CBD 101 w/ Thriv Nutraceuticals
2020-02-22 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Join representatives from Thrīv Nutraceuticals, a Frederick-based manufacturer of hemp-derived CBD products, for a comprehensive informational session relating to all things CBD. They will discuss common misconceptions about hemp, the basic facts about Cannabidiol (CBD), and provide tips on how to find the right product to fit your specific needs.
There will be ample time for Q&A’s and one-on-one consulting! Product samples will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis!

Garden Planning with a Purpose
2020-02-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Whether you are an experienced vegetable gardener or are gardening for the first time it’s never too early to start planning your garden. It just takes a little bit of knowledge and some planning to successfully produce your own food. This course will help participants gain an appreciation for planning, preparing, and participation in a family gardening experience, through the guidance of Master Gardener, Don Ludke. In this class you will learn what you need to consider before beginning, including the discussion of conceptual ideas, the costs for growing in your space, and the tools and commitment required to planning out your own garden.
Don Ludke has been a certified Master Gardener for over 10 years, a public-school teacher in Maryland for 40 years, and a home gardener for 50 years. He has taught adult gardening classes on a variety of practical gardening and landscape topics throughout the state. His gardening areas of interest and knowledge include companion planting, crop timing and garden design. He appreciates sharing his experience and knowledge with all who will listen and who are willing to learn the benefits of gardening.

Board Meeting
2020-02-27 18:00 - 21:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States

Kids Kombucha Camp
2020-03-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
This is our first hands-on kombucha making class for KIDS! In this workshop your kids will learn kombucha making basics, some interesting history about kombucha, and the science behind fermentation. They will also learn why kombucha is a healthy alternative to juice or soda in a fun and hands-on way. We will make kombucha to take home and enjoy a rootbeer kombucha float in class.
Parents are required to be present with their children for the duration of the class.
Liz Dodson a.k.a The Kombucha Lady is a professional brew master based in Northern Frederick County. She has been making kombucha for 10 years, and since 2016 she has been producing kombucha commercially. She lives on her small farm in Rocky Ridge, MD where she grows many herbs and small fruits that are used in the Kombucha Lady brews. Liz specializes in hand-crafted, micro-brewed kombucha—just about as local as you can get!
Dear Parent,
Just a few things to know before signing up for the Kids Kombucha Camp from the Kombucha Lady:

Our kombucha is low in sugar and passes Health Dept regs, yet-Kombucha is a fermented drink and does contain trace amounts of alcohol.
We will be making rootbeer kombucha floats in this class with non-dairy ice cream, but this will contain sugar. The brew for the “rootbeer” kombucha is made with Tulsi and Rooibos teas and does not contain caffeine.

You can also email me with questions @ jeffandlizdodson@gmail.com
I love teaching and I love kids,
Liz Dodson
The Kombucha lady and Gramma to 6 kombucha drinking grandkiddos

Seed Starting and Early Spring Gardening
2020-03-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Few gardening endeavors are as rewarding as growing your own garden from seed. Master Gardener, Don Ludke will cover how to start healthy plants from seed, basics of soil mixes, containers, germination and fertilization. If you are looking to save some money or grow unique varieties of plant species, come to this class and learn how a practiced propagator gets his plants off to a healthy start.
Each participant will take home a free seedling to start growing at home!
Don Ludke has been a certified Frederick County Master Garden over 7 years. He has taught adult gardening classes on a variety of practical gardening and landscape topics throughout the state. His gardening areas of interest and knowledge include companion planting, crop timing and garden design.

Cancelled: Medicinal Mushrooms w/ Nadarra Leigh
2020-03-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Participants will learn how to use medicinal mushrooms. We will explore the unique phytochemistry of mushrooms and discover what makes them a superior food for your health specifically immune support and longevity. Students will understand specific uses for each mushroom; for example when supporting the immune system, use turkey tail during chemo while reishi should be used during times of stress. Hands on experience preparing fresh/dried mushrooms for use as medicine or food will cap off the class.
Nadarra Leigh was formed by Claire Hudson and Rachel Schroeder to provide herbal education to individuals and families. Claire has been a practicing community herbalist for over ten years. She is an adjunct professor at Hood College where she teaches environmental science and sustainability. Claire recently completed an advanced course in Herbal Constituents and Phytochemistry taught by Lisa Ganora (RH). Rachel has been a practicing community herbalist for over nine years. She is currently enrolled in the Clinical Herbalism program taught by David Winston (RH).

