Family Programs

Rain barrels are expensive and often times made of plastic. UV light degrades plastic and causes them to break down. Ferro-cement is a simple construction method that is durable and strong. People have made all sort of things out of it, even sailboats! It is a great material to build rain water catchment systems. Come join us while we build a rain catchment system for our garden. We’ll go over design, building a foundation, building the tank, sealing it and connecting it to your gutters.

Where: Lanham MD
When: August 15th (11-4) and 16th (10-3)
Cost: $55-$125 (sliding scale, pay what you can afford!)
Ages: 8 and up! (Children under 15 must be accompanied by a parent.)

*We will be running a micro class on getting your garden ready for winter immediately before this on Saturday. Please sign up for that class if you are interested!

Composting in the summer time is easy, grass clippings, foodscraps, there is plenty to keep the compost pile hot, killing weed seeds and quickly breaking down waste into high quality compost. Once the leaves fall and the temperature drops, it is a different story. A compost pile that was chugging along all winter slows down to a crawl and can stop completely.

Come join us and learn how to build and feed a compost pile that will get hot and stay hot all the way through the winter.

Where: Lanham MD
When: November 7th, 10am-1pm
Cost: $10-$20 (sliding scale pay what you are comfortable)
Ages: 8+ (Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult)