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Classes 2010
Refresh & Rejuvenate Yourself at Home, Naturally!
January 27th Wednesday 7pm $25
Get out of the house for an evening in January!
This class will teach you how to easily make natural products to
refresh & rejuvenate yourself right from everyday items in your own
kitchen! Using natural herbs, clays, essential oils, fruits and other
items, you can look beautiful and feel great, while helping combat the
dry flaky skin that usually accompanies the winter season.
More Classes being scheduled!
Classes 2009
Note: Living Wreath Class moved from June 8th to the 15th
The Basics of Organic Lawn Care
April
11th(Saturday 10am)
Wean your grass off those chemicals!
It’s easier and cheaper than you think.
A quick class will cover all you need—come with questions!
Free
Raised Garden Bed Demonstration
April 18th
(Saturday
10am)
Watch us put together a raised bed for our own vegetable garden.
We’ll be using raised bed kits that we sell, going over soil
preparation and planting techniques. Free
Italian Garden in a Pot
May 4th (Monday 1pm) (6pm class has been cancelled)
Create a planter of all the things you love—Tomatoes, Basil, Oregano,
Arugula. Just add extra
virgin olive oil and a fresh mozzarella and you’re set for lunch.
(Good gift for Mom)
$45.00
Container Planting Day!
Date: to be determined
We’ll be set up all day to help with your container gardening.
Bring a pot or buy a pot, then fill it with the flowers or herbs
of your choice. We’ll have
everything you need, including advice, and you don’t have to clean up!
Just the cost of your purchases.
Living Wreath
June 15th (Monday 1pm
& 6pm)
Make a stunning wreath filled with colorful flowering plants or herbs.
Lovely hanging on a garden fence or near your kitchen door.
Unique and fun to make.
$65.00
Butterflies in Your Garden
June 6th (Saturday 10am)
Anyone can raise a butterfly.
You just need to know what plants they like and what to do for
them in your garden.
Everyone will go home with a Painted Lady caterpillar to raise and watch
as it changes into a butterfly in your hand-made butterfly cage.
Carol Gurney has taught for many years and presented at Liberty
Science Center as well as local schools and colleges.
$15.00
Weed Walk
July 22nd, Wednesday 6pm
Delight in
the abundance of food and medicine plants that live
all around us. Learn to identify local medicinal plants and
trees and discover wise ways to use them. Join
our local herbalist and green witch,
Robin Rose Bennett for a
fascinating evening walking our grounds and learning the value of our
local weeds. This class always is fun and satisfying! $25.00
Dinner with Andre de Waal
August
24th (Monday 6pm) —Emphasizing
locally grown, organic ingredients,
Andre’s( of Andre’s Restaurant, Newton), beautiful three course
dinner will be a treat for gardeners & gourmets alike.
This is always a favorite.
$65*
Mushroom Picking
End of September—Come
pick wild mushrooms with Allison Hosford at 2 Pond Farm in West Milford
. Sign up if & we’ll call
you with about a week’s notice when the mushrooms are ready—usually
around the last Sat. of the month.
Recipes included!
$20
Playing with Beads—November
16th (Monday 6pm)
Pamela deWaal of Mountain Soul Jewelry returns to help you create a
beautiful coil bracelet. A
great gift for someone for the holiday, or to wear to your next
Christmas party yourself!
$30*
Making a Holiday Wreath
November 23rd
(Monday
6pm) & November 21st (Saturday 10am)
Create a gorgeous
wreath made from balsam,
boxwood,
arborvitae & other mixed evergreens.
Bring pruners if you have them.
$25*
More classes will be added during the year.
Please sign up to be on our e-mail list or check our web site for
updates. Notices will also
be posted in the garden shop, and you can go Ray Edels' (The Record
Newspaper) Gardening Blog at:
http://njmg.typepad.com/compostings
Class sizes are limited, so call as early as possible to sign up.
973-838-0174
* classes require a 50% deposit.
Each session usually lasts about an hour and a half.
Get a 10% discount on any purchases the night of the class.
The Recipe for Valentine's Day Bird Seed Wreaths...from a winter 2009
class
Happy Valentines Day to the Birds!
To make heart shaped ‘wreaths’ for our winged friends use this recipe.
1/2 cup
water
1
envelope
gelatin
3/4 cups
flour
3
tablespoons of
corn syrup
3
1/2 cups
bird seed
Boil water and put into
large bowl. Sprinkle gelatin
in and let sit for 1 minute.
Stir to dissolve. Add flour
and corn syrup and blend.
Add bird seed and thoroughly mix together.
Mold with your hands into a heart shape onto wax paper and push a
hole into the upper middle for hanging.
If it gets too sticky, wet hands with cold water.
Let sit for a few hours then turn over to dry other side.
You can press cranberries or raisins into the soft mixture for
decoration.
Hang with a pretty red ribbon!
One of the 2008 Wreath Classes
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Mushroom Picking on Allison's farm, 2008
Photo of Allison Hosford on her organic farm last
summer showing off her broccoli.
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