Workshops & Seminars

Learn how to choose, care for, and enjoy chickens and ducks when you visit Homestead Gardens for our Chicks on the Loose event! Our classes are completely free!

Best-selling author Melissa Caughey will offer firsthand insights into how chickens communicate and interact, use their senses to understand the world around them, and establish pecking order and roles within the flock. Caughey answers unexpected questions such as Do chickens have names for each other? How do their eyes work? And How do chickens learn?

Learn from Homestead Gardens Horticulturalist and Nursery Manager Zach Ebaugh about planning and planting your own Pollinator Cafe: a space in your yard, patio, or porch that will provide food, shelter, water, and nesting spaces for pollinators. This class is free, however, registration is required.

Small Space Gardening Small Space Gardening is one of the hottest trends in horticulture in 2022, as folks work to maximize every inch of planting space in backyards, patios, balconies, and porches. Learn from Kathy […]

Rare and Exotic Houseplants Explore a brief history of botanical collecting, then learn how to spot a rare houseplant, and how to start or grow your own collection. Certified Professional Horticulturalist and Homestead Gardens Nursery […]

Discover strategies to cultivate all the plants you love in containers. Brie shares expert insights on how to design and manage container foodscapes for year-round beauty and bounty. Learn all about the best soil, fertilizers, and watering practices along with creative planting combinations. Everyone will be inspired to get busy planting food and flowers in pots after listening to this fun and informative presentation. 

Celebrate all things edible and Grow Your Own during our annual Herb and Veggie Weekend. Beverlee Barthel will be in the store to show you how to make all sorts of edible container gardens, both large and small. Espoma will be in our stores to educate gardeners on the soil amendments and nutrition your edible plants need to thrive and produce. 

Join Beverlee Barthel in a free demonstration on how to grow herbs and veggies in every sort of container, from colanders to pots, pottery and raised beds. No need to register, simply come visit our Davidsonville or Smyrna stores!

Celebrate all things edible and Grow Your Own during our annual Herb and Veggie Weekend. Beverlee Barthel will be in the store to show you how to make all sorts of edible container gardens, both large and small. Espoma will be in our stores to educate gardeners on the soil amendments and nutrition your edible plants need to thrive and produce. 

Join Beverlee Barthel in a free demonstration on how to grow herbs and veggies in every sort of container, from colanders to pots, pottery and raised beds. No need to register, simply come visit our Davidsonville or Smyrna stores!

Gardener, home cook, and author Wendy Kiang-Spray will show participants the tastiest and most interesting vegetables that we can grow or purchase and explain how to use them in our kitchens.