Community events in Westchester
Garden’s Edge / Qachuu Aloom – Sept 3
We are delighted to co-host a very special Guatemalan farming and seed saving group on September 3. In New Mexico they are known as Garden’s Edge, and their Guatemalan name is Qachuu Aloom (“Mother Earth Association”). When aid organizations brought only hybrid and…
The Art of the Edible Landscape, Fall 2015
Is your food garden beautiful? At the Community Garden at Holy Nativity, we pay a lot of attention to aesthetics — as well as to the functional structure of the garden (soil, water, plant selection, maintenance team). This autumn I’ll be…
OvenMaster Training
There are baking skills and there are fire skills. Los Angeles Bread Bakers will soon be scheduling baking classes at the new Westchester Community Oven. (And we’ll have a public “grand opening” celebration sometime in September). But for fire skills,…
Summer Solstice Open House – Jun 20
Want to learn about all the fun stuff that goes on at the Community Garden at Holy Nativity, and the Holy Nativity campus? On Saturday, June 20, there will be a Summer Solstice Open House across the entire campus. It will…
Otis class: Designing an Edible Landscape
Last Saturday, I taught a workshop on edible garden design at Otis College of Art & Design. It was a rapid-paced day, and we covered tons of ground (ha, ha!), and it was lots of fun. We talked about aesthetics…
Adobe Brick-making Success!
This past Saturday, we had LOTS of fun making adobe bricks at the Community Garden. Kids, both small and tall, got to experience squishy-squashy mud. It is so tactile and cool and smooth, and once you start, you just can’t…
Asphalt Demolition Party – April 25
What’s your opinion about asphalt, really? Wouldn’t you love to be there as nearly 1000square foot of it meets its demise? Too much stress at work, or school? Frustrated with insufficient action on political issues? Wouldn’t you love to take out…
Cob Oven workshop – June 6,7,13,14
Earthen ovens are cheap to build, fun to use, and provide a baking environment that is impossible to recreate in the kitchen. Ben Loescher will conduct a 4-day hands-on workshop this June, to teach you how to make your own earthen…
Adobe Brickmaking hands-on workshop – May 9, May 16
This Earth Day, get in touch with Adobe. California schoolchildren learn about it in 4th grade when they study the Missions. But did you know it’s part of the cutting edge of sustainable architecture and building with local materials. On May…
Designing an Edible Landscape – May 30
What makes a great garden? Healthy veggies. Enthusiastic gardeners. Abundant bees and earthworms. Is yours a home garden where you’re trying to juggle family and food production? Or a school garden where you’re trying to get volunteers and students involved?…