Reach out to us here if you would like to join the forest gardening revolution, sustainable education, video collaboration, and shift into a sustainable world. We are working on videos, hosting workshops and events, collaborating with partner organizations, and beginning a forest garden with the perennial and wild food lab at The Lavra Non-Profit.
Get Involved
- Donate: The Lavra Non-Profit
- Visit: come to an Event
- Volunteer: WWOOF, Work-Away, or Help-X
- Collaborate:
- visual storytelling and video production
- edible landscaping
- environmental planning, design, and GIS
Email Us at TheEcologistCowboy@gmail.com
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Our Venue
The Lavra
Arroyo Grande, CA, USA
A model for sustainable development, self-sufficiency, and small-scale regenerative farming. A hub of peace grounded in community, education, and experimentation. The Lavra focuses on community gatherings, hosting lectures from local professors, and workshops for sustainability, gardening, and cooking.
Coming soon: venue space for Permaculture Design Course and weddings.
Email The Lavra: thelavra@gmail.com
Our Friends
The Lavra, Learning from Landscapes, Branch Mill Organics, Traceland Organic Avocados, Heart and Soil Farm, Kelpful, Peace Academy, City Farm SLO, SLO Permaculture