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!
*This is not a library-sponsored event*
Learn which plants to add to your vegetable garden to attract pollinators and other beneficial insects. This workshop will also help gardens to identify native plants, the pollinators they attract, and the benefits they provide to increase yield.
Presenter Kelly Capuzzi manages the Logan Community Garden in Hocking county and has been trained through the OSU extension Volunteer Pollinator Specialist program. Kelly is also an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist.
Workshop 2 in a three-part garden planning series. Learn how to use succession planting to harvest and enjoy more food for longer from your gardening space. Presenter Mary reed is a lifelong gardener. She maximizes the space in her garden through succession planting.
Registration is encouraged but not required.
Join us for this two-part series and learn about soil's biology and food web build and steps you can take to help build and maintain soil health in your gardening spaces!
Gina Scarano is passionate about revitalizing soil and making it a healthy place for microbes to live and thrive! With 20 years of experience in farming and gardening, she is certified in biological soil analysis through Dr. Elaine Ighams's Soil Food Web School and also has a certification in Permaculture Design.
This workshop is offered at no charge and is open to the public. Please register by May 24. For more information, contact gardens@communityfoodinitiatives.org
