Tryon Life Community Farm is hosting its annual sp ring festival, Bloom!  Join us in brin ging this land to life with live musical performan ces, skillshares, presentations and activities f or kids and adults, including hands-on natural bu ilding, tending fruit trees, medicinal plant wal ks and more!  We'll also be sharin g something that's been blooming strongly her e on the land recently: engaging communities of co lor with the land as core stewards in our work tog ether. We'll invite fellow Bloomers to engagein conversations and share skills for decenteringwhiteness and bringing communities together in so lidarity; we'll support POC-only spaces duri ng the event for those that feel called; an d we'll have specific people available to med iate hard or awkward moments that may arise. This work will be full of life, the bursting of feelin gs in this moment of renewal, rebirth, and rejoi cing amidst these difficult times!  Als o new this to Bloom this year: technical tree clim bing and a late night silent dance party!  E ver wanted to climb high into the canopy of our bi g trees? We'll be joined by a professional tr ee climber who will be guiding folks safely into t he trees with ropes and harnesses. Silent Dan ce party from 8pm-11pm! A new way to turn up the v olume and raise the roof without disturbing the bl issful peace of the forest at sundown. DJ sets wil l be broadcast over radio, so dancers can rockouton headphones. Something even the owls and coyote s of the Tryon Forest can get on board with! We'll also have a bonfire and welcome folks t o play acoustic music together around the fire. Wh at! Playing acoustic music by the fire right in th e middle of a rockin DJ set?! The magic of the sil ent dance party! Food will be available, andwe invite dishes and snacks to share. ****PA RKING*** As always, we have NO ON SITE PARKING&nb sp; We'll be running a shuttle from a near by parking lot (likely to be Riverdale High School ). Stay tuned for details! ****Volunteer Oppo rtunities** Bring your skills and and passions andlet us know if you would like to offer something at the event.Volunteer to help us put on this even t! Email brenna@tryonfarm.org to see h ow you can get involved. ****This is a FUNdra iser for TLC Farm****Entrance is by donation and o n a sliding scale of $10-20 per adult (kids are fr ee!)  

Background: the Mini Moon is a 200 sq. ft. light-straw clay and cob building. It was started May 2016 and at this point the straw-clay walls are done but the round “cozy cob corner” is not yet built. In May-June 2017 we put the first coat of earthen plaster on the inside and outside straw-clay walls, and we installed the first layer of the earthen floor. In August/September we buit the cob wall. Now we will be working on the earthen plaster inside and outside the house, and some carpentry.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Jenny: jenny@tryonfarm.org; 503-548-8459, or look at TLC Farm’s Facebook page for event info.

All ages, abilities and skill level welcomed.

WORKPARTIES:
Saturday and Sunday, October 21 and 22, noon to 5pm: earthen plastering!!
More info here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1494491697287230

Saturday and Sunday, October 28 and 29: Earthen plastering
More info coming soon!

We will also work some weekday evenings; get in touch with Jenny to find out which!