Workshop Descriptions
Gardening Workshops
Seed Starting
Don't want to buy starts, or don't have starts available to buy? Start your own!
Learn which crops need to be started and how to plant and care for them indoors before
transplanting them outside.
10 Steps to Growing Your Own Food
This is a basic introduction to vegetable gardening. Learn about vegetable varieties
for Interior ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, what every plant needs, Season Extension techniques, Soil, Container
gardening, labor saving ways to garden and much more!!!
Container Gardening
Don't have yard space for a garden, no problem, use containers! Learn the basics
of how to plant in containers!
Subsistence Gardening
Want to rely less on imports and become more self-sufficient in terms of food?
Learn how to properly plan a garden fit to grow enough food to feed your family.
Organic Gardening
This workshop covers the basics of what it means to grow organically, the requirements
to be considered organic, and the health benefits of organic foods.
Gardening for Health
Discover the health benefits of growing your own food, and get recommendations
to grow specific foods that have extra health benefits!
Gardening with Kids
Want the kids to learn how to garden, or help you in the garden? Here are some
fun things to grow and activities to do with your kids!
Soil Fertility and Composting
Learn how to improve your soils to grow bigger and better vegetables! Test your
soil to see if your pH is good and to see if you are missing any important nutrients.
Growing & Cooking with Herbs—PLUS Spicing up your Cooking!
Fresh herbs add nutritional value to your meals and grow great in containers!
Edible Landscaping
Don’t waste all your time and energy on plants you can’t eat! Learn about edible
shrubs, herbs, and vegetables that are not only attractive but are also edible!
Eat your Weeds
Have a lot of weeds in your garden? Well surprise, some of them are actually
edible and taste great! Find out how to identify your weeds and prepare them.
Growing Berries in Your Backyard: Strawberries, Raspberries, and Many Others!
Many berries can grow as perennials and can become a permanent part of your properties
landscaping and your diet.
All About Flowers
Learn about flowers that will grow well year after year in your village and how to care for them. Learn about beautiful annual flowers and how you can plant and care for them as a community.
Starting a Community Garden
Learn how to gather volunteer support, write grants, and develop a plan so your
community can enjoy fresh vegetables during the summer. Learn about different marketing
strategies such as Community Shared Agriculture and a Farmer’s Market.
Food Preservation Workshops
Making Jam
Learn to make jam from the gift of wild berries. Participants supply the berries
and take home an equivalent amount of jam, etc.
Make Condiments: like Rosehip BBQ Sauce or Jelly
Condiments can make or break a meal, learn how to make your own, even with wild
harvested foods.
Pickling Vegetables
Want to preserve some of your veggies? Try pickling them!
Canning Red Meat or Fish
Learn the safest techniques for canning salmon and other wild game.
Making Sausage at Home
Explore the wonderful world of sausage making. A great way to diversify moose
meat!
Food Preservation 101
Learn about the different methods to preserve your foods and the supplies needed
to do so.
Choose a Vegetable or Berry-- and Learn all about it!
Have a favorite Vegetable, or berry? This is your opportunity to learn how to
grow it and ways to eat it.
Wild Harvesting Workshops
Cooking with Wild Plants
Learning how to be creative in the kitchen with plants you can harvest from the
natural world around you.
Identifying Wild Plants/Wild Plant Walks
First hand learn how to identify the wild plants around you, potentially by walking
through the woods with an expert! Many of these plants are edible and have great health
benefits.
Mushroom Identification
Like mushrooms but are intimidated by identifying them? Fear no more, an expert
can share the tips and tricks to harvesting the tasty and nutritious edible mushrooms
around you.