First Annual Scarecrow Workshop & Contest!
We will provide the structural supplies—wood support, straw, burlap, twine—and step by step instructions. Bring your imagination and some scarecrow fashion/clothing to dress your creation.
Scarecrows will be on display September 16-22. Judging will take place at our Autumn Art In the Garden Show on September 22 by popular vote. A $50 gift certificate to Calgo will be awarded to the winner!
Calgo Gardens’ happy gathering of amazingly talented, local artists and artisans, is one of our most popular events!
Save the date! Our happy gathering reappears this September. 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. Live music, too!
Our good friend & popular workshop leader Janice Shields is back with a fun new project! Using pressed leaves, flowers, and solar dyes you will create beautiful canvas tote bags.
SolarFast dyes are colorless out of the bottle, but develop into beautifully vibrant and permanent hues when exposed to sunlight. You can select from several colors to blend, use a spray applicator or a sponge, so each will be unique.
Learn how to divide tubers and identify those that will and will not produce flowers/plants next year.
Each participant will receive a viable tuber and enough storing medium for over winter protection.
You read correctly—knit a cozy warm blanket with your fingers—just in time for the fall chill-down and up-coming 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. You will have four colors to choose from; please choose a color when registering.
A fun ladies night where we will demonstrate how to create an arrangement using edible vegetables, herbs, and decorative materials.
This will make a great display for your Thanksgiving holiday table or as decoration on the kitchen counter.
Back by popular demand!
What a different way to express your creativity. Join us for an enjoyable evening to designing and building a unique and personal mosaic. Please bring small items from your home that have meaning for you, or that you have been collecting for the right project—jewelry, keys, buttons, beads—all other tesserae will be provided.
Learn how to grow your own fresh alfalfa sprouts at home in less than six days.
Cody Parker of Drop the Beet Farms will teach you the basics of sprout growing in this easy 30 minute workshop. You will take home a sprouts jar kit, alfalfa seeds for several sprout harvests, and easy to follow instructions.
Holiday Discount Roulette is Back!
Calgo’s gift to you ~20%, 25%, or 30% Off ! Visit Calgo • Choose a Candy Kiss • Your kiss will Reveal Your Discount!
Schedule a session on Saturday November 24 OR Sunday November 25, with
portrait photographer Diana P. Lang
You'll have a treasured memory of the season and a perfect shot your holiday card!
Small Business Saturday is the day to shop local! Join us for a day filled with mini sessions and workshops.
• Photographer Diana P. Lang - Mini Portrait Sessions • Tours of Drop the Beet Farms Aquaponics • Dress up Your Container Garden with Seasonal Greens • The Art of Bonsai • Oyster Mushroom Cultivation
Descriptions and pricing for each workshop are listed separately in this events section.
Take this 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 10 am / 12 pm / 2 pm
