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Check out the FAQs for the Guns to Gardens events. (Preguntas Frecuentes) Compensation rates may vary, see event links for specifics.

If you’d like to host an event with Mike Martin and RAWtools, Shane Claiborne and RAWTools Philly, OR BOTH please fill out this form. We will do our best to create an event within your budget, that integrates the voices of people who have been impacted by gun violence, along with other musicians or artists. We will also send you the details of what is required to bring the blacksmithing equipment and do a LIVE demonstration, transforming a gun into a garden tool in your community.

Mike and Cherie hammering a tool

RAWtools Colorado/National

  • Feb 14th – Sparking Peace book events in Glenwood Springs Library 2 pm & Carbondale Library 4:30 pm
  • Feb 15th – With Western Slope Mennonite Fellowship, Glenwood Springs, CO
  • Feb 25th – Pastors and Leader Conference at AMBS – workshop presentation
  • March 6-8 – Mennonite Men’s Retreat – Camp Friedenswald, MI.  Info/register
  • March 15th – 10am to Noon – Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event – Details here – Denver, CO
  • May 9th – 10am to Noon – Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender Event – Most Precious Blood Catholic Church – Denver, CO

    RAWtools Philly

    • Information coming soon!

     

      RAWtools South

      • January 19 – MLK Day of Service in partnership with Hoodhuggers International – Details here
      • February 20-21 – RAWtools Firearm Safety Officer Training, Weaverville, NC. Details Here
      • February 28 – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Evergreen Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN
      • March 13-15 – Peace Building Conference of the United Methodist Church Southeastern Judicatory, Lake Junaluska, NC
      • March 28 – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, 1250 S. Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA. 30605, Details here
      • April 18 – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Dallas, TX, Details to come
      • May 4-8 – ARW 2026 – Arts, Recreation & Worship Conference, Montreat, NC. Scotty will be teaching folks how to make brass split crosses in the afternoon workshops.  Details Here.
      • May 30 – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC, Details to Come
      • June 13 – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Umstead Park United Church of Christ, Raleigh, NC, Details to Come

      RAWtools Buffalo

      • February 7 – 8:30 to 11:30am – Kindness Saturday Academy w/ SAY YES Niagara Falls @ Cataract School
      • February 21 – 8:30 to 11:30am – Black History Month Saturday Academy w/ SAY YES Niagara Falls @ Bloneva Bond School
      • August 15 – Union Presbyterian Seminary Richmond, VA. More info to follow.
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      Philadelphia

      Find out more about our Philly location and browse the unique products from our Philly shop. You can donate a gun and join the local and/or national disarming network as well.
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      Colorado Springs

      Our flagship Colorado Springs location is the hub for our organization. You can browser their shop, donate a gun, and join the local and/or national disarming network as well.
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      South

      Browse the unique products from our Asheville, North Carolina, shop and keep up with all they're doing. You can donate a gun and join the local and/or national disarming network as well.
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      Buffalo

      We're excited to launch our shop for Buffalo, New York, soon. Keep an eye out for that!
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