Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.

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Monday, November 30, 2020
Fall Open Horticultural Therapy Series
Nov 30 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Bullington Gardens

These sessions are now full.  If you are interested in participating, we may begin a 2nd group.  Please email us at [email protected].

Bullington Gardens is offering a series of 3 horticultural therapy sessions this fall beginning Nov. 17 that is available to the public. These sessions are intended to be calming and stress reducing as we interact with nature through contemplation, exploration and active participation. A short walk will be part of each session. The sessions will be limited to 6 people and will be conducted with face masks and social distancing. Nov. 17, 24 & Dec. 1, 2:00-3:30. $75 Led by John Murphy and Mary Martin.

November 17-Session 1: Seeds of Change. Collecting, observing and planting seeds. Making a journal.

Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Fall Open Horticultural Therapy Series
Dec 1 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Bullington Gardens

These sessions are now full.  If you are interested in participating, we may begin a 2nd group.  Please email us at [email protected].

Bullington Gardens is offering a series of 3 horticultural therapy sessions this fall beginning Nov. 17 that is available to the public. These sessions are intended to be calming and stress reducing as we interact with nature through contemplation, exploration and active participation. A short walk will be part of each session. The sessions will be limited to 6 people and will be conducted with face masks and social distancing. Nov. 17, 24 & Dec. 1, 2:00-3:30. $75 Led by John Murphy and Mary Martin.

November 17-Session 1: Seeds of Change. Collecting, observing and planting seeds. Making a journal.

Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Stay Home and Write(rs) Group
Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Firestorm Books & Coffee

No photo description available.

A weekly space for writing in community while practicing social distancing. Join online every Wednesday night in April to increase accountability as it relates to your writing practice, whatever that may be.

We’ll come together once a week to connect and engage in the active writing process. Each session will start by sharing intentions, followed by an agreed upon period of time for silent writing, and wrap with reflections about process and plan for the following week. Casual and seasoned writers alike welcome!

If you are interested in registering, send an email to [email protected] with the subject line “Writers Group.” We will send you a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Thursday, December 3, 2020
2020 Harvest Conference Recordings Available
Dec 3 all-day
Online
Harvest
                                                          Conference
                                                          Recordings
We’re thrilled to announce that the six incredible workshops from our 7th Annual Harvest Conference are now available for purchase!
Cherokee
                                                          Foods
                                                          Speakers
Cherokee Foods: Gathering & Wildcrafting
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Cherokee Foods: Cultivating Traditional Food
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Farm Business: The NC Hemp Industry
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Farm Business: Brand Your Small Farm for Fundraising Success
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Herbal Tonics: Spring & Summer Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Herbal Tonics: Fall & Winter Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Friday, December 4, 2020
2020 Harvest Conference Recordings Available
Dec 4 all-day
Online
Harvest
                                                          Conference
                                                          Recordings
We’re thrilled to announce that the six incredible workshops from our 7th Annual Harvest Conference are now available for purchase!
Cherokee
                                                          Foods
                                                          Speakers
Cherokee Foods: Gathering & Wildcrafting
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Cherokee Foods: Cultivating Traditional Food
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Farm Business: The NC Hemp Industry
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Farm Business: Brand Your Small Farm for Fundraising Success
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Herbal Tonics: Spring & Summer Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Herbal Tonics: Fall & Winter Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Saturday, December 5, 2020
2020 Harvest Conference Recordings Available
Dec 5 all-day
Online
Harvest
                                                          Conference
                                                          Recordings
We’re thrilled to announce that the six incredible workshops from our 7th Annual Harvest Conference are now available for purchase!
Cherokee
                                                          Foods
                                                          Speakers
Cherokee Foods: Gathering & Wildcrafting
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Cherokee Foods: Cultivating Traditional Food
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Farm Business: The NC Hemp Industry
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Farm Business: Brand Your Small Farm for Fundraising Success
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Herbal Tonics: Spring & Summer Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Herbal Tonics: Fall & Winter Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Stay Home and Write(rs) Group
Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Firestorm Books & Coffee

No photo description available.

