Common Market

Cancelled: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist
2020-04-16 18:30 - 19:45 (America/New_York) | 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!

Rescheduled: Green Burials and Home Funerals in Maryland
2020-05-20 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, September 2nd. Please sign-up here!
Are you curious about Home Funeral and Green Burial practices/options in Maryland? Caring for loved ones in the dying time at home, even a generation ago, was the way families traditionally made their farewells. This age-old wisdom is available to us today. The recognition that families may care for their loved ones at their time of transition offers great comfort and solace. Join Michael Judd as he invites you to consider choices for end-of-life care, home funeral, home burial, and green burial practices. Michael will share information, resources, and personal experiences as he honors the wise traditions of past home funeral care and the relevance of these choices for us today.
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: Lyme Disease, Co-infections, and Treatment with Thrīv Nutraceuticals
2020-05-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Join us as we learn various ways to address lyme disease and accompanying co-infections with Dr. Sue Williams!
Dr. Williams grew up in Iowa and earned her BA in Psychology at the University of Iowa. She is a 2001 graduate of the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona. She specializes in, and treats patients with autoimmune diseases, Chronic Fatigue, Thyroid disease, Hepatitis, cancer, COPD, weight management, neurological support, bone health, heart disease, diabetes, MS, liver disease, LYME, women’s health, along with chronic and acute infections. Over the past 18 years, Dr. Williams has incorporated constitutional hydrotherapy, botanical medicine, epigenetic support, along with nutrition, mind-body medicine and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy into her individualized patient treatments.

Rescheduled: For the Love of PawPaws!
2020-05-27 18:30 - 19:45 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
This event has been rescheduled please signup here!
America’s largest native fruit grows abundantly throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and is easily cultivated in the home landscape for prime fruit harvests. Join edible landscape author and designer Michael Judd on a colorful and fruitful journey from seed to table
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.

Virtual Board Meeting
2020-05-28 18:00 - 21:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
In an effort to encourage social distancing, your co-op’s Board of Directors will meet virtually on Thursday, May 28th 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, May 28th.

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: Fall Prevention and Balance Treatment Strategies
2020-06-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
In this class, attendees will learn fall prevention and balance strategies from a certified Fall Prevention Physical Therapist. This includes the most common causes of falls, why movement is essential, and how the vestibular system in your inner ear is critical to balance yet rarely addressed in treatment. Attendees will also identify their balance deficits and strategies to overcome them, thus reducing their fear and risk of falling.
Jay Berger, PT, CDP is Otago certified and vestibular balance trained physical therapist. The Otago Falls Program is nationally recognized by the National Council on Aging, Centers for Disease Control, and others as the preferred program for fall prevention proving a 35 to 40% reduction in falls in over 17 countries. Jay uses her clinical assessment skills, the Otago program, and vestibular rehabilitation to restore a client’s balance and confidence, reduce their fall risk and fear of falling, and enable them to safely ambulate again in the community.

Rescheduled: Acupressure for Pain Relief: Learn to Self-Treat Lower Back Pain
2020-06-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
This event has been rescheduled for September, please sign-up here!
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.

Board Candidate Information Session June 2020
2020-06-11 18:30 - 19:30 | Online, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Are you interested in being on our Board of Directors? Our Call for Candidates is live! Learn what it’d mean and how you can easily become a candidate. If you are considering running for the Board, you must attend one of two Information Sessions. 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, June 11th.
Receive a presentation from current Board members regarding co-op and board functioning. Conversation, questions, and discussion encouraged!
This is a great opportunity if you’ve been considering running for the Board but would like to know more.
Learn more at : https://www.commonmarket.coop/about/board-candidate-info/

Cancelled: Wild Soda Making
2020-06-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Each season brings forward unique flavors that we can harness and bottle for enjoying as a healthful, fermented soda. Join us as Lacey teaches us the basics of the fermentation process and how to turn infused waters and teas into bubbly beverages for any occasion. Flavor examples include: Parsley and Lemon, Cardamom and Fennel Leaf, Peach and Lemongrass, Cranberry and Orange Peel.
Lacey Walker is a forager, herbalist and ferment-maker drawing from the farm, field, and herb garden to make her creations. From fermented herbs like thai basil and garlic that make their way onto pizzas, to fermented buddha hand honey for herbal tea, to delicate wild sodas with summer fruits and vegetables. Lacey is a teacher and organizer with Fox Haven Organic Farm and Learning Center. In 2017 she was fortunate to attend the Fermentation Residency with Sandor Katz in Tennessee.

Cancelled: Detox Demystified
2020-06-20 13:00 - 14:30 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
“Detox” is a word frequently used in the world of wellness. But what does it actually mean? How do we support our bodies natural ability of detoxification? You may be surprised to learn there is more to it than a green juice! Join us for a lecture that dives into the biochemistry of our bodies wondrous biochemical process of detoxification. You will leave with an understanding of what happens when detoxification is compromised and how to support the body’s detoxification process through lifestyle and nutrition.
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.

Board Candidate Information Session II Copy
2020-06-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Online, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Are you interested in being on our Board of Directors? Our Call for Candidates is live! Learn what it’d mean and how you can easily become a candidate. If you are considering running for the Board, you must attend one of two Information Sessions. 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 Monday, June 22nd.
Receive a presentation from current Board members regarding co-op and board functioning. Conversation, questions, and discussion encouraged!
This is a great opportunity if you’ve been considering running for the Board but would like to know more.
Learn more at : https://www.commonmarket.coop/about/board-candidate-info/

Rescheduled: Understanding the Principles of Aging Gracefully
2020-06-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
This event has been rescheduled- sign-up here!
Join us with Dr. Mimi as she guides us through ways to age gracefully. We will learn the fundamentals of how our bodies and minds age over time and how we can prevent premature aging. Participants will be introduced to vitality building exercises and stretches, in addition to nutrition protocols that will increase energy and promote healthy aging!
Dr. Mimi, of McLaughlin Family Chiropractic, is a practicing wellness expert, serving others over the past 27 years. She specializes in holistic family care, and empowers others to be their best selves.

Virtual Board Meeting
2020-06-25 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, June 25th 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, June 25th.

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: Meet the Grower with Thrīv Nutraceuticals
2020-06-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Common Market – Route 85, 5728 Buckeystown Pike, Unit B1, Frederick, MD, 21704, United States
Join us as we learn about the care, harvest, and benefits of hemp from medicinal to industrial with Maryland grower, Dawn Gordon.
Dawn Gordon is the CEO of Fingerboard Farm, located in Ijamsville MD. She owns the up-and-coming e-commerce site Fingerboardfarm.market and is the Proprietor of Fingerboard Country Inn. Dawn has over 35 years of experience in commercial real estate brokerage and land development, specializing in the sale and leasing of special purpose properties. Dawn and her husband enjoy educating their farm-stay guests about hemp farming while they host them at their 18th-century manor.
Dawn’s passion for natural healing and organic foods came out of necessity after she suffered for years from chronic Lyme disease. She is a 13-year resident of Frederick County and mother of two.

Cancelled: Creating Growing Beds–Swales & Hügelkultur [OFFSITE]
2020-06-28 10:00 - 11:30 | The Judd Homestead, 8955 Indian Springs Rd, Frederick, MD, 21702, United States
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: Edible Landscaping & Straw Bale Home Tour [OFFSITE]
2020-06-28 15:00 - 16:30 | 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.
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.
