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

Design jams are when we invite permaculture designers (of all experience levels) back to the table for a “quick-draw” design challenge in just a few hours!

For this jam, we’ll be visiting Wondercade, an arcade on a well-trafficked stretch of Harrison Avenue in the neighborhood of Westwood in Cincinnati. This triangular urban lot is home to several businesses and includes unused green space and opportunities for improved energy efficiency and use of the space, as well as cooperative connectivity to neighboring businesses and residents. CPI designer Ethan Walton will lead you in this improvisational challenge — we complete a little pre-analysis up front to get you started, then let you loose on some base maps to see what you come up with! Get creative, meet and mingle with other permies, and exercise your design muscles!

Free. Open to anyone who has completed or is currently enrolled in one of our courses, or who has taken a PDC from another provider, as well as neighbors and residents of Westwood who are interested in being involved!