Cofi Higgins, a student in our current yearlong Permaculture Design Class who is actively engaged in the Woodlawn community, alerted us to this upcoming event "gathering a team of passionate community members to help plan and execute a powerful pop-up experience." We're happy to see things like this popping up, and encourage you to pop in!

To learn more and RSVP, contact Cofi at (513) 888-1379 or by email.

PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA ANNUAL DESIGN CONTEST

🎓 PDC Students: Turn Your Final Design Into a $2,500 Prize! You’re eligible to submit your final design to the 2025 Permaculture Design Contest (PINA).

✅ Open to any student completing a PDC in 2024 or 2025
💰 Prize: $2,500 for Best New Designer
🌍 Your work will be seen by top designers & educators
📅 Submission Period Open: August 15-October 15, 2025
📩 Submit here: https://pina.in/design_2025-pina-design-contest/

Your design is done—share it with the world.

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preserving traditional crafts by reinterpreting them to modern aesthetics
and bringing the community together to strengthen our connections

In celebration of its 75th anniversary, The Weavers Guild of Greater Cincinnati, in partnership with nine local craft guilds, hosted the inaugural Gathering of the Guilds (GOTG) on September 9th, 2023. GOTG showcased the wide variety of opportunities in craft education available in our city. Members of our community discovered that vibrant craft guilds exist and that they welcome new members. Guilds were ready to sign up new members and offer schedules for upcoming classes. The event included live demonstrations of blacksmithing, glassblowing, printmaking, weaving, spinning, quilting, art-book design, enameling, gemstone cutting, woodturning, and fabrication with clay.

This year, Gathering of the Guilds takes place on Saturday, September 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 PM at the Weaver’s Guild of Cincinnati, 4870 Gray Rd.

• 10 contemporary craft guilds,

• 17 juried makers,

• 8 merchants,

• 3 food vendors, and

• 30+ demonstrations

The Connection to Permaculture

Permaculture encourages us to consider what technologies and materials we use in our designs and our day to day life, looking to the wisdom of the past and the efficiency of nature for inspiration. The value of folk art is not only found in its beauty and the way it captures the creative spirit of a culture: these are the tools and skills that empower you to life a more naturally-derived, naturally-inspired life. Supporting traditional artisans keeps this valuable bank of wisdom alive and thriving as an asset the whole ecosystem can benefit from, while keeping local wealth in the local community, in the direct hands of the makers — the Fair Share ethic of permaculture.

CINCINNATI CIVIC GARDEN CENTER FALL NATIVE PLANT FESTIVAL

Are you a native plant novice? Expert? Somewhere in between? Join us for the Fall Native Plant Festival! Whether you don’t know what a native plant is or have been growing them for years, this free, multi-vendor celebration of all things native plants is for you.

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Join Food Not Lawns Cincinnati for a get-to-know-you summer social event to build community and gather momentum for our upcoming projects. All are welcome to this free event!

• Design jam - Collaborate on a design for a courtyard at a local women’s shelter!

• Eco Open Mic

• Propagation Station

• Micronursery unveiling

• Fall planting in the People’s Garden

• Skill demonstrations

Gallery in the Woods brings in local artists to create semi-permanent outdoor installations for a 12 month long exhibition. The guiding principle of this year’s Gallery in the Woods program is to repurpose invasive species for installation, creating beauty and contemplation along Imago’s trails. The gallery opening in August will include a community seed cake creating activity as well as a trail walk to view installations and speak with artists. Among this year’s featured artists is Cincy Permaculture grad Julia Orquera Bianco (class of 2023)!

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Imago Earth Center, 700 Enright Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45205.

Citizens for Rights of the Ohio River Watershed (CROW) will share a variety of ways to understand rights of nature, premiere their new short video, and end with a Q and A plus discussion about this important worldview.

No charge but donations welcome.

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PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA ANNUAL DESIGN CONTEST

🎓 PDC Students: Turn Your Final Design Into a $2,500 Prize! You’re eligible to submit your final design to the 2025 Permaculture Design Contest (PINA).

✅ Open to any student completing a PDC in 2024 or 2025
💰 Prize: $2,500 for Best New Designer
🌍 Your work will be seen by top designers & educators
📅 Submission Period Open: August 15-October 15, 2025
📩 Submit here: https://pina.in/design_2025-pina-design-contest/

Your design is done—share it with the world.

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See you at Monarch Fest! June 14, 10:00AM-2:00PM
Since 2019, Monarch Fest has given away over 2900 native pollinator plants to the community.

At this fun, family-friendly event you will learn how to create a pollinator-friendly habitat in your own yard. Make sure to stop by CPI’s table and say hi! >>Event Info

The Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit serves as a spark for connecting and learning together, deepening our resolve, and celebrating collaborative climate solutions as we each find our place in the movement to secure a resilient, equitable, and thriving future.

Join us on June 5, 2025 for our 12th annual Summit at the Sharonville Convention Center - 15 miles north of Cincinnati, OH.

