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Come share in:
Come share in:
🍃 Blackberry removal methods + hands-on work
🍃 Blackberry removal methods + hands-on work
🍃 Workshop on botany + ecological importance of invasive species management
🍃 Workshop on botany + ecological importance of invasive species management
🍃 Creative uses of blackberry, including biochar making
🍃 Creative uses of blackberry, including biochar making
🍃 A blackberry-themed potluck to end the day
🍃 A blackberry-themed potluck to end the day


✨ Schedule Highlights ✨
✨ Schedule Highlights ✨
— 2-6 PM: Afternoon blackberry work party (bring gloves + tools if you can!)
— 2-6 PM: Afternoon blackberry work party (bring gloves + tools if you can!)
— 6–8 PM: A Permaculture Approach to Blackberry workshop
— 6–8 PM: A Permaculture Approach to Blackberry workshop
— 8–9 PM: Blackberry potluck + biochar workshop
— 8–9 PM: Blackberry potluck + biochar workshop


💫 Bring your: loppers, leather gloves, shears, protective clothing
💫 Bring your: loppers, leather gloves, shears, protective clothing
💫 Bring a dish to share: something blackberry-inspired, if you like!
💫 Bring a dish to share: something blackberry-inspired, if you like!
💫 Bring your curiosity + good energy
💫 Bring your curiosity + good energy


This is a chance to learn, connect, and co-create — weaving together care for the land, each other, and the many species who call this place home. Let’s meet the edges together, and tend them with love.
This is a chance to learn, connect, and co-create — weaving together care for the land, each other, and the many species who call this place home. Let’s meet the edges together, and tend them with love.
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Revision as of 22:28, 2 June 2025

Date2025-06-16
Time02:00 PM - 09:00 PM
LocationKiwi Palace
DescriptionWe warmly invite you to join us for a day of community gathering, hands-on learning, and joyful work as we come together to rebalance the landscape where Himalayan blackberry has spread widely. Rather than seeing this as a battle of eradication, we approach it as relational tending — honoring blackberry’s gifts while making space for native plants and greater biodiversity to thrive.

Come share in: 🍃 Blackberry removal methods + hands-on work

🍃 Workshop on botany + ecological importance of invasive species management

🍃 Creative uses of blackberry, including biochar making

🍃 A blackberry-themed potluck to end the day


✨ Schedule Highlights ✨

— 2-6 PM: Afternoon blackberry work party (bring gloves + tools if you can!)

— 6–8 PM: A Permaculture Approach to Blackberry workshop

— 8–9 PM: Blackberry potluck + biochar workshop


💫 Bring your: loppers, leather gloves, shears, protective clothing

💫 Bring a dish to share: something blackberry-inspired, if you like!

💫 Bring your curiosity + good energy


This is a chance to learn, connect, and co-create — weaving together care for the land, each other, and the many species who call this place home. Let’s meet the edges together, and tend them with love.