ReWILDing Your Lawn

Learn how reWILDing your lawn, or even a small part of your lawn, can positively impact the ecology, your community, create shelter, and enhance economic and food resilience. This workshop is for anyone who is interested in how to plan, design and reWILD! We will spend four joyous hours learning the why, the alternative, and the process to get you there; and then we will workshop a wild design for a bit of your lawn! Materials to bring: copy of your site plan (from google or survey), colored pencils or thin pens, white paper. Please contact us if difficulty obtaining these items would be a barrier to your participation.

If you are able, please bring something to share for lunch. We will provide hot water for tea and cold water for refillable water bottles.

Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024

Time: 10:00am-2:00pm

Location: Community Engagement Center at CEI's Freetown Farm, 8000 Harriett Tubman Lane, Columbia, MD 21044

Ages: 18+

Cost: $65

Your workshop presenter: Carri Beer has a Master of Architecture with a focus on sustainable design. She is a LEED accredited professional, a registered architect in Maryland, a Certified Permaculture Designer with an Advanced Social Permaculture Certificate, and earned a certificate in Co-housing Design. Carri was the consultant on several of the region’s first LEED buildings, the co-facilitator of the Baltimore Living Building Collaborative, co-chair of Baltimore AIA COTE for five years, and architect of the region’s first Net Zero, Foam Free Passive Houses. She is the author of The Radical Rewilding of the Suburban Lawn, self-published in Spring 2023 and creator of A Homeowner’s Field Guide to Radical Regenerative Retrofits, launched Summer of 2023. Carri collaborates with artists, energy consultants, developers, teachers and farmers to create holistic, radical and regenerative homes, community buildings, and landscapes.

Registration and Refunds: Cancellation of tickets requires 7 days’ notice for a refund (minus any processing fees). Cancellations after 7-days’ notice will only be refunded on a case-by-case basis. Tickets can be transferred to an alternate attendee by emailing [email protected].

Your workshop fees at work: Workshop fees support the mission of the Community Ecology Institute. With your support of, and participation in, our paid workshops we are able to offer flexible paid work opportunities to community members, earn an income that supports the operations of our organization and mission-delivery, and invest in programs that build community, protect our environment, and support the health and wellbeing of our community members. Thank you for your continued support!