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 at the Eastside Community Garden for this hands-on grape trellising lesson for home gardeners! Ed Brown, our local Extension Educator, will lead us in trellising our second year grapes. This workshop is part two in our grape growing series. Registration is free; donations appreciated. You may donate with registration or at the event.
We'll learn how to arrange flowers with Katelyn Eilbeck from Homecoming Farm! Registration for this event is $20, with a limited number of scholarships available. You may pay online with registration, or at the workshop.
Katelyn Eilbeck owns and operates Homecoming Farm with her husband John Wood. Growing flowers started as a way to make their farmer's market stand look pretty, but quickly turned into a big part of their business thanks to John's mom, Marcia Burchby. In 2020, Katelyn quit her part-time job and started working on the farm growing flowers full time. In the past 3 years, she has spent her time learning how to make planting schedules, how and when to harvest flowers, how to arrange bouquets for the farmer's market, and how to arrange for special events like weddings and fundraisers. She is excited to share what she's learned, but mostly excited to share in the beauty of flowers and creativity with everyone who joins this workshop.
