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SHOP HOURS: Thursday/Friday/Saturday 9-5
CSA PICKUP Fridays 12-5 & Saturdays 9-5 |
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2825 8th Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas 76110 817.922.0930 info@elizabethanna.net |
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WHAT IS ELIZABETH ANNA'S?
Our mission in a nutshell is to grow food, community, and beauty in harmony with nature and teach people to provide for some of their own needs. We place high value on the way we treat the earth God asked us to love, the people God shares as gifts, and the responsibility of the knowledge we gain by studying His creation through nature. Outside of our city farm the core of our landscape work is to create beauty and functionality using permaculture practices, and create sustainable sites and living spaces. Please stop by and consider buying the best organic edibles in town so you can grow vegetables in your landscape or take a look at our collection of flowers, vines, trees and herbs. If you need some help deciding where you should plant or want us to do it for you, we offer certified permaculture landscape design, consultations, and licensed irrigation. |
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Come Visit Us (Across from the Fiesta)
Elizabeth Anna Urban Farm & Market 2825 8th Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76110 817.922.0930 |
Store Hours:
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CSA Pickup: Fridays 12 PM - 5 PM Saturdays 9 AM until 5 PM |
CLASSES FOR MAY 2022
MAKE IT!: Natural Farming Class
Natural Farming Amendment Class: Intro to KNF & LAB Workshop
TBD
2825 8th Ave. Fort Worth, TX 76110
$40
If you have questions please email to: info@elizabethanna.net
"Natural Farming is composed of methods that are organic and regenerative, yet easy for poor people to follow. It is near zero-cost, yet yields fantastic results, thus improving farmer's sovereignty." ~Natural Farming, by SARM Society of Organic Movement
Korean Natural Farming (KNF) is a gardening and farming practice created by Cho Han Kya, aka, Master Cho. The method focuses on capturing native microorganisms in the soil, fermenting serums and creating many other amendments that restore health and vitality to the soil.
This class will give you an overview and basic understanding of Korean Natural Farming methods. The workshop is divided into two parts, the first portion will be a lecture and the second half of the class we will have a hands-on demonstration of one of the core inputs (amendments) of KNF.
~Each participant will receive that months input made in class and a handout.
>>Class limited to 10 participants<<
INSTRUCTOR: JAMES SAMUDIO Regenerative Agriculture Specialist
James Samudio’s love of restoring the earth and growing abundant harvests is rivaled only by his passion for sharing his expertise with others.
For two decades James has studied and implemented the best practices of organic growing for himself and clients of his urban farm in Fort Worth, Texas.
Not content with permaculture design and methods alone, James furthered his knowledge by taking a class with Cho Han-Kyu, known as “Master Cho,” the leading proponent of Korean Natural Farming today. James was privileged to later travel to Korea for additional study of KNF methods of farming.
James now ardently teaches and implements both methods of regenerative agriculture, permaculture and KNF, for urban gardens and broad-acre applications.
He especially delights in helping farmers experience amazing production using low-cost and locally sourced organic inputs, rather than chemical fertilizers, by utilizing Korean Natural Farming techniques.
GROW IT! Serious Backyard Food Production in North Texas (May 2022)
GROW IT! May 19th, 2022
- About this event 3rd Thursday of the month. 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
- Material cost is included in the $35 class fee
- What to bring? Gloves, clippers (if you own them) and a water bottle.
- Questions? Please email: info@elizabethanna.net
GROW IT! is a monthly, hands-on course that gives you the knowledge, tips and tricks for serious backyard food production using market gardening, permaculture and natural farming methods each month. Please note that in the summer schedule the Saturdays have moved to Thursday evenings. Topics covered in May will be ...
~Protecting plants from the sun
~Planting water
~What to grow in May
~ Three DIY essential soil amendments
~Propagating by cuttings and divisions
~Nutrient cycling
~Crop rotation for summer veggies
~Pest management in the summer
We will be utilizing Elizabeth's book, The Unconventional Edible Garden, as an outline for working with the seasons in North Texas. At the each workshop you will go home with a new plant, handout and a wealth of knowledge and the confidence to implement what you know!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Kirsten is the owner of Good Tilth Farm and Nursery and Lorica Tea. She is a certified permaculture designer from the Australia Institute of Permaculture. In 2009 she hosted Fort Worth's first PDC course. Since then she has and been working in the urban agriculture industry, teaching at schools and as a designer and a market gardener. Her roles at Elizabeth Ann's have ranged from greenhouse management, permaculture designer and education and outreach.
