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
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
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
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
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
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)
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.