Hello Permaculture Community,

We had a nice group of people come on March 16^th to City Farm SLO for community service as part of LOVESLO.

Here are photos from the day: https://www.flickr.com/photos/124814213@N08/sets/ Thanks everybody!

Here are upcoming permaculture programs and Earth Day events in our community this spring. Come be part of it!

We need community! We need you! We need to come together to protect the Earth and to care for the land and for one another.

March 22 is World Water Day with Surfrider Foundation

World Water Day is a day to focus attention on the importance of clean water. It’s a day to remind us that everyone deserves access to clean water to surf, swim and play in.

March 22 – 24 California Ecosystem Restoration Council in Hollister, CA

https://www.facebook.com/events/1049425035243956/

March 23 – Quail Springs Permaculture Farm Tour – 10am to 3pm
We will be carpooling from the SLO Guild Hall at 7:30am. Let me know if you are going to carpool with me treelees@charter.net

https://www.meetup.com/San-Luis-Obispo-Food-and-Farm-Adventures/events/259161167/

March 30 – Regenerate the Earth & Spirit at Sunburst Sanctuary – 9am to 5pm
Please call or email to find out if space is still available. Give Sunburst a call at 805.736.6528 or email contactus@sunburst.org

https://www.meetup.com/San-Luis-Obispo-Food-and-Farm-Adventures/events/258971035/

April 6 – Cobbing Day at Our Global Family Farm – 10am to 4pm

Come cob with Chad Franco (or just come to check it out) 10am to 4pm to finish the walls of the children’s mud hut playhouse.

Here is Chad’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cobbersdelight/

We are in need of funds to finish this project. Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/mud-hut-cob-building-project

April 7 – Transforming Clay Soil at Our Global Family Farm – 12noon to 3pm
Amanda Smith, M.Sc. of Soil Harmonics, will be teaching about clays soils at Our Global Family Garden starting at 12noon on April 7th. First we will discover more about the physical properties of the soil at City Farm and discussing why these properties are different or the same. Then there will be discussion about how unique clay is and what it has to offer to a garden and what types of challenges it can present. Lastly, ways to enhance all the great things about clay will be shared. Please share $10 to attend this workshop.

https://www.meetup.com/San-Luis-Obispo-Food-and-Farm-Adventures/events/259430757/

Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/2308308269414261/

April 13 – Work Party at City Farm

https://www.cityfarmslo.org/engage-community

April 20 – Building the Cob Playhouse roof – 10am to 4pm https://www.ourglobalfamilyfarm.com/

Come join in (or watch) the 805 Carpenters Union build a roof over the cob playhouse at Our Global Family Farm.

April 21 – GreenSpace Earth Day in Cambria – 11am to 3pm

https://greenspacecambria.org/events-calendar

April 27 – Earth Day SLO at Laguna Lake – 11am to 5pm

http://earthdayalliance.com/earth-day-2019/

June 25-28 – FARMGIRLS Summer Camp at Our Global Family Farm – 8am to 12noon
FARMGIRLS is a summer camp run by an affiliate project, Our Global Family Farm, a permaculture demonstration site located at City Farm SLO in San Luis Obispo, CA featuring food crops and indigenous food cropping systems from the four corners of the globe. Summer camp activities will include farming, cooking, eating, crafting, singing and nature hikes. FARMGIRLS is a place where women and girls of all ages can learn about growing food using ecological approaches that follow the ethics of permaculture: care for the earth, care for one another, and share the abundance. Together we can create a food system that is: Regenerative – Healthy - Local – Resilient

Please spread the word about all the above events. We have two Facebook pages:

SLO Permaculture Guild - https://www.facebook.com/SLOPermacultureGuild/

Permaculture in SLO County - https://www.facebook.com/groups/permacultureslo/

Spring Blessings!

Teresa Tree Lees