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Dear friends and allies for the planet,
Here are some of the things we are cooking up for 2020 at Friends of the Trees Society and Global Earth Repair Foundation.
January/February, 2020
The 3rd year in a row we are organizing this film festival.
6 films in two locations during January and February
January through March Schedule. The grand opening of our office was November 3 and about 40 people attended. We have regular office hours Wednesday 12:00 to 7:00. Saturday 10:00 to 5:00. We often have workshops on Saturday.
January through March Schedule. The grand opening of our office was November 3 and about 40 people attended. We have regular office hours Wednesday 12:00 to 7:00. Saturday 10:00 to 5:00. We often have workshops on Saturday.
Global Earth Repair Foundation
Unless indicated otherwise all classes are at the Global Earth Repair office:
10644 Rhody Drive, Port Hadlock, WA 98339
* Classes by donation unless indicated otherwise. Just showing up is okay for the by-donation events.
* Please register ahead of time for workshops that cost money.
January 4, Saturday. 1:00 – 5:00. We Are the Whorled: Electromagnetic Anatomy of Earth & Humanity, Part 2: Chi and Earth Energy Fields. Vitalism, Biomagnetism, Earth Energy Fields: Kidney Meridian: Electromagnetic Anatomy of Plants: Vortexes & Spirals: Instructed by David Yarrow.
January 5, Sunday, 1:00 – 5:00. Water Dowsing. Part 2. Instructed by David Yarrow
Following the dowsing workshop there is an optional, free, vegan dinner prepared by Robin Sharan, of the Annapurna Inn. The meal is at the location of the dowsing field trip.
January 9, Thursday. 6:30-8:30 pm. Working with nature spirits. Presentation by Michael Pilarski. Quimper Fairy Study Circle.
January 15. Wednesday, 1:00-4:00 pm. Global Earth Repair Foundation Meeting.
January 16, Thursday. 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Agroforestry Around the World. Overview of many types of agroforestry. Temperate to Tropical . Small scale to large scale. Instructed by Michael Pilarski.
January 18, Saturday. 10:00 - 3:00. The many faces of Asthma and other lung conditions. Instructed by Denise Joy. Mountain Spirit Herbals. $50. Register at this link. https://www.mountainspiritherbals.com/collections/new/products/class-january-18th-2020-the-many-faces-of-asthma-and-other-lung-conditions
January 26, Sunday. 1:00-5:00. Close the Soil Fertility Cycle. Composting Humanure. Discussion led by David Yarrow.
January 28, Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Turning Woody Biomass into fertility on Farms and in Gardens. The uses of tree trunks, stumps, limbs, stems, chips, bark, shavings, hog-fuel, sawdust, leaves, forest litter, biochar and ramial chipped wood. Turning a waste into a resource. Yard-scale, farm-scale and forestry. Presentation by Michael Pilarski.
January 30. Thursday. 6:30-8:30 pm. Working with the Sidhe and the Perelandra Process for Subtle Activism. Presentation by Mahala Frye. Quimper Fairy Study Circle.
February 1. Saturday. 10:00 - 3:00. Nervines for today’s world: Instructed by Denise Joy. Mountain Spirit Herbals. $50. Register at this link.
February 8. Saturday. 1:00 – 5:00. Regenerative Farming. A discussion on improving the carbon content and fertility of soils. David Yarrow, Michael Pilarski and participants.
February 13. Thursday, 1:00-4:00 pm. Global Earth Repair Foundation Meeting.
February 13. Thursday. 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Designing Riparian Corridor Plantings for Ecological Function and Profit. Presentation by Michael Pilarski.
February 20. Thursday. 6:30-8:30 pm. Quimper Fairy Study Circle.
February 28, Friday. 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Natural Building Technologies and Materials. In this presentation, Penny Livingston of the Regenerative Design Institute will share many wonderful examples of bio-regionally appropriate, non-toxic building and building systems from all over the world. Some of the systems discussed will include cob, light straw clay, bamboo, timber frame, strawjet, rammed earth, paja rekey and wood chip clay as well as earthen and lime plaster.
