DATE: SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 2023

TIME: 2 - 4PM

LOCATION: CIRCLE ACRES PRESERVE, GROVE BLVD, AUSTIN, TX 78741

Rain Location: Austin Community College, Riverside Campus, 1020 Grove Blvd, Austin, TX 78741 — Building G, Room 8131. Park in Lot E.

Guides: Jesus “Jes” Garcia, Founder of The Herbal Action Project.

Join us at Circle Acres Preserve for a special workshop co-led by Jesus “Jes” Garcia, Founder of The Herbal Action Project. Jes will lead participants through an immersive plant meditation and land healing ceremony to connect our mind, body and spirit to the healing connections between fungi, soils and trees. Participants will have the chance to connect with trees recently planted in Roy Guerrero Park as part of CTMS’s Healthy Soils, Healthy Trees program, and create a community altar with recycled mushroom blocks as we invite healing from the season and elements. Plus learn more about how you can use fungi in your garden or next tree planting project to promote healthy, microbial rich soils and how you can get involved in myceliating Austin’s urban forest.

Open to all, priority given to local communities in and around the Montopolis neighborhood of Southeast Austin.

Parking: Myco Research Station is located at Circle Acres Preserve. The best access to the preserve is through Roy G. Guerrero Park off of Grove Boulevard. Park in the lot located at 508 Grove Blvd. See the map for directions, parking lot location, and how to find the trail entrance.

ABOUT HEALTHY SOILS, HEALTHY TREES: 

Healthy Soils, Healthy Trees is a community science and art initiative exploring the connections between soil health, urban forests and mycology in Central Texas. Organized by Central Texas Mycological Society in partnership with Ecology Action of Texas, the project will activate the Myco Research Station at Circle Acres Preserve with hands-on workshops, public art, and a community science effort to investigate the role fungi play in soil and forest health.

The goal of the program is to foster stewardship and learning about urban forestry and mycology and to better understand the benefits of fungi for Austin’s urban forest. Join us!

Support is provided by the City of Austin’s Urban Forest Grant Program and Wildroot Organic. Thank you!