Upcoming Events
Garden 101 Workshop
Join LEC and Master Gardener Lucas Youngerberg and learn the skills you need to grow a successful garden this year!
Whether you're a beginner or want to improve your skills, this is the workshop for you! Lucas will cover what you need to know to get your garden up and running and share tips and tricks to help you have a bountiful harvest.
Class Size is limited, so register today!
Class is offered on our tiered pricing scale, with current registered LEC Community Gardeners eligible for the Reduced/Student price!
Tiered Pricing Scale:
$45 - Benefactor: purchase your ticket and sponsor 2 scholarship tickets
$22 - Sustainer: purchase your ticket and sponsor a reduced/student ticket
$15 - General Admission: base class price
$7 - Reduced/Student Admission: reduced pricing for students and attendees needing a reduced rate
To request a scholarship ticket please email info@livingearthcentermn.org
Community Farm Open House
Kick off the 2025 Growing Season with Living Earth Center and your community!
The Blue Earth County Community Farm is home to our Produce Donation Program, where volunteers help grow food that is donated to community partners such as ECHO Food Shelf, FOCP Summer Food Program, St Peter Food Shelf, and MORE!
Stop by the Community Farm any time between 1 and 4pm for farm tours and other springtime fun, including planting native plants, crafts, games, and light refreshments!
Everyone is welcome!
Event is FREE with donations greatly appreciated.
Preregistration is not required, but appreciated.
Community Volunteer Day at the Farm
You are invited to join us at the Community Farm for an evening of volunteering!
Many hands make light work, we will be weeding, turning compost and doing general farm maintenance tasks with...
***BONUS***
Dinner provided by LEC!
The Community Farm is home to our Produce Donation Program, all food grown is donated to local community partners such as ECHO Food Shelf, MY Place, and the St Peter Food Shelf.
You will be making a difference and helping to feed YOUR community.
Registration is not required but appreciated for meal planning.
Container Gardening Workshop
Want to learn how to garden but don't have the yard space? You can still grow food! Learn how to have a successful garden out of pots and containers, including herbs, vegetables and flowers.
Class taught by Master Gardeners Mary Walker and Lucas Youngerberg
Class Size is limited, so register today!
Class is offered on our tiered pricing scale:
$45 - Benefactor: purchase your ticket and sponsor 2 scholarship tickets
$22 - Sustainer: purchase your ticket and sponsor a reduced/student ticket
$15 - General Admission: base class price
$7 - Reduced/Student Admission: reduced pricing for students and attendees needing a reduced rate
To request a scholarship ticket please email info@livingearthcentermn.org
Summer Solstice Celebration
Join LEC for our annual celebration of the longest day of the year!
We will observe the Summer Solstice with our annual reflection, as well as with games, activities, and live performances!
All are welcome!
Bring your friends, a picnic, and blanket or chairs and join us at the Big Red Barn for an evening of fun and celebration.
Event is FREE - with free will donations gratefully accepted
Pre-registration is requested but not required
Vegetable Dehydration Workshop
Want to learn how to preserve your garden harvest that doesn't involve canning?
Or what to do with leftover purchased produce, like when your recipe calls for 1 celery stalk but you have to buy an entire bunch?
Dehydration is the answer!
Learn the basics and how to get started from LEC Farm Manager and homesteader SkyAnne Walker, who has been using dehydration at home for many years.
If you don't have access to a food dehydrator, alternative methods, such as dehydrating in your oven, will be covered.
Class Size is limited, so register today!
Class is offered on our tiered pricing scale:
$45 - Benefactor: purchase your ticket and sponsor 2 scholarship tickets
$22 - Sustainer: purchase your ticket and sponsor a reduced/student ticket
$15 - General Admission: base class price
$7 - Reduced/Student Admission: reduced pricing for students and attendees needing a reduced rate
To request a scholarship ticket please email info@livingearthcentermn.org
Native Pollinator Garden Workshop
Support pollinators by learning how to grow native Minnesota wildflowers!
Time TBD, more details to come.
Canning 101 workshop
Want to learn to preserve your garden harvest? Canning your food is a great way to preserve that summer freshness all year! Get connected with others who want to preserve food and learn the basics on how to get started with canning.
Time TBD, more details to come.
Fall Farm Fest
Join us to celebrate the end of the growing season at the farm! There will be fall related games and activities and refreshments. Bring the whole family, its FREE!
Time TBD, more details to come
20th Annual Earth Conference
Join us for the 20th Annual Earth Conference!
Time TBD, more details to come.
LEC News and Updates
Friends of the Living Earth,
Living Earth Center was founded on the values of bringing people from all backgrounds and traditions together to share common ground, grow food, and cultivate connection. During these times that feel vulnerable and uncertain, our adherence to those values remains steadfast and unwavering. We have always been and will always be a place where anyone can come, feel welcome, be empowered to grow good things and be united in common awe of the natural world.
British author Susan Cooper originally wrote her poem, The Shortest Day, as a performance poem that was part of The Cambridge Christmas Revels in the 1970's. It has endured the test of time, and in 2019 was published as a stand alone book with illustrations by award winning author-illustrator Carson Ellis.
The poem captures the beauty, wonder, and tradition of the winter solstice and Ellis' illustrations give this book a timeless quality. From depictions of ancient dance rituals to a modern day family gathered around their fireplace, the illustrations add a layer of depth to Cooper's classic poem...
As the name would imply, what began in the spring with the planting of seeds, has concluded in the fall with the eating of sauce. The inaugural year for LEC's Seed to Sauce Program wrapped up on November 4th as families from Jefferson Elementary gathered for a pasta dinner where the sauce included tomatoes that the students had started from seed back in May.
LEC Program Manager Cora Uyigue was on hand to talk a little about the Seed to Sauce program and to share wildflower seeds saved from local area prairies...
