to January 14, 2006
Type: 
Beginner Seminar
Location: 
Bethany Ontario
Status: 
Completed

   Wow! The January 14-15, 2006 Beginner's Dry Stone Walling Across Canada Workshop proved to be another very productive weekend. There was a wonderful camaraderie and a super effort put out on everyone's part, to produce two 30 foot stone walls. One wall had a charming gothic arch opening built into it picturesquely framing the flats of green plants and rays of sunshine, streaming through the greenhouse.

Indoor Workshop at Bethany Ontario Feb 4 -5

Date: 
February 3, 2006 to February 4, 2006
Type: 
Beginner Seminar
Location: 
Bethany Ontario
Status: 
Completed

 I have always thought of dry stone walling as more like a jazz improvisation. As long as they know what they are doing,when a group of people get together to create a beautiful free standing wall or stone garden feature, a rare cooperation of individual personalities takes place. Few creative endeavors allow for such multiplicity of input. Most forms of artistic creativity involve a single personality who provides all the inspiration and is solely responsible for the work.

Canada Blooms 2006

Date: 
March 15, 2006
Type: 
Demonstration
Location: 
Toronto Convention Centre
Status: 
Completed

The DSWAC came to build a replica of the Toronto City Hall for this year's Canada Blooms theme of "Our Town". About 14 members of the Association constructed the 38 tonne stone garden feature over the 5 days that the show was on to give people an understanding of the process that goes into transforming random shaped natural material into beautiful structures of free standing stone.

Newfoundland Dry Stone Wall Workshop

Date: 
August 3, 2007 to August 4, 2007
Type: 
Beginner Seminar
Location: 
Corner Brook Newfoundland Canada
Status: 
Completed

 

Canadian walling activity now stretches from sea to sea as the 'first ever' DSWA of Canada dry stone wall workshop was held in August in Newfoundland.

 

 The Dry Stone Boat at Captain Cook Historic Monument. Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

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