Events
Indigenous Speaker Waban Webquish
Join Waban Webquish for a discussion on the ways that indigenous peoples’ reciprocal relationship with the land supports an optimal environment for all Earth’s creatures and plants. This relationship is rooted in mutual respect and gratitude and comes from being in tune with the cycles of the seasons and the moon.
Waban provides guided walks and seminars on the traditions and history of his Wampanoag/Nipmuc culture and creates and distributes handmade Wampum jewelery as well as culturally sustainable foods. You can learn more about Waban’s work at his Wampanoag Shells website.
This event takes place at Fuller Farm, 995 Route 149, Marstons Mills, which is a Barnstable Land Trust property. Waban will speak for about an hour and take questions afterward.
Spring Permablitz Tour
This year's permaculture tour features four properties. We'll start in Sandwich with a new garden space, which was transformed in a permablitz in May, so you can see what newly tranformed gardens look like and hear an introduction to some permaculture principles and techniques. Next, we'll move to Harwich to see two sites: one that was a permablitz site last year, and another that's several years along and has full-grown trees. The final site is in South Dennis, where you'll be able to see how much can be done with a small piece of land and some imagination. We'll email directions and specifics before the event.
Gardening in Nature Kids Club
For kids ages 7-11. Sign up for all eight sessions, or for four Tuesdays or four Thursdays. We’ll explore a different theme each week, from growing plants from seeds to understanding the importance of pollinators. We’ll spend most of our time exploring outside, and the program includes games, science activities, and art projects. Snacks will be provided. Rain or shine at Fuller Farm in Marstons Mills, a Barnstable Land Trust property.
Second Summer Cycle: Cape Cod Charity Ride
You can ride for Resilient Roots in this year’s Second Summer Cycle ride for charity slated for September 15. This exciting bicycling event cruises through 11 of the Cape's 15 towns to benefit more than 18 local nonprofits.
Riders choose one of three routes, aimed at accommodating all levels of ability:
33 miles: Starting in Orleans at 10 am
69 miles: Starting in Sandwich at 8 am
100 miles: Starting in Mashpee at 6:30 am
All riders finish in Provincetown with a celebratory event that includes cold brews from Barnstable Brewing and $30 in tickets for each rider to use at four food trucks, included as part of the entry fee. Riders are expected to raise $250 each.
Biking enthusiasts are encouraged to register now, as the number of riders will be capped. The registration fee varies by ride length. When you register, you'll need these two details:
For Fundraising Team, indicate Resilient Roots. (If you do not designate the team name this way, Resilient Roots will not receive the funds you raise!)
For Fundraising Charity, choose Youth Athletic Foundation /Resilient Roots/ Real Eyes Truth Inc from the drop-down menu (the last option).
Resilient Roots is one of three nonprofits comprising one team (along with Youth Athletic Foundation and Real Truth Eyes, Inc.). Each team is expected to raise $5,000, and money raised by our riders will go directly to Resilient Roots.
Winter Book Club: Gaia’s Garden
Gaia’s Garden has sparked the imagination of home gardeners the world over by introducing a simple message: working with nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. We will be reading and discussing Chapters 1–5 and Chapter 12. This discussion will be led by Kristie Kapp, founder of Resilient Roots.
Winter Book Club: Braiding Sweetgrass
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert).