Weekend Workshops
Listed below are some of the workshops we offered in the past. Check out our event calendar for upcoming workshops!
Worm Composting
Do you live in an apartment or a housing complex that doesn't have a green bin or a yard with little space for compost bins. Or just lack the energy to turn piles of greens and brown? And would you like to have a pet that doesn't require walks? Then, worm composting might be for you. Lori also known as the Compost Gal, will teach you the benefits and uses of worm compost. You will learn to setup a bin, harvesting and best uses for this amazing garden fertilizer.
Beginners Yoga ​
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Become refreshed and renewed with our yoga classes at the LEAF Center!
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Propagation from
Stems & Seeds​
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Learn techniques for propagating plants
from seeds, cuttings from stems, and leaves of plants. We will demonstrate several methods and them you try it yourself. Take home some of the cuttings.
Herbal Makers Workshop​
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In this Makers Workshop, you'll create practical medicines to keep in your first aid kit. Medicines may include: a smudge stick and a first aid ointment using calendula infused oil. Take home the herbal medicines that you make!
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Botanical Illustrations​
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Anyone can draw with practice and a little inspiration from the outdoors. In this special workshop, you’ll be working with pencil, paper, and plants in the garden to practice some beginning drawing skills that you can share with your family and friends.
Indoor Mushroom Cultivation
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This workshop is for beginner mycology enthusiasts wanting to learn the basics of growing mushrooms at home. Learn about the different stages of mushroom growth, accessing cultures of the mushrooms you want to grow, colonizing mycelium in sterilized grain bags and fruiting your
favorite mushrooms.
Growing Winter Veggies
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Join Talkin' Dirt host, Guy as he shows us how to plant winter vegetables and picks the best ones to start for the winter season. He is your go-to "Guy" for questions about all kinds of plants!
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Herbal Medicine in Your Backyard
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In this workshop, we'll look at ten herbs grown in our garden which contain tremendous nutritional and medicinal values.
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Winter Fruit Tree Pruning
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Phil will show you the pruning techniques of how to prune trees especially fruit trees and then will demonstrate pruning the fruit trees at the Urban Garden. You will get some hands-on supervised experience.
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