Whether you dream of harvesting fruit from your own backyard, preserving what you grow & produce, or raising healthy livestock, our Homesteading Series is here to help you build practical, real-world skills.
This educational series focuses on self-sufficiency and sustainable living, with expert-led sessions covering gardening, fruit production, specialty niche crop production, livestock management, food preservation, and more. Offerings include both in-person workshops and convenient online webinars.
Registration REQUIRED for all sessions.
📅 Upcoming Programs:
Canning- Tomato Sauce
August 27, 2026
ZOOM: 6:30 pm - 8 pm
Register HERE for the tomato canning class
*Attend this before taking the in person tomato canning workshop.*
Tomato Sauce Canning Workshop
Saturday, August 29th
In-person: 11 am - 2 pm
Lucile Tatum Center, 959 Osceola St., Gastonia, NC
Register HERE for Tomato Sauce Canning Workshop
Bucket to Bounty: Grow Your Own Oyster Mushrooms
Thursday, September 10, 2026
In-person: 6 pm - 9 pm
Gaston Citizens Resource Center, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Hwy, Dallas
$20 registration fee
Register HERE for the oyster mushroom class
Dehydrated Herbs and Custom Spice Blends
Tuesday, September 22
In-person: 6 pm - 8 pm
Lucile Tatum Center, 959 Osceola St., Gastonia, NC
Register HERE for Dehydrated Herbs and Custom Spice Blends
Dehydrated Fruit Snacks
Thursday, September 24,
In-person: 6 pm - 8 pm
Lucile Tatum Center, 959 Osceola St., Gastonia, NC
Register HERE for Dehydrated Fruit Snacks
Medicinal Plants & Mushrooms of the Piedmont
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
In-person: 10 am - noon
Gaston Citizens Resource Center, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Hwy, Dallas NC
$5 registration fee
Registration HERE for the medicinal plants and mushrooms workshop!
Cooking with Herbs
Saturday, November 21, 2026
In-person: 11 am - 2 pm
Lucile Tatum Center, 959 Osceola St., Gastonia, NC
Register HERE for Cooking with Herbs
Shiitake Mushroom Inoculation Workshop
Saturday, December 5, 2026
In-person: 9 am - noon
Gaston Citizens Resource Center, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Hwy, Dallas, NC
Registration & cost coming soon!
From growing, producing, and preserving, the Homesteading Series provides the knowledge and confidence to grow, raise, preserve, and enjoy your own food.
Plant. Grow. Preserve. Eat.
Stay tuned for additional programs throughout the season!
