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Blueberry Pruning for the Home Gardener
March 28, 2020
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Do you have blueberry bushes but are afraid to prune them for fear of making a mistake? Do you wish your bushes produced bigger, better berries? Join QQ Farm Manager, Leslie Harris, and the QQ farm crew for a hands on workshop about pruning blueberry bushes. Learn about blueberry growth habit, the importance of thinning for great fruit, and which tools our pruners prefer. You’ll work alongside our crew to prune some of Quonquont’s blueberry bushes. Bring your own tools or use some of ours. Dress for the weather as much of this class will be held outdoors. Registration includes instruction, hands on pruning, and light refreshments. $30.00
Twigs and Trellises—Making Garden Structures from Natural Materials
May 2, 2020
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Join Quonquont's designer and naturalist Allison Bell to explore making garden structures from natural materials. We'll discuss possibilities for fencing and ornamental structures and use locally sourced vines, branches, and apple prunings to make a standing trellis for your favorite climbing plants. Dress for the weather as much of this class will be held outdoors. Registration includes tools, supplies, and light refreshments. $30.00
Spring Flowering Nests
May 9, 2020
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Celebrate spring and Mother's Day by creating a woodland themed flowering "nest." Using bark, twigs, lichens, acorns, moss, and other foraged materials, we'll decorate compostable pots and plant them with dainty spring flowers. Workshops happen rain or shine. Registration includes all supplies and light refreshments. $50.00
Valley Wed 2020
May 17, 2020
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Not your average wedding expo. Valley Wed at Quonquont Farm offers an alternative style of wedding show; one that focuses on real relationships with the best wedding vendors the area has to offer. We want to connect couples with the top wedding professionals to help them plan one of the most important days of their lives.
Flowery Evening 1: Welcome Summer
June 24, 2020
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Join us for this season's first hands-on flower arranging workshop with QQ’s Horticulture Manager, Maida Goodwin. We’ll gather for drinks and light refreshments, learn about crafting beautiful bouquets, and tour the cutting garden at the height of bloom. Each participant will pick a bucket of flowers and create an arrangement to take home. Come and explore your artistic side while enjoying a summer evening at the Farm. Workshops happen rain or shine. Flowers, cocktails, light refreshments, and supplies are included in the registration fee. $50.00
Flowery Evening 2: Sumptuous Summer Centerpieces
July 15, 2020
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Whether it's a simple family cookout or an all-out, sit-down summer feast, flowers bring magic to the table Join us for drinks and light refreshments, learn about crafting beautiful centerpieces, and tour the cutting garden at the height of bloom. Each participant will pick a bucket of flowers and create an arrangement to take home. Come and explore your artistic side while enjoying a summer evening at the Farm. Workshops happen rain or shine. Flowers, cocktails, light refreshments, and supplies are included in the registration fee. $50.00
Third Annual Quonquont Farm Blueberry Festival 2020
July 19, 2020
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Save the date for our third annual celebration of the classic northeast native fruit and high summer at Quonquont Farm! Watch this space for more information
Flowery Evening 3: Experimenting with Color
August 12, 2020
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
We'll be experimenting with color for our 3rd Flowery Evening. Our challenge will be to choose one flower and build two strikingly different color combinations around it. Join us for drinks and light refreshments, an introduction to the color wheel, and tour of the cutting garden at the height of bloom. Each participant will pick a bucket of flowers and create two small arrangements to take home. Come and explore your artistic side while enjoying a summer evening at the Farm. Workshops happen rain or shine. Flowers, cocktails, light refreshments, and supplies are included in the registration fee. $50.00
Flowery Evening 4: Garden and Meadow
September 9, 2020
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
For our final Flowery Evening of 2020, we'll take advantage of the riches offered by Quonquont's meadows and woods to add a touch of the wild to our bouquets. Join us for drinks and light refreshments, learn about crafting flower arrangements, and tour the cutting garden at the height of bloom. Each participant will pick a bucket of flowers and create an arrangement to take home. Come and explore your artistic side while enjoying a summer evening at the Farm. Workshops happen rain or shine. Flowers, cocktails, light refreshments, and supplies are included in the registration fee. $50.00
Make a Dried Flower Wreath
October 24, 2020
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Jack Frost may have brought an end to the season for fresh garden flowers, but we can continue to enjoy summer's bounty through the winter. Join us to fashion a wreath from scratch using dried flowers, pods, twigs, and other natural materials cut from Quonquont gardens, and collected in our fields and woods. Workshops happen rain or shine. Registration includes all supplies and light refreshments. $65.00
Create a Woodland Terrarium
November 14, 2020
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Brighten the coldest of winter days with a terrarium full of native woodland plants. Assemble your own mini ecosystem. Workshops happen rain or shine. Registration includes terrarium jar, supplies, sustainably harvested woodland plants from QQ, and light refreshments. $50.00
Winter Wreath Making--Morning Session
December 5, 2020
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Our 2019 Winter Wreath Workshop was so much fun (and so crowded) that we're scheduling two (smaller) sessions for this year. Deck your halls and ward off evil spirits by creating your own winter wreath from scratch with greens, pods, berries, cones, and dried flowers. Workshops happen rain or shine. Registration includes all supplies and light refreshments. $65.00
Winter Wreath Making--Afternoon Session
December 5, 2020
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Our 2019 Winter Wreath Workshop was so much fun (and so crowded) that we're scheduling two (smaller) sessions for this year. Deck your halls and ward off evil spirits by creating your own winter wreath from scratch with greens, pods, berries, cones, and dried flowers. Workshops happen rain or shine. Registration includes all supplies and light refreshments. $65.00