A weekly space for writing in community while practicing social distancing. Join online every Wednesday night in April to increase accountability as it relates to your writing practice, whatever that may be.

We’ll come together once a week to connect and engage in the active writing process. Each session will start by sharing intentions, followed by an agreed upon period of time for silent writing, and wrap with reflections about process and plan for the following week. Casual and seasoned writers alike welcome!

If you are interested in registering, send an email to [email protected] with the subject line “Writers Group.” We will send you a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Thursday, December 10, 2020
2020 Harvest Conference Recordings Available
Dec 10 all-day
Online
Harvest
                                                          Conference
                                                          Recordings
We’re thrilled to announce that the six incredible workshops from our 7th Annual Harvest Conference are now available for purchase!
Cherokee
                                                          Foods
                                                          Speakers
Cherokee Foods: Gathering & Wildcrafting
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Cherokee Foods: Cultivating Traditional Food
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Farm Business: The NC Hemp Industry
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Farm Business: Brand Your Small Farm for Fundraising Success
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Herbal Tonics: Spring & Summer Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Herbal Tonics: Fall & Winter Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Friday, December 11, 2020
2020 Harvest Conference Recordings Available
Dec 11 all-day
Online
Harvest
                                                          Conference
                                                          Recordings
We’re thrilled to announce that the six incredible workshops from our 7th Annual Harvest Conference are now available for purchase!
Cherokee
                                                          Foods
                                                          Speakers
Cherokee Foods: Gathering & Wildcrafting
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Cherokee Foods: Cultivating Traditional Food
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Farm Business: The NC Hemp Industry
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Farm Business: Brand Your Small Farm for Fundraising Success
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Herbal Tonics: Spring & Summer Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Herbal Tonics: Fall & Winter Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Now Accepting Applications For Mentors + Mentees Organic Growers School
Dec 11 all-day
Online w/Organic Growers School
The purpose of the Mentor Services program is to support beginning and intermediate farmers by partnering them with experienced regional farmers who can provide them with one-on-one practical planning skills in the areas of:
  • farm design and production
  • marketing and business development
  • systems management
  • connecting them to the regional farming community
By serving as Mentors, regional farmers will be able to pass on the skills and knowledge that they possess to other farmers and help to build collaboration and community among the farming community.

Apply to be Mentored

We are looking for farmers who have been farming at least 1 year and/or have worked as a farm manager.
Each applicant will be evaluated on an individual basis. Farming partners who apply jointly will receive one mentor.

Apply to be a Mentor

We are seeking experienced farmer mentors. We are specifically seeking experienced African American, Indigenous and Farmers of Color and any who may speak Spanish to serve our diverse beginning farmer population. We offer a $500 honorarium for your service as a mentor.
Farm Beginnings mentors offer participants 15 hours of mentorship from February to September, with a mix of in person and remote support.
Mentor Services is for new and beginning farmers. Mentors offer participants up to 30 hours of mentoring for a full year.
UNC Asheville Courses for Community Residents Great Smokies Writing Program
Dec 11 all-day
Online

The GSWP, now celebrating its 20th year of workshops with some of Western North Carolina’s finest authors, is offering five-week, 10-week and 15-week courses including poetry, prose, feature-writing, editing and revision. These Spring 2021 Semester courses have start dates ranging from late January to mid March. Registration is now open, with course descriptions, instructor bios, cost information and more, available at greatsmokies.unca.edu.

Elizabeth Lutyens teaches a group of students.

