What This Is

This is a day to gather.To slow down.To listen.To remember how to be in relationship—with land, with each other, and with whatcomes after us.

Canopies of Care is a growing network across NovaScotia and the Maritimes, supporting the spread of perennial food systems in shared spaces: schools, daycares, community land, public spaces, and private land that wants to be shared.

This work is guided by three core threads: Earth Care · People Care · Future Care

Food forests/ Edible Forest Gardens/Perennial food systems are one way we can practice this.

This day is not about controlling land or maximizing output.It is about learning how to observe, respond, and design with living systems.

Humans are part of that system and Not separate from it.

Event Description

This full-day Community of Practice is an invitation to gather, learn, and design together.

Rooted in the Canopies of Care initiative, this experience brings together nonprofits, schools, businesses, land stewards, and community groups who are interested in creating perennial food systems in the spaces they care for.

Using food forestry and permaculture as guiding frameworks, we will explore how to design edible landscapes that are not only productive—but relational, accessible, and responsive to place.

This is not a lecture-based workshop.It is a shared, participatory learning space.

We will move between:

land-based observation

• practical design teaching
• group reflection and discussion
• collaborative exercises
  
• Participants will leave with:

a grounded understanding of food forest systems in Nova Scotia

• practical tools to begin or refine a design
• insight into community-based and shared land models and how to activate
• connection to a broader network of practitioners
  
• Who This Is For
• Nonprofits and community organizers
• Schools, daycares, and educators
• Senior centres and community hubs
• Municipal or public land stewards
• Businesses with land or community interest
• Private landowners exploring shared or cooperative models
  
• How We Will Work
  
• This is a community of practice.
• Which Means that we will earn together. walk thru some helpful ways to gain feedback, insight and relevant information. We will share ideas, concepts, experience and learn together collaboratively.

from the land

from each other

from what is already working

From the questions and creativity that arises

• There will be moments of teaching,and just as much space for observation, reflection, and conversation.
  

DATES and Location for upcoming Community of Practice: Food Forest Design

Saturday June 27th Berwick Nova Scotia 9-4 pm

Saturday August 15th Scotsburn Nova Scotia

Cape Breton dates and location TBA

PEI Dates and Location TBA

Everyone here is part of the system.

This Full Day workshop will run from 9-4pm

Lunch will be provided

This community of practice will take place both inside and out regardless of weather so please dress acordingly.

Each particpant will go home with a loaded inbox of local and regionally appropriate resources to continue in your Food Forest creations

Particpants will receive a blend of take homes seeds/plants/cuttings/cover crop to start their Food Forest journey

The Financial Offering for this community of care practice is $100 per person or pay what you can.

We want the information and process of working together in community to be accesible to all financial seasons

to secure your seat and registration complete, you must email canopiesofcare@gmail.com to make payment arrangements