Calendar

The following is a list of events taking place around the country – and the world!

Most of the events are organized or co-sponsored by MOFGA but other events are listed as well.
Visit the MOFGA Events page. Interested in giving a workshop for MOFGA?

Wreath Making Workshop

The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

Make Your Own Festive Wreath with organic balsam fir greens!Join Celebration Tree Farm & Wellness Center to learn how to make your own wreath. We’ll provide organic balsam fir greens harvested from the forest in Durham, along with dried flowers from Wolfes Neck Farm, pine cones, and ribbons. You’ll leave with your own beautiful handmade […]

$50

Medicinal Herb Tisanes

The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

This workshop is being offered in-person, at MOFGA's new store, the Maine Organic Marketplace in Freeport, Maine. $50 general admission; $45 for MOFGA members.This hands on workshop is part II of the “Art of Blending Tea,” which was offered on October 28th.Are you interested in supporting your health and that of your family with home […]

$45 – $50

Dried Flower Wreath-Making

The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

$70, $60 for MOFGA members.As the colder weather hits and we're drawn indoors it's a great time to craft beautiful things to help keep our spirits high through the winter!Dried flowers make long-lasting wreaths - great for the holidays and beyond. Carole Mapes of Flywheel Flowers will be teaching this class. If you have saved […]

$60 – $70

Needle Felting Workshop

The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

Join Isabel Stearns, the fiber artist behind The Felted Acorns, for a hands-on needle felting workshop! This class will be held in a small group setting (limit: 10 people) inside MOFGA's store, the Maine Organic Marketplace, in Freeport, Maine.Needle felting involves rolling up a small amount of wool roving and poking it with a special […]

$45

Reflections on Homesteading in Maine

Online

In partnership with Curtis Memorial Library, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is celebrating the recent release of its 50th anniversary book, “The Organic Farming Revolution: Past, Present and Future.” Join us for Reflections on Homesteading in Maine, an evening with contributing writers Karyn Lie-Nielsen and Kirsten Lie-Nielsen. Facilitated by MOFGA’s executive director, Sarah […]

Free

Felting Goat Milk Soap with Ledgeway Farm

The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

Join us for a relaxing evening of felting moisturizing bars of goat milk soap! Sarah Perkins of Ledgeway Farm will guide us through the age-old process of wet felting a full-sized bar of soap using roving wool. Felted soaps are not only beautiful to look at, but provide aromatherapy benefits and add antibacterial qualities to […]

$45 – $55

Felting a Painting with Felted Acorns

The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

Join Isabel Stearns, the fiber artist behind The Felted Acorns, for a hands-on needle felting workshop! This class will be held in a small group setting (limit: 10 people) inside MOFGA’s store, the Maine Organic Marketplace, in Freeport, Maine. At this workshop you’ll be introduced to the basic techniques of needle felting as you create […]

$55 – $60

Making Calendula Salve

The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

Join Emily Springer from Infusion Herb Company and learn how to make a soothing skin salve from sunny Calendula blossoms. This is a hands on workshop and participants will go home with a handout and their own hand crafted salve made during the class. The class will focus on the herbal benefits of calendula for […]

$30 – $35

Dyeing with Indigo

MOFGA's Education Center 294 Crosby Brook Rd, Unity, ME, United States

Join us on the MOFGA campus for this immersive, hands-on workshop about dyeing with indigo! Japanese Indigo (Persicaria tinctoria) grows vigorously in Maine and can be used to dye fabric and wool many shades of blue. Come learn how to dye using fresh indigo that we'll harvest together as part of the workshop!The class will […]

$110 – $135

Garlic Braiding

The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

$65 general admission; $55 for MOFGA membersBraiding is a great way to prepare garlic to be stored all winter long, hanging from the rafters in your kitchen where you can use it daily. We're excited to host Carole Mapes of Flywheel Flowers, who will be teaching us how to braid (and decorate) home grown soft […]

$55 – $65

The Art of Blending Tea

The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

$50 general admission; $45 for MOFGA membersJoin Emily Springer of Meeting House Farm - a MOFGA certified organic farm in Scarborough, Maine - for a workshop of blending herbal tea and tisanes. Meeting House Farm grows organic herbs for Infusion Herb Co., a local producer of organic herbal products.We will learn the art of blending […]

$45 – $50

Garlic Braiding

The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

$65 general admission; $55 for MOFGA membersBraiding is a great way to prepare garlic to be stored all winter long, hanging from the rafters in your kitchen where you can use it daily. We're excited to host Carole Mapes of Flywheel Flowers, who will be teaching us how to braid (and decorate) home grown soft […]

$55 – $65
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