Saturday, December 12, 2020
2020 Harvest Conference Recordings Available
Dec 12 all-day
Online
Harvest
                                                          Conference
                                                          Recordings
We’re thrilled to announce that the six incredible workshops from our 7th Annual Harvest Conference are now available for purchase!
Cherokee
                                                          Foods
                                                          Speakers
Cherokee Foods: Gathering & Wildcrafting
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Cherokee Foods: Cultivating Traditional Food
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Farm Business: The NC Hemp Industry
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Farm Business: Brand Your Small Farm for Fundraising Success
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Herbal Tonics: Spring & Summer Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Herbal Tonics: Fall & Winter Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Now Accepting Applications For Mentors + Mentees Organic Growers School
Dec 12 all-day
Online w/Organic Growers School
The purpose of the Mentor Services program is to support beginning and intermediate farmers by partnering them with experienced regional farmers who can provide them with one-on-one practical planning skills in the areas of:
  • farm design and production
  • marketing and business development
  • systems management
  • connecting them to the regional farming community
By serving as Mentors, regional farmers will be able to pass on the skills and knowledge that they possess to other farmers and help to build collaboration and community among the farming community.

Apply to be Mentored

We are looking for farmers who have been farming at least 1 year and/or have worked as a farm manager.
Each applicant will be evaluated on an individual basis. Farming partners who apply jointly will receive one mentor.

Apply to be a Mentor

We are seeking experienced farmer mentors. We are specifically seeking experienced African American, Indigenous and Farmers of Color and any who may speak Spanish to serve our diverse beginning farmer population. We offer a $500 honorarium for your service as a mentor.
Farm Beginnings mentors offer participants 15 hours of mentorship from February to September, with a mix of in person and remote support.
Mentor Services is for new and beginning farmers. Mentors offer participants up to 30 hours of mentoring for a full year.
UNC Asheville Courses for Community Residents Great Smokies Writing Program
Dec 12 all-day
Online

The GSWP, now celebrating its 20th year of workshops with some of Western North Carolina’s finest authors, is offering five-week, 10-week and 15-week courses including poetry, prose, feature-writing, editing and revision. These Spring 2021 Semester courses have start dates ranging from late January to mid March. Registration is now open, with course descriptions, instructor bios, cost information and more, available at greatsmokies.unca.edu.

Elizabeth Lutyens teaches a group of students.

Sunday, December 13, 2020
Now Accepting Applications For Mentors + Mentees Organic Growers School
Dec 13 all-day
Online w/Organic Growers School
The purpose of the Mentor Services program is to support beginning and intermediate farmers by partnering them with experienced regional farmers who can provide them with one-on-one practical planning skills in the areas of:
  • farm design and production
  • marketing and business development
  • systems management
  • connecting them to the regional farming community
By serving as Mentors, regional farmers will be able to pass on the skills and knowledge that they possess to other farmers and help to build collaboration and community among the farming community.

Apply to be Mentored

We are looking for farmers who have been farming at least 1 year and/or have worked as a farm manager.
Each applicant will be evaluated on an individual basis. Farming partners who apply jointly will receive one mentor.

Apply to be a Mentor

We are seeking experienced farmer mentors. We are specifically seeking experienced African American, Indigenous and Farmers of Color and any who may speak Spanish to serve our diverse beginning farmer population. We offer a $500 honorarium for your service as a mentor.
Farm Beginnings mentors offer participants 15 hours of mentorship from February to September, with a mix of in person and remote support.
Mentor Services is for new and beginning farmers. Mentors offer participants up to 30 hours of mentoring for a full year.
UNC Asheville Courses for Community Residents Great Smokies Writing Program
Dec 13 all-day
Online

The GSWP, now celebrating its 20th year of workshops with some of Western North Carolina’s finest authors, is offering five-week, 10-week and 15-week courses including poetry, prose, feature-writing, editing and revision. These Spring 2021 Semester courses have start dates ranging from late January to mid March. Registration is now open, with course descriptions, instructor bios, cost information and more, available at greatsmokies.unca.edu.

Elizabeth Lutyens teaches a group of students.

Monday, December 14, 2020
Now Accepting Applications For Mentors + Mentees Organic Growers School
Dec 14 all-day
Online w/Organic Growers School
The purpose of the Mentor Services program is to support beginning and intermediate farmers by partnering them with experienced regional farmers who can provide them with one-on-one practical planning skills in the areas of:
  • farm design and production
  • marketing and business development
  • systems management
  • connecting them to the regional farming community
By serving as Mentors, regional farmers will be able to pass on the skills and knowledge that they possess to other farmers and help to build collaboration and community among the farming community.

