The list below represents 2025 workshops. These will be updated with new dates in January, 2026!
We are excited to share inspiration and learning in community! Some events are free, and all of our immersive and weekend workshops are sliding scale and require pre-registration, as indicated so read on and reach out to register as space is limited! Join our enews to stay connected and current. Our farmstand will open for the season in April!
Read on for workshops and events, details and registration for each. And here is a beautiful calendar card of these too.
(If you are looking for our Women Healing Women Healing Earth series, click here)
April 26, 10.30-11.30 am. Grow Great Gardens: Q and A, 10.30-11.30 followed by optional self-guided tour. Free, all welcome! No-preregistration. It’s also our farmstand grand opening day!
Sunday April 27, 1-4PM: No-till Gardens and Farms: Healthy Soil, Heal Climate. An experiential learning packed afternoon suitable to farmers or enthusiastic gardeners seeking to learn and use no-till methods that use simple tools, build healthy soil, reduce labor and cost inputs, and promote climate resilience. A perfect time of year to learn and introduce several no-till techniques that build healthy soil while promoting climate resilience. Led by Seeds of Solidarity farmer, co-founder Ricky Baruc, known and published for his no-till farming successes and invigorating teaching style. Pre-registration required. Sliding scale: $40 to $60. Email deb@seedsofsolidarity.org to register. Our friends at Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust in partnership with the American Farmland Trust soil health program are helping make possible several full scholarships for BIPOC or beginning farmers, or those working or volunteering to promote community or school gardens in their community. Let us know if this is you and you’d like a scholarship to attend!
Sunday May 4, 10am to 4PM. Reconnect Retreat. A day of practices to destress and stay centered amid uncertainty. In this restorative, uplifting day in community with others, you will experience and gain techniques for: reiki/energy healing, forest meditation, yoga and teas for nervous system health, grounding and nourishing recipes. Facilitators are Nalini Goordial, Ricky Baruc, and Deb Habib. Fee includes all sessions, lunchtime soup (resulting from a cooking lesson!) and a take home tea or spice pack. Sliding scale: $50 -$90. Pre-registration required, space limited. Email deb@seedsofsolidarity.org to register.
Saturday June 21st, 10am to 4PM. Create a Garden Altar. This is a new workshop we’ve been wanting to do for a while! Participants will build their own beautiful creation of wood and sacred and found objects to enhance your own garden or yard, to promote meditative practices and honoring of the land. A great way to celebrate the summer solstice. Space limited, pre-registration required, sliding scale: $85-$130 includes materials. Email deb@seedsofsolidarity.org to sign up.
Wednesday July 9th, 6PM: Join us for a potluck and “Interdependence” conversation with Seeds of Solidarity founders Deb Habib and Ricky Baruch. Come at 5.30 to enjoy a self-guided farm tour beforehand. Free, pre-registration appreciated but not required.
(FULL for 2025!) Sat and Sun August 16/17. Building Immersion, Life Tools. 10 am to 4.30 PM both days. Come learn to use a variety of hand and power tools, and gain or expand your building skills, so helpful to farmers, artists, or to increase your own DIY skill set. Proper tool use and techniques can inspire you to make furniture, a shed or studio, or even a tiny house! Plenty of hands-on experience and community building in a beautiful setting. This is our fourth year running this popular weekend workshop. Facilitator/teachers are Seeds of Solidarity founders Ricky and Deb, and farmer/builder Emi. Sliding scale $85- $185. ($250 value). Lunches included, rustic on-site overnight camping possible. Pre-registration required, capped at 18. Email deb@seedsofsolidarity.org to register.
Sept 27/28, 10am to 5PM both days.. 27th Annual North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival. As co-founders and long-time organizers, we encourage you to stay tuned to the festival website, www.garlicandarts.org for updates. And of course, we’ll be there with our famous seed garlic, garlic bread and other farm products.
Saturday Oct 25, 10.30-11.30 am. Farm Tour and Mocktails with the Founders. Enjoy a guided walking tour of our site with abundant no-till gardens, solar greenhouses, energy efficient structures, and inspiring conversation along the way. Free, no-preregistration, just be on time.
Sunday Oct 26, 10am to 5PM.. Rich and Healthy: No-till for Successful Farms. Are you a farmer or market gardener seeking to start or transition to no-till methods that use simple tools, build healthy soil, reduce labor and cost inputs, promote climate resilience and increase your connection to the land? You’ll learn several no-till, climate resilience techniques in this experiential, day-long workshop with seasoned farmer Ricky Baruc. Plus, special guest soil science presenter. Sliding scale $65-$95. Space limited, email deb@seedsofsolidarity.org to register. Soup and salad lunch included. Scholarships for farmers of color, or new farmers going no-till. Let us know if this is you!
We are grateful for grants and donations that support our 2024/25 programs and events:
Green Leaf Foundation
MA Dept of Agricultural Resources (via a state budget earmark)
Town of Orange Community Development Block Grant
Community Foundation of North Central MA
Anonymous
Greenfield Farmers’ Cooperative Exchange, Kuumba Made, Donor advised funds through the CFWM and RSF Social Finance, Monterey Community Foundation, and amazing individuals like YOU!!
After a Solidarity Saturday a visitor shared this moving reflection:
“Wonderful having the opportunity to meet you … and to see the extraordinary farm and lifestyle you’ve nurtured into existence. Inspiring and invigorating, your landscape engrained in my mind a positive perspective for future human settlements. Thank you for sharing your time and teachings.”
Seeds of Solidarity 