From Garden to Jar: Home Food Preservation Basics
Courses: Adult / Culinary -
Summer 2026
The growing season is in full swing—perfect timing to learn the essentials of home food preservation! Preserve summer's bounty and enjoy homemade jams, salsas, and fresh produce throughout the winter. Canning offers lower grocery bills, sustainability, and superior nutrition by allowing you to control the ingredients. This class makes it easy by covering tools, food safety, and ingredient selection for successful preservation. You will receive hands-on experience making jam to take home. Please bring a hot pad with you to class.
If you would like to bring an additional person to class to help prepare your pot, you may add them to your registration for an extra $5. You will work together from one set of supplies.
Heather Novak
Heather has many years of experience teaching and tutoring popular cooking and gardening classes to individuals of all ages. She has a Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education. When not teaching, Heather enjoys spending time with her family or in her own kitchen. Her passions include her family (husband and 3 children), serving, living simply and fully in the moment, and eating tasty yet healthy foods. In her limited free time, she is found watching soccer games, being an uber mom, gardening, biking, camping or trying to finish a good book.
For more information about Heather and all of the classes she teaches, please check out her website.
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