Come grow with us this season!
Explore our 2026 calendar of community events & workshops. We’re adding more opportunities every day in the run-up to spring!
Info Session: How to Volunteer with Backyard Growers in Your Community
Join us in Community Room 003 to learn about volunteer opportunities with Backyard Growers this spring in the garden, at community events, and in the office. No previous gardening experience required.
Info Session: How to Volunteer with Backyard Growers in Your Community
Join us in Community Room 003 to learn about volunteer opportunities with Backyard Growers this spring in the garden, at community events, and in the office. No previous gardening experience required.
Seeds of Success: Growing Vegetables from Seed
Ready to grow your best garden from seed? Join Katy Marques from Backyard Growers for Seeds of Success: Growing Vegetables from Seed, a workshop designed to set you up for a strong growing season. We’ll cover the essentials of direct sowing and starting seeds for transplant, walk through the basic supplies you need for success, and share practical tips and tricks to help your seedlings thrive. There will be plenty of time for open Q&A, so you can get answers tailored to your garden. You’ll leave feeling confident, prepared, and ready to grow.
Container Gardening Workshop
🥕 In this workshop, the Backyard Growers team will teach you to grow fresh food using Grow Bags, pots, and other creative solutions at home.
🍅 You'll learn how to grow fresh food in your driveway, on a front porch, your side yard, and more.
🌽 We'll help you plan a veggie garden in containers to emet your needs and work with your space.
🎟️ Tickets are free for Backyard Growers Program Gardeners (e.g. people who grow their own food in our Community Garden, Backyard Garden, GrowBag Garden Programs.) $20 general public admission. Ticket sales support Backyard Growers' work in the community connecting people with equitable access to the resources, knowledge, and space to grow their own food.
If you are a SNAP EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare cardholder, you are eligible for a 50% discount on General Admission to our workshops, thanks to Massachusetts Card to Culture. Please use the following discount codes:
SNAP EBT cardholders should use the code MCCEBT.
WIC cardholders should use the code MCCWIC.
ConnectorCare cardholders should use MCCCC.
Square-Foot Gardening Workshop
🥕 In this workshop, the Backyard Growers team will introduce you to the Square-Foot Gardening Method, which helps gardeners make the most of limited growing space to grow the most food possible for a household. We'll show you how to do this by using gridded square feet instead of rows.
🍅 You'll work with us to create your own custom vegetable garden plan for the season.
💚 This is an interactive workshop. All are welcome!
🎟️ Tickets are free for Backyard Growers Program Gardeners (e.g. those who grow food with us in our Community Garden, Backyard Garden, or GrowBag Garden Programs.)
🎟️ General admission tickets are $20. Proceeds from general admissions tickets to our spring gardening workshops are essential to support our work throughout the year connecting communities with equitable access to the resources, knowledge, and space to grow their own food.
If you are a SNAP EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare cardholder, you are eligible for a 50% discount on General Admission to our workshops, thanks to Massachusetts Card to Culture. Please use the following discount codes:
SNAP EBT cardholders should use the code MCCEBT.
WIC cardholders should use the code MCCWIC.
ConnectorCare cardholders should use MCCCC.
Workshop for Beginners: Veggie Gardening Basics
Starting a veggie garden for the very first time? Join us in this workshop to learn the basics to set you up for success. Together, we’ll explore:
🥕 how to pick a location for your vegetable garden
🍅 what to sow directly in your garden vs what to plant as a seedling
🥬 how to handle seedlings
🍓 how to read a seed packet and plant seeds
🌽 how and when to water your garden
🥦 when to harvest and when to remove a plant
and more!
🎟️ Tickets are free for Backyard Growers Program Gardeners (e.g. those who grow food with us in our Community Garden, Backyard Garden, or GrowBag Garden Programs.)
🎟️ General admission tickets are $20. Proceeds from general admissions tickets to our spring gardening workshops are essential to support our work throughout the year connecting communities with equitable access to the resources, knowledge, and space to grow their own food.
If you are a SNAP EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare cardholder, you are eligible for a 50% discount on General Admission to our workshops, thanks to Massachusetts Card to Culture. Please use the following discount codes:
SNAP EBT cardholders should use the code MCCEBT.
WIC cardholders should use the code MCCWIC.
ConnectorCare cardholders should use MCCCC.