February 29. Saturday. 10:00 – 5:00. Earthen Building Technologies Workshop. Instructed by Penny Livingston. Includes hands-on earthen plasters. $75. For info and registration contact Penny Livingston: penny@regenerativedesign.org
March 6. Friday. 1:00 - 4:00. Plant Walk with Michael Pilarski. Modern and Traditional Uses of Wild Plants. Eutopos Farm & Gardens. Coyle, WA. $30. Registration and details: sales@friendsofthetrees.net
March 7. Sunday. 1:00 – 4:00. Biochar workshop and demonstration. Presented by Francesco Tortorici, Olympic Biochar.
March 8. Sunday. 1:00- 4:00. Plant Walk with Michael Pilarski. Modern and Traditional Uses of Wild Plants. Port Angeles, WA. $30. Meeting location to be announced. Registration and details: sales@friendsofthetrees.net
March 12 . Thursday. 1:00-4:00 pm. Global Earth Repair Foundation Meeting.
March 12. Thursday. 6:30-8:30 pm.. Quimper Fairy Study Circle.
March 14. Saturday. 10:00- 5:00. Food Forests workshop, Port Townsend. Michael Pilarski and others. Includes a hands-on planting. Meeting location to be announced.
March 15. Sunday. 1:00- 4:00. Plant Walk with Michael Pilarski. Modern and Traditional Uses of Wild Plants. Port Townsend, WA. $30. Meeting location to be announced. Registration and details: sales@friendsofthetrees.net u
March 21, Saturday: 1:00- 5:00. Hugelkultur Tour de Force. We will visit hugelkulturs, large and small on multiple properties in the Port Hadlock area. Meet at the GERF office.
March 28. Saturday, 10:00 – 5:00. Medicinal Herb Micro-farming. Instructed by Michael Pilarski. Field trip to our planting at Finnriver Farm. $90. Spring tasks and digging propagation material for 25 medicinal species. Registration and details: sales@friendsofthetrees.net
March 29. Sunday. 10:00 to 4:00. Plant Sale. Medicinal herbs, berries, cuttings, seeds. At Finnriver Farm.
Contact:
Michael Pilarski, 360-643-9178, friendsofthetrees@yahoo.com
More details on our website:
Download the schedule as a poster (pdf)
~ Lummi Island
~ Jefferson County
~ Spokane County
~ Leavenworth/Wenatchee River Watershed
Dates, venues and details will be forthcoming.
Spring, Summer and Fall. One-day workshops at our herb planting at Finnriver Farm, Chimacum, WA.
The 3rd year we have offered this 3-season class.
$90 per class, $250 for all three.
Spring: March 28.
Summer: August 8
Fall: October 3
Each workshop introduces and demonstrates the seasonal work at that time of year as well as how-to information on many medicinal species. Michael has 62 years of experience since he started working in farm fields at the age of nine. He is one of the few people in Washington teaching commercial herb growing.
April 18-19, 2020. Carlton, WA (Methow Valley). Workshop by Michael Pilarski and Benjamin Pixie. Designing plantings to maximize nectar and pollen sources for honeybees and other pollinators. First day is overview of the topic and species selection. Second day is hands-on planting and seeding of a beescape. 10am to 5pm, both days.
June 25-29, 2020, Skalitude Retreat Center, Twisp, WA.
If you have ever considered attending the ‘Fairy Congress’ this would be a good year. The 2020 theme is “Building Alliances for Earth Regeneration”. Combining global earth repair with communication & co-creation with fairies, nature spirits, devas & Sidhe. There will be over 25 presenters including: David Spangler, Marko Pogacnik, Caitlin Matthews and Jaap Van Etten. The connection between the Fairy & Human Relations Congress, friends of the Trees Society and the Global Earth Repair Foundation is that Michael Pilarski started all three. Science and Spirit working together.
Brendan McNamara is getting close to finishing building a new website. It should be up sometime in January. Our current url (below) will forward to the new site once up.
Anna Pallotta just did some nice work compiling our many videos into the following categories: Hugelkultur, Medicinal Root Harvesting, Agroforestry Systems, Wildcrafting, Permaculture, Medicinal Herb Videos, Plant Walks and Playlists. Anna has now filmed 32 videos of Michael Pilarski wildcrafting, growing and processing medicinal herbs. There is a wide selection of agroforestry videos chronicling my 32 years of agroforestry systems.
We are a good cause. We will use all contributions to good advantage.
For the Earth,
Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski
For further details on any of this keep an eye on our websites: Friends of the Trees Society and
or contact:
Michael Pilarski
Friendsofthetrees@yahoo.com
360-643-9178.