Join us over the next few months for visits to homes and properties in River Road with various "green and resilient' features over the next few winter months. The visits will be casual, last about an hour. One, maybe two visits per Saturday.
We want to encourage/inspire people to take on these kinds of projects on their own homes and properties. Some of the places we will visit are just starting to transform while others are anywhere from a couple years old to almost 20. Over the course of the visits, we will be seeing, at one stage of re development or other - grass to garden, edible landscapes, rain water catchment, solar design, natural building, front yard gardens, fences down between like minded neighbors, green houses, collaborations between neighbors, food forests and much more.
At each visit, the host will explain what they are doing and why, successes and challenges, benefits and more.
Important, the River Road Resilience Network [R3N] offers mentoring for those just starting to take on transforming their properties. Among us, we have dozens of years of experience for many aspects of transforming suburban properties. Contact Jan for more info.
What is the River Road Resilience Team? Info here.
Check back for updates, we are just now, early November, starting to put a schedule together. Visits are all on Saturdays unless indicated otherwise
Site Visit Schedule
Dec 1 - Helen and John. Just starting, October, 2018; Removing grass front and back. Plans for hugelculture, edible landscaping, solar space, water storage and more.
January 12 - Hannah and Matthew. Second year - removing unwanted shrubs and trees, garden in, some edible landscaping planted, green house
January 12 - Melanie and Don. Fourth year - front yard garden, food forests, swale system. Yes, two visits on the same day.
January - John and Bernadette. Third year - edible landscaping, garden, chickens, small rain water catchment. Plans for more water catchment, edible landscape, solar space, close in patio, more.
January - Shelly. Fifteen years. Edible landscaping, lots of fruit tree grafting, edible landscaping, solar PV, trellises, water feature
February - Joshua and Sati. One year - Front yard garden, edible landscaping
February - Jan. Eighteen years - Grass to garden, edible landscaping, depave driveway, 6500 gal rain water system, accessory house, garage into living space, south facing patio into passive solar, chickens, arbors and trellises, green house, water features
February - Dharmalaya. Seventeen years - Bus top cob bench out front, 1000 ft sq straw bale studio, food forest, small pond, grey water, solar PV, fence down with neighbor, < 200 ft sq accessory structure
Same visit as Dharmalaya - Jason and Kaverii - next door - 8.5 years. Extensive food forest and edible landscaping, large garden, fence down with neighbor.
February - Vistara. Twelve years - Large back yard garden, green house, barrel oven and outdoor canning kitchen, garage to multi purpose, < 200 ft sq accessory structure
March - Teresa and Than. Twenty years - Extensive veggie gardens, two properties, edible landscape, garage to living space, home economics
March 9 - Claire. Two years - large back yard garden, flowers for sale farm stand
We want to encourage/inspire people to take on these kinds of projects on their own homes and properties. Some of the places we will visit are just starting to transform while others are anywhere from a couple years old to almost 20. Over the course of the visits, we will be seeing, at one stage of re development or other - grass to garden, edible landscapes, rain water catchment, solar design, natural building, front yard gardens, fences down between like minded neighbors, green houses, collaborations between neighbors, food forests and much more.
At each visit, the host will explain what they are doing and why, successes and challenges, benefits and more.
Important, the River Road Resilience Network [R3N] offers mentoring for those just starting to take on transforming their properties. Among us, we have dozens of years of experience for many aspects of transforming suburban properties. Contact Jan for more info.
What is the River Road Resilience Team? Info here.
Check back for updates, we are just now, early November, starting to put a schedule together. Visits are all on Saturdays unless indicated otherwise
Site Visit Schedule
Dec 1 - Helen and John. Just starting, October, 2018; Removing grass front and back. Plans for hugelculture, edible landscaping, solar space, water storage and more.
January 12 - Hannah and Matthew. Second year - removing unwanted shrubs and trees, garden in, some edible landscaping planted, green house
January 12 - Melanie and Don. Fourth year - front yard garden, food forests, swale system. Yes, two visits on the same day.
January - John and Bernadette. Third year - edible landscaping, garden, chickens, small rain water catchment. Plans for more water catchment, edible landscape, solar space, close in patio, more.
January - Shelly. Fifteen years. Edible landscaping, lots of fruit tree grafting, edible landscaping, solar PV, trellises, water feature
February - Joshua and Sati. One year - Front yard garden, edible landscaping
February - Jan. Eighteen years - Grass to garden, edible landscaping, depave driveway, 6500 gal rain water system, accessory house, garage into living space, south facing patio into passive solar, chickens, arbors and trellises, green house, water features
February - Dharmalaya. Seventeen years - Bus top cob bench out front, 1000 ft sq straw bale studio, food forest, small pond, grey water, solar PV, fence down with neighbor, < 200 ft sq accessory structure
Same visit as Dharmalaya - Jason and Kaverii - next door - 8.5 years. Extensive food forest and edible landscaping, large garden, fence down with neighbor.
February - Vistara. Twelve years - Large back yard garden, green house, barrel oven and outdoor canning kitchen, garage to multi purpose, < 200 ft sq accessory structure
March - Teresa and Than. Twenty years - Extensive veggie gardens, two properties, edible landscape, garage to living space, home economics
March 9 - Claire. Two years - large back yard garden, flowers for sale farm stand