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June 2019
Funky Flower Farm Reading & Plant Of the Month
Jenks will read from his new book and we'll talk about amazing plants for June gardens.
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Picklin’ Okra
Our focus will be learning to pickle okra. Gloria will teach her method and you'll prep two jars of pickled okra. We'll get them cooked and ready to go home while you hang out with Chris Smith, author of the brand new book The Whole Okra. We'll have a small okra farmers market too -- take home stuff you need to make more picked okra at home. Couples price $150.
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Growing History: Vineyards & Southern Grapes
Redcliffe interpreters offer a tour of the stunning vines and trees of this 1850's designed landscape. The history folks will focus on the extensive vinyards that used to produce here. Jenks will discuss growning grapes at home and a few stories from Funky Little Flower Farm.
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Muscadine Time!
Hands-on baking class comes complete with a muscadine mohito and fruit to take home! Join chef Susan Walker and horticulturist Jenks Farmer, both Beech Island natives, to learn to grow, bake and sip our native grape! Details below.
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Funky Little Flower Farm Stories and Plants
Inspired by the Japanese concept of Sekkin in which plants tell of the passing of seasons, Jenks' Southern Sekki brings it home to the farm. Southern pass-along plants, some common like larkspur, some obscure such as Ladies of the Night, become the medium for stories of dogs, donkeys, tractors and crazy great aunts. Jenks shares stories and in his subtle way, teaches you how to grow these storied, spectacular plants in your own home gardens.
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