Workshops
✔️ How to plan and plant a thriving seasonal garden
✔️ The secrets of soil health, composting, and natural pest control
✔️ Which foods provide culinary, medicinal, and healing benefits
✔️ How to turn your backyard (or balcony!) into a sustainable food source
$35 per person
When: Saturday, April 5 10:00am - 12:00pm
Where: Four Winds Natural Healing
9935 Maple Street, Omaha, NE
Grow Your Own Groceries:
From Soil to Supper
Plant Identification
In this hands-on class you’ll learn how to correctly identify plants “in the wild” and get to test out your new skills on a walk around the farm while deepening your connection to the natural world. We will discuss how to identify native, edible and medicinal plants that you might encounter in urban areas, roadsides and natural areas across Eastern Nebraska. We will also cover tips and techniques for getting correct identification through different apps and online databases.
Handouts will be provided.
$45 per person
When: Saturday, April 12, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am
Where: Benson Bounty Farm
6915 Evans St, Omaha, NE
Learn how to grow, harvest, dry, store and brew herbal teas at home.
-Learn growing conditions for teas you can grow locally, including native tea plants that support pollinators
-Taste multiple locally-grown teas
-Tour the farm to observe growing conditions
-Live demonstrations on harvesting, brewing and drying tea
Handouts will be provided. Participants will take home a 1 pound selection of fresh herbal teas.
$85 per person
When: Saturday, June 28, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
Where: Benson Bounty Farm
6915 Evans Street, Omaha, NE