BURBSTEADING: Designing your Urban Permaculture Homestead (Intensive 3-Day Course)
BURBSTEADING: Thursday, May 19th - May 21st
What: Learn the Basics of permaculture design to create your backyard homestead
Where: Elizabeth Anna's
2825 8th Ave. Fort Worth, TX 76110
When:
Thursday, May 19th (In person brown bag dinner)
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friday, May 20th (Webinar via Zoom)
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 21st (In Person)
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Lunch break from 12:00 PM - 1:00PM)
- Continental breakfast & light lunch will be served on Saturday
- Each student will receive a USB drive or a binder with class handouts
- Be prepared for warm weather.
>>> Class needs four students to make and is limited to 10 students <<<
There are over 43 million acres of lawn in North America - that's 42,758,000 more acres than largest owner of American farmland, Bill Gates. Combined, our own lawns are the fourth largest agricultural land holding in the US after ranching, corn and wheat industries!
This 12-hour course is designed to take you step-by-step to create your own homestead in the city. You will learn basic permaculture, natural farming, horticultural and market gardening principles that will help you develop a design plan to turn your suburban lot into a beautiful, functioning homestead, tailored to your specific needs and wants.
These principles can be scaled to work, whether you live in an apartment, HOA or have a larger suburban lot. Wherever you are, there are numerous possibilities that are available so you can provide for some of your and your communities needs. At the end of the workshop you will have a peer and instructor reviewed site design of your property, complete with plant lists, and a plan to implement your design and make it a reality!
BURBSTEADING CURRICULUM
1) Overview on the class and Sense of Place/Observation & Asset Inventory
Get to know your bio-region. Discover your sense of place within your community.
2) Permaculture 101
Learn the basic design principles and apply them to your situation whether you are in a condo or on acreage.
3) Soil
You will learn a few easy and inexpensive ways to build living soil in Teas and keep soils clean.
4) Water
How to catch and store and purify water in your landscape, with ponds, rain gardens or cheap containers, cisterns or a water matrix.
Hands-On: Bokashi Balls and Moringa Filters
5) Growing for Production in Small Spaces, Found or Borrowed.
Utilizing the cultivars work best in Texas, begin to plan for succession planting and four season harvests. Overview of a tiered system for apartments and condominiums and partnering with neighbors for their lawn usage for micro-pockets of food safety nets.
6) Perennial Food Forests & Foraged & Adaptive Plants
Learn about wild food and medicinal plants and how to design a food forest that has a combination of calorie crops, nutrient dense foods, fruits, herbs, perennial vegetables, etc.. Hand-outs: Fruit Every Month in DFW
7) Herbal Gardens
What to stock, how to use what you stock and how to treat illnesses and injuries with simple grocery store items, foraged plants, and herbs.
Make-N-Take: Comfrey Salve
8) Urban Animal Husbandry
Goats, insects, poultry, aquaponics … How to decide which animals you should raise and how to grow part or all of their feed. Handout of shelters, feed, recipes and fodder plant lists.
9) Appropriate Technology
Learn about low-tech and no-tech ways to meet some of our needs. Hands-On: Make a simple solar and rocket oven.
10) Seed Saving, Preserving Harvests
Learn when to save seeds and how to store them for the next season.
Learn how to preserve harvests inground as living cellars. Overview of canning, dehydrating and fermenting.
Week 11) Propagation of the Bland and Unusual
How to make “free” plants by seed, division, cuttings, air rooting and layering.
Week 12) Putting it all together
Using online maps, draft a design of your property/location and learn how to keep good records to create a seasonal rhythm of your work on your Burbstead.
>>>Class needs four students to make and is limited to 10 students<<<
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Kirsten is the owner of Good Tilth Farm and Nursery and Lorica Tea. She is a certified permaculture designer from the Australia Institute of Permaculture. In 2009 she hosted Fort Worth's first PDC course. Since then she has and been working in the urban agriculture industry, teaching at schools and as a designer and a market gardener. Her roles at Elizabeth Ann's have ranged from greenhouse management, permaculture designer and education and outreach.
