Shepherd’s Corner

Garden Volunteer Days
2025-08-25 08:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center, 987 N Waggoner Road, Blacklick, OH, 43004, United States
Monday June 23rd – August 25th
8:30 – 10:30 am
Meet at the barn and take park in various garden activities. 10 years and up welcome. Those 10-17 years old must have an adult present also volunteering.
We ask that you wear close toed shoes, bring along your reusable water bottle and gardening/work gloves if you have them.

Foraging Jams & Jellies
2025-11-15 10:00 - 12:00
Foraging Jams & Jellies
Saturday, November 15th
$12/person – Program is open to participants 10 years old and older
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Join us on an endeavor to find a positive use for native & invasive plants as we share several different examples of foraged items that can be used to make jelly or jam. We will learn how to identify the plant before we harvest their fruits and learn how to create jelly using them. Type of jam/jelly will be determined closer to the date based on what has been or can be foraged.
Please wear closed toed shoes and appropriate clothing for the weather and for being outdoors, if you would like to forage your own fruit when the program is over.
(The outdoor portion of this event will be dependent on the weather.)

*participation waiver

Shepherd’s Corner is a non-profit organization providing access and programs focused on care of creation, connection to earth, and reflection. An individual’s decision to participate in any activity or program at Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center
is entirely voluntary. Visitors/participants assume all risks inherent to or associated with his, her, or their participation in the activity or event on Shepherd’s Corner’s property. Visitors/participants also take responsibility for their own level of fitness.
In signing this waiver, I, intending to be legally bound for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, waive, release and forever discharge any and all rights and claims for damages I have or may have against Shepherd’s Corner or its employees, for any and all claims and damages, demands actions whatsoever in any manner, as a result of my participation in programs, events, or visitation. I hereby grant full permission to any and all of the foregoing to use my name and likeness in any broadcast, telecast, video or print media reporting or advertising of the event without compensation. This waiver extends and includes the minors in attendance for whom you are responsible.

Bread Making Retreat
2026-02-21 10:00 - 13:30
Breadmaking Retreat

Saturday, February 21st, 2026
$25/participant
10: 00 am – 1:30 pm
Led by Sr. Cathy Arnold, OP & Sr. Terri Schell, OP.

Spend a morning exploring breadmaking as a way of connecting to your roots and searching for meaning in the simple act of baking and sharing bread.

Inspired by Meghan Murphy-Gill’s book, The Sacred Life of Bread, bakers of all levels and cultural/spiritual backgrounds will bake together, spend reflective time on the land, and share the fruits of our food traditions. Explore how bread connects us to land, our histories, and one another. Leave with a deeper appreciation of breadmaking and a loaf you created.

What bread holds meaning for you personally or culturally? Consider bringing some to the retreat to share.

Returning program: will be similar to our 2025 bread making retreat.

*participation waiver

Shepherd’s Corner is a non-profit organization providing access and programs focused on care of creation, connection to earth, and reflection. An individual’s decision to participate in any activity or program at Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center
is entirely voluntary. Visitors/participants assume all risks inherent to or associated with his, her, or their participation in the activity or event on Shepherd’s Corner’s property. Visitors/participants also take responsibility for their own level of fitness.
In signing this waiver, I, intending to be legally bound for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, waive, release and forever discharge any and all rights and claims for damages I have or may have against Shepherd’s Corner or its employees, for any and all claims and damages, demands actions whatsoever in any manner, as a result of my participation in programs, events, or visitation. I hereby grant full permission to any and all of the foregoing to use my name and likeness in any broadcast, telecast, video or print media reporting or advertising of the event without compensation. This waiver extends and includes the minors in attendance for whom you are responsible.

Maple Sugaring Program
2026-03-07 10:00 - 12:00
Maple Sugaring Program
Saturday, March 7th, 2026
10:00 am – noon
$10 per participant
Led by Shepherd’s Corner Staff and volunteers.
Learn about maple sugaring from tree sap out the tap, to syrup on your breakfast. Come see our boiling process and taste our syrup, and more! We ask that children attending be accompanied by adults. Program will be mostly outdoors and will include walking on unimproved, uneven surfaces.
Registration for the syrup tour is required. Ages 2 and under are free.
*** We will also be offering small group tours on Weekdays during the maple season if able. Contact us to be notified when booking begins. ***

*participation waiver

Shepherd’s Corner is a non-profit organization providing access and programs focused on care of creation, connection to earth, and reflection. An individual’s decision to participate in any activity or program at Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center
is entirely voluntary. Visitors/participants assume all risks inherent to or associated with his, her, or their participation in the activity or event on Shepherd’s Corner’s property. Visitors/participants also take responsibility for their own level of fitness.
In signing this waiver, I, intending to be legally bound for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, waive, release and forever discharge any and all rights and claims for damages I have or may have against Shepherd’s Corner or its employees, for any and all claims and damages, demands actions whatsoever in any manner, as a result of my participation in programs, events, or visitation. I hereby grant full permission to any and all of the foregoing to use my name and likeness in any broadcast, telecast, video or print media reporting or advertising of the event without compensation. This waiver extends and includes the minors in attendance for whom you are responsible.

Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center is an outreach of The Dominican Sisters of Peace.
