Apr
30
2:00 PM14:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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May
1
5:00 PM17:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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May
1
5:00 PM17:00

Friday Walk-In Shopping at the Nursery

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come shop for edible perennials, fruit and nut trees, flowers and herbs at the annual Spring Plant Sale at Growing Value Nursery, 824 Enright Ave, Cincinnati OH.

Thursdays and Fridays, 5 PM to 7 PM
Saturdays, 10 AM to 2 PM
Select Sundays to be announced

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May
2
9:00 AM09:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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May
2
10:00 AM10:00

Saturday Walk-In Shopping at the Nursery

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come shop for edible perennials, fruit and nut trees, flowers and herbs at the annual Spring Plant Sale at Growing Value Nursery, 824 Enright Ave, Cincinnati OH.

Thursdays and Fridays, 5 PM to 7 PM
Saturdays, 10 AM to 2 PM
Select Sundays to be announced

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May
3
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Walk-In Shopping at the Nursery

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come shop for edible perennials, fruit and nut trees, flowers and herbs at the annual Spring Plant Sale at Growing Value Nursery, 824 Enright Ave, Cincinnati OH.

Thursdays and Fridays, 5 PM to 7 PM
Saturdays, 10 AM to 2 PM
Select Sundays

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May
3
10:00 AM10:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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May
7
2:00 PM14:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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May
8
5:00 PM17:00

Friday Walk-In Shopping at the Nursery

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come shop for edible perennials, fruit and nut trees, flowers and herbs at the annual Spring Plant Sale at Growing Value Nursery, 824 Enright Ave, Cincinnati OH.

Thursdays and Fridays, 5 PM to 7 PM
Saturdays, 10 AM to 2 PM
Select Sundays to be announced

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May
8
5:00 PM17:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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May
9
9:00 AM09:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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May
9
10:00 AM10:00

Saturday Walk-In Shopping at the Nursery

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come shop for edible perennials, fruit and nut trees, flowers and herbs at the annual Spring Plant Sale at Growing Value Nursery, 824 Enright Ave, Cincinnati OH.

Thursdays and Fridays, 5 PM to 7 PM
Saturdays, 10 AM to 2 PM
Select Sundays to be announced

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May
14
2:00 PM14:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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May
15
5:00 PM17:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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May
16
9:00 AM09:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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Making Tulip Bark Baskets and Foraged Herbal Tea: Double Workshop
May
16
3:00 PM15:00

Making Tulip Bark Baskets and Foraged Herbal Tea: Double Workshop

This special workshop brings together two passionate wildcrafters, Ande “the Elf” Schewe and Marielle “the Farming Artist” McIntosh, for a natural skills double feature!

Creative Tulip Bark Basket Weaving with Ande, 3-5PM: Learn how to work with bark from the tulip poplar tree to create your own functional basket, and learn other practical uses of tulip bark as a craft material.

Plant Walk & Communi-Tea Time with Marielle, 5-6PM: Take your newly crafted basket on a plant walk to our nursery & Icehouse garden to harvest herbs and learn about foragable plants! We will create a wild-crafted tea together and learn about plants with communi-tea!

Following the workshop, feel free to stay for additional communi-tea time with a fire, music, and storytelling! You’re invited to bring something special to share, or just relax and enjoy the company!

$65 per person for both workshops, payable by credit card online, or cash/check in person. Questions? Email cpinursery@gmail.com. Outdoor events are subject to weather conditions and may be rescheduled if needed.

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Jun
19
to Jun 20

Restoring our Place in Nature: A New Story from Old Wisdom

June 19-20, 2026 at Xavier University
Featuring Peter Block, Tish O’Dell and Nancy Stranahan

Are you concerned about existential threats to the Natural World? Do you believe there are better ways to live in harmony with all Life than what the current socio-political narrative offers? Join a community that seeks to transform the paradigm with bold solutions.

Join this conversation to protect the legal Rights of Nature through artistic expression, faith initiatives, ancient wisdom, health and community action to restore the Commons. We convene to build our Social Prosperity and Abundance; to share, learn, and advance this transformation.

The convergence features Peter Block with the Common Good Collective, Tish O’Dell with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, and Nancy Stranahan with Arc of Appalachia. Breakout workshop discussions include the Ohio Community Rights/Rights of Nature network, Faith Communities Go Green, Co-op Cincy, Weston A. Price Foundation, Sustainability Central, Community Gardeners, Holistic Health practitioners, and Community Organizers. 

