Upcoming Events
You’ll find a listing of all our current classes and events below. (Prefer a calendar view? Here you go.) If something catches your eye, click on it for more information and to register. We also include a run-down of upcoming events in The Civic Gardener each month, which is a great way to stay in the loop!
Hands On at Hauck
We’ll be battling invasive species and keep our Butterfly Garden looking clean and healthy.
Holloway Hope Community Garden Workday
We’ll be weeding, mowing, watering, pruning, and harvesting
Seed Sorting Workday
We’ll be sorting donated seeds for our backyard and community gardeners.
Lil' Sprouts
Kickstart your week with a trip to the garden and engage in seasonally relevant activities with the Lil’ Sprouts in your life! This free drop-in series for children ages 3 to 8 and their caregivers offers our youngest gardeners and nature lovers an opportunity to learn more about the natural world. We hold Lil' Sprouts on the second and fourth Monday of each month.
COST: Free!
Herbarium Lab Workday
We'll be digging through our specimen collection and mounting, scanning, and organizing them as they find their place in our Community Herbarium collection.
Seed Sorting Workday
We’ll be sorting donated seeds for our backyard and community gardeners.
Seed Sorting Workday
We’ll be sorting donated seeds for our backyard and community gardeners.
FULL: Crop Prop Workday
We’ll be dividing starts for fall favorites like kale, spinach, collards, and broccoli that will be available at our Fall Native Plant Festival and distributed to our network of community gardens.
Hands On at Hauck
We’ll be battling invasive species and keep our Rain Garden looking clean and healthy.
ReRooted Workday
We need your help this spring to grow 80 different species of native plants for our ReRooted program. This week, volunteers will work with CGC staff to pot up the last few native plant seedlings.
West End Community Garden HUB Workday
We’ll be weeding flower beds, turning compost, and spreading mulch.
Seed Sorting Workday
We’ll be sorting donated seeds for our backyard and community gardeners.
Seed Sorting Workday
We’ll be sorting donated seeds for our backyard and community gardeners.
Herbarium Lab Workday
We'll be digging through our specimen collection and mounting, scanning, and organizing them as they find their place in our Community Herbarium collection.
Seed Sorting Workday
We’ll be sorting donated seeds for our backyard and community gardeners.
Seed Sorting Workday
We’ll be sorting donated seeds for our backyard and community gardeners.
Hands On at Hauck
Our Fall Native Plant Festival is just around the corner on September 12, and we need your help to get the grounds ready for the party!
FULL: ReRooted Workday
We need your help this spring to grow 80 different species of native plants for our ReRooted program. This week, volunteers will work with CGC staff to tag and organize plants to get ready for our Fall Native Plant Festival on Saturday, September 12.
Seed Sorting Workday
We’ll be sorting donated seeds for our backyard and community gardeners.
Holloway Hope Community Garden Workday
We’ll be weeding, mowing, watering, pruning, and harvesting.
Lil' Sprouts
Kickstart your week with a trip to the garden and engage in seasonally relevant activities with the Lil’ Sprouts in your life! This free drop-in series for children ages 3 to 8 and their caregivers offers our youngest gardeners and nature lovers an opportunity to learn more about the natural world. We hold Lil' Sprouts on the second and fourth Monday of each month.
COST: Free!
Compost Kids Facilitator Training
You’ll learn how to lead one of our Compost Kids field trip stations for K-6 students.
Crop Prop Workday
We’ll be “bumping up” fall favorites like kale, spinach, collards, and broccoli that will be available at our Fall Native Plant Festival and distributed to our network of community gardens.
Flavors of the Garden
Every year, our green-thumb community gathers to feast on our garden-grown harvests. Gardeners bring homemade dishes crafted from crops they’ve nurtured, turning seasonal produce into a communal, farm-to-table experience right here at the CGC. If you’re part of our urban agriculture community, we hope you’ll join us!
COST: Free (registration required)
Hands On at Hauck
Our Fall Native Plant Festival is just around the corner on September 12, and we need your help to get the grounds ready for the party!
Taft High School Garden Workday
We'll be helping to weed, unload wood chips, and generally clean up the garden in preparation for the start of school.
Hands On at Hauck
Our Fall Native Plant Festival is just around the corner on September 12, and we need your help to get the grounds ready for the party!
South Cumminsville Community Garden HUB Workday
We’ll be clearing weeds out of common areas and tidying up the orchard.
Volunteer for the Fall Native Plant Festival
Help us get ready to put on an awesome Fall Native Plant Festival!
Volunteer for the Fall Native Plant Festival
Help us pull off an awesome Fall Native Plant Festival!
Green Teens Field Study Facilitator Training
You’ll learn to help facilitate our high school field studies for participants in our Green Teens Challenge.
Lil' Sprouts
Kickstart your week with a trip to the garden and engage in seasonally relevant activities with the Lil’ Sprouts in your life! This free drop-in series for children ages 3 to 8 and their caregivers offers our youngest gardeners and nature lovers an opportunity to learn more about the natural world. We hold Lil' Sprouts on the second and fourth Monday of each month.
COST: Free!
The 2026 Volunteer-A-Thon Begins!
