Have fun touring around Beacon Food Forest exploring 10 of its berry species! We’ll be spending a little time with each berry species, doing a little maintenance gardening for Blueberries and Raspberries, and taking home some cuttings and/or canes of some berry species to use in your own personal, or another community garden.

Participants will tour around Beacon Food Forest (mostly Phase 1) meeting 10 berry species @ BFF: Blueberries, Raspberries, Currants, Gooseberries, Honeyberries, Aronia, Thornless Blackberry, Goji, Goumi, and Elderberry.

-Each berry will be observed, then some basic info will be shared about each berry species as we tour around (info will be in a handout for review).

-Participants will have opportunity to learn how to do a little maintenance gardening for both Blueberries and Raspberries

-Participants can take cuttings and/or canes of easily-propagated plants to add to their gardens.

About Instructor: Kimberly Leeper, a Seattleite since 1995, is a garden educator, regenerative landscape designer, plant and wildlife enthusiast who specializes in Pacific NW native plants, beneficial wildlife habitat, and food forests.

She has a background in school psychology; teaching and learning with children and adults in schools and the woods; community organizing for collaborative emergency preparedness; volunteering with community gardens and plant-related endeavors - Beacon Food Forest for past 9 years; and leading sustainable landscaping companies - Mariposa Naturescapes (2005 - 2016) and Oasis Edible Naturescapes (2016 to 2018), and Working With Nature (2019 – present) – currently focuses on consulting, coaching, and education with some design & garden maintenance. Kimberly loves inspiring people to think more holistically about their landscapes, and create an oasis with lots of foraging opportunities close to home!

Tickets are $35 with some sliding scale available
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/very-berry-tour-of-beacon-food-forest-tickets-170479948114