Take a fascinating up-close tour of Drop the Beets Farms’ aquaponic facility.
See the 15,000 gallon fish tanks and learn about the sustainable ecology of an aquaponics closed loop system. Understand the symbiotic relationship between fish, bacteria, and plants (food), and the roll each organism plays in nutrient cycling.
Tours will run at 12:30 pm / 2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Create a holiday centerpiece using foraged foliage!
Dana Vargo of Flowers From the Farm, NJ will demonstrate how to create a holiday centerpiece using foraged foliage, branches, grasses, embellished with add ins such as pine cones, berries, and dried fruit.
Demonstration times will be at 1:30 and 2:30 in the green house.
Tonight's Late Wednesday Features Guitar String Jewelry & Cigar Box Instruments!
Meet Jenny Woods from High Strung Jewelry: Rock • Recycle • Repurpose. Jenny makes handcrafted guitar string jewelry with a unique design aesthetic. Her “wearable music” provides a singular jewelry experience that strikes just the right chord.
Also joining us is Michael DiGirolamo and his cigar box guitars! Not only can you play them, but each one is a work of art!
Due to an overwhelming response, we're adding another class!
You read correctly—knit a cozy, warm blanket with your fingers... just in time for the fall chill-down and upcoming holidays. The multi-talented Lydia Santoro (jeweler, Calgo workshop leader & Art Show vendor) will teach you to knit with your fingers and create this soft, on trend treasure.
Add a personal touch to the holiday with a traditional hand made wreath.
We will guide you through designing and crafting your wreath, incorporating beautiful and aromatic seasonal elements such as coned cedar, noble fir, berried juniper, white pine, boxwood, pine cones, berries, and ribbon. Materials...
Grab your pruners and set off on an adventure to clip greens, berries, and branches to create a beautiful centerpiece that will last through the holiday season.
Feel like venturing off for your own finds before the class? Here are a few greens from which to cut that would be suitable for your container: evergreen, boxwood, holly, juniper, cedar, birch sticks, dried...
This year, choose to make winter a time of feeding your spirit and nurturing your soul.
Winter Solstice is a time of change, a time of endings and beginnings. We tune into cycles in time and in our individual lives. It’s been said that inner wisdom consists of knowing one’s place in any given cycle, and what kinds of action (or restraint of action) are appropriate for that phase.
This year, give yourself the gift of...
Learn how to make natural facial and body care products using essential oils, salts, powders and more.
Each student will create three products that will target the skin, the body and the mind. We will discuss the benefits of each ingredient along with how base recipes can be customized to suit different needs. Along with your products, you will take home these recipes to use again and again.
The perfect addition for your Easter brunch or dinner table.
You will be provided with spring blooming flowers, bulbs, and seasonal accents. Cost includes all materials as well as instruction.
Space is limited and registration is required. Call 732.919.7770 to reserve your spot.
Calgo Gardens’ happy gathering of amazingly talented, local artists and artisans, is one of our most popular events!
Save the date! Over 50 artists—favorites and new—will exhibit their works and wares: watercolor and acrylic painters, jewelers, potters, photographers, and many others with unique, creative ways of expression. Stay tuned for more information soon!
Just in time for Mother's Day!
Succulents are easy-to-care-for, sun-loving plants, available in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes, making them a perennial favorite of plant lovers!
In this workshop, led by Calgo’s Patti Dixon, you will be provided with all the materials and instruction you’ll need to create your own beautiful succulent planter.
Garden terrariums make a fresh and interesting addition to any indoor space.
We will guide you through the hands-on process of building your own unique creation. All material and instruction will be provided.
