Daliha Tuber Workshop with Savannah Reid, November 11th

Head Farmer, Savannah Harvesting Dalihas.

Sunday, November 10th at 1pm Savannah Reid, Head Farmer at Orchard Kitchen (and daliha tuber guru) will be hosting our first ever Dahlia Tuber Workshop. This is a two hour class that will go over how to dig, divide and store dahlia tubers. Participants will be shown how to:

*Properly dig and lift tubers out of the ground.

*How to divide clumps of all different shapes and sizes.

*What makes a tuber "viable." 

*How to store tubers effectively/ how to avoid different types of rot. 

*What tools/ supplies you will need to do this successfully at home.

Summer dalihas in all their glory.

Class is $100 per person and will include wine and small bites. Each attendee will be sent home with one pre-packaged dahlia tuber and a print out of everything we went over in class. Plus information on our spring tuber sale, other local growers and Savannahs favorite varieties. 

What you will need:

If possible, bring your own snips to class to divide tubers. 

If you have your own dahlia tubers and would like to bring them, feel free to do so! 

This class is benifical for varying levels of knowledge. All are welcome! To book, email Farm@orchardkitchen.com.

Farmer Anika Digging up tubers.

Cutting and seperating viable tubers.

Storing Daliha tubers.