Umthombo Trust

This past weekend a group of local growers joined us at @umthombotrust to learn from our guest facilitator Kate from @greenheartedprojects about all things agroforestry or as other local farmers @welliamorganics had named theirs - a KOS BOS! There is something so magical that happens when people come together to learn, share and put their hands in the soil together. We planted a large agroforestry system in the corner of the allotment garden in the hopes of the abundance of fruit feeding some of the youth that comes to the farm. Gardening is so much more than a physical act, we discussed land, mental health, purpose and access to resources and once again all left feeling deeply inspired to grow on.

A massive thank you to Kate for your brilliant teaching, Umthombo funders (Jose’s and @recorrauk ) for helping us gather all the resources we needed, Farmer Kobus and Farmer Erin who helped me(Layla) prepare for the course, Farmer Daniel for the woodchip runs, Farmer Jake from Valley Chickens for sharing tractor knowledge, Alex from Homtini for all his hard work, @getdirtyza for the epic broad fork that always comes in handy and @welliamorganics for the donation of trees and for inspiring it in the first place! And every person on the course who added their love, sweat and tears to the land.