Upcoming workdays, workshops & gatherings
Come spend some time in the food forest or join a workshop
We host regular workdays, workshops, and gatherings – simple, informal times to be out on the land, learn together, and take part in what’s growing. No experience needed. Just come as you are.
What it’s like
Some days are hands-on workdays—planting, tending, and building together. Other times are workshops or gatherings, where we focus on learning, sharing knowledge, or exploring specific topics.
Most days are just a small group of people showing up, spending time outside, and seeing what unfolds.
There’s no pressure to know anything or commit to anything – just an open invitation to come by and take part.
Native Plant Swap
Join CFFC, Climate Action Coffee and Silver Spring/Takoma Park Mutual Aid for a native plant swap in the Montgomery College Food Forest. More details soon!
The Food Forest Kitchen: Cooking with the Land
Join guest teacher Hannah Alday for a series of cooking demos on how to use ingredients sourced from the food forest in several different preparation methods and how you can adapt the recipes using different ingredients and flavors.
Herbs for a Happy Heart: Herbs, Qigong, and Presence
Join us in the food forest for a morning of learning, movement, and connection with the living world.
Forest Bathing Walk
This forest bathing walk is a chance to unwind from the stresses of daily life in a way that restores our connection and relationship with the living world.
Southeast Asian Cooking Demo: Summer Roll Sauces
Join us for a hands-on cooking demo,, featuring three Southeast Asian dipping sauces and fresh summer rolls made with ingredients from the land. A simple, shared afternoon of learning new flavors while cooking with what’s growing around us.
First Saturday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday of every month.
Drop-Dose Journey with Plants: An Experiential Tincture Tasting
Slow down and settle into a quiet space of connection as you’re guided through a drop-dose experience, exploring the subtle ways these herbs move through the body and stir awareness.
First Saturday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday of every month.
Foraging for Backyard Herbs
Join this workshop with Serda Ozbenian and discover the healing potential of the vibrant, nutritious, and often overlooked plants growing right in your own backyard!
Seed Starting Workshop
Learn how to select and start seeds for your growing space, choose the right seed starting mix, sow seeds the right way, and how and when to plant seeds and seedlings. Includes both classroom instruction and a hands on demo with a take-home seedling.
First Saturday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday of every month.
Natural Dye Workshop
Join us as we kick off off our new Earth Skills series with a natural dye workshop! Learn how to make natural dyes, prepare fabric, and dye a bandana to take home.
African-style raised bed build and tree planting
We’re adding an African-style keyhole raised bed to the Montgomery College Food Forest. We’d love you to help us build it. Sessions take place on Sat and Sun over two consecutive weekends.
Backyard Mushroom Cultivation Workshop
Come and learn how to grow edible mushrooms in your backyard. Learn how to inoculate, care for and harvest mushrooms from logs, and take an inoculated log home with you.
First Saturday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday of every month.
First Saturday Volunteer Work Party
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY ICE ON THE FOOD FOREST.
Acorn Folk & Forest Charms: Crafting gifts from nature's treasures
Push back against the hyper consumption of the holiday season by creating awesome holiday gifts made from acorns and other natural treasures.
First Saturday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday of every month.
All About Figs (free talk)
Join us for a fascinating talk on how the amazing fig shaped our world, influenced our evolution, and nourished our bodies and imagination.
Third Wednesday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday and third Wednesday of every month.
Designing Land That Nourishes Humans and Earth
Learn how to tap natural resources like sun, wind, soil and water to create a thriving ecological habitat in your backyard that contributes to your food, energy and water security.
Volunteer day at Takoma Park Elementary School
Join us as at Takoma Park Elementary School as we plant up more of the native nature walk we established last year.
First Saturday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday of every month.
A Beginner’s Guide to Permaculture Design
Ever wanted to learn more about permaculture? This workshop is the perfect introduction to permaculture ethics, principles and design.
Natural Fiber Dyeing Workshop
Come join a free workshop on the art of dyeing natural fibers - an introduction to making beautiful textile dyes from plants that grow in our neighborhoods.
Fall Food Festival
Join us for our first ever fall food festival. We’ll have acorn flour, pickling and fig leaf demos, plus chestnut roasting, pasta making for kids and live music.
Third Wednesday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday and third Wednesday of every month.
Backyard Mushroom Cultivation Workshop
Come and learn how to grow edible mushrooms in your backyard. Learn how to inoculate, care for and harvest mushrooms from logs, and take an inoculated log home with you.
First Saturday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday of every month.
Tea Blending Workshop for Nervous System Support
Come learn how herbs can support a calm, grounded body and mind. Join clinical herbalist Serda Ozbenian as she introduces a variety of gentle, nourishing plant allies that ease stress, uplift mood, and help you meet life with more resilience and ease.
Third Wednesday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday and third Wednesday of every month.
Native plant & seed share
We’re excited to co-host the next Takoma Park plant and seed swap in the Montgomery College Food Forest.
Seed Saving Workshop
Learn how to save seeds for future plantings - when to harvest seeds, what to do with them once harvested, and how to process and store them.
First Saturday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday of every month.
Third Wednesday Volunteer Work Party
Join us at the Montgomery College Food Forest for our regular work parties, which take place on the first Saturday and third Wednesday of every month.
Back-to-School Mutual Aid Festival
Join Silver Spring Takoma Park Mutual Aid for its third mutual aid fest of the year! Come for a resource swap and share!
Cooking demo: Cambodian Basil Chicken
Join special guest Vathany Say, who will be whipping up a Cambodian classic, Basil Chicken with basil freshly harvested from the food forest.