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SWWAG Workshop: Supreme Compost 101

Past Event: Saturday, April 23, 12:00 pm

This workshop will demonstrate to participants the beginning stages of how to make compost, reveal the present condition of the city’s depleted soil, and how to turn recycled food waste…

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SWWAG Workshop: Fruit Growing for Your Yard

Past Event: Saturday, April 9, 12:00 pm

Learn about the different types of perennial fruit crops that can be grown in your home garden. In this workshop, you will learn about requirements for soil, sunlight, and space,…

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SWWAG Workshop: How to Plan Your Spring Garden

Past Event: Wednesday, March 30, 4:00 pm

Time to get planting! Come on down to Sankofa Community Farm and learn the basics of planting your spring garden. We will also cover springtime maintenance including best practices in…

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SWWAG Workshop: How to Build a Raised Garden Bed

Past Event: Thursday, June 16, 11:00 am

This workshop taught is designed to help beginner to intermediate gardeners understand the basics of raised bed agriculture. Participants will learn about the history, benefits, and challenges of gardening with…

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SWWAG Workshop: How to Build a Raised Garden Bed

Past Event: Saturday, March 26, 11:00 am

This workshop taught is designed to help beginner to intermediate gardeners understand the basics of raised bed agriculture. Participants will learn about the history, benefits, and challenges of gardening with…

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SWWAG Workshop: Know Thy Self | Heal Thy Self

Past Event: Saturday, March 26, 12:00 pm

Through this powerful, eye-opening workshop taught by Nefertari Muhammad, you will learn the secret knowledge of healing remedies by using flowers, roots, leaves powders, barks, and essential oils to heal…

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Prepare Your Winter Garden (SWWAG Workshop)- SOLD OUT

Past Event: Wednesday, November 3, 4:00 pm

It is almost time to put your garden to bed. Come learn the best ways to get your garden ready for a restful winter sleep, including cover crops, overwintering greens,…

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Compost Tea & Biochar (SWWAG Workshop)

Past Event: Saturday, November 13, 9:30 am

Join us for this hands-on workshop, presented in partnership with the Philadelphia Orchard Project! Learn about the making and use of biochar and compost tea to improve garden and orchard…

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Food Fermentation & Preservation (SWWAG Workshop)

Past Event: Saturday, October 16, 12:00 pm

Make kimchi or sauerkraut to ferment at home and learn about all the ways to preserve the harvest for the winter! Class will be held in the pavilion at the…

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Fruit Growing for your Home Garden (SWWAG Workshop)

Past Event: Saturday, October 9, 12:00 pm

Learn about the different types of perennial fruit crops that can be grown in your home garden. In this workshop you will learn about requirements for soil, sunlight, and space,…

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dried herbs and flowers

Know Your Self, Heal Thy Self: The Journey (SWWAG Workshop – SOLD OUT)

Past Event: Saturday, October 2, 12:00 pm

Our bodies have a unique way of communicating with us. It starts with one pain, which comes from a deeper underlying issue that has to be identified, warning us before…

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Seed Keeping (SWWAG Workshop)

Past Event: Wednesday, September 15, 4:15 pm

Join us for a hands-on workshop and conversation about seed keeping throughout history as we engage the tools of ancestry, story weaving, plant science, and spiritual connection to define seed…

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Planting Fall Crops & Natural Agriculture (SWWAG Workshop)

Past Event: Tuesday, August 31, 4:00 pm

Do you like carrots, beets, and broccoli? Come to Sankofa Community Farm to learn the basics of planting your fall garden. We will also cover fall maintenance including best practices…

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“High on the Hog” Multigenerational Cooking Class (SWWAG workshop)

Past Event: Monday, October 11, 12:00 pm

Join Urban Tree Connection and vegan chef Sherimane Johnson in a live and interactive virtual cooking event! Learn more about vegan cooking, get creative with the ingredients from your food…

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“High on the Hog” Multigenerational Cooking Class (SWWAG workshop)

Past Event: Monday, September 27, 12:00 pm

Join Urban Tree Connection and vegan chef Sherimane Johnson in a live and interactive virtual cooking event! Learn more about vegan cooking, get creative with the ingredients from your food…

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