Matt Fetissoff

Your quick guide to getting the most out of this community Hey friends, I’m Paulo, and I’m so glad you’re here. This club was created to bring together gardeners, growers, nature lovers, and anyone who wants to reconnect with the seasons and build a meaningful, beautiful, resilient life. Whether you grow veggies, natives, ornamentals, fruit trees, or you’re just getting started… this is your home. This post will help you get oriented in under 2 minutes. 1. Introduce Yourself Jump into the Introductions thread and tell us: - Where you’re growing - What kind of garden you have (or want to have) - What you’re excited to learn this season We’re all neighbors here, even if we’re spread out across the world. 2. Grab Your Free Resources Inside the club you’ll find: The Kitchen Garden Course, a simple ACTION plan to get your garden started 3. Join the Conversation Post photos, questions, plant IDs, project ideas, or things you're working on. This club works because we grow together, not alone. No question is too basic. No garden is too small. No mistake is too embarrassing, we’ve all made them! PLEASE BE KIND AND NO SELF PROMOTION. 4. Local Members: Join the Meetups If you're in Fort Collins or the Front Range, keep an eye out for: - Garden tours - Seed swaps - Community work days - Workshops and seasonal gatherings These are a huge part of what makes this club special. 5. Stay Connected Check your notifications so you don’t miss: - Weekly posts - Seasonal garden guidance - Local events - New videos and resources If you miss anything, everything stays organized inside Skool. 6. Our Guiding Principles We follow the three permaculture ethics in everything we do: 1. Care for the Earth 2. Care for the People 3. Return the Surplus These aren’t rules, they’re the spirit of how we show up here. 🌼 You're Here. You're Part of This. Let's Grow. Thank you for being part of the Mandala Garden Club.This community is built on kindness, curiosity, and a shared love for the land.

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Matt Fetissoff

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Hey everyone. I was to first say how grateful I am to @Paulo Munera for the hard work helping community come together for growing food. My name's Matt, and my family has lived in Fort Collins since 2013. I was a volunteer and mentor gardener for The Growing Project for a number of years before joining their board. My time with TGP was spent installing community gardens, adding drip irrigation, managing annual plantings, pest control, harvesting, and composting. I have certification in advanced permaculture design, having taken courses from instructors in Denver during 2014 and 2015. After that I helped build the Northern Colorado Permaculture Guild, volunteering more time building creative water reuse into the land for host groups, improving outdoor livability, and growing more food locally. Then I started my yardscaping business Common Roots offering many of these skills as services to grow food and the land with careful design, water-wise irrigation, flagstone improvements, habitat restoration, and soil management with composting. I'm looking forward to learning more about you all and projects for this group. Cheers!