Urban Sustainable Gardening
Equinox garden potluck Sunday Sept 20th @ 1pm
Autumn Equinox is almost here and time again to gather for potluck and exchanging our harvests.
A couple of folks asked that we do a fall gathering. Hope you have saved some seeds from your garden to share!!! I am busy collecting some of the medicine and edible flower seeds from my garden to share with you all. Harvest McCampbell will be joining us to talk story and share from her personal seed bank box of gold. She has many heirloom and hardy varieties perfect for the NW.
*Please bring your potluck dish & serving spoon (hopefully with some ingredients from your garden). Let's be the eco green and bring your own plate to eat from, utensils, cup & napkin. < That's what those picnic baskets are for>!
*Bring seeds to share, and or plants (I'll have some double daylilies to share & spring peas seeds). ~Things you might share that could be in your garden strawberry babies, raspberry new shoots, divide your rhubarb.... the list goes on, walk your garden and the bounty will show it's self. *If you have a special recipe you'd like to share, bring copies of that along too. (I know Chholing will be bringing pickled crab apples and the recipe!).
Bring a empty Quart sized jar that is sterile! We will do a water blessing and share the water with everyone to take home.
On another note I'm working on building a bio- sponge swale in my garden. To accomplish this lots & lots of newspaper and old phone books will be needed.
So if you have any of these materials to givaway, please bring them along too. We are working on a new permaculture design for our organic vegetable garden on the north side of our house, that will help the garden store water. I would be happy to do a show and tell about the process if you'd like to see.
Please RSVP: > *Sunday Sept 20 @ 1pm potluck, seed and plant exchange. emberglow8@hotmail
Laurie Horne
5012 51st Ave. So.
Seattle WA. 98118
206 725 3324
***Harvest is a well seasoned Native gardener raised my her Grandmother walking the forest and learning the medicine plants. She is also a herbalists, author, educator, mentor, artist and crafts woman. She is a wealth of knowledge and understanding, walking the path of balance with the earth. I will be announcing classes she will be teaching coming soon (Sept & Oct) in South and Central Seattle. There will be a number of free slots, so if you are interested let me know back. See class description below. The free class will be a trial run on a new curriculum, your written and oral feed back will be requested on completion of the class.
"Decolonizing Soil"
An Indigenous Perspective on Gardening
Beginning with the Environment Beneath our Feet
In 1491 the soils of North America’s vast prairies, woodlands, and forests were deep, rich environments teeming with nutrient building life. These soils had supported large populations of diverse plant, animal, and human life—for thousands of years. This life giving system was about to be plundered.
One of the seldom told stories of colonization is its affect on our soils, nutrient cycles, and the nutritional values of our food. Decolonizing Soil takes a gentle look at common thoughts about soil, the difference between scientific and indigenous values in regards to soil, and how our soils have been degraded through the colonization process. From there we are introduced to healthy soil nutrient cycles, as well as nature’s own tried and true soil healing processes. Finally, we learn how to encourage natural soil building cycles in yards, gardens, and open space.
This power point program is designed as an outline for group discussion; participants are actively encouraged to contribute comments and questions using a model styled after traditional talking circles. Additionally, 24 8x10” display photographs depict garden diversity, beauty, and bounty using a decolonized soil principals. Handouts include sources for more information, an overview of basic concepts, and 12 Steps to Decolonized Soil. Participants will leave with a better understanding of healthy soil environments, their importance to our lives and health, and information on protecting soil nutrient cycles in their yards, gardens, and other managed land.
Harvest McCampbell, author of Food Security & Sustainability for the Times Ahead and former organic gardening columnist for the Hoopa People News and the Two Rivers Tribune shares information and experience from over thirty years of gardening experience research.
A couple of folks asked that we do a fall gathering. Hope you have saved some seeds from your garden to share!!! I am busy collecting some of the medicine and edible flower seeds from my garden to share with you all. Harvest McCampbell will be joining us to talk story and share from her personal seed bank box of gold. She has many heirloom and hardy varieties perfect for the NW.
*Please bring your potluck dish & serving spoon (hopefully with some ingredients from your garden). Let's be the eco green and bring your own plate to eat from, utensils, cup & napkin. < That's what those picnic baskets are for>!
*Bring seeds to share, and or plants (I'll have some double daylilies to share & spring peas seeds). ~Things you might share that could be in your garden strawberry babies, raspberry new shoots, divide your rhubarb.... the list goes on, walk your garden and the bounty will show it's self. *If you have a special recipe you'd like to share, bring copies of that along too. (I know Chholing will be bringing pickled crab apples and the recipe!).
Bring a empty Quart sized jar that is sterile! We will do a water blessing and share the water with everyone to take home.
On another note I'm working on building a bio- sponge swale in my garden. To accomplish this lots & lots of newspaper and old phone books will be needed.
So if you have any of these materials to givaway, please bring them along too. We are working on a new permaculture design for our organic vegetable garden on the north side of our house, that will help the garden store water. I would be happy to do a show and tell about the process if you'd like to see.
Please RSVP: > *Sunday Sept 20 @ 1pm potluck, seed and plant exchange. emberglow8@hotmail
Laurie Horne
5012 51st Ave. So.
Seattle WA. 98118
206 725 3324
***Harvest is a well seasoned Native gardener raised my her Grandmother walking the forest and learning the medicine plants. She is also a herbalists, author, educator, mentor, artist and crafts woman. She is a wealth of knowledge and understanding, walking the path of balance with the earth. I will be announcing classes she will be teaching coming soon (Sept & Oct) in South and Central Seattle. There will be a number of free slots, so if you are interested let me know back. See class description below. The free class will be a trial run on a new curriculum, your written and oral feed back will be requested on completion of the class.
"Decolonizing Soil"
An Indigenous Perspective on Gardening
Beginning with the Environment Beneath our Feet
In 1491 the soils of North America’s vast prairies, woodlands, and forests were deep, rich environments teeming with nutrient building life. These soils had supported large populations of diverse plant, animal, and human life—for thousands of years. This life giving system was about to be plundered.
One of the seldom told stories of colonization is its affect on our soils, nutrient cycles, and the nutritional values of our food. Decolonizing Soil takes a gentle look at common thoughts about soil, the difference between scientific and indigenous values in regards to soil, and how our soils have been degraded through the colonization process. From there we are introduced to healthy soil nutrient cycles, as well as nature’s own tried and true soil healing processes. Finally, we learn how to encourage natural soil building cycles in yards, gardens, and open space.
This power point program is designed as an outline for group discussion; participants are actively encouraged to contribute comments and questions using a model styled after traditional talking circles. Additionally, 24 8x10” display photographs depict garden diversity, beauty, and bounty using a decolonized soil principals. Handouts include sources for more information, an overview of basic concepts, and 12 Steps to Decolonized Soil. Participants will leave with a better understanding of healthy soil environments, their importance to our lives and health, and information on protecting soil nutrient cycles in their yards, gardens, and other managed land.
Harvest McCampbell, author of Food Security & Sustainability for the Times Ahead and former organic gardening columnist for the Hoopa People News and the Two Rivers Tribune shares information and experience from over thirty years of gardening experience research.
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Comment by Chholing Taha on September 6, 2009 at 7:34am - These classes sound very interesting. Keep me posted :) Also I will be bringing a sample of my strawberry/rhubarb jam, small packets of blue poppies seeds (they germinate very well), and of course some pickles. I hope to also have a pie of some sort to share as well.
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