ALL CLASSES

Learn to repair blue jeans using patches, functional embroidery, and a mixture of hand and machine sewing.

Come learn what medicinal plants grow well in our bioregion and how to help them succeed.

Learn the basics of woodcarving and knife skills in this multi-week exploration of hand carved animals, like horses, chickens, pigs, and all kinds of fauna!

Students will learn to focus on enjoyment of watching birds and their behavior in addition to identification.

House native pollinators in your garden by building your own house for Mason Bees!

Explore the joys of working with birch bark while learning to weave a star.

Learn about sustainable land management, harvest materials, and practice various woodworking techniques to make your own wooden rake!

Students will learn about natural dyes and eco printing by dyeing an organic cotton market bag.

Combine design and function to make a sleek and modern rack with flip down hooks for hanging coats and bags.

This four part series is an invitation for curiosity, a dance of our hands/bodies/experiences with clay and listening.

Do you start each day with a bowl of yogurt and granola? This class will help bring this staple meal closer to home.

Students will learn the basics of seed saving from start to finish.

Come join us on the job site and become part of the crew as we layout, cut, and raise a timber frame oven shelter.

This hands-on class will dive into the art and craft of tanning fish leather with bark.

Learn how to use a simple penknife or pocketknife to cut the shapes and curves of different letters into soft and hard woods.

Come learn to use various tools and techniques to forge a basic blacksmith’s knife!

Pound black ash logs and process material into splint for basketry with visiting teacher, April Stone!

Students will learn all the steps involved in the manufacture of an Irish Creel style willow basket.

Students will learn about building reciprocal relationships with plants around us.

Learn about holistic approaches to addressing stress and anxiety with diet, lifestyle, and herbs.

Learn traditional joinery techniques to build a wooden bench at Highland Woodshop!

Learn machining and woodworking skills to build a small angled bookshelf.

Gather with us as we go through all the steps for building a wood-fired oven out of the earth underfoot.

Learn to make a traditional wood-fires masonry oven for bread, pizza, and everything else!

Students will learn the basics of working with birch bark.

A hands-on exploration of traditional materials, fire-starting and fire-carrying tools and techniques.

Make your very own unique and gorgeous wreath from foraged natural materials!

We’ll cover all the basics: safety, stance, stroke, sharpening, equipment strategies and choices, and basic grass management.

Earth pigments are a viable and potent medium. Learn how to ethically forage, process, and prepare local minerals into fine pigment

Join us to look at, identify, and learn cultivation of some of the many herbal allies that live in the Willamette Valley.

Weave plainweave bands on a backstrap style rigid heddle.

Use a simple carving knife and a few foundational knife-holding grips to feel safe confidence while working with your own two hands.

Students will learn the basics of wrapping zen rocks.

Come learn the basics of throwing on the pottery wheel and hand-building.

Learn to make a melon or egg-style basket using willow, red-twig dogwood, and flat reed from start to finish