Guest Instructors
Learn more about the guest instructors that lead adult workshops at Wright-Locke Farm! We’re always adding in new programs and working with new guest instructors, so be sure to keep an eye on our upcoming workshops.
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Roland “Boot” Boutwell
Since the late ’90s, Boot has been leading guided nature walks through various protected natural spaces in Massachusetts. Boot leads walks for The Trustees, Mass Audubon, The New England Wild Flower Society, The AMC, Wright-Locke Farm, and other conservation organizations.
At Wright-Locke Farm, Boot leads a variety of programs covering topics such as flower and tree identification, maple sugaring, full moon hikes, and seasonal naturalist-guided walks.
Naomi Riddiford, PhD
Naomi loves the outdoors and is fascinated by the relationship between people, climate, and nature. She developed an early interest in ecology and archaeology in her homeland of Shetland (Scotland), inspiring her to become an environmental archaeologist. She studies fossil pollen and dirt to reconstruct past changes in vegetation, climate, and human activities, and also looks for clues in present-day landscapes to infer past human activities and disturbance histories.
Naomi has worked on ecological projects in Shetland (Fair Isle), Spain (S’Albufera Natural Park of Mallorca), and France (Tour du Valat), and on archaeological projects based in Scotland, England, France, Peru, and the northeast USA. She has an M.Sc. in Quaternary Science (climate change) and a Ph.D. in environmental archaeology and science communication from the University of London. She now lives in Winchester, Mass., with her family.
Lauren Froeb
Lauren has been teaching yoga & leading yoga teacher trainings since 2007. A mother to four boys & an adorable dog, Lauren is also a longtime supporter of the Farm because of all Wright-Locke offers the community. When not teaching yoga for LPY Yoga she is an Elementary School Teacher.
Jaime-Lyn Gaudet
Jaime-Lyn Gaudet (RYT 500, RPYT) teaches restorative, prenatal, and slow flow yoga in the Boston area. Her classes foster a sense of curiosity, exploring the moments of transition in the practice, and the space between.
Outside of teaching, Jaime-Lyn works on historical documentary films for the local PBS station (GBH). She enjoys traveling, usually in pursuit of the next rock to climb or sunset to photograph. She lives nearby with her husband, two cats (Henry & Bartleby), and their new puppy (Penny). You can find more info and current teaching schedule at www.jlgaudet.com, or follow along on instagram (@jlgaudet).
Sandi Smith
Carol McGrath
Carol is a Holistic Certified Health and Life Coach, energy worker, and owner of Feed Your Whole Self, LLC in Hingham MA. She combines her life experience with her 21-year background working in health care, certifications in transformational coaching, health coaching, life coaching, dementia, mindfulness, Yoga Nidra, ADHD, and a certification as a Reiki Master Teacher and a Advanced Level Integrated Energy Therapist to offer her clients holistic care, mind, body and soul.
Jeff Adams
Jeff is an avid outdoor enthusiast & naturalist who’s been enjoying the natural world for 50 years. He’s a member of the Friends of the Fells, The Trustees, Mass Audubon, Sudbury Valley Trustees, Acton Conservation Trust, Arlington Land Trust, Essex Greenbelt, Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Tufts University, Newton Conservators, Friends of Fresh Pond and The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Inc.
He currently leads walks for the Friends of the Fells, Sudbury Valley Trustees, Acton Conservation Trust, The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Tufts University, Newton Conservators, Arlington Community Education, Lincoln-Sudbury Adult & Community Education, Lincoln Land Conservation Trust/Rural Land Foundation, DCR at Breakheart Reservation, Halibut Point & Walden Pond, and the Cambridge Water Department – Fresh Pond Reservation.
Michele Vitti
Michele has been practicing mindfulness meditation for 30 years. In her professional life she worked as a teacher, counselor, trainer and executive coach, using her background training in psychology and informal practices of mindfulness to help people learn, identify values, and reach their personal goals. As an artist, Michele relies on her mindfulness practice to stay open to the creative process, which doesn’t always conform to her expectations! She loves being outside, playing around with art, cooking and growing food.
Sue D’Arcy Fuller
Sue D’Arcy Fuller is a fine-art photographer who teaches and promotes photography as a way of understanding our world. Sue has exhibited her photographs at the Griffin Museum of Photography and several Boston area galleries. She was also the studio photographer for the award-winning full-length documentary, Ashbash: A love story, created and directed by Heidi
Sullivan.
She has taught photographic skills at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Wright-Locke Farm, and as part of the Lakota Youth Stay program, a cultural and educational exchange with Lakota youth from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
At Sanctuary UCC’s Arts and Inspiration Gallery in Medford, MA, Sue promotes and curates the arts in her community by creating opportunities for artists of all genres to share their work and inspiration.
If you are interested in learning more about Sue and her work, please visit her website.
Sara O’Neill
Sara O’Neill is a certified herbalist dedicated to natural health, wellness and holistic healing. This path began almost 25 years ago as she navigated how to heal herself as well as help others. She shares her expertise with herbal medicine and eating well with Wright-Locke Farm through her Workshops and at Cambridge Naturals.
Ferriss Buck Donham
Ferriss teaches garden classes based on the curriculum she created while teaching horticulture to incarcerated people for 12 years. She also holds wreath and floral arranging classes. Ferriss is a Master Gardener, runs her own gardening business, as well as grows flowers which she offers as a monthly Flower CSA @ferrissandphilippaflowercsa.
She believes strongly in using what is available, reusing, letting nature do the work, forgoing plastics, preventing landfill purchases and leaving as small a footprint as possible on the earth. She is an avid soilist.
When she is not teaching or gardening, Ferriss is a companion to mentally ill elderly women and an End of Life Doula. Her gardening career, work with marginalized people and respect for death all create a holistic view to her teaching.
Alexis D’Arcy
Alexis is an avid fiber enthusiast and obsessive knitter. Her first published knitwear design was published in the fall of 2023 in Knitty magazine. Alexis’ favorite knitting pastime is helping fellow knitters resuscitate languishing wips.
Jennifer Weller-Dorfman
Jen has been weaving baskets for over 15 years and teaching basket weaving for 2 years. She first became interested in basket weaving during an art course in junior high school in Pennsylvania. She loves teaching weaving classes and selling my baskets.
Jen works with other local studios including Made in Burlington, in Burlington, MA. Feel free to see her other works/classes there!