2023 Upcoming Adult & youth classes
Jamberry Music at Elawa Farm
Sustainable Vegetable Growing Intensive with Elawa's Farm Team
Sustainable Vegetable Growing Intensive with Elawa's Farm Team
Dates: June (For schedule, please click the link below)
Session 1: 2-4 Years of Age from 10:00 a.m - 10:45 a.m.
Session 2: 6 Months - 2 Years of Age from 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Bring the whole family and a blanket at Elawa Farm for a morning of collaborative group music making with Jamberry Music. You and your little ones will bond and make new friends while we sing, dance, move, play, pretend and experiment with instruments.
Sustainable Vegetable Growing Intensive with Elawa's Farm Team
Sustainable Vegetable Growing Intensive with Elawa's Farm Team
Sustainable Vegetable Growing Intensive with Elawa's Farm Team
Date: Saturday, June 10
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Learn how to grow vegetables sustainably from our Farm Team, Elaine Madansky and Ana Poznanski! We will cover key topics to successfully manage your growing space from garden planning all the way to post-harvest handling. Come ready to be outdoors where we will show you how to grow, harvest, wash, and store vegetable crops using sustainable growing methods.
Yoga on the Farm with Dani
Sustainable Vegetable Growing Intensive with Elawa's Farm Team
Summer Floral Bouquet Arrangement for Child & Adult Workshop with Eileen Weber
Date: Saturday, June 10
Time: 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 P.M.
Unroll your mat and enjoy the scenery of Elawa Farm’s restored gardens as our Yoga Instructor, Dani, guides you on an hour-long yoga journey. Classes will be held on select Saturdays from June - October. Bring a blossoming spirit and enjoy a mindful morning!
Summer Floral Bouquet Arrangement for Child & Adult Workshop with Eileen Weber
Summer Floral Bouquet Arrangement for Child & Adult Workshop with Eileen Weber
Summer Floral Bouquet Arrangement for Child & Adult Workshop with Eileen Weber
Date: Thursday, June 15
Time: 9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
School’s out for the summer! Join Eileen Weber as each parent/caregiver and child create their own fresh floral bouquet featuring assorted summer flowers to take home with instruction. Recommended ages 4 – 13 years old. Please bring clippers or floral scissors.
Local Whiskeys We Love with Chiyo Takemoto
Summer Floral Bouquet Arrangement for Child & Adult Workshop with Eileen Weber
Basic Sausage Making with Chicago Meat Collective
Date: Friday, June 16
Time: 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Join Chiyo Takemoto from Apologue Liqueurs for a whiskey tasting featuring whiskeys from three of our favorite local distilleries. You will be welcomed with a whiskey cocktail and each pour of whiskey will be served with its own food pairing.
Basic Sausage Making with Chicago Meat Collective
Summer Floral Bouquet Arrangement for Child & Adult Workshop with Eileen Weber
Basic Sausage Making with Chicago Meat Collective
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023
Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Join McCullough Kelly-Willis from Chicago Meat Collective as you learn the basics of sausage making from sourcing the best meat and fat, to butchering, grinding, seasoning, and stuffing. Participants will have the opportunity to get involved in every step of the process, and will also get to take home several pounds of fresh, hand-made sausage! We will end the class by sharing some delicious charcuterie, cheese, and natural wine. Class will run approximately from 10am to 12pm.
MOVE with Jill Borega
Intermediate Sourdough & Levain with Pastry Chef Maggie Logan
Intermediate Sourdough & Levain with Pastry Chef Maggie Logan
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023
Time: 9:15 A.M. - 10:15 A.M.
Ready to get sweaty? Join us in this 60-minute, flow-based fitness class hosted by MOVEx with Jill Borega. Jill, a local fitness instructor, incorporates a flow-based strength workout that focuses on fundamental strength and sculpting movements that exercises the muscle with a combination of high and low impact cardio movements to elevate the heart rate, all while keeping a strong focus on form. This strength workshop will leave you feeling strong and sculpted! What are you waiting for? Let’s MOVE!
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Intermediate Sourdough & Levain with Pastry Chef Maggie Logan
Intermediate Sourdough & Levain with Pastry Chef Maggie Logan
Intermediate Sourdough & Levain with Pastry Chef Maggie Logan
Date: Saturday, July 8, 2023
Time: 8:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
Join our Pastry Chef, Maggie Logan, for an intermediate baking
class on how to use levain in your breadmaking. This hands-on
class will focus on the use of fermentation to create artisan breads. Participants will take home fresh bread and ideas to share with
loved ones.
All About Ribeye with Chicago Meat Collective
Intermediate Sourdough & Levain with Pastry Chef Maggie Logan
All About Ribeye with Chicago Meat Collective
Date: Saturday, July 8, 2023
Time: 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Join McCullough Kelly-Willis of Chicago Meat Collective for a
deep dive on beef rib eyes, exploring everything that the rib-eyehas to offer. From shoulder end to loin end to deckle, McCullough
will demonstrate the many ways to break down a rib section, while
educating on best cooking methods and more.
CLASSIC SUMMER BBQING WITH HEAD'S RED BBQ
CLASSIC SUMMER BBQING WITH HEAD'S RED BBQ
All About Ribeye with Chicago Meat Collective
Date: Saturday, July 20, 2023
Time: 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.
Start your summer right with Head's Red BBQ for our first BBQ class
of the season. This hands-on class is perfect for the beginner BBQer.
Learn how to choose meats, prep, pair woods with meats, fire building
techniques, and the types of rubs and sauces to use. Bring an
appetite! Grilled meats and drinks included.
Soap Making 101 with Gretta's Goats
CLASSIC SUMMER BBQING WITH HEAD'S RED BBQ
Soap Making 101 with Gretta's Goats
Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
Time: 10:00 A.M. -11:30 A.M.
Join Gretta Winkelbauer of Gretta’s Goats for a Soap Making 101.
This is a creative process that can help take your skincare into your
own hands. You can experiment with scents, colors, textures, and use responsibly sourced ingredients and know exactly what you are putting on your skin.
Beekeeping 101 with Gretta's Goats
CLASSIC SUMMER BBQING WITH HEAD'S RED BBQ
Soap Making 101 with Gretta's Goats
Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023
Time: 10:00 A.M. -12:00 P.M.
Join us on our first ever beekeeping class with Eric Winkelbauer
from Gretta's Goats for a two-hour introductory beekeeping class.
Learn the benefits of keeping bees, equipment needs, hive parts,
native plants that support bee colonies, and the beneficial products that can be sourced from your hive.