Square-Foot Gardening Workshop
🥕 In this workshop, the Backyard Growers team will introduce you to the Square-Foot Gardening Method, which helps gardeners make the most of limited growing space to grow the most food possible for a household. We'll show you how to do this by using gridded square feet instead of rows.
🍅 You'll work with us to create your own custom vegetable garden plan for the season.
💚 This is an interactive workshop. All are welcome!
🎟️ Tickets are free for Backyard Growers Program Gardeners (e.g. those who grow food with us in our Community Garden, Backyard Garden, or GrowBag Garden Programs.)
🎟️ General admission tickets are $20. Proceeds from general admissions tickets to our spring gardening workshops are essential to support our work throughout the year connecting communities with equitable access to the resources, knowledge, and space to grow their own food.
If you are a SNAP EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare cardholder, you are eligible for a 50% discount on General Admission to our workshops, thanks to Massachusetts Card to Culture. Please use the following discount codes:
SNAP EBT cardholders should use the code MCCEBT.
WIC cardholders should use the code MCCWIC.
ConnectorCare cardholders should use MCCCC.
Container Gardening Workshop
🥕 In this workshop, the Backyard Growers team will teach you to grow fresh food using Grow Bags, pots, and other creative solutions at home. Join us on the back patio at Cape Ann Lanes and Laneside Pub & Brewery. Enjoy brews and snacks from the pub while we fill their planters with edible goodies perfect for a container garden.
🍅 You'll learn how to grow fresh food in your driveway, on a front porch, your side yard, and more.
🌽 We'll help you plan a veggie garden in containers to meet your needs and work with your space.
🎟️ Tickets are free for Backyard Growers Program Gardeners (e.g. people who grow their own food in our Community Garden, Backyard Garden, GrowBag Garden Programs.) $20 general public admission. Ticket sales support Backyard Growers' work in the community connecting people with equitable access to the resources, knowledge, and space to grow their own food.
If you are a SNAP EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare cardholder, you are eligible for a 50% discount on General Admission to our workshops, thanks to Massachusetts Card to Culture. Please use the following discount codes:
SNAP EBT cardholders should use the code MCCEBT.
WIC cardholders should use the code MCCWIC.
ConnectorCare cardholders should use MCCCC.
Community Seedling Sale
Stock your garden with beautiful vegetable seedlings at Backyard Growers’ annual Community Seedling Sale. All seedlings are grown by our friends at Cedar Rock Gardens in West Gloucester. Proceeds support Backyard Growers’ work cultivating equitable access to the resources, space & knowledge people need to grow their own food in our community.
Plus, this year’s event will feature a mini Backyard Growcery, downtown Gloucester’s farmers market. In addition to seedlings, attendees can shop fresh, high-quality produce from local farmers, enjoy prepared foods and live music, join kids’ activities, enter exciting raffles, and celebrate growing food together in community.
See you at Burnham’s!
Backyard Growcery 2026 Opening Day!
Stay tuned for more details about this season’s farmers market in downtown Gloucester, brough to you every Wednesday by Backyard Growers at Burnham’s Field!
Square-Foot Gardening Workshop
🥕 In this workshop, the Backyard Growers team will introduce you to the Square-Foot Gardening Method, which helps gardeners make the most of limited growing space to grow the most food possible for a household. We'll show you how to do this by using gridded square feet instead of rows.
🍅 You'll work with us to create your own custom vegetable garden plan for the season.
💚 This is an interactive workshop. All are welcome!
🎟️ Tickets are free for Backyard Growers Program Gardeners (e.g. those who grow food with us in our Community Garden, Backyard Garden, or GrowBag Garden Programs.)
🎟️ General admission tickets are $20. Proceeds from general admissions tickets to our spring gardening workshops are essential to support our work throughout the year connecting communities with equitable access to the resources, knowledge, and space to grow their own food.
If you are a SNAP EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare cardholder, you are eligible for a 50% discount on General Admission to our workshops, thanks to Massachusetts Card to Culture. Please use the following discount codes:
SNAP EBT cardholders should use the code MCCEBT.
WIC cardholders should use the code MCCWIC.
ConnectorCare cardholders should use MCCCC.
