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Learn to create your own low-maintenance terrarium in this beginner-friendly class that covers everything from proper soil layering and drainage to choosing the right plants for your space. You'll master the essentials of light, humidity, and plant selection while building a miniature garden from the ground up. Perfect for anyone curious about terrariums but intimidated
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn to create a deeply nourishing, herbal-infused salve using locally available plants. Whether you’re interested in natural remedies, sustainable self-care, or simply looking for a new skill, this class will guide you through every step of the process. What You’ll Learn: How to identify and safely forage wild medicinal herbs
Many mushroom species love to grow on trees naturally. The easiest way to simulate this natural relationship is to inoculate cut logs with mushroom spawn. This is a low-tech, no waste, regenerative way to grow mushrooms and easy enough to do at home. In this afternoon workshop you will receive: Access to Chris Parker’s 30
Strategies for Support is a one hour online focus group for discussing and defining investment recommendations that have been uncovered earlier in the Local Lab process. Insights shared at this discussion will help shape new shared resources, infrastructure, and services to remove barriers to scaling and sustaining businesses in Western North Carolina Region. The discussion
Nancy Basket teaches how to transform the south's most invasive vine into a beautiful handmade basket using kudzu harvested from our November 14th community clean-up at the Cowee School. Discover a new skill while enjoying the peace and tranquility of Winding Stair's gardens. The $40 ticket includes your finished basket.
Maria and the Winding Stair team guide you through customizing a stunning 20″ Fraser Fir wreath (finishing at 32-36″) with natural adornments and fauna. Learn to craft your own decorative bow and bring special accouterments to make this wreath truly yours. The $95 ticket includes your wreath.
Adam Bigelow of Bigelow's Botanical Excursions shows how to get a head start on your spring native wildflower garden by sowing seeds outdoors in repurposed plastic milk jugs. Get your garden ready for spring while learning sustainable growing techniques. Choose-your-price admission ($30-$5).
Master low-cost, high-impact planting techniques before spring arrives! Learn two powerful methods for establishing native plants while they’re dormant—perfect for stream bank restoration, erosion control, or populating larger areas without breaking the bank. Whether you’re tackling a problem slope or dreaming of a native restoration project, this workshop will give you the practical skills to
Date: Thursday, January 29 Time: Starting at 9:30 AM Where: SAHC’s Jenkins Branch Farm Near the SAHC Community Farm in Alexander, NC Join Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy and our partners from Riverlink for a hands-on streambank restoration workshop and planting day. Get hands-on experience at this conserved 100-acre farm in the French Broad River watershed,
Join Colleen Queeney of Queeney Foods LLC (Queeney Kimchi) for a 2-hour Beginner Class on Fermentation. You'll learn all about how to ferment foods, taste different fermented foods and go home with your own personally flavored sauerkraut to ferment at home. Cost is $50 per person.