CULTURAL CAMPFIRE- Friday, May 31st @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Please join us at the Anabolic, located inside the California State Historic Park near downtown Los Angeles. Where the indigenous heritage of the Tongva is discussed in reference to past, present and future actions. Bring a chair, a mat something to sit on, dress for a cool night, and its potluck.
The topic in June will be: Ceanothus: its Cultural and Historical Importance.
ZERO WASTE PLEASE
(Bring your own drinking & eating utensils)
Saturday, may 18 Action Day in the Anabolic Monument area of the California State Historic Park downtown Los Angeles from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Join the seed harvest. And while here give a helping had with the mulching to create a clear walking path. Recommended you wear sturdy shoes, long sleeve shirt, hat and bring your water bottle. Lunch will be provided at the end of the work schedule.
ZERO WASTE ACTION (bring your own eating/drinking utensils).
See you there! 
THIS SUNDAY! May 19th at 2:30 PM
Olivia Chumacero founder of Everything-Is-Medicine (EIM) offers a free workshop “Herbalogist’s Guide to Easy Eco Friendly Health,” as a part of the World Fest!
Olivia speaks from an indigenous perspective, which teaches, that our kinship with everything that sustains life should be one of respect and gratefulness. She creates native plant cultural settings where traditional methods are imparted, and actively engages all participants as stewards of our mother planet. Currently she works in collaboration at the California State Historic Park downtown Los Angeles in the Anabolic Monument area, which is a living sculpture designed by artist Lauren Bon of the Metabolic Studio.
For more, check out http://worldfestevents.com/venues.php and click the Eco-Tent Tab. See you there!
L.A. 90012
Meeting about the State Park and impact on the surrounding communities.
Please join us if you can.
5:30-7:00pm
I’m giving a five minute presentation about the garden and everythingismedicine.
Potluck style, bring your own eating & drinking utensils please. Meeting begins
6pm sharp.
Matetereba
Olivia
Don’t miss the next Cultural Campfire with guest presenter Eli Martinez on the topic of Quinoa and Food Sovereignty in Bolivia.
Quinoa & Camelids
Fads, they come and go, but food is forever?
You are invited to join the first of a series of dialogues about all-hailed Quinoa & Camelids. With their boisterous acclimatization to both rough Bolivian highlands and the American palette, quinoa and camelids are the characters to the tell-all truth of Quinoa Real’s (Chenopodium quinoa) rise to health-conscious and trendy food-stardom. However, like most superstars, what goes up, must come down. This truth is not far from the reality currently faced by the Bolivian campesinos (peasant farmers) working to satiate the North’s consumer demand for quinoa in spite of stressed highland soils and watersheds. Moreover, the illusion of a laissez-faire market suited to the needs of campesinos is nothing more than a delusion—a delusion contradictory to a centuries-old and sovereign food system made up of resilient plants, fauna and farmers.
Having recently returned from a Food Sovereignty Tour of the Bolivian altiplano (highlands) with the Institute of Food and Development Policy, L.A. native, Éli Martinez, met with Bolivian NGO activists, scientists and policy analysts in an effort to understand the Andean food system. She has returned home to LA to disseminate information about how we may reform our own broken food system and reclaim the urban space as our own sovereign and progressivist food shed. She currently gardens throughout Los Angeles.
Cultural Campfire is a time to gather around the fire and exchange knowledge and stories of indigenous history, culture and traditions. The campfire is open to all and held every first Friday of the month at 7:30 PM in the Native Plant Garden’s ceremonial space.
Bring a mat, blanket or camping chair to sit on the sandy area of the garden. We also invite you join us in potluck style and its zero waste, so please bring your own eating & drinking ware.
Nature Walks take the visitor around the 13 acre area covered with Southern California native flora every first Saturday of the month. We begin walks at 10a.m.
A description of the edible, medicinal and cultural use of the plants is included in the walk. A brief history of place also is given to contextualize the changes in the use of the land, beginning in the pre-contact period of the land. Olivia Chumacero speaks from an indigenous perspective about the land’s history, the fauna and flora.
Everything is Medicine is a class, a community, a vision and a way of life. Everything is Medicine is a project of Olivia Chumacero in partnership with the Metabolic Studio, the California State Parks Foundation and the Los Angeles Historic State Park, to share and cultivate indigenous history, culture and traditions, especially those of the Tongva and other indigenous communities of Southern California.
Everything is Medicine focuses on the healing, edible and cultural gifts of our plant relatives but the sessions are not exclusive to plants, for it imparts knowledge that encompasses our manner of walking on our mother planet as a whole. It introduces us to the ongoing kinship that we share with everything that sustains life and the continuous gifts from our relatives the plants, animals, water, air and our mother earth. Sessions are held in the Anabolic Monument (a living art sculpture designed by artist Lauren Bon) downtown at the Los Angeles Historic State Park.
We would like to thank the Metabolic Studio and Lauren Bon for making this series possible for the community.
Sacred Fire
CULTURAL CAMPFIRE FRIDAY JUNE 1ST
Please join us at our monthly CULTURAL CAMPFIRE Friday, June 1 in the Anabolic Monument for an evening of dialogue with guest presenter Cindi Alvitre.
Discussions range from historical use of space to current issues of water and land use. Ms. Alvitre will speak about connection to the land as an indigenous person whose ancestors have lived in this Los Angeles Basin area for thousands of years.
Bring a mat, blanket or camping chair to sit on the sandy area of the garden. We also invite you join us in potluck style and its zero waste, so please bring your own eating & drinking ware.
NATURE WALK JUNE 2ND
Nature Walks take the visitor around the 13 acre area covered with Southern California native flora every first Saturday of the month. We begin walks at 10a.m.
A description of the edible, medicinal and cultural use of the plants is included in the walk. A brief history of place also is given to contextualize the changes in the use of the land, beginning in the pre-contact period of the land. Olivia Chumacero speaks from an indigenous perspective about the land’s history, the fauna and flora.
