Asibara Forest

08/07/2025

Monday finds at Asibara Forest 🥰

Pick a photo and NAME THAT PLANT!

02/07/2025

Derrienne Reese of Asibara Forest will share a session titled Hands, Heart and Soil: A Forest School Approach to Farmer Wellness.

Farming is beautiful, vital work — but it’s also isolating, exhausting, and emotionally complex. This indoor/outdoor workshop offers farmers simple, forest school–inspired practices to support their mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness on the land that they can share with their community as well.

Together, we’ll explore how engaging the senses, slowing down, and reconnecting with the natural world (even in the smallest moments) can help sustain us through the highs and lows of growing. This is not a productivity workshop — it’s a space to root back into purpose, presence, and community.

30/06/2025

It’s almost time for our 3rd Annual U-Pick Pumpkin Patch Party, and we need YOUR help to keep this fall festival free and fun for local families!

Last year, over 400 families came out to enjoy a beautiful day filled with: Horseback rides, Dancing, Pumpkin decorating, delicious food and so much more!

This year, we’re aiming to make it bigger and better than ever!

Your support—whether it's a donation, sponsorship, or volunteering—helps us bring the joy of fall to families without cost being a barrier.

Let’s come together to celebrate community, creativity, and pumpkins like only Detroit can.

Donate. Share. Volunteer. Let’s make magic happen again this year!

Gratitude in Advance

Support Asibara Forest’s 3rd Annual U-Pick Pumpkin Patch Party! A free, family-friendly harvest festival in Detroit with pumpkins, games, food & fun on Oct 25th.

21/06/2025

Sensory Sundays will be cancelled tomorrow due to extreme weather conditions. Please stay cool, hydrated and safe.

17/06/2025

Detroiters deserves a harvest festival that feels like home.
Last year, 400+ neighbors came out to celebrate at the 2nd Annual U-Pick Pumpkin Patch Party — this year, we’re growing even bigger.

From pumpkin picking to hot cider, bounce houses to face painting, we’re creating fall memories right in our city — where joy, tradition, and community belong.

But we can’t do it without you. Help us keep the festival free and accessible to all.

Donate today: https://givebutter.com/AsibaraForest

$10 = craft supplies
$25 = cider & donuts
$100 = pumpkins for the patch
$500+ = major festival support

Every dollar helps. Every gift plants joy.

Support Asibara Forest’s 3rd Annual U-Pick Pumpkin Patch Party! A free, family-friendly harvest festival in Detroit with pumpkins, games, food & fun on Oct 25th.

16/06/2025

Yesterday, we celebrated our Babas.

Unable to find a crafting project that reflected the ancestry and honor of having a present, loving Black father, we created our own.

In honor of Father's Day, our scholars decorated a beautiful keepsake inspired by the African philosophy of Ubuntu — *"I am because you are."*

Each piece was engraved with Adinkra symbols and affirmations:

EBAN (translation: "fence" — a symbol of safety & protection)
PROTECTED BY YOU, I RISE

NKYINKYIM (translation: "twisting" — a symbol of the challenges of life's journey)
GUIDED BY YOU, I BECOME

We honor our Babas — fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and father figures, past and present — who walk with us, lift us up, and pass on their strength, love, and legacy.

08/06/2025

Today one of my scholars accidentally pulled up an entire wild strawberry plant while trying to pick berries — but instead of frustration, it turned into the perfect hands-on learning opportunity!

We took a moment to talk about proper harvesting techniques, respect for living plants, and overall farm etiquette. Plus, I was able to snap some beautiful reference photos of the plant — roots and all! 🥰

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Fun Fact About Wild Strawberries!

Did you know? Wild strawberries (*Fragaria vesca*) are smaller than the ones you see in the store, but they’re packed with intense flavor. Unlike commercial varieties, wild strawberries often grow in shady woodland areas and spread through runners. Their seeds are on the *outside* of the fruit — and yes, they’re edible too!

02/06/2025

🧪🔬We Are All Scientists! 👨🏿‍🔬🥼
You can register your project here. Also, if you're interested in judging or you know a sponsor, this is the link.

https://learning.sankiatech.com/we-are-all-scientists-festival/

01/06/2025

Can't make it todays Sensory Sundays session? Looking for a fun, kid-friendly way to explore biomimicry through an African perspective? Check out this beautiful animated video by Super Sema—Africa’s STEM Superhero!

In this episode, Sema is solving a pollution issue inspired by the world's largest flying bird—and proving how we can solve real-world problems by observing the land around us.

Engaging music, storytelling, and African voices make this a perfect companion to our June theme.

▶️ Watch here

🔗 https://youtu.be/nE3Si5QM3wQ?feature=shared

Tobor is making a racket and polluting Dunia with his fuel-drenched HyperJet. Sema is disgusted. Taking inspiration from her science lesson on biomimicry, sh...

01/06/2025

June Sensory Sundays Theme: Biomimicry in Architecture & Engineering

Did you know? Nature has been designing efficient, resilient systems for billions of years—and now, architects and engineers are taking notes!

Here are some amazing ways nature is inspiring human design:

🐜 Termite Mounds → Eco Buildings
Termite mounds in Africa maintain constant internal temperatures without AC—architects mimicked this to design self-cooling buildings like the Eastgate Centre in Zimbabwe.

🦅 Kingfisher Beak → Bullet Trains
Japan’s Shinkansen trains were redesigned to mimic a kingfisher’s beak, reducing noise and improving speed when exiting tunnels.

Biomimicry isn't just copying nature—it's learning from it to build smarter, more sustainable futures.

Each Sunday this month at Asibara Forest, we’ll explore these ideas hands-on. From spider silk engineering to leaf-inspired solar design, kids and families will get curious about how nature builds to thrive.