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Registration is OPEN!
Subscribe to our email list and follow us on social media @camelliaforesttea for updates on workshops and events. Learn more about our workshops and classes.
2025 Workshops & Events
Register for workshops at Camellia Forest or contact us to schedule custom events.
February
Hands-on Pruning Workshop
Saturday, February 8, 1:00-3:00 pm
Pruning is one of the most important and sometimes intimidating skills you need to succeed in tea gardening. Winter is the best time to prune your tea plants to promote new growth. Learn the basics of formation and maintenance pruning Camellia sinensis ages 1-6 years. Examples will be shown in the greenhouses as well as in the gardens. This is a great opportunity to practice cutting our plant before you cut yours!
Afternoon Tea Tasting: Floral Tea Blends
Sunday, February 18, 2:00-3:00 pm
Join us as we sample our favorite floral blends of traditional teas with flowers from our gardens at Camellia Forest. These include our popular Osmanthus Oolong, as well as Gardenia Blossom Black and Magnolia Breeze - essences of spring to come. We'll also have some rose blends, including small samplers of Tulsi Rose. A limited number of these teas are available for purchase on-site while supplies last.
March
Tea Planting Workshop
Sunday, March 23, 9:30 am-12:00 pm
Learn the basics of planting and caring for your tea garden and participate in planting at Camellia Forest. This hands-on workshop covers choosing plants, site preparation and planting, and care in the early years. We'll also cover planting tea from seeds, including a take-home project to grow your own!
April
Stay tuned for more information on this popular class - last year we enjoyed the collaboration of our dear friends Laural Fais and Julie Berkowitz Ceramics for a Spring Tea Bowl Workshop & Ceremony Classes
May
We're making tea! Join us for our First Flush Fest on Memorial Day Weekend, Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm.
June & July
Japanese Morning Tea Ceremony
If we ask nicely, maybe Laural Fais will hold this class - an outdoor ceremony to evoke a cool feeling on a summer morning. Contact us by e-mail to schedule a time, see link below - minimum 4 participants, or custom.
Tea Garden Introduction
Saturday, June 7, 2:00-4:00 pm | Saturday, June 21, 2:00-4:00 pm
Saturday, July 5, 2:00-4:00 pm | Saturday, July 19, 2:00-4:00 pm
Learn about Camellia sinensis, the source of all types of tea - white, green, oolong and black, and how it grows at Camellia Forest.. This 2-hour introduction starts with an educational tour of our gardens followed by an opportunity to taste our fresh, hand-made teas, while we discuss your unique garden [plans or tea stories.
Tea Harvest & Processing Workshop
Sunday, June 8, 10:00 am-3:00 pm | Sunday, June 22, 10:00 am-3:00 pm
Sunday, July 6, 10:00 am-3:00 pm | Sunday, July 19, 10:00 am-3:00 pm
This 4-hour workshop provides instruction and hands-on experience harvesting and making tea. In our Tea Garden, you will pluck your own shoots, learn about key steps in processing for green and black tea, help with rolling, and see the process of oxidation transform the leaves for black tea. You will gain an understanding of which leaves to harvest, what processes are critical to the flavors and aromas we enjoy in tea. At the end of the class, take home processed tea samples to dry at home.
New and Unusual Tea Tasting
Welcome to our new and rare tea tasting event. We will be trying white and black teas made from Rosea, Ptilophylla, and more.
With so many different kinds of plants in our gardens, we often make small batches of tea that we don't usually sell. Now, as the gardens mature, we have more leaf and are discovering new flavors that we're excited to share!
September & October
Tea Planting Workshop
Sunday, October 12th, 9:30 am-noon.
Learn the basics of planting and caring for your tea garden and participate in planting at Camellia Forest. This hands-on workshop covers choosing plants, site preparation and planting, and care in the early years. We'll also cover planting tea from seeds, including a take-home project to grow your own!
Hands-on Pruning Workshop
Saturday, February 8, 1:00-3:00 pm
Pruning is one of the most important and sometimes intimidating skills you need to succeed in tea gardening. Winter is the best time to prune your tea plants to promote new growth. Learn the basics of formation and maintenance pruning Camellia sinensis ages 1-6 years. Examples will be shown in the greenhouses as well as in the gardens. This is a great opportunity to practice cutting our plant before you cut yours!
