Learn how to make flour from acorns, one of the highest yielding and most nutritious wild crops of our forest. Try your hand at every step of the process. Experience acorn gathering, sorting, shelling, grinding, leaching and drying. Learn the deep cultural significance of acorn foods for cultures around the world. Sample acorn foods and get recipes. You’ll leave this workshop confident and ready to take acorns from the forest to your dinner table.
A bulk of the workshop will take place at our Johnston Square classroom space, but participants should come prepared to be outdoors and in the woods for a portion of this workshop.
*This workshop will include some acorn samplings, but please bring a bag lunch.
**This workshop is limited to 15 participants.
Date: October 23, 10am- 4pm Cost: $50
Location: The Johnston Square Brick Barn, Baltimore 21202 Instructor: Lincoln Smith of Forested
**Notice of cancellation must be given 48-hrs in advance of any of our workshops or events in order to request a refund. Cancellations are subject to a $5 restocking fee. **
About the Instructor:
Lincoln Smith is the founder of Forested, a 10-acre research forest garden in Bowie, MD, which features oaks as carbohydrate crop. Lincoln teaches many courses at Forested, and creates and designs forest gardens for homes, commercial properties and public spaces. He is passionate about production ecosystems, and brings a background in agronomic science and sustainable landscape design. Lincoln started Forested, LLC to develop and share research in forest gardening. He is a regular speaker on forest gardening at venues such as University of Maryland, the U.S. Botanic Garden, and the Maryland Master Gardeners’ Conference.
About the Location:
The “Brick Barn” is a brick garage turned classroom space on Charm City Farms’ newest Permaculture farm space, a triple vacant, city-owned lot in the Johnston Square area of Baltimore. The Brick Barn serves as a classroom space for Permaculture Design Certificate courses, a workshop, and a community gathering space, with future plans to include produce processing and to serve as a local goods trading post.
The address to the barn is roughly 2000 Hillman St, Baltimore, MD 21202, directly across from Green Mount Cemetery.
**Notice of cancellation must be given 48-hrs in advance of any of our workshops or events in order to request a refund or credit.**
