INTERdependence Celebration – Collective Gardening, Tour and Fruit Tasting, BBQ/Potluck and Pool Party

Sunday, July 6

9am – 5pm

@ Garden of Eve’n More in Novato, CA
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Please RSVP to Gustavo@swirlspace.com to reserve a spot and we will send address & more information$10-20 Donation sliding scale + Potluck item

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It should be a hot one, so come early to work in the garden, so we can be poolside when it heats up later in the day. 

Come join us for our INTERdependence Celebration with education and work in the gardens, orchard tour & fruit tastings followed by Poolside fun & BBQ potluck. Our first two events have had really sweet energy with good folks of all ages and experience.The annual garden is now in production and looking better each week. Collectively we harvested Carrots, Greens, Amaranth, Plums & Raspberries. We transplanted two 30ft beds with tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, tomatillos, peppers, arugula & flowers, and set up the drip irrigation. We still have several more beds to clean up & plant including our “Back 40” area. With perseverance and a little love from PachaMama we’re hoping to share the abundance at harvest time. Come help us get there :-)Check out the pics of the Solstice event:
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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY
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MORNING HANDS IN THE DIRT (9am – 12pm)
We will work in the veggie gardens to clear, weed, plant, transplant, propagate, harvest and learn together.

POTLUCK & POOL PARTY (12pm-5pm)
Get refreshed in the large swimming pool and share some food amid the palm trees & roses. Bring your swimsuit and a dish/drink to share… Musical instruments & Merriment welcome!

GARDEN TOUR & FRUIT TASTINGS (1pm-2pm)
The 5 acre property includes native oak forest and chaparral, 100-year old buildings, fruit trees and vegetable gardens, bamboo grove, fragrant rose collection and nursery. With established fruit trees that have been multigrafted, there are now about 150 varieties of fruit growing.
Fruit tastings: Raspberries, Plums, Citrus.

AFTERNOON WORK SESSION (2pm-5pm)
For those of you who cant make it in the morning but would like to play in the garden. Work and cool off in the pool anytime.

HOSTED BY:
John Valenzuela, Permie “Fruit Freak”
Gustavo Alcantar, Swirlspace EcoDesign

The tour and garden activities will be lead by John Valenzuela, gardener, consultant and Permaculture educator, who is also known as an expert ‘fruit freak’, serving as chairperson for the Golden Gate chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers. John has been maintaining this land for several years, and is pleased to announce that there will now be opportunities to share the garden space for collaborative food growing. John’s gardening, consulting and education services are offered as Cornucopia Food Forest Gardens, with lots of information at http://cornucopiafoodforest.com/