For children’s classes, click on the Roots & Shoots link.
Here at Stone Garden Farm & Village,we are dedicated to keeping heritage skills alive and teaching our community to be more self reliant. We live like this every day, and want to share a little of our knowledge with others. Homesteading classes are a great way to learn heritage skills. We can do one-on-one classes or large groups. We are happy to schedule individual classes (generally classes are between 3-4 hours) or we can customize your own experience! You can come for the day, look around a bit, bring a lunch and try all the things that interest you! Maybe you want to bring the family and make soap, milk the cow and grind some corn to make cornbread. Maybe you want to have a taffy pull, make homemade paper and mozzarella cheese. With your own customized class, it's up to you! Camping also available for a fun weekend.
Call or email for pricing and scheduling (330)212-9934
Spend the day learning useful skills of the homestead, including rendering tallow from beef suet, and using it to make candles, soap, and hand salve. Go on a wild edible walk, make and sample some jerky, learn a little about gardening & animal husbandry, and have an outdoor survival discussion.
Bring a pair of cotton socks of any color or design and make your very own sock monkey! Stuff him or her, and use our fabric and buttons to make accessories such as hats or aprons, scarves and faces. Take your new friend home.
Where does our food come from? Collect eggs, help milk our cow, see the gardens, shell some corn to feed the pigs, grind some grains, make some butter and icecream!
Find out how fun, easy, and inexpensive it is to make your own beautiful paper at home using sawdust, paper scraps, and other materials. Incorporate herbs, experiment with colors, and make a batch of your very own to take home.
Learn 2 different rug making techniques using scrap fabrics. We will practice making braided and crochet rugs. Bring some sheets, blankets, pillow cases, or fabric to turn into strips and start on your own rug to take home to finish.
Learn how to turn our Jacob sheep's wool into something beautiful. Practice carding with hand and drum carders, spinning with drop spindles and spinning wheels, dying with plants and natural extracts and then weaving or crocheting the yarn or thread into clothing or fabric!