Hey Garden(ers),
Summer Solstice was AMAZING with each and every one of you that shared a workshop, attended, spit a poem, danced in pixel form, welcomed the moment with ceremony, or just chose to be with each other during these wild times. You are a gift!!!!! Thank you to all of our facilitators, performers, space holders, game players and volunteers!! Special shoutout to our interpretation team from Heartsong Interpreting! THANK YOU for sharing over 28 hours, and 20 events with us for our second Summer Solstice festival ever! Below are some photos of what we got into!
For those that attended the brilliant Inner Child Writing Workshop w/ Ash, they have graciously made their slides available via their website here.
Also, we'd be remiss without thanking our wonderful vendors: Activated Introspective Writing & Self-Compassion Coaching, MUCK House Herbs, @Gata_The_Baddie, Stickers by Sol and Serenus Community Herbs!
💒 The Queers are back at the Ultimatum, a Netflix dating show centered around couples and their marriage ultimatums. Gather around and grab your popcorn, we will watch the first two episodes of this season on Thursday June 26th at 5pm PST. RSVP here!
💋 This Friday, Deanne and Nathan are streaming the Cantonese elder queer film, All Shall Be Well 從今以後. Join us at 6:30pm PDT/9:30pm EDT/11:30am AEST on Friday 27 June 2025. Synopsis: Angie and Pat have been together for over four decades but after Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of Pat's family as she struggles to retain her dignity and the home that both had shared for over thirty years. Runtime: 93 mins - we will have a break halfway. CW: death. RSVP here.
✨Need something else to do on a Friday night? Skip the noise and join Deeda for Salon Night Part 2: A cozy, creative evening of makeup play, self-care, and connection. 💄 They’ll be sharing *cute*, COVID-safe, mask-friendly looks and good vibes. 😷✨ Salon Night starts Friday July 4th at 5:30pm PST. RSVP here!
❤️🔥 Garden’s Roast Wanted: A Night of Roasting is happening July 6th at 1:30pm PST! Wanna roast your homophobic relative? The concept of time? Politicians who keep fucking up your life? A celebrity you have petty beef with? COVID deniers? Pitch a topic that you can complain about for 15 min or less by June 29th at 11:59pm PST! Mo even created a little inspiration post to get you going! Want to attend the July 6ht festivities? RSVP here!
❄️ SNOWBALL FIGHT Let's fight! The snowball scoreboard has been reset, let's see who can make it to the top on July 6th at 5pm PST. RSVP!
🎨 Craft & Yap 🦜 will take place Sunday, July 20 at 11am PST. Come hang out and make stuff! Whether you’re journaling, stitching, collaging, or just vibing, this is a space for creativity and connection. Bring a project or come to get inspired and maybe learn something new. All crafts, all Gardeners welcome! Hosted by Deeda. RSVP!
🫁 Want to increase your lung capacity? Come to Breathing in the Knowledge Nursery! Every weekday at 9am PST. RSVP here!
💃🏾 Join Caroline for Co-Twerking on Tuesdays at 3pm PST! We will follow video(s) with a warm-up and cool down sequence, with dancing in between. This is meant to be an aerobic exercise, so bring water and items that will provide you comfort while dancing your butt off! Video suggestions welcome. Duration: ~30 minutes. RSVP here.
📔 Quiet-ish Reading Club / Connect (QRC) 💜💛📚 meets Tuesdays at 6pm PST! QRC - Garden Edition is where we chill together in mostly quiet company of 45 min reading blocks. Bring your own: book, audiobook, article, magazine, comic book, training manuals, graphic novel, paperwork/forms, poetry, etc. anything you’d like to or need to read. Most of the time will be us practicing sustained silent reading (SSR) in cozy, quiet company together. We will take occasional breaks to chat and socialize - mics optional. Learn more about QRC - Garden Edition. Like to be kept up-to-date on QRC meet-ups in Garden? Fill out this interest form. RSVP here
🎥 Name That Movie (Night!) is Wednesday at 5:30pm PST! This week's movie is an animated feature about K-Pop stars that hunt demons in their spare time! Think you know what it is? Come thru and find out! RSVP via the visit page.
🪷 Stretch it out as Caroline leads us in another weekly afternoon Yoga sesh Fridays at 3pm PST by streaming a yoga video from YouTube and following along. Videos will be between 25-45 minutes long between easy to moderate pace. Drop ins are always welcome! RSVP via the calendar on the visit page.
🫂 The next session of Chronic Illness and Long Covid Support Group will be Thursday July 3rd from 5:30pm-7:30pm PST with Chanelle! Navigating everything that comes with chronic illness can be difficult - from managing symptoms to experiencing grief over missing your pre-illness life. This is a peer support space where we can share our feelings about living with any chronic/long-term illness, including long COVID, during an ongoing pandemic. RSVP here!
😷 Hang out, chill and play games with Black folks who take COVID precautions at Bonfire in Garden is every 3rd Saturday! The next Bonfire will be July 19th at 5pm PST. RSVP here.
🐣 Are you a parent looking to connect with other parents? Parents Group will be meeting this Sunday July 6th at 11am PST! RSVP here!
🎥 In the spirit of "Nothing about us without us" the For Us By Us film club is an opportunity for Black members of Garden to watch and discuss films made by Black film makers from around the world. Join Skyriver every first Sunday of the month. The next date is July 6th at 2pm PST. From comedy to documentary, horror to romance, indie to mainstream we'll share the many facets of Black storytelling. RSVP here!
📺 Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month at 11am PT for Garden Ghibli, where we view a Ghibli movie and attempt to make our way to watch all the magical Ghibli movies! The next meetup is on Saturday July 19th. RSVP here!
🦾 Self Defense Discussion Series with Caroline will be Sundays at 8am PT. Each group includes reading, discussion and (potential) movement on self-defense principles! In these politically challenging times, it is especially important for our collective liberation and self-care to learn self-defense. RSVP via the visit page!
💻 Do you work from home and sometimes feel a little too isolated from others? Come Co-Work with us in Garden! We are a 24/7 drop in space for folks to join to co-work silently, listen to music, play a game or chat amongst each other in the chat box.
🪷 Asian Mental Health Collective's (AMHC) Lotus Therapy Fund (LTF) seeks to make psychotherapy as available, accessible, and approachable as possible to the Asian community. This application will close on Friday, June 27th at 11:59 PM PST. If you are a therapist and want to be listed on AMHC's directory to provide services, fill out this form!
🌍 Liberation Medicine School is hosting a peer-to-peer witnessing circle for Black Trans and Gender Expansive people all over the world this Sunday, June 29th at 9am PST. This peer to peer witnessing circle is a soft, intentional space where we gather as Black/African Trans and Gender Non-Conforming folks to share our wisdom, ask our questions, and reflect on the everyday medicines we carry. Whether it’s a story, a question, a poem, or a practice, we are inviting you to bring yourself and your medicine into the space. You can choose to participate actively, or simply witness. Both are sacred and medicines in and of themselves. Register for this session here.