Rescheduled: Acupressure for Pain Relief: Learn to Self-Treat Lower Back Pain
2020-03-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
This class has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 10th from 6:30-8:00pm!
Do you suffer from chronic low back pain? Are you tired of resorting to over-the-counter medication? Join Jenna Rucker, licensed acupuncturist, to learn acupressure points for relieving low back pain. In this class, you’ll gain an understanding of what acupressure is and how to use it for self-healing.
Jenna Rucker, L. Ac., is an acupuncturist at the Frederick Natural Health Center in downtown Frederick. She specializes in treating chronic pain and women’s health issues. She received her Master of Acupuncture degree at the Maryland University of Health (MUIH) in 2016. Jenna loves healing patients and teaching and empowering people to heal themselves.

Inoculating Mushrooms [OFFSITE]
2020-03-22 14:00 - 15:30 | The Judd Homestead, 8955 Indian Springs Rd, Frederick, MD, 21702, United States
Grow your own mushrooms! It is easier to grow mushrooms at home than you think. You can grow delicious and nutritious culinary and medicinal mushrooms in your own garden or home (in apartments, on rooftops and patios, too!) In the workshop we will cover how to inoculate stumps, logs, wood chips, and burlap sacks while improving your garden ecology. In this interactive class you will learn the types of outdoor mushrooms that we can easily grow in our area, the conditions required and the tools you will need. The class will also cover the basics of mushroom science, how fungi functions in nature and how to work with fungi to help restore our local ecologies. The best part is the hands-on experience of inoculating a mushroom log that you get to take home!
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole system designs throughout the Americas for the last 20 years focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design to increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. The founder of both Ecologia, LLC, Edible & Ecological Landscape Design and Project Bona Fide, an international non-profit supporting agro-ecology research.
* Workshops will be a combination of theory and hands-on practice. Whether you have a little patch of backyard or a huge property to work with, the principles you learn in this class will help make your land more diverse, productive, and ecologically friendly than ever before.
This workshop is not cancelled because it is being held at the Judd Homestead. Refunds can be processed upon request.

Cancelled: 60 and Wiser Wellness with Thrīv Nutraceuticals
2020-03-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Come join us as we learn about alternative health practices for those 60 and older, from educator and owner of Urbn Holistic, Mike Woolf!

Cancelled: Fruit Tree Grafting [OFFSITE]
2020-03-29 14:00 - 15:30 | The Judd Homestead, 8955 Indian Springs Rd, Frederick, MD, 21702, United States
Almost all the fruits and nuts we eat these days come from grafted trees. Join us in learning the magic of grafting and basic fruit tree care. During the workshop you will create your own grafted apple tree through hands-on grafting and take your new union home. Also, we will cover re-grafting older trees, and grafting tricks that allow grafting ornamental and wild trees to bear tasty fruits. We shall also inadvertently talk about fruit trees in the food forest model. Pruning and general tree health care covered in this workshop.
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole system designs throughout the Americas for the last 20 years focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design to increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. The founder of both Ecologia, LLC, Edible & Ecological Landscape Design and Project Bona Fide, an international non-profit supporting agro-ecology research.
* Workshops will be a combination of theory and hands-on practice. Whether you have a little patch of backyard or a huge property to work with, the principles you learn in this class will help make your land more diverse, productive, and ecologically friendly than ever before.
This workshop is not cancelled because it is being held at the Judd Homestead. Refunds can be processed upon request.

Cancelled: Common Market Crop Mob
2020-04-04 10:00 - 13:00 | House in the Woods Farm, 2225 Park Mills Rd, Adamstown, MD, 21710, United States
Please check back as we reschedule for Fall!
FREE, RSVP Requested
Get a look inside the life of an organic farm and help get this year’s crops moved along! You’ll get dirty hands and a huge sense of satisfaction, along with some knowledge of how a small, local farm works.
Here are directions to House in the Woods Farm in Adamstown, MD:
***USE THE FARM LANE ON PARK MILLS ROAD***
Please use the farm lane, conveniently accessed from Park Mills Road.

