ALL CLASSES

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.

Refine your tools and learn to set up a Japanese-style woodworking chisel. This class is partnered with the toolbox class the following three days - a great duo!

Weave plainweave bands on a backstrap style rigid heddle.

Build a simple solar cooker and learn the basics of how to use it all summer long.

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

Come learn all about dairy goat husbandry and how to make fresh chèvre cheese!

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

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.

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.

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.

The beauty of spoon carving requires just wood, two knives, saw and/or hatchet, and a place to sit - no vise, mallet, workbench, or noisy power tools needed.

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

Students will learn the basics of wrapping zen rocks.

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

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!

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.

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.

Make your own whisk broom! These common tools have a long and diverse history; everybody sweeps!

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

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

Learn the basics of basket weaving and weave your very own basket backpack!

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