Afternoon Tea Tasting: Floral Tea Blends
Sunday, February 18, 2:00-3:00 pm
Join us as we sample our favorite floral blends of traditional teas with flowers from our gardens at Camellia Forest. These include our popular Osmanthus Oolong, as well as Gardenia Blossom Black and Magnolia Breeze - essences of spring to come. We'll also have some rose blends, including small samplers of Tulsi Rose. A limited number of these teas are available for purchase on-site while supplies last.
March
Tea Planting Workshop
Sunday, March 23, 9:30 am-12:00 pm
Learn the basics of planting and caring for your tea garden and participate in planting at Camellia Forest. This hands-on workshop covers choosing plants, site preparation and planting, and care in the early years. We'll also cover planting tea from seeds, including a take-home project to grow your own!
April
Stay tuned for more information on this popular class - last year we enjoyed the collaboration of our dear friends Laural Fais and Julie Berkowitz Ceramics for a Spring Tea Bowl Workshop & Ceremony Classes
May
We're making tea! Join us for our First Flush Fest on Memorial Day Weekend, Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm.
June & July
Japanese Morning Tea Ceremony
If we ask nicely, maybe Laural Fais will hold this class - an outdoor ceremony to evoke a cool feeling on a summer morning. Contact us by e-mail to schedule a time, see link below - minimum 4 participants, or custom.
Tea Garden Introduction
Saturday, June 7, 2:00-4:00 pm | Saturday, June 21, 2:00-4:00 pm
Saturday, July 5, 2:00-4:00 pm | Saturday, July 19, 2:00-4:00 pm
Learn about Camellia sinensis, the source of all types of tea - white, green, oolong and black, and how it grows at Camellia Forest.. This 2-hour introduction starts with an educational tour of our gardens followed by an opportunity to taste our fresh, hand-made teas, while we discuss your unique garden [plans or tea stories.
Tea Harvest & Processing Workshop
Sunday, June 8, 10:00 am-3:00 pm | Sunday, June 22, 10:00 am-3:00 pm
Sunday, July 6, 10:00 am-3:00 pm | Sunday, July 19, 10:00 am-3:00 pm
This 4-hour workshop provides instruction and hands-on experience harvesting and making tea. In our Tea Garden, you will pluck your own shoots, learn about key steps in processing for green and black tea, help with rolling, and see the process of oxidation transform the leaves for black tea. You will gain an understanding of which leaves to harvest, what processes are critical to the flavors and aromas we enjoy in tea. At the end of the class, take home processed tea samples to dry at home.
New and Unusual Tea Tasting
Welcome to our new and rare tea tasting event. We will be trying white and black teas made from Rosea, Ptilophylla, and more.
With so many different kinds of plants in our gardens, we often make small batches of tea that we don't usually sell. Now, as the gardens mature, we have more leaf and are discovering new flavors that we're excited to share!
September & October
Tea Planting Workshop
Sunday, October 12th, 9:30 am-noon.
Learn the basics of planting and caring for your tea garden and participate in planting at Camellia Forest. This hands-on workshop covers choosing plants, site preparation and planting, and care in the early years. We'll also cover planting tea from seeds, including a take-home project to grow your own!
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Tea - nursery, tours
Come visit the Camellia Forest Nursery tea greenhouses, open Saturdays 10-4pm, where staff are glad to show you around and help you pick out plants. Join one of our classes or schedule your own custom tea garden tour, tasting or workshop! |
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Volunteer - Interested in volunteering at the tea garden? Email us for more information and times.
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We provide custom classes (including webinars/virtual) for tea and garden clubs, and host school visits (ages 12 and up through college).
Examples of past events
- Webinars: Carolina Farm Stewards Annual Meeting, American Herb Society, New York Tea Society, Durham Gardeners, Corvallis Garden Club.
- Master Gardeners' seminar, Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens, Macon, GA
- Seminar, education booth and tasting (~1000 visitors), Longwood Gardens, PA, for American Camellia Society Annual Meeting
- Tea talk to accompany formal English Tea, Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, NC
Learn with us on Patreon!
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We are passionate about providing accessible information and support for tea gardeners. As we seek to sustainably grow our resources and services, we have decided to use Patreon to offer a membership program.
Memberships will help support our internship program and educational mission, and are designed for all types of tea gardeners, including home growers to small farmers, and anyone who wants to learn about and support growing local tea! |
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