From 270:
Take 270 to Route 80 West, go two miles, take a LEFT on Park Mills Road, go about three miles, pass Mt Ephraim Rd and Bear Branch Road. Watch on your left side–you will cross over Bennett Creek, pass one house near the road, and then immediately look for the farm lane with a big “House in the Woods” billboard. The lane is squeezed between that first house and a pile of hay bales. You can’t miss it. Drive up the lane and follow signs for parking. You have gone too far if you get to Lilypons Road.
From The Common Market/Buckeystown:
Take Rte 85 South through Buckeystown. Turn LEFT on Lilypons Road. Follow Lilypons Road to the end. Turn LEFT onto Park Mills Road. You’ll pass Dream Catcher Farm. Look to your right for the House in the Woods billboard, just past a pile of hay bales. Drive up the lane and follow signs for parking.
For GPS purposes, use this address
2225 Park Mills Road
Adamstown, MD
They do not have a mailbox. Look for the House in the Woods billboard at the lane.
***If you find yourself unable to locate the farm call 301.418.8248 on the day of the event

Cancelled: Herb Spirals [OFFSITE]
2020-04-05 14:00 - 15:30 | The Judd Homestead, 8955 Indian Springs Rd, Frederick, MD, 21702, United States
Herb spirals add instant architecture to your landscape that looks good year around. Herb spirals are versatile and can be tailored to fit any space from an urban courtyard to an entire yard. The spiral is built like a snail shell, with stone spiraling up that captures the sun and stores heat for an extended growing season. A cornucopia of herbs can be grown in the spiral thanks to all the microclimates created through elevation and cardinal directions. Having one right outside the kitchen window will inspire fantastic meals from your edible landscape! Join us in building one from scratch and learn to create your own just in time for this growing season.
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole system designs throughout the Americas for the last 20 years focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design to increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. The founder of both Ecologia, LLC, Edible & Ecological Landscape Design and Project Bona Fide, an international non-profit supporting agro-ecology research.
* Workshops will be a combination of theory and hands-on practice. Whether you have a little patch of backyard or a huge property to work with, the principles you learn in this class will help make your land more diverse, productive, and ecologically friendly than ever before.

Rescheduled: Homeopathy for Acute Ailments- Coughs, Colds, and Flu Symptoms
2020-04-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
This event has been rescheduled for Wednesday, August 12th from 6:30-8:00pm. Sign-Up here!
The selection of the appropriate homeopathic remedy for either acute or chronic conditions is based on the individuality of the sick person and their unique symptoms. It requires knowledge of case taking as well as knowledge of the homeopathic materia medica. Homeopathic practitioners use minute amounts of natural substances (homeopathic remedies) to stimulate the body’s innate healing power to restore health.
In this session, join professional homeopath Brendan Feeley to learn about the importance of symptom modalities in acute ailments and how to approach the selection of the appropriate remedy to heal the person, and a basic introduction to basic materia medica.
Brendan Feeley is a professional homeopath and has been in practice for over 25 years. He treats men, women and children for mental, emotional and physical trauma using his vast knowledge of the homeopathic materia medica and repertory. He is a Certified Classical Homeopath (CCH) and received his certification from the Council of Homeopathic Certification (https://www.homeopathicdirectory.com/), the highest certifying body for professional homeopaths in the USA. He holds a graduate degree in Jungian psychology and is a respected teacher at the Washington and Baltimore Jungian Society.

Rescheduled: Plastics 101 [FREE]
2020-04-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
This class has been rescheduled to Thursday, May 14th from 6:30-8:00pm. Please RSVP on the May 14th event page.
This program is designed to provide a general overview of what plastics are, how they have evolved, and the pros and cons of this complicated class of materials.
Participants will learn which plastic materials can be recycled in local programs, why some are difficult to recycle at all, and offer steps that can be taken to reduce plastic waste. Participants will be shown samples of products designed to help reduce the use of plastics and will be provided with lists of recommended resources to learn more.
Please note, this class will focus on resource conservation and the environmental impacts of plastic and will not dive into the relationship between plastics and human health.
Please RSVP on the May 14th event page. Space is limited.

