Green Woodworking & Timber Crops
Green Woodworking & Timber Crops Workshops on May 17:
Harvesting & Processing your own Lumber
Intro to Spoon Carving, Bowl Making & Green Woodworking
Making Bark Baskets
Green Woodworking Intermediate: Peddle Powered Lathe
(FREE) How to Build a Natural Playground (Copy)
Join us for a free Sunday Workshop on May 18: How to Build a Natural Playground
Bushcraft | Traditional Skills | Emergency Preparedness
5 workshop offerings:
Learning from Traditional Cultures: Essential Herbal First Aid Kit
The three most essential tools for Bushcraft and their many uses (knife, foldable saw, and hatchet/ax)
Basic Leatherwork
How to Make a Canvas Foraging Bag
Solar PV: How to Create a simple solar PV system for emergencies or basic needs
(FREE) How to Cook in an outside cob oven
Join us for a free Sunday Workshop on June 22nd: How to Cook in an outside, cob oven
3-Day Workshop - Carpentry for Newbies
Join us for a 3 days ( optional 4th day) Workshop on July 11-13(14): Carpentry for Newbies
Fermenting, Food Preservation, and Home Brewing
4 workshop offerings:
All About Fermentation
Best Ways to preserve food long term: drying, freezing, canning, salting, smoking, root cellaring, fermenting, pickling, etc.
How to Make Fermented Drinks from Around the World
Home Brewing Mead
(FREE) Community Sauerkraut and Kimchi Making Party
Join us for a free Sunday Workshop on July 20nd: Community Sauerkraut and Kimchi Making Party
3-day How to Build Your Own Small or Tiny House
Join us for a 3 days ( optional 4th day) Workshop on J August 8-10(11): How to Build Your Own Small or Tiny House
The Resilient Home/Homestead
4 workshop offerings:
Biking and eBiking
Starting a Successful Home Business or Side Hustle
Making an outdoor cob oven (all-day workshop)
Growing Microgreens, Sprouts, and shoots: Gardening in small spaces
(FREE) Fencing Basics - The Basics of Installing any type of fencing
Join us for a free Sunday Workshop on August 17th: Fencing Basics (The Basics to Installing any kind of fencing)
All About Herbs
5 workshop offerings:
Cooking with Herbs for Health
Herb Teas, Tisanes, Decoctions, and simple Preparations
Developing an Herb Business
Success at Growing Herbs in North Carolina
Wild Harvesting Herbs and Other Useful Plants
Skills that Build Community and Understanding
5 workshop offerings:
Storytelling
Song Leading / Songwriting / Community Singing
Starting or Joining an Intentional Community
Journaling / Writing for Purpose, Understanding and Community Upliftment
Nonviolent Communication: Skills for Good Interaction on Challenging Topics
(FREE) How to Organize a Barn Raising/Shelter Raising Project
Join us for a free Sunday Workshop on October 19th: How to Organize a Barn Raising/Shelter Raising Project
Fiber & Folk: Offered in Collaboration with Piedmont Fibershed
5 workshop offerings:
Working with Natural Dyes from NC Piedmont
Raising Sheep & Goats
Simple Weaving Using a Variety of Materials
Wild Medicinal & Edible Plant Walk
Beginning & Intermediate Fiber Spinning (All-Day)
(FREE) How to Build a Basic Solar PV System for Home or Homestead
Join us for a free Sunday Workshop on April 13 (Sunday) 1-4 pm - How to Build a Basic Solar PV System for Home or Homestead
Plumbing Basics for Rainwater Catchment
Join us for 4 workshops focused on food & gardening for health and permaculture.
Food & Gardening for Health & Permaculture
Join us for 4 workshops focused on food & gardening for health and permaculture.
FAQs
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We are enthusiastic about sharing skills with folks of all ages! There is no minimum age for attendance. Our youth rate applies to attendees ages 6-18. Attendance is free for children 5 and under. We require that youth be accompanied by an adult who is attending the same workshop when they are here at the Folk School.
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For the events that include lunch, we are eager to share with you the bounty from our gardens and kitchens. We typically have a wide range of options, including gluten free, dairy free, vegan and vegetarian. If you have any concerns about whether the food will suit you or not, feel free to reach out and/or bring along some food for yourself.
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Yes, work-trade options are available. We do not want the cost of the workshop to keep anyone who is interested from attending. Usually the work-trade involves 3 hours of work-trade in exchange for a 3-hour workshop. Ideally, work-trade hours are to be worked off prior to taking the workshop. It may be possible to do some work-trade hours remotely (help with marketing and promotion, for example). Especially helpful is to do work-trade hours the day before workshops. It may be possible to do some work-trade the day of workshops, if set-up in advance.
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Yes, work-trade options are available. We do not want the cost of the workshop to keep anyone who is interested from attending. Usually the work-trade involves 3 hours of work-trade in exchange for a 3-hour workshop. Ideally, work-trade hours are to be worked off prior to taking the workshop. It may be possible to do some work-trade hours remotely (help with marketing and promotion, for example). Especially helpful is to do work-trade hours the day before workshops. It may be possible to do some work-trade the day of workshops, if set-up in advance.
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There is signage at the end of Rising Sun Way directing one where to park.