Itinerary
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Connection • Introductions • Experience Whole-Systems Gardens in Action
Garden Tours (Altadena & Pasadena)
Morning snacks included. -
Grounding • Inventory & Analysis • Introduction to Conceptual Design
In-Person (Pasadena)
Morning snacks & lunch included. -
Water, Soil & Regeneration • Reading the Land • A Walking Design Exercise
In-Person (Altadena)
Morning snacks included. -
Plant Communities • Fire-Resilient & Regenerative Strategies • Interpretive Landscape Design Performance
In-Person (Pasadena)
Morning snacks & lunch included. -
This final session will be a recorded Zoom, with the date TBD, set by the group.
What the community is saying
Karin, Workshop Attendee
“Your emails on fire-resilience have really made me think and I have shared what I read with others… I also implemented hügelkultur on my property, and have been much more mindful of letting, for instance, my oak leaves lay where there are to nourish the soil… You are doing wonderful work in this world of ours! There are so few sources of hope and joy in this world, and you do both. You give practical tools that any of us with even a small patch of earth can implement, but the work you are doing to change government practices is HUGE!”
Jean, Newsletter Subscriber
“I can [now] think beyond the knee-jerk fire dept suggestions on design…there are more ways to landscape that combine aesthetics and fire prevention. I’ve always been interested in nature-inspired landscaping rather than manicured lawns with impatient borders. It’s revelatory to learn what grows authentically in our foothill terrain, how to use a swale, why tree litter is the good kind of litter to leave. All the stuff that makes sense here in Altadena, and what steps to take as we help nature restore balance around us.”
Leo, Workshop Attendee
“[I] have enjoyed the information and done small project to start. [Poly/Ana] gave me practical tools for living more sustainably.”
