ECOTONE World

In a lovely pocket of sunshine, gentle breezes and natural inclinations the first “Soul Fest 2023” was an experience we are still having! In this kick-off year the banner call was “Keep On Keeping On!” with a focus on honoring legacy and tradition through the lens of preservation and reverence.

It was indeed a pleasure for Chef Tarsha to present a talk and workshop on the preservation of herbs and spices and customizing one’s own seasoning blends. In usual form, Chef advocated for the benefit of growing your own kitchen garden sustainably with a nod to the utilization of recycled materials as planting containers — i.e. water bottles, toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls. Attendees of the Soul Fest were invited to take home their own “mobile greenhouse” which they created by hand onsite. Organic seeds, soil and recycled containers were provided by ECOTONE World. An amazing day was had by all!

Join us on Saturday, April 22nd, we’ll be watercolor painting in the garden, capturing your vision of nature in the urban environment. We’ve got a few fruit trees to plant in the orchard too and some to giveaway to you! We want to foster the expansion of “green-space” come out and enjoy the “Art of Nature,” a gift that keeps on giving!

Folk fest 2023 “keep on keepin’ on” is a free public cultural arts convening for community members interested in learning heritage preservation techniques through workshops ranging from ancestral mapping, food preparation, gardening, meditation, // vision boarding and folk dance. ” Folk fest is in partial fulfillment of the Scholar in Residence program between Rice University Center for engaged research and collaborative learning & African American Research Center Gregory campus.