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Workshops
Let’s learn, grow, and inspire positive change together with a focus on sustainability and organic farming! Join us for workshops on local ecology, sustainable agriculture, wild crafting, gardening, climate change mitigation, cooking with farm-grown organic ingredients, and more.
Upcoming
October 25 – Together at the Table: Family Cooking Class (Pizza)
November 15 – Together at the Table: Family Cooking Class (Tacos)
December 13 – Winter Sowing Native Perennials
Financial Support Info
Together at the Table: Family Cooking Class
Join us for caregiver and child cooking classes for 7 to 12 year olds and caregivers with Pediatrician and Chef Auden McClure!
In this hands-on experience, children and adults will cook side-by-side. We'll learn to prepare a delicious vegetarian dish using produce from the farm, build essential kitchen skills, and choose ingredients together to make the recipe their own. This class is all about connection and confidence—cooking together, enjoying the meal together, and taking home any leftovers to continue the experience at home. We’re excited to empower families to cook together and celebrate the joy of making and sharing food as a team.
Dr. Auden McClure is a pediatrician and chef with a passion for bringing healthy, delicious food into the everyday lives of kids and families. Alongside her clinical work, Auden is a trained chef and has taught many interactive cooking classes designed for families with children of all ages. She loves helping kids get excited about cooking, tasting new foods and building confidence in the kitchen. At Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center, she is delighted to share her dual passions — healthy, flavorful food and hands-on learning — by guiding children and parents in fun, meaningful cooking experiences that support their overall health and well-being.
These classes are designed for one child (ages 7–12) and one caregiver to build skills and spend quality time!
Sign up for either one or both workshops.
Sunday, October 25
Menu: Farmhouse Pizza
Time: 3:30–5 p.m.
Price: $60 per caregiver/kid pair
Sunday, November 15
Menu: Chipotle Black Bean Tacos
Time: 3:30–5 p.m.
Price: $60 per caregiver/kid pair
Financial assistance is available for these workshops – to apply, please complete this application.
Winter Sowing Native Perennials
Date: Sunday, December 13
Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Price: Free! This workshop is made possible with the support of the One Hive Foundation.
Tobi Schulman of Bird and Bee Native Plants will lead this hands-on workshop on winter sowing native herbaceous perennial plants. Participants will actively learn to propagate a variety of native species and, by the end of the workshop, will be equipped to germinate their own native plants at home, enhancing their own gardens’ biodiversity and resilience.
Topics covered will include:
- How a native plant is defined and why this definition is important ecologically
- The big why — why we care and why we are doing this
- Cold stratification and how to achieve it
- Other seed dormancy issues: light dependence, darkness dependence, and scarification
- Recommended resources for finding species-specific information about germination requirements, where to buy seeds of straight species native plants, both local ecotype and from further afield when local sources are not available.
Participants will learn how to plant, care for, and overwinter their seed trays, plus basic seedling care from germination to transplanting into pots or garden spaces. Everyone will get to take home herbaceous perennial seeds, ready to overwinter and grow.
This workshop is ideal for gardeners of all levels looking to deepen their understanding of native plant propagation. If you've attended this workshop in the past, the core content and techniques will be the same, so much of the material will be familiar. You're more than welcome to join again, though – it's a great opportunity to refresh your skills, build confidence, and practice alongside others.
Past workshops: Scything 101, Spring Baking, Intermediate Gardening, Maple Sugaring: Backyard Basics, Design Your Own Annual Planter, Pollinators on Blueberry Farms, Identify and Manage Common Garden Pests, Harvest Taste Create Play, Farmer-Led Field Walk, Make Your Own Herb Planter, Create Your Own Flower Bouquet, Macrame & Lattes, Fiber Arts: Flower Printing
