Backyard Food Forest Workshop

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A unique opportunity to learn about the ecological services, benefits, and biophysical functions of food forests, and get hands-on with practical management.

This day long workshop will incorporate lecture, a hands-on practicum, and a tour of various corners of the farm that showcase tricks and tools for topics like agroforestry design & maintenance, observing and mimicking forest ecosystem processes in your own backyard, working with water cycles, earthworks, and stewarding a property with ecology in mind. 

There will be a hearty vegan lunch to fuel you for the hands-on portion where you will learn and apply regenerative farming skills directly to the on-site project. 

Bring all your questions!

Date

Sunday, May 18th, 2025

Time

9:00am - 3:00pm

Itinerary

8:45am: Doors open

9:00am: Welcoming circle

9:30am: Lecture

11:00am: Farm tour

12:35pm: Lunch

1:30pm: Field tests and hands on practica

2:45pm: Closing circle

3:00pm: Departure

Workshop Weekend

We are offering this in combination with our Compost & Soil Health Workshop, taking place on Saturday, May 17th, 2025. We are offering a discount for those who would like to attend both workshops. See below for details.

Payment

It is part of our mission to actively dismantle the social and ecological imbalances forced upon communities of color and people with lesser means. Therefore we offer a sliding-scale pricing model to increase accessibility to those who need it, as well as providing the opportunity to ‘pay it forward’ to those who can afford to sponsor others in need. These pricing tiers were thoughtfully calculated to reflect the costs of our farm operations, food provided, and educator's time.

We offer three tiers of payment for the workshop:

• Tier 1: $98 - Early Bird Ticket - Closes 5/3/25 at 8:59am
• Tier 2: $110 - Standard Tuition - Begins 5/3/25 at 9:00am
• Tier 3: $122 - Pay it Forward
• Compost + Backyard Food Forest Early Bird Combo: $176.40 - Closes 5/3/25 at 8:59am
• Compost + Backyard Food Forest  Standard Tuition Combo: $198 - Begins 5/3/25 at 8:59am

The pay-it-forward tier allows us to continue offering scholarships to folks in need

Food

A hearty vegan lunch will be provided. We recommend eating breakfast to fuel yourself for the long day.

Bring Your Own Bucket

Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase a 5 gallon bucket of biochar and compost. Please bring your own bucket. We will have 5 gallon available for purchase for $7.

Scholarships 

Financial assistance is available for folks in need of financial support to participate in this workshop. Please contact us directly if you are needing support at PROGRAMS@MAMATREEOJAI.COM

Refund Policy + Disclaimer

A 90% refund will be provided upon cancellation if we are notified 1 week in advance (5/12/25 at 9:00am). The 10% not returned accounts for the GoDaddy processing fee as well as our registration fees. We can provide a refund of 50% up until two days before the workshop begins (5/16/25 at 9:00am). However, due to preparation expenses, we are unable to provide a refund if a cancellation occurs within two days before the workshop begins. A discount can only be applied once (either discount for 2 tickets OR the combo workshop discount).