
Upcoming events
Community meeting every other Monday 5:30-6:30pm
For more information or to join the meeting please send us a message via the contact page

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pesto making demo & food forest harvest (free)
Join us for a free pesto making demo and harvest this Sunday (July 20) at the Montgomery College Food Forest.

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.

Celebrating food forests: sustainability, food security, community
Join state delegate Lorig Charkoudian, CFFC and the Montgomery College Permaculture Club for a celebration of food forests, community and sustainability.

Inter-dependence Day
Join the Silver Spring/Takoma Park Mutual Aid for a mutual aid fest in the food forest to celebrate Interdependence Day.

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.

Yoga in the food forest
To celebrate International Yoga Day, join us in the food forest for a free restorative nature-inspired yoga and meditation session.

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. Come and help transplant, sow, harvest, prune, mulch, weed, water and whatever else needs doing.

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.

Serviceberry & mulberry pancake celebration in the food forest
To celebrate the sensational serviceberry and marvellous mulberry , CFFC and the Montgomery College permaculture club are hosting a free pancake breakfast at the Montgomery College Food Forest.

Folk herbalism & alchemical foraging (free workshop)
Learn how to alchemically forage for healing herbs and craft them into herbal vinegars and oxymels (vinegar & honey) that hold the energy of love and respect between plant and human.

Work party: mural painting & planting
Join us as at Takoma Park Elementary School as we paint a mural and plant up more of the native nature walk we established last year at .

Traditional Zimbabwean herbalism and healing (free workshop)
Join Zimbabwean herbalist Silas Joseph Mangono to learn about traditional herbalism and holistic healing in Zimbabwe.

Earth Day 2025 Celebration!
Join us as we come together and give thanks to Earth for all that she provides.

Foraging Spring Backyard Herbs (free workshop)
Discover the healing potential of the vibrant, nutritious, and often overlooked plants growing right in your own backyard.

Work party: planting edible & medicinal shrubs at new college food forest
Help us plant edible & medicinal shrubs at the new Montgomery College food forest site.

Plant propagation (free workshop)
Join Bodhi to learn one of the most important and magical skills to cultivate when it comes to working with plants.

Work party: mural painting & planting
Join us as at Takoma Park Elementary School as we paint a mural and plant up more of the native nature walk we established last year at .

Backyard Mushroom Cultivation (free workshop)
Come and learn how to grow edible mushrooms in your backyard.

Work party: planting fruit trees at new college food forest
Please help us plant and fence dozens of fruit trees and edible shrubs at the new Montgomery College food forest site.

Spring into gardening - indoor seed starting made simple! (free workshop)
Learn how to start and tend vegetable seeds that can be kept indoors until the seedlings are ready to plant outside. This workshop will be hands on so you'll have a chance to sow your own vegetable seeds and take home the container.

Permaculture design 101 and tree planting
Join food forest guru Ben Friton for a crash course on permaculture design followed by an afternoon of tree planting.

Work party: soil prep at the new food forest site
Help improve the soil at the new Montgomery College food forest as we get the site ready for planting.

Work party: mulching and seed sowing
Please join us as we finish preparing the soil for spring planting. We also hope to have some native seeds like violets and Virginia strawberries that need to be cold stratified so would love help sowing them too.