Join our 2026 Volunteer-A-Thon to earn cool prizes and maximize your impact!
Northgate Community Garden HUB Workday
We’ll be tidying up the garden in preparation for the free HUB Garden Healthy Harvest cooking demonstration being held here on Saturday, August 8!
Crop Prop Workday
We’ll be sowing seeds for fall favorites like kale, spinach, collards, and broccoli that will be available at our Fall Native Plant Festival and distributed to our network of community gardens.
FULL - Herbarium Lab Workday
We'll be digging through our specimen collection and mounting, scanning, and organizing them as they find their place in our Community Herbarium collection.
Lil' Sprouts
Kickstart your week with a trip to the garden and engage in seasonally relevant activities with the Lil’ Sprouts in your life! This free drop-in series for children ages 3 to 8 and their caregivers offers our youngest gardeners and nature lovers an opportunity to learn more about the natural world. We hold Lil' Sprouts on the second and fourth Monday of each month.
COST: Free!
Kanggy Garden Project Workday
We’ll be moving a few beds, sifting soil, filling beds, moving picnic tables, and generally beautifying the garden.
Hands On at Hauck
We’ll be battling invasive species and working to keep our Food Forest looking clean and healthy.
Loveland Presbyterian Community Garden Workday
We'll be clearing weeds out of common areas and pathways surrounding community garden plots to tidy up the garden.
FULL - Herbarium Lab Workday
We'll be digging through our specimen collection and mounting, scanning, and organizing them as they find their place in our Community Herbarium collection.
CANCELED - Holloway Hope Community Garden Workday
We’ll be weeding, mowing, watering, pruning, and harvesting
Hands On at Hauck
We’ll be mucking out the koi pond in our Serenity Garden! One lucky volunteer will get to don a pair of rubber waders and dive in to clear out overgrown plants and grime while the rest of us weed.
Mt. Airy Commons Community Garden HUB Workday
We’ll be tidying up the garden in preparation for the free HUB Garden Healthy Harvest cooking demonstration being held here on Saturday, July 25!
FULL - Herbarium Lab Workday
We'll be digging through our specimen collection and mounting, scanning, and organizing them as they find their place in our Community Herbarium collection.
Lil' Sprouts
Kickstart your week with a trip to the garden and engage in seasonally relevant activities with the Lil’ Sprouts in your life! This free drop-in series for children ages 3 to 8 and their caregivers offers our youngest gardeners and nature lovers an opportunity to learn more about the natural world. We hold Lil' Sprouts on the second and fourth Monday of each month.
COST: Free!
Spring Grove Village Community Garden Workday
We’ll be weeding, digging and moving compost, replacing a chain link gate, and sanding a metal guardrail to prepare it for painting.
Hands On at Hauck
We’ll be battling invasive species around our Oak Street gate and working to keep our Upland Woods area looking clean and healthy.
POSTPONED - Loveland Presbyterian Community Garden HUB Workday
We’ll be tidying up the garden in preparation for the free HUB Garden Healthy Harvest cooking demonstration being held here on Saturday, July 18!
FULL: Herbarium Lab Workday
We'll be digging through our specimen collection and mounting, scanning, and organizing them as they find their place in our Community Herbarium collection.
CANCELED - Hands On at Hauck
We’ll be sprucing up the Open Oak Landing by clearing weeds and cleaning up the edges of the beds.
FULL: Herbarium Lab Workday
We'll be digging through our specimen collection and mounting, scanning, and organizing them as they find their place in our Community Herbarium collection.
CANCELED: Melrose Medicinal Garden Workday
We’ll be sheet mulching the orchard, doing some general weeding, and planting medicinal plants in preparation for our HUB Garden class Plants for a Purpose, which will be held in the garden on Saturday, June 27.
FULL: Herbarium Lab Workday
We'll be digging through our specimen collection and mounting, scanning, and organizing them as they find their place in our Community Herbarium collection.
FULL: ReRooted Workday
We need your help this spring to grow 80 different species of native plants for our ReRooted program. This week, volunteers will work with CGC staff to pot up native plant seedlings.
CANCELED: Hands On at Hauck
We’ll be doing the native plant version of the Chelsea Chop around the park as well as keeping up with those pesky weeds.
FULL: ReRooted Workday
We need your help this spring to grow 80 different species of native plants for our ReRooted program. This week, volunteers will work with CGC staff to pot up native plant seedlings.
Hands On at Hauck
We’ll be doing the native plant version of the Chelsea Chop around the park as well as keeping up with those pesky weeds.
FULL: ReRooted Workday
We need your help this spring to grow 80 different species of native plants for our ReRooted program. This week, volunteers will work with CGC staff to pot up native plant seedlings.
Hands On at Hauck
We’ll be sprucing up the Open Oak Landing by clearing weeds and cleaning up the edges of the beds.
CANCELED: Propagation Workday
We need your help this spring to grow 80 different species of native plants for our ReRooted program. This week, volunteers will work with CGC staff to pot up native plant seedlings.
CANCELED: Hands On at Hauck
We’ll be sprucing up the Food Forest by clearing weeds and cleaning up the edges of the beds.