Please note: The Sunday Farmers Market is canceled due to expected severe weather conditions.

 

A free entry pass is required for Saturday visitation.

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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Milkweed
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Milkweed

When it comes to enticing pollinators, few flowers can top those in the milkweed family. Bees of all kinds,...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Bee Balm
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Bee Balm

Monarda didyma or bee balm is a stunning summer bloomer in the mint family. Plants in the mint family...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Cardinal Flower
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Cardinal Flower

This blazing summer beauty immediately makes us think of the cheery bird with fire engine red feathers. However, the...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Joe-Pye Weed
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Joe-Pye Weed

Who was Joe Pye and why is there a weed named after him? The truth is lost to the...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Black-Eyed Susan
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Black-Eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan is one of the most well-known native wildflowers, but it wasn’t always a common sight here in...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Turtlehead
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Turtlehead

Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) is named for its resemblance to, you guessed it, the head of a turtle (minus the...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Anise Hyssop
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Anise Hyssop

If you’ve ever sipped anisette, ouzo, or sambuca then you know what the sweet licorice flavor of anise tastes...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Sunflower
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Sunflower

Sunflowers are iconic symbols of summer. The name of the genus, Helianthus, comes from the Greek helios meaning sun,...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Vervain
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Vervain

Vervain (Verbena hastata) is a native perennial that bursts into bloom in midsummer and continues to flower into the...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Boneset
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Boneset

Boneset has probably been used as a healing herb since humans started picking wildflowers and tasting them. Like its...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Snakeroot
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Snakeroot

One of the last natives to flower, white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) is a late-season boon to hungry pollinators like...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Aster
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Aster

Like fireworks to celebrate the coming of fall, the vibrant pinks, purples, and whites of the star flowers burst...

Bee-Friendly Flowers: Goldenrod
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Bee-Friendly Flowers: Goldenrod

If you suffer from the misery of seasonal allergies, just the sight of these late-season bloomers may make your...

An Experiment in At-Home Composting: Part 1
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An Experiment in At-Home Composting: Part 1

Continuing our series on composting at home, this resource explores a hot/active composting method through an open bin system...

An Experiment in At-Home Composting: Part 2
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An Experiment in At-Home Composting: Part 2

What does the composting process look like in real-time? Learners will get to witness just that in this resource,...

An Experiment in At-Home Composting: Part 3
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An Experiment in At-Home Composting: Part 3

Continuing our series on composting, this week we check out the hot/active method of composting through an open bin...

An Experiment in At-Home Composting: Part 5
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An Experiment in At-Home Composting: Part 5

This resource wraps up our series on composting - learners will see what an open bin, hot-active method compost...

An Experiment in At-Home Composting: Part 4
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An Experiment in At-Home Composting: Part 4

Let's continue to check out how our open bin compost system looks like after the organic matter has had...

Vegetable Seed Starting Class
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Vegetable Seed Starting Class

This resource is one of our online classes hosted through Zoom that has been recorded and uploaded onto our YouTube channel. Join Melissa...

Starting a Vegetable Garden
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Starting a Vegetable Garden

In this video, Community Garden Coordinator, Melissa Almendinger teaches you how to get started on your very own vegetable...

What Can You Do About Problematic Plastic?
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What Can You Do About Problematic Plastic?

Everywhere you look, you can find plastic. It is what our food and goods are packaged in, what our...