Camps and Multi-week Programs
Mini 2Day Spring Bee Camp
Monday and Tuesday, April 2 and 3, 9-12pm
$60 Garden Members, $70 Non Members
Join Marie-Lies and our Beekeeper Cassandra Lawson during Spring
Break for an inside peek into the world of beekeeping. This mini Bee
camp is a great way to introduce bee keeping to your child and see if
they would like to take our more extensive summer bee camp. Day 1,
students will learn about honey bees and the hive and on day 2 they will
get to harvest and taste honey! Please bring a Snack. Perfect for ages
7-12. 5 person Minimum and Advanced registration is required
Husbandry and Beekeeping
Beyond Homesteading: Intro to Family Husbandry at Darby Farms
Sunday, March 24 , 1:30-4:30pm
$30 for Garden members, $35 for non-members
Click Here to RegisterLocation: Darby Farms 2795 Nunnally Shoals Rd Good Hope, GA 30641 Bring
the family or come solo and Join Daniel at Darby Farms and learn about
how Daniel manages his successful poultry business. You will learn about
how he raises a variety of chickens and turkeys for eggs and meat.
Daniel will share how he found his farming dream, his future goals, and
what the daily chores and farm calendar looks like. Participants will
enjoy the down home feel by helping with feeding chores, see how farming
can be attainable, and view symbiotic relationships between chickens,
pigs, dogs, and cats. Daniel is a regular at the Decatur Farmers Markets
and participants may purchase eggs. Children ages 7-10 are welcome. . 5
person minimum. Advanced registration required.
Chickens are Easy! Intro to Keeping Chickens
Saturday, April 28, 10-12pm
$15 members, $20 non members
Join The Celtic Gardener, Anne-Marie Anderson, for our popular
chicken crash course. This class will cover the basics of coop design,
relevant ordinances, breed selection, care and feeding and outside
resources. Anne-Marie is a local keeper of an “urban flock," and learned
about chickens through our courses and events. She is also a member of
OCG's Bee Team, and enjoys spreading the word about sustainable
gardening and urban farming. The last 30 min of the class is Q &A .
Reserve your spot today! 5 person minimum. Advanced registration
required.
Raising Chickens for Meat: How to Process Chickens
Sunday, April 29, 8:30am -10:30am
$20 for Garden members, $25 for non-members
Location: Darby Farms 2795 Nunnally Shoals Rd Good Hope, GA 30641
Join Daniel at Darby Farms and learn about how Daniel manages his
successful poultry business and learn the hands on process. This class
is for adults only. Participants will learn how to humanely process
chickens and see why this method is superior. Chicken for sale after
wards. Participants may Camp out the night before for a small donation.
Please contact andrea.zoppo@yahoo.com 4 days in advance if you want to camp. 5 person minimum. Advanced registration required.
Soil Testing and Prepping for your Summer Garden (register by Friday 10am)
Saturday, March 24, 1-3pm
$15 Garden members, $20 non-members
Click Here to REGISTER
Join our Head Gardener, Daniel Ballard , and dig into your soil now to
get it ready for a luscious summer yield. This class will cover soil
testing, amendments, and preparations to create an atmosphere that will
foster happy healthy plants. You will learn about the nitrogen,
potassium, phosphorous and PH level requirements in these informative
hands on class. 5 person minimum. Advanced registration required.
Edible Landscaping (register by Friday 10am)
Saturday, March 24, 1-2:30pm
$15 Garden Member, $20 Non Member
Click Here to REGISTER Join Lindsey Mann, of www.sustenancedesign.net,
Sugar Creek Garden Manager and learn innovative solutions for a
productive home gardener. Turn your land into abundance by planting
perennial fruits and herbs. See how uncommon fruits, like paw paws and
pineapple, can work in your landscape. Lindsey will also share info
about edible flowers, medicinal and native plants. This class is held at
the Oakhurst Garden. 5min. Advanced registration required.
