The Botany of Desire
Thursday, April 15
7:00 PM
Mercury Cafe
2199 California St, Denver
$5 suggested donation

Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this
special takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration of the human
relationship with the plant world — seen from the plants’ point of
view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar
species — the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato — evolved to
satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control.

I am so inspired by what Geoff Lawton shares in this video. He talks about how, using permaculture techniques, they were able restore a salty desert landscape into a lush healthy green area.

Last summer I filmed my friend Brigitte Mars at her home in Boulder talking about her wild lawn. Brigitte is an herbalist and author of 12 books on natural medicine. Instead of growing grass she grows a beautifully diverse lawn of food and medicine. I hope more people begin to take her example.

Note: The audio is out of sync towards the end. This is a problem I’ve been having with my videos uploaded to Vimeo. I’m still looking for a solution.

Global Gardener
Permaculture with Bill Mollison
Thursday, April 23
6:30 PM
NOTE: The film starts 30
minutes earlier tonight
Mercury Cafe
2199 California St, Denver
$5 suggested donation or 1 hour volunteer

BILL MOLLISON is a practical visionary. For nearly two decades he has traveled the globe spreading the word about permaculture, the method of sustainable agriculture that he devised. Permaculture weaves together microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, water management and human needs into intricately connected productive communities. Mollison has proved that even in the most difficult conditions permaculture empowers people to turn wastelands into food forests.