Agroecology Lessons

This lesson plan was created for Las Perras Cafe in the East End of Houston, TX. Native plants are natural teachers in the lesson of growing better together. In designing the planting selection for the Las Perras Cafe, the primary plant we had to work with in the space was a beautiful young Sycamore tree. As they continue to grow, their shade will protect anyone else underneath them. I work in my personal time in a riparian area near the cafe and am familiar with what relativ

It has been a mild, warm year across Southeast Texas with the last week punctuated by heavy showers. Bluebonnets wave from the greenways through the Memorial Parkway; I spot a few smiling up out of the concrete beneath a stop sign in my neighborhood in Houston. They are joined by baby pink Buttercups and my favorite wildflower, the Firewheel. Wildflower blooms are a beautiful, ephemeral moment in nature, punctuating the building heat of spring. Hair-stripe butterflies and ho

We are coming to a close on our late summer season here in Southeast Texas and what better way to finish out the season than with an Okra lesson! As always, our lessons are meant to provide historical context for our relationship with plants, educate on the benefits plants provide for ecosystems, and encourage us all to consider how we participate in growing spaces.

This summer, I have had the pleasure of expanding my home library with books covering all manner of ecology and liberatory change. While...

As of late, I have had the incredible privilege of introducing my work and the incredible ecosystems at the Skyfarm to the media of...

The days in Houston, as of late, have been categorized by unseasonably cool morning and expectedly hot days. Our temperatures are walking their ways up into the 80s, which in a place that expects long, enduring months of 100+ degree days, means the land is beginning to flourish. Everywhere you look, brightly colored, small and innocuous, flowers of all kinds are blushing under the attention of the sun. At the farm, I am waiting for rain. This part of the year is often home to