2024 Zaníyan Growing Resilience Fundraiser
Help us raise funds to further our mission in promoting health through plants and a connection to the earth
Sunday, May 5, 2024, 10 am-4 pm 2740 Shirley Street, Eugene, Oregon
Plant and Garden Sale
A varied assortment of medicinal plants, edible perennials, and garden starts. Used garden supplies, garden tools, and garden equipment.
Workshops
1-2 pm Herbs for the Zombie Apocalypse
With a focus on growing and making herbal products to have on hand for a variety of unexpected emergencies. Also discussed will be which permaculture plants to grow to increase your self-reliance if there are breakdowns in accessing usual resources. Herbs for emergencies like smoke from wildfires, trauma and stress, first aid, and disorders seen in these circumstances.
Daphne Singingtree is an author, plant and midwifery educator, and water protector. Her debut speculative fiction book, Circle for the Earth, is due out June 2024.
2-3 pm Trash or treasure? Weeds you can eat
Amble through the garden, reassessing everything you thought you knew about weeds. Trusty, sturdy, and indestructible power packs of delicious nutrition: weeds will always be there, even when mass-produced soy and corn fail us. Identification and cooking/preparation tips from botanist and wild food nerd extraordinaire Heron Brae.
Heron Brae is a rogue botanist, herbalist, community restoration practitioner, Indigenous solidarity activist, and educator. She currently offers custom wild plant-related classes and consulting, as well as coaching decolonizing initiatives, as a part of Live Oak Consulting. Regularly seen crying by rivers and dancing in mountain meadows, she hopes that sharing plant knowledge will aid in shifting worldviews, reconnecting with roots, and creating a habitable future for all.
3-4 pm Tending Culture through Food Forests
Learn about permaculture food forests as we examine one in progress on Shirley Street. Discussing considerations in design and planting strategies. How plants interact and how to keep a food forest healthy.
Khyla Allis lives and teaches in the intentional community at Lost Valley Education Center, where she received her Permaculture Design and Ecovillage Design Education certifications. As the Garden Coordinator at Lost Valley, she teaches tree pruning, worms, soil science, compost, farm-to-table, preservation, and edible mushrooms in your garden.
Workshop suggested donation: $20-40 or one-two hours of garden and yard work (done in advance on your schedule)
Contact daphnesingingtree@gmail.com for more information
Ongoing Projects
Library and Food Pantry Located on Shirley Street in Eugene, this Little Library, Food Pantry, and Free Fridge serves the Santa Clara neighborhood with books, free food, and garden produce, as well as seeds, and vegetable starts in the spring.
Tabling at Events like Powwows to give away seeds, starts, information, and resources on gardening and permaculture.
2023 Projects
Garden Help. Seeds, plant starts, and garden materials were donated to Indigenous families and Elders. 
Baskets were provided to the Siletz Tribe, and the Bethel School Garden Project.
2023 Workshops
Workshops will be held in person at Eagletree Herbs,
Saturday, June 5th 1-4pm
Making Herbal Products Advantages of Making Your Own Herbal Medicine & Body Care Products, General Guidelines in Medicinal Plants & Herbal Medicine, Harvesting, Drying, and Storing Herbs Definitions and how to make: Infusions, Cold Extracts, Decoctions, Tinctures – Alcohol, Glycerin, Vinegar, Syrups & Elixirs, Infused Oils, Salves & Balms, Lotions & Creams, Aromatherapy Misters, Compresses & Poultices, Honeys & Electuary, Other Herbal Products
Saturday, June 26 1-4pm
Food As Medicine How food promotes wellness and healing. Foods that boost the immune system, reduce inflammation and address specific health issues. Relationship between unhealthy weight gain and trauma. What is Food Sovereignty and how it applies to both tribal and urban communities. Benefits of Growing Food to combat Inequities in the Food System. Simple ways to promote food self-reliance. Pitfalls of unhealthy eating and ways to promote slow foods in daily life. Relationship between unhealthy weight gain and trauma.
Saturday, July 18 2023 1-4pm
Herbs for Emergency Preparedness With a focus on growing and making herbal products to have on hand for a variety of unexpected or emergency situations. Also discussed will be which plants to grow to increase your self-reliance if there are breakdowns in accessing usual resources. Herbs for emergency situations like smoke from wildfires, trauma and stress, first aid, and disorders seen in these circumstances.
Saturday, August 15th1-4pm
Growing a Business – Outline of what is needed to create your own home business from things you grow. Examples from Eagletree Herbs of things to do and not do. Accessing business help and resources. Marketing and social media.
Donations are tax deductible!
Interested in volunteering? We need help making container gardens, Can you make a donation? We need your support! Thank you!
Zaniyan Center is a 501c(3) Nonprofit Organization, your donation is tax deductible. We deeply appreciate your support. Donations can be made to general fund or to specific projects by request. You can also donate directly via PayPal using your credit card to donations@zaniyan.org or by mail to the address at the bottom of the page.Donate to Zaniyan Center