Classes
Want to learn about growing your own food or conservation and native plants? Here are all of our upcoming education opportunities!
The Hauck Arboretum may just be Cincinnati’s best kept botanical secret! A stroll along the pathways of this historic public garden reveals new surprises on each visit. Join us for an informal walk around Hauck Botanic Garden and discover the history of the park and the plants growing within it.
COST: Free!
Bring your current project and a snack or drink to share (if you’d like) and join your fellow CGC members for an informal evening of making together! Whether you knit, crochet, embroider, sketch, paint, spin, papercraft, or anything else creative—if it’s portable enough for you to get it here, you’re welcome to come do it in good company.
Come be part of our CGC member community!
COST: Included with CGC membership
Don't miss out on months when you could still be growing! This class will cover strategies to make your harvest last beyond the traditional growing season. You'll learn how South Cumminsville gardeners take advantage of every opportunity to grow, including crop covers and perennial crops (like fruit trees)!
This class will be held at the South Cumminsville Community Garden: 3618 Roll Ave, 45223.
COST: Free! (Donations welcome)
Join award-winning veteran Cheesemaker Eduardo Rodriguez to explore the history, culture, process, and uses of Ricotta! In this beginner-friendly class, you'll sample some cheeses, participate in a demonstration, and have the opportunity to ask questions. You'll go home with the basket and cheese cloth needed to make Ricotta as well as a basic recipe.
INSTRUCTOR: Eduardo Rodriguez (owner of My Artisano and Slow Food Cincinnati member)
COST: $35
Sharpen your coffee-tasting skills with Cody Brown, Director of Operations for Proud Hound Coffee!
In this beginner-friendly class, Cody will take you on a deep-dive sensory journey through the world of coffee—including its geography, essential processes (like farming, processing, and roasting), the people around the world who make it possible. After a lecture and demonstration, you'll get hands-on to learn specific tasting skills such as identifying profile notes. You'll also have the opportunity to ask questions.
INSTRUCTOR: Cody Brown (Proud Hound Director of Operations)
COST: $35
Learn how to turn a dried-out stem of dogbane into a strong rope—and how that rope can be used to ignite fire from materials commonly found in local fields and forests.
INSTRUCTOR: Howie Zuefle
COST: $35
In this introductory class, you'll learn the fundamentals of plant preservation. No prior experience needed! After a demonstration of how to press flowers or leaves, you'll create a small piece of art with pressed botanical materials to take home.
INSTRUCTOR: Luis Aguilar-Dwyer (CGC Environmental Education Specialist)
COST: $35
Love looking at plants? Learn how to draw one! Get in touch with the joy of drawing as you look more closely at the wide variety of plants growing at Hauck Botanic Garden—even if you've never drawn before.
INSTRUCTOR: Gratia Banta
COST: $50
In this beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll learn how to properly dry, seal, and coat real botanicals in resin so they remain vibrant, protected, and long-lasting, then make your own unique pieces to take home.
If you'd like, join us for an optional harvesting session from 9:30-10:30am on Saturday, September 26. You're welcome to come harvest botanical material to preserve from the CGC grounds or bring pieces from home to be preserved in time for the jewelry-making workshop on November 1.
INSTRUCTOR: Breanna Cole
COST: $100