Principles of Permaculture; Work Where is Counts
Saturday, March 31, 1-4pm
$35 Garden Member, $40 Non Member
Click Here to REGISTER
Join Garden Designer Brandy Hall and explore the ethics, attitudes, and
principles of a growing movement called Permaculture in this intensive
3hr intro/hands on class. Permaculture is an approach to designing our
settlements and agricultural systems that is modeled on the
relationships found in nature. This class will include hands on
demonstrations with all materials included and is held at our sister
site, Sugar Creek Garden in the Oakhurst Neighborhood of Decatur. Sugar
Creek Garden is located in the floodplain behind Oakhurst Presbyterian
Church at East Lake Drive and Second Avenue (across the street from the
dog park). Brandy Hall passionately engages communities through
education, design, and installation of food forests and perennial farms
and gardens through her small ecological design firm, Shades of Green at
www.shadesofgreeninc.org. 5min. Advanced registration required.
Good Bug, Bad Bug: Attract the Right Ones for your Garden
Saturday, March 31, 2-4 p.m.
Garden Member $15, Non Member $20
Click Here to REGISTER Join Master Gardener Mary Hines and get an answer to that most common of gardening questions : "What is that bug!?"
Learn about the most common insects and spiders in our region and
whether they are beneficial or harmful to vegetable, flower, and
ornamental gardens. Participants will learn how to identify bugs, how to
control pest populations (with an emphasis on organic methods), and how
to encourage beneficial insects. 5 person minimum. Advanced
registration required
Planting a Spring Garden
Sunday, April 1, 2-4pm
$15 Garden members, $20 non-members
You have read some books, maybe attended a few classes, but may not
feel comfortable with the actual process of putting plants and seeds in
the ground. Lyn and Bob Bernstein are ready to guide you as you sow
seeds for peas, spinach, lettuce, beets, carrots as well as plant
broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and other transplants into the ground. The
planting will follow the smart space method developed by Mel Bartholomew
in his book All New Square Foot Gardening. 5 person minimum. Advanced
registration required.
Garden Design 101
Thursday, April 12, 7-9pm
$20 Garden Member, $25 Non Members
Join professional Garden Designer Brandy Hall and discover ways to
meet your goals in the garden by learning the keys of the Design
Process, Site Analysis, and Patterning. With these tools, you will work
smarter, not harder! Brandy Hall passionately engages communities
through education, design, and installation of food forests and
perennial farms and gardens through her small ecological design firm,
Shades of Green at www.shadesofgreeninc.org. 5 person minimum. Advanced registration required.
Make the Best Compost: The Basics of Vermiculture
Saturday, April 21, 1-2:30pm
$10 Garden member, $15 Non-member
Join Michael McLane and learn a centuries-old organic technology
for enriching the soil in your gardens and containers with Red Wigglers.
Class participants will learn an easy, low maintenance way to
significantly reduce kitchen waste, reduce your carbon footprint, and
create a fantastic soil amendment. Vermiculture is experiencing a surge
of interest as gardeners, farmers and municipalities employ this
technology to reduce food waste and improve soils organically. 5 person
minimum. Advanced registration required.
Gardening For Food and Nutrition
Tuesday, April 24, 7-9pm
$10 Garden members, $15 non-members
Learn how save money on your food bills with gardening! Join
Glynis Ward as she teaches you about the seasons of food and how to
construct tasty meal plans around your garden. You will learn about
plants that give the highest yield/nutrition and methods to keep costs
down. Eat the freshest and most nutritious meals from your backyard. 5
person minimum. Advanced registration required.
Build Your Own Worm Bin
Saturday, April 28, 10-12pm
$20 Garden Member, $25 Non Member
Join Michael McLane in building and maintaining your own worm bin.
Class participants will be provided the materials, tools and
instructions needed to build their own low-cost bin. Instructions on
care and maintenance will also be provided. Reduce your kitchen waste,
carbon footprint and create a fantastic soil amendment. 5 person
minimum. Advanced registration required.
Cook Great Food -no Wheat or Dairy: Easy to Digest Recipes
(Register by Fri. 10am)
Sunday, March 25, 2-4pm
$30 members, $35 non members
Click here to RegisterLearn
to adjust your favorite recipes into easy to process delicious food
that all your friends and family can enjoy. More and more people are
learning they are sensitive or even allergic to foods we tend to use
daily. This class will reveal the healthy alternatives! Make sauces
without flour, cake & cookies without eggs, dairy or wheat! Adjust
some recipes and learn when to just start all over with a new recipe.
