Holiday Crafts Pop-Up at Red Wagon Plants

Craft Workshops, Baked Treats, Garden Goodies, House Plants and more

We can’t promise snow and a stunning view of Camel’s Hump. But we do promise delicious scents from the Bake Shop kitchen, creative inspiration at our workshops, and warm vibes from good company. On Sunday, November 17th, 2024 we are open for a pop-up shop and crafty workshops. You are invited to join us between noon and 4pm to browse our herb products, gardening tools and Red Wagon Plants merch, peruse the garage sale, enjoy treats from the Bake Shop or participate in one of our workshops. More details will follow as we get closer to the event, so we recommend staying in touch via Newsletter (you can sign up at the bottom of our welcome page). Below you can find some of the offerings for the day.

Workshop Schedule

10:00am - 12:00pm Herbal Mocktails FOR WINTER FESTIVITIES with Sophie Cassel

Get ready to entertain in style this winter. By stocking your bar with herb-infused syrups, vinegars and bitters, you can enjoy delicious mocktails all holiday season. We will use a variety of garden-grown herbs and essential kitchen spices which do double duty as tasty ingredients and health-promoting tonics. Participants will go home with lots of recipes and some handcrafted samples to enjoy. Ages 14 and up. $48. Sign up here.

1:00pm - 5:00pm Birch bark ornaments with Penny Hewitt

Enjoy the simple pleasure of creating a decoration or gift from materials responsibly harvested in VT. Utilizing techniques common to the Scandinavian and Russian style of basketry, you will craft birds and stars using strips of inner bark from the paper birch tree. Included is a discussion on how these materials are harvested and prepared. Everyone will leave with three ornaments. Ages 14 and up. $135. Sign up here.

2:00pm - 4:00pm RUSTIC Dried flower WREATH with Susan Lepple

Do you appreciate the whispyness of grasses, the mounding greens of mosses, the complexities and colors of flowers, the texture and form of seed pods and the irregular nature of branches, twigs, and vines? In this workshop Susan will provide instruction on how to use natural materials to create a beautiful rustic wreath to adorn an interior space. All materials have been grown or collected by Susan and she is happy to answer questions on the process of growing, foraging, drying and storing. Each participant will have enough materials to make one large wreath or two small wreaths. Please feel free to bring your own special materials, if you like. All ages, kids under 11 need to be accompanied by an adult. $65. Sign up here.

All Day Activities
12pm - 4pm

pop-up plant shop

with houseplants, pots and containers, our favorite garden tools and amendments. There will be staff members to aid you with any gardening related questions and it’s a great chance to inhale the scent of being in a greenhouse one last time before they go dormant.

garden related garage sale

This is our second edition of a garage sale with garden and plant related items. All profits go to the Hinesburg Community Resource Center that runs the food shelf and many other offerings benefiting our local community.

bake shop

We will be offering treats from the Bake Shop - Stay tuned for more details.

We look forward to seeing you!

Virtual Workshop Schedule for Spring 2021

We are so excited to share our spring workshop line up with you. This year, our three main workshops will be supplemented with an exciting array of follow up opportunities: related plant and seed collections; garden visits with presenters; tools and other merchandise that complement the topic; and late summer and fall workshops to help with harvesting, preserving and maintaining the food, medicine and gardens you will create with us this year.

Your success in the garden is our goal. Plain and simple. We will provide you with everything you need to make it work.

Julia Parker Dickerson: Introduction to Pollinator Gardens 

Saturday, March 20th from 10:00AM -11:30AM 

Delve into the importance of pollinator gardens, and prepare to create your own wildlife haven. Julia has so much inspiring, hands on experience transforming public spaces into beautiful oases for our beneficial insects and friends. Participants in this workshop can recreate this at home with our plant and seed collections and garden visits with Master Gardener Julia and members of the Red Wagon Team. Cost $15.  

Julie Rubaud: Onions 101 

Tuesday, March 23rd from 5:30PM -6:15PM 

Back by popular demand! Everything you need to know to grow, harvest and store onions. Onions need to go in the ground early. Find out why and all the other tips and tricks to growing and storing onions, leeks, and shallots. Never buy another onion! Cost $10.

Julie Rubaud: Gardening for Abundance - Vegetables 

Saturday, March 27th from 10:00AM -11:30AM 

Gain guidance and tips in creating a garden to support your definition of abundance this year. We will focus on storage crops, growing for preserving, and sharing with local food pantries. Red Wagon will offer additional support with plant and seed collections that will be available for purchase during the season, garden visits with Julie and other Red Wagon team members, and late summer and fall workshops that support your canning and freezing and dehydrating activities. We will help you partner up with local food pantries if you would like to share the abundance. Cost $15.  

