by Jetson Brown | Apr 15, 2025
We’re thrilled to celebrate the 4th Annual Plant It Forward Spring Festival—marking 10 years of West Gate Community Farm! This joyful, family-friendly event brings the Westgate community together for a day of creative gardening, art, learning, and connection to...
by Jetson Brown | Dec 31, 2024
Rugged Elements and Westgate Community Garden collaborate to show the community how to make soap using skin loving fruits, vegetables, and herbs from the garden. Each participant will make and take 1 pound of soap. *Supplies included. **Must wear long sleeves, pants...
by Jetson Brown | Feb 21, 2024
Come join us at Westgate Community Farm for a fun and informative class all about butterflies! Learn how to attract these beautiful creatures to your yard and make it a haven for them. Our expert instructor will teach you everything you need to know to get started....
by Jetson Brown | Feb 13, 2024
Don’t miss our second annual composting workshop on Saturday February 24th. This is a hands on way to explore the different methods of turning your food waste into plant food. Find the one that best fits your space and lifestyle. Sign up to reserve your...
by Jetson Brown | Jan 2, 2024
Join us for this in person event at Westgate Community Farm where you’ll learn all about garden tools and how to make the most of them. Discover the best tools for your gardening needs and get expert advice on how to choose, use, and care for them properly. At...
by Jetson Brown | Jan 2, 2024
Start off the New year in good health! Join us to learn and share recipes for immune boosting tonics, probiotics, and tinctures. Participants will take home their own herbal elixir. We will be going over a few recipes that we have. If you have your own recipe for a...
by Jetson Brown | Mar 1, 2023
This is a hands on workshop in which participants will learn how to know when a seed is ready to be harvested, which fruits or seed heads to save seed from, how to harvest and clean different kinds of seeds, and the best ways to store seeds.
by Jetson Brown | Mar 1, 2023
We will create dyes using plants from the Westgate Community Farm and use them to dye t-shirts. Fun for all ages!
by Jetson Brown | Mar 1, 2023
This is a hands on workshop. We will be using different methods to propagate a number of fruit bearing plants. We will become familiar with grafting, using cuttings, air layering, and seeding different plants and understand when each method is most appropriate....
