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Learn how to grow your own edible and medicinal mushrooms in straw!
Participants take home their own mushroom growing bag.
$ 30
Friday,
May 28
9am - 4pm
Newforest Institute
Brooks ME
Voluntour Day
with Bill Errickson & Lauren Buyofsky
Join us for instructional, hands-on permaculture garden projects in the
morning, followed by lunch and a tour of the farm in the afternoon.
Tour starts at 1:30pm. Come for the morning, afternoon tour, or both!
FREE
Saturday & Sunday
June 5 & 6
9am - 4pm
Newforest Institute
Brooks ME
Permaculture Principles
with Bill Errickson & Lauren Buyofsky
An introduction to permaculture focused on backyard and small farm scale design. A combination of lecture and hands-on
exercises to get you started on your permaculture gardening adventure.
Join us for instructional, hands-on permaculture garden projects in the
morning, followed by lunch and a tour of the farm in the afternoon.
Tour starts at 1:30pm. Come for the morning, afternoon tour, or both!
FREE
Tuesday,
June 15
6:00 pm
Newforest Institute
Brooks ME
Medicinal Plant Walk
with Lauren Buyofsky
Explore the gardens, fields, and forest while learning to identify and use a
variety of common medicinal herbs, shrubs, & trees throughout the season.
$ 5
Saturday,
June 19
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Newforest Institute
Brooks ME
The Food Forest
Workshop
with Bill Errickson & Lauren Buyofsky
Garden like the forest.
Patterns in nature guide this hands-on course on growing and caring for a diverse and productive perennial
forest garden. Lunch Included!
Become fully versed in the core ethics and principles of permaculture and learn how incorporating them into your life and your community will create abundance and resilience in these times of energy, environmental and economic uncertainty.
Come Visit Newforest, tour our gardens, sample some of our seasonal produce, join us in garden projects, and we'll cook you lunch! Come for all of the above, or just stop by. Tour is at 1:30 p.m., garden projects at 9 a.m.
FREE
Tuesday,
July 27
6:00 pm
Newforest Institute
Brooks ME
Medicinal Plant Walk
with Lauren Buyofsky
Explore the gardens, fields, and forest while learning to identify and use a
variety of common medicinal herbs, shrubs, & trees throughout the season.
$ 5
Tuesday,
August 17
6:00 pm
Newforest Institute
Brooks ME
Medicinal Plant Walk
with Lauren Buyofsky
Explore the gardens, fields, and forest while learning to identify and use a
variety of common medicinal herbs, shrubs, & trees throughout the season.
$ 5
Friday,
August 27
9am - 4pm
Newforest Institute
Brooks ME
OPEN HOUSE
Come Visit Newforest, tour our gardens, sample some of our seasonal produce, join us in garden projects, and we'll cook you lunch! Come for all of the above, or just stop by. Tour is at 1:30 p.m., garden projects at 9 a.m.
FREE
Friday,
August 27th
7 pm - 8:30 pm
Newforest Institute
Brooks ME
Medicinal Herbs in the Permaculture Landscape
with Lauren Buyofsky
Join herbalist and permaculture designer Lauren Buyofsky for an evening discussion focused on the ability of plants to heal people and the planet.
FREE
Saturday,
August 28th
9am - 4pm
Newforest Institute
Brooks ME
Herbs for Family Health: Saturday Intensive
with Lauren Buyofsky
Learn how to identify, harvest, and use common, medicinal herbs for immune system, digestive health, first aid, and more. Includes instruction and hands-on time with herbs in the garden, forest, classroom, and kitchen. Take home your own herbal creations!
Sliding Scale:
$20 - $50
Sunday,
August 29th
9 am
Newforest Institute
Brooks ME
Foraging and Preparing Wild Edibles
with Jim Merkel
Join us for breakfast and a morning walk. Learn to identify and process a dozen or more common plants that grow in forests and medows, along creeks, and in our yards and gardens.