This fall, Elawa will host a 1-hour farm adventure class for kiddos, ages 3-5 years. Kids will explore our gardens, visit our goats, collect chicken eggs, create seasonal crafts, and more. This is a perfect class for those who are too young to join us for Farm Camp. Sign up for Adventures at Elawa and receive a 10% discount coupon to our new Café.

Come get a taste of the French cuisine world as Chef David Oland demos some of France’s most popular dishes. Ever had a snail? This is your chance to try a traditional Escargot a La Bourguignonne as your starter followed by a delicious Sea bass vierge and for your main course a rack of lamb Persillade with a side of sautéed carrots with quatre épices. Sip back and enjoy some French white wine while chef cooks up some delicacies that you can later make in your own home.

Note: This is a class where a meal is prepared by the chef and enjoyed at the end of the lesson.

This fall, Elawa will host a 1-hour farm adventure class for kiddos, ages 6-9 years. Kids will explore our gardens, visit our goats, collect chicken eggs, create seasonal crafts, and more. This is a perfect class for those who are too young to join us for Farm Camp. Sign up for Adventures at Elawa and receive a 10% discount coupon to our new Café.

Come socialize with your friends and make new friends while enjoying prosecco and light appetizers while making your own dried flower bouquet with flowers preserved from our flower fields. Our Dried Flower Bouquet Making social offers a hands-on experience in creating a stunning arrangement that will last long after the seasons change.

Our Farm team will provide you with design guidance. All we ask is that you bring a vase for your flower bouquet (please not much larger than a large mason jar).

No prior experience is necessary—just a passion for flowers and a desire to create something beautiful!

Immerse yourself in the playful charm of our new goats! Join us for an unforgettable experience where you can cuddle, pet, and interact with our loveable goats. Pre-registration is required.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Join textile designer Erica Kowalsky of Down To Earth Goods and Chef David for a natural dye and cooking workshop! You will learn to dye your own reusable tote bag using onion skins and Chef David will teach you how to make French Onion Soup. Fall is upon us and as we enter soup season it is the perfect time to save your onion skins from your soup to make your own dye. No materials or experience necessary. Come join us at Elawa Farm!

Join Gretta & Eric Winkelbaeur 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. Participants will take a pre-made, Gretta's Goats' bar of soap and two additional soap bars made during the workshop

Immerse yourself in the playful charm of our new goats! Join us for an unforgettable experience where you can cuddle, pet, and interact with our loveable goats. Pre-registration is required.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Immerse yourself in the playful charm of our new goats! Join us for an unforgettable experience where you can cuddle, pet, and interact with our loveable goats. Pre-registration is required.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Immerse yourself in the playful charm of our new goats! Join us for an unforgettable experience where you can cuddle, pet, and interact with our loveable goats. Pre-registration is required.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Prepare for your fall and winter holidays in the Elawa Learning Kitchen with our Pastry Chef Maggie Logan who will make you a pro in the art of pie-making.  This hands-on, immersive class will give you the skills you need to make beautiful pies with seasonal ingredients.  We will cover three forms of “pie”: traditional American pie, French tart, and galette.  Students will bring home what they bake along with recipes. 

Bring your favorite rolling pin, apron and get ready to Bake!

This fall, Elawa will host a 1-hour farm adventure class for kiddos, ages 3-5 years. Kids will explore our gardens, visit our goats, collect chicken eggs, create seasonal crafts, and more. This is a perfect class for those who are too young to join us for Farm Camp. Sign up for Adventures at Elawa and receive a 10% discount coupon to our new Café.

Experience traditional flavors of Tuscan cooking here at Elawa Farm. Come join us as Chef David Oland teaches you how to make Pappa al pomodoro, followed by a panzanella and finishing off with a Bistecca all Fiorentina. During this class you will participate in assisting the chef prep and help pick fresh herbs from our garden. Come meet new friends or bring your own while you eat some classic Italian dishes and sip on some delicious Chianti Classico to complement your meals.

Note: This is a demo class where you will get to try each of the dishes prepped by Chef David.

This fall, Elawa will host a 1-hour farm adventure class for kiddos, ages 6-9 years. Kids will explore our gardens, visit our goats, collect chicken eggs, create seasonal crafts, and more. This is a perfect class for those who are too young to join us for Farm Camp. Sign up for Adventures at Elawa and receive a 10% discount coupon to our new Café.

