The Swan Creek Food Forest is in need of a tool shed to better equip all their wonderful work parties. They received support from the Tacoma 'Make a Splash' Grant to build a sustainable and regenerative structure to store tools and learn/teach about ecological building and water management practices, and you can be a part! On Friday, November 14th, 6 different types of ecological building styles will be presented as opportunities for the Food Forest. Then, everyone in the audience will have the change to vote on which style will be built. Come join the conversation and learn more! *November 14th, 4:30 pm* *Lister Elementary School* *2106 E. 44th St, Tacoma, WA* This event will have 5 minutes on each of these topics: *An introduction to the Food Forest site, it's opportunities & constraints. *What is Round-wood Timber Framing, will it work for this site? *What is Hempcrete? *What is an Earthship? *What is an Earth Bag Dome? *What is Cob? *What is Light Straw-Clay? There will be time for questions and answers and a voting mechanism so people can vote for their favorite options before leaving. Save the date for December 5th, when the finished designs will be revealed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The food forest project is an acre of land that is like a garden that learned its design from nature. There will be a lot of perennial plants, self-seeding foods, and tree crops. Food Forests, like regular forests, don't need outside irrigation, fertilizer, or pollination. It's all just part of the design.

Sorry about another email! The previous email had an outdated flyer attached; this is the correct version. Important Dates: Community Design, Shed Showdown! *Friday Nov. 14th, 4:30-6pm* Lister Elementary School , 2106 East 44th Street, Tacoma Shed Design Presentation *Friday Dec. 5th, 4:30-6pm * Lister Elementary School , 2106 East 44th Street, Tacoma Any questions can be sent to swancreekparkfoodforest@gmail.com Thanks for your time! On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Christine Cooley <earthycooley@gmail.com> wrote: > The Swan Creek Food Forest is in need of a tool shed to better equip all > their wonderful work parties. They received support from the Tacoma 'Make > a Splash' Grant to build a sustainable and regenerative structure to store > tools and learn/teach about ecological building and water management > practices, and you can be a part! > > On Friday, November 14th, 6 different types of ecological building styles > will be presented as opportunities for the Food Forest. Then, everyone in > the audience will have the change to vote on which style will be built. > Come join the conversation and learn more! > > *November 14th, 4:30 pm* > > *Lister Elementary School* > > *2106 E. 44th St, Tacoma, WA* > > This event will have 5 minutes on each of these topics: > *An introduction to the Food Forest site, it's opportunities & > constraints. > *What is Round-wood Timber Framing, will it work for this site? > *What is Hempcrete? > *What is an Earthship? > *What is an Earth Bag Dome? > *What is Cob? > *What is Light Straw-Clay? > > There will be time for questions and answers and a voting mechanism so > people can vote for their favorite options before leaving. Save the date > for December 5th, when the finished designs will be revealed. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The food forest project is an acre of land that is like a garden that > learned its design from nature. There will be a lot of perennial plants, > self-seeding foods, and tree crops. Food Forests, like regular forests, > don't need outside irrigation, fertilizer, or pollination. It's all just > part of the design. > > _______________________________________________ > For information about the City of Tacoma's EnviroNews listserv, including > how to unsubscribe, please go to www.cityoftacoma.org/environews. > -- Nick Lorax Pacific Lutheran University, Office of Sustainability, Lead phone: (253) 535-7170 email: lorax@plu.edu