**This is part of a 3-part Spring Gardening Series at the Peace Gardens** Class 1: Garden Design, Planning, and Prep This class will cover the fundamentals of garden planning, including setting priorities, making observations, designing garden layouts, budgeting, and implementing succession planting. Participants will gain insights into selecting what to grow, including perennials and atypical

Transform wool into whimsical butterflies with your own hands! Spring is the perfect time to explore the art of needle felting, and what better subject than butterflies? In this hands-on beginner workshop, you’ll learn the fundamentals of needle felting as you create up to five unique felt butterflies to create a whimsical and beautiful mobile.

In partnership with Bountiful Cities, Organic Growers School is excited to offer a series of hands-on workshops at Pearson Garden Food Hub in the Montford neighborhood in Asheville. Over 3 sessions, we will explore planning, installing infrastructure, and planting food-producing plants in a sloped system; we will build a small hillside orchard to practice the

Growing your own food is one thing. Growing a self-sustaining ecosystem that feeds you, your family, and the wildlife around you — that’s something else entirely. A food forest is one of the most rewarding things you can put on your property. It’s also one of the most misunderstood. Adam Bigelow is here to change

**This is part of a 3-part Spring Gardening Series at Burton St. Peace Gardens** Class 2: Soil & Water Management and Plant Care In this class, participants will dive into soil management. They will explore the principles of healthy soil and learn how to naturally and affordably amend their soil. Discussions will encompass composting, vermicomposting,

You probably know there are bees. You may not know there are over 500 kinds of them right here in western NC. John Kotab does. A bee hotel sounds like a charming yard decoration, and it is! It’s also one of the most practical things you can put in a garden if you care about

**This is part of a 3-part Spring Gardening Series at Burton St. Peace Gardens** Class 3: Successful Gardening Through the Season We will cover common garden pests, methods to deter them, and holistic garden planning as the days get longer and hotter. In this participant-led class, we will talk about troubleshooting: what issues have you

Topic: Start-up Assistance Get ready to roll into the world of food trucks and learn the secrets of success at Road Ready: Food Truck Fundamentals. Ready to put your food truck in gear? Join us with the experts who can help you get real and get on the road safely, legally and profitably. Don't miss

Record Keeping Methods Keep records is hard. The key is finding the right mix of methods, tools and automations that work for you. Don't have time to research all that? Who does? A bookkeeper. This seminar, led by farm bookkeeper and tax expert Laurel Clabaugh will cover different ways to effectively keep records for tax