What If Your Backyard Could Do More Than Just Look Nice?

Imagine stepping outside into a space alive with purpose — buzzing with pollinators, blooming with native plants, and producing food, beauty, and resilience right under your feet. Imagine a place where bees and butterflies thrive alongside herbs and vegetables, where soil is rich with life, and where your hands reconnect you to something deeper than aesthetics.

What if your backyard could feed insects, nourish people, and repair soil — all at once?

This is more than a gardening class. It's an invitation to reclaim your connection to land, to cultivate abundance right where you live, and to remember what's possible in even the smallest spaces. In a time of great change — when global systems feel uncertain and the pace of the world can feel overwhelming — learning how to grow your own food, support biodiversity, and build soil is a powerful act of resilience.

This is about creating spaces that care for you, your family, your children, and the wider community. It's about planting beauty and sustenance with intention — and knowing how to tend it.

This 2-class series will guide you through the full process of transforming your backyard into a biodiverse, food-producing habitat. Each class is two hours of hands-on learning and practical instruction.

Class 1 — Soil & Plants: You'll learn how to read your land, test and build your soil, and understand the underground systems that make everything grow. From there, you'll explore how to select and establish native and edible plants that thrive in your specific conditions — laying the living foundation your backyard ecosystem needs.

Class 2 — Insects & Food Production: With healthy soil and plants in place, you'll discover how to attract and support the pollinators and beneficial insects that bring your garden to life. You'll learn how to design plant guilds that produce both food and habitat, and leave with a clear seasonal planting plan tailored to your space and focused on real abundance.

Led by Nelson Heider-Kuhn, an agroecologist, soil scientist, and regenerative agriculture educator, this course draws on the wisdom and support of the local regenerative agriculture community in Longmont. Together, this course offers grounded expertise, lived experience, and practical tools to help you design and grow a resilient backyard ecosystem — with guidance every step of the way.

This course is rooted in the belief that change begins at home — and that home can be a place of learning, nourishment, and regeneration. Whether you have a patio, a small backyard, or a suburban lawn, you'll leave this series with a clear seasonal action plan and the confidence to begin transforming your space into a living, breathing ecosystem.

🌻 You'll Leave With:

A seasonal planting & care plan tailored to your space
The skills to grow food, habitat, and soil in a small footprint
Tools for tracking ecological diversity, richness, and health over time through soil and water
A deeper understanding of what's possible and why it matters

From Lawn to Resilient Life: A backyard biodiversity workshop

By Herb'n Soil

From Lawn to Resilient Life: A backyard biodiversity workshop

Designing Regenerative Habitat and Resilient Food Production in your backyard for Pollinators, Your Family & Your Community