Seed Giveaway Drop-In Hours
Can’t make it to our Spring Seed Giveaway event on March 7? You can still stop by Backyard Growers HQ at select hours during the following week to browse our vegetable seed library and take away free seeds to get your 2026 garden up and running this season. At this event you can expect:
🍅 Free vegetable seeds to start indoors at home
🥕 Free vegetable seeds to sow directly into your garden
🌱 New vegetable seed varieties for you to explore, in addition to the classics
🥬 Vegetable garden planning resources and guides
💡 Our team on-hand to answer vegetable gardening questions, from beginner to expert
💚 Applications for Backyard Growers’ 2026 Community Garden, Backyard Garden & GrowBag Garden Programs
We can’t wait to see you!
Seed Giveaway Drop-In Hours
Can’t make it to our Spring Seed Giveaway event on March 7? You can still stop by Backyard Growers HQ at select hours during the following week to browse our vegetable seed library and take away free seeds to get your 2026 garden up and running this season. At this event you can expect:
🍅 Free vegetable seeds to start indoors at home
🥕 Free vegetable seeds to sow directly into your garden
🌱 New vegetable seed varieties for you to explore, in addition to the classics
🥬 Vegetable garden planning resources and guides
💡 Our team on-hand to answer vegetable gardening questions, from beginner to expert
💚 Applications for Backyard Growers’ 2026 Community Garden, Backyard Garden & GrowBag Garden Programs
We can’t wait to see you!
Seed Giveaway Drop-In Hours
Can’t make it to our Spring Seed Giveaway event on March 7? You can still stop by Backyard Growers HQ at select hours during the following week to browse our vegetable seed library and take away free seeds to get your 2026 garden up and running this season. At this event you can expect:
🍅 Free vegetable seeds to start indoors at home
🥕 Free vegetable seeds to sow directly into your garden
🌱 New vegetable seed varieties for you to explore, in addition to the classics
🥬 Vegetable garden planning resources and guides
💡 Our team on-hand to answer vegetable gardening questions, from beginner to expert
💚 Applications for Backyard Growers’ 2026 Community Garden, Backyard Garden & GrowBag Garden Programs
We can’t wait to see you!
Seed Giveaway Drop-In Hours
Can’t make it to our Spring Seed Giveaway event on March 7? You can still stop by Backyard Growers HQ at select hours during the following week to browse our vegetable seed library and take away free seeds to get your 2026 garden up and running this season. At this event you can expect:
🍅 Free vegetable seeds to start indoors at home
🥕 Free vegetable seeds to sow directly into your garden
🌱 New vegetable seed varieties for you to explore, in addition to the classics
🥬 Vegetable garden planning resources and guides
💡 Our team on-hand to answer vegetable gardening questions, from beginner to expert
💚 Applications for Backyard Growers’ 2026 Community Garden, Backyard Garden & GrowBag Garden Programs
We can’t wait to see you!
Spring Seed Giveaway
Stop by Backyard Growers HQ to browse our vegetable seed library and take away free seeds to get your 2026 garden up and running this season. At this event you can expect:
🍅 Free vegetable seeds to start indoors at home
🥕 Free vegetable seeds to sow directly into your garden
🌱 New vegetable seed varieties for you to explore, in addition to the classics
🥬 Vegetable garden planning resources and guides, with places to sit down and plan with your family, friends & neighbors
💡 Our team on-hand to answer vegetable gardening questions, from beginner to expert
🎨 Activities for kids
💚 Applications for Backyard Growers’ 2026 Community Garden, Backyard Garden & GrowBag Garden Programs
☕️ Coffee & pastries
We can’t wait to see you!
Info Session: How to Volunteer with Backyard Growers in Your Community
Join us in Community Room 003 to learn about volunteer opportunities with Backyard Growers this spring in the garden, at community events, and in the office. No previous gardening experience required.
FUNdraiser: Foraged Holiday Door Swag Workshop
Join Backyard Growers for an evening of festive fun for a cause and learn to make your own holiday swag for your door, using seasonal foraged materials found on Cape Ann. We'll provide drinks, nibbles, and all materials.
Tickets: $60 per person. Proceeds support Backyard Growers' work creating equitable access to the resources people need to grow their own food in our community and at 100% of Gloucester Public Schools.
Backyard Growcery: Pop-Up Holiday Market
The Backyard Growcery is BACK for a pop-up holiday market hosted at The Cut in downtown Gloucester.
