March Potluck: Maple Tree Tapping

Maple Tree Tapping

Saturday, March 3rd, 12pm 

Join the Martha Wagbo Farm and Education Center for an afternoon of good food, fun company, and inspired programming. Potluck starts at 12 pm. Join us with a dish to pass or without. Wagbo provides drinks and table service.

The program begins at 1 pm with an excursion to the Wagbo Sugarbush to tap maples with the Friends of the Wagbo Sugarbush (FWSB)! Our sugarbush is a half-mile hike from the farmhouse, so come prepared for the trip. Bring snowshoes or skis if you have them (and if there's snow on the ground!) and dress for the weather. And remember, the time you spend working for FWSB earns you sweet syrup in exchange! No experience necessary. Bring a cordless drill and 5/16" bit if you have one.

Friends of the Wagbo Orchard

The Friends of the Wagbo Orchard needs your input!

The Friends of the Wagbo Orchard (FWO) will be an all-volunteer group that manages the Wagbo apple and pear orchard. The FWO's goals, policies, and agendas are currently under development; but in general we would like it to look like the Friends of the Wagbo Sugarbush model, in which volunteers receive a share of fruit in return for their work. If you are interested in working with the FWO or would like to guide its development, please send an email to info@wagbo.org

Thank you!

Felting Free-for-all!

Felting Free-for-all!

Date and Time: Saturday, February 11th, 12pm
Location: Wagbo
Cost: FREE

Come out to the Martha Wagbo Farm and Education Center for our monthly potluck program! Lunch begins at 12pm with a potluck in the farmhouse. Bring a dish to pass if you can, but it's not required. Wagbo provides drinks and table service.

The program begins at 1pm with a wool felting workshop. Fiber artists Diane Strezlinski, Jennifer Lewis, and Maria Wesserle will be on hand to teach needle felting and wet felting techniques. Learn to applique designs onto clothing, make three-dimensional objects, and create sheets of felt fabric. If you've never felted before you will be amazed at how simple the process is! Bring a sweater, scarf, or other woolen material if you would like to embellish it. Recommended ages 8 and up.

Wassailing Winter Celebration

Date and Time: Saturday, January 21st, 6pm
Location: Wagbo
Cost: FREE

Join the Martha Wagbo Farm and Education Center for a potluck and winter celebration! Dinner begins at 6pm with a potluck in the farmhouse. Bring a dish to pass if you can, but it's not required. Wagbo provides drinks and table service.

The wassaling begins at 7pm. Wassaling is an ancient rural tradition of toasting to the health of an orchard in hopes that a bountiful crop will ensue the following year. A community celebration, Wassailing is done on a January night beginning with a feast and libations, followed by a short procession to the orchard where toasts are made and torches lit. Bring a sled! Immediately following will be a sledding party!

Wild Game Potluck

Wild Game Potluck 
Date and Time: Saturday, January 14th, 6pm
Location: Wagbo
Cost: FREE

Come out to the Martha Wagbo Farm and Education Center for our third annual wild game potluck! Join us at the Wagbo farmhouse at 6pm and share in the bounty of northern Michigan foods. Bring a dish of wild or local food to pass if you can, but it’s not required for attendance. Wagbo provides drinks and table service.

The potluck wraps up with a showing of the film The Complete Angler at 7pm. Set admist the beauty and tranquility of Irish and English waterways, this visual poem celebrates the joys of nature and literature, of solitude and beauty and the elegant art of fly fishing. Called "a visual journey for the fisherman's soul," this film reinforces the notion that fishing is more than recreation: it cleanses the soul and allows a simple reconnection to nature. 47 min.