Approximately 10,000 years ago, agriculture began in the Americas. Indigenous tribes developed their own unique ways of planting, harvesting, and caring for the land. Colonization replaced many traditional agricultural methods with commercial farming. But now, we are seeing a resurgence of Native practices in an effort to balance the effects we have had on the land and ecosystems, and to heal the land and the people. This workshop will discuss traditional gardening, agriculture, and land care practices, and how they can be incorporated into our everyday behaviors. Terms like ‘regenerative,’ ‘permaculture,’ ‘companion planting,’ are actually methods that have been practiced for thousands of years.

Registration fees for Growing Gardeners Workshops are suggested donations of $5/person for lecture-style classes, and $10/person for value-added classes (i.e., take-home goods, cooking classes, etc.). No one will be turned away for inability to pay.

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