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Upcoming Events
Check out the FAQs for the Guns to Gardens events. 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.
RAWtools Colorado/National
- 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
- 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 – 10:00am to 1:00pm – Guns to Gardens Safe Disposal Event, Dallas, TX, Details here
- 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
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August 15 – 10:00am to noon – Yaupon Place, Union Presbyterian Seminary Richmond, VA. See flyer here.
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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.
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.
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.
Buffalo
We're excited to launch our shop for Buffalo, New York, soon. Keep an eye out for that!