Common Market

Edible Landscaping and Straw Bale Home Tour [OFFSITE]
2022-09-11 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | The Judd Homestead, 8955 Indian Springs Rd, Frederick, MD, 21702, 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 Judd at Long Creek Homestead.
Workshops will be a combination of theory and hands-on practice. Please wear good walking shoes, dress for the weather, and bring some water! Whether you have a little patch of backyard or a huge property to work with, the principles you learn in this tour will help make your land more diverse, productive, and ecologically friendly than ever before.
Workshops will be a combination of theory and trying tasty food forest goodies!
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole-system designs throughout the Americas for over two decades, focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design. His projects increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. He is the founder of Ecologia Edible & Ecological Landscape Design, Project Bona Fide, an international nonprofit supporting agro-ecology research, and co-founder of SilvoCulture, a Maryland based nonprofit which is helping plant 1 million nut trees in the Mid-Atlantic region. He is also the author of Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist, and For the Love of PawPaws.
Michael lives with his family on a permaculture homestead nestled along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Frederick, Maryland. The Judds’ homestead consists of 25 acres of mixed woodlands, food forests, gardens, and a nursery designed for experimentation and education.
If you are in need of financial assistance to attend this class please reach out to onuss@commonmarket.coop

Putting your Garden to Bed, Preparing for Spring!
2022-09-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Join us as we learn how to wind down our gardens for the winter and learn how to get ahead and increase your spring growing success in the fall months! In this class we will explore methods like row covers and cover crops, and discuss general/seasonal garden maintenance and how and why you might build raised beds. Come with questions! Both new gardeners and green thumbs alike will surely learn something new in this class with Don Ludke!
This class is part of a series led by Master Gardener, Don Ludke that is designed to prepare you to “practically” provide sufficient food from a patio, medium sized suburban home garden, a not-for-profit homestead, or a small farm. The series includes elements of composting, food preservation, caring for small animals, reducing energy consumption, and living in a more responsible and sustainable way. While it is a series, classes can be enjoyed a la carte! Choose the classes that interest you and skip the rest! Have a sustainability subject you’re interested in learning more about? Email Libby at Onuss@commonmarket.coop
