LEVEL 1:

Intro to Backyard Food Forest Gardening

First steps into transforming your backyard into a sustainable edible forest and wellness garden no matter the size

Are You Facing:

• Skyrocketing grocery prices in 2025?

• Uncertainty about food quality and sources?

• A backyard that could be doing more?

• Desire to grow food but don't know where to start?

• Challenges with desert climate and high elevation gardening?

Join us for a transformative 3-hour workshop where you'll discover how to:

• Create an abundant food forest in our high desert climate

• Work with God's design for sustainable growing

• Start your journey toward sustainable food production right in your own backyard

• Become a faithful steward of your land

• Start saving on your grocery bills

What we will cover:

• 5 yr old edible forest intensive tour

• God's design patterns in nature

• Biblical Permaculture Principles

• Stewardship principles

• Site Assessment Fundamentals

• Understanding Zone 6a-7a climate

• Reading your landscape

• Identifying microclimate opportunities

Lunch Break (30 minutes): • Enjoy a garden-fresh, plant-based meal • Experience the flavors of a food forest • Connect with fellow gardeners • Practical demonstration of garden-to-table

Afternoon Session (1.5 hours):

• Getting Started

• First plants selection for desert climate

• Water-wise techniques

• Basic design principles

• Seasonal planning

• Hands-on Activities

• Soil assessment

• Basic design mapping

• Plant identification

• Water flow observation

What we will cover:

• 3 hours of hands-on instruction

• Nourishing plant-based lunch

• Desert Garden Guide

• Plant Selection List

• Basic Design Template

• Resource Directory

Perfect for:

• Complete beginners

• Desert garden newcomers

• Those seeking biblical permaculture growing methods

• Anyone wanting to reduce grocery bills

• Health-conscious individuals

• Anyone who wants to transform their backyard into a sustainable garden

$47/person