UGC hosts an on-going educational series where neighbors teach neighbors. Gatherings are meant to be informal and communal in spirit – allowing friends and family to hobnob and learn from one another. Folks from the community will gather once a month on a Friday evening.
This series is also inspired after the publications and school portraying the simple, self-sufficient culture of southern Appalachia known as Foxfire in Rabun County, GA and loosely based upon an educational program – Second Saturdays – at the Jones Valley Urban Farm in Birmingham, AL.
The Urban Gardening Coalition has hosted on a variety of topics – including those listed below. Please feel free to share your thoughts and ideas in the comments section at the bottom of this page!
- Canning and preserving the garden harvest.
- Planting with perennials.
- Backyard chicken-raising
- Baking bread.
- Hide tanning.
- Saving and storing seeds.
- Knitting and crocheting.
- Beekeeping.
- Storytelling.
- Midwifery.
- Instrument making.
- Waste vegetable oil and your diesel engine.
- Eating seasonally and locally.
- Herbs – culinary, cosmetic, and medicinal uses.
December 10, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I love this idea and will definitely participate and can possibly help organize!
December 14, 2009 at 1:54 pm
heeey — if this happens anytime soon – i can do yogurt making
i’m pretty sure i’m leaving jan. 3
December 30, 2010 at 3:26 pm
[...] the Urban Gardening Coalition for another Foxfire Friday Workshop. Rootbeer Brewing with Gabe the Lost Boy – and ginger ale. Participants will learn [...]
January 4, 2011 at 3:30 pm
so fun! I wish i could be there… i recently made some ginger syrup to add to alcoholic beverages but wish i knew how to bottle ginger ale!
February 11, 2011 at 10:06 am
[...] the Urban Gardening Coalition for another Foxfire Friday Workshops. Dairy Madness! Participants will learn hands-on how to make both yogurt and a simple [...]
February 24, 2011 at 10:22 am
[...] (Fr): Foxfire Friday – Herbs! 5pm. At Hope Fellowship – 1721 Sanger Ave (the big green/gray house!) Learn how to [...]