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Jun
26
to Jun 28

2026 Midwest Permaculture Convergence

  • Bloomingdale, MI USA (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

June 26th, 27th & 28th at Heart Valley Springs
Bloomingdale, Michigan

Great Rivers & Lakes Permaculture Institute is excited to announce our 2026 Midwest Permaculture Convergence. Gather with resilient practitioners to share skills, stories, and successes in our 10th year building community by the Great Lakes.

A weekend of innovative workshops, hands-on demonstrations, juicy conversations, good food, and dynamic networking at beautiful HeartValley Springs campground. Join other permaculture novices and experts beginning Friday 4pm. Settle in, stay one or two nights, take in a buffet of diverse talent and rich experience, and head out Sunday refreshed and reinspired. We'll work, eat, and learn together, leave a friendly footprint on the 90-acre landscape, and celebrate speakers from across and beyond the Great Rivers and Lakes bioregion.

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Apr
25
10:00 AM10:00

Saturday Walk-In Shopping at the Nursery

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come shop for edible perennials, fruit and nut trees, flowers and herbs at the annual Spring Plant Sale at Growing Value Nursery, 824 Enright Ave, Cincinnati OH.

Thursdays and Fridays, 5 PM to 7 PM
Saturdays, 10 AM to 2 PM
Select Sundays to be announced

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Apr
25
9:00 AM09:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

View Event →
Apr
24
5:00 PM17:00

Friday Walk-In Shopping at the Nursery

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come shop for edible perennials, fruit and nut trees, flowers and herbs at the annual Spring Plant Sale at Growing Value Nursery, 824 Enright Ave, Cincinnati OH.

Thursdays and Fridays, 5 PM to 7 PM
Saturdays, 10 AM to 2 PM
Select Sundays to be announced

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Apr
24
5:00 PM17:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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Apr
23
2:00 PM14:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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Apr
19
10:00 AM10:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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Apr
18
1:00 PM13:00

Grow Abundant Berries: Workshop with Doug Crouch

Growing berries is one of the easiest ways in this area to ensure fruit production and reduce your grocery bill.  Those clams of berries at the supermarket are not getting any cheaper!

Doug Crouch (bio) joins us for this spring workshop. Learn the different growth habits of classics like raspberry and blackberry while also getting excited about underutilized ones like honeyberry and gooseberry.  We will examine plant layers, trellis construction, and ongoing maintenance.  From how to get started to practically growing season long harvest, this course will accelerate your growth. 

PLUS! Get 10% OFF your purchase of berry plants from the nursery after the workshop!

$40. Pay ahead of time online or bring cash or check to the event. Questions? Email cpinursery@gmail.com. Outdoor events are subject to weather conditions and may be rescheduled if needed.

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Apr
18
9:00 AM09:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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Apr
17
5:00 PM17:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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Apr
16
2:00 PM14:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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Apr
12
12:00 PM12:00

Corner Building Cleanup

  • 3642 West 8th Street Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Help CPI begin a deep clean and refresh of one of our new properties in East Price Hill!

This site at the corner of Enright Ave. and 8th St. was previously the home of a pub, and along with getting rid of the liquor license, we’re working on “un-pubbing” the first floor in the interest of transforming it into a useful community space.

This will be a day of sweat equity and elbow grease - come prepared to clean, sort, sweep, remove shelves and wall fixtures, move furniture… this is our first stab at the place since acquiring it, so the to-do list will be TBD.

!!! PLEASE NOTE FOR YOUR SAFETY !!! The building and outdoor lot have stood vacant for some time. Volunteers are advised to wear closed-toed shoes and gloves, particularly outdoors, as there may be sharp objects and other unknown hazards uncovered during cleanup. It is not advised to bring young children or pets to the site at this time. All volunteers participate at their own risk.

Sunday, April 12, 2026

12:00 PM 4:00 PM

3642 West 8th Street Cincinnati

Street parking is available along Enright Ave and Terry St. No signup required.

Read more about the vision for our new properties.

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Apr
11
9:00 AM09:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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Apr
10
5:00 PM17:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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Apr
9
2:00 PM14:00

Nursery Volunteering - Sign Up

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Starting April 2026, CPI is using SignUp Genius to manage our volunteer schedule. Signing up in advance helps us prepare for how many people to expect each week and plan for tasks and projects accordingly, so we really appreciate whatever time you can commit to!

Nursery volunteer activities can include:

  • Potting, labeling, and moving plants

  • Moving and spreading mulch and compost

  • Helping customers with their purchases during our open shopping hours

  • Cleaning the interior spaces of the nursery

  • Seasonal plant care (watering, pruning, etc.)

  • Clearing weeds and invasives from the nursery

  • Greenhouse repair and refurbishment

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An Evening with Robin Greenfield. Foraging 100% of My Food For a Year!
Mar
28
6:00 PM18:00

An Evening with Robin Greenfield. Foraging 100% of My Food For a Year!