Apply to be Mentored

We are looking for farmers who have been farming at least 1 year and/or have worked as a farm manager.
Each applicant will be evaluated on an individual basis. Farming partners who apply jointly will receive one mentor.

Apply to be a Mentor

We are seeking experienced farmer mentors. We are specifically seeking experienced African American, Indigenous and Farmers of Color and any who may speak Spanish to serve our diverse beginning farmer population. We offer a $500 honorarium for your service as a mentor.
Farm Beginnings mentors offer participants 15 hours of mentorship from February to September, with a mix of in person and remote support.
Mentor Services is for new and beginning farmers. Mentors offer participants up to 30 hours of mentoring for a full year.
UNC Asheville Courses for Community Residents Great Smokies Writing Program
Dec 14 all-day
Online

The GSWP, now celebrating its 20th year of workshops with some of Western North Carolina’s finest authors, is offering five-week, 10-week and 15-week courses including poetry, prose, feature-writing, editing and revision. These Spring 2021 Semester courses have start dates ranging from late January to mid March. Registration is now open, with course descriptions, instructor bios, cost information and more, available at greatsmokies.unca.edu.

Elizabeth Lutyens teaches a group of students.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Now Accepting Applications For Mentors + Mentees Organic Growers School
Dec 15 all-day
Online w/Organic Growers School
The purpose of the Mentor Services program is to support beginning and intermediate farmers by partnering them with experienced regional farmers who can provide them with one-on-one practical planning skills in the areas of:
  • farm design and production
  • marketing and business development
  • systems management
  • connecting them to the regional farming community
By serving as Mentors, regional farmers will be able to pass on the skills and knowledge that they possess to other farmers and help to build collaboration and community among the farming community.

Apply to be Mentored

We are looking for farmers who have been farming at least 1 year and/or have worked as a farm manager.
Each applicant will be evaluated on an individual basis. Farming partners who apply jointly will receive one mentor.

Apply to be a Mentor

We are seeking experienced farmer mentors. We are specifically seeking experienced African American, Indigenous and Farmers of Color and any who may speak Spanish to serve our diverse beginning farmer population. We offer a $500 honorarium for your service as a mentor.
Farm Beginnings mentors offer participants 15 hours of mentorship from February to September, with a mix of in person and remote support.
Mentor Services is for new and beginning farmers. Mentors offer participants up to 30 hours of mentoring for a full year.
UNC Asheville Courses for Community Residents Great Smokies Writing Program
Dec 15 all-day
Online

The GSWP, now celebrating its 20th year of workshops with some of Western North Carolina’s finest authors, is offering five-week, 10-week and 15-week courses including poetry, prose, feature-writing, editing and revision. These Spring 2021 Semester courses have start dates ranging from late January to mid March. Registration is now open, with course descriptions, instructor bios, cost information and more, available at greatsmokies.unca.edu.

Elizabeth Lutyens teaches a group of students.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Now Accepting Applications For Mentors + Mentees Organic Growers School
Dec 16 all-day
Online w/Organic Growers School
The purpose of the Mentor Services program is to support beginning and intermediate farmers by partnering them with experienced regional farmers who can provide them with one-on-one practical planning skills in the areas of:
  • farm design and production
  • marketing and business development
  • systems management
  • connecting them to the regional farming community
By serving as Mentors, regional farmers will be able to pass on the skills and knowledge that they possess to other farmers and help to build collaboration and community among the farming community.

Apply to be Mentored

We are looking for farmers who have been farming at least 1 year and/or have worked as a farm manager.
Each applicant will be evaluated on an individual basis. Farming partners who apply jointly will receive one mentor.

