Get step by step, real time guidance to turn your cut grass lawn into a place of natural beauty and abundance.
Connect with the Living world around you with guided prompts and earth-based rituals.
Your garden is just one stem of our interconnected rhizome of home and community gardens. Together we are building a global food forest, one garden at a time.
The Earth & Air Community combines the two most influential pieces of my personal journey. In these virtual spaces I offer my experience tending the Earth through gardening and tending our bodies and energy through guided meditations.
The Earth Garden Building portion is a virtual space where you are walked through the season step by step, learning to create and maintain a successful garden while connecting with the natural world around you. To support this journey, there is a member forum where you can ask questions, share and connect with others.
The Air portion is an invitation into your body, to feel, heal and radiate love throughout your entire field. Working with the breath helps us to realign and return to our true selves, bringing forth the highest potential for ourselves, humanity and all life. I offer four pre-recorded sessions each year for you to access whenever and as often as you desire.
All of the virtual materials are available at your own pace.
In addition to the pre-recorded sessions and classes, members have access to a community forum to share and ask questions.
Beginning in the autumn of 2024 we will be transitioning our live calls to in-person opportunities, placed at the core of each season. The first meeting will be in October.
The Earth membership is about the process. It’s easy enough to google “what are these little bugs on my tomatoes?”, but our group isn’t about just the questions, it’s about being guided from the days of brown leaves into a gradual and natural process.
Our approach as a society to gardening has been diluted, as many things have. No longer do we grow the flax, thresh it, spin it, weave, sew and adorn it.
We skip steps. At the supermarket, the potatoes come already mashed. With something resembling butter. The watermelon can be found in cubes anytime of year.
The garden can be like that. We jump in somewhere in the middle, or even sometimes closer to the end.
There’s no shame in buying your garden starts from the local farmstand, but there is value in being aware. Something awakens in us when we begin to notice the process and patterns of the work we do. Here we are focused on the garden, but this awareness permeates all aspects of our lives.
In the Earth membership we learn the technical skills to grow a garden, and we also learn to reawaken the part of us that is deeply connected to the landscape around us, engaging in the work of mending our relationship with all that surrounds us.
The Earth membership includes a self-paced educational program to build a garden step-by step, pre-recorded in short manageable pieces so you really can take it at your own speed. You'll also gain access to our community forum and monthly live call where you can ask questions, share, get advice and connect with others.
All practices are inspired by absolute reverence for the living world, and no pesticides, herbicides or non-organic additives are ever used. My practices do not use tilling or plowing, not even for establishment. Although we follow no specific religion, we hold the belief that all life is sacred and every being is alive as we are.
Air is a series of meditation sessions that focus on the breath and embodiment practices.
As we deepen into our relationship with the Earth, often we encounter deep grief and other emotions as we realize just how separated we have become from our beautiful home in our modern lives. Often these emotions can stir up ancestral energies and remembrance, so these sessions often hold these types of themes. I offer these pre-recorded sessions to support you as you deepen into your relationship with the Earth and uncover more about yourself in the process.
When you join you receive immediate access to the archive of recorded sessions. I will be uploading new recorded sessions for each season as it passes, beginning in December of 2024.
Join now to begin the how to build a garden step-by-step program at your own pace and access the archive of Breathwork sessions. Plus get immediate access to our community forum and entire archive of materials. Receive the full benefits at either the full exchange of $35/month or apply the code GROW to receive the no-questions asked scholarship rate of $22/month. For those experiencing financial insecurity, you can gain all the benefits of the community for just $5/month by selecting the growth pricing plan.
"Being a part of Brooke's Earth Community has been an awesome experience for me so far - I couldn't be happier that I met Brooke and not long after had this opportunity pop up! I have often wished over the years I had someone to help me with all of my gardening questions. Having grandparents and parents who grew up on farms, I feel it is in my blood to garden and have always had such a strong innate desire to do so. Unfortunately, with 3 little ones I haven't had as much time to dedicate to learning all there is to know. I have done my best over the past few years managing my little garden plots knowing they could be so much better but feeling frustrated at times and overwhelmed with the research needed to get things how I wanted them. Enter Brooke! She is a fountain of knowledge with a long history of farming/gardening and is such a kind soul. I have not even planted a seed yet but with 5 months of calls under my belt, I already feel more excited and more prepared than I ever have in the past about this year's garden. Brooke has step-by-step walked us through from preparing space, soil testing, garden planning, taking into account individual plant spacing and companion planting, specifics of plant families and timing, seed starting....with so much more to come. Breaking it up into manageable segments throughout the year and being able to go to one source for all questions has been super helpful. With Brooke's help, using all of her valuable posted resources and her thoughtful direct feedback, I've created a great plan for my garden this year and can't wait to start growing, all the while having access to her and the community for troubleshooting along the way. I love the little community that she has created and being able to share and learn with others excited about growing. I'm looking forward to seeing the group expand into the future! Joining this group has been enormously helpful, so fun, and I would recommend it to anyone looking to step up their gardening game!"
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I believe the universe provides us with gifts, often subtle. But sometimes we are so busy in our monkey minds that we don’t notice them. Then the universe delivers a gift right at our feet when we most need it. Brooke was that gift for me. I was greeted with a sweet smile and a bottle of water. Brooke talked me through what to expect and took a trauma informed approach. Beautiful music was playing as we settled into the space and Brooke applied essential oils to several chakra points with consent and clear communication. I was given options of how to position my body and given the option to choose crystals to hold during the session. Brooke then, with gentle voice and serene energy taught me the breathing method to be used and we were on our way. The experience was like no other. My body immediately knew what to do and I’m certain that was entirely due to Brooke’s guidance, energy and warm intentions. I felt safe throughout. Brooke’s play list was perfect and spoke directly to what I had been holding onto. I was able to get into my body and release some strongly held stuff that no longer served me. I felt safe to cry and laugh and move my body in whatever way it saw fit. Brooke offered affirmations that furthered my sense of safety. I was gently guided out of the session and encouraged to do what felt right for me. It was a transformative and therapeutic experience that I will never forget. I know I will be seeing Brooke again to help guide me through my healing journey. I thank the universe for this cosmic being.
Elle
Trying to find the words to describe my breathwork session with Brooke and the first word that comes to mind is “Phenomenal!”. I wasn’t sure what to expect going into it but wow oh wow! I cried in the best way possible. I felt joy. I felt release. My entire body was vibrating and felt total euphoria! Having Brooke there to hold the space and gently walk me through felt so comfortable. I had just met her right before our session and immediately felt at ease. She has such a calm presence. I highly highly recommend this to anyone that feels called to do so. It’s been a week since my session and I feel such clarity. Things have been flowing and I feel like I kinda have my life together for once.
Jillian
You can reach me at connect@emergencegardens.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
In the Earth membership we cover every detail. Everything is done step by step, and you can ask as many questions as you like, so you can build your garden even if you've never gardened before. You will have access to the materials even after the course so if there are some topics you're not ready for, you don't have to worry about learning everything now.
My breathwork sessions are held using a two-part breath pattern taught by my teacher David Elliot. We work with the breath at a gentle, consistent pace while listening to music. All sessions include introduction, grounding, active breath and integration portions.
It depends on your reasons for joining! If you are hoping to transition your lawn into a garden, the best time to begin the process is in late summer (August/September) for the following spring, but you can begin the curriculum and get real-time gardening help at any time.
My background is agricultural and hands-on. I worked on my first farm in 2008 and have been farming, gardening or both ever since. I learned and encourage others to learn through a balance of instruction, intuition and experimentation. You can read more about my background and mentors in the "About Me" section of my webpage.
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