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Edible Landscaping & Straw Bale Home Tour [Offsite]

The Judd Homestead 8955 Indian Springs Rd, Frederick, MD, United States

Join us for a fruitful tour of edible and ecological landscapes while learning how to successfully create abundant landscapes with little to no maintenance. Food forests, mushrooms, swale gardens, living willow structures, hügelkultur beds, herb spirals, kiwi arbors, pawpaw groves… and a circular strawbale home.  Tastings included. Lead by author and edible landscape designer Michael […]

$35.00

Eat More & Reduce Your Waste-line [Online; Free; RSVP]

According to research conducted by Penn State, the average household disposes 31.9% of its food. With an annual cost of around $1,866 per family, that’s $240 billion thrown away in America each year. Plus, landfilling food costs a community money, wastes an immense amount of natural resources, and releases emissions that contribute to climate change. […]

Free

Herb Garden Tour and Tea Tasting at Fox Haven Farm [Offsite]

Fox Haven Farm 3630 Poffenberger Road, Jefferson, MD, United States

Enjoy a tour of Fox Haven's herb garden and learn about the plants that are ripe for a tea tasting. We’ll explore the stories and senses that fill the garden, then, harvest a few herbs to brew for a cup or two.  As we enjoy the different flavors and aromas, we will discuss the energetics […]

$20.00

“Homesteading is a Spectrum” Series: Preserving Herbs

The Common Market 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, FREDERICK, MD, United States

We no longer live in a time where we can easily be totally self-sufficient, but we can be "practically" self-sufficient and sustainable.  In this session we will learn the ins and outs of preserving herbs which will help prepare you to "practically" store herbs from any size herb garden or homestead! This class will be […]

$10.00 – $20.00