Community Fruit Rescue: Summertime Fruit Tree Care Workshop

Benevolence Orchard 6712 Jay rd, Boulder CO 6712 Jay Rd, Boulder

Join Community Fruit Rescue for an interactive lesson in timely practices including pest management, selective thinning, foliar feeding, sunscald prevention, and more that will benefit your tree and the quality of the harvest to come.

SUCCESSFUL HOME COMPOSTING, WITH MIKL BRAWNER

Harlequin's Gardens 4795 N. 26th St, Boulder, CO, United States

Learn how to turn waste into wealth by cultivating soil microorganisms. Nature does the work if you know how to lend a hand. In this class, you will learn what works in our climate, and what doesn’t. Mikl has been composting for 35 years!

Fun on the Farm: Piggies!

Agricultural Heritage Center 8348 Ute Hwy, Longmont, CO 80503

Children ages 3-6 will love to visit the farm to learn about animals, plants, and agricultural life. Piggies! program shares a great pig story and then we get to meet our pigs in person! All programs include a short story time, hands-on activities, and a take-home craft. Afterwards, explore the farm. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Louisville Bee City Pollinator Garden Tour

Memory Square Park Louisville, CO, United States

Welcome to the Louisville Bee City Pollinator Garden Tour! Join us at the beautiful Memory Square Park starting point for a fun and educational, self-guided event showcasing the beauty and importance of pollinators and learn how to create pollinator safe habitats and low-water landscapes.

Food Preservation: A Farm to Table Homestead Workshop Series 1

Elk Run Farm 12191 N Foothills Hwy, Longmont, CO, United States

Hosted at Elk Run Farm in Lyons, CO, over the span of 3 Wednesday summer evenings, you can be sure to learn about how to take raw ingredients from the garden and turn them into delicious, nutrient dense foods that can last you deep into the winter & provide nourishment throughout the year. At Elk Run Farm, the land stewards eat about 90% of their diets from our 1/3 of an acre forest garden and parking-lots-turned-grain-fields, thanks to these tried and true methods of preserving, canning and homesteading.

Community Cleanup Event, Longmont

Harvest Junction Greenway Longmont, Colorado, United States

Join SRL's Zero Waste Action Team for a fun community cleanup event! Enjoy the beautiful outdoors (and our cooler forecasted weekend weather!) while making a direct impact in our green spaces and waterways.

From Rocks to Dirt: A Soil’s Odyssey

Sandstone Ranch Visitors & Learning Center 3001 Sandstone Drive, Longmont, CO 80504, Longmont, CO, us

Join us for a fun evening led by our very own Natural Resource Technician, Joko McTeer! This evening will be about gaining more knowledge regarding the origin of rocks and soils and how to better understand them. We will have a hands-on soil testing portion towards the end of this event where you will learn multiple ways to test soil so that you can harness the power of soil in restoration and gardening projects!

Harvesting Home: “Em”powering Boulder County’s Food & Energy Future

Jack's Solar Garden 8102 N 95th St, Longmont, CO 80504

Join the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center and Slow Food, Boulder for an inspiring morning at Jack's Solar Garden where you can learn about tangible action you can take to support Boulder County's local food system, local and state policy initiatives, and the renewable energy transition.

Food Preservation: A Farm to Table Homestead Workshop Series 2

Elk Run Farm 12191 N Foothills Hwy, Longmont, CO, United States

Hosted at Elk Run Farm in Lyons, CO, over the span of 3 Wednesday summer evenings, you can be sure to learn about how to take raw ingredients from the garden and turn them into delicious, nutrient dense foods that can last you deep into the winter & provide nourishment throughout the year. At Elk Run Farm, the land stewards eat about 90% of their diets from our 1/3 of an acre forest garden and parking-lots-turned-grain-fields, thanks to these tried and true methods of preserving, canning and homesteading.