TLC Farm is closed on Mondays. This means that no TLC Farm events can be scheduled for that day, and that the public is not permitted on the land.

Welcome to TLC Farm's Spring & Summer workshop schedule! We hope to see you here.

Please pre-register for all workshops. For workshop details and registration information – visit www.tryonfarm.org, email workshops@tryonfarm.org or call 503-245-3847.

Primitive Skills Series with Caleb Schulten
May 23: Learn how to make cordage from available natural fibers. Practice using hand & bow drills, flint & steel.
May 30: Make your own hand drill fire kit, and practice fire making. Bring a pocket knife.
June 6: Introduction to flint knapping. Practice making arrowheads out of obsidian – bring safety goggles
Each class is from 10 am -2 pm, $15-30 sliding scale.

June 6: Needle Felting with Kelly Hogan
Learn a great new fiber art - create whimsical creatures from raw wool using a needle. Supplies included. 2:30-4:30, $15.

Permaculture Series with Toby Hemenway
June 7: Getting Started in Permaculture. You'll learn how nature can teach us how to design sustainable gardens, homes, and communities. Topics include permaculture principles, design methods, examples of permaculture sites, and how to use nature's patterns in sustainable design

July 19: Creating Perfect Soil through Permaculture
This workshop will show exactly what makes up a perfect garden soil for growing sturdy, healthy plants that lets gardeners avoid pest and disease problems, and discuss how to make great compost, and cover many other techniques for soil building.

August 2: Designing a Food Forest
This workshop will cover the basics of designing, planting, and maintaining a many-layered woodland garden of fruit and nut trees, perennial and annual vegetables, and flowers.
Each class runs from 10 am - 5 pm. $75 per class or $200 for the series.

June 13: Living with the Gifts of the Seasons with Judy BlueHorse Skelton
The first in a four part seasonal series drawing from the Medicine Wheel and indigenous gathering cycles and calendars, participants will develop a seasonal living plan that resonates with the rhythms of our region. Includes plant walks and identification for medicinal and food use, and much more.
9 am – 1pm, $50.

June 27: Fire Science and Rocket Stoves with Ernie and Erica Wisner
Learn how to build your own super-efficient rocket stove! We'll check
out (and fire up) TLC Farm's rocket stoves, go over the fire science:
combustion, heat transfer, efficiencies of fuel, labor, and materials,
and explore clever biofueled devices from around the world. Then it's
your turn: with bricks, cob, wood, and metal, we'll make our own
fireplaces, stove cores, and clean-burning campfires. For more information about the presenters, visit: www.ernieanderica.info
10 am -4 pm, $60-90 sliding scale, lunch included.

August 8: Creating your own pantry with Lost Arts Kitchen,
Savor the abundance of summer and fall all year long! Learn various food preservation methods including canning, pickling, fermentation and freezing. 10-4, $40-60 sliding scale.

All workshops take place at TLC Farm – 11640 SW Boones Ferry Road, Portland, OR 97219

Learn to build your own backyard earthen oven!

From foundation to finish, this two day workshop led by Joshua Klyber and Bonsai Matt will give participants a hands-on education in all they need to know to build their own ovens. Using earthen materials - sand, clay and straw - workshop participants will build a cob oven that is fantastic for baking and pizza!

Workshop runs from 10-4 on Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3. $75 for both days. Please pre-register by calling 503-245-3847 or email brenna@tryonfarmorg.

About the instructors: The two teachers bring a a great combination of skills in earthen building. Bonsai Matt has led cob oven workshops across the country and is a master pizza-baker in the ovens. Joshua Klyber is an expert with earthen plaster and related materials. See his handiwork at livingwallspdx.com.