Apply to be a Mentor

We are seeking experienced farmer mentors. We are specifically seeking experienced African American, Indigenous and Farmers of Color and any who may speak Spanish to serve our diverse beginning farmer population. We offer a $500 honorarium for your service as a mentor.
Farm Beginnings mentors offer participants 15 hours of mentorship from February to September, with a mix of in person and remote support.
Mentor Services is for new and beginning farmers. Mentors offer participants up to 30 hours of mentoring for a full year.
UNC Asheville Courses for Community Residents Great Smokies Writing Program
Dec 16 all-day
Online

The GSWP, now celebrating its 20th year of workshops with some of Western North Carolina’s finest authors, is offering five-week, 10-week and 15-week courses including poetry, prose, feature-writing, editing and revision. These Spring 2021 Semester courses have start dates ranging from late January to mid March. Registration is now open, with course descriptions, instructor bios, cost information and more, available at greatsmokies.unca.edu.

Elizabeth Lutyens teaches a group of students.

Stay Home and Write(rs) Group
Dec 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Firestorm Books & Coffee

No photo description available.

A weekly space for writing in community while practicing social distancing. Join online every Wednesday night in April to increase accountability as it relates to your writing practice, whatever that may be.

We’ll come together once a week to connect and engage in the active writing process. Each session will start by sharing intentions, followed by an agreed upon period of time for silent writing, and wrap with reflections about process and plan for the following week. Casual and seasoned writers alike welcome!

If you are interested in registering, send an email to [email protected] with the subject line “Writers Group.” We will send you a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Thursday, December 17, 2020
2020 Harvest Conference Recordings Available
Dec 17 all-day
Online
Harvest
                                                          Conference
                                                          Recordings
We’re thrilled to announce that the six incredible workshops from our 7th Annual Harvest Conference are now available for purchase!
Cherokee
                                                          Foods
                                                          Speakers
Cherokee Foods: Gathering & Wildcrafting
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Cherokee Foods: Cultivating Traditional Food
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Farm Business: The NC Hemp Industry
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Farm Business: Brand Your Small Farm for Fundraising Success
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Herbal Tonics: Spring & Summer Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Herbal Tonics: Fall & Winter Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Gardening in the Mountains presents: Winter Sowing
Dec 17 all-day
Online w/ Extension Master Gardeners of Buncombe County

 

Gardening in the Mountains Presents:
Winter Sowing

John Bowen, EMGV

John Bowen is a Buncombe County (NC) Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer. He has been growing his own seedlings for years and he’s learned some tricks to make that easier.  In this three part video presentation he will share techniques for sowing seeds outdoors in containers in mid-winter. This is an edited video of a class he taught for the Black Mountain Sowing Circle and the Buncombe County Black Mountain Library.

 

Do you try to grow good seedlings indoors with limited success? Are you out of lights and windowsills? Do you have perennial seeds that are hard to germinate? Do you have the winter blahs and just want to plant something?

In this three-part video on Winter Sowing, John Bowen talks about the materials and processes for planting your seeds outdoors in containers in mid-winter. It’s a low-fuss process that can produce good, strong, spring transplants, even from those difficult-to-germinate seeds requiring extended wet chilling. It uses materials you probably have on hand and it’s a great way to start your own spring vegetable and perennial transplants.

Now Accepting Applications For Mentors + Mentees Organic Growers School
Dec 17 all-day
Online w/Organic Growers School
The purpose of the Mentor Services program is to support beginning and intermediate farmers by partnering them with experienced regional farmers who can provide them with one-on-one practical planning skills in the areas of:
  • farm design and production
  • marketing and business development
  • systems management
  • connecting them to the regional farming community
By serving as Mentors, regional farmers will be able to pass on the skills and knowledge that they possess to other farmers and help to build collaboration and community among the farming community.

Apply to be Mentored

We are looking for farmers who have been farming at least 1 year and/or have worked as a farm manager.
Each applicant will be evaluated on an individual basis. Farming partners who apply jointly will receive one mentor.