Introducing April Virtual Board Meeting!
2020-04-16 18:00 - 21:00 | Online, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
In an effort to encourage social distancing, your co-op’s Board of Directors will meet virtually on Thursday, April 16 at 6:00 p.m.
In the absence of an in-person meeting, the board is inviting interested owners who wish to join in virtually to contact Megan Schneebaum, Board President, at Board@commonmarket.coop by noon on Thursday, April 16th.

Board meetings are generally held on the fourth Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. in the Community Room. Early in the agenda, the board reserves space to hear from owners who wish to address the board. Want to contribute to our next Board meeting? Click here and in the subject line put “Owner Comment Period” and let your voice be heard at our next virtual Board Meeting!

Cancelled: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist
2020-04-16 18:30 - 19:45 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Ever wondered how you can have your yard and eat it too? Join author and edible landscape designer Michael Judd in an exploration of combining form, function and production in your yard. Judd will lead a virtual tour through edible landscapes designed and created in the D.C. Metro area while unearthing the ABC’s of how to make your yard more fruitful. Focus will be on water harvesting for successful growing, outdoor mushroom cultivation, creating herb spirals, starting a food forest, choosing uncommon fruits, and much more. Learn new elements to edible landscaping that move away from just annual garden beds and into approachable designs that graft together ease of care, aesthetics and ecological function.
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole system designs throughout the Americas for the last 20 years focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design to increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. The founder of both Ecologia, LLC, Edible & Ecological Landscape Design and Project Bona Fide, an international non-profit supporting agro-ecology research.

Cancelled: Apothecary 101 w/ Nàdarra Léigh
2020-04-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Do you have a liniment here, maybe a salve or infused oil there? Have you started a home apothecary but need help building it out? Maybe it is time to get your home apothecary in order. Come and learn how to build your home apothecary so it can be useful and effective for maintaining your family’s health. From the garden to the shelf, this fun workshop will get your creative juices flowing as we talk about growing medicinal herbs, demonstrate ways to use dried herbs and teach you how to create simple salves, oils, liniments, teas and tinctures. For those who don’t have much of a green thumb, we will talk about safely purchasing organic, unadulterated herbs and gathering wild plants.
Students will leave with a list of “must haves” and “nice to haves” so they can finish their own apothecary with confidence.
Nadarra Leigh was formed by Claire Hudson and Rachel Schroeder to provide herbal education to individuals and families. Claire has been a practicing community herbalist for over ten years. She is an adjunct professor at Hood College where she teaches environmental science and sustainability. Claire recently completed an advanced course in Herbal Constituents and Phytochemistry taught by Lisa Ganora (RH). Rachel has been a practicing community herbalist for over nine years. She is currently enrolled in the Clinical Herbalism program taught by David Winston (RH).

RESCHEDULED: Creating Growing Beds--Swales & Hügelkultur [OFFSITE]
2020-04-19 14:00 - 15:30 | The Judd Homestead, 8955 Indian Springs Rd, Frederick, MD, 21702, United States
This event has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 28th. Sign-up here!
This is an All-Star workshop that combines creating successful growing beds while cycling water and wood trimmings! In this workshop you will learn about creating raised beds as swales on contour with an extra focus on hügelkultur. Also covered is how to plant fruitful choices and lots of practical permaculture. We will be shaping swales and exemplifying hügelkultur. Learn which designs best fit your land, how they are created, and how to make them look good!
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole system designs throughout the Americas for the last 20 years focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design to increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. The founder of both Ecologia, LLC, Edible & Ecological Landscape Design and Project Bona Fide, an international non-profit supporting agro-ecology research.
* Workshops will be a combination of theory and hands-on practice. Whether you have a little patch of backyard or a huge property to work with, the principles you learn in this class will help make your land more diverse, productive, and ecologically friendly than ever before.

