saturday seminars

what can you learn in one day?

basic car care, wood working, gluten free living, seed saving, canning, freezing, candy making, apothocary, couponing, green living, homeschooling, composting, bee keeping, beginning spinning, bread making, gardening, landscape design, paper making, book binding, beading and much much more


 

Saturday, July 9th
Beginning Herb Walk • Vicki Lundberg
9am-12
Cost: $18

Learn about the many common, edible and medicinal wild plants growing in the mountains of WNC.  The Beginning Level-Herb Walk is at The Botanical Gardens at Asheville where you will experience a wide variety of indigenous plants in a centralized and easy access location. Warning this experience could lead to Intermediate and Advanced Herb Walks in rugged back woods!  Bring a sack lunch if you want to eat in community at the end of the class at 12 noon.  For class you will need a spiral notebook/pen and will be receiving handouts that will be built upon with each herbal walk/class offered.  Please bring your favorite plant identification book with you, if you would like.  Don’t forget your camera.

The Beginning Level Herb Walk will introduce you to botany with plant keying and identification, plant history and lore, traditional mountain uses, sustainable wildcrafting, botanical medicine and recipes for teas and edible wild foods.
You will come away with a greater appreciation of God’s glorious greenhouse.

 

Saturday, July 16th
Gluten Free Living • Heather Biard
9am-12
Cost: $18

This seminar will include:
General information about food intolerances and allergies
Some of the common indicators of food intolerances
Steps to take if you suspect a problem
How to cook for a gluten free diet
Recipes for some of my favorite gluten free foods
Eating out with a food intolerance
Grocery Shopping
Menu ideas
Some of my favorite resources


Saturday, July 23rd
Canning • Michelle Sullivan
9am-12
Cost: $18
Canning 101
In this one day class, you will learn the basics of canning, everything you need to know to get started with the summers best produce.  You will try your hand at canning homemade salsa and get to take home a jar of your finished product.  After this class you will want to make more, I promise!
Class length is 3 and a half hours. (9-12:30)  Class size is limited to 8 and is on a first come first serve basis.  The class will be taught in my home in South Asheville.  After registration, I will contact you on what to bring for the class.

 

Saturday, July 23rd
Composting • Kevin Fischer
1pm-4
Cost: $18
The Basics of Composting and Soil Building.
Soil building is not only good for your garden, but also a good way to steward God’s creation.  This workshop will teach you the practical skills to give your backyard garden the nutrients it needs in a natural way.  We will cover topics such as composting, cover crops, soil amendments, and soil testing.  This workshop will include a soil building or composting project, the location is yet to be determined.


Saturday, July 30th
Beginning Herb Walk • Vicki Lundberg
9am-12
Cost: $18

Learn about the many common, edible and medicinal wild plants growing in the mountains of WNC.  The Beginning Level-Herb Walk is at The Botanical Gardens at Asheville where you will experience a wide variety of indigenous plants in a centralized and easy access location. Warning this experience could lead to Intermediate and Advanced Herb Walks in rugged back woods!  Bring a sack lunch if you want to eat in community at the end of the class at 12 noon.  For class you will need a spiral notebook/pen and will be receiving handouts that will be built upon with each herbal walk/class offered.  Please bring your favorite plant identification book with you, if you would like.  Don’t forget your camera.

The Beginning Level Herb Walk will introduce you to botany with plant keying and identification, plant history and lore, traditional mountain uses, sustainable wildcrafting, botanical medicine and recipes for teas and edible wild foods.
You will come away with a greater appreciation of God’s glorious greenhouse.

 

Saturday, August 6th
Car Care • Jim Biard
9am-12
Cost: $18

Does your car confuse you?  Initmidate you?  Do you have recurring nightmares in which an evil villain will kill a kitten unless you can change a tire?  Does the thought of looking under the hood (not to mention doing something under there!) invoke feelings of stark, raving terror?
Well, my friend, fear no longer!  The Elevate Car Care Seminar will change all that in one simple, three hour session.  Once you have completed this seminar, you will be able to look under the hood of your car with confidence.  You will laugh at flats.  And the bullies at the beach won’t kick sand in your face and steal your girlfriend any more.  (Oops!  That’s from the Acme Bodybuilding Course pamphlet.  What’s that doing in here?)
Seriously, the Elevate Car Care Seminar is a simple, hands-on introduction to the basics of understanding and looking after your car.   We will cover a number of topics, including (but not limited to):
  • The 5 major systems in your car, and how they work
  • The 5 most important things you can do for your car
  • The 5 fluids your car can’t live without, and how to check and/or change them
  • How to change a tire
  • The 5 things that new car dealers hope you never learn
  • How to avoid being “taken” at the repair shop

What’s more, if you have a car that you can bring with you, you will have the chance to apply your new-found knowledge to your own car!  By the end of the seminar, you will have checked your own car’s fluids, and may have even changed a tire, all under the caring supervision of the seminar team.

So take charge of your car.  Let it know who’s boss.  Bring it to the Elevate Car Care Seminar and gain control of your automotive relationship.

 

Saturday, August 6th
Couponing • Linden Jones
1pm-4pm
Cost: $18

This class will cover grocery store pricing cycles, investment shopping, store policies, where to find coupons, how to organize coupons, and all basic coupon strategies.  I will show you how you can eat healthy on a tight budget!  I am going to show you step by step how to make your grocery list using coupons so that you can save 60-70% every week on all of your groceries!

 

More Seminars are being added. Keep checking out our website to see updates.