Events for May 2024

Composting educator, Steve Libbey, has been cleaning up the yard to provide the feedstock for a hot pile. A hot pile requires enough high-nitrogen materials to get the pile to heat up. A hot pile takes more effort but will produce compost more quickly—in several weeks to several months. However, hot compost is an outdoor [...]

This class has been canceled, please keep eye out for it later this year!   Morning Bell Coffee Roasters will be presenting how to prepare pour over coffee, going into detail on everything from selecting beans and grinding to identifying tasting notes in single origin coffees. Samples of a few different blends and single origin [...]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Please join us for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Central Iowa presents: In Our Own Voice, a presentation that changes attitudes, assumptions and ideas about people with brain health conditions. These free presentations provide a personal perspective of brain health conditions, as leaders with lived experience talk openly [...]

Join neuroscientist and mindfulness instructor, Crystal Jewell, for an interactive exploration on mindful eating through the lens of wild foods, including lion’s mane mushrooms, purslane, & dandelion. Learn how wild foods alter our nervous system, foster a sense of belonging, and create resilient communities as we settle into the moment and taste the land we [...]