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Native Garden Work Days at Jerico
Jun
5

Native Garden Work Days at Jerico

Join us for Jerico Native Garden Work Day! Volunteers will learn how to identify returning native perennials and the best way to maintain your native gardens to keep them looking their best and as ecologically productive as possible. Please bring gardening gloves and scissors/pruning shears. Thank you for helping us keep our communities beautiful and pollinators friendly!

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Native Garden Work Days at Jerico
May
22

Native Garden Work Days at Jerico

Join us for Jerico Native Garden Work Day! Volunteers will learn how to identify returning native perennials and the best way to maintain your native gardens to keep them looking their best and as ecologically productive as possible. Please bring gardening gloves and scissors/pruning shears. Thank you for helping us keep our communities beautiful and pollinators friendly!

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Earth Day Event at Jerico! Clothing Swap & Collage Crew Kzoo Meet up
Apr
19

Earth Day Event at Jerico! Clothing Swap & Collage Crew Kzoo Meet up

We are celebrating Earth Day the best way we know how: by practicing sustainability through reuse! We will be hosting another one of our popular Clothing Swaps as well as a Collage Crew Kzoo Meet-up on Saturday, April 19th from 11am-2pm. This will be an awesome event for all ages to practice reusing, sharing and creativity! Read below for more information.

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Hold Hand Goods One Day Pendant Making Class at Jerico
Mar
8

Hold Hand Goods One Day Pendant Making Class at Jerico

Learn how to make your own jewelry at home, and leave with your own handmade sterling silver pendant! This will be a one day, 4 hour class held at the Jerico building in Kalamazoo, MI on Saturday, March 8th from 12pm-4pm. The class is $150 per student, with 6 spots available for the day. The cost of this course covers all materials used for the day.  In this class you will choose a moonstone, aquamarine or moss agate stone, and will be provided with all materials to make your own sterling silver pendant with a set stone. An 18” sterling silver curb chain necklace is included so your pendant will be ready to wear. You will learn the steps of creating a set stone pendant and be given tips and information on how to make jewelry at home. 

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Seed Swap & Garden Planning + Knowledge Sharing at Jerico
Feb
22

Seed Swap & Garden Planning + Knowledge Sharing at Jerico

Let's get together, share seeds and garden knowledge! During these garden planning months, it’s the best time to talk with others about what they've tried in their garden. We’ll have drawing materials available for you to plot things out or take notes. Bring seeds to share if you have them, but there’s no requirement to bring anything.

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Earth Body Pottery Workshop: playing with clay at the Jerico Workshop Room
Feb
13

Earth Body Pottery Workshop: playing with clay at the Jerico Workshop Room

Enjoy an evening out with your bestie, partner, or ride or die and create something together! Maybe you make one piece together, or each do your own thing - it’s up to you! Love is love, right?!

💜You do not have to bring a partner to sign up - your solo-ship is absolutely welcome here!
🌈 This is a safe space for any and all relationships and identities.

This is an open class structure, meaning you can make whatever you want! The name of the game is play and you can get as creative as you want with the clay! Each participant will receive enough clay to make a mug, vase, planter, or anything else! Instructions will be given to get started and provide the basics like attaching a handle, creating texture, or a specific shape.

All supplies included and NO experience is needed - just an open mind and a little creativity!

All pieces will be fired and glazed by the instructor after the class. You will be able to choose from 4 different colors to finish your piece.

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Art & Craft Supply Swap at jerico
Jan
25

Art & Craft Supply Swap at jerico

Are you ready for an Art & Craft Supply Swap?! A lot of us are going through our things and purging this time of year. We would love to host our next swap for art and craft supplies! Bring your new or gently used supplies that you no longer have any use for and pass them along to the next person. See the list below of some suggested items.

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Earth Body Pottery Workshop: playing with clay at the Jerico Workshop Room
Jan
18

Earth Body Pottery Workshop: playing with clay at the Jerico Workshop Room

Enjoy a morning of playing with clay! This is an open class structure, meaning you can make whatever you want! The name of the game is play and you can get as creative as you want with the clay! Each participant will receive enough clay to make a mug, vase, planter, or anything else! Instructions will be given to get started and provide the basics like attaching a handle, creating texture, or a specific shape.

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ice-dyeing workshop at jerico
Jan
11

ice-dyeing workshop at jerico

Join us for an afternoon of dyeing experiments! Ice dyeing is the art of using ice cubes on top of fabric, then sprinkling dye powder on top of the ice, letting the melting process dictate how the dye splits and bleeds, and where it ultimately lands on the fabric–leading to surprising and delightful results every time.

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Green Drinks Kalamazoo at Jerico
Oct
24

Green Drinks Kalamazoo at Jerico

Join us for an end-of-year celebration of Green Drinks Kalamazoo and learn more about Jerico! We’ll hear from Jerico founders, Krystal and Jeb Gast, about the amazing community of creative entrepreneurs, makers, and artists they’ve built. Located in three historic buildings at the industrial edge of the Edison neighborhood in Kalamazoo, MI, the community is home to 23 shared and individual studio spaces currently occupied by a broad range of creative operations, including fine artist studios, an industrial design agency, video and music production studios, a rentable photography studio, coffee shop, yoga studio, tattoo shop and more. Tours around and through the buildings will be offered starting at 6PM.

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Jerico Trunk Sale
Oct
12

Jerico Trunk Sale

Join us for the Trunk Sale at Jerico on Saturday, October 12th. Shop from a variety of items in the Jerico parking lot - where sellers will display their items from their vehicle trunks! Items will include home goods, clothing, art, furniture, collectibles, and more. Fiddle Leaf Cafe will be open late serving coffee, tea, and small bites. This event takes place during the Washington Ave Art Crawl.

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ice-dyeing workshop at jerico
Jul
13

ice-dyeing workshop at jerico

Join us for an afternoon of dyeing experiments! Ice dyeing is the art of using ice cubes on top of fabric, then sprinkling dye powder on top of the ice, letting the melting process dictate how the dye splits and bleeds, and where it ultimately lands on the fabric–leading to surprising and delightful results every time.

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Seedling Swap at Jerico
May
25

Seedling Swap at Jerico

It's later in the season - and it's time to start putting those seedlings you've been nurturing indoors to work! Bring your seedling plant starts to share and take home. Seed catalogs, seeds, gardening books, tools, pots, etc. are welcome items to swap! We will have some small bags available for seeds for you to label and take home. Please bring a box or bag with you to take any items home.

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Mother’s day swap & bouquet bar AT JERICO
May
11

Mother’s day swap & bouquet bar AT JERICO

For Mother's Day we are doing a special swap for the Moms! Similar to a mom-to-mom sale, bring your gently used kids and mom clothing, books, toys, and other tools-of-the-mothering-trade to swap instead of sell! We'll also have a bouquet bar with locally grown fresh flowers from Flowerfield Farmstead! Make your own bouquet to take home or to gift to another special Mom in your life!

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Seed Swap at Jerico
Mar
16

Seed Swap at Jerico

Bring your seeds and plant starts to share and take home the seeds or starts that you need. Seed catalogs, gardening books, tools, pots, etc. are welcome items to swap! We will have some small bags available for seeds for you to label and take home. Please bring a box or bag with you to take any items home.

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