As we approach our centennial, Gould Farm's continuum of care stands as a prototype for psychiatric rehabilitation that is internationally recognized and emulated. Thousands of mental health professionals have come to experience and study Gould Farm since its inception in 1913. They spend a few days, a week or even a month living with us, following our patterns, becoming part of our community. While here, they learn common principles of living and working with people in recovery. And they learn that these principles are applicable in their own communities and work places.
Participants engage in ongoing workshops drawn from a broad training curriculum.
Please request a Gould Farm Model brochure for more information. This trail is particularly important to us as a demonstration of a collaboration between the Farm and friends in the surrounding towns. In particular, it was Great Barrington resident Jon Greene whose interest in the project infected others and enabled the notion to come to life. Within two months, work on the first portion of the trail began, and as the trail grew longer, the scope of the project evolved. The trail went through the riverbottom, up gradually into the woods and along the old stone wall marking a section of the Farm boundary.