Events
Our events follow seasonal cycles of life lived close to mother nature.
Water Catchment Workday
As New Mexico faces intensifying drought, water scarcity, and skyrocketing food prices, the need to grow food locally — and wisely — has never been more urgent. Climate disruption is not some future threat. It’s here. And unless we build systems of resilience now, our communities will be increasingly vulnerable.
That’s why La Milpa’s water catchment system matters.
This isn’t just about infrastructure — it’s about survival, sovereignty, and care. With every basin dug and every tree watered with harvested rain, we’re building a future where our communities can thrive even in crisis. We’re reclaiming the right to nourish ourselves, tend to the land, and pass on knowledge that will sustain generations.
And the beauty? It’s already blooming.
Fruit trees planted just months ago are now taking root — and even producing apples and peaches. Plants many might call "weeds" — like alfalfa, globemallow, quelites, and amaranth — are springing up on their own, protecting the soil with shade and nutrients. Even seasoned gardeners are amazed by this kind of growth. These sweet summer colors and harvests remind us of the magic that comes from care, time, and effort.
Thanks to recent rains, we’ve seen the system working — water flowing into our basin and feeding the trees, reducing reliance on our irrigation lines. Now, we’re ready to expand.
Join us for our next Water Catchment Workday on Saturday, August 16th from 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Earth Care Office (6600 Valentine Way, Building A, Santa Fe, NM 87507)!
We’ll be grading, irrigating, and mulching, and learning from local experts about water harvesting and land restoration as essential climate survival strategies. You’ll leave with muddy hands, full hearts — and maybe some fresh fruit from the garden.
This is how we prepare for the future. Not with fear, but with tools, love, and each other.
Want to volunteer or bring a group? Contact Mykayla at mykayla@earthcarenm.org
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, earth restoration, plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. Other soil health organizations will be joining us and do bring a sample of your own soil or compost and they will put it under the microscope and have a look. Hope to see you there!
Native Earth Day 2025
Native Earth Day!
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
10 AM - 1 PM
1420 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Santa Fe Indigenous Center is pleased to invite the Native Community to join us as we celebrate Native Earth Day! Join us and our partners - The Mother Nature Center, Three Sisters Collective, Traditional Native American Farmers Association, Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute, Bienvendios, Payne's Nurseries and Tewa Women United and learn more about what their organizations have to offer!
Stop by & pick up
Seeds, Seeds, Seeds, Plant Starter Kits, Compost, Seedlings, Reunity Resources Gift Cards, Receive Local Native Farmer Advice, SW Gardening information, Hydroponics demonstration.
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, earth restoration, plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. Other soil health organizations will be joining us and do bring a sample of your own soil or compost and they will put it under the microscope and have a look. Hope to see you there!
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, earth restoration, plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. Other soil health organizations will be joining us and do bring a sample of your own soil or compost and they will put it under the microscope and have a look. Hope to see you there!
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, earth restoration, plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. Other soil health organizations will be joining us and do bring a sample of your own soil or compost and they will put it under the microscope and have a look. Hope to see you there!
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, earth restoration, plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. Other soil health organizations will be joining us and do bring a sample of your own soil or compost and they will put it under the microscope and have a look. Hope to see you there!
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, earth restoration, plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. Other soil health organizations will be joining us and do bring a sample of your own soil or compost and they will put it under the microscope and have a look. Hope to see you there!
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us and other members of the New Mexico Soil Health Enthusiasts Group the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, regenerative agriculture, and plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. At each market Soil Food Web certified lab techs will be available with their microscopes to have a look at your garden or farm soil and make recommendations on how you can optimize conditions for living microbiology in your soil! Hope to see you there!
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, earth restoration, plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. Other soil health organizations will be joining us and do bring a sample of your own soil or compost and they will put it under the microscope and have a look. Hope to see you there!
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, earth restoration, plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. Other soil health organizations will be joining us and do bring a sample of your own soil or compost and they will put it under the microscope and have a look. Hope to see you there!
