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.
___ July ___
Community Garden Day
Saturday, July 11 – 11 – 4
Garden, harvest, connect—and stay for wood-fired pizza.
Saturday, July 18- 1-3
Learn to identify and harvest herbs, then create nourishing teas, tinctures, oils, and syrups to take home.
Pizza & Southern Italian Music
Saturday, July 18- 5-6
End the day with wood-fired pizza and an evening celebrating Southern Italian community music and culture.
Drawing in the Garden at its Peak
Saturday, July 25- 1-3
Explore the gardens through expressive drawing using ink, charcoal, and unconventional tools—no drawing experience required.
___ August ___
Growing and Preparing Eggplant
Saturday, August 8- 11 :30 – 1;30
In this hands on workshop we’ll look at how to grow, harvest, and cook this nutritious and delicious veggie.
Herbal Infusions -Part 2
Saturday, August 15- 1:00 – 3:00
In this herbal craftshop participants will learn the process of decanting the preparations that we made 6 weeks prior.
Community Garden Day
Saturday, August 16- 11 – 4
Garden, harvest, connect—and stay for wood-fired pizza.
Making and Preserving Tomato Sauce
Saturday, August 22- 11:30 – 2:00
Join us as we harvest and make sauce with the seasons fresh tomatoes
______ Ways to Experience Heartbeat ______
Join us for Community Garden Days, where we cultivate healthy gardens, learn alongside one another, and share food and conversation.
Heartbeat’s workshops bring people together to learn practical skills through hands-on experiences in gardening, food, herbalism.
Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026
Farm Festa is Heartbeat’s annual celebration of food, music, and community, culminating in a farm-to-table feast.
THE WEEKLY HARVEST
Each Week…
On Tuesdays, 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.