upcoming events

Turtle Talent Show

Please feel free to join us and participate in the Turtle Talent Show. It's a free event for sharing and witnessing our collective talents and inspirations with each other. Anyone from the community is welcome to perform and participate.
Date: Monday November 11th, 5pm to 7 pm
Location: front room at Turtle Lake Refuge, 848 East 3rd Ave in Durango, Colorado
Free and open to the public

Wild Wisdom of Weeds and Radical Remediation by Katrina Blair

Hosted by the Bioregional Explorers Club
Dates: Saturday November 23 @ 11am for mushroom foraging adventure and 7pm for evening presentation
Forage Location : Please join us @10:45 on the west side (big parking lot side) of the Fairfax Good Earth grocery store - 720 Center Blvd, Fairfax, CA 94930 https://maps.app.goo.gl/cixt9jhVxjscwqYs7
Potluck at 5pm, Slideshow at 7pm
Potluck and Slideshow Location: 451 Meadow Way, San Geronimo, California
By Donation
West Marin Mushroom Foraging Collective Dinner and Plant Talk, followed by music making and merriment around the fire. Bring a sack lunch and something to share for a potluck dinner.

Winter Vitality Recipe Class with Katrina Blair

Date: Tuesdays from 5:30pm to 7:00pm, January 7, 14, 21, 28 2025
Location: Turtle Cafe, 848 East 3rd Ave, Durango, Colorado
$111 for all 4 classes, or $33 for drop-ins
Join us for this four series experiential class where we will learn new recipes using wild and local foods that support our health and personal immune system for the winter season
Register here

weekly events

Acro Yoga

Qi Gong with Cristina San Pedro

Join us every Saturday morning for the Durango Farmers Market during the season

Recent Past Events

Tree Planting and Reforestation Lecture:

Intro to Miyawaki reforestation and indigenous agroforestry. Q&A to follow.
Date: Saturday evening October 12 and Sunday all day October 13
Location: Turtle Lake Farm - 53 Misty Lane
Instructor: Coakee William Wildcat and Mother Tree Food and Forest.
Suggested Donation: $15
Details: Join us for two special events this weekend at Turtle Lake Farm (53 misty lane)! On Saturday from 530pm to 730pm we will have a pre workshop lecture on indigenous and modern approaches to planting trees and creating diverse forests. We will focus on indigenous agroforestry and Miyawaki reforestation. On Sunday join from 9am-4pm for a daylong workshop on planting trees from seeds, hands on learning, and much more. Please reach out with any questions.

Apple Pressing Harvest Potluck

Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Class with Katrina Blair