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us and other members of the New Mexico Soil Health Enthusiasts Group the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, regenerative agriculture, and plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. At each market Soil Food Web certified lab techs will be available with their microscopes to have a look at your garden or farm soil and make recommendations on how you can optimize conditions for living microbiology in your soil! Hope to see you there!
Soil Health Info Booth
Join us and other members of the New Mexico Soil Health Enthusiasts Group the first Saturday of every month at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We’ll be available to discuss soil health, regenerative agriculture, and plant-microbe symbiosis for optimization of plant growth and ecosystem functions. At each market Soil Food Web certified lab techs will be available with their microscopes to have a look at your garden or farm soil and make recommendations on how you can optimize conditions for living microbiology in your soil! Hope to see you there!
Earth Day at the Santa Fe Railyard Park
Join us for a fun day filled with vendors in celebration of Earth Day 2024. We will have free compost, seeds and information on optimization for Healthy Soils for gardens, farms and earth restoration projects. Hope to see you there!
Native Earth Day 2024
We invite the Native Community to join us as we celebrate 2024 Native Earth Day at the Santa Fe Indigenous Center!
Seeds, Seeds, Seeds!
Reunity Resources Gift Cards
Plant Starter Kits
Pueblo Resurgents Reps
Compost
Organic local quinoa
Permaculture Action Day/SRA Field Day
Orchard Biodiversity Field Series, Workshop 1: Soil Microbes
Join Synergia Ranch, Cruces Creatives’ Seeding Regenerative Agriculture Project and the Global Soil Restoration Network for the first of two field days on orchard biodiversity!
At this Earth Day workshop, we’ll focus on building biodiversity in the Synergia Ranch orchard, starting from the ground up with beneficial soil microbes from Johnson-Su composting bioreactors. The basic agenda for the day is below:
09:00-09:45: Introductions and breakfast/brunch
09:45-12:00: Filling Johnson-Su bioreactors, sharing results from replications of Dr. Johnson’s research
12:00-13:00: Lunch
13:00-17:00: Inoculating orchard trees with Johnson-Su compost as part of a citizen-science experiment
17:00-17:30: Break
17:30: Dinner
What to wear/bring:
Work clothes
Gloves
Goggles/eye protection
Face masks (for filling bioreactors, which can be a dusty process)
Location:
Synergia Ranch
26 Synergia Road
Santa Fe, NM 87508
Thanks to funding from the McCune Charitable Foundation, the New Mexico Foundation, and the Nusenda Foundation, this field day includes three free meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner, all prepared by the amazing chefs at Synergia Ranch.
This workshop will be followed by a May field day on hedgerow plantings (date coming shortly).
THIS IS A FREE WORKSHOP, BUT SINCE SPACE IS LIMITED, PLEASE PRE-REGISTER TO SAVE YOUR SPOT.
Sign Up here: https://crucescreatives.org/event-5226391?CalendarViewType=1&SelectedDate=4/6/2023
Permaculture Action Day/SRA Field Day
Permaculture Action Day
10am - Johnson Su Compost System workshop with United World College
2-3pm - Public Hands on with the Johnson-Su System
5:30pm - Community Dinner
6:30pm - Talk and Q&A “Plant-Microbe Symbiosis for Food Security, Water Security and Climate Solutions”
7:30pm - Dance Party w/ DJ Chelsee D’Na Stewart
Presenters: Navona Gallegos, Patrick DiSimio and Dr. Stuart Kauffman
Healing Arts Meet Up
Training in the Secrets of Natural Movement with mentors at The Tracking Project.
Harvest Party
Work together, learn together and share a meal together in the garden and on the farm.
Annual Plant Sale Pop Up
Plants for permaculture, food forests, landscape restoration, food, medicine, biodiversity and community resilience.
Community Garden Day
Work together, learn together and share a meal together in the garden and on the farm.
Monthly Meal
A periodic pop-up meal featuring locally grown and wild harvested foods prepared by a featured Chef. Let’s eat, laugh and be together.
Youth Mentorship: Survival Skills
Empowering youth with the timeless teachings, skillsets and tools handed down through the generations.
Community Garden Day
Work together, learn together and share a meal together in the garden and on the farm.
Become A Volunteer
The foundation of our community projects is our collective practice of goodness together.