Cancelled: Electronic Recycling at the Common Market
2020-04-21 15:00 - 18:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
e-End provides electronics recycling of end-of-life equipment and performs 100% data destruction on media stored on your recycled electronics.
Have some old electronics you want to dispose, but aren’t sure how? Bring them to the Co-op and E-End will take care of it for you.
Please note there is a disposal fee of: $5 for LCD Monitors; $15 for CRT Monitors; $15 for LCD/Plasma TVs; and $30 for CRT TVs only payable in cash.
Below is a list of accepted items:

Cancelled: Common Market Tree Planting with Stream-Link Education
2020-04-25 09:00 - 11:00 | MD
Please check back as we reschedule for the fall!
FREE EVENT, RSVP requested
Get out of the house and into the dirt with this fun, educational experience! Participants will be provided with tools and trees to plant in an effort to fortify our stream and river beds against erosion. This event is open to tree lovers of all ages!
Please dress for the weather. Gardening gloves are recommended.
RSVP at http://www.streamlinkeducation.org/plantings/
Location will be finalized closer to the event.

Cancelled: Managing Anxiety & Stress with Acupuncture, Hypnotherapy, and More with Thrīv Nutraceuticals
2020-04-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Join us as we learn stress and anxiety management techniques with Dr. Jafari!
Dr. Marz Jafari is a thoughtful practitioner of Five Element Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine. Prior to establishing Healthy Roots Medicine (HRM), Dr. Jafari achieved a Doctorate degree in Medicine and spent nearly a decade leading a federally funded global biosurviellance study of infectious disease under the auspices of Georgetown University Medical Center. In addition to his terminal degree in Medicine, he was conferred a Doctorate of Oriental Medicine and a Master’s degree in Acupuncture from MUIH and holds a Master’s degree in Health Services Administration from St. Joseph’s College of Maine. When not practicing, Dr. Jafari can be found sharing his passion for art, gardening, and travel with his wife Tasha, and their three children, Pandora, Giulietta, and Oliver.

Cancelled: Knife Sharpening While You Shop!
2020-04-26 11:00 - 16:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
This event is likely to be rescheduled for Fall 2020.
The Common Market is excited to collaborate with Community Partner, Rod’s Sharpening Service, to offer an on-site knife sharpening event. Rod’s Knife Sharpening Service extends the life of your knives, scissors, and gardening tools, providing a local solution to preventing dull knives from ending up in our landfills. The sharpening during this event does not require an appointment and can be done same-day while customers shop. Wait times run between 15 minutes – 1 hour.
SAFETY FIRST: Please wrap your knives in kitchen towels, newspaper, or sheaths and put them in a bag. Please do not bring your knives in a knife block.
Rod’s Sharpening Service sharpens cooking knives, serrated knives, hunting knives, pocket knives, utility knives, cleavers, beauty shears, personal grooming tools, straight razors, household scissors, fabric scissors, carpet shears, garden tools, trimmers, pruners, loppers, axes and adzes, and machetes.
Pricing:
All knives: $7.00 per blade
All scissors except beauty-salon or pet-grooming shears: $7.00
Beauty-salon or pet-grooming shears (scissors): $25.00
Straight razors: $20.00
Most garden tools: $7.00 (machetes or double-bladed items may be extra)
$1.00 off per knife for Common Market co-op members

Rescheduled: Edible Landscaping & Straw Bale Home Tour [OFFSITE]
2020-04-26 14:00 - 15:30 | The Judd Homestead, 8955 Indian Springs Rd, Frederick, MD, 21702, United States
This event has been rescheduled for June 28th. Sign-up here!
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.
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole system designs throughout the Americas for the last 20 years focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design to increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. The founder of both Ecologia, LLC, Edible & Ecological Landscape Design and Project Bona Fide, an international non-profit supporting agro-ecology research.

* Workshops will be a combination of theory and hands-on practice. Whether you have a little patch of backyard or a huge property to work with, the principles you learn in this class will help make your land more diverse, productive, and ecologically friendly than ever before.

Rescheduled: Acupressure for Emotional Stress and Overwhelm: Learn to Self-Treat Negative Emotions
2020-04-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
This event has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 22nd from 6:30- 8:00pm. Sign-up here!
Do you suffer from chronic stress, anxiety, or frequent negative moods? Are you looking for self-care tools to help you cope and re-center yourself after stressful experiences? Join Jenna Rucker, licensed acupuncturist, to learn acupressure points for relieving emotional stress and moving through negative emotions. In this class, you’ll gain an understanding of what acupressure is and how to use it for self-healing.
Jenna Rucker, L. Ac., is an acupuncturist at the Frederick Natural Health Center in downtown Frederick. She specializes in treating chronic pain and women’s health issues. She received her Master of Acupuncture degree at the Maryland University of Health (MUIH) in 2016. Jenna loves healing patients and teaching and empowering people to heal themselves.