Explore Elawa Farm through watercolor painting with Evelyn Phelps. Enjoy a relaxing afternoon while covering material and techniques in watercolor. We will end the session with a completed painting. Reference photos will be supplied.

All supplies are included. Refreshments will be provided.

Join Chiyo Takemoto, our resident cocktail class instructor, for some SPOOKY & BOO-ZY cocktails. She'll be showing you how to make three Halloween themed cocktails. Some spooky snacks will be provided as well!

Unroll your mat and enjoy the scenery of Elawa Farm’s restored gardens as our Yoga Instructor guides you on an hour-long yoga journey. Classes will be held on select Saturdays from October-December. Bring a blossoming spirit and enjoy a mindful morning! Class will be held indoor pending weather.

Note: Yoga mats are not provided - please bring your own.

Immerse yourself in the playful charm of our new goats! Join us for an unforgettable experience where you can cuddle, pet, and interact with our loveable goats. Pre-registration is required.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Immerse yourself in the playful charm of our new goats! Join us for an unforgettable experience where you can cuddle, pet, and interact with our loveable goats. Pre-registration is required.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

This fall, Elawa will host a 1-hour farm adventure class for kiddos, ages 3-5 years. Kids will explore our gardens, visit our goats, collect chicken eggs, create seasonal crafts, and more. This is a perfect class for those who are too young to join us for Farm Camp. Sign up for Adventures at Elawa and receive a 10% discount coupon to our new Café.

Unroll your mat and enjoy the scenery of Elawa Farm’s restored gardens as our Yoga Instructor guides you on an hour-long yoga journey. Classes will be held on select Saturdays from October-December. Bring a blossoming spirit and enjoy a mindful morning! Class will be held indoor pending weather.

Note: Yoga mats are not provided - please bring your own.

Craving Spanish Cuisine? Join our Director of Culinary Education, Chef David Oland, most recently of award-winning Tapas restaurant “Mercat a la planxa” in Chicago, for either lunch or dinner cooking class as he demonstrates how to make two types of Paella. A Valencian paella with chicken and rabbit and an arroz negro paella (squid ink and fresh calamari and mussels). Follow along as he creates these authentic Valencian dishes plus several authentic tapas for you to taste, all while sipping on a fresh sangria made by Chef David. Included in the price is an authentic Spanish paella pan and imported bomba rice from Valencia.

Note: This is a class where a meal is prepared by the chef and enjoyed at the end of the lesson.

Looking to learn how to make fresh pasta? Look no further than here at Elawa Farm. Join Chef Dave Oland as he teaches you how to make three types of hand filled pastas. We’ll complete them with homemade sauces that are the perfect complement to each shape and filling. You’ll hand craft lemon ricotta ravioli with sage butter, roasted red pepper and tortellini in fra diavolo sauce, and beef agnolotti in brood. Let’s cook and mangia together while sipping on some wine provided by our local wine partners.

Note: This is a hands-on class where the food prepped by the chef will be enjoyed at the end of the class.

Unroll your mat and enjoy the scenery of Elawa Farm’s restored gardens as our Yoga Instructor guides you on an hour-long yoga journey. Classes will be held on select Saturdays from October-December. Bring a blossoming spirit and enjoy a mindful morning! Class will be held indoor pending weather.

Note: Yoga mats are not provided - please bring your own.

Get ready for the most American holiday of all, Thanksgiving. Chef Gale will teach 3 new side dishes and one dessert perfect for your holiday table or to bring to a family or friends gathering, all with do-ahead and travel tips. Tastes will be provided during class.

Get ready for the most American holiday of all, Thanksgiving. Chef Gale will teach 3 new side dishes and one dessert perfect for your holiday table or to bring to a family or friends gathering, all with do-ahead and travel tips. Tastes will be provided during class.

Bring your apron and give thanks for this turkey rescue class by Chef David Oland! You will learn the essentials of cooking traditional turkey and gravy components of Thanksgiving. Chef David will demonstrate brining, seasoning, roasting a turkey whole, as well as breaking down the bird into breasts and legs for faster, more even cooking. He will make turkey stock and a lump-free (we promise!) gravy.