Elderberries – Bringing America’s Super Fruit into the Modern Age

ElderberriesSaturday, March 10, 2012 10am – 2pm

Located at The Plant, 220 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC. For directions, click here.

Elderberries are America’s super fruit! Rich in antioxidants, elderberries got their name from their youth sustaining properties. A shot of elderberry cordial a day keeps old age at bay!

Learn why Sambucus Canadensis is the native choice to grow in the US. Every yard should have a few of these beautiful plants and farmers would do well to put in a patch of these high yielding perennials.

Join Rodger Lenhardt of Elderberry Life and learn how to propagate, grow, maintain and use this super fruit by processing the berries into juice, jelly and herbal cordials.

  • Hands-on demonstration of elderberry propagation
  • Information on growing, maintaining and harvesting
  • Learn about making juice, jelly and herbal cordials
  • Go home with an elderberry plant a bottle of herbal cordial

Dress for comfort outdoors and bring a hat for shade and a water bottle if you have them.

Pre-registration and Pre-payment required – Registration limited to 40 people

$45 – Elderberry Workshop, an elderberry plant and a bottle of herbal cordial to take home

Register online using secure Google Checkout:

Elderberry Cordial

Or mail your check to:

The Abundance Foundation
220 Lorax Lane #5
Pittsboro, NC 27312

Questions:

Call 919-533-5181 or
Email wow@theabundancefoundation.org

About the Instructor

Roger Lenhardt is the owner and manager of Elderberry Life. His production farm includes 16 varieties of elderberry planted on 30 acres in central Missouri. The business has had an emphasis on education, teaching Farmers and Consumers about the virtues and benefits of the amazing native plant, the American Elderberry (Sambucus Canadensis).

For the past five years, Elderberry Life has been educating the public about the super fruit by giving Education Workshops and Farm Tours. They have also successfully created a growers network in the Midwest with over 120 acres in production. And Rodger and his partner have produced and marketed 3 products that are now in over 40 stores.

Their goal is to create a growers network in the South East similar to their growers’ network in the Midwest. Not only will this network support the local food movement, but it will help put regional farmers back to work. The time is right for a resurgence in elderberry cultivation and use. Rodger is very happy to share his knowledge and practices with North Carolina gardeners, market growers and farmers.