Upcoming events
Natural Dyes Workshop • Spring/Summer Craft Series at City Farm SLO
Utilize garden materials, foraged & grown flowers, and kitchen scraps to create your own natural dye bath! With wool from City Farm’s Navajo Churro flock, you’ll walk away with naturally dyed roving wool to craft with or spin into a skein of yarn.
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I’ll provide a handful of upcycled cotton materials — tote bags, bandanas, tshirts, & the like if you wish to dye one additional textile along with the wool. f you’d like to, you can bring your own white/lightly colored pillowcases, sheets, and/or table cloths to dye those, as well. Natural fibers such as cotton, linen, and silk respond best to the natural dye process.
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All materials otherwise provided.
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$75 per person.
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Email caroline.smith179@gmail with questions or troubleshooting.
Flowers & folklore of the mothers • Spring/Summer Craft series at city farm slo
Craft a bottled flower essence remedy (Mother + dosage bottles, respectively), cut flower bouquet, and a wild floral soda while learning of the history & folklore surrounding flowers, poetry, ancestral ties, and mothers. An especially ripe gathering around Mayday and in the season of Beltane/late Spring.
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All materials provided.
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$75 per person.
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Email caroline.smith179@gmail.com with inquiries or troubleshooting.
hide tanning workshop at city farm slo
Craft your own sheepskin hide using a dry tanning method. Taught by farmer and experienced tanner, Caroline.
A weekend-long workshop with catered lunch on Saturday.
Rain date of June 27th-29th.
Registration opening February 2025.
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10% of proceeds to the Chumash Tribe
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One donation-based seat available. Message Caroline to book. No explanation needed.
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All materials provided.
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Email caroline.smith179@gmail.com with inquiries or troubleshooting.
textile arts workshop • Spring/Summer crafts Series at city farm slo
Craft a broom or woven wall hanging (tapestry) of your own! The beloved workshop is back, and I’ll be teaching both textile arts this time around.
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All materials provided.
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$75 for one craft.
$120 for both crafts.
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Email caroline.smith179@gmail.com with inquiries or troubleshooting.
herbal kitchen medicine workshop • spring/summer crafts series at city farm slo
Craft a salve, poultice, oxymel, and anti-viral throat spray with farm grown flowers & herbs! Ideal for stocking up your herbal knowledge and your first aid kit & cabinet. All ages welcome.
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All materials provided.
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$75 per person.
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Email caroline.smith179@gmail.com with inquiries or troubleshooting.