The last two Homo Homestead tours have been amazing!
Thanks so much for all who came to the Berkeley tour on March 23rd. Check out these photos that Edie Irons took of the day. Jonah of the Fairview House, Jim of Green Faerie and Tanya of the Coop were excellent hosts and i can thank them enough.
I don't have any personal photos of the DirtStar HomoHomstead tour but check out the Free Farm blog for some photos of their work. It was a great afternoon spent mainly at the Free Farm with a little bit of helping out and harvesting.
Looking forward to the next one - East Oakland, Sunday August 1st!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Homo Homestead and Dirt Star - San Francisco Dirty Queers
Celebrate dirty queer resistance!
June 13th, HomoHomestead Tour 3:30 - 6pm, San Francisco FREE!
Meet up at the Free Farm at the corner of Eddy and Gough in SF
Dirt Star - 6pm: African American Cultural Complex: 762 Fulton, SF - tix $12-20
RSVP to gurlshare@gmail.com for bike tour- space will be limited
Western Addition, The Fillmore, Hayes Valley...
The names and borders of this area are ever changing and ever impacted by the whims of the wealthy and powerful in San Francisco. But it's rich history and robust resistance to marginalization and complete gentrification is alive and thriving. We will check out how some local queers are continuing those roots of resistance through their community DIRT PROJECTS! From Free Farms to Community Gardens - we will catch a glimpse of queers in dirty revolutionary action.
Come check out the new Free Farm! We will be getting out hands dirty by helping the Free Farm with some of their projects.
The Free Farm is an urban farm on the corner of Gough and Eddy Streets in San Francisco, CA. Their goal is to grow organic produce, foster garden education, and build community. The food grown is offered to the community for free in an effort to combat hunger, aid health and nutrition, and increase resource sharing and care for one another. It is also connected to the Free Farm Stand at Parque de los Ninos.
June 13th, HomoHomestead Tour 3:30 - 6pm, San Francisco FREE!
Meet up at the Free Farm at the corner of Eddy and Gough in SF
Dirt Star - 6pm: African American Cultural Complex: 762 Fulton, SF - tix $12-20
RSVP to gurlshare@gmail.com for bike tour- space will be limited
Western Addition, The Fillmore, Hayes Valley...
The names and borders of this area are ever changing and ever impacted by the whims of the wealthy and powerful in San Francisco. But it's rich history and robust resistance to marginalization and complete gentrification is alive and thriving. We will check out how some local queers are continuing those roots of resistance through their community DIRT PROJECTS! From Free Farms to Community Gardens - we will catch a glimpse of queers in dirty revolutionary action.
Come check out the new Free Farm! We will be getting out hands dirty by helping the Free Farm with some of their projects.
The Free Farm is an urban farm on the corner of Gough and Eddy Streets in San Francisco, CA. Their goal is to grow organic produce, foster garden education, and build community. The food grown is offered to the community for free in an effort to combat hunger, aid health and nutrition, and increase resource sharing and care for one another. It is also connected to the Free Farm Stand at Parque de los Ninos.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Homo Homestead Berkeley Bike Tour - May 23rd!
Map by giorgio
Sunday, May 23rd: Noon - 5pm
Tour is FULL! Thanks for all the love - check out the next HH tour in SF
Come join us on the first East Bay HH Tour!
Ahhh, the land seems to spread a little greener and wider in the East Bay - which just means even more opportunities for creative, fantastic and fabulous Queer DIY gardens, green projects, urban husbandry, witchy kitchens, bubbling ferments and much more.
We are giving out the address' and locations of tour spots so that anyone who falls behind, can't make the whole tour, or would rather not bike to the spots can join in at any time. Of course, posting these locations is NOT an invitation to stop by these homes anytime outside of this tour. ***Please check each location's description for its wheelchair accessibility. Remember to bring a helmet, lock, sunblock, water, water, water, snacks and anything else you may need.
Noon SHARP!!
Fairview House: 1820 Fairview St @ MLK - near Ashby BART
This cooperative style home has been around for awhile and their amazing backyard gardens have been through many changes. Come check out their upcycled, scrap wood and metal chicken coop, their spiral garden and more amazingness. ** No stairs to garden, patio is mostly concrete, garden paths are grassy or wood chipped.1:30pm: Green Faerie Farm, 1120 Bancroft Way near San Pablo
This gem has been around for 15 years! Tucked away in West Berkeley are milking goats, chickens, gardens, rabbits, an urban dairy and more. The goats gave birth a little while ago so some check out the cute little kids! *** Wheelchairs can make it all the way back to the goat pen!3:00pm: Tanya's House, 2012 10th St, btwn University&Allston
Another innovative collective style home. We will get to sip some home brewed cherry wine and sample this year's olives in their curing process, while taking a tour of the rainwater catchment daisy chain system and the rain garden orchard. **The ground is all flat, some of the paths are over grown and there are a couple of stairs into the house, that is not wheelchair accessible.Please RSVP!! Space is limited!!
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