EBPG Sep Potluck meeting: Plants+Soil
Hosted by Bay Area Permaculture Guild+friends!
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Coming off the spark of August’s fire & water resilience gathering, we’re rolling up our sleeves again for food, community, and practical skillsharing!
🌱 September theme: “Community Food Resilience, Edible Landscaping & Land Back Agriculture” 🌱
Featured Presentation:
Stewarding foodscapes creates inviting spaces for growing together and building local networks. Let’s talk about foodscapes Sept 8th! Rob Bennaton will present on Edible Landscaping—the safe use of food plants in landscapes for beautification, consumption, and meeting sustainability goals. Learn how tending shared foodscapes can grow resilience and connection in the East Bay.
Guiding Questions:
-What does real food security look like for the East Bay—beyond prepping or foraging?
-How can we support Indigenous leadership & land/food sovereignty in our neighborhoods?
-What projects & partnerships can we all plug into?
-How can this group become a true guild?
Want to contribute?
Lead a mini-skillshare, present a project, bring seeds/plants/produce, or share land back resources/visions—let us know!
Evening Flow:
6:00pm – Arrive, mingle, share food (potluck: homemade/store-bought/foraged welcome, please label ingredients)
6:15 – Icebreakers, intros, & potluck
6:50 – Announcements: mini-grant awards, unconference news, community calendar
7:05 – Small group table conversations (projects, topics, working groups; report back after)
7:20 – Featured Session: Edible Landscaping with Rob Bennaton
8:10 – Closing circle: appreciations, next meeting signup, pass the hat for PLACE
8:30 – Cleanup and informal hangout
Bring:
-Food or drink to share (or just bring yourself!)
-Seeds, plants, books, flyers to swap or give
-A friend or neighbor
-Your curiosity & skill to share!
Accessibility:
PLACE has ramps and gender-inclusive restrooms; let us know if you have access needs.
Support PLACE:
Donations ($5–$20, no one turned away) help keep PLACE open to community and grassroots action—add a few bucks if you can!
Get involved:
-Volunteer roles: setup, food table, time-keeping, greeter, cleanup—sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xKcfOZa6zYmQPddSWBODfg_t6zxM1H7qq2NyIeVuFXo/edit
-Help build the guild: We're seeking new leadership energy! If you're curious about organizing, facilitating, partnership-building, or have vision for what a real “guild” could be, reach out onsite or in advance.
Ongoing & Upcoming:
* Tickets for the Oct 4 Bay-Delta Bioregional Regeneration Unconference are live: https://events.humanitix.com/fall-25-bioregional-regeneration-unconference?c=bapg — join the biggest event of the fall & let us know if you want to help ground our environmental justice opening!
* Sep 4: permie Happy Hour @ MeloMelo (https://weco.io/WealityCheck/about)
* 9/9-11 Online R3.0 confluence/convergence w/ optional IRL component 9/14 https://conference2025.r3-0.org/
* Sep 18: Climate Happy Hour details upcoming — volunteers welcome to help plan!
* Sep 27: Ukiah Fire Line Training+campout
* Oct 4: Bay-Delta Bioregional Unconference (Climax event of the year — register early!) https://events.humanitix.com/fall-25-bioregional-regeneration-unconference?c=bapg (Yes we’re mentioning it twice! It’s that important)
* Oct 13: EBPG october meeting: Unconference debrief + Emergency Mutual Aid skillshares (tentative) - https://partiful.com/e/v9JNEvKF4yJPlzsdMw1n
* Mini-grant applications open: https://forms.gle/kSVXBh2faQ4kwyUN8
* Dr. Boomer legacy fund: https://gofund.me/6926dddb
Land and Solidarity Acknowledgement:
We gather on unceded ancestral homeland of the Chochenyo Ohlone. We honor their relationship to this land, recognize ongoing impacts of colonization, and commit to Indigenous sovereignty, land return, and cultural revitalization. Standing in solidarity with all colonized peoples, from the Bay to Palestine—we build resilience through care, food, and shared learning.
What to expect:
🌱 Potluck dinner (label allergens!)
🌱 Edible Landscaping with Rob Bennaton
🌱 Open skillshares, project tables, swap
🌱 Table conversations to form next month’s working groups and community actions
🌱 Welcoming space—come as you are!
See you Monday, Sept 8—let’s grow new foodways and stronger networks together!
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