Celebrate the season in community, shop fresh & locally-grown food, enjoy live music and more in a great location. SNAP accepted. At this market, we’re offering a $20 SNAP match through Backyard Growers’ Market Mint program, which puts more money in eligible shoppers’ pockets to spend at the market.
See you at The Cut!
Community Dinner in the Garden
We’re closing out the Backyard Growcery season with a final potluck Community Dinner in Burnham’s Field Community Garden. Contribute a dish and spend the evening relaxing in the garden with your neighbors. We’ll be providing illumination as the light fades. We’ve had a great season sharing meals as a community, and we hope you’ll join us for a final celebration.
🥕 BYO: plates, utensils, and a blanket or camp chairs for picnic-style seating on the grass
🍅 Backyard Growers will provide: dessert, napkins, ice water
Drop-In Cover Crop Planting Workshop
Stop by Burnham’s Field Community Garden to learn how cover crops can benefit the health of your vegetable garden’s soil. We’ll be offering a demonstration of what the options are in our region and how to seed your garden.
The Backyard Growcery
Stop by Gloucester’s farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, brought to life by Backyard Growers every Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm at Burnham’s Field in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Backyard Growcery brings fresh, local food to our community while supporting small-scale farms and up-and-coming food businesses. It’s more than just a market—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow together. Stop by weekly to shop fresh veggies and other fresh foods, join free arts, vegetable & pollinator gardening workshops, connect with family & friends, and and support a vibrant local food system right in your own backyard!
The Growcery proudly accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Plus, this year, the Backyard Growcery is doubling the number of vendors at the market who accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons.
Vendors include:
High Tide Farm
And more!
Plus, keep an eye out for pop-up appearances from other North Shore food vendors and producers all season long.
See you at Burnham’s!
Fall Seed Giveaway
Stop by the Backyard Growers table at this week’s Backyard Growcery to pick up free fall seeds for your vegetable garden. We have varieties that allow you to extend your growing season with a range of greens including spinach, lettuce, and arugula.
Seed Garlic Planting & Giveaway
Stop by the Backyard Growers educational beds for tips and tricks for a successful garlic planting and harvest. We’ll also be giving away free seed garlic to get you started.
Fall Seed Giveaway
Stop by the Backyard Growers table at this week’s Backyard Growcery to pick up free fall seeds for your vegetable garden. We have varieties that allow you to extend your growing season with a range of greens including spinach, lettuce, and arugula.
The Backyard Growcery
Stop by Gloucester’s farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, brought to life by Backyard Growers every Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm at Burnham’s Field in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Backyard Growcery brings fresh, local food to our community while supporting small-scale farms and up-and-coming food businesses. It’s more than just a market—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow together. Stop by weekly to shop fresh veggies and other fresh foods, join free arts, vegetable & pollinator gardening workshops, connect with family & friends, and and support a vibrant local food system right in your own backyard!
The Growcery proudly accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Plus, this year, the Backyard Growcery is doubling the number of vendors at the market who accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons.
Vendors include:
High Tide Farm
And more!
Plus, keep an eye out for pop-up appearances from other North Shore food vendors and producers all season long.
See you at Burnham’s!
Fall Seed Giveaway
Stop by the Backyard Growers table at this week’s Backyard Growcery to pick up free fall seeds for your vegetable garden. We have varieties that allow you to extend your growing season with a range of greens including spinach, lettuce, and arugula.
Drop-In Season Extension Workshop
Stop by Backyard Growers’ educational garden beds to learn how to extend the growing season in your own garden. We’ll be demonstrating how to create a structure over your garden using hoops and remay to protect crops into the chillier weather. We’ll also be giving away fall seeds that you can still plant in your garden for a cool weather harvest.
Stop by!
The Backyard Growcery
Stop by Gloucester’s farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, brought to life by Backyard Growers every Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm at Burnham’s Field in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Backyard Growcery brings fresh, local food to our community while supporting small-scale farms and up-and-coming food businesses. It’s more than just a market—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow together. Stop by weekly to shop fresh veggies and other fresh foods, join free arts, vegetable & pollinator gardening workshops, connect with family & friends, and and support a vibrant local food system right in your own backyard!
The Growcery proudly accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Plus, this year, the Backyard Growcery is doubling the number of vendors at the market who accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons.
Vendors include:
High Tide Farm
And more!
Plus, keep an eye out for pop-up appearances from other North Shore food vendors and producers all season long.
