Due to the rainy weather, the New Eden Harvest Celebration will take place on October 4 - lots of great, free food preservation workshops are going to take place!:

We at the New Eden Collaborative are very excited about Sunday’s New Eden Harvest Celebration. We have a full roster of free educational workshops to get you excited about growing and preserving your own. All classes will be behind the church either at the parking lot or down in the community gardens.

11:00 Tips on Season Extension and Creating Good Root Storage- Erin Stack

11:30 Butterfly and Beneficial Insects at the New Eden Gardens for Beauty and Pest Control – with Dorothy Saffarewich

12:00 Lacto-fermentation Food Preservation  (Sauerkraut) – Charlotte Dion

12:30 Getting Ready for Spring this Fall: Seed saving, composting, cover crops -Charlotte Dion

1:00 Fruit drying -Tory Dolben

1:30 What Makes for Prize Winning Canning and Pickling Entries -Tory Dolben

2:00 Announcements of  Prize Winners for our Produce and Food Competitions

2:15 Permaculture tour at the New Eden Gardens and Discussion -  Charlotte Dion

Don’t forget to bring your tasty food and produce entries to the contest test. Judging will begin at 12 Noon!

[1] Visit the New Eden Community Garden website for directions and more information >