Thursday, March 10, 2011

Community Supported Education

Hello Everyone!
As some of you know, Wil and I have had a difficult year in many ways. We've made it through and are officially here to stay in Lancaster (we almost moved over the winter) and are so happy to be part of this dynamic community.

One of our mentors in the gardening world is Dave Jacke. Author of Edible Forest Gardens Vol. 1 and 2, he is a leader in the field of edible landscape design. Our dream is to see some Edible Forest Gardens spring up around Lancaster for people to share and enjoy. We also believe that forest gardening is an important part of caretaking the land and rebuilding damaged ecosystems.

Dave Jacke has partnered with Wild Meadows Farm in Schellsburg, PA to offer a Forest Gardening workshop in April. Wil and I desperately want to attend this workshop, but the price is prohibitive for us. Not only do we need to pay for the course, but we also need to pay for transportation and cover the expense of missing work for 10 days.


We're asking our family, friends and community members to support us in this endeavor. We'd like to use the information we learn during the course to implement forest gardens in Lancaster. We'd also like to share the information with everyone upon our return.

So, we're asking for donations to help make this possible. In exchange for a monetary donation, we will offer a 3 part, 15 hour workshop (5 hours each class) within 3 months of our return from class. The workshop will cover the subjects we learn about in the class and all who contribute will be welcome.

We have already received a generous $300 scholarship from Wild Meadows Farm, so we need to raise between $1000 and $1500 to make this possible.

If you are interested in making a donation please send me a message in my facebook inbox and we'll go from there. Feel free to pass this message around via facebook or e-mail to anyone who might be interested.

We also encourage other people with ideas like this to share them as they come up. Our community benefits when we share information and education!
Thanks to everyone. We feel blessed to be part of this community.
Natasha and Wilson