Cancelled: Spring into Nutrition!
2020-05-07 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
A whole foods way of eating gets us in touch with the basics of healthful eating. Join us and discover a “no-diet” approach to eating that emphasizes the simplicity of eating real foods. You will walk away from this class with a deeper understanding of what whole foods are, what role processed foods play in our health and culture, the science of how whole foods heal, and the importance of cultivating a nourishing relationship with food.
Keegan Abernathy, MS, CNS, LDN received his Master of Science in Nutrition and Integrative Health from Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) and is a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN). Keegan sees eating not only as a way to heal, but also as a practice for returning to our true nature. He believes that nutrition is an investigation into what we are eating and how we are eating. Gaining insight into these two components of eating allows for transformation, healing, and a joyous sense of well-being.

Cancelled: From Seed to Centerpiece [OFFSITE]
2020-05-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Hidden Ridge Farm, 23801 Peach Tree Rd, Clarksburg, MD, 20871, United States
Would you like to learn how to grow the cut flower garden of your dreams? Join us for a field trip to Hidden Ridge Farm!
Local grower and supplier of bouquets sold at the Common Market, Melane Kinney Hoffmann, will provide practical growing tips for what works in our region and how to succeed using organic practices. You’ll also learn how to choose flowers you love for the growing season that works for you, including conditions for your soil, light, and water levels. We’ll finish up with Melane sharing a few basic bouquet design principles. Participants will receive the opportunity to make an arrangement of fresh flowers to take home! A simple vase will be provided.
Melane is a lifelong gardener and a Master Gardener (a University of Maryland/US Department of Agriculture certification). Melane started Hidden Ridge Farm in 2012 as a second career to provide local, fresh, chemical-free flowers to our region. Melane grows more than fifty varieties of annuals, perennials, herbs, foliage plants, and woody flowering shrubs on about 3 acres.

Cancelled: Growing Gourmet Mushrooms
2020-05-13 18:30 - 19:45 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Home grown mushrooms are the tastiest! And fortunately, one of the easiest foods to grow in your landscape. Join edible landscape author and designer Michael Judd in learning the step by step methods to growing and harvesting gourmet fungi right outside your door!
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole system designs throughout the Americas for the last 20 years focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design to increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. The founder of both Ecologia, LLC, Edible & Ecological Landscape Design and Project Bona Fide, an international non-profit supporting agro-ecology research.

South Mountain Creamery Bottle Return Event
2020-05-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Have glass bottles you need to return from South Mountain Creamery?
Join us Thursday, May 14th in our side lot from 3-5 pm to deposit your bottles!
You’ll receive $2 per bottle deposited from a staff member. Just place your bottles in an available crate in our side parking lot!
See you then.

Cancelled: Plastics 101 [FREE; RSVP]
2020-05-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
This program is designed to provide a general overview of what plastics are, how they have evolved, and the pros and cons of this complicated class of materials.
Participants will learn which plastic materials can be recycled in local programs, why some are difficult to recycle at all, and offer steps that can be taken to reduce plastic waste. Participants will be shown samples of products designed to help reduce the use of plastics and will be provided with lists of recommended resources to learn more.
Please note, this class will focus on resource conservation and the environmental impacts of plastic and will not dive into the relationship between plastics and human health.
Please RSVP as space is limited.

Cancelled: Kombucha 101
2020-05-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Come join us as we learn all about kombucha history and the science behind the brewing and fermenting process! This will be an in-depth, hands-on learning experience and there will be plenty of time for questions. We will make our own delicious kombucha infusion and you will take home all the necessary ingredients to keep fermenting your own kombucha.
Liz Dodson a.k.a The Kombucha Lady is a professional brew master based in Northern Frederick County. She has been making kombucha for 10 years, and since 2016 she has been producing kombucha commercially. She lives on her small farm in Rocky Ridge, MD where she grows many herbs and small fruits that are used in the Kombucha Lady brews. Liz specializes in hand-crafted, micro-brewed kombucha—just about as local as you can get!
