Angel Card Essence of “Kindness” Chosen for City of Syracuse

07 February 2013

Board members, volunteers, and community members were represented at the Annual Meeting, Winter Gathering Potluck and Visioning Ceremony held on Monday January 28th from 7 pm - 10 pm.  The highlight of the evening was the Angel Essence Card Visioning Ceremony to clarify intentions individually for all present, for the AlchemicalNursery as an organization and community, and for the City of Syracuse as we move into a new year.

2012 Annual Review Published

28 January 2013

The Alchemical Nursery presents our Year 2012 annual review.  Please click on the link below (downloads .pdf file) to learn more about 2012's accomplishments and updated details on our major initiatives.  Find out the latest about our updated and focused mission.  Blessings.

The Alchemical Nursery's 2012 Annual Review

December E-Newsletter for Viewing

25 December 2012

Click "Read More" to view our latest E-Newsletter right here. Become a Registered User of our website in the left-hand column here on our homepage to receive future issues via email.

Find out the latest news and events concerning:

1] Annual Meeting and Winter Gathering Potluck
2] 2013 Syracuse Community Training in Ecological Design: Registration Open 
3] Co-Create a User's Guide Zine for Rahma Forest Garden
4] Holiday Wish List for Rahma Edible Forest Garden

Community Training in Ecological Design 2013: Syracuse

03 December 2012

The CTED in Syracuse will be back starting on February 2nd and 3rd, 2013!  It's never too early to register, so do it now to ensure the class will be held as scheduled.

>>>>> Learn a land use design method to improve home scale food and forest production, to conserve resources, and save money.  >>>>> Study basic ecological principles and methods and use them to solve problems on your own home and landscape.  >>>>> Meet once a week to discuss the principles and techniques of permaculture and ecology that help us make better choices for our land, families, and communities.  >>>>> Class work will include a self-selected design project. Design your own backyard, garden space, vacant lot, field, forest, or even an entire neighborhood. Examples and applications will be presented in both an urban and rural context.

DATES & TIMES
Weekend Workshop: February 2 and 3, 2013  (10 am - 4 pm)
Thursday Evenings: February 7, 21, 28; March  7, 14, 21; April 4, 11, 18 (6 pm - 8:30 pm)
Optional DATE TBD: Spring Permablitz Weekend Work Day at the Rahma Edible Forest Garden 

FEES
$200 - $400 Sliding Scale (Some scholarships may be available, apply for a scholarship as part of your registration application)

REGISTRATION
Registration is being facilitated by the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute at http://fingerlakespermaculture.org/?page_id=1733

Co-Create a User's Guide Zine for the Rahma Forest Garden!

07 November 2012

Fresh from the presses, might we encourage you to zine with us? We'll use this zine to spread the word and educate about the Rahma Forest Garden door-to-door and through other outreach locations. We need people's time and creativity to create and produce this product, please help :>) We know there's lots of zinesters out there! Here's an opportunity to put your skills into action!

Looking for cultural creatives, or just those who want to learn more through teaching, to choose a topic and create a page in our Rahma Forest Garden User's Guide zine. Are you someone who could do that?

Contact Frank at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 315-308-1372.  Download a copy of the flyer at:

http://www.alchemicalnursery.org/administrator/index.php?option=com_docman&;section=documents&task=download&bid=426

November E-Newsletter Available for Viewing

29 October 2012

Click "Read More" to view our latest E-Newsletter right here. Use the Sign Up Form in the left-hand column here on our homepage to receive future issues via email.

Find out the latest news and events concerning:

1] Rahma Planting Blitz - Friday November 2, 4:30 PM til Dark
2] Co-Create a User's Guide Zine for Rahma Forest Garden
3] Alchemical's Statement Against Fracking
4] "Reflections of Resisting the Destruction of Earth"
5] Permaculture Collective / Rahma Interpretive Sign
6] Truck Farm, Final Offering of "What If?" Film Series

The Alchemical Nursery’s Anti-Hydrofracking Position

15 October 2012

The concern for safe and healthy environments is an ongoing trial for many of us, both personally and publicly.  The movement to ban horizontal hydraulic fracturing has been going on for years now in New York, and is still in need of energy and a louder voice.  The Alchemical Nursery has until now, not provided a formal statement in regard to hydro-fracking, not out of any question of our position, nor of a lack of interest, but simply due to a lack of priority.  We give thanks and appreciation to the many individual activists and groups and organizations that are, and have been, leading this fight.  Individuals within the Alchemical Nursery have often engaged in local efforts and actions to support the ban, and now have made the effort as an organization to lend our voice to this ongoing struggle with our anti-fracking position statement.

The Alchemical Nursery’s Anti-Hydrofracking Position
As residents of New York State, and the greater global ecological system, The Alchemical Nursery stands in solidarity with all those who resist the Hydrofracking industry’s attempts to horizontally drill for natural gas in New York State and the world. We recognize that the construction of drilling wells in New York State would entail water contamination, ecological destruction, and significant air pollution. These proposed drilling operations are another instance where an unsustainable economic system is attempting to impose its logic upon us, at our expense and against our will, with catastrophic results for the integrity of both global ecosystems and human communities.   (Continued, please click "Read More").

Winners of DISHES On-The-Road, Summer 2012!

01 July 2012

WE WON!  Thanks everyone kindly for your vote and your interest in "Food Forest Gardening for Culture and Health. The Alchemical Nursery is proud to accept this award from the 2012 Summer DISHES On-The-Road crowd funding contest towards furthering our Permaculture based initiatives for reforesting and refooding our environments, and educating about eco-social lifestyles that benefit each one of us in equality and resiliency.

To learn more about DISHES and view photos from the award presentation night at Craft Chemistry in Syracuse NY, visit the photo gallery from the award ceremony at Craft Chemistry.

To address food deserts and ecological food wisdom in our city, vote for us at:

"Food Forest Gardening for Culture and Health"

2012 Volunteer/Intern Opportunities

24 April 2012

The Alchemical Nursery is a community benefits organization, operated and co-developed by volunteers, Board members, community members, and you!  Take a look at what needs the organization, its programs, and its people have at this time, and let us know if you'd like to join in.  Build your resume and professional development as a Volunteer/Intern/Board Member.  Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 315.308.1372. 

• Permaculture Education and Implementation: The Rahma Edible Forest Garden Project & 717 Otisco St
• Create Permaculture Related Images & Graphics
• Create a Slideshow Presentation and Table Display
• Events: Practicing Synergy Workshops, Progressive Film Screening and Discussion, Clothing Swap
• Map Permaculture, Intentional Community, and Progressive Place Projects
• Website Editor/Article Authoring
• Drafting an Organizational Handbook
• Joining the Board of Directors
• Other Ideas According to our Mission**

 Click Through for Full Details on Each Item

Rahma Forest Garden Fundraising Campaign

11 February 2012

WE DID IT!!  We actually surpassed our fundraising goal of $2,000 and raised $2,395 through our online IndieGoGo campaign.  You can scroll through blog posts to the right >>>>>>>>>>>>>  to see the history of the campaign, or visit the campaign site below to check out updates.  Still want to make a donation?  It's not too late, and perks are still available, download a form at "http://www.alchemicalnursery.org/files-a-media/cat_view/129-permaculture-resources/134-forest-gardening.html". 

The 'Rahma Free Health Clinic Edible Forest Garden' online IndieGoGo fundraising campaign is now live!

Take a moment to check it out on IndieGoGo and also share it with your friends.  All the tools are there.  Get perks, make a contribution, or simply follow updates.  If enough of us get behind it, we can make 'Rahma Free Health Clinic Edible Forest Garden' happen.

http://www.indiegogo.com/Rahma-Free-Health-Clinic-Edible-Forest-Garden?a=373323&i=emal

"The Rahma Clinic is a new resource for Syracuse providing free health care services at 3100 South Salina St.  An important part of health is nutrition and healthy eating; . . .