Cosmic influences of the Sun and Moon have major effects for life on Earth. Learn how to work best with the yearly and daily rhythms of the Sun, and how the various lunar rhythms might help with the timing of farming and gardening work.
Harald Hoven is a semi-retired Biodynamic farmer living in Sacramento, California. After a 4-year BD Horticulture training in his native Germany, he moved to California, where for 30 years he farmed and taught Biodynamics at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, Ca. There he developed Raphael Garden, a highly diversified small farm, and trained close to 100 apprentices in Biodynamic farming, using the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model to market its products. Sine 2017 he has been mentoring and consulting famers, and has been teaching courses in Biodynamics, primarily at home and in Southeast Asia.
Through seed saving, you may be able to grow the best plants for your land, if you follow the steps needed for the different types of plants. Learn the basics of seed saving, beginning with how you can start in your farm or garden. Seed cleaning will be part of the workshop.
Harald Hoven is a semi-retired Biodynamic farmer living in Sacramento, California. After a 4-year BD Horticulture training in his native Germany, he moved to California, where for 30 years he farmed and taught Biodynamics at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, Ca. There he developed Raphael Garden, a highly diversified small farm, and trained close to 100 apprentices in Biodynamic farming, using the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model to market its products. Sine 2017 he has been mentoring and consulting famers, and has been teaching courses in Biodynamics, primarily at home and in Southeast Asia.
This is the third in a series of four workshops - get a discount if you sign up for two or more.
Harald Hoven is a semi-retired Biodynamic farmer living in Sacramento, California. After a 4-year BD Horticulture training in his native Germany, he moved to California, where for 30 years he farmed and taught Biodynamics at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, Ca. There he developed Raphael Garden, a highly diversified small farm, and trained close to 100 apprentices in Biodynamic farming, using the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model to market its products. Sine 2017 he has been mentoring and consulting famers, and has been teaching courses in Biodynamics, primarily at home and in Southeast Asia.
This is the first in a series of four workshops - get a discount if you sign up for two or more.
It is good to convert organic waste material into compost, but it is best if the components come from your own land. Learn the steps necessary for making great compost, without losing valuable nutrients. Using the biodynamic compost preparations in it will make it even more healing. This workshop will offer both theory and practice.
11 am - 3pm
Harald Hoven is a semi-retired Biodynamic farmer living in Sacramento, California. After a 4-year BD Horticulture training in his native Germany, he moved to California, where for 30 years he farmed and taught Biodynamics at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, Ca. There he developed Raphael Garden, a highly diversified small farm, and trained close to 100 apprentices in Biodynamic farming, using the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model to market its products. Sine 2017 he has been mentoring and consulting famers, and has been teaching courses in Biodynamics, primarily at home and in Southeast Asia.
This is the first in a series of four workshops - get a discount if you sign up for two or more.
Spend Mother’s Day at the farm with strawberries, produce, nursery plants, flowers, apothecary goods, and a few good things to eat and drink. We expect cookies, bread from Anoushka and Wildstone Bakery, ferments including beet kvass, and other seasonal offerings from partners we value for the quality of what they make. The day includes three short farm tours, two with Carin and one with Delmar, plus music, refreshments, and time to linger.
Join us for our annual Strawberry festival and the opening of Blossom’s produce stand. Shop biodynamically grown berries, strawberry shortcake, drinks shrubs, buy produce, nursery plants, and apothecary goods, meet the people behind the work, and spend a few hours on the farm in Aromas. During the day we will offer three short farm tours, two led by Carin and one by Delmar, each about 20 minutes long and designed as an introduction to the fuller monthly Farm Tours.
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Walk the summer garden with Delmar and look at what the season is asking for now. This tour focuses on growth, water, timing, and the practical work of keeping a garden productive as the weather turns warmer. After the walk, stay for Q&A, refreshments from the farm shop, and a chance to buy plants and products connected to the day’s topic.
Midsummer is a good time to be on the farm. Join us for a market day shaped by the light and abundance of the season, with produce, nursery plants, apothecary goods, music, refreshments, and room to sit, talk, and enjoy the place. We will offer two short farm tours during the day with Carin and Delmar, as a first introduction to the larger seasonal Farm Tour series.
Join Carin for a morning focused on the herbs and flowers we grow for skin care at Blossom’s. We will meet the plants behind our salves, creams, hydrosols, and oils, and look at how they are grown and used in daily practice. After the tour there will be time for questions, refreshments from the farm shop, and a chance to buy the preparations connected to what you have just learned about.
Join us for a high-summer market day with good food, cold drinks, produce, nursery plants, apothecary goods, music, and a relaxed biergarten atmosphere on the farm. We will be featuring seasonal collaborators and local small businesses whose work fits the quality and values we care about. The day includes three short farm tours, two led by Carin and one by Delmar, each about 20 minutes long.
This morning is a closer look at the herbs that belong near the kitchen door. Walk the farm with Delmar, meet culinary and medicinal herbs growing here now, and learn simple ways to use them fresh, dried, and in everyday cooking and home care. After the walk, stay for Q&A, refreshments from the farm shop, and a chance to buy plants and products tied to the herbs discussed.
This late-summer market day keeps the social side of farm life in view. Come for produce, nursery plants, apothecary goods, music, refreshments, and a little more time to enjoy the farm before the season turns. We will offer three short farm tours during the day, two with Carin and one with Delmar, as a simple introduction to the fuller monthly Farm Tours.
As routines pick up again, this tour focuses on herbs that support steadiness, rest, and nervous system balance. Join Carin for a walk through the farm and a closer look at the plants we grow for times of stress and transition, and how they are used in the preparations we make here. After the tour, stay for questions, refreshments from the farm shop, and a chance to buy products connected to the day’s topic.
This market day marks the turn toward autumn with harvest produce, nursery plants, apothecary goods, music, refreshments, and the feel of the season changing on the farm. Michaelmas has long been a time associated with courage, gratitude, and bringing things in well, and that is the mood we want to carry into the day. We will offer two short farm tours led by Carin and Delmar, for visitors who want a closer look at the land behind the harvest.
This is a broad public invitation to spend a fall day at Blossom’s. Expect produce, nursery plants, apothecary goods, music, refreshments, and a few pop-up elements as the program takes final shape. During the day we will offer three short farm tours, two with Carin and one with Delmar, giving new visitors a good first look at the farm and the seasonal work happening here.
Join Delmar for a morning focused on compost, soil, and the cycles of return that make a fertile farm possible. We will look at what healthy soil changes in practice, and why compost sits so close to the center of biodynamic work. After the tour, stay for questions, refreshments from the farm shop, and a chance to buy products and plants that connect back to what you have just seen.
Join us for a farm version of the old European winter market, with seasonal gifts, herbal goods, nursery offerings, music, refreshments, and thoughtful local collaborations. This is a day for shopping well, staying awhile, and finding useful things made with care. We will also offer three short farm tours, two with Carin and one with Delmar, for visitors who want a first introduction to the land behind the products.
This winter market draws on old seasonal customs of reflection, story, generosity, and care at the start of the darkest part of the year. You do not need to share a particular religious tradition to enjoy the day. Expect farm goods, herbal offerings, gift sets, refreshments, music, and a quieter winter atmosphere on the land. We will offer two short farm tours led by Carin and Delmar, as a final invitation into the fuller Farm Tour series.
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