The accomplishments of this energetic group Americorps Team are amazing. They  have dug down the paths between all the production beds and created swales in the new east hoop house, were our set-up, break down and running crew for our 6th Annual Earth Day Festival, completely cleaned out, inventoried, painted and reassembled the tool shed and installed three 100 foot biodynamic accumulator beds in north field for organic composting.

Noyo Food Forest shares our “AmeriFriends” with the Mendocino Coast State parks, where they have been removing invasive plants and other doing other deferred maintenance. In their time here, these bright young people, in service to America, have made a huge difference to the sustainable future and beauty of our north coast community.

12 Noon

Plants to Grow on the Coast                     Behind Greenhouse

Yoghurt/Kefir/Soda Making                     Shade House

Earth Tie-dye                                                 Main Garden

1 PM

Sauerkraut/Fermentation                            Shade House

Heirloom Seed Planting                            Behind Greenhouse

Goat Care                                                 Animal Pens

Cobb Building                                          Main Garden

2 PM

Compost is HOT!                                          Behind South Hoop

Canning Demonstration                            Shade House

Raw Vegan Desserts/Living Light              Food Court

Eggs and Chickens                                   Animal Pens

Wild Edibles                                                 Main Garden

3PM

Kimchee Making/Fermentation              Shade House

Perennial Vegetable Garden                     Behind Greenhouse

Compost Tea       & Poo                                   Animal Pens

Seasonal Menu                                          Main Garden

Discover how a community garden enriches all of our lives and take a little piece of Mother Earth home to your own garden and family from our much anticipated Spring Plant Sale. Enjoy live stage performances by Professor Niko Mumblemore, magician extraordinaire; Steven Bates, local guitar rocker; and DJ Ramos, who will be spinning lively tunes to accompany this family-friendly day. There will be face painting and other activities for children, a Community Art Mural Project with FLOCKworks; Culinary Showcase demonstrations and four (4) hands-on Sustainable Living Workshop stages: Gardening & Farming, featuring growing a compost garden; Food Preservation, featuring fermented beverages (kefir, kombucha & soda), kimchee, and Sauerkraut; Raising Farm Animals, featuring chicken tractors, and Survival Skills. Feed your soul with great local foods made available for purchase, such as savory Mendough’s Pizza, Pedal-powered Smoothies, an organic salad bar, barbecued local sausage, and sweet treats.

This is a smoke, drug and alcohol free event. Please, No dogs. Parking is limited, so please carpool, or, ride your bike and enjoy free valet bicycle parking!

This a not-to-be-missed event and a wonderful community tradition.

Coming up in April we will have a crew of 8 AmeriCorps volunteers here working full time in the garden. We are so excited! They will work on an irrigation project, install a compost garden, install a wheelchair accessible bed, and more. Stay tuned!

Also- Our Earth Day Festival is coming up soon!! Join us on April 21st at The Learning Garden from 12-6pm. Music, local food for sale, plant sale, sustainable living workshops, kids activities, and more!

The second workshop in in our Sustainable Living Series, Truly Nourishing Traditional Foods will be held on Sunday, March 25th from 10-12:30pm. This hands-on workshop will show you how to prepare nutrient dense foods that will nurture and nourish your every cell. Rachel Levesque will cover topics of healing broths, soups and stews, probiotic beverages, soaking and sprouting grains and legumes as well as some very basic fun ways to ferment veggies and fruit.

This friendly class is perfect if you are interested in healthy eating, even if you are not familiar with these traditional ways of food preparation.  The methods our ancestors used to prepare food increase absorption and unlock vital nutrients and enzymes as well as destroy anti nutrients that disrupt absorption of vitamins and minerals. Only recently have we lost this important knowledge. Learn how easy it can be to start making real nourishing foods and why it is so important.

Come hungry to snack on fermented veggies and other nutrient dense goodies and enjoy a nourishing soup in the end. Please bring a quart mason jar for making your own fermented vegetables. Kombucha cultures will also be given away so you can try making your own fermented probiotic teas at home.

Workshop cost is $20 and high school students attend free. Please RSVP at 964-0218. The workshop is held at The Learning Garden at Fort Bragg High School, 300 Dana Street in Fort Bragg. From Main St., go East on either Chestnut St. or Oak St. From Chestnut St. go a mile down and turn left onto Dana Street, or from Oak St. go a mile down and right onto Dana St. There is a stop sign in the middle of Dana St., there you will see our sign and turn East down the driveway. Park at the end of the driveway and you will see the garden. Just keep walking a little further down the driveway and you will find the entrance.