morning glory

This session was the groundbreaking inauguration of the milpa at Casa Tres Hermanas. During our Transforming Invasives hiatus, our community Canticle Farm was miraculously able to acquire a home for our 3 year old Sanctuary Program, which supports asylum seeking immigrants to arrive into safety (to set down roots in the fertile soil of abundance and hospitality), to orient with accompaniment (guided towards nutrients by the rhizomycelium), and to ease into a life here amidst the gracious complexity of immersion in our diverse community (to be honored, seen, and celebrated for their unique journeys). Oona has been nursing this project since moving to the Bay from their time doing mutual aid at the border, all the while reveling in the poetic parallels between the process of welcoming newcomer humans into our community while also inviting curiosity and play with newcomer plants in our ecosystem. In the wise words of Maya Blow (Soul Flower Farm) “‘weeds’ are the hardworking immigrants of the plant community”; together, we’ll celebrate their gifts.

We’re grateful to have worked at that direct intersection, of both plant and human communities, as we uprooted and transformed Morning Glory (Convolvulus Ipomoea), which fully blanketed the backyard of Casa Tres Hermanas. After uprooting, we sheet mulched to prepare the space for its next phase as a healing milpa sanctuary space for newcomers to lay down fresh roots.

Experiments with wreaths and collars