  • Urban Artifact - the Reliquary (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

For one year Robin Greenfield is foraging every bite of his food and medicine. A year without grocery stores, restaurants, pharmacies or even a garden. “Nature” is his garden! 

Is it possible to eat in harmony with Earth and live in reciprocity? Robin wholeheartedly believes so and is putting this love and devotion for Earth into bold action as he harvests the food and medicine that is growing freely and abundantly all around us

He is traveling to our community to share his foraging journey and celebrate the individuals and organizations in our community working for a more resilient, local food system. He will also share about the newly launched 1 Million Community Fruit Trees Initiative and invite us to get involved in this grassroots collaborative effort in food sovereignty.

While many of us are in great despair over our current social, political and environmental crises, this is a call to bold action. Now is the time to embrace community, build local resiliency, grow our relationships and develop our skills. This is a call to healing our relationship with Earth!

Join us for an eye opening exploration of food sovereignty through the food and medicine that is growing abundantly all around us.

Hosted by Cincinnati Permaculture Institute at Urban Artifact 6:00-9:00 PM

  • 6:00-6:20 Arrival 

  • 6:20-8:00 Talk

  • 8:00-8:30 Q and A

  • 8:30-9:00 Community Time & Book Signing

Donation-based event - suggested donation $10-40 (goes to Robin)

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Wooden Shoe Hollow Spring Tree ID Walk
Mar
28
1:00 PM13:00

Wooden Shoe Hollow Spring Tree ID Walk

  • Wooden Shoe Hollow Drive Cincinnati, OH, 45232 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Learn about local tree species and how to identify them, even before they’ve leafed out for the summer, as well as ethical foraging practices and uses for woody plants. Seasoned tree enthusiast Max McCormick leads seasonal tree walks (follow intothetrees.green on Instagram to see the full schedule) and has graciously agreed to host a special walk just for CPI.

Wooden Shoe Hollow is a hidden gem in the Cincinnati bioregion with a rich history of stewardship. Take advantage of this special opportunity to get to know the local flora in an intimate, inspirational setting!

Suggested donation: $20

Use the form below to sign up before March 25!

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Grafting Trees & Woody Plants: Workshop
Mar
21
1:00 PM13:00

Grafting Trees & Woody Plants: Workshop

  • 824 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Grafting is the ancient art of binding a twig from one tree  with a desirable characteristic (fruit, flower, biomass, etc.) onto another tree.  So simple, yet deep attention and sensitivity are needed for that twig to grow!

This skill is especially useful in the Cincinnati area for transforming bradford pears or fruitless mulberries into producers of plump delicious fruit.

Jon Ruebusch and Howard Zuefle will guide you through tree grafting basics by providing background, practice, tools, and grafting two apple trees and two pear trees for you to take home.

Workshop Flow:

  • 1-2 Arriving/Greeting 
    Short lecture 

  • 2-3 Practice sticks
    Bench grafting 
    Bagging and labeling your work 

  • 3-4 Coffee and Tea break 
    Short discussion on field grafting
    Proceed outdoors to graft onto existing mulberry trees in the area around the greenhouse
    Return, clean up and potting, healing in, planting or put in pots

Event takes place at 824 Enright Ave (Growing Value Nursery). $80 (includes trees to take home). Pay ahead of time online or bring cash or check to the event. Questions? Email cpinursery@gmail.com. Outdoor events are subject to weather conditions and may be rescheduled if needed.

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Livestock in the City: Urban Animal Integration w/ Dylan Kennedy
Mar
14
12:00 PM12:00

Livestock in the City: Urban Animal Integration w/ Dylan Kennedy

Animals like chickens, ducks, rabbits, goats, and sheep can  contribute greatly to our urban homesteads by creating compost, reducing pests, providing food, and being friends.

In this skillshare + talk, Dylan Kennedy generously shares his insights and experience on how to integrate food producing animals into our daily lives. We will visit one or more example sites in the neighborhood and consider local regulations on animal keeping.
Dylan Kennedy is a lead organizer of the Heritage Food Festival in KY. He has spent over fifteen years in farm management as he pursues his passion for agro-ecology and a drive to build sustainable businesses and communities in tandem with regenerating ecosystems. His experience encompasses many disciplines, including permaculture, biodynamics, and Holistic Management with the Savory Institute.  Dylan is most in his element working with land managers as a connector of ideas and resources, or on his own small farm in Jabez Kentucky. 

Event starts at 824 Enright Ave (Growing Value Nursery) at 12PM and includes walking to neighboring sites. $30. Pay ahead of time online or bring cash or check to the event. Questions? Email cpinursery@gmail.com. Outdoor events are subject to weather conditions and may be rescheduled if needed.

