The Huntington Library, Art Museum & Botanical Gardens
Situation
- Seeking programming for experimental acreage dedicated to climate-adaptive strategies.
Response 1
Designed, wrote and facilitated an Urban Agroecology Intensive:
Response 2
Designed, wrote and facilitated an Urban Agroecology Intensive:
- Led month-long intensive and other workshops over the course of three years;
- Educated participants on principles and practices of ecosystem-based gardening that are further explored with many hands-on half-day workshops.
- Pruning Fundamentals
- Propagation Techniques
- Soil Biology
- Advanced Composting Techniques
- Compost Teas and Extracts
- Wild Plant I.D.
- Community Bioremediation
Response 2
- Facilitated a multi-day Deep Mapping intensive including place-based reading and discussion, and guided on-site, group socio-ecological mapping.
Photography Kyra Saegusa