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Fair Amount Food Forest Philadelphia, PA Project founder, collaborative facilitator, landscape designer and gardener for a community-based, publicly-accessible, and educational food forest garden www.fairamountfoodforest.org |
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Orchard Director at Philadelphia Orchard Project
Philadelphia, PA (2018- present) Lead staff for North Philly community orchards and food forests. Design, planting, training, and support of community orchards and volunteers. Direction of POPHarvest gleaning programs and distribution of otherwise unused fruit. Organization and teaching of classes on orchard care and related topics. Co-facilitation of the POPHarvestED workshop series, which provides a platform for community teachers sharing cultural, culinary, and medicinal uses of lesser known fruits, nuts, and herbs. Design and construction of garden and farm structures: trellis and arbors. Development of educational materials including pest and disease guides. Plant propagation. Oversight of the annual POP Orchard Partner Survey and data analysis. www.phillyorchards.org |
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Operations Manager, Horticulturalist and Site Manager at Grumblethorpe Historic House & Gardens
Philadelphia, PA (2016 - present) Youth job based urban farm and farm stand program management. (2018 - present) Maintenance of 2-acre site and ornamental gardens. Landscape restoration, historic garden design installation and maintenance. Grumblethorpe Youth Volunteer support. Youth Farm Stand grant writing and management. Staff training and orientation. (2018-2019) Historic house museum, site and property management. Public and community programs, community outreach and social media. Grumblethorpe Elementary Education program support. Grumblethorpe Youth Volunteer extracurricular teen program support and management. Intern and volunteer recruitment and management. Site and program budgeting. www.philalandmarks.org/grumblethorpe |
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Food Forest Demo at One Art Community Center Philadelphia, PA Heart shaped food forest garden established through a permaculture workshop at the Ode to Earth 2016 festival. https://www.oneartcommunitycenter.com/ |
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Cultural Garden at Pastorius Gardens, Historic Johnson House, and Grumblethorpe
Philadelphia, PA (2016-2018) Heirloom Indigenous American, African, African American, and Pennsylvania Dutch vegetables and herbs grown together in a three sisters planting, method of the first caretakers of this land the Lenape, symbolizing interwoven histories. |
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The Common Thread
Open Harvest and Community Engagement Vegetable Patch Beacon Food Forest Seattle WA A 3,500 square foot patch at the Beacon Food Forest in Seattle, WA planted in the shape of a DNA helix, symbolic of many modern issues. This includes the ownership of genetic material - especially food crops, the diversity of edible plants that exist in the food forest, the diverse ecosystem we strive to co-exist in amongst our agricultural practices, the diverse neighborhood this project works to engage, and the common ancestry, or common thread between us and all life. This area is cultivated with mixed vegetables, herbs, and medicinals as an openly harvested area. Weekly shared harvest events engage community members and explores the topic of ethical harvesting from the Beacon Food Forest project. Produce is also used to feed volunteers, while excess is brought to local food banks. Design, irrigation, and management by Michael Muehlbauer 2014 Maintained and distributed with help of Beacon Food Forest Volunteers. www.beaconfoodforest.org |
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Beacon Food Forest Opening Celebration
Event Coordination Seattle, WA Culminating the completion of Phase 1 at the Beacon Food Forest, a large community effort was made to host a diverse event. This included regular tours, cooking demonstrations, children's activities, a brewing workshop, local organizations tabling, speeches from project founders and the Department of Neighborhoods, a blessing from Ken Workman - Duwamish descendant of Chief Seattle, live painting and dancing, circus performance, poetry hour, folk music, West African beats, Sundanese Degung, piano's in the park, and a late night DJ. |
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Wilderness Awareness Community Garden
and Food Forest Duvall, WA Initial design concept and assistance in project exploration with partners & local government. Assistance in project launch. Design Concept by Michael Muehlbauer Project initiation and management by Kyle Koch The Duval Food Forest |
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Harbour Pointe Coffeehouse Parklet Urban Edible and Community Garden Seattle, WA An edible parklet and urban farming demonstration site design that gained approval with the Seattle Department of Transportation, while the client did not raise enough funds for installation. Design includes a large see-through ADA accessible raised bed surrounded by hexagon shaped planter boxes with an edible and pollinator planting plan and built in benches. This parklet was designed to serve as a demonstration of urban food production and talking point for a non-profit that focuses on low income families. Design by Michael Muehlbauer CAD by Stephanie Stroud 
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