Saturday, August 7 | 10 a.m. to Noon
Join us for our Bee-to-Bottle Tours at Next to Nature Farm. We will take you through the entire life cycle of a bee and discuss how they work tirelessly to collect nectar and produce honey for us to enjoy. You'll learn about honey harvesting, extraction, and even get to bottle your own 12-ounce honey to take home.
This class occurs both indoor and outdoor and will happen rain or shine. Cost is $15 per person, ages 5 and under are free. We ask that you arrive 10 minutes early for the class so we can begin promptly.
Saturday, August 14 at 1 p.m.
Pickling is the process of preserving or extending the shelf life of food by either anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar. In this class, we will discuss the right vegetables for pickling, and walk through the pickling and canning process, step-by-step. Through learning the process of pickling, you can safely create pickled products that will last for many years.
We will pickle local, seasonal vegetables including cucumbers and other seasonal vegetables. Each participant will bring home a two pints of their own hand-crafted refrigerator pickles.
Class will be held at Next to Nature Farm, 23338 Kissinger Road, Leavenworth, KS 66048. Class will begin at 1 p.m. (approximately 1.5 hours for class).
Participants will also receive safety information for canning, handouts, and recipes for further canning experiences. Class is limited to 8 participants and pre-registration is required.
Saturday, August 14 | 9 to 11 a.m.
In this workshop we will learn a wide variety of techniques for honey extraction. We will utilize a number of different types of equipment during the extraction process. We will discuss bottling and label requirements to sell honey. We will review how to properly de-crystalize honey to ensure it remains a raw product. Class is expected to take 2-3 hours.
Please note we will offer our commercial kitchen again this year for rent to extract honey on Saturdays and Sundays (dates and times will be announced soon).
Only a few left!
Sunday, August 22 from 1-3 p.m.
Want to capture the taste of summer? Put up those tomatoes in the garden and taste summer all year around! In this class we discuss canning tomatoes and learn the blanching process for whole tomatoes, the difference between hot and cold packing, and make a simple Italian sauce for soups and stews. This is a make-and-take class and you will get a a pint of salsa and a pint of Italian tomatoes to take home. We will also cover making salsa and marinara and provide recipes for several ways to can tomatoes.
Bee-to-Bottle Tour | September 12 | 1-3 p.m.
Join us for our Bee-to-Bottle Tours at Next to Nature Farm. We will take you through the entire life cycle of a bee and discuss how they work tirelessly to collect nectar and produce honey for us to enjoy. You'll learn about honey harvesting, extraction, and even get to bottle your own 12-ounce honey to take home.
This class occurs both indoor and outdoor and will happen rain or shine. Cost is $15 per person, ages 5 and under are free. We ask that you arrive 10 minutes early for the class so we can begin promptly.
Join Ashley from GLO.BOWL on August 21st for a make-and-take event at
Next to Nature.
Ashley will be bringing both plain and marbled concrete vases that she
makes by hand at her studio in Lawrence. You may choose a pre-painted
pot or she will teach and assist you in hydro-dipping a custom-colored
vessel. She will also offer a variety of fresh-cut flower stems for
you to build your own floral arrangement. The class will conclude by
Ashley demonstrating the process of taking succulent cuttings, turning
them into live picks for your arrangement, and teaching you how to
propagate them in water or soil once your flowers begin to wilt. The
vase may be used as a planter as well.
Each ticket includes:
-Made-by-hand cement vase by GLO.BOWL
-Fresh-cut flower stems for you to build-your-own bouquet
-Live succulent picks to add to your flower bouquet
1-3pm
$40 per person
We are offering beekeepers an option to purchase time in our commercial kitchen to use our honey extraction equipment. We will provide the uncapping and extraction equipment and tools. We will also work together as beekeepers to extract honey and learn from others.
The cost to extract up to 10 supers is $30 (to extract more than 10, just add another time slot). Sign up for a time below so we can space out access to the equipment. This extraction activity is meant for those beekeepers with 5 or fewer hives. This is meant as a learning experience for beekeepers and convenience to have all the equipment needed in one (air conditioned) space. Pick one time slot below and choose quantity of 1.
Join us at Next to Nature Farm for a NEW class from our friend Jennifer at Branch and Bloom! She will visit the farm to create a terrarium - a sealable glass container containing soil and tropical plants. Terrariums create a humid environment that tropicals love and can be opened for maintenance to access the plants inside.