Scavenger Hunt: FREE Activities for kids during Summer Eats @ Just Roots

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

Bring your kiddo to Just Roots during Greenfield Summer Eats- Enjoy supper, take home breakfast, and engage in nature-based activities! Come eat and play!

Participants will join us in a farm-wide scavenger hunt!

No registration required, just drop in and have some fun.

Rock Painting: FREE Activities for kids during Summer Eats @ Just Roots

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

Bring your kiddo to Just Roots during Greenfield Summer Eats- Enjoy supper, take home breakfast, and engage in nature-based activities! Come eat and play!

Participants will paint garden stones to take home!

No registration required, just drop in and have some fun.

Fermented Sodas Workshop

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

Soda can be healthy & delicious! Let’s make some sparkling fermented sodas together! We’ll provide all the ingredients and supplies to make herbal wild fermented & water kefir fermented sodas! Registrants will receive their own water kefir starter crystals, swing top bottles, mason jars, fresh fruit, herbs, and spices, a fermented sodas zine. Let's get fermenting!

Bouquet Making: FREE Activities for kids during Summer Eats @ Just Roots

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

Bring your kiddo to Just Roots during Greenfield Summer Eats- Enjoy supper, take home breakfast, and engage in nature-based activities! Come eat and play!

Participants will make bouquets to bring home!

No registration required, just drop in and have some fun.

Dumpling Party!

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

Join Tasha from MXED GREENS for an afternoon of dumplings! Together, we will make and fill several kinds of dumplings with fresh farm produce and herbs, cook them, and enjoy a dumpling dinner. (Gluten-free and dairy-free options available) All ages and experience levels welcome. Registration required!

Summer Skin Workshop

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

Join Devon Greenwood, Community Herbalist & Registered Nurse, to learn about and practice making topical herbal recipes for summer skin care! Sooth sunburns and bug bites, address cuts and scrapes, and take home remedies for the whole family. Celebrate the longest days of summer with the abundance of plants' healing gifts.

Botanical Bundle Dye Workshop

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

Want to learn how to dye natural fibers with plants? Here's your chance! Join Just Roots and Jenine Shereos in making botanical bundles. All materials provided. Registration required.

Traditional Mead Making Workshop

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

In this workshop we'll learn about the history and process of making mead (AKA honey wine). We'll walk step by step through the process together and learn about different recipes and flavorings. Each participant will take home the ingredients and equipment to make a small batch of mead.

Fall Foraging Workshop

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

Join us for a walk around Just Roots Farm identifying our bioregionally abundant medicinal herbs that come into season in the fall. We'll learn identification, medicinal uses, harvesting techniques, medicinal preparations and more. Participants will be given time to do some foraging of their own and we'll end our walk by sharing some medicinal wild food dishes Jade will prepare ahead of time to share. Recipes will be shared!

Track & Support the Menstrual Cycle Workshop

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

Come learn how to track & support the menstrual cycle with a trained fertility awareness educator and full spectrum doula! We’ll cover the basics of anatomy, hormones, methods of tracking, and holistic cycle support. Class will close with an open conversation among all participants. Trans affirming, open to all bodies and ages!

Wompy Weaving with Invasive Bittersweet

Just Roots 34 Glenbrook Dr, Greenfield, MA, United States

We will learn about a non-native, aggressive, and abundant vine growing around us -- Asiatic Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) -- and what abundant gifts for weaving these vines offer us! We will learn a way to green-weave a simple bittersweet basket, from harvest to finish, and practice awakening our hands to this age-old craft present in cultures around the world and across time.

All of our events use our sliding scale payment model to enthusiastically welcome ALL community members to participate in our programs and events, while also prioritizing the sustainability of the organization so we can support and celebrate our community for years to come! Check out our sliding scale guidelines to determine which payment tier is right for you!