Taught by Charli Vogt, RN, MN, MPH, & herbalist has a private
practice in Decatur to help people be healthy in mind body and spirit. www.BeyondTheMeasuringCup.com. 5 person Minimum and Advanced registration is required
Let's Make Fermented Foods (Sauerkraut, chutney, kefir, kim chi)
Saturday, April 28, 2-4pm
$30 for Garden members, $35 for non-members
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Every culture has foods that are fermented or "pickled". Learn the
process. Fermented food helps your body stay healthy and assists in
digesting other food. Come prepared to cut up your own cabbage to make
sauerkraut in this hands on participatory class. Bring your own quart
jars in which to take your ferments home. We will make at least 2
recipes. This class is taught by one our "regulars", Charli Vogt, RN who
loves doing anything that involves the kitchen. www.BeyondTheMeasuringCup.com . Books, 2 qt. jars and pounding sticks will be available for sale. 5 person Minimum and Advanced registration is required
Recycled Glass Garden Tiles
Tuesday, April 17, 7-9pm
$20 Garden Member, $25 Non Member
Join Molly Krava of rockwaterglass.com
and she will show you how to make a lasting fused recycled glass garden
tile using fusible glass paints on tiles made from fused bottles to
create colorful creative designs for your garden. We will sketch first
to generate ideas. The paint does not have to go in the kiln, so you can
take your piece home with you after class. I will provide paint,
stencils and glass embellishments to attach to the tiles if you wish.
This class is suitable for ages 6+ with adult. Class is great for solo
adults as well as couples! 5 person Minimum and Advanced registration is
required
Fused Jewelry Making (2 part class)
Thursday , May 3 and May 10, 7- 9pm
$35 member $40 non-member
Join Molly Krava of rockwaterglass.com
and learn how to create your own fused glass pendants. This class is in
two parts. The first class, we will design 5 glass pendants using
various glass mediums including dichroic glass, frits, stringers, tiny
glass flowers, and glass decals. In the second class, I will show you
how to wrap the fired pieces in wire to hang them on a chain, or attach a
bail if you prefer or make magnets.. Each student can make 5 medium-
large sized pieces into pendants. If you wish to make a few more,
material will be provided in class for an additional fee. Make your own
Mother’s Day gifts! Feel free to bring wine and snacks. 5 person Minimum
and Advanced registration is required
Fall Family & Children Art, Science &Nature Classes
Make Faeries and Share your Wishes
Tuesday, March 27, 4:30-5:30pm
$10 Garden Member, $15 Non Member
Click here to RegisterJoin
8 yr old Garden Faerie Expert Eleanor, aka Amber Dew, and learn how to
make your own faeries from items found in any home. Participants will
create elves and faeries to take home and to decorate the garden. We
will also create notes, messages, wishes, and greetings to leave for the
faeries. You may find a treasure or 2 as a thank you from our hidden
garden wee ones. This is a drop off class with a 5 person Minimum and
Advanced registration is required. Ages 5-10.
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US FOR EARTH DAY FESTIVAL APRIL 22! Live music from Big time YOUTH
Bands, a plethora of children activities, Cake contest and more! Parade begins at 12:30 in Harmony Park!
Walk through the Stream!
Saturday, May 5, 10-11am
$5 for Garden members, $10 for non-members
The Garden is lucky to offer many ecosystems to explore including
the living Shoal Creek that flows behind it. With nets, gloves, and
boots provided, your 6+ adventurer will enjoy a fun hour looking for
dragonflies, fish, crawdads and more. Join Don and Cris Lake, members
of the Shoal Creek Watershed Alliance, and they will share and enhance
your child’s environmental education. Parents many drop off or stay.
Limited boots and gloves are available so you may want to bring your
own. Long sleeve shirts and pants and bug spray are highly recommended.
5 minimum and pre-registration is required.
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