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  • Regenerative agriculture invites us to tend the land as a living system. Join us for a guided tour of the Seven Layers of the Food Forest Orchard system and an afternoon of community stewardship. Together, we’ll learn how natural systems shape healthy orchards, by capturing water and creating input by integrated native plants and high producing cultivars, practice seasonal maintenance, and participate in a hands-on pruning demonstration focused on tree health and long-term resilience.

    We’ll close with a wild-foraging walk, exploring edible and medicinal plants that thrive in a well-tended ecosystem. This session is perfect for volunteers, students, and anyone excited to deepen their relationship with land care and permaculture regenerative design.

    Facilitators:
    Carol Burton, Director of Permaculture
    Kyle Frese, Decentralized Farming, LLC

    About Our Facilitators

    Carol Burton is Urban Harvest’s Director of Permaculture with over twenty years of experience in backyard, school and community gardening, and environmental education. Carol is a certified teacher and curriculum specialist in environmental education and Permaculture Design Consultant and Educator. She is also the co-author of Urban Harvest School Garden Guide for the Greater Houston Area.

    Kyle Frese is owner of Decentralized Farming LLC, a company focused on helping people, businesses, and schools get started and continue growing their own food. Kyle received his permaculture design certificate in May of 2022 and permaculture teacher training certification in 2025. Kyle has a background in chemical and environmental engineering and left his corporate chemical career to focus on his permaculture business in early 2024. Kyle was president of his HOA board for 1.5 years in 2022 & 2023 and works with homeowners in respect to their HOA guidelines. Kyle is fascinated by the benefits of diversity in soil, plants, and animals, and the ability for us all to take back power through gardening/farming.

    Decentralized Farming LLC, 832-840-5468
    kyle@decentralizedfarmingllc.com, www.decentralizedfarmingllc.com
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In Support of Urban Harvest, Inc.
Urban Harvest cultivates thriving communities through gardening and access to healthy, local food. We are improving the lives, soil, and plates of​ all Houstonians through: 

ORGANIC GARDENING & NUTRITION EDUCATION
Urban Harvest Classes teach and promote the benefits of organic gardening, ecological land management, and healthy food choices. In schools, our Garden Educators teach children about nature and the origins of their food through hands-on, experiential learning. 

HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS
Through Double Up Houston, Urban Harvest is making fresh, healthy food accessible and affordable for all. Double Up Houston provides SNAP (formerly food stamps) beneficiaries with double the amount of fresh produce for every dollar spent at markets and farm stands across Houston.

COMMUNITY GARDENS
With a network of over 160 edible gardens throughout the Greater Houston area, it's easy to get involved in a garden near you. Urban Harvest provides affiliate gardens with volunteer engagement and workdays; seed and plant distributions; and, free education opportunities to help each garden become long-lasting and well-established for the community it serves.

FARMERS MARKETS
Get to know your farmer at Urban Harvest's Farmers Markets. Here, you will find the freshest farm and artisanal products, each grown, raised, and made within 180 miles of Houston. What’s more, your food dollars stay in the local economy.

Urban Harvest Farmers Market
2752 Buffalo Speedway
Every Saturday; 8am - noon

Mobile Market
Click here for locations.