Westside Permaculture Gatherings
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The next Westside Permaculture Gathering is returning to the Santa
Monica Library on March 31st. It will be in the Multi-purpose Room of
the Santa Monica Main Library from 6-8:30pm. As usual please bring food for the potluck.
From 6-6:30, I will share
some slides from a Sepp Holzer workshop I recently attended, there are many innovative
techniques he uses that all of us can learn from, but the main focus of the evening will be on the
Gardens of Gratitude Event which we are looking to hold on May 14th
& 15th. The goal is to build 100 gardens across the Westside on a
single weekend.
I know, it is so long from now but there are things we can all do before
we meet. Many of you have already committed, but there are still a lot
of you out there that may still be waiting for the right time to get
involved, well the time is now.
1) We are currently working on flyers and websites, do we have a web
developer that would like to volunteer their expertise to make a simple
site?
2) We need sponsors, Please pick one organization (Heal the Bay,
Lululemon, Tree People, etc) to solicit either their support through
volunteers, merchandise or cash. Deadline for this is March 21st so
get out there tomorrow.
4) We need stories and press submitted to all of our local media to
help spread the word about the event. Do we have a writer that would
like to contribute their time to this project?
3) Volunteer your home to be a site during the weekend of the Gardens
of Gratitude event. Sign up and state whether you plan to plant a
fruit tree, plant some potted veggies and herbs, or tear out your lawn
and create an urban farm.
4) Volunteer your labor by helping on the garden projects either
beforehand to gather materials and/or during to build the gardens and
plant the plants.
5) Be a Garden Planting Leader. On the Weekend of the planting
parties, volunteer to lead a team of 2-12 people in the garden planting
projects. Upcoming trainings will be available to help prepare anyone
who would like to be a Garden Leader.
Looking forward to hearing from you all.
Sean
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How Are We Doing?
Like what you see? Want to see more? Have a workshop proposal that you would like to lead for the community? Whatever it is, share it, we're all ears. Send an email to westsidepermies@gmail.com to share what's on your mind.
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Donate to the Gardens of Gratitude event being held this May.
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