The decision to close the garden center portion of Alden Farms was not as difficult of a decision as i first expected. I feel it was more of a media then a ending to anything. Alden Farms will remain the home of David Therriault stone design and the sculpture garden.
  It has been great to be able to focus my time on sculpting. I have also been able to do a lot of work on the gardens which i display them in. I hope to continue both in the coming years,
  The gardens are always open for people to visit and my studio is open by chance or by appointment.
I am also open for all the countryside artisan tours and plan to open for shows on summer weekends.

more recent sculpture

more recent sculpture and some views of the surrounding gardens.

"aztec sunset"

 "aztec moon"

" ribbon"

"chosen path"

Sculpture garden opening

"Aztec sun 2"


For the last 23 years Alden farms has been my creative outlet. When I was 14 years old I said I would someday own a garden center never did I think it would become Alden farms.  Alden farms is a garden shop located on 2+ acres in Beallsville md. It is owned by one person and run by one person but enjoyed I hope by many.aldenfarms.net  For the last couple of years I have been trying to incorporate my other passion, stone sculpting with the garden shop and they have blended well together. I have begun to install and maintain a sculpture garden here both to sell and show my sculpture but also to give customers a reason to stay longer and get some ideas for there own yards.

Alden farms a means to a start

"Aztec sun"


The gallery shows have done much for my ego but they have also taught me many things. They helped me design and develop stands for my sculpture so that they could be free standing. They also taught me how to transport these sculptures to difficult locations and to display them together. Other things that should have been obvious became clear like paying 30% commissions for little or no advertisement and not being there when potential clients might. All  this new found knowledge lead me to the decision to do what I should have done right from the start. I am now concentrating all my efforts in incorporating David Therriault stone design with Alden farms. Alden farms will be the one and only gallery for my work .

Again a long time

In the last year or so I have continued to sculpt using stone as a media. I have been selling and displaying these sculptures at my garden shop and home ,Alden farms. It has been a very good experience and I believe ,well received. I have also had a few gallery shows both in yellow springs Penn. and Potomac Md. These shows were a great learning experience and extremely good for my ego.

Today started the same as most, wake up get coffee and get everyone moving, clean kitchen area and dishwasher, make sure everyone really is moving and then put coat and boots on and make another coffee. I call the dogs and we walk past the greenhouses and the shop into the studio and turn on the heat. the ritual doesn't stop there i pick up a little and look at stones in hope that they somehow scream something at me, then its back to the house to get everyone out and to school. I spend the time on the way back from dropping them trying to convince myself that if i just start banging something will come to me and hoping that i will get back down there. Back into the house straighten up a little and call the dogs again here we go , grab the i-pod. these are a few pictures of the are of my studio that I'm able to close up and heat and the rock that will be the next sculpture i hope. greenhouse and yard looking bare till spring

it appears to have been along time since i wrote here, and it appears it was the last time it was cold and i was having difficulty coming up with ideas. It is hard to have the desire to be inspired and not get there. When the ideas are flowing there is no stopping them it seems and you seldom question weather they are right, good or important. Maybe when you produce a lot of work you get a lot of feedback which boosts your energy. Well that's not the case at point . It's winter and cold and the garden shop is closed, the greenhouses empty, my studio although poorly done is closed and semi heated but cold and lonely. Rock and stone is stacked and ready although buried in snow or frozen to earth. New tools and equipment are waiting having been purchased in a need of inspiration and a new book called "art and fear" has been read.