Permaculture Weekend at Gateway Farm

Day 2: Community Showcase - Permaculture for Here and Now in 2025!

September 14th, 2025

We showcase local and regional permaculturists and their projects, skills and approaches. All this set in Gateway Farm a permaculture-inspired, regenerative & re-wilded working farm in Plymouth, Michigan.

There’s such an abundance of projects, practices and people in our permaculture community. Many of these are carried out quietly day to day. Here we put these on stage, give voice, and the public profile they deserve. We share these community solutions that we all need and want.

Our aim for community connection, reselling and mutual support of the work that is being done and emerging.

------------------------------

Presentations & Skill Shares

‘Shou Sugi Ban- Resilience through Flame’

Marta Dwaihy & Emmanuel Aubrey of Tree Folk Farm and Nursery + Permaculture Kids Club

‘A Couple of Rough Types’

Jesse Tack & Milton Dixon of Essential Spiral & Washtenaw Permaculture Meet-up

‘Falling Forward’

Alex Kwon of Graft Living Studios, Chavez Community Garden & Unity House

‘It's All Connected’

Jean Cavanaugh of Crossing Hedgerows Sactuary

Nora Berry & Vishnu Nair of Leslie Park Community Food Forest

‘Empowering Leadership & Autonomous Action in Community Climate Projects’

Cason Hunwick of The Mutual Aid Network of Ypsilanti Eco Survival Support

Hosts & Farm Tour

Bridget O’Brien & Charlie Brennan of Garden Juju Collective & Gateway Farm Hub

Kids activities: Harvest Loom, Story Time, Farm Walk, Flower Picking, Games and more

------------------------------

Permaculture empowers us with critical knowledge and equips us to meet the challenges and opportunities of this current time. The study and practice of permaculture encompasses 1) homesteading, farm and garden design for abundance and sustainability, 2) perennial permaculture gardens and food forests, and 3) how to design and put into practice sustainable living systems – this can be applied landscapes, but it can also guide our design principles for life in general, whether we have land or not.

Are you ready for life-altering, paradigm-shifting, practice-building, inspirational change for the way you are in the world?

This event is for you if:

You are tired of seeing the many broken systems all around us and want to be a part of the movement that is regenerating land and creating sustainable solutions.
You feel a pull to work with nature rather than against it.
You would like to start living by design rather than by habitual default.
You are curious how to incorporate ecological design into your gardens, farms, homes, relationships, work and life in general.
You are craving a holistic approach to sharing resources, minimizing waste, and advocating for human needs, earth needs, and the needs of future generations.
You’ve heard about permaculture and want to get your feet wet!
You’d like to get more deeply into permaculture.

. . . . . . .

Join us for this most fundamental and exciting event.

Please arrive around 8:30am for refreshments and registration.

There will be a potluck luncheon. Please bring a dish to pass with a complete list of ingredients.
Tea, coffee, and some snacks will be provided.

. . . . . . .

We also suggest joining us for the whole weekend - plan to attend Saturday's workshop as well as Sunday's Showcase.

Day 1: Workshop - Taking Permaculture to the Edge!

September 13th, 2025

In this one-day workshop we give insights into 4 different aspects of permaculture. Drawing from Garden Juju Collective’s international teaching and research we present -

Radically redesigning everything
Making food forests & perennial food systems work
Social permaculture and impacts
Updating Permaculture for here & now

. . . . . . .

All levels of experience are welcome.

All ages are welcome. Those under 18 are included in the price of a caregiver ticket. There will be a kids tent area with activities. Please supervise younger children.

Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs and we will accommodate you.

Community Events are a collaboration between Garden Juju Collective and Gateway Farm and take place at Gateway’s beautiful, abundant, permaculture-inspired, regenerative farm ‘hub’.

We warmly invite you to be part of these enriching events where together we can learn, grow and thrive.

. . . . . . .

Garden Juju Collective and Gateway Farm Hub events may be recorded in photo and video. By attending one of our events, you consent to being photographed and/or recorded. Images, recordings, and audio may be used for promotional purposes, both in print and online, including our social media channels and documentaries.

If this is a matter of concern, please inform event staff upon arrival and we will put every effort into accommodating you. We can avoid closeups but while we will do our best, we cannot make a guarantee with wide, group shots. Our staff will avoid children’s faces unless there has been expressed guardian consent. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

Contact the host of Community Showcase - Permaculture for Here and Now in 2025