Permaculture in the Neighborhood!
Regenerate Whatcom & Vivaculture Institute present:
Happy Valley Permaculture Project walkabout!
Join Regenerate Whatcom and the VivaCulture Institute for an evening tour of three inspiring urban permaculture projects, including:
- The Outback Farm – Explore WWU’s forest garden, food forest, and permaculture plantings.
- The Back 40 – See WWU’s living water purification ponds alongside Jeff’s DIY Sequoia forest project.
- The Oasis Collective Home – Tour a thriving 20-year food forest garden.
📅 Friday, July 31
🕔 5:00–7:00 PM
Meet behind Buchanan Towers Dorm
off of Bill McDonald Parkway and 25th St., South Bellingham
We will begin our tour walking through WWU’s “Regional Ponds” natural treatment project to clean their parking lot run-off stormwater. We can also
witness the transformation of these public lands towards a Sequoia giganteum climax forest.
We will then visit the Oasis Food Forest Garden. This small urban yard of a collective living home has been tended by a variety of community permaculturalists and gardeners over 20 years. Come see a productive urban food forest and enjoy a locally harvested snack.
After that we will return to campus and visit the 50+ year old Outback forest garden, a maturing and evolving food forest. The whole journey will be about a half mile leisurely walk. Meet other interested earth stewards and share ideas about making urban spaces more fertile and diverse.
Terri Wilde
wildefoods@yahoo.com