Choosing paint colors doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Learn professional techniques for selecting colors with confidence, from recognizing undertones and understanding the effects of natural and artificial light to testing paint colors effectively before committing. Through real-life examples, paint samples, and practical design insights, you’ll discover how to see color through a designer’s eye and leave with the knowledge and confidence to choose paint colors that work beautifully in your home.

Learn how to create a habitat that provides year-round food, shelter, and support for pollinators, birds, and other beneficial species. Explore essential elements such as food and water sources, shelter and nesting sites, and ways to protect the habitat by building healthy soil, removing invasive plants, avoiding chemicals, minimizing nighttime light, and reducing lawn areas. See the visual beauty of a thriving habitat through the seasons.

Designed for foragers with some experience, this lecture explores the fascinating world of New England mushrooms. Refresh your knowledge of familiar species while discovering new ones commonly found throughout the region. Learn to recognize major mushroom genera, including boletes, amanitas, russulas, chanterelles, Craterellus, Hydnum, Pleurotus, medicinal mushrooms, and more. The class features numerous photographs, practical foraging resources, and time for questions and discussion.

Decorate your door with a gorgeous wreath made from bright, fragrant evergreen boughs. The experts from Derby Farm Flowers will demonstrate an easy wreath-making technique, and then you’ll design your own using a variety of natural materials.

Gain a solid overview of the home-buying process in this information-packed workshop that will educate and prepare first-time home buyers for their entry into the real estate market. Discuss how to buy smart: how much you can afford, understanding the mortgage process and home-buying timeline, what to expect from a real estate agent, strategies for getting your offer accepted, typical first-time home buyer pitfalls to avoid, and much more.

A home inspection is a crucial step when buying a home, offering insight into the property’s condition, structure, systems, and components. It’s more than just a walkthrough—this process helps you understand how the property operates and how to maintain it, while also identifying potential issues to avoid costly surprises later on. Explore both the big picture and the details of a home inspection, along with legal and ethical considerations. Have all your questions answered by an experienced, licensed, and certified home inspector.

With the right tools, solid planning, and a practical, step-by-step approach, you can tackle many common repairs around the home. This DIY workshop begins with an overview of essential hand and power tools—what you actually need, how they’re used, and how to choose the right ones for the job—before moving into everyday fixes and upgrades. Learn techniques for hanging pictures, curtains, and blinds using screws and anchors; changing a door knob; repairing small holes in drywall or plaster; updating cabinet hardware; caulking; and painting basics. Depending on time and interest, we may also explore projects such as installing grab bars into wood framing, hanging a window box, doing basic tiling, and replacing a faucet.

Learn how to see your home through the eyes of a designer and discover practical techniques that can transform the way your space looks and feels. We’ll cover the fundamentals of good interior design, including layout, flow, clutter management, color, lighting, and furnishings, while learning how these elements work together to create spaces that are cohesive, functional, and inviting. Whether you’re refreshing a single room or improving your entire home over time, you’ll leave with budget-friendly ideas, practical design strategies, and the confidence to make thoughtful changes while avoiding costly mistakes.