Sanderson Gulch Food Forest Winter Community Work Day 🌿

Saturday, January 31 | 11:00 AM–1:00 PM
📍 Sanderson Gulch, Ruby Hill
Weather dependent; canceled if there is snow

Join neighbors and friends for a hands-on community work day at the future Sanderson Gulch Food Forest.

A food forest is a garden modeled after a natural forest ecosystem. It layers trees, shrubs, perennials, and groundcover to grow food while building healthy soil, supporting pollinators, and creating resilient habitat for people and wildlife.

During this winter work day, we’ll be adding thick layers of mulch to the  tree basins to jump-start the soil’s biological life. Mulch supports decomposition, the carbon cycle, and moisture retention, helping prepare the basins for future planting of trees and shrubs in late April. 

We’ll begin by sharing nettle tea and taking a few minutes for a short visualization and intention-setting meditation, offering our hopes, care, and healing energy to the land before we get to work.

What to bring:

• Warm layers and sturdy shoes

• A mug or thermos if you’d like to enjoy nettle tea

• A picnic blanket or folding chair if you’d like to sit during the meditation

• Wheelbarrows or pitchforks if you have them (tools will also be provided by Denver Urban Gardens)

This is a welcoming, all-ages event. Come for the work, the warmth, the tea, or simply to be in community as we prepare this land to grow.

Let’s begin reweaving ourselves back into the earth, together