Workshops and Volunteering
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS, open enrollment
Soil Making and Seed Starting - 2 day course - $50/day
Fri 03/14 3pm - 5pm & Sun 03/16 12pm - 2pm
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A two part workshop that will go over building soil, seeding trays, and assembling shelf lighting for your small scale farm or garden starts. Participants will leave with a tray of starts they seed from our available selection, and a list of materials we've worked with during class. We will cover the following over the course of two days. You're welcome to bring your own seeds or select from available seeds from Lost Greens
Soil making (how to make your own soil / calculate your quantity needs)
Building trays for starts (selecting tray types, build your cell trays, build soil block trays, discuss what is best for cell & what is best for soil block)
Planning & seeding your starts (how many plants per foot/calculating row size/what kind of tray to use/how to germinate your tray)
Wiring grow Room Lighting (learn how to select lights, assemble ballasts for LED or fluorescent, wire lighting together and connect to power)
Day 1 Friday 03/14 3pm - 5pm:
Soil making / soil blocking / discussion on seeding soil block trays v cell trays / tray selection / part 1 grow room lighting and wiring
Day 2 Sunday 03/16 12pm - 2pm:
part 2 grow room lighting and wiring / building trays with soil blocks (or cell trays) / discussion planning your start quantities / seeding trays / demo on diluting concentrated hydrogen peroxide and applying to trays of starts for disease-maintenance
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Irrigation 101 - how to set up drip lines in your garden April 12th, noon-2pm, location TBD, cost $25
Details and registration TBA
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Integrating native plants with your yard and garden, April, TBD
Details and registration TBA
Volunteering and Work Trade CSA
To apply for a CSA work trade position, please click here . We are currently accepting applications for our 2025 CSA work trade member shares.
All volunteers must sign up for and complete 9 hours of training with Farmer Sam in April. Details TBA. This will include food safety standards for small farms in accordance with FSMA (food safety modernization act).
Lost Greens Farm offers volunteer opportunities, including CSA work trades, volunteer workshops and events, and drop-in work-trade days on the farm. It’s our goal to share knowledge about urban farming, and provide a safe place for people of all genders, races, and expressions to show up and get their hands in the dirt.
Lost Greens Farm is transgender owned and operated, and many of our volunteers are members of the LGBTQIA+ community. We are an inclusive farm, meaning you are encouraged to volunteer regardless of how you identify (be it straight, queer, LGBTQIA+, etc). We do ask volunteers have a basic understanding of, experience with, and support for LGBTQIA+ peoples, including asking for and using a person’s correct pronouns. Not familiar with this concept? You can learn more about pronoun use in the transgender community here.We support trans-identifying people across the spectrum of gender expression, race, and human experience - Come be yourself, enjoy the sunshine and eat the veggies!
CSA Volunteer Work Trade Information
Work Trade volunteers must complete 9 hours of training with farmer Sam Jones in April. We will have 8 volunteer CSA work trade positions available for the 2025 season. The commitment is 3hrs/week in exchange for a weekly share of vegetables, with a preference for availability on Fri or Sat.
Volunteers are sent a weekly email with volunteer shift options to choose from, ranging between 7am - 3pm Wed - Sun.
To apply to be a CSA volunteer member, please click here.
If you have any questions, please reach out by phone or email!
Drop-In Volunteer Information
Drop-In volunteers must complete 9 hours of training with farmer Sam Jones in April. If you would like to volunteer with Lost Greens on a more casual basis, drop-in volunteering is available on an ‘as-needed’ basis. For every 3-hour shift you come out, we will provide you with a share of veggies as they are available (this is different than our CSA shares, as certain crops are limited at times). Drop-in volunteers information for 2025 will be out shortly.
To apply to be a CSA volunteer member, please click here.
Previous Workshops
Native Species Garden planting w/ Cass Eddington - In person at 3701 Gilpin St - Sat 10/21 10am - 3pm.
Limit 10 attendees.
This is a ‘non-traditional’ workshop in that we will actively be working to plant in a new native species garden, and those who come out to help will learn on the fly with us! We will be transforming the front hail-strip of the farm property into a sanctuary garden for pollinators. Folks will learn about plant types, and how to transplant native species in fall, as well as layout principles for designing a good native species garden. This information will be shared casually throughout the day as it is prompted by working with materials. We will be working on this project in 3 phases/sections. The next phase will be spring 2024.
Flexible arrival time, event runs 10am - 3pm. We suggest arriving on the hour and planning to stay for 1.5 - 2hrs (ex 10am - 12pm, 11am-1:30pm, 1pm -3pm). If you’d like to make a small donation to the project to help cover the costs of materials and Cass’s time, that is welcome on-site.
Cass Eddington (they | them) is an educator and poet, and is currently apprenticing with Restorative Landscape Design which is renowned for native species landscaping and restoration design. They also run the creative writing school & platform Vocational Poetics.
No cost course.
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Planting Garlic -the basics w/ hands on garlic planting - In person at 3701 Gilpin - (Monday 10/23 3:30pm - 5:30pm) Limit 10 attendees
In this hands-on workshop will plant garlic together and discuss the foundations for growing a good garlic bulb, as well as proper mulching, spring amending, and when to harvest. Attendees have the option to take home 3-4 pieces of seed garlic from Lost Greens to plant for themselves.
Sliding scale $15 - $35
If the cost of this course is prohibitive, scholarships are available; please reach out for info <3
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Foundations of Creating healthy soil for your garden w/ soil making workshop (2 part course Nov 8th / Nov 12th) offered Fall and Spring. Limit 15 attendees.
> Part 1: Online class Thursday Nov 9th 6pm - 8pm MST
We will discuss the principles of soil health for your raised beds, potted plants & gardens.
> Part 2: Soil Making Workshop in person at 3701 Gilpin Sunday Nov 12th 1pm - 3pm
We will make soil from scratch using coconut coir, compost, and amendments. You will learn the how-tos of making soil and make a big batch with us. Folks have the option to take home a small bag of soil for their own use!
Sliding scale $55 - $85
If the cost of this course is prohibitive, scholarships are available; please reach out for info <3
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