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Fences for Connection: Wattle Weaving Workshop
Mar
7
11:00 AM11:00

Fences for Connection: Wattle Weaving Workshop

This workshop, lead by Ande “The Elf” Schewe, will guide hands on fence weaving using only local plant materials.  These valuable local living plant friends will keep growing and supplying materials for millennia with considerate land tending techniques, such as coppicing and pollarding.

  • Natural fences break down slowly (10+ years) into living soil -- no trash, no toxins, no energy expensive manufacturing or transport.

  • Weaving fences for beauty with community and a playful mindset  brings rejuvenation to the land and community.

You Will Learn: How to identify, harvest, prepare, and weave with local plants.  

You will feel: the communal and ancestral connection of weaving arts

Event takes place at 824 Enright Ave (Growing Value Nursery). $40. Pay ahead of time online or bring cash or check to the event. Questions? Email cpinursery@gmail.com. Outdoor events are subject to weather conditions and may be rescheduled if needed.

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Feb
8
10:00 AM10:00

Willow Basket Weaving Workshop

  • 700 Enright Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45205 United States (map)
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Come experience the magical wonders of weaving with Willow & Kudzu! 

Sunday, February 8th from 10-4pm @ IMAGO NATURE CENTER: 700 Enright Ave. 45205

(Backup location for freezing weather)

This is an exciting opportunity to learn to build and weave a beautiful, strong, and functional Ribbed Hand Basket with mostly willow and some kudzu vine. This one-day class will provide the skills and foundation for building a small to medium basket to take home and the ability to create future baskets! 

At the workshop, together we will:

  • Talk about Willow- growing, harvesting, using, storing, rehydrating, and its medicinal uses; Kudzu too 

  • Weave in community and connect in a way our ancestors did 

  • Observe as your own creative genius unfolds before your eyes ~ go from Willow whips to functional tool or basket art!

  • Connect with natural fibers and the living earth to build, create beauty, heal, commune together, gift, and live!

—> Contact Allison for Registration and questions: Text: 859-640-9575   

Cost: $90 ***Register promptly, class is limited to 10 people

What’s Provided: Willow and Kudzu materials! Warm snacks

What to Bring: water, lunch, your favorite pruners, and a sharp knife

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Forage & Feast: Making Acorn Pancakes
Dec
13
10:00 AM10:00

Forage & Feast: Making Acorn Pancakes

Acorns are a wild, abundant,  nutritious, and free food at our  feet this time of year! The Oak trees that the acorns fall from have been held  sacred by humans for  hundreds of thousands of years, literally all of  us have ancestors that ate acorns. Let’s open that portal back up by becoming  acorn eaters ourselves! 

Come on over to Growing Value Nursery at !!!!NEW LOCATION!!!! 537 Enright Ave. 45205 (private home) Saturday December 13th from 10-1pm to learn how to process acorns into flour and  how to cook with that flour. Then we will feast  on Acorn pancakes together! 

Howie and Allison will have stations setup to  walk you through the entire process. Suggested donation of $25.

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Wattle Weaving Workshop
Dec
6
11:00 AM11:00

Wattle Weaving Workshop

Fences for Connection! At this special skill workshop, Ande Schewe will teach you natural fence making using the wattle weave technique.

You’ll learn:

  • Hands-on weaving techniques and knowledge of the best natural materials

  • The skill of repurposing for beautiful, sustainable design

  • A zero-waste building method (no trash, no toxins)

The benefit:

  • Create fences that decompose into living soil

  • Deepen your connection with nature and community

Growing Value Nursery, 824 Enright Ave. $40. Registration required.

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Teacher Appreciation Dinner
Nov
22
5:30 PM17:30

Teacher Appreciation Dinner

CPI Teachers, speakers, and site hosts are invited to join us for a special appreciation dinner following the kick-off of the next yearlong permaculture design course at Treasure Lake!

Saturday, November 22, 5:30 pm
2590 Lawrenceburg Ferry Rd, Petersburg, Ky 41080

Thanksgiving dinner featuring local, organic, turkey from Sundance Farm, Sunman Indiana. Side dishes and family members most welcome.

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Seed Swap & Potluck
Nov
2
5:00 PM17:00

Seed Swap & Potluck

  • 6193 Branch Hill Miamiville Road Loveland, OH, 45140 United States (map)
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Permaculturist Beth Robeson invites you to her home for a fall seed swap on Sunday, November 2 from 5-8 PM. Bring some seeds or plant cuttings to share with your community and leave with some exciting new things to plant this spring! 6193 Branch Hill Miamiville Rd., Loveland

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