Julie Rubaud: Strawberries 101 

Tuesday, March 30th from 5:30PM -6:15PM 

Plants? Bare root? What is the difference? Come find out! We are bringing back this popular workshop to help new gardeners learn all about growing strawberries. They are easy to grow as long as you know what they like and have realistic expectations. Jam, frozen berries, and countless fresh fruit can be had from the home garden. Cost $10.

 

Sophie Cassel: The Medicinal Herb Garden - Growing for Beauty and Wellness 

Saturday, April 3rd from 10:00AM -11:30AM 

An introduction to why and how to create and utilize your own medicinal herb garden. Sophie’s workshops are fun and filled with practical easy to follow instruction. Her understanding of medicinal plants is vast and enthusiastic. Participants can follow up with this class by purchasing our medicinal plant collections, scheduling garden visits with Sophie, and singing up for follow up workshops in late summer and fall to help you process your medicinal herb garden into products for home use. Cost $15.

Chad Donovan: Pests and Disease of the Garden 101

Tuesday, April 13th from 5:30PM -6:15PM 

Learn to prevent, identify and treat regular pests. Pro tips for garden success! Chad brings his decades of gardening and greenhouse experience to you in an accessible and easy to understand format. He is responsible for our the overall health of our plants in our greenhouses and herb farm, and does an incredible job explaining how home gardeners can achieve similar results. Cost $10.

  

Ben Mayock: Basketry for the Garden: Weaving the Carrying Tray

Tuesday, April 17th from 10:00AM -12:00PM 

A hands-on experience weaving your own 'Carrying Tray' garden basket with local artist and basket maker, Ben Mayock. After a winter of private Zoom workshops with Ben, we are so excited to share our experience with all of you. Space is limited, and will require a pick up of the materials prior to the workshop. Materials can be shipped for an additional cost if you are not local. Cost $55. 

Julie Rubaud: Tomatoes 101

Tuesday, May 11th at 5:30PM -6:15PM 

Back by popular demand! This is the day we release our tomato plants and answer all your questions. Julie will go over her favorite varieties, the best practices for planting and trellising and some of her favorite preservation methods. We grow 75 tomato varieties - find out why and which ones are right for you. Cost $10.

Classes and Events 2020

Our workshop space is lush and changes with the seasons from cold hardy violas in March to heat loving tropical plants in high summer. We set the stage each week to reflect the themes at hand and to help our visitors orient to the micro-changes of the gardening cycle.

Photo credit to Kate Bentley

We are so excited to introduce our 2020 program. Please head over to the events page to see all the details.

New this year: our $5 Thursday 101 classes. Each one hour class is focused on a specific topic and is a quick and dynamic introduction to one type of plant. We hope to encourage a deeper understanding of the specific plants we grow, and to do so in an accessible and fun way.

We have expanded our Herb Farm Kitchen classes with lots of fun projects involving herbs, hot peppers and two very special classes with master jam maker, V Smiley. She will show us how to use honey, herbs, flowers, and fruit to preserve the garden bounty as sunshine in a jar.

Our popular Tuesday evening “Make and Take” classes are back. These are fun project parties in our greenhouses in the beautiful light of sunset . We provide you with the space, instructions and materials; you can customize the experience by choosing from a wide array of plants. We provide snacks and you are free to supply your own (grown up) beverages if desired. This is really fun with a group of friends or a family get together.

And finally, our Saturday Seminars each focus on an in depth topic that will improve any gardener’s skill set when it comes to planning, maintaining and establishing all types of gardens.

We are so grateful for the community of plant lovers that make up Red Wagon Plants. Thank you for making this teaching and growing opportunity an integral part of our business. Please spread the word about these classes and events. And WELCOME to a whole new year.

Meet RWP's Allison

Allison Lea is one of the terrific staffers at RWP.  And not only is she a master of plant production here, but she's also a gardener and home herbalist in her own right. This weekend she'll be offering a workshop at which she'll share techniques for making lip balms, infused oils for health and beauty, and nourishing skin salves.   By way of introducing her, we asked her to send along some photos from her own Addison County garden.

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Yarrow

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Calendula

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Chamomile

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Lemon Thyme

There are still a couple of spaces in her Saturday, June 26 "Gifts from the Garden: Herbal Body Care"  workshop.  The cost is $25 per person, and you'll leave with a selection of the the goods you'll learn to create ... and some hands-on practice making gifts from your own garden.  Give us a call at 802-482-4060 to register.