Cool It Burque Events
August 23, 10 AM-NOON: Save Seeds & Plant Trees! 🌳
Marble Open Space (905 Espanola St NE)
We will be joined by a very special guest, Michael Reed, who will teach about seed saving!
Here’s a bio of Michael from Home Grown New Mexico: "Michael Reed is a Permaculture instructor and farmer in the South Valley in Albuquerque. His versatile background includes three terms as president of the New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association.
"He is a dedicated educator and advocate for ethical and responsible living, and works tirelessly to preserve and enhance regionally appropriate agroecosystems. He is a founding member of the Save New Mexico Seeds Coalition and is part of a collaborative effort to collect and cultivate heirloom and adapted fruits, nuts, berries and perennials that can thrive in New Mexico’s challenging environment. There are currently over 600 different varieties in the collection, with over 400 found at his farm."
Come if you want to learn about seed saving for your garden or how to plant native trees & shrubs from seed. We’ll have plenty of knowledge to share and lots of supplies to send everyone home with their own planted seeds!
SAVE THE DATE
September 28: Outdoor Mushroom Cultivation Workshop
Learn to grow gourmet mushrooms on logs and stumps, or in a woodchip bed in your garden!
Taught by David Augustyniak of The Art Farm UnIncorporated
More info coming soon!
Saturday, May 17th @ 1-2:30 PM
202 Harvard Drive SE, Albuquerque NM 87106
Let’s grow mesquites! Mesquites are wonderful native, drought-tolerant, food-producing trees, and the time to propagate them is now!
Join us for a workshop all about mesquites, where we will walk you through the steps to grow them from seed. You’ll get to eat a mesquite pancake, learn to process mesquite pods, and take home your very own baby mesquite tree.
This is a low cost, low input, high impact way to support your community and local ecosystem! Don’t have a place to plant your tree? Ask your neighbors, or, the sapling can be used for a future Cool It Burque project once it’s grown a bit bigger under your care.