Apply to be a Mentor

We are seeking experienced farmer mentors. We are specifically seeking experienced African American, Indigenous and Farmers of Color and any who may speak Spanish to serve our diverse beginning farmer population. We offer a $500 honorarium for your service as a mentor.
Farm Beginnings mentors offer participants 15 hours of mentorship from February to September, with a mix of in person and remote support.
Mentor Services is for new and beginning farmers. Mentors offer participants up to 30 hours of mentoring for a full year.
UNC Asheville Courses for Community Residents Great Smokies Writing Program
Dec 17 all-day
Online

The GSWP, now celebrating its 20th year of workshops with some of Western North Carolina’s finest authors, is offering five-week, 10-week and 15-week courses including poetry, prose, feature-writing, editing and revision. These Spring 2021 Semester courses have start dates ranging from late January to mid March. Registration is now open, with course descriptions, instructor bios, cost information and more, available at greatsmokies.unca.edu.

Elizabeth Lutyens teaches a group of students.

Friday, December 18, 2020
2020 Harvest Conference Recordings Available
Dec 18 all-day
Online
Harvest
                                                          Conference
                                                          Recordings
We’re thrilled to announce that the six incredible workshops from our 7th Annual Harvest Conference are now available for purchase!
Cherokee
                                                          Foods
                                                          Speakers
Cherokee Foods: Gathering & Wildcrafting
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Cherokee Foods: Cultivating Traditional Food
with Amy Walker, Mary Crowe, Tyson Sampson and Charles E. Taylor

Farm Business: The NC Hemp Industry
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Farm Business: Brand Your Small Farm for Fundraising Success
with Cee Stanley of Green Heffa Farms

Herbal Tonics: Spring & Summer Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Herbal Tonics: Fall & Winter Seasonal Tonics
with Patricia Kyritsi Howell

Gardening in the Mountains presents: Winter Sowing
Dec 18 all-day
Online w/ Extension Master Gardeners of Buncombe County

 

Gardening in the Mountains Presents:
Winter Sowing

John Bowen, EMGV

John Bowen is a Buncombe County (NC) Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer. He has been growing his own seedlings for years and he’s learned some tricks to make that easier.  In this three part video presentation he will share techniques for sowing seeds outdoors in containers in mid-winter. This is an edited video of a class he taught for the Black Mountain Sowing Circle and the Buncombe County Black Mountain Library.

 

Do you try to grow good seedlings indoors with limited success? Are you out of lights and windowsills? Do you have perennial seeds that are hard to germinate? Do you have the winter blahs and just want to plant something?

In this three-part video on Winter Sowing, John Bowen talks about the materials and processes for planting your seeds outdoors in containers in mid-winter. It’s a low-fuss process that can produce good, strong, spring transplants, even from those difficult-to-germinate seeds requiring extended wet chilling. It uses materials you probably have on hand and it’s a great way to start your own spring vegetable and perennial transplants.

Now Accepting Applications For Mentors + Mentees Organic Growers School
Dec 18 all-day
Online w/Organic Growers School
The purpose of the Mentor Services program is to support beginning and intermediate farmers by partnering them with experienced regional farmers who can provide them with one-on-one practical planning skills in the areas of:
  • farm design and production
  • marketing and business development
  • systems management
  • connecting them to the regional farming community
By serving as Mentors, regional farmers will be able to pass on the skills and knowledge that they possess to other farmers and help to build collaboration and community among the farming community.

Apply to be Mentored

We are looking for farmers who have been farming at least 1 year and/or have worked as a farm manager.
Each applicant will be evaluated on an individual basis. Farming partners who apply jointly will receive one mentor.

Apply to be a Mentor

We are seeking experienced farmer mentors. We are specifically seeking experienced African American, Indigenous and Farmers of Color and any who may speak Spanish to serve our diverse beginning farmer population. We offer a $500 honorarium for your service as a mentor.
Farm Beginnings mentors offer participants 15 hours of mentorship from February to September, with a mix of in person and remote support.
Mentor Services is for new and beginning farmers. Mentors offer participants up to 30 hours of mentoring for a full year.