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Petesch Law <br />127 W. Hargett St., Ste 500  Raleigh, NC 27601 <br />T: 919-747-8611  F: 888-848-9605 <br />E: andy@peteschlaw.com <br />VIA EMAIL <br /> <br />June 27, 2017 <br /> <br />Michael Harvey <br />Current Planning Supervisor <br />Orange County <br />P.O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />mharvey@orangecountync.gov <br /> <br />Re: June 24, 2017 Educational Workshop Event <br />Mr. Harvey: <br /> <br />I am writing to provide information regarding the educational workshop event held at Wild Flora <br />Farm on June 24, 2017 from approximately 12:00pm to 2:00pm. <br /> <br />The event featured a book launch by a local writer as an anchor to host a variety of educational <br />workshops conducted by Wild Flora Farm staff , including: <br /> <br />o Bee Education Learning Center – offered honey tastings, unveiling of the Farm’s <br />observational hive installed in the barn, lessons on the internal functioning of the <br />hive, and pollinator garden walks. It is notable that last week was National <br />Pollinator Week (http://pollinator.org/pollinatorweek). <br />o Floral Corsage Making – using flowers and greenery from Wild Flora Farm’s <br />fields as well as another local flower farm, participants learned about local flower <br />identification and flower arranging. <br />o Sempervivum (Succulent) Potting Station – succulents are especially fun for kids <br />to grow, as they produce many offsets that can be easily replanted. <br /> <br />The book itself is deeply connected to agriculture. Titled Cultivate What Matters, the book is <br /> <br />[w]ritten as part encouragement anthem and part practical guide, Cultivate offers <br />wisdom from God’s Word alongside lessons Lara has learned in her garden. <br />Woven throughout is her personal story that helps release readers from the <br />pressure to achieve and gives them freedom to move from planning to planting a <br />meaningful legacy. “It’s in the imperfect —the mess of the dirt—that good things <br />grow,” Casey reminds readers. “Peonies grow through the dirt, and so do we.” <br />Readers will learn to embrace the season they’re in, finding balance as they <br />interact in fresh ways with their current life scenarios, with God, and in the <br />communities where they are planted. <br /> <br />https://smile.amazon.com/Cultivate-Grace-Filled-Guide-Growing-Intentional- <br />ebook/dp/B01CXE9L8W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498586327&sr=8- <br />1&keywords=cultivate+what+matters <br /> <br /> <br />178 of 200