Broom Making Workshop @ Five Points Garden

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Date and Time

• Sunday, Oct 18, 2026  12pm - 2pm

Location

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Details

Join us in person to craft a whisk broom (in time for Halloween!) and learn traditional broom-making tricks.

Instructor Chelsea Townsend guides students through creating their own functional “turkey wing” style hand whisk out of natural broom corn using simple tools and traditional Appalachian techniques.

All supplies are included and no experience is required, although students will need some upper body and hand strength. Long sleeves are suggested for those with grass allergies.

This class is offered in honor of the historic "Hodges Broom Works" that operated more than 100 years ago on the plot of land that Five Points Community Garden now occupies.