What's On in Olympia

Learn the basics of companion planting and guild design! This class will provide a primer on how to select plants to grow together for beneficial relationships. There are a number of different considerations when selecting plants to grow together. You can consider spatial relationships (above and below ground), ecological functions, similar growing characteristics, primary habitat, seasonal bloom time, harvest time, planting time, and more! In the morning, we will talk about how plants can be chosen to occupy different niches in a plant community. We will go over the ecological functions and services that plants offer. We will look at this on different scales from the garden to the orchard and the ornamental landscape. We will also look at how companion planting applies in the vegetable garden. This workshop will include handouts, hands-on practice, and games to learn about these techniques and strategies. Whether you have a garden, orchard, or ornamental landscape, this workshop is for you! Participants can register for the full class or simply the morning or afternoon session. This workshop is associated with the Grow Your Own Produce Workshop series, offered monthly on Zoom. In its 12th year, Marisha Auerbach has been offering support for gardeners throughout the Pacific Northwest to help optimize their efforts to cultivate a year round harvest.

Experience an ancient Hawaiian Huna lineage practice designed to release stored emotions, clear old conditioning, and expand awareness. You deserve to live from a place of clarity, alignment, and authentic expression. Yet many of us carry emotional imprints, limiting beliefs, and unconscious conditioning formed in childhood or through past experiences. Over time, these patterns shape how we see ourselves and the world, often without our awareness. The afternoon begins with an overview of the ancient frameworks of the mind and the Hoʻokuʻu release process. You’ll gain insight into how emotional blocks and belief patterns form and how they can be gently and intentionally released. You will then be guided step-by-step through the Hoʻokuʻu practice itself, safely connecting with Higher Self awareness as you clear anger, fear, guilt, sadness, and old patterns held in the body and subconscious. Throughout the guided work, live sound will create a steady and supportive field, allowing the nervous system to settle and the work to anchor deeply within the body. This afternoon is designed to offer a grounded and intentional container to release what has been quietly shaping your life and awaken to greater consciousness. Space is limited. Please bring along everything you need to feel comfortable resting on the floor and a journal. Eye masks and cushioned chairs will be available.