Featured Events in Ames Lake in May, 2025 (June Updated)

Gardening can happen in spaces of all sizes. Join Kaitlyn Scheuermann, Registered Dietitian and Master Gardener, to learn how to take your gardening anywhere - a patio, a windowsill, or a porch! We will cover all the basics of gardening in containers and how to get the most out of your containers this season. This won't be a DIY class, but we will send you home with your own seedling to get started! Meet the Instructor! Kaitlyn Scheuermann is a Registered Dietitian with a passion for gardening. In her professional career, she has developed a love of school nutrition programs and an expertise for Farm to School and school garden programs. Kaitlyn owns The Utensil Drawer where she believes in the power of gardening in healing, in health, and in the connection of humanity to the Earth. She spends her free time gardening with her children in her own quarter-acre garden where she grows a variety of vegetables, flowers, and fruits and donates them to her local pantry in honor of her son, Noah. Information Source: Wheatsfield Cooperative | eventbrite

Join us for a foraging class at Onion Creek Farm, where we’ll explore the natural abundance of edible and medicinal plants growing in our local landscape. Led by Crystal Jewell, a Neuroscience Graduate Student at Iowa State and Science Communicator, this class will teach you how to identify, harvest, and use a variety of wild plants safely and sustainably. We’ll cover key identification techniques, ethical harvesting practices, and traditional uses of native and naturalized species found on the farm. Be prepared for a leisurely walk on uneven terrain. Bring a notebook, a field guide (if you have one), and a sense of curiosity! Class Location: Due to limited parking at Onion Creek Farm, we will meet at Lockwood Cafe (4625 Reliable St #3713, Ames, IA 50014) and carpool together from there. If you are willing to be a driver, please reach out and let Sheba know at events@wheatsfield.coop or call 515-232-4094. It is 1.5 miles between the parking lot and the farm. PLEASE NOTE: Attendees will be allowed to forage invasive species. Please follow the instructions given by the instructor about what we are allowed to pick. Meet the Instructor! Crystal Jewell M.S. is a science communicator and PhD student studying the neuroscience of mindfulness. Outside of academia, she nourishes her passion for food sovereignty through foraging, gardening, herbalism, and experimenting with traditional food preservation. Information Source: Wheatsfield Cooperative | eventbrite

Join us for a foraging class at Onion Creek Farm, where we’ll explore the natural abundance of edible and medicinal plants growing in our local landscape. Led by Crystal Jewell, a Neuroscience Graduate Student at Iowa State and Science Communicator, this class will teach you how to identify, harvest, and use a variety of wild plants safely and sustainably. We’ll cover key identification techniques, ethical harvesting practices, and traditional uses of native and naturalized species found on the farm. Be prepared for a leisurely walk on uneven terrain. Bring a notebook, a field guide (if you have one), and a sense of curiosity! Class Location: Due to limited parking at Onion Creek Farm, we will meet at Lockwood Cafe (4625 Reliable St #3713, Ames, IA 50014) and carpool together from there. If you are willing to be a driver, please reach out and let Sheba know at events@wheatsfield.coop or call 515-232-4094. It is 1.5 miles between the parking lot and the farm. PLEASE NOTE: Attendees will be allowed to forage invasive species. Please follow the instructions given by the instructor about what we are allowed to pick. Meet the Instructor! Crystal Jewell M.S. is a science communicator and PhD student studying the neuroscience of mindfulness. Outside of academia, she nourishes her passion for food sovereignty through foraging, gardening, herbalism, and experimenting with traditional food preservation. Information Source: Wheatsfield Cooperative | eventbrite