Choose a Workshop Topic
Start with the subject that interests your group. Open a tile for a quick description, then contact Sheri Ann Richerson to discuss your audience, date and format.
Cacao & Chocolate
Explore the plant behind chocolate, including cacao growing, seed germination and the basic journey from cacao pod to finished chocolate. Programs can connect with A Chocolate Lover's Garden and may include cacao pods, beans or other teaching displays when available.
Year-Round Gardening
Season extension, indoor growing and practical ways to keep gardening beyond the traditional outdoor season, with material that can be adapted for Indiana gardeners and beginner audiences.
Edible & Useful Plants
Discover cultivated and wild plants with practical uses, including familiar plants people may not realize are edible or useful. Topics can include soapwort, rosehips, yucca, redbud, nasturtium, milkweed, cattails and dandelions.
Herbs Beyond the Kitchen
Move beyond seasoning dinner and explore growing, preserving and using herbs in practical ways. The program can be adapted around preservation, infused products and seasonal herbal projects.
Unusual & Dramatic Plants
Programs for audiences who love plants that start conversations, including tropicals, unusual edibles, dark flowers and foliage, and other distinctive garden subjects.
Homestead Food Skills
Practical programs can cover food preservation, homemade dairy, extracts and other scratch-kitchen skills. Specific content depends on the audience, venue and available demonstration setup.
Vanilla: Orchid to Extract
Learn about growing Vanilla planifolia, the plant that produces vanilla beans, along with the basics of making vanilla and other homemade extracts. Programs involving alcohol are intended for appropriate adult audiences.
Request Something Different
If you have a particular gardening, plant, homesteading, book or self-sufficiency subject in mind, ask. A presentation may be adapted or developed for the right audience and event.
Booking Basics
$250 for a standard one-hour presentation or workshop. A $100 non-refundable deposit applies toward the fee. Additional hours are $200. Travel is billed at 76¢ per mile plus applicable travel expenses. In-person engagements must permit book sales and signings unless disclosed before booking.