Upcoming Events
September
🍁Longer Table Luncheon
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Noon -2pm
FREE (Potluck)
Fall is arriving, and we’re kicking it off the best way we know how — by sharing food and friendship around one long community table. Join us for a FREE potluck luncheon designed to bring neighbors together, spark conversation, and celebrate the season. We’ll take care of the setup: tables, chairs, plates, and silverware. You simply bring a dish to share (homemade or purchased), enough for roughly 8–10 servings.
🍂 Fall Harvest Camp for Grown Ups
Celebrate the beauty, creativity, and cozy energy of autumn with a week of hands-on learning and seasonal fun. Each day offers a fresh adventure filled with engaging articles, videos, discussions, craft projects, and delicious fall-inspired snacks. Come for all four days or drop in whenever you can — every session stands on its own.
Monday — The Garden & Nature in Fall
Explore how the landscape transforms as the season shifts.
Activities: Painted nature rocks, stick weaving, and upcycled garden art that brings new life to old materials.
Tuesday — Saving Flowers & Seeds
Learn simple, sustainable ways to preserve the beauty of your garden.
Activities: Mini flower presses, cold seed stratification, and winter seed sowing to set next year’s blooms in motion.
Wednesday — Pollinators in Every Season
Discover how pollinators thrive year-round and how we can support them.
Activities: A field trip to the Monarch Trail followed by a relaxing autumn picnic.
Thursday — Sustainable Living
A gentle introduction to small-scale permaculture and resource conservation for everyday life.
Activities: Create a personalized permaculture design for your home and craft a nature‑based collage inspired by the season.
Harvest Camp for Grown Ups
(all new activities if you attended last year)
September 28-October 1, 9am-noon
Cost: $95 for full week or $25 for each individual day
Instructors: Shannon McGuire & Mary Jo Jiter
October
🌸 Dried Flower Framed Collages 🌸
Tuesday, October 20
10am-noon
Cost: $30
Instructors: Shannon McGuire & Mary Jo Jiter
Press, Play, & Preserve…
Ever wish you could hit "pause" on summer’s best blooms? Now you can! Join us for a creative session where we turn fleeting floral beauty into permanent masterpieces.
We’ve done the waiting for you—we will provide vibrant, pressed petals and leaves for you to craft your own unique trinket box or framed masterpiece. All you need to bring is your imagination (and maybe a friend!). Not only will you leave with your creation, but the knowledge of how to preserve your own summer blooms.
🌞 Cyanotype Dyeing: Nature’s Magical Color‑Changing Art
Tuesday, October 27
10am-noon
Cost: $30
Instructors: Shannon McGuire & Mary Jo Jiter
Harness the sun’s natural light to create stunning, one‑of‑a‑kind designs on fabric. In this workshop, we’ll arrange flowers, leaves, and garden greens to form beautiful silhouettes, then watch as sunlight transforms them into vivid blue prints. You’ll create your own custom tea towels and postcards—perfect for gifting or keeping as a little piece of summer creativity.
Cyanotype is simple, enchanting, and endlessly adaptable, making it a wonderful craft to explore with all kinds of natural treasures.