Hello Permaculture Guild,

Hope you can make it next Tuesday to our next Quarterly Permaculture Guild meeting on July 25^th, 6 pm at the SLO Guild Hall for a potluck of appetizers and also a “potluck of permaculture project ideas.” We will be sharing out local permaculture projects. Come share what you are up to. Here are some sample projects that will be shared:

FARMGIRLS Summer Camp with Teresa “Tree” Lees – attached are daily notes from the Farmgirls Summer Camp

Landscape Projects with Josh Carmichael – Josh will be hosting the meeting on July 25^th

Natural Building Projects including a cob wall built at The Lavra Community in Arroyo Grande on July 1^st

Also please note that community work days at the permaculture farm, Our Global Family, are on the 4^th Saturday of the month….10am – 12noon

Come lend a helping hand to create this community gathering space. Flyer is attached for more information.

July 29^th

August 26^th

September 23^rd

October 28th – Harvest Festival and Peruvian ceremony for Mother Corn

SLO Seed Saving Workshop on July 22^nd
Seedsaving Workshop on Saturday July 22 from 10-noon will be led by the energetic and knowledgeable Melanie Blankenship at her Main Street Templeton business, Nature’s Touch Nursery & Harvest.  The topic of discuss is “Back to Basics” -  seasonal organic farming, small scale farming, how to read soil quality, how to provide for yourself, and how all this relates to saving quality organic seeds.  Melanie has been a contract organic seed grower and tester, and spent four years on the Ag Liaison Advisory Board representing District 1.  She farms, runs her store, nursery, and deli, is an organic & biodynamic farming consultant.  Melanie is a unique voice with a broad & deep understanding of the choices we face in gardening and farming and the importance of tending our soil.  See attached flyer.

Preview of film “TOMORROW” on July 26^th down in Santa Barbara at 7pm at Marjorie Luke Theater

this is a strongly permaculture inspired film! 

TOMORROW – Take Concrete Steps to a Sustainable Future –

Wed, July 26, 2017

Admission: $10 Adults, $7 seniors & students

Location:  Marjorie Luke Theater, 721 E Cota St, Santa Barbara, CA 93103

“Without question, TOMORROW is absolutely the best and most creative film on the future of humanity and the environment”.
— Paul Hawken, author of the recently published bestseller, Project Drawdown, & CEC’s 2017 Environmental Hero

Growing Edible Education Symposium October 6^th & 7^th at Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School
This important event brings together schools and organizations that support the farm to school, and school garden efforts in Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties. The GEE Symposium unites diverse stakeholders such as schools, outside agencies, and farm businesses to promote and support Farm to School activities. You are invited to attend. Here is the website: https://www.geesymposium.org/

The GEE Symposium is packed full of field trips to SLO County school gardens, farms, and agricultural enterprises. There will be keynote speakers including Gail Feenstra, Deputy Director of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP) at the University of California, Davis and Karen Brown, Creative Director at the Center for Ecoliteracy, workshops, panels, and a networking expo on “How to "Grow Edible Education in Your Schools”. Participants will be treated to the culinary skills of local Food Service Directors from San Luis Coastal, Lucia Mar USD, and Coast USD who will partner with local farms to create delicious appetizers using local produce.

Also please note that we are looking for sponsors and here is the link to sign up for that: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/ac05c5_269ec7adfd55485e852fdebfb184891e.pdf

Together let’s care for the earth, care for people and share the abundance!

Tree Lees – SLO Permaculture Guild