The Farmstead
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Plant Print Bandanas
The FarmsteadJoin local artist Ashleigh Hawkins on an eco-printing journey from leaf to print. Using Ozarks native wildflowers, leaves, and berries, you'll create beautiful eco prints on a 24" organic cotton bandana. This workshop will take place in the Farmstead Building next to the greenhouse on the Farm.
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Craft Night at The Farmstead
The FarmsteadJoin us for an evening of crafting at The Farmstead for our third Craft Night of the year! Gather around the front porch as we hand-dye summer solstice banners using natural dye extracts like marigold and osage orange to create rich yellows and oranges, celebrating the start of the summer season! Alternatively, bring your own…
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Barkuterie Boards
The FarmsteadBring your pup out to The Farmstead porch for an afternoon with Lavish Grazing. Kendra teaches attendees how to make beautiful grazing platters for their furry friends by sharing arrangement and cutting techniques that can also be applied to human charcuterie boards. Along the way, you’ll make animal-shaped fruits and veggies while learning which snacks…
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Beehive Check
The FarmsteadLearn all about bees with beekeeper Hanna! This class starts on The Workshop patio where you’ll get suited up in a protective beekeeping jacket and veil. You’ll head out to the apiary to learn about the parts of the hive, how to handle frames and gain insight on bee stages of development and their life…
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All About Bees: Nucleus Colony Install
The FarmsteadTake your beekeping to the next level and learn how to properly install a nucleus colony with guidance from Beekeeper Hanna. This technique allows you to start a small new…
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Salts, Scrubs, & Repellants
The FarmsteadRevitalize your skin and enjoy the many benefits of learning to create your own personalized blends of bath salts and sugar scrubs. Help protect your skin from the arrival of…
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Garden Bed Prep
The FarmsteadSpringtime in the Ozarks is approaching, which means it's time to prepare your garden beds for new growth. Join Farmer Brendan on The Farm for a demonstration of different tools and techniques used to prepare garden beds for healthy crops all year long. Participants will get to see how different amendments are added to improve…
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Spring Table Arrangements
The FarmsteadFlower farmer and intentional florist Cherrelle Hitchcock, from Flora & Forge Floral & Farm, invites you to come create a beautiful bouquet with the freshest flowers spring has to offer: premium blooms grown right here in Missouri! Learn about harvesting and designing with aromatic, specialty narcissus, ranunculus, anemones, tulips, stock, and seasonal foliage. Come ready…
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All About Bees
The FarmsteadLocal beekeeper Hanna, from Hanna's Bee', will guide you through everything you need to know about starting your own beekeeping. This series class is for newbie and beginner beekeepers. The class will discuss the basics: structures, tools, schedules, etc. Participants will also be able to pre-order bees for pickup in the spring from Hanna.
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Craft Night at The Farmstead
The FarmsteadJoin us for a casual evening of crafting at the Workshop for our second Craft Night of the year! We invite you to bring a craft from a previous workshop or pick up a new one to begin. Our resident artisan, Ashleigh Hawkins will be on hand to answer questions and lend a hand! If…
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Shiitake Social – Second Session
The FarmsteadJoin us in the mushroom yard to learn how to grow culinary mushrooms outdoors on logs using basic tools with Farm Manager Brendan Sinclair. Participants will partake in the preparation of logs for growing and harvesting mushrooms, as well as inoculating logs with shiitake mushroom spawn. By the end of this class, students will take…
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Shiitake Social – First Session
The FarmsteadJoin us in the mushroom yard to learn how to grow culinary mushrooms outdoors on logs using basic tools with Farm Manager Brendan Sinclair. Participants will partake in the preparation of logs for growing and harvesting mushrooms, as well as inoculating logs with shiitake mushroom spawn. By the end of this class, students will take…