Learn to taste the most of your garden this season. We will utilize vegetables at their peak of ripeness and introduce creative ideas for utilizing and storing the outrageous amounts of tomatoes and summer squash mysteriously produced overnight- transforming commonly grown Colorado vegetables into culinary masterpieces! Classes cover a variety of topics, including basic knife (more…)

You will learn all you need to know to start canning at home with step-by-step instructions and demonstration. You will learn how to can safely, and will take home recipes and a jar of something delightful! The class will also cover pickling and basic fermentation. You will go home with the Ball Blue Book, the (more…)

Learn the basics of pickling vegetables through the process of fermentation in this informative, demonstration style, workshop. We\’ll explore the health benefits, and safety, of fermented foods and also provide basic recipes to pickle your own vegetables at home. Sample Menu: Giardiniera, Bread and Butter, Refrigerator Dills and Sauerkraut. http://www.growinggardens.org/gardening-and-cooking-classes (more…)

In September, the Peace Garden is filled with a forest of fresh vegetables and fruit. We’ll learn to harvest ripe produce with culinary plans in mind. Children will have the opportunity to connect the abundance of the fall garden harvest with seasonal meals they can make at home! Autumn is also a time of change (more…)

The growing season has come to an end and we’ll celebrate all of our hard work by putting the garden to bed for the winter season. Join us and gain a hands-on experience of what’s needed to prep the soil, the perennials, and the garden space to spend a few months under a blanket of (more…)