Soil and Society Workshop

Learn about soil ecology, and how to build healthy soil for creating a bee garden and growing food!

“The most important part of the garden is invisible.

It starts with soil.” ~ Nova C. Nelson

Join us at the A Rocha Bloom & Buzz garden in partnership with The Helping Hand and commemorate World Bee Day, 20 May!

A regenerative practice starts from a simple premise:
feed the soil, and the soil feeds the plants and pollinators.

Here at the Bloom & Buzz garden, we practice urban permaculture and syntropic agriculture principles.

Mimicking how soil is built in our jungles and forests — over time, with what is already there, in layers. We built this soil as a community using the Kuih Lapis method — layering fallen leaves, coffee grounds, cardboard, burnt rice, cocopeat and compost, one on top of another. Just like the kuih, every layer matters.

Healthy soil grows healthy plants. Healthy plants attract pollinators. Pollinators make harvest possible.

It all begins below your feet.

Cost:
$20 + 2.05 (Eventbrite fees)

Your Instructor
Nova C. Nelson, Permaculture Designer; Founder of Cultivate Central

Nova has made it her mission to help care for the health of people and planet by imagining and creating practical local regenerative food utopias, spaces, commons, communities and systems. A Rocha is blessed to have her wisdom and love for teaching as we create the garden together in community.

Kindly prepare $5 for refreshments provided by The Helping Hand in support of their Hands Bakery and Cafe (cashless payment preferred on site). You can also pre-order yummy chiffon cakes and other baked goods at least 5 days in advance and self-collect that day!

What to wear/bring:
Covered shoes
Hat
Gloves
Secatuers/Garden Scissors
Water

Where to meet:
Please check in at Security.
Keep to the left side of the car park as you enter.

Terms and Conditions:

In participating in the above-mentioned A Rocha Singapore activity (“Programme”), I accept and consent to the following terms and conditions:

1.⁠ ⁠My participation in the Programme is entirely voluntary.

2.⁠ ⁠I undertake and agree to accept any danger, risk and/or safety hazard (including but not limited to the risk of loss of life, injury and/or damage to property and personal belongings) that may arise from my participation in the Programme.

3.⁠ ⁠I agree to release, waive and discharge A Rocha Singapore from any liability, including any special or punitive damages, whether direct, incidental, and/or consequential, howsoever arising out of my participation in the Programme.

4.⁠ ⁠I hereby grant A Rocha Singapore permission to photograph, film, and/or otherwise record my name, image, voice, and likeness ("recorded media"). I consent to the use of this recorded media for promotional, marketing, news, advertising, and other purposes in consistent with the organization's mission.

5.⁠ ⁠I waive all rights to review or approve the recorded media and waive any claim for payment or royalties in connection with its use. I release A Rocha Singapore, its officers, employees, and agents from any liability connected with the use of the recorded media.

Date and Privacy Protection of Client / Partnering Organisation:

I agree to treat all personal information of the residents of The Helping Hand as confidential (including pictures and videos of clients or events, etc.) and will not collect, use or disclose such information without the permission of A Rocha Singapore.

I may contact A Rocha Singapore at any time to update and/or amend my personal information, or to withdraw my given consent set out in this declaration, via email singapore[at]arocha[dot]org, and the process will take no more than 14 working days.