

Herb Weekend
Workshops:
Medicinal Herbs for Health and Vitality
Herbs for Nervous System Support
Native Plant Herb Walk in Pollinator Garden
Tea Talkin' with Hannah, farmer and herbalist of Poppysol Farm + Apothecary
Grow Your Own Tea—Camellia sinensis—Workshop
Aromatic distillation
Botanical Cream Making
Food as Medicine & Medicine as Food

Skills that Build Community and Understanding: 2 Workshops
2 Workshop offerings:
The Power and Importance of Song
Starting or Joining an Intentional Community

Homesteading & Resiliency: 4 Workshops
4 Workshop offerings:
Making an outdoor cob oven (Saturday all-day)
Growing Microgreens, Sprouts, and shoots: Gardening in small spaces (Sat AM)
Starting a Successful Home Business or Side Hustle (Sat PM)
Fencing Basics (FREE Sunday PM)

Fermenting, Food Preservation, Home Brewing: 5 Workshops
5 workshop offerings:
All About Fermentation
Food Preservation: drying, freezing, canning, salting, smoking, root cellaring, fermenting, pickling, etc.
How to Make Fermented Drinks from Around the World
Mead Making
Kimchi & Kraut Making Party

Bushcraft | Traditional Skills | Emergency Preparedness (3 Workshops)
3 Workshop offerings:
Learning from Traditional Cultures: Essential Herbal First Aid Kit
Knife, Hatchet, Saw: The 3 most essential tools for Bushcraft & their many uses
Basic Leatherwork

Green Woodworking: 3 Workshops
Green Woodworking Workshops on May 17:
Intro to Spoon Carving, Bowl Making & Green Woodworking
Making Bark Baskets
Green Woodworking Intermediate: Peddle Powered Lathe

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)
Past Workshops
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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There is no childcare at this time, but we do encourage families to participate together. We offer free attendance to children 5 and under, and a youth rate for folks ages 6-18. Please be mindful that all children and youth must have an accompanying adult attending the same workshop.
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There is signage at the end of Rising Sun Way directing one where to park.