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Learn about permaculture Saturday in Orangevale

Farm and Garden Club hosts speaker at monthly meeting

Sacramento Digs Gardening
BY Kathy Morrison PUBLISHED JAN 30, 2025

A painted lady butterfly feasts on the nectar of a lacy phacelia plant. Permaculture, the topic of a talk Saturday in Orangevale, encourages beneficial impacts across all forms of life. Kathy Morrison

Any gardener interested in sustainability and ethical use of the environment -- and why wouldn't that be all of us? -- may want to stop in at the Orangevale Farm and Garden Club monthly meeting this Saturday, Feb. 1.

The guest speaker for the meeting will be Eric Seider of Permaculture Fair Oaks, with the topic "Intro to Permaculture."

The meeting, which is open to the public, begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Orangevale Library, 8820 Greenback Lane, Suite L, in Orangevale. This is a different site and time than usual for the club meetings, a change from what was listed earlier in the SacDigsGardening calendar.

Permaculture can be defined in many ways. One simple definition out there is this: "The word permaculture refers to the concept of utilizing land, resources, people and the environment in a manner that doesn’t produce any waste – and encourages the use of closed loop systems seen in nature."

Permaculture Fair Oaks is a locally based nonprofit group. Its mission "is to promote community resiliency, food & future security and abundance through permaculture education and demonstration," the website says.

It adds: "Permaculture is an ethical design science for creating sustainable human environments. It is a holistic design system in which other disciplines fit. Permaculture serves as a toolbox, and it is up to the designer to select the appropriate tool for the job. Permaculture principles can be applied at any scale, from entire bioregions to a small balcony. We believe permaculture is the ideal system for building a resilient community of abundance."

The Orangevale Farm and Garden Club typically meetings on the first Saturday of the month, usually at 9 a.m. at the Orangevale Grange, 5807 Walnut Ave., Orangevale. A $5 donation is suggested for non-members at meetings. The club aims to "bring gardening education and enthusiasm to our community."

The club at meetings also "promotes sharing of resources and invites gardeners to bring their extra harvest, plants, and seeds for our sharing tables."

Information on the OFGC: www.orangevalegrange.org/featured/farm-garden-club/

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