Upcoming Events
Summer Solstice Celebration
Celebrate the longest day with your community!!
Bring a picnic and enjoy fun for everyone, including...
• Live Music from Kara Karels
•Sunset Yoga with Carly from Sun Moon Yoga
Plus: seasonal reflection, crafts, games, and more!!
Event is free, with freewill donations greatly appreciated!
Preregistration is not required, but also appreciated.
June BEC Community Farm Volunteer Day
You are invited to join us at the Community Farm from 5 -7 pm for an evening of volunteering! Many hands make light work, we will be doing seasonal farm maintenance tasks such as, planting, watering, weeding, harvesting, and more!
***BONUS***
Dinner provided by LEC!
No experience necessary! Everyone is Welcome!
Registration is not required but appreciated for meal planning.
July BEC Community Farm Volunteer Day
You are invited to join us at the Community Farm from 5 -7 pm for an evening of volunteering! Many hands make light work, we will be doing seasonal farm maintenance tasks such as, planting, watering, weeding, harvesting, and more!
***BONUS***
Dinner provided by LEC!
No experience necessary! Everyone is Welcome!
Registration is not required but appreciated for meal planning.
Native Plant Gardening
Want to grow more native plants in your yard and/or garden?
Join LEC and Master Gardener Mary Walker to learn about all things Native Plant!
Mary will discuss the benefits of native plants and give tips about how to help them thrive in your own garden.
Class is offered on our tiered pricing schedule.
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
August BEC Community Farm Volunteer Day
You are invited to join us at the Community Farm from 5 -7 pm for an evening of volunteering! Many hands make light work, we will be doing seasonal farm maintenance tasks such as, planting, watering, weeding, harvesting, and more!
***BONUS***
Dinner provided by LEC!
No experience necessary! Everyone is Welcome!
Registration is not required but appreciated for meal planning.
Canning 101
Too many tomatoes?!? Want to preserve your pickles?!?
Join LEC Farm Manager and owner of Wiimąnį Homestead SkyAnne Walker to learn how to preserve your garden harvest by canning.
Learn the basics, from what equipment you'll need to the importance of food safety.
Want to can but don't have the equipment? LEC has you covered! We have all sorts of canning equipment available for checkout from our lending library for free!
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
September BEC Community Farm Volunteer Day
You are invited to join us at the Community Farm from 5 -7 pm for an evening of volunteering! Many hands make light work, we will be doing seasonal farm maintenance tasks such as, planting, watering, weeding, harvesting, and more!
***BONUS***
Dinner provided by LEC!
No experience necessary! Everyone is Welcome!
Registration is not required but appreciated for meal planning.
LEC News and Updates
Through a partnership with MNSU's Nutrition and Dietetics Program LEC is excited to announce that we have interns working with us again this summer! They are working with Program Manager Maisie helping with our Seed to Sauce Program, working hands-on with the students during classes and also behind the scenes to develop nutrition curriculum for the program.
Take a moment to learn a little about Bruce and be sure to tell him hello if you see him up at the gardens!
I am a senior at MSU studying Nutrition & Dietetics...
The 2026 growing season has begun in earnest with produce donations starting up!! The first donation was garlic scapes, and was delivered to ECHO Food Shelf, St. Peter Food Shelf, and MY Place earlier this month.
The rhubarb, peas, peppers, basil (both genovese and lemon), chives, sage and cilantro pictured here are our second donation and were donated to Connections Shelter and to the St. Peter Food Shelf.
We are excited to have the produce donation season underway...
Living Earth Center is excited to introduce our new Youth Education and Program Manager, Maisie Johnson. Maisie has been a long-time volunteer with LEC, and we are pleased to be able to bring her on board in an official capacity. We sat down with Maisie to have a little “get to know you chat” to introduce her to you, our LEC Community...
