2024 Workshop Line-Up
We will be working over the next few months to pull together our 2024 workshop line-up. If you are interested in conducting a workshop and would like to utilize our farm as your host site, please contact us via email. There are many talented people with lots to share. We look forward to hearing from you.
Workshops Registration by email to info@earthhaven.ca
Reserve Your Spot! Pay in Advance
Workshop Series Goals:
- Bring people together and build resilient community
- Share practical and creative skills to live ecologically and cohesively with the earth
- Highlight local talent while bringing people to the farm
- Have attendees feeling empowered to take more action in their lives
Most workshops will have a suggested donation amount. Community supporting Community. People with financial stability are encouraged to increase their donation to help to pay for others who cannot.
Cooking Class - Soups and Stocks - July 7th, 2024
Date: July 7, 2024
Time: 11am to 3pm
Price: $90/ person (includes cost of materials).
Registration and Payment: Please make payment upon registration to info@earthhaven.ca If you wish to pay cash or send a cheque instead, please let us know so we can arrange this. Please note however that to guarantee your spot we need to receive payment in advance of the workshop. Provided there is enough room/ workshop materials, we will be accepting those who sign up/show up the day of the workshop.
Location: 1619 Vanderwater Rd, Thomasburg, ON K0K 3H0
Facilitators: Ashlea Fox
Ashlea Fox is a traditional skills enthusiast and home-maker. Currently Ashlea is a registered Holistic Nutritionist and believes we should all be mindful of the foods we put in our bodies. Two of the best ways to do this is to know where your food comes from and to cook and/or prepare it yourself. For the last ten years Ashlea has learned how to bake bread, can foods, make cheeses, roll pasta, prepare ferments and brew kombucha.
Summary:
Learning how to make soups and stocks in July will allow you to take full advantage of the bounty of summer vegetables that come to our table in August. Soups and stocks can be prepared all summer long and stored in the freezer or on the shelf for winter meals.
In this class students will learn to make a variety of stocks such as meat stock, vegetable stock and bone broth. We will talk about the health benefits of homemade stocks, storage and daily use. In this class we will also make chicken soup and tomato vegetable soup using the stocks we prepared. Each student will take home recipes as well as samples of the stocks and soups we make.
Logistics: We ask that participants please bring multiple containers or jars to bring home your stocks and soups.
Living Monographs Series Raspberry - July 14th, 2024
Date: July 14th, 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm with an optional Potluck Lunch.
Price: Sliding scale $60 to $90 per person. Additional donations welcome.
Registration and Payment: Please make payment upon registration to info@earthhaven.ca If you wish to pay cash or send a cheque instead, please let us know so we can arrange this. Please note however that to guarantee your spot we need to receive payment in advance of the workshop. Provided there is enough room/ workshop materials, we will be accepting those who sign up/show up the day of the workshop.
Location: 1619 Vanderwater Rd, Thomasburg, ON K0K 3H0
Facilitators: Bair Richards Koeslag
Blair is a certified permaculture teacher, Chartered herbalist, tree farmer at Goldenbough tree farm (Goldenbough Tree Farm.ca) and wild food enthusiast.
Summary: We live in a world of Medicine. The goal of these herbal offerings is to get acquainted with the plant world around us. In this workshop, we will spend time in the company of raspberry to observe the ways that it grows, and to look at what the plant tells us with its form. Aric will lead a ceremony, as making an offering to a plant ally is an age-old tradition that is understood by the fauna of this land. This will help us to create deeper connections with the land and the medicine that we make together. We will gather herbal medicine and create a herbal remedy that can become a part of your home apothecary. The second part of the day will be an in-depth discussion into the herbal constituents and actions of raspberry. You will receive a monograph that you can use as a future resource and that, if you choose to join us for more sessions later on this year, will grow into a herbal reference. The idea behind these sessions is to use herbs as a way of teaching about connection to the land, deepening relationships with plants, and growing in knowledge that can empower us to care for our own bodies. Hope to see you then.
Logistics: We ask that participants please dress for the weather, as we will be outside part of the time, and bring some food either just for yourself or to share in a potluck lunch.
Cooking Class - Ravioli Class - August 11th, 2024
Date: August 11th, 2024
Time: 11am to 2pm
Price: $100/ person (includes cost of materials).
Registration and Payment: Please make payment upon registration to info@earthhaven.ca If you wish to pay cash or send a cheque instead, please let us know so we can arrange this. Please note however that to guarantee your spot we need to receive payment in advance of the workshop. Provided there is enough room/ workshop materials, we will be accepting those who sign up/show up the day of the workshop.
Location: 1619 Vanderwater Rd, Thomasburg, ON K0K 3H0
Facilitators: Ashlea Fox
Ashlea Fox is a traditional skills enthusiast and home-maker. Currently Ashlea is a registered Holistic Nutritionist and believes we should all be mindful of the foods we put in our bodies. Two of the best ways to do this is to know where your food comes from and to cook and/or prepare it yourself. For the last ten years Ashlea has learned how to bake bread, can foods, make cheeses, roll pasta, prepare ferments and brew kombucha.
