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SUMMARY:Weaving Community Together; A Bioregional Mapping Exercise
DESCRIPTION:Regenerate Whatcom is hosting this first “mapping” event-see below for details. There are 6 spots left for this workshop-please RSVP below. First six to RSVP will come! \n\n\n\nDetails of the day and location will be sent after registration. \n\n\n\n\nIf you are interested and not able to come\, stay tuned for information and opportunities after July 17th! \n\n\n\nYou are invited to a unique and special Bioregional Mapping workshop in service of regenerating Whatcom!   \n\n\n\nRegeneration is what nature\, when in balance\, does – keeps the whole system (in this case\, a bioregion) in balance so that all living things can thrive.  Our living systems are out of balance.  A strategy to return these living systems to balance\, to regenerate\, must come from an understanding of the whole – the watersheds\, ecosystems\, histories\, relationships\, cultural memory\, stewards that shape the landscape\, along with the roads\, political lines\, economies and more.   \n\n\n\nIt asks more than where things are. It asks how things are in relationship with each other\, what has happened here\, what is healing\, and what this place needs next — not from a particular perspective of a group or species\, but from a holistic\, systemic perspective.  This is what we call a “bioregional” perspective.  \n\n\n\n\nBioregional Mapping is a way to weave together and make visible for “better action”\, local\, traditional and scientific knowledge.  It draws its power from the community coming together. It  is a key step in a layered analysis of our “bioregion” and watershed in service of creating a strategy for regenerative projects and funding. Bioregional Mapping has a long history in Cascadia and the regeneration movement\, starting back in the 1970’s.  You can learn more here! \n\n\n\nWe will focus on the Nooksack River watershed and surrounding areas and work through a series of exercises to “map” things such as places we love or value; water\, soil\, forests\, ecosystems (healthy and damaged); human activity such as food production\, sources of pollution\, urban growth\, loss of farm fields\, resource extraction; and  where regeneration is happening and who is doing it.  Through the day we will discover connections and relationships\, harvest insights and more.    \n\n\n\nThe workshop will run from 9:00am to 4:00pm\, with time for a spacious catered lunch.   \n\n\n\nThis workshop is the first step in building the knowledge needed.  Please consider joining us to lend your unique knowledge\, perspective and love for this land.  We anticipate a series of “mapping” workshops will be needed to build the layered knowledge necessary for a robust regeneration strategy.
URL:https://regeneratewhatcom.org/event/weaving-community-together-a-bioregional-mapping-exercise/
LOCATION:Wa.
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Regenerate Whatcom":MAILTO:whatcom@regeneratecascadia.org
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SUMMARY:Permaculture in the Neighborhood! Regenerate Whatcom & Vivaculture Institute present: Happy Valley Permaculture Project Walkabout
DESCRIPTION:Come join as we visit 3 neighborhood Earth Repair Projects: \n\n\n\n\nThe Oasis Collective Home Food Forest Garden\n\n\n\nThe Back 40” WWU’s living water purification ponds andJeff’s Sequoia Forest\n\n\n\n“The Outback Farm” WWU’s Fairhaven Forest garden and permaculture plantings\n\n\n\n\nFriday July 31st\, 2026 5-7pm \n\n\n\n\n\nMeet behind Buchanan Towers Dormoff of Bill McDonald Parkway and 25th St.\, South Bellingham. \n\n\n\nWe 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. \n\n\n\nWe 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. \n\n\n\nAfter that we will return to campus and visit the 50+ year old Outback forest garden\, a maturing and evolving food forest. \n\n\n\n\nThe 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.
URL:https://regeneratewhatcom.org/event/permaculture-in-the-neighborhood-regenerate-whatcom-vivaculture-institute-present-happy-valley-permaculture-project-walkabout/
LOCATION:Wa.
