What Kinds of Workshops Do We Put On?
CFI offers a variety of workshops throughout the year with topics covering garden planning, planting, harvesting, and food preparation. We seek to provide hands-on opportunities to build wellness, knowledge, and skills in the garden and kitchen. Examples of a few of our past workshops include fruit tree pruning and grafting, seed saving, seasonal cooking, food preservation, cover crops, and season extension techniques.
Community Gardeners and CFI members receive workshop updates by email. The general public can learn about workshops on our events calendar or on social media. For most workshops, we invite a donation on a sliding scale to attend.
Share Your Expertise
Our workshops are peer to peer, meaning that we recruit community members to host them. We love to facilitate the sharing of unique expertise and how it relates to the Appalachian region. If you have a workshop suggestion or are interested in leading your own workshop, please contact us.
Upcoming Workshops
Follow us on Facebook or view the calendar below for our list of upcoming workshops and updates on changes in time or location!
Join garden planning guru, Kira Slepchenko, for a hands-on planning workshop. Learn about pollinators and how to incorporate them into your garden space. We will be planting for pollinators in unsued space at one of our community gardens.
The Eastside Community Garden is tucked behind the East State Dog Park. Once on E. State, turn onto Park Dr. towards the river (next to CVS). Follow that road all the way around, keeping right, and it will curve near the Waste Water Treatment Plant. You will see the dog park and a red "CFI Event Today" sign. Keep walking towards the dog park entrance and you will see the garden.
**The garden behind the community center is the children's garden and NOT the correct garden location.
All workshops are free for CFI members and $5 for non-members. Open to all!!
The first of our preservation series - learn the best methods of freezing and dehydrating the goodies from your garden. Your dreary winter self will thank you for the food secure surprises in your freezer and cupboard!
Held in AceNet Kitchen by Mary Nally. Follow the red "CFI Event Today" signs.
Workshops are free for CFI member and $5 for non-members. Open to all!
