Past Events
March Community Meeting
Intro to Permaculture Design
Eric Seider gave an excellent presentation on the basics of permaculture design. He shared some amazing videos from Geoff Lawton’s Online Permaculture Design Certificate Course. The emphasis was on creating a proper Mainframe Design that prioritizes Water, Access and Structure placement.
February Community Meeting
Creating Public Food Forests
We had a very exciting and well attended meeting where we talked about food forests and how they are a great way to create low maintenance, public food production. We watched an inspirational video where Geoff Lawton described the food forest system, and our co-founder Matt gave a video tour of a local food forest he and a friend installed a few years back, highlighting specific species and guilds well suited to our climate in sacramento. We also went over our first official project, a community food forest demonstration site for the Big Day Of Service in May. Join our mailing list to stay updated!
January Community Meeting
Creating Beautiful & Functional Landscapes
Award winning landscape designer Laura Schaub gave a very inspiring presentation on how to combine beauty and function in your landscape designs.
December - No Meeting
Our December meeting fell on Christmas Day so we took the month off.
November Community Meeting
Pre Thanksgiving Gathering
Since our meeting was the day before thanksgiving we had an informal gathering and discussion for those who could attend. Olive oil cake and filling seed packets were bonus activities.
October Community Meeting
Emergency Preparedness
We did not do a formal presentation but we had a great time doing emergency preparedness show and tell.
September Community Meeting
Intro To Permaculture
Eric Seider, our co-founder, international permaculture consultant and designer, gave a highly informative and inspiring presentation on the fundamental principles of permaculture. He explained how these principles can be applied to any country, culture, or geography to aid in the development of resilient and regenerative communities.
August Community Meeting
Converting Lawns to Gardens
Jen McLeod from Sunflower and Sage Gardens gave an excellent presentation on her ideal methods for converting grass lawns to food and wildlife gardens for our August 2024 community meeting. There was a lively discussion afterwards where community members shared their own successes and strategies for creating their own gardens.
July Community Meeting
Pickling Basics
Justin Davis from Neanderthal Farms gave an informative pickling presentation for our July 2024 community meeting. There were many very tasty pickled items to taste and enjoy!
June Community Meeting
Permaculture and Pollinators
Blake Dacy from Sacramento Beekeeper gave a great presentation about creating habitat for local pollinators utilizing permaculture design and principles for our June 2024 community meeting. We were also treated with an amazing zucchini marmalade cake, that is in contention to be included in our upcoming 12 month Recipe Book.
May Community Meeting
The Chicken Tractor on Steroids
Our Co-Founder Eric Seider gave a very informative presentation on the amazing Chicken Tractor on Steroids created by Geoff Lawton for our May 2024 community meeting. The chicken tractor on steroids is an amazing compost creating, fertility engine that also give you eggs and chickens as a by product. We were also treated with an amazing Olive Oil cake, that is in contention to be included in our upcoming 12 month Recipe Book.
April Community Meeting
Introducing the Return Of Surplus!
Our Co-Founders Matt Benavidez and Eric Seider gave an overview of the structure and intention of the Permaculture Community Group as well as the reason for using permaculture as the focus for the group. We introduced the Return of Surplus table, where members bring in their surplus plants, seeds, cuttings, produce and homemade goods to share with the community. This is the third ethic of permaculture.
March Community Meeting
Our First Official Meeting!
This was our first official meeting of Permaculture Fair Oaks! We are a nonprofit permaculture community group located in Fair Oaks, CA. Our mission is to promote community resiliency, food and future security and abundance through permaculture education and demonstration. We kept the meeting format casual and had a round of introductions to get to know one another and a lively and informative discussion about the benefits of permaculture design, and some general tips about gardening in the Sacramento area.