What to expect the next few months at Heart & Soil

As many of you know, Heart & Soil was born to unusual circumstances: a drought eight years ago, COVID five years ago. It has always been shaped by the fact that Chris, a horticulturalist on our street, had extraordinary experience of growing in the Deep South.

This June, an era is coming to an end as Chris moves down the street and starts a new phase in his growing.

In the midst of change, we’re celebrating ten years of growth on the farm. This milestone is an opportunity to reflect and recalibrate. While few people come to buy plants on weekends, people visit to chat, attend workshops, buy produce, buy seedlings. We love these visits. You are still welcome!

Over the next few months we’ll sell our remaining plant stock. So you’ll still be able to buy plants, but you may start to see gaps and fewer plants up front. I’ll give updates and keep communicating through this process.

Moving forward:

1. We’ll continue to organise and conduct workshops

2. We will organise periodic group purchases of specific plants, drip irrigation, and more.

3. I’ll be available for group workshops, tours, and collaboration with organisations. Our goal is for the lessons we’ve learned on our homestead to be helpful within our community and beyond.

4. Over the next few months, we’ll be exploring starting an NGO/NPO. You’ll see a few emails focused on themes related to this vision. We’ll need the skills and energy of community to make a meaningful contribution, so we’ll involve others from the very beginning.

Upcoming workshops

7 June 9-10:30 Veg growing workshop (2 spaces left)
5 July 9-10:30 Kimchi making workshop
12 July 9-10:30 Sourdough bread workshop

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