Enjoy a small group setting for these intensive homesteading workshops led by experienced homesteaders, small farmers, and educators. Learn the homesteading skills you need.
Intensive workshops will be held on both days. A separate ticket must be purchased for each workshop in advance and will be available soon.
Tickets are limited for each class.
Grow Better, Faster, Easier: 1-on-1 Consults with Man in Overalls
Share your dreams or headaches, and I’ll help you get where you’re trying to grow. Nathan pulls from 30+ years of growing groceries in North Florida, plus 16 years of hands-on urban-ag craft, community-ag entrepreneurship, and food-system advocacy. He will talk actionable solutions.
Say you’re building a backyard garden, flushing out a homestead business venture, planning a community garden, or just need help with day-to-day overwhelm, he will help you sort the noise, spot opportunities, and lock in your next steps.
Come ready to talk shop. Leave with more clarity, resources, specific next steps, and the confidence to put it to work. Grow better, faster, and easier with this 30 minute 1 on 1 session with Man In Overalls.
Cost: $60
Workshop times: 1:00-1:30, 1:40-2:10, 2:20-2:50, 3:00-3:30, 3:40-4:10
Location: East End of Cattleman’s Arena
Learn to Make Soap
You can make your own soap at home too! Come learn about pH, safety measures and scents when making your own soaps. Emily from Bridge Acres Farm is back to teach you how to make soap using the hot and cold processing methods. You’ll leave with a bar of soap and the knowledge to make your own soap at home. This is a 2-hour class.
Cost: $50
Workshop times: Sunday at 3:00
Location: East End of Cattleman’s Arena
Making Herbal Allies
Join Norah from Dancing Pines Apothecary for this 2 hour, make and take Menstrual Wellness Workshop. It covers The Phases of the Menstrual Cycle:
– The role of hormones, what they do in the body and signs/signals of disharmony & how our body communicates when something is off
– specific Herbal allies for each part of the cycle & the ways they can bring balance back to our cycles
– Tips on managing PMS, balanced phases, healthy blood flow, fertility and menopause
– Finding harmony and balance within the phases including menopause. Attendees will create their own personal herbal tea’s, customized to support and nurture the phase of life you’re currently in. Tickets are sold separately for this hands-on workshop.
Cost: $60
Workshop Times: Saturday at 3:00
Location: East End of Cattleman’s Arena
Dairy Goat Milking & Care
Join Bridge Acres Farm for a hands-on dairy goat class. In this class, Emily will teach you all about caring for dairy goats along with the proper way to milk a goat. Since this is a hands-on class you will also get to milk the goats of Bridge Acres Farm. This is a 2 hour class.
Cost: $45
Workshop times: Saturday at 3:00
Location: East End of Cattlemen’s Arena
Chicken Harvest Class
Join Charley from Charley’s Chicks for this hands-on class where you will have a thorough explanation of harvesting meat chickens. You will then process your own meat chicken to take home for dinner. Please bring a small cooler with ice. This is a 2 hour class. 18 and up for hands-on experience. Kids 10 and older are welcome to watch.
Cost: $75
Workshop times: Sunday at 9:30 and 3:00
Location: East End of Cattlemen’s Arena
Quail Harvest Class
Learn how to keep and process quail for a fast, homegrown protein source. This is a hands-on workshop where you will take home the meat you process. Please bring a small cooler with ice. This is a 2 hour workshop. 18 and up for hands-on experience. Kids 10 and older are welcome to watch.
Cost: $50
Workshop times: Saturday at 9:30, Sunday at 3:00
Location: East End of Cattleman’s Arena
Meat Rabbit Harvest
Join Beth & Randy from Two Horse Ranch to learn all about raising, handling, and harvesting meat rabbits on the homestead. Your ticket is good for two adults to attend. This is a hands-on class where you will take home the meat that you clean and process, a gambrel, along with the best knife for harvesting rabbits, plans for building a hutch, and literature about raising meat rabbits. Please bring a small cooler with ice. This is a 2-hour workshop. 18 and up for hands-on experience.
Cost: $100 (Covers two adults with lots of extras!)
Workshop Times: Saturday at 9:30 and Sunday 9:30.
Location: East End of Cattleman’s Arena
