Soil Health & Earth Regeneration Workshop

In this workshop, Master Gardener Waunette Cullors of WOW Flower Project and artist gene aguilar magaña collaborate with soil, seed, clay, and compost. Together, the two navigate through an understanding of soil health and restoration through community gardening practices. Learn how to use restorative California native seeds to build sculptural seed capsules* from compost! The seeds will be specific to restoring the toxic foundations of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin) and the pollution caused by the fires.

*The inspiration for the seed capsule (a term derived from the well known term ‘seed bombs’ but less violent) sculpture workshop comes from traditional Egyptian farming, Masanobu Fukuoka(plant scientist), and Guerrilla gardening techniques, and from a 2023 workshop in which gene collaborated with California native plants and community members to help restore Monarch overwintering habitats.

Light snacks will be provided.

About WOW Flower Project:

Meet Waunette, the unstoppable force and Founder of The WOW Flower Project! When she's not fighting the good fight for youth as a Board of Trustee and Program Director of Cancel the Contract, you'll find her wearing many hats—literally! As a Doula, USDA farmer, LA County Master Gardener, and the CEO of the WOW Flower Project, Waunette is all about spreading joy and wellness to the youth through many different WOW events! From farm adventures, to yoga sessions and college field trips, and creative workshops, she's turning ordinary days into extraordinary experiences for youth in the Antelope Valley! Waunette has worked with the Crenshaw Mart on the last two Abolition Pod. Curating, growing the plants and bringing Black Farmers together for the wellness activities for the abolitionist pods.

About gene aguilar magaña:

gene aguilar magaña is an interdisciplinary artist living and working on Tovangaar(Los Angeles and the Inland Empire). Their work reconsiders alternative possibilities of water and city planning through earthenware, 3D modeling, video documentations and sculptural installations. Through their research of California native plants, aguilar magaña’s current focus is on earthenware irrigation systems and the facilitation of public ceramic workshops centering water conservation and land remediation. They received their Bachelors in Studio Art from California State University Dominguez Hills and is an MFA candidate in Ceramics at UCLA.

This program is organized by the Crenshaw Dairy Mart with the generous support of the Teiger Foundation.

Host or Publisher Crenshaw Dairy Mart