Herbal Wisdom for Garden Ecosystems-Oct potluck!

It’s time for the East Bay Permaculture Guild’s October potluck and workshop! 🪱💚🌀 Discover the hidden powers of herbs in creating thriving garden ecosystems! This workshop delves into the multifaceted benefits of herbs, aligning with permaculture principles to enhance your garden's health and productivity. We’ll cover companion planting between herbs and edible crops, the nutrients that herbs bring to the soil, how herbs can be an asset to compost, and their key role in attracting beneficial insects to the garden. We’ll also talk about how herbs should be some of the top plants you reach for when creating fruit tree guilds (permaculture practice)! We will then discuss the virtues that herbs bring to the garden’s human tenders. We’ll examine the sensory & therapeutic virtues of herbs, how herbs in gardens can play a key role in helping us connect us to our culture and ancestry, and how herbs can support our health and wellbeing. We’ll conclude by talking through how to make simple herbal preparations, and there will even be an end-of-evening giveaway of a locally-made herbal remedy made by the presenter! BIO: Danièle is an herbalist and educator who guides people to re-orient towards nature and our inherent belonging to the earth. She does this through teaching about herbs and herbalism, which enables a reclamation of ancestral knowledge and wisdom that is deeply needed for our times. Danièle believes that re-learning the ancestral language of herbs can connect us to our inner power and facilitate a greater sense of wholeness and wellbeing. You can find out more about her work as well as her services at yervika.com, or on instagram @yervika.herbs WHAT: Potluck/Meetup! WHEN: always the second Monday evening! WHERE: NW Oak-land (Location above, upon RSVP) WHAT TO BRING: yourself, your friends, your skills/talents to share or grow and potluck items to share. Monetary contributions welcome for the speakers/organizers expenses and to help PLACE get up to code! Suggested Questions to Think About/Bring: What herbs are you currently growing, and why? How have you observed herbs interacting with other plants in your garden? What challenges in your garden might be addressed by incorporating more herbs? Bonus 2: Oct19th - First ever Bay Area Regeneration Unconference!! -- https://events.humanitix.com/unconference-exploring-regeneration-in-the-bay-area-with-insights-from-jem-bendell