june 24 2020

This week we are harvesting Cosmos, Chocolate Cosmos, Orlaya, Bachelor Buttons and herbs in abundance as well as the first of the Zinnias! Our bouquets will include delicious herbs that you can also make tea with and eat including Anise Hyssop, and Mint. We are also making an all-edible bouquet!

Last week we donated the profits from our Pop-up to the Okra Project. You can donate directly to them here:

https://www.artsbusinesscollaborative.org/asp-products/the-okra-project-sponsored-project/ 

I will continue to donate throughout the year to local organizations including:

POOR Magazine
https://www.poormagazine.org/rev_donor

People's Breakfast Oakland 
https://www.instagram.com/peoplesbreakfastoakland/?hl=en

East Oakland Collective
https://www.eastoaklandcollective.com/support.html

I am also looking forward to reading Leah Penniman's Book, Farming While Black. As well as spending time listening to the podcast 1619. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
https://www.soulfirefarm.org/support/

Last week we also got to help organize floral actions for Juneteenth. And today we gave some of our violas and cosmos to the Berkeley protest organized by Berkeley High Students. Here's an article they encouraged people to read about the history of redlining in Berkeley.

 https://www.berkeleyside.com/2018/09/20/redlining-the-history-of-berkeleys-segregated-neighborhoods?fbclid=IwAR0Ial0nX55nEwGhQWheyq6cg_OFvwewJpCAp_hsK0dELQLpLaEzA1E6TI8

Please be in touch/ reach out if you have resources, thoughts or suggestions, or you just want to say hi.

Thanks!
Joanna