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!
If you're longing to kraut your veggies, to learn the magic behind turning plain old milk into kefir, to make vegan fermented cheese, or to make tea fizzy and fermented (Kombucha), this workshop is for you! We will share fermenting tips that will no doubt be a cultural experience for everyone.
The workshop will be held at Della Zona by the fabulous fermenter Mary Nally.
All CFI workshops are open to the public, free for CFI members, and $5 for non-members.
Can't get that mower started? Don't know the best ways to use certain tools? The shovel broke, now what? Join Justin Hamlin in a hands-on tool maintenance workshop. Come with tool questions to make gardening easier!
We will meet at the CFI shed, behind AceNet's building A. Please park in the lot and follow the gravel path (next to the dumpsters) around to the back of the building. Look for red "CFI Event Today" signs!
Workshops are open to the public, free for CFI members, and $5 for non-members. Check the Facebook event for additional details.
