Gardening Inspires Us AllThe excitement of growing our own food can be enough to make any of us burst into song. Our 5 year old friend wanted to share this adorable song she created to encourage her magic bean plant to grow. Send us your heart songs!
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Why Learn to Garden?Gardens of any size can help meet so many of our basic needs without sacrificing the beauty. Well designed gardens can help you eat local and organic; attract birds and other wildlife; improve soil, water, and air quality; and much more! Learn how to use the space you have more efficiently to meet more of your needs while improving the health of your family, your community, and the planet.
Playshops For All AgesWe encourage you to get dirty, observe, learn, play and create as children do - unhindered by "I can't" and "I'm not good at". Our playshops focus on more than just the how-to of gardening. They also touch on issues such as physical and environmental health, reclaiming our connection with nature, and how to garden on a tight budget with recycled and reused materials.
Some of the playshops we facilitate include: 1) It Starts with a Seed: The Basics of Seed Starting 2) Making Bad News Into Good News: The Basics of Sheet Mulching 3) Black Gold: The Basics of Soils and Composting 4) Plant Sex: The Basics of Flower Anatomy 5) The 3 Sisters: The Basics of Companion Planting 6) Gardening in Small Spaces: The Basics of Container Gardening 7) Growing Food from Scraps 8) Gardening Like a Forest 9) Harvesting Ethically 10) Preserving the Bounty (including canning, drying, and alternative preservation methods) 11) Discussion: Issues of Modern Agriculture 12) The Sacred Role of Seed Keeping 13) Let's Celebrate! Reflection, Planning, & Harvest Feast We also do custom playshops. If you don't see what you're looking for, let us know! |
Food For Thought...
“In life, a person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. The builders might take years over their tasks, but one day, they finish what they're doing. Then they find that they're hemmed in by their own walls. Life loses its meaning when the building stops.
Then there are those who plant. They endure storms and all the vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener's constant attention, it also allows life for the gardener to be a great adventure.
Gardeners always recognize each other, because they know that in the history of each plant lies the growth of the whole World.”
― Paulo Coelho
Then there are those who plant. They endure storms and all the vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener's constant attention, it also allows life for the gardener to be a great adventure.
Gardeners always recognize each other, because they know that in the history of each plant lies the growth of the whole World.”
― Paulo Coelho
