Workshop attendees will walk with Ken through the woods of the Patterson campus and learn about the great diversity of fungi around us that can be used for food and medicine! Western NC is the wild mushroom capital of the world, take advantage of this great resource in your own backyard! Bring a basket and …
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Join us for an engaging introduction to creating functional and elegant furniture right from our forest. Over the course of this workshop, you’ll design and produce a simple custom one-piece stool from your choice of available tree trunks, using a variety of tools and a few crafty (or crude) tricks. This event is open to …
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Boone-based Devorah Chocolate is returning to PSF Feb. 22nd to reprise their terrific chocolate making class! Learn all about the chocolate making process, and make and take your own delicious and ethically sourced chocolate bark. 🥰 A perfect Valentines Day gift! 🥰
Learn the basic tools and techniques of spoon carving. Participants will carve a small eating spoon, learning about wood selection, tool selection, carving techniques, and tool safety. Each student will go home with a spoon carving gouge and extra spoon blanks to continue carving practice at home! About the Instructor Alex Kilgore has been learning …
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On Nov. 23rd we will be welcoming back noted author and historian, Bob Plott, to the Patterson School Foundation to lead a writing workshop. Over the years, Bob has published a number of books and written for major outdoor magazines. He has a wealth of experience in merging careful research with family stories. Get insider tips on …
Learn to make your own delicious ferments at home from ASU professor and homesteader Dr. Jeremy Ferrell. Eat Healthy and Save Money! ABOUT THIS EVENT Learn to make your own gut-healthy and delicious ferments at home from ASU professor and homesteader Dr. Jeremy Ferrel. Kimchi is an often spicy traditional Korean fermented side dish …
The Patterson School Foundation will welcome renown mushroom expert Ken Crouse for round two of last year’s popular fungi foraging class on September 14th. Then, the Thankful Goat’s Dawn Mathews will lead a workshop on making her popular goat milk soap on the 28th. We’ll be visited by over 1000 cyclists on September …
Forge your own outdoor plant stake in this 5 hour workshop! Thissession will introduce basic blacksmithing techniques and exploringpersonal creativity. You will learn blacksmithing hammer and tongbasics for intro level forging and hot steel bending. As a participantin this workshop, you will take home a set of 3, one of a kind forgedplant stakes that …
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**This program has been postponed for next summer** “Crankies” are an old-fashioned form of entertainment in which a story is drawn on a long roll of paper, and then cranked across a stage from one side to another, accompanied with music and a storyteller. For an example of crankies in action here’s folk duo Anna and …
The Mushroom Foraging Workshop planned for tomorrow, Saturday, Sept 15th from noon to 4 pm, will go on as planned. The weather forecast for Patterson calls for occasional rain and wind at 10 to 20 mph for the afternoon. The instructor, Ken Crouse, will bring mushrooms from his foraging this evening and will have an …