The event will feature a full day of programming (8:00 am to 6:00 pm), with 100 speakers, an exhibitor expo, a poster session, an art show, live performances, and a networking reception. Topics featured at the Summit include:

• Healthy & Resilient Communities

• Business & Green, Circular economy

• Government & Policy

• Healthy, High-Performing Infrastructure

• Active Transportation, Public Transit & Micromobility

• Resilient Local Food Systems

• Climate Justice, Equity and Inclusion

• Green Workforce Development

• Emergency Preparedness

CPI is thrilled to be speaking about our Boots on the Ground Food Champions initiative - to see us, make your way to the Short Talk Series on Food Systems & Agriculture, Room 201, 11:30-12:30.

Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4 and 10-11

Vegetables, flowers and other plants for sale that are locally grown with organic practices.

Saturdays 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sundays 12:00PM to 4:00 PM

Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4 and 10-11

Vegetables, flowers and other plants for sale that are locally grown with organic practices.

Saturdays 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sundays 12:00PM to 4:00 PM

Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4 and 10-11

Vegetables, flowers and other plants for sale that are locally grown with organic practices.

Saturdays 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sundays 12:00PM to 4:00 PM

Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4 and 10-11

Vegetables, flowers and other plants for sale that are locally grown with organic practices.

Saturdays 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sundays 12:00PM to 4:00 PM

Cincinnati Permaculture Institute will have a table at Tower Park at the Fort Thomas Earth Day Festival, the largest Earth Day celebration in northern Kentucky. This year’s theme is “Our Power. Our Planet.”

Event information: https://www.facebook.com/share/1L27CRrbba/

CPI will have a table at the Westwood Farmer’s Market on Thursday, September 19 from 4-7 PM at Westwood United Methodist Church.

CPI will have a table at the Westwood Farmer’s Market on Thursday, August 15 from 4-7 PM at Westwood United Methodist Church.

A gentle body and garden engagement with focus on sensation and the wonders of connecting with Nature in a playful way. Permaculture and botanical info will be shared.

Will take place outdoors as weather allows. Please bring a yoga mat or towel and water.

Meet at the greenhouse, 824 Enright Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45205

Join us in the Beer Garden at Fibonacci Brewing Company on Friday, July 26 as CPI and other local organizations gather, mingle, and share information over a few frosty pints! Look for Jess & Howie at the CPI tent.

Felix Marisa, Marketing Chair at Cincinnati Permaculture Institute, attended the Midwest Permaculture Convergence hosted by Great Rivers and Lakes Permaculture Institute in June in Bloomingdale, Michigan. She is hosting two live online sessions to discuss what she learned, heard, and saw there, and open up discussion for further opportunities in the local and regional permaculture movements.

FIRST SESSION: Wednesday July 17, 7PM - 8:30 PM EDT, via Google Meet

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/igp-yynk-qhs

Google Calendar Link: https://calendar.app.google/9qHrt3MzgoPUSHHTA

SECOND SESSION: Wednesday, July 24, 7 PM EDT on Facebook Live

https://www.facebook.com/share/xiW4UydD4pqMe5p9/

CPI will have a table at the Westwood Farmer’s Market on Thursday, July 18 from 4-7 PM at Westwood United Methodist Church.

Felix Marisa, Marketing Chair at Cincinnati Permaculture Institute, attended the Midwest Permaculture Convergence hosted by Great Rivers and Lakes Permaculture Institute in June in Bloomingdale, Michigan. She is hosting two live online sessions to discuss what she learned, heard, and saw there, and open up discussion for further opportunities in the local and regional permaculture movements.

FIRST SESSION: Wednesday July 17, 7PM - 8:30 PM EDT, via Google Meet

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/igp-yynk-qhs

Google Calendar Link: https://calendar.app.google/9qHrt3MzgoPUSHHTA

SECOND SESSION: Wednesday, July 24, 7 PM EDT on Facebook Live

https://www.facebook.com/share/xiW4UydD4pqMe5p9/

A gentle body and garden engagement with focus on sensation and the wonders of connecting with Nature in a playful way. Permaculture and botanical info will be shared.

Will take place outdoors as weather allows. Please bring a yoga mat or towel and water.

Meet at the greenhouse, 824 Enright Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45205

Learn about Cincinnati Permaculture Institute’s new Food Production Champions Program, launching this summer in the neighborhoods of Westwood, South Cumminsville and the Beekman Corridor.

For more information or to RSVP, call (513) 541-4109 ext. 103 or email rbehrens@wincincy.org.

CPI will have a table at this market to discuss our upcoming permaculture courses, workshops, and the beginning of our neighborhood Food Production Champions program.

Cincinnati Permaculture Institute will have a booth at the Christ the King Lutheran Church in West Chester - come see us!

CPI will be attending this summit as a Green Umbrella member and community partner.

More information here: https://greenumbrella.org/event/greater-cincinnati-regional-green-schoolyards-summit/