classes // workshops // events
TRAIL WORK DAY
Craigardan’s 320 acre campus is a patchwork of new fields and previously logged forest navigated on a network of skidder tracks and new trails. We need your help clearing debris, stabilizing soils, and creating paths to open up new possibilities for walking, skiing, biking, and exploring the property.
EMPTY BOWL, FULL HEART MAKERS DAYS IN THE CLAY STUDIO
Come join Craigardan and Empty Bowl Full Heart in creating bowls for the 2024 fundraiser to support local food pantries. No experience is necessary! This is a fun event for adults and teens 12 and older.
EMPTY BOWL, FULL HEART MAKERS DAYS IN THE CLAY STUDIO
Come join Craigardan and Empty Bowl Full Heart in creating bowls for the 2024 fundraiser to support local food pantries. No experience is necessary! This is a fun event for adults and teens 12 and older.
BACKYARD BEES
This introduction to beekeeping with novice beekeepers Michele, Sam, and Laura may just inspire you to maintain a hive or two of your own - if we can do it, so can you! Pre-registration is appreciated, but not necessary.
(2nd) ANNUAL SUMMER FIRING CELEBRATION
Join us for our annual summer event! We’ll celebrate the fire that brings us together, the summer harvest, and the community of artists, scholars, and creatives all around us.
PROJECT SOW - Seeds of Wonder
Calling all High School students! Join CCE and Craigardan on the farm this summer.
WIC'N PICK SERIES
We’ve partnered with Essex County Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to offer educational on-farm experiences for families enrolled in the county WIC program.
COMPOST it!
In this workshop you will learn how to compost food scraps, leaf litter, and more in your own backyard. We’ll cover different methods, dealing with wildlife, and how to make good quality compost that your plants will love.
TUESDAY BEGINNER MTB RIDES with Mark Nassan
Join us at Blueberry Hill Trails in Elizabethtown every Tuesday evening (weather permitting) for group mountain bike rides with local guru Mark Nassan. This is geared towards beginners but all levels are welcome for this fun, supportive, laid back group ride.
COMMUNITY FLOWER PLANTING DAY
Help us plant our flower garden! Share in the joy that comes from planting seeds.
VOLUNTEER ON THE FARM
Join us on the farm any or every Tuesday from May 7 through October 7. During volunteer hours you will have the hands-on experience of working on our small-scale, diversified farm!
Fruit Tree Care and Pruning
Join us on Saturday, March 16th for a free educational workshop on fruit tree care with local arborist Peter Landau.
TRAIL-WORK WEEKEND
Craigardan’s 320 acre campus is a patchwork of new fields and previously logged forest navigated on a network of skidder tracks and new trails. We need your help clearing debris, stabilizing soils, and creating paths to open up new possibilities for walking, skiing, biking, and exploring the property.
COMMUNITY HARVEST DAY
What is better than the harvest season?! All of our work leads up to this time of celebration and bounty. In May we invite you to join us in planting some of what we will be harvesting months later during our Fall harvest.
EMPTY BOWL, FULL HEART MAKERS DAYS IN THE CLAY STUDIO
Come join Craigardan and Empty Bowl Full Heart in creating bowls for the 2024 fundraiser to support local food pantries. No experience is necessary! This is a fun event for adults and teens 12 and older.
EMPTY BOWL, FULL HEART MAKERS DAYS IN THE CLAY STUDIO
Come join Craigardan and Empty Bowl Full Heart in creating bowls for the 2024 fundraiser to support local food pantries. No experience is necessary! This is a fun event for adults and teens 12 and older.
COMPOST it!
In this workshop you will learn how to compost food scraps, leaf litter, and more in your own backyard. We’ll cover different methods, dealing with wildlife, and how to make good quality compost that your plants will love.
LIVING LANDSCAPE: HOW SHEEP, CHICKENS, AND PIGS PLAY A ROLE
Come learn how we care for and manage our livestock, how these animals fit into an integrated living landscape, and how they really strengthen and provide for all of us. Pre-registration is appreciated, but not necessary.
BACKYARD BEES
This introduction to beekeeping with novice beekeepers Michele, Sam, and Laura may just inspire you to maintain a hive or two of your own - if we can do it, so can you! Pre-registration is appreciated, but not necessary.
FIRST FIRING: FREE COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE + BENEFIT
Join us for a summer’s day full of art, friends, music, food, and fire. Come with family and friends to explore the grounds, hang out by the campfire, picnic on the lawn, get your hands into some art-making, and be a part of the first firing of our new wood kiln. This is your new Craigardan!
Project SOW - Seeds of Wonder
Calling all High School students! Join CCE and Craigardan on the farm this summer.
VOLUNTEER ON THE FARM
Join us on the farm any or every Saturday from June 10 through September 30th. During volunteer hours you will have the hands-on experience of working on our small-scale, diversified farm!
TUESDAY BEGINNER MTB RIDES with Mark Nassan
Join us at Blueberry Hill Trails in Elizabethtown every Tuesday evening (weather permitting) for group mountain bike rides with local guru Mark Nassan. This is geared towards beginners but all levels are welcome for this fun, supportive, laid back group ride.
COMMUNITY FARM PLANTING DAY
Help us plant our garden! Share in the joy that comes from planting seeds and starts with the satisfaction of knowing the fruits of your labor will help feed our local community and visiting artists all year long.
Clay Camp!
Coming this summer... kids clay camp! A week of adventure in the studio and on the farm for ages 7-10.
Weaving Magic
Kids... Come try your hand making magic happen with the art of weaving at this FREE after school class.
Gifts, Gadgets, and Goodies
This is the workshop to make clay objects for you and for friends and family.
Stone Carving Workshop
Carving with hand tools in soapstone and alabaster is a wonderful creative process that anyone can master.