Sandy Oaks Olive Orchard

This is a hands-on workshop showing a number of gift ideas we have explored in some of our other workshops:   Making Refrigerator Pickled Tomatoes, Easy Oven Tomato Sauce, Vinaigrettes, Rustic Bread, and Pickled Fruit. Fee:  $15, with a gift to take home For more information, visit https://www.sandyoaks.com/workshops/ or call 210-621-0044.

This is a hands-on workshop features cheese spreads with olives, biscuits with olives, different marinades for olives, and small pie shells to fill with tapenade. Fee: $15. For more information, visit https://www.sandyoaks.com/workshops/ or call 210-621-0044.

Shrub Class -- Learn to make a vinegar reduction to make your own unique holiday beverages.  There will also be some discussion of other ways to use the reductions you make. For more information, visit https://www.sandyoaks.com/workshops/ or call 210-621-0044.

This is a hands-on workshop to learn to make your own oil and vinegar infusion for holiday gifts. For more information, visit https://www.sandyoaks.com/workshops/ or call 210-621-0044.

This is a hands-on workshop to learn how to make a rustic olive bread. For more information, visit https://www.sandyoaks.com/workshops/ or call 210-621-0044.

Come to this FREE workshop and learn how to brine olives and how to ferment other vegetables. For more information, visit https://www.sandyoaks.com/workshops/ or call 210-621-0044.

Come and learn how to make dried tomato pesto, an easy oven tomato sauce, and pickled tomatoes. For more information, visit https://www.sandyoaks.com/workshops/

Bring your most unusual salad and recipe to share with the other attendees. Learn to make vinaigrettes for your salads. At the end of class you will taste each of the salads made by the members of the class and vote on the best salad.  The winner will take home a vinegar of your choice from the shop.  All attendees ...

Spring is the best time to prune trees, to encourage new growth and pollination for the coming year.  This is a FREE hands-on workshop.  Bring your own pruners. For more information, visit https://www.sandyoaks.com/ or call 210-621-0044.

Speaker Bruce Dueley, Emcee of Organic Matters gardening show, will show a number of methods of composting, using black soldier flies, worm composting, vegetable composting, farm yard manure composting, mushroom compost, and wood chip composting. Fee:  $40, lunch included. For more information, visit https://www.sandyoaks.com/ or call 210-621-0044.

This is a hands-on workshop.  Learn how many great household products can be made from olive oil.  You will learn to make a vinaigrette, a metal polish to clean your refrigerators and copper or brass pots, and a bath oil.  You can take samples of your efforts home. $20 supply fee. For more information, visit https://www.sandyoaks.com/ or call 210-621-0044.

Tomato plants can yield an abundant crop in a short time, and canning is a great way to use up and preserve what your garden produces. Texas Agricultural Extension Service agent Connie Shepard will show participants how to can tomatoes.  Take this opportunity to meet Connie and ask questions about all sorts of canning.  Everyone taking part in the workshop will ...

FREE! Join us for a classic Sandy Oaks workshop and tour.  The tour will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the workshop will follow starting at 1:30 p.m. Herbal waters are a refreshing alternative to essential oils.  Both offer the same benefits, but using water as the carrier for the herb is less involved and can be used right away rather than ...

For this new workshop, Margaret will teach participants how to make delicious rustic breads.  Take part in this fun "hands-on" class.  Go home with your own country herb loaf or nutty fruit bread.  Enjoy the wonderful flavors and nourishing values of these organic quick recipes. Our rustic herb loaf blends the robust consistency of a country fare with hints of thyme and rosemary. ...

FREE! The wildflowers are blooming and the orchard is looking wonderful.  Our pastures are laced with the colors of a splendid Texas Spring – filled with beautiful splashes of purple, pink, gold, and white.  Join us for a guided wildflower hike around the Sandy Oaks wildflower trail.  Bring your friends and your cameras!  It’s going to be quite a treat!   For more ...

Red Velvet Cake Bake & Natural Food Coloring Workshop Chemical-free food fun straight from nature. Our very own product guru, Margaret, has dug deep into the culinary history books and is excited to present this old-fashioned Red Velvet Cake workshop.  Spend the day with us and learn to bake this traditional dessert for your Valentine to enjoy.  But that's not all, Margaret will ...