Grocery Store Gardening - How to get almost free plants!
GROCERY STORE GARDENING! May 25th, 2022
Have your cake and eat it too while you learn to how use kitchen scraps to garden!
Want to learn how to fill your garden after a trip at the grocery store? In this packed 2 -hour class you will see how the grocery store is an unlikely but very abundant nursery that can fill your garden beds with the most common food items you throw in your cart each shopping trip.
Dates & Price
- Price: $50
- Date: Wednesday, May 25th
- Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
What's Included?
- Learn about 35 different plants you can grow from the grocery store
- Take home 12 of the 35 different plants we go over in the workshop.
- Grocery guide care sheet for the 12 plants you can grow from the store.
- Light refreshments
- Also available to purchase are other fine useful plants, fine goods and books!
What to Bring
- Notebook camera & water bottle.
- Suitable clothing for the weather
- Sack or box to take home plants, cuttings and sprouted seeds.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Kirsten is the owner of Good Tilth Farm and Nursery and Lorica Tea. She is a certified permaculture designer from the Australia Institute of Permaculture. In 2009 she hosted Fort Worth's first PDC course. Since then she has and been working in the urban agriculture industry, teaching at schools and as a designer and a market gardener. Her roles at Elizabeth Ann's have ranged from greenhouse management, permaculture designer and education and outreach.
FIND IT! Foraging Month-to-Month in North Texas
FIND IT! MAY 28th 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
WHAT TO FORAGE IN MAY IN NORTH TEXAS
From hedgerows, to wild edibles and natural medicine to ethobotany, join other foragers on a foray of what North Texas has to offer in May. Come see the last of the spring greens and see summer plants are making their appearance.
Learn what you can find in Texas during the month of May.
Each student will receive plants and handout for the month.
4th Saturday of the Month ~ May 28 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
2825 8th Ave. Fort Worth, TX 76110
$35
What's Included
- Tuition and guided foraging walks lead by Michelle
- Light Refreshments.
- All of the lost knowledge Michelle can impart to the group over the course of the walk.
- Sample specimens to take home.
- Also available to purchase are fine foraged goods!
YOUR FORAGING GUIDE
Michelle Gardiner is passionate about all things growing and green. She has spent the last 20 years deepening her connection to plants through the study of permaculture, foraging, plant identification, botany and folk medicine. She has gardened in the deep humus of the Pacific Northwest, the sandy soils of Florida and the hardpan clay of Texas. The last four years have found her turning her city lot into a urban homestead with raised annual beds, herbs and medicinal plants, an orchard, quails and chickens and loads of compost; she has used it as a place to abandon perfectionism and embrace experimentation. Her favorite green activity, by far, has been getting to know the plants that God grows in the wild places – back alleys and parking strips to city parks and forests, where the plants are always in the right soil and the right place and the growing is free and effortless. Her favorite human adventure has been with her husband Adam, witnessing their four girls mature into young women.
B.A. in Liberal Arts, Thomas Aquinas College, 1991-1995
Homeschooling Mom, 2003-Present
Permaculture Design Certificate with Laura Ruby and Natalie Bogwalker, 2014 Nutritional Coach Certificate, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, 2018
Smarty Plants Kids Club, Mount St Michael Catholic School, 2018
Instructor, Math and Outdoor Science, St Anthonys’ Academy, 2019-2020
Texas Native Plant Certification, 2020
If you have questions please email to: info@elizabethanna.net
OUR CSA
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What's Growing
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Chicken and Duck Eggs, Pastured Beef and Chicken, Edible and Medicinal Plants, H&H Chicken Feed, Compost Tea, and much more.
Garden design and water saving irrigation.
CSA
Weekly local food baskets.
Nursery
Vegetables, perennials, fruit trees, and more...
Urban Farm
Goats, chickens and ducks.
Education and Outreach
Home & Garden, Permaculture and other Classes.
Elizabeth's book is now available as a PDF!
Optimized for digital reading with an interactive Table of Contents. Even though I refer to my printed book often, I love to glance through it on my phone on-the-go as well!
Perfect for a shopping trip at the plant nursery when you can't remember which seeds and starts you need to pick up.
Elizabeth's Book is used in the GROW THIS! class series.