2024 Landback Gala

Denver Botanic Gardens 1007 York St, Denver, CO, United States

Thank you for your interest in attending Spirit of The Sun's first Summer Solstice LANDBACK Gala! Spirit of the Sun envisions a return of land to Indigenous stewards, where we can operate our programs, care for bison to live off that land, and preserve our cultural practices. Our collective goals stand in solidarity with the LANDBACK movement to dismantle white supremacy while radically transforming this country and standing for collective liberation for all Black, Indigenous, People of Color.

Sunset Trail Running Festival – 2024

Gold Hill, CO Main Street, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Join us on Sunday, June 23rd, 2024, for the Sunset Trail Running Festival in Gold Hill, CO! Hosted by The Boulder Watershed Collective and in collaboration with Team BOCO, all money raised from the event will be donated to the town of Gold Hill and will fund wildfire preparation and response initiatives such as forest restoration, home hardening, emergency planning, land stewardship, and community resiliency. 

Insect Visitors in Your Garden: Friend or Foe?

Virtual

Insect Visitors in Your Garden: Friend or Foe? When: June 25, 6:30-8pm Where: Zoom REGISTER HERE! Colorado gardens have a wide diversity of insect and arthropod visitors, each playing a key role in the garden ecosystem--yes, even wasps have their purpose! This presentation will go over a broad range of garden insects and arthropods, their […]

La Milpa Cultivating with Tradition/ La Milpa: Cultivando con Tradicion 3 Sisters Garden with Diego M.

Growing Gardens 1630 Hawthorn Ave, Boulder, CO, United States

Throughout this workshop we will dive a little deeper into the roots of the well-known "Mesoamerican triad" or "three sisters".  We will share ancient tales and stories shared from generation to generation by our grandparents, thus we will understand a little more the value and cultural and spiritual meaning that these plants and foods have for us The Mexica Aztecs and other different tribes of Mesoamerica.

A lo largo de este taller, nos sumergiremos un poco más en las raíces de la conocida "triada mesoamericana" o "tres hermanas". Compartiremos antiguas historias y relatos transmitidos de generación en generación por nuestros abuelos, de esta manera entenderemos un poco más el valor y el significado cultural y espiritual que estas plantas y alimentos tienen para nosotros, los Mexicas Aztecas y otras tribus diferentes de Mesoamérica.

Community Fruit Rescue: Summertime Fruit Tree Care Workshop

Benevolence Orchard 6712 Jay rd, Boulder CO 6712 Jay Rd, Boulder

Join Community Fruit Rescue for an interactive lesson in timely practices including pest management, selective thinning, foliar feeding, sunscald prevention, and more that will benefit your tree and the quality of the harvest to come.

SUCCESSFUL HOME COMPOSTING, WITH MIKL BRAWNER

Harlequin's Gardens 4795 N. 26th St, Boulder, CO, United States

Learn how to turn waste into wealth by cultivating soil microorganisms. Nature does the work if you know how to lend a hand. In this class, you will learn what works in our climate, and what doesn’t. Mikl has been composting for 35 years!

Fun on the Farm: Piggies!

Agricultural Heritage Center 8348 Ute Hwy, Longmont, CO 80503

Children ages 3-6 will love to visit the farm to learn about animals, plants, and agricultural life. Piggies! program shares a great pig story and then we get to meet our pigs in person! All programs include a short story time, hands-on activities, and a take-home craft. Afterwards, explore the farm. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Louisville Bee City Pollinator Garden Tour

Memory Square Park Louisville, CO, United States

Welcome to the Louisville Bee City Pollinator Garden Tour! Join us at the beautiful Memory Square Park starting point for a fun and educational, self-guided event showcasing the beauty and importance of pollinators and learn how to create pollinator safe habitats and low-water landscapes.

Food Preservation: A Farm to Table Homestead Workshop Series 1

Elk Run Farm 12191 N Foothills Hwy, Longmont, CO, United States

Hosted at Elk Run Farm in Lyons, CO, over the span of 3 Wednesday summer evenings, you can be sure to learn about how to take raw ingredients from the garden and turn them into delicious, nutrient dense foods that can last you deep into the winter & provide nourishment throughout the year. At Elk Run Farm, the land stewards eat about 90% of their diets from our 1/3 of an acre forest garden and parking-lots-turned-grain-fields, thanks to these tried and true methods of preserving, canning and homesteading.

Community Cleanup Event, Longmont

Harvest Junction Greenway Longmont, Colorado, United States

Join SRL's Zero Waste Action Team for a fun community cleanup event! Enjoy the beautiful outdoors (and our cooler forecasted weekend weather!) while making a direct impact in our green spaces and waterways.