Land and Place
The Gap at Glen Brook classroom is a 225-year-old working farm, complete with vegetable gardens, animals, a picturesque pond, and 250 acres of fields, woods, trails, and streams.
We share Glen Brook with visiting school and camp programs, year-round staff residents, seasonal employees, and of course the sheep, pigs, cows, goats, and chickens!
Glen Brook sits in the shadow of iconic Mount Monadnock, a granite outcrop nestled within the rolling rural countryside of Southern New Hampshire.
On our side of the mountain, we’re in the Connecticut River watershed. Sugar maples, white pines, hemlocks, and beeches dominate the overstory. Deer, chipmunks, beavers, and foxes roam the woods and fields. Autumn at Glen Brook can be anywhere from sunny days of late-summer warmth to chilly nights with a dusting of snow.
The Farm
One-acre vegetable garden
Perennial fruit orchard and berry plants
Laying hen “chicken tractors” that supply enough eggs for Gap, school programs, and bartering with local businesses
Culinary and medicinal herb garden
Sheep raised for wool for our fiber arts programming
Thirty acres of hayfields
Free-range, pastured pigs, goats, sheep, and cows
Three greenhouses for seed starting and cold-weather growing
Our farm supplies approximately 70% of the produce and meat that is consumed throughout the year at Glen Brook
The Forest
Over 200 acres of forested land including maple, oak, ash, white pine, eastern hemlock trees
Five miles of walking and hiking trails
Waterfalls, streams, and wetlands
Tent platforms, a lean-to, and a cabin tucked away in the woods
Large pond for swimming, canoeing, and ice skating when the weather’s right
The Facilities
Commercial kitchen for cooking classes and food preservation
Wood shop with hand and power tools
Library with reference materials and books to read for fun
The Hill House: the Gap living space
The Apex: the Gap classroom building
Private computer room for quiet work or appointments
Barn for projects, events, or dancing!
Hilltop gazebo for meditation and enjoyment
High and low ropes course
Solar Array that provides 100% of Glen Brook’s electricity
