Community Food Forest Collective

10/19/2026

We're so proud to be part of an amazing group of organizations working to end food insecurity in Montgomery County. Massive thank you to the county's Office of Food System Resilience for its awesome support for the work we do.

Grants will help five organizations expand food production, provide fresh produce, offer educational programs

10/16/2026

Our fall food festival is back again this year! Learn to cook Indian and Ethiopian dishes with fresh garden produce, discover the wild foods growing all around us, and tour the food forest. Press fresh apple c***r, grind cornmeal from scratch, learn to make hickory milk and hazelnut oil from neighborhood nuts, and more!

Sign up: https://www.foodforestcollective.org/events/fall-food-festival-2026

10/13/2026

It’s great to see the mighty acorn getting more recognition. And if you want to learn more about foraged foods then come to our Fall Food Festival on October 24th at the Montgomery College Food Forest in Takoma Park/Silver Spring. We will have a bunch of other fun activities and workshops too 🍂🍁

The nut is popping up on menus and in cookbooks, and experts are working to breed a sweeter variety, which could lead to a new era of acorn eating.

10/06/2026

So good to see students with the Permaculture Club Montgomery College Takoma Park Silver Spring back in full swing and tending to the Montgomery College Food Forest 🍎🍄🌸

And if you want to help out, then we have volunteer work parties on the first Saturday of every month from 9am to 12pm. We’d love to see you in the food forest 🌳

10/02/2026

Join us for this upcoming workshop:
Working with Plants to Overcome the Fear of Death: Exploring the Roots of the Underworld Myth
Sat Oct 17 10am-1pm at the Montgomery College Food Forest

Join herbalist, witch, poet and storyteller Crystal Woodling as we work with willow and wheat in meditation and through journey work. The purpose of this workshop is to build an intimate relationship with these plant spirits, who still remember when humanity did not fear death and instead looked forward to giving back to this earth who so generously gives to us.

$15, RSVP here: https://www.foodforestcollective.org/events/plants-to-overcome-fear-of-death

09/15/2026

Introducing our beautiful new native plant landscaping for the front of the Long Branch Library! Volunteers removed 35 invasive barberry bushes, pulled weeds, mulched the soil, and planted nearly 400 new native plants. Thank you to Debbie Boger of our native plant nursery who grew the plants free of charge, and to the Library, Library Advisory Committee, Long Branch W**d Warriors, and dozens of volunteers. Making our region green, beautiful, and wild-life friendly, one step at a time! 🦋

09/10/2026

Join us for several upcoming events!

🍸The Food Forest Kitchen: Making Mocktails
Sat Sept 12 11am-12:30pm, in Takoma Park
Every hour is happy when you are in the Food Forest! Join Hannah and T. Luke to chase away the end of summer blues and learn to make small bites and mocktails with the bounty of the food forest. This is part of Hannah Alday’s free series of cooking demonstrations, adapting simple recipes to use seasonal ingredients from the food forest. This workshop is free, but please register here:
https://www.foodforestcollective.org/events/the-food-forest-kitchen-june2026-2eflt

🪏Native Planting & Ice Cream Social at Long Branch Library
Sat Sept 12 throughout the day, in Silver Spring
We need diggers to help us plant nearly 400 native plants at Long Branch Library! Planting starts at 9am (SSL hours available!). Ice Cream Social runs from 3-4pm on the rooftop patio. Celebrate your hard work with free ice cream alongside special guests MD State Delegate Lorig Charkoudian and Moco Councilmember Kate Stewart! Free, but please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEZjfVrFcBzIAZZ9fBdlkHnxMyEGS2P_W0xT53FE8jt0Mg4Q/viewform

🌱Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk
Sat Sept 12 10am-12pm, in Takoma Park
Bodhi Vasilopoulos from Nature's Love and Wisdom will take TPSS Co-op members and community members on an educational stroll through the Montgomery College Food Forest to discuss common wild edible and medicinal plants that grow in our region. We will cover topics such as plant and mushroom identification, understanding the basics of botany and herbalism, techniques for organic gardening, how to harvest sustainably and prepare different wild edible foods throughout the seasons, and more. $20 for TPSS Co-op Members and $30 for Community Members. Register here: https://www.foodforestcollective.org/events/j3danqvd5a01a7en1ept1267austiz

🌿Kensington Sanctuary: Gardening with Native Plants, Food & Fungi
Sat Sept 26 10am-11am, in Kensington
Learn about all-native gardening with local expert Danila as he takes you on a tour of the Kensington Sanctuary. The Kensington Sanctuary is an urban farm/apiary/ecosystem restoration project featuring all-native local-ecotype-only ground cover with hundreds of plant and mushroom species native specifically to Montgomery County. Learn how to work together with medicinal and edible natives to help heal the land and restore ecological integrity. This workshop is $10, and you can sign up here:
https://www.foodforestcollective.org/events/kensington-sanctuary-gardening-with-native-plants-food-fungi

08/24/2026

So grateful to Arman from Dandelion Foodscapes LLC and David from Contour Lines for leasing a fascinating workshop on agroforestry. They bring such a wealth of knowledge and passion to the space (and they also co-designed the syntropic section of the Montgomery College Food Forest).

And thank you to all those who joined this free event. So many folks showed up, a sign of just how much interest there is in learning how to care for the loving world in ways that makes sense for humans and our kin.

08/21/2026

🍄FREE HARVEST ALERT!

The figs at the Montgomery College Food Forest are ripe. Please come and harvest them! Anyone is free to come and pick them as our food forests are open to everyone. We only ask that you leave some for others :)

🍒Address: 7676 Fenton Street, Silver Spring, MD

(Fed up with using AI generated images so the image above is drawn by a 9-yr-old girl. If you know anyone who’d like to submit hand-drawn work we can use for future harvest alerts then please send them to us via DM 🙏🙏🙏)

08/14/2026

Southeast Asian Cooking 🧄 🌶️

We were so excited to welcome back a regular in the food forest – Vathany Say – for a cooking demo on summer roll sauces.

🫓 Vathany shared recipes for regular and vegan dipping sauces and all the tasty modifications that are available, like roasted peanuts and sticky rice. After the sauces, we got a crash course in different roll wrapping techniques and guests tried wrapping their own summer rolls filled with carrots, cabbage, chicken, rauram, cilantro, basil, lettuce, and more.

🌸 Vathany also shared pandan tea and jasmine infused water with the group, a much-needed refresher in the summer heat.

We’re hoping to lure her back for another demo at our annual fall food festival.

Thank you Vathany for the family wisdom, funny anecdotes, and fantastic cooking tips! It’s always a treat to have you in our space 💚 Vathany Say