Resilient Roots

At A Glance

Location: 

West Barnstable, Massachusetts

Primary Issue Area:

  • Environmental Health
  • Food
  • Land & Water
  • Climate Change & Energy

Active since:

2018

Core volunteers:

12

  • Working with nature
  • Planting Fruit Tree Guilds
  • Building raised beds with charred wood
  • Coming together
  • Harvest
  • The Gift of Seeds
  • Taking a break from the heat under the pergola
  • The backyard is a learning laboratory

Our Purpose

Most people live on land that's been "remodeled" to create a landscapes conventionally aesthetically pleasing. The result is a damaged ecological food web & people disempowered & unengaged w/ the land or growing their own food. We started Resilient Roots in 2018 to show people that they can grow food, have a beautiful yard, teeming w/ life, that supports insect & wildlife populations, & protects water resources.RR has created a regenerative garden education hub at Fuller Farm (FF) to demonstrate how to reintroduce native & edible plants into backyards & parks. We show people how to plant landscapes that produce food & empower people to engage w/ the land while becoming more food self-sufficient. Some people have the funds & time to attend workshops & volunteer but we are also interested in working w/ those without that option.  We have partnered w/ 3 food pantries in the region.  We have designed & installed 9 edible landscapes at homes built by Habitat of Cape Cod, in conjunction w/their residents. Reaching out to these populations is an important part of our missionPeople are interested in growing their own food to be more self-sufficient, to help mitigate climate change, to change how they consume, & to have a positive impact on the planet. We plan to be at our FF location, demonstrating and facilitating these societal shifts for decades.