Garden Education

Wellspring teaches organic gardening. Anyone interested in learning how to grow their own food in harmony with nature is welcome. Interns live at the farm from early April to mid-November, to learn hands-on all the aspects of a full growing season. Summer interns, worker shares and volunteers are welcome to gain practical experience while working beside our garden team. Applications for internships begin each fall for the following season and are open ‘til March.

HOME GARDENING COURSE - With the high cost of food and fuel, here is an opportunity for you to create your own edible backyard - gardens where you live. Wellspring will help you. The course starts in March and runs through Sept. It’s an opportunity for folks who want to raise their own food to learn on Wellspring’s raised beds. Then we will mentor you with your own garden. Classes will cover composting, soil building, seed selection, bio-intensive planting methods, natural pest control, marketing, food preservation and many more topics, carrying you and your garden through a Wisconsin growing season. Experience the joy of harvesting your own homegrown food.

Classes are limited. Registration will be taken on a first come basis. Email Wellspring if you are interested - wellspringcsa@gmail.com. We will send you the Home Gardening brochure. There is an Orientation session on Sunday, March 14th at 2:pm at Wellspring. See the Garden course brochure (.pdf, 2.2Mb), and download the Garden course signup sheet (.pdf, 89Kb)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Community Supported Agriculture is a partnership between grower and consumer. Wellspring has been a CSA since 1988. People who want to know where their food comes from and how it is grown join a CSA. They support the grower by signing up early and paying upfront for a season’s supply of fresh produce. Wellspring in return provides 22 weeks of fresh, certified organic vegetables and herbs from early June to the end of October.

Households receive produce that is in season each week along with recipes and tips on how to prepare the fresh food. Local residents pick up their food at the farm each Thursday afternoon. Others have food delivered to neighborhood drop-off sites in West Bend and Grafton on Thursdays and Milwaukee and Wauwatosa on Sunday afternoons.

There are farm festivals for subscribing families each spring, summer and fall. The Earth Day Celebration and Herb Sale are on the 3rd Saturday of April from 9:00AM - 1:00 pm. In early summer is a picnic at the farm for members and garden share families. We celebrate the harvest with a Taste of Wellspring gourmet meal on Saturday, Sept. 11th at 5:00pm with live music and awesome food right from the farm. The Harvest Fest is in October with hay rides, pumpkin carving, river walks and garden tours - a great time for families and it’s free!

To find out what crops Wellspring grows, see our Garden Subscriptions page. To subscribe to a season of fresh organic produce, please Sign Up today!