Spring 2012 Workshop and Events at Midsummer Farm
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You can register for a workshop by simply clicking here:
Please download and print out the form, fill it out, and send it, with your check to:
Midsummer Farm, 156 East Ridge Road, Warwick, NY 10990
Or, you can now register for March Workshops through PayPal:___________________________________________________________________________________________
Current Workshop Schedule:
Sunday, April 1st 2012, 11 am – 2 pm
We’ll be planting a new asparagus patch and we’re inviting anyone who wants to stop by to come and check out how to do it – It really is simple and an asparagus patch is so worth setting up! Asparagus are one of very very few perennial vegetables and once your patch gets established, you’ll have asparagus for years and years to come with very low maintenance!
We’ll also have 3 different varieties of asparagus crowns available for sale, and everyone gets a great packet of our favorite asparagus recipes!
Saturday, April 7th 2012, 10 am – 12 noon
For anyone who has dreamed of walking out to your own chicken coop and collecting fresh eggs for breakfast, this course will guide you through starting up your own flock and in organic and natural rearing methods. We will discuss all of our secrets to Organic chicken care that we have discovered over the years. Chickens are wonderful stewards of the earth; and kept in proper conditions, chickens are valuable assets to the garden, lawn, and compost pile. They also provide backyard joy. They are easy to take care of, are not noisy or smelly, and are an important part of the Organic garden. This is the optimal time of year to plan for chickens for the Spring. (Please be sure to check with your town to make sure that chickens are allowed where you live.) Workshop takes place mostly outside (dress appropriately - wear boots) and is weather permitting. Cost is $36 | Registration closes 4/5/12
Saturday, April 21st
A festive way to celebrate Earth Day - located at the the Hungry Hollow Co-op in Chestnut Ridge, NY. We'll have an early selection of Plants and Seedlings!
Saturday, April 28th 2012, 9 am – 2 pm
We designed this Pre-Sale for our gardener and farmer friends, who want to plant in stages. So, we'll have a nice variety of cold-hardy plants and seedlings for sale that are ready to go in the ground! (Or you can hold them for a bit too.) We'll also have some hardy perennials for sale and some awesome orange-colored bearded iris rhizomes.
The Brassicas are all the dark leafy greens: kales, collards, cabbages, pak koi, broccoli, raabs, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, mustards, etc.
The alliums are all the onion-flavored plants - leeks, chives, scallions, welsh onions, walking onions, bulbing onions, etc.
We'll also have spinaches, chards, escaroles, endives, radicchios, chicories, parsleys, lettuces, many thymes, a couple oreganos, a couple sages, cilantro, flowers like violas and violets, celeries, cresses, dill, lovage, mints, many of our hard to find European greens like erba stella and agretti, and lots of perennials and native plants.
Saturday Evening, April 28th, 5 – 7 pm
A great way to celebrate the Spring Garden! We’ll be creating fresh herb-garden inspired tapas and canapes along with great mixed drinks you can make with fresh herbs and other spring garden accompaniments....Lots of festive ideas for your spring herb harvest! Workshop is hands on and tasting is encouraged. Workshop takes place in the herb garden | Cost is $36 | Registration closes 4/25/12.
Sunday, April 29th 2012, 10 am – 12 noon
For anyone who has dreamed of walking out to your own chicken coop and collecting fresh eggs for breakfast, this course will guide you through starting up your own flock and in organic and natural rearing methods. We will discuss all of our secrets to Organic chicken care that we have discovered over the years. Chickens are wonderful stewards of the earth; and kept in proper conditions, chickens are valuable assets to the garden, lawn, and compost pile. They also provide backyard joy. They are easy to take care of, are not noisy or smelly, and are an important part of the Organic garden. This is the optimal time of year to bring home chicks! (Please be sure to check with your town to make sure that chickens are allowed where you live.) Workshop takes place mostly outside (dress appropriately - wear boots) and is weather permitting. Cost is $36 | Registration closes 4/26/12
Saturday and Sunday, May 12th and 13th 2012, 9 am – 2 pm
We'll have our full variety of certified organic plants and seedlings available. Over 100 different varieties of heirloom and hybrid vegetables, over 200 culinary and medicinal herbs, plus annual flowers, native and pollinator friendly flowers, unusual and collectible perennials!
Every year we grow more and more of each variety and we add over a hundred fun new varieties of herbs, veggies, annual flowers, natives, and perennials! All kinds of great things for your summer vegetable and herb gardens! We also have hard-to-find and really cool herbs and perennials for those of you with more eccentric tastes like Medicinal Yarrow, Dragon's Blood Clover, Skullcap, Trollius, Primula Viali, and St. John's Wort...
Saturday, May 19th
The Northeast's most talked about annual garden event! Trade Secrets begins on Saturday, May 19th at LionRock Farm in Sharon, CT with the antique and rare plant sale from 10am to 3pm! For the past 12 years, Trade Secrets has brought garden-lovers from around the world to the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut to discover new plants, topiary, and antiques for their gardens. 2012 will be no exception with nearly 60 vendors and garden antiques dealers from around the northeast region. Shoppers can find rare plant specimens from specialized growers and from some of the nation's best known small nurseries, as well as furniture, antiques, cloches and garden statuary from the choicest purveyors of garden antiques, wrought-iron fencing, textiles from select antiques dealers, and so much more.
Sunday May 20th, from 11 am to 3 pm
Saturday and Sunday, May 26th and 2th 2012, 9 am – 2 pm
We'll have our full variety of certified organic plants and seedlings available. Over 100 different varieties of heirloom and hybrid vegetables, over 200 culinary and medicinal herbs, plus annual flowers, native and pollinator friendly flowers, unusual and collectible perennials!
Every year we grow more and more of each variety and we add over a hundred fun new varieties of herbs, veggies, annual flowers, natives, and perennials! All kinds of great things for your summer vegetable and herb gardens! We also have hard-to-find and really cool herbs and perennials for those of you with more eccentric tastes like Medicinal Yarrow, Dragon's Blood Clover, Skullcap, Trollius, Primula Viali, and St. John's Wort...
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Workshops at Midsummer Farm: Classes are taught from a strictly Holistic and Organic standpoint. Class size is kept small to ensure individual attention. Fees include all materials and supplies needed. Children are welcome; children under 5 are free. If more than one person from a single household is taking the workshop together, the second person may deduct $5 from the cost of the workshop. Many classes take place outside in the gardens and are weather-permitting. Participants must register in advance. Cooking classes are hands-on and tasting is encouraged. NOTE: times and dates of workshops are subject to change.
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You can register for a workshop by simply clicking here:
Please download and print out the form, fill it out, and send it, with your check to:
Midsummer Farm, 156 East Ridge Road, Warwick, NY 10990
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