Community Roots

Free Yoga in the gardens with Cana Smith
Please join us for grounding yoga sessions 10am every Saturday!
Gentle and restorative yoga for all experience levels and body types.
((suggested donation$5))
Bring your own mat and a towel for dewy grass!
#43050

On Thursday’s we work our satelittle gardens and we just loooooove getting to watch and smell the prep work, not to mention getting excited for Friday services!!!

And we can get to witness how pure and simple this hard working team is! Nothing but honest hard work and true deliciousness done the right way! We’re proud to be their neighbors and a veggie source!

Get out Friday night and enjoy the best locally crafted feeds set to great local music!

What a beautiful day 😍

A little dragonfly wisdom from the garden today 🐉✨
When we saw this guy in the gardens, we were reminded:
Change is part of growth.

We’ve had quite a few questions the past couple of months and we know many of you have heard some mixed bits and pieces, so we wanted to share a clear update about the Woodward commercial kitchen space:

Earlier this spring, it was announced that The Woodward Kitchen would be closing. We’re happy to share that it will *remain open*…The latest update is that the kitchen will be under new management (Avalos Foods) beginning August 1. That’s all we know.

Current members—or anyone interested in using the space moving forward—need to connect with the new management. We’re happy to pass along that info, just send us a message!

As for us, we’re still here (and still baking 😊). Cottage baked bread will continue, and you can find us on Saturdays at , as well as by direct order.

Questions? Curious about anything? Reach out anytime—we’re always glad to connect.

Three years in the making 🌼

This patch of dyer’s chamomile has been quietly building color season after season—now a steady source of natural dye for local makers.

For dye, it’s all about the flowers. We harvest the blooms right as they open (like these), when the pigment is strongest. Fresh or dried, they’re simmered down into a golden dye bath that carries those rich yellows onto fiber.

Dyer’s chamomile (Anthemis tinctoria) is one of the most generous dye plants we grow—producing warm, sunlit yellows that can shift depending on the mordant used. No synthetic inputs, no toxic residues—just plant-based color, grown slowly and intentionally.

We process these harvests into dye baths used on natural fabrics and yarns for local makers—bringing this color from field to fiber right here in the community.

Local makers: if you’re interested in working with our naturally grown dyes, send us a message 🌿

🌱 Community Roots Volunteers 🌱

Our volunteer calendar for **the second half of June + early July** is officially LIVE!

For our returning volunteers—you already know the magic we make together, and we’d love to see you back out in the garden 💚

For those who’ve been waiting for a chance to jump in—this is your moment. Whether you’ve got an hour or a whole morning, there’s a spot for you.

Come get your hands in the soil, learn something new, and be part of growing something that truly matters 🌼

👉 Check out https://signup.com/go/TazFCFw for the Garden Volunteer calendar and sign up for a time that works for you!

We can’t wait to grow with you.

🌿 Good morning vibes still coming fresh Saturday with Community Roots 🌿

NO YOGA SATURDAY 6/13 but don’t forget the Mount Vernon Farmers Market on the square from 9am–noon!

And if you’re craving something fresh from us:
🍞 Our bread loaves are available at Dancing Bee Market & Studio all day Saturday 6/13 from 10am–4pm

We’ll still be doing our individual stretches in our own gardens to keep up the practice and pick things up down here at Community Roots next week🌞

Like music? Join us at Ariel- Foundation Park with Song Farmers🎻🪕🎸

Another shoutout to one of our favorite cover crops: **field peas** 🌱

We’re in the garlic patch this week, gently pulling and crimping the peas right in place. It’s a simple move with big impact—laying them down helps us spot those elusive garlic scapes *and* creates an instant mulch layer.

That mulch is doing a lot of quiet work:
• holding moisture
• buffering heavy rains and summer heat
• feeding the soil as it breaks down
• and yes… keeping thistle and its rowdy friends from taking over

No hauling, no waste—just letting the system cycle nutrients right where they’re needed.

This is what we love about cover crops: they’re not just “off-season fillers.” They’re active partners in the growing process. 💚

NoTill GrowWithNature

FREE YOGA!
In the gardens with Cana Smith
Please join us for grounding yoga sessions 10am every Saturday!
Gentle and restorative yoga for all experience levels and body types.
((suggested donation$5)
Bring your own mat and a towel for dewy grass!
#43050

We’ll be prepping our first tomatoes for today and they will be serving lunch TOMORROW
11-3pm
At Advanced Auto on Coshocton Ave
AND
We’ll be selling produce and bread for FIRST FRIDAY at Dancing Bee Market & Studio
Find all your favorites, a new sourdough, our merch, and spices made by us from ingredients grown by us!!!!
It’s gonna be a great summer!!!!