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 us for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new NCG! Check out the new location, the awesome accessible features, sign up for a garden plot, take home some free seeds, and add your name to a free raffle! 6-7pm at the Mary Hill Center in Nelsonville. See you there!
Join us at Morning Dew Hop Farm for this seed starting workshop! We'll cover everything you need to know to ensure seed starting success, such as starting mediums and transitioning the seedlings to an outdoor space. Friday, April 26th, 5:30pm-7:00pm, @ 42520 State Farm Rd in Albany, OH.
Please join us at our newly relocated Nelsonville Community Garden for this intro to gardening! Dan Kneier, Farm Manager of the Agroecology Program at Hocking College, will help you learn all you need to know to start a garden. 2:00-3:30pm Saturday, April 27th, @ 1950 Mt St Mary's Drive, Nelsonville, OH.
Please join us for this special School Garden Workshop!
In this workshop, you will learn ways to connect the 3C’s of school gardening: Classroom, Curriculum, and Cafeteria.
We will also cover:
• CFI’s history of school gardening, lessons learned, and best practices
• How to use our new on-line School Garden Toolkit
• Farm to School methods
• Hands-on activities including a take-home project
• Networking with others involved with school gardens
• Weather permitting, an on-site school garden tour
This workshop is for classroom teachers, school and food service staff, parents, and volunteers. School-based participants will receive a certificate of completion of 3 contact hours to submit for CEUs and a USDA sponsored stipend.
To register or for more information, contact Molly@communityfoodinitiatives.org 740.593.5971
