Holiday Warm-up —Deck the Halls!

Upcycle your "retired" jewelry in the most unique way!

Lydia Santoro of Magpie Jewelry will be taking orders to create one-of-a-kind keepsake ornaments made from the parts and pieces of your treasured jewelry.

She will be available in the Farmhouse the day of the Holiday Warm-up for a one-on-one discussion of the pieces you bring in and how they will be turned into a very personal and meaningful holiday ornament. 

Lydia can also be be reached at [email protected] or on Etsy.

Holiday Warm-up —Capture the Season!

What better way to celebrate the upcoming holidays than with a photo to remember them by.

Throughout the Holiday Warm-up event, resident photographer Diana Lang of Diana P. Lang Photography will be offering mini holiday photo sessions!

Each session is $75 and includes one 8"x10" portrait.

Please register by calling Diana at 609-462-1519 to book your session now.

Holiday Bonus!

Each paid customer will receive at 25% off coupon to be enjoyed at The Tulip Tree Café. 

$75

Holiday Warm-up — Watercolor Holiday Cards!

Indulge your creative spirit!

Relax and let your holiday creativity flow with Calgo's in-house watercolor instructor, Cindy Allen. 

Cindy will be available in the farmhouse the day of the event and will provide advice and instructions for your own holiday card watercolor.

Free

Holiday Warm-up —Mushroom Cultivation with Drop the Beet Farms

Learn something new in this unique workshop led by Cody Parker of Drop the Beet Farms!

With years of experience in mushroom cultivation, Cody will show the step-by-step process of straw pasteurization, sterilization, and inoculation in this hands-on workshop.

The fee includes materials for two mushroom grow kits which participants will watch fruit up to three times! 

Registration is required. Please call 609-273-4042 or email [email protected].

This 90 minute workshop will take place in the Calgo Greenhouse, so dress accordingly.

$35

Calgo’s All Day Open House

Enjoy a magical & merry day of holiday shopping, festive ambiance, good friends, & more!

Descriptions and pricing for each offering or workshop are listed separately in this events section.

• Holiday Kissing Ball Workshop!

• Beer Tasting with the Bradley Brewery Project!

• Holiday Pet Portraits with Diana Lang!

• Tour Drop the Beet's Aquaponics Farm! Free Family fun!

• Watercolor Holiday Cards with Cindy Allen!

• Dessert Tastings & Warm Apple Cider with Chef Heidi of the Tulip Tree Café!

• Holiday Discount Roulette—Calgo Gardens & The Barn

All Day Open House — Sample & Order Holiday Desserts!

The Tulip Tree Café’s Chef Heidi says you can have your cake and eat it too! 

Sample holiday desserts while placing your orders for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Chef Heidi will be available to discuss your holiday treats during the Holiday Warm-up event, or you can contact her at 732.256.9649 or by visiting tuliptreecafe.com.

Holiday Bonus!

Patrons of the café* will receive a $25 certificate toward a portrait session with Diana P. Lang Photography to be used during the 2019 season!

*A minimum purchase of $16 is required.

All Day Open House — Create Your Own Watercolor Holiday Cards!

Indulge your creative spirit!

Relax and let your holiday creativity flow with Calgo's in-house watercolor instructor, Cindy Allen. 

Cindy will be available in the farmhouse the day of the event and will provide advice and instructions for your own holiday card watercolor.

Free

All Day Open House — Beer Tastings / Bradley Brew Project

Owners and operators, and husband and wife duo, Chelsey and Mike, of the Bradley Brew Project will be at Calgo for an amazing beer tasting experience!

The Bradley Brewery Project is a nanobrewery with a vision to provide a community focused, education based customer experience. Their unique approach to recipe formulation and focus on assorted fermentation processes provide them with the opportunity to create various types styles, products and services.

Today that all can happen at Calgo! Stop by for a taste and a chat!

Gift Cards and merchandise will be available for purchase.

All Day Open House — Pet Portraits

Capture the essence of your pet's spirit in a photograph you will always cherish.

Photographer Diana P. Lang is an expert at capturing the best of your pet!

Fee includes one 8x10 print.

MUST schedule in advance. Call 609-462-1519

$75

All Day Open House — Aquaponics Facility Tours!

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.

This tour will leave you thinking about the big ideas: how aquaponics farming as a sustainable alternative to conventional soil-based farming methods can be applied to world hunger issues. Examples: the impact of climate change has on agricultural crop production, or conditions needed to create an agricultural system in urban "food deserts”

Tours will run at 11 am / 1 pm / 3 pm

Please call 609-273-4042 to choose a tour time.

Free