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Garden Volunteer Retreat
September 12 - September 15, 2024
Aaron 'Water' Piepszny
The garden, forest, and landscaping at Menla support the enjoyment and nourishment of many beautiful, rare, and important pollinators, birds, and humans. Come exponentiate our stewardship of the glorious space that is the Menla ecosystem. We will create forest garden beds to increase water retention, build soil, and sequester carbon, weed the garden beds to focus the energy of these areas to our perennial nectary and food plants, rake leaves to turn into fertility-building mulch, and remove invasive species that crowd out our valuable native species.
We need help from people like you! The work is quite rewarding, knowing that a wide range of people, plants, and animals will benefit from focusing resources towards the purposeful end of carbon footprint reduction, diversity, and sustenance. This is a terrific opportunity to experience Menla for very little money and in a way few people get. Join Menla's experienced horticulturist, Aaron Piepszny, for a weekend out in the sun, woods, and gardens experiencing the healing dimensions of the land, while getting great exercise working and enjoying the company of others. With trowels, shovels, picks, and our hands, you'll be surprised how much we can accomplish in just one weekend!Volunteers for this retreat must be able to lift 30lbs and be in good enough physical condition to be out hiking on the trails for much of the day. Work includes hand weeding garden beds, raking and gathering leaves, removing invasive Japanese barberry. We will work from approximately 9am to 4pm each day, except the final day when we end with lunch at 12:30 pm. This retreat is not for those looking for a relaxation experience; this is a work-focused event so please show up ready to work!
3 - 8 pm Check-In 6 - 7 pm Dinner 7 pm Evening for Relaxation Friday, September 138 - 9 am Breakfast 9 am - 12 pm Garden/ Forest Work 12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 - 4:30 pm Garden/ Forest Work 4:30 - 6 pm Complimentary Steam/Sauna Session 6 - 7 pm Dinner 7:30 pm Bonfire Saturday, September 148 - 9 am Breakfast 9:15 am - 12 pm Garden/ Forest Work 12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 - 4:30 pm Garden/ Forest Work 6 - 7 pm Dinner 7:30 pm Bonfire Sunday, September 157 - 9 am Check-out of Rooms 8 - 9 am Breakfast & Check-Out 9:15 am - 12:30 pm Garden/ Forest Work 12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch & Departure * Please note that the schedule is subject to change at any time
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Thursday, September 12ABOUT THE TEACHERs
Aaron 'Water' Piepszny
Aaron Piepszny teaches Chi Gung, Buddhism, and somatic embodiment studies online as well as at Menla Mountain retreat where he is the head of horticulture. He received his Permaculture Design Certificate in 2016 at the Paititi institute in Peru. Aaron has studied, supported, an...
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