Rivenrock Gardens Cactus Blog

Alrie Middlebrook who is an organizer of the California Native Garden Foundation sent us a letter recently to let us know of their fundraiser they are having soon. Here’s part of the e-mail she sent us…

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 We are starting a movement in California with the intention of  reintroducing these native foods, which are highly nutritious and tasty to the people of California. The plants, if considered for agricultural crops, are the most sustainable sources of food. Just imagine, for example, how many resources could be saved if we are successful in creating clever ways to introduce acorns into mainstream diets. It would lead to a tremendous reduction in water use, a reduction in the use of petrochemicals for fertilizer and pest control, and less disturbance of natural ecosystems, to name a few of the obvious. We want you to be a part of this new food revolution in California.
 Because the Eating California classes are taught through the CNGF, this event is a fund raiser for the Foundation.  Whatever you can donate and at whichever level you choose, your benefits are described in the sponsorship attatchment. Our goals at the CNGF are to educate the people of California about how to garden with native plants, to help design, build and steward native gardens in schools and other community based non-profits and to help make more species of native plants available to more Californians. We believe one of the best ways to do this is to create and serve great tasting native foods. We hope you will help us by sponsoring Eating California at the highest level you choose.  Please find enclosed the Sponsorship Categories and a Press Release for the Event, as well as your invitation. Thank you.
 

  We’ll see you on Saturday night, August 2nd in Palo Alto for Eating California. Please join us for a prickly pear margarita at 5:30 and spend an evening celebrating and tasting the new food revolution of California.

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   We’ve had association with Alrie and her group before. We were part of a huge fundraiser some five years ago where we showed up in San Jose with a truckload of cactus and merchandise. We really enjoyed the attendees, the roster of ‘mentionable people’ was impressive. Some of the largest names in the organics, native plants and edible cactus philosophies and trades were at hand. This time will surely be no different. The media of the Bay Area will be present, and Sunset magazine has expressed interest in attending also.

   Sadly, we’ll not be attending this time, but will donate a large box of cactus for the fundraiser… it is scheduled to ship on the 28th.  So if you do attend the fundraiser and eat some cactus, it could very well be from us.. Rivenrock Gardens.