Summary:
In this class students will learn to make ravioli with two different fillings, ricotta and spinach and pumpkin. Students will learn to make an egg based pasta dough. We will then use a pasta machine to make flat sheets of pasta which we will then fill and shape.
Each student will take home the noodle and filling recipes as well as the ravioli that they make. If time allows we may be able to have a small sampling of ravioli.
Logistics: We ask that participants please bring a container to bring home your ravioli.
Living Monographs Series Goldenrod and New England Asters - September 1st, 2024
Date: September 1, 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm with an optional Potluck Lunch.
Price: Sliding scale $60 to $90 per person. Additional donations welcome.
Registration and Payment: Please make payment upon registration to info@earthhaven.ca If you wish to pay cash or send a cheque instead, please let us know so we can arrange this. Please note however that to guarantee your spot we need to receive payment in advance of the workshop. Provided there is enough room/ workshop materials, we will be accepting those who sign up/show up the day of the workshop.
Location: 1619 Vanderwater Rd, Thomasburg, ON K0K 3H0
Facilitators: Bair Richards Koeslag
Blair is a certified permaculture teacher, Chartered herbalist, tree farmer at Goldenbough tree farm (Goldenbough Tree Farm.ca) and wild food enthusiast.
Summary: We live in a world of Medicine. The goal of these herbal offerings is to get acquainted with the plant world around us. In this workshop, we will spend time in the company of Goldenrod and New England Asters to observe the ways that they grow, and to look at what the plants tell us with their form. Aric will lead a ceremony, as making an offering to a plant ally is an age-old tradition that is understood by the fauna of this land. This will help us to create deeper connections with the land and the medicine that we make together. We will gather herbal medicine and create a herbal remedy that can become a part of your home apothecary. The second part of the day will be an in-depth discussion into the herbal constituents and actions of goldenrod and new england asters. You will receive a monograph that you can use as a future resource and that, if you choose to join us for more sessions later on this year, will grow into a herbal reference. The idea behind these sessions is to use herbs as a way of teaching about connection to the land, deepening relationships with plants, and growing in knowledge that can empower us to care for our own bodies. Hope to see you then.
Logistics: We ask that participants please dress for the weather, as we will be outside part of the time, and bring some food either just for yourself or to share in a potluck lunch.
Living Monographs Series Burdock - October 6th, 2024
Date: October 6, 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm with an optional Potluck Lunch.
Price: Sliding scale $60 to $90 per person. Additional donations welcome.
Registration and Payment: Please make payment upon registration to info@earthhaven.ca If you wish to pay cash or send a cheque instead, please let us know so we can arrange this. Please note however that to guarantee your spot we need to receive payment in advance of the workshop. Provided there is enough room/ workshop materials, we will be accepting those who sign up/show up the day of the workshop.
Location: 1619 Vanderwater Rd, Thomasburg, ON K0K 3H0
Facilitators: Bair Richards Koeslag
Blair is a certified permaculture teacher, Chartered herbalist, tree farmer at Goldenbough tree farm (Goldenbough Tree Farm.ca) and wild food enthusiast.
Summary: We live in a world of Medicine. The goal of these herbal offerings is to get acquainted with the plant world around us. In this workshop, we will spend time in the company of burdock to observe the ways that it grows, and to look at what the plant tells us with its form. Aric will lead a ceremony, as making an offering to a plant ally is an age-old tradition that is understood by the fauna of this land. This will help us to create deeper connections with the land and the medicine that we make together. We will gather herbal medicine and create a herbal remedy that can become a part of your home apothecary. The second part of the day will be an in-depth discussion into the herbal constituents and actions of burdock. You will receive a monograph that you can use as a future resource and that, if you choose to join us for more sessions later on this year, will grow into a herbal reference. The idea behind these sessions is to use herbs as a way of teaching about connection to the land, deepening relationships with plants, and growing in knowledge that can empower us to care for our own bodies. Hope to see you then.
Logistics: We ask that participants please dress for the weather, as we will be outside part of the time, and bring some food either just for yourself or to share in a potluck lunch.
To register please fill out the form below and send payment to info@earthhaven.ca If you wish to pay cash or send a cheque instead, please let us know so we can arrange this. But PLEASE NOTE: to guarantee your spot we need to receive payment in advance of the workshop. Provided there is enough room/ workshop materials, we will be accepting those who sign up/show up the day of the workshop.
Please specify which workshop you would like to attend:
July 7th 11am to 3pm - Cooking Class - Soups and Stocks - $90/ person (including cost of materials).
July 14th 10am to 3pm - Living Monographs Series: Raspberry - Sliding scale $60 to $90 per person.
August 11th 11am to 2pm - Cooking Class - Ravioli Class - $100/ person (including cost of materials).
September 1st 10am to 3pm - Living Monographs Series: Goldenrod and New England Asters - Sliding scale $60 to $90 per person.
October 6th 10am to 3pm - Living Monographs Series: Burdock - Sliding scale $60 to $90 per person.
