Heartbeat Learning Gardens | Growing Food. Building Community 2026

Growing food.
Building Community
Nourishing the future.

Heartbeat grows food, community
and opportunites to learn.

Heartbeat Learning Gardens is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational farm in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
We grow and donate fresh organic food, share knowledge, and cultivate community.

Community Garden Day

Garden, harvest, connect—and stay for wood-fired pizza.

Herbal Infusion – Part 1

Learn to identify and harvest herbs, then create nourishing teas, tinctures, oils, and syrups to take home.

Pizza & Southern Italian Music

End the day with wood-fired pizza and an evening celebrating Southern Italian community music and culture.

Making and Canning Salsa

Join us for a morning hands-on canning workshop at Heartbeat

Drawing in the Garden at its Peak

Explore the gardens through expressive drawing using ink, charcoal, and unconventional tools—no drawing experience required.

Join us for Community Garden Days, where we cultivate healthy gardens, learn alongside one another, and share food and conversation.

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Heartbeat’s workshops bring people together to learn practical skills through hands-on experiences in gardening, food, herbalism.

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Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026
Farm Festa is Heartbeat’s annual celebration of food, music, and community, culminating in a farm-to-table feast.

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Every Tuesday…

Each week, volunteers harvest fresh produce from Heartbeat’s gardens and share it with local food pantries.

In 2025, Heartbeat donated more than 4,500 pounds of fresh produce. Since becoming a nonprofit, the gardens have shared over 50,000 pounds within the community.