Mushroom foraging is a popular pursuit in our area, but it can be difficult to search for wild edibles safely, especially without the know-how to identify your findings. In this pop-up foray, we will walk the lands of the Frederick Watershed scouting for mushrooms with field guide, El McFarland. This class will require walking off

Mushroom foraging is a popular pursuit in our area, but it can be difficult to search for wild edibles safely, especially without the know-how to identify your findings. In this pop-up foray, we will walk the lands of the Frederick Watershed scouting for mushrooms with field guide, El McFarland. This class will require walking off

Fox Haven is proud to continue offering the region’s first Fresh Herb Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. CSA Members receive a monthly selection of herbs, study guides with recipes and resources, and a hands-on class to build skills. After a season with us, your pantry will be full of homemade teas, tinctures, oils, salves, and

Awaken your senses through a series of taste tests to understand the energetics of herbs. We'll explore the 6 tissue states: hot & cold, damp & dry, tense & lax as a way to understand how herbs interact with your body.   Meet your Teacher, Calyx Liddick of Northern Appalachia School! Calyx is a bioregional

In this class, we will teach kids about the wacky and wonderful world of mushrooms! Kids will have a chance to practice hands-on cultivation techniques for mushrooms, and play identification games to learn how to identify mushrooms. We will be planting mushroom flower pots with wine cap mushroom spawn and sunflower seeds. For ages 7

Cyanotypes are one of the oldest photographic printing processes in the history of photography. Using coated paper and light, this process creates detailed plant prints surrounded by a stunning deep blue backdrop. Join us at the farm for a special demonstration of the cyanotype method! Artist in residency, Jillian Abir MacMaster will walk you through

. Join us in the herb garden for a hands-on experience picking your own herbs. This monthly offering is designed to introduce you to the growing cycle of plants. During your visit, you'll have the opportunity to harvest up to 5 bundles of herbs that are ripe and ready! A farmer will be onsite to

Tour the Garden and tea tasting with Fox Haven staff and learn about the plants that are ripe for harvest. From the ferny plant that made Absinthe to the root that made the first marshmallow to the flower that stops bleeding – we’ll tour the stories and senses that fill our garden. Participants are welcome

Early June may present the heat of the summer but it’s really the last few days of Spring we’ll be experiencing. Nick Spero joins us to introduce us to some of his favorite wild edibles in the late Spring – Cattail and Milkweed – for a foodie-focused month of Foragers. Nick Spero is a retired

How can gender-expansive inclusion work within the herbal and Western medicine communities? In this class, we'll address the inequity of access to care and define terminology to provide an improved vocabulary for use in clinical practice, educational evironments, and everyday life. We'll also dive into the energetics of herbalism through a gender-expansive lens to discern

With the Summer Solstice approaching, we will continue our walk through the astrological zodiac to honor the summer signs of Cancer, Leo, and Virgo and their energetic imprint on our earth. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year and a celebration that marks the official beginning of summer. Some of the herbs

Salt-curing meat is one of the easiest and tasty homesteading skills!! We will be working with beef and will walk through the basics of a salt cure. Each participant will take their curing meat home with them along with a complete sequence of steps to finish this project. Will also learn to refurbish, season, and

No matches, no lighter, no road flares, no problem! This class will introduce students to the process and skills necessary to make fire using the hand drill and bow and drill methods. Meet your teacher, Jason Drevenak! Jason grew up on his family’s homestead in West Virginia hunting, fishing, hiking, building shelters and making tools.

Milky oats (Avena Sativa) are the oat tops harvested when they are in their milky stage, during which the oat tops release a white, milky sap when squeezed. This stage lasts approximately one week, just before the seed hardens and becomes the oat grain we eat as oatmeal. Tincturing the milky oats while fresh preserves

Milky oats (Avena Sativa) are the oat tops harvested when they are in their milky stage, during which the oat tops release a white, milky sap when squeezed. This stage lasts approximately one week, just before the seed hardens and becomes the oat grain we eat as oatmeal. Tincturing the milky oats while fresh preserves

Milky oats (Avena Sativa) are the oat tops harvested when they are in their milky stage, during which the oat tops release a white, milky sap when squeezed. This stage lasts approximately one week, just before the seed hardens and becomes the oat grain we eat as oatmeal. Tincturing the milky oats while fresh preserves

Milky oats (Avena Sativa) are the oat tops harvested when they are in their milky stage, during which the oat tops release a white, milky sap when squeezed. This stage lasts approximately one week, just before the seed hardens and becomes the oat grain we eat as oatmeal. Tincturing the milky oats while fresh preserves

Milky oats (Avena Sativa) are the oat tops harvested when they are in their milky stage, during which the oat tops release a white, milky sap when squeezed. This stage lasts approximately one week, just before the seed hardens and becomes the oat grain we eat as oatmeal. Tincturing the milky oats while fresh preserves