See you at Burnham’s!
Fall Seed Giveaway
Stop by the Backyard Growers table at this week’s Backyard Growcery to pick up free fall seeds for your vegetable garden. We have varieties that allow you to extend your growing season with a range of greens including spinach, lettuce, and arugula.
The Backyard Growcery
Stop by Gloucester’s farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, brought to life by Backyard Growers every Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm at Burnham’s Field in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Backyard Growcery brings fresh, local food to our community while supporting small-scale farms and up-and-coming food businesses. It’s more than just a market—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow together. Stop by weekly to shop fresh veggies and other fresh foods, join free arts, vegetable & pollinator gardening workshops, connect with family & friends, and and support a vibrant local food system right in your own backyard!
The Growcery proudly accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Plus, this year, the Backyard Growcery is doubling the number of vendors at the market who accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons.
Vendors include:
High Tide Farm
And more!
Plus, keep an eye out for pop-up appearances from other North Shore food vendors and producers all season long.
See you at Burnham’s!
The Backyard Growcery
Stop by Gloucester’s farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, brought to life by Backyard Growers every Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm at Burnham’s Field in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Backyard Growcery brings fresh, local food to our community while supporting small-scale farms and up-and-coming food businesses. It’s more than just a market—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow together. Stop by weekly to shop fresh veggies and other fresh foods, join free arts, vegetable & pollinator gardening workshops, connect with family & friends, and and support a vibrant local food system right in your own backyard!
The Growcery proudly accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Plus, this year, the Backyard Growcery is doubling the number of vendors at the market who accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons.
Vendors include:
High Tide Farm
And more!
Plus, keep an eye out for pop-up appearances from other North Shore food vendors and producers all season long.
See you at Burnham’s!
The 10th Annual GrowDown
Let’s celebrate another successful season growing food in our community! Join us at Oak to Ember in downtown Gloucester for a farm-fresh dinner, libations, and fun. We’ll be sharing stories of impact to highlight all we’ve achieved together, with a live fund-a-need auction where you can help power our work into 2026 and beyond.
Proceeds from this fun (and delicious!) evening support Backyard Growers’ school and community programs, which have been connecting people and communities with the resources, knowledge, and space they need to grow their own food for 15 years.
THANK YOU for making an impact. Our work is your work and we couldn’t do it without you.
The Backyard Growcery
Stop by Gloucester’s farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, brought to life by Backyard Growers every Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm at Burnham’s Field in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Backyard Growcery brings fresh, local food to our community while supporting small-scale farms and up-and-coming food businesses. It’s more than just a market—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow together. Stop by weekly to shop fresh veggies and other fresh foods, join free arts, vegetable & pollinator gardening workshops, connect with family & friends, and and support a vibrant local food system right in your own backyard!
The Growcery proudly accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Plus, this year, the Backyard Growcery is doubling the number of vendors at the market who accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons.
Vendors include:
High Tide Farm
And more!
Plus, keep an eye out for pop-up appearances from other North Shore food vendors and producers all season long.
See you at Burnham’s!
Community Dinner - Ratatouille & Sausage
Join us for another potluck-style community dinner to celebrate the flavors of the season! We'll be preparing a traditional ratatouille using produce grown over the summer in the Beeman Elementary School gardens from plants grown by our friends at Three Sisters Garden Project. Have your own take on ratatouille? Make a batch of your favorite recipe to share, or bring another favorite side dish, dessert, or bread. Meat & Sweets will also be on hand, grilling up some of their homemade smokey jalapeno cheddar sausage for all guests.
Swap recipes and chat with neighbors or just sit back and enjoy the sounds of local musicians Somer O'Brien and friends.
When: Wednesday, September 3rd, 5-7pm (during the weekly Backyard Growcery), Burnham's Field Courtside Community Garden
BYO: plates, utensils, and a blanket or camp chairs for picnic-style seating on the grass
Backyard Growers will provide: dessert, napkins, ice water
A selection of seltzer and kombucha will be for sale at the Backyard Growers managers tent.
The Backyard Growcery
Stop by Gloucester’s farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, brought to life by Backyard Growers every Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm at Burnham’s Field in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Backyard Growcery brings fresh, local food to our community while supporting small-scale farms and up-and-coming food businesses. It’s more than just a market—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow together. Stop by weekly to shop fresh veggies and other fresh foods, join free arts, vegetable & pollinator gardening workshops, connect with family & friends, and and support a vibrant local food system right in your own backyard!
The Growcery proudly accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Plus, this year, the Backyard Growcery is doubling the number of vendors at the market who accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons.
Vendors include:
High Tide Farm
And more!
Plus, keep an eye out for pop-up appearances from other North Shore food vendors and producers all season long.
See you at Burnham’s!
The Backyard Growcery
Stop by Gloucester’s farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, brought to life by Backyard Growers every Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm at Burnham’s Field in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Backyard Growcery brings fresh, local food to our community while supporting small-scale farms and up-and-coming food businesses. It’s more than just a market—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow together. Stop by weekly to shop fresh veggies and other fresh foods, join free arts, vegetable & pollinator gardening workshops, connect with family & friends, and and support a vibrant local food system right in your own backyard!
The Growcery proudly accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Plus, this year, the Backyard Growcery is doubling the number of vendors at the market who accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons.
Vendors include:
High Tide Farm
And more!
Plus, keep an eye out for pop-up appearances from other North Shore food vendors and producers all season long.
See you at Burnham’s!
The Backyard Growcery
Stop by Gloucester’s farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, brought to life by Backyard Growers every Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm at Burnham’s Field in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Backyard Growcery brings fresh, local food to our community while supporting small-scale farms and up-and-coming food businesses. It’s more than just a market—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow together. Stop by weekly to shop fresh veggies and other fresh foods, join free arts, vegetable & pollinator gardening workshops, connect with family & friends, and and support a vibrant local food system right in your own backyard!
The Growcery proudly accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Plus, this year, the Backyard Growcery is doubling the number of vendors at the market who accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons.
Vendors include:
High Tide Farm
And more!
Plus, keep an eye out for pop-up appearances from other North Shore food vendors and producers all season long.
See you at Burnham’s!
Ripple In, Ripple Out Creative Workshop in the Garden
Join us for an evening of art in the garden with local artist, counselor, and gardener, Katie Cahill!
Together, we’ll explore how the patterns of the natural world, from the spiral of a sunflower to the curling swirls of a sea shell, can guide us inward, helping us uncover what longs to be seen, felt, and expressed.
We begin by rippling in: turning gently toward ourselves through exploratory mark-making, a creative practice open to all, regardless of experience. Here, there is no right or wrong, only the invitation to make marks that are true to you in that moment. For some, art may bring old narratives of “not good enough.” Let this be a space where that story dissolves, where curiosity replaces judgment, and self-expression becomes a form of care.
And then we ripple out: into community. Creating side by side, we remember the simple beauty of belonging without performance. Our individual gestures become part of a shared rhythm, a quiet tide of creativity that connects us—to ourselves, to nature, and to each other.
This workshop will be set in Backyard Growers' Burnham’s Field Community Garden (courtside) in Gloucester. Art supplies, seating, and beverages will be provided. Please check in at the BYG tent upon arrival.
About the facilitator, Katie Cahill, LMHC, ATR: Katie is a licensed mental health counselor and registered art therapist with a private practice in Gloucester. She is also a Reiki practitioner and an aspiring gardener of personal growth, healing, and hope, as well as a gardener of actual vegetables! Language can often be limiting. By exploring one's world through the creative process, one can gain new perspectives, express oneself more fully, and shine in their inner wisdom.
All proceeds from this event support the work of Backyard Growers.
The Backyard Growcery
Stop by Gloucester’s farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, brought to life by Backyard Growers every Wednesday from 2:30-6:30pm at Burnham’s Field in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts.
The Backyard Growcery brings fresh, local food to our community while supporting small-scale farms and up-and-coming food businesses. It’s more than just a market—it’s a space to connect, learn, and grow together. Stop by weekly to shop fresh veggies and other fresh foods, join free arts, vegetable & pollinator gardening workshops, connect with family & friends, and and support a vibrant local food system right in your own backyard!
The Growcery proudly accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons. Plus, this year, the Backyard Growcery is doubling the number of vendors at the market who accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Coupons.
Vendors include:
High Tide Farm
And more!
Plus, keep an eye out for pop-up appearances from other North Shore food vendors and producers all season long.
See you at Burnham’s!