CATEGORIES:Meet-up,Tour
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ORGANIZER;CN="Terri Wilde":MAILTO:wildefoods@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:Water Integrated Landscape Design\, WILD
DESCRIPTION:Water integrated landscape design workshop \n\n\n\n\nFri\, Aug 21\, 2026  Sun\, Aug 23\, 2026\n\n\n\nEmpyrean Farm (map)\n\n\n\n\nMore info and register here \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a unique permaculture water-integrated landscape design and earthworks experience. This workshop gives you firsthand insight into design considerations and principles to empower you to embark on the journey of regenerating water in the ecosystem through hands on experience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop is taught by two incredible instructors with over 30 years of experience (see biographies below) and is held at a beautiful farm setting in east Whatcom County\, WA. \n\n\n\nWe’ll walk through every stage of the design process: observation\, working with the client\, developing the final design\, and real\, live implementation on the property over the course of the weekend. You’ll leave with a working understanding of how water-centered eco system regeneration design actually gets built and implemented. \n\n\n\nWith the rise of increasing damaging floods and droughts it imperative to understand how to participate intentionally in enhancing our living eco systems that will ultimately protect ourselves and future generations. \n\n\n\nPlease read more here for a deeper understanding of water and climate. \n\n\n\nIn this workshop\, you’ll learn to:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRead your land’s contours and water flow patterns\n\n\n\nDesign and site swales for effective water capture and infiltration\n\n\n\nPlan ponds that support retention\, wildlife habitat\, and beauty\n\n\n\nIntegrate these systems into food-growing and restoration landscapes\n\n\n\nApply low-tech\, high-impact strategies suited to Whatcom County’s soils and climate\n\n\n\nIncorporating the use of large equipment to form regenerative earthworks in the landscape\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhether you’re a homeowner\, farmer\, or land steward\, this workshop will give you the tools to work with water instead of against it — turning a growing regional challenge into an opportunity for a healthier\, more resilient landscape. \n\n\n\nWho is this workshop for? \n\n\n\n\nProperty Owners\n\n\n\nFarmers\n\n\n\nLandscape designers\n\n\n\nEarthworks companies wanting to expand their horizons\n\n\n\nAnyone interested in regenerating living eco systems\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Agenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroductions and an overview of the design considerations and the scope of the project. We’ll walk the site to assess information on\, water\, soils\, access\, structural positions\, slope\, orientation\, zoning and sectors \n\n\n\nLearn how to work with earthworks machine operators to achieve desired permaculture design goals.  Exercises in designing watersheds and a variety of strategies for water retention \n\n\n\nFine tune aspects of the project and install cover crop and some of the food forest guilds \n\n\n\nParticipants are allowed to camp out on the farm the last night if they choose and leave the following morning \n\n\n\n\n\nBonus Option! Continue your hands on experience to install ponds and swale system on another property in Whatcom County the following weekend. Please reach out to Brian Kerkvliet directly for more details \n\n\n\n\nLearn more and Register
URL:https://regeneratewhatcom.org/event/water-integrated-landscape-design-workshop/
LOCATION:Empyean Farm\, Mt Baker Hwy\, Wa.
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SUMMARY:August Regenerate Whatcom / Permaculture Meetups
DESCRIPTION:Come join us Friday August 28th at Inspiration Farm!  \n\n\n\nRegenerate Whatcom is hosting the August Permaculture Meet-up with a focus on being in our beautiful landscape to learn\, listen to nature and enjoy late Summers harvest bounty. We will do some fun activities on the land\, deepening our connections and resetting our nervous systems and explore mapping what we love about our lands and Bioregion.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn update on our ongoing Bioregional mapping activities will be shared along with an opportunity to work on some mapping exercises with other participants. \n\n\n\nBring a dish to share or garden bounty for a potluck and discussion after these activities.
URL:https://regeneratewhatcom.org/event/august-regenerate-whatcom-permaculture-meetups/
LOCATION:Inspiration Farm\, 619 E. Laurel Road\, Bellingham\, Washington\, 98226\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meet-up
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cory Sevin":MAILTO:whatcom@regeneratecascadia.org
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SUMMARY:Owl Farm September PC Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Owl Farm is a 34 acre Permaculture Idea Site and Wildlife Refuge which includes four homes.  I moved here in 2003 and have practiced permaculture and landscape artistry for 20 years.    \n\n\n\n\nAside from individual gardens\, we have a food forest\, three patches of coppiced basket willow\, a pond\, 19 acres of interesting forest and lots of sensors to monitor wildlife and birds.  Less than 3 acres are under human cultivation\, the rest is managed for wildlife by controlling weeds\, a no dog policy\, and increasing native diversity.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nIn zones 1 and 2\, currently we are replacing plants that are not attractive to pollinators with natives.  The Meet-up activities are a tour\, apple pressing\, discussion and potluck! 
URL:https://regeneratewhatcom.org/event/owl-farm-september-pc-meetup/
LOCATION:Owl Farm\, 3977 Griffith Ave.\, Bellingham\, Washington\, 98226\, United States
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