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Saturday September 11, 2021; 10:30 – 12:00 for the class;
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM for the arranging workshop

We have two dahlia workshops scheduled as part of the new and exciting Hillsdale Workshop Experience (inaugural weekend September 11th – 12th!) If you want to embark or improve on your dahlia-growing game (or maybe you don’t know what to do now that digging and storage season is coming up!), ‘Growing Fantastic Dahlias’ is for you. Not a grower, but want to get your hands deep into an armload of dahlias? Sign up for our arranging class which will feature a wide array of our gorgeous farm-grown dahlias.

Dahlia Class and Arranging Workshop with Jenny Elliott

Saturday September 11, 2021; 10:30 – 12:00 for the class;
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM for the arranging workshop

When we first opened our flower shop in Hillsdale, the idea was to celebrate all the wonderful local flowers and botanical materials which thrive right here in our corner of the Hudson Valley.  With that in mind, we’d always envisioned the work-room at our flower shop as a place where we could share this enthusiasm with ‘budding’ floral designers; to share some of the tips and tricks we’ve picked up—the hard-earned ‘know-how’—which take away the frustrations of fixing a finicky arrangement, leaving only the joy of arranging with local flowers!

We’re so thrilled to announce the first workshop we’ve scheduled after a hiatus of almost two years!  Join us for a morning gardening talk or for our hands-on arranging workshop where you’ll get to work on creating your own dahlia-centric floral arrangement. We hope you’ll join us for a fun afternoon!

15 Classes in Crafting, Floristry, Writing, Dance, Cooking & MORE

Join us for the inaugural weekend of The Workshop Experience, centered in Hillsdale NY. This newly formed collaboration of creatives and producers presents an array of workshops and classes on the weekend of September 11 and 12. Ranging from crafting, writing, gardening, cooking, movement, to floristry and more, we are pleased to announce this new venture and invite you to partake in experiential learning led by brilliant experts.
 
Below are most of the workshops and classes. As you scroll down, be sure to click on the links to check out all the details and read about the instructors leading these events. And stay tuned… in a few weeks we will share sources for pre-ordering delicious boxed lunches from local purveyors so you can stay fueled up as you partake in our morning and afternoon workshops. There will be live music as well, so make a weekend of it!
 
The Workshop Experience is overseen by the Hillsdale Workshop Alliance (learn more). Join us for our first ever “Workshop Experience Weekend.” And bring a friend!

Box Lunches + Live Music

In a few weeks we’ll share a menu of boxed lunches you can pre-order for the big weekend. CrossRoads Food Shop, Copake General Store and Roe-Jan Brewing Co. will be creating these boxed lunches to streamline your “Workshop Experience Weekend”. 

HGS Home Chef and Tiny Hearts Farm will host an informal “Jazz Lunch” between workshops (Sept 11, 11:30 – 1:30) as Luke Franco of Tiny Hearts Farm leads a distinguished group of musicians to swing you into the afternoons’ various activities.  This free lawn-concert will happen on the HGS Home Chef front porch and lawn next to Tiny Hearts Farm.

We were so gratefully to hear from so many friends and customers last week offering their support as we deal with the crumby weather we’ve been having.  In a lot of ways, this is par for the course—farmers plant their fields with optimism and enthusiasm each year and diligently tend their crops as the early seasons’ potential slowly becomes reality—for better or worse.  While we’ve been getting walloped with heavy rains, farm friends a few hours north of us are looking at bumper crops, it all depends on the specific regions’ micro-climate.  It looks like we’ll end up having one of the wettest July’s on record here in Columbia County, NY, and we’ve been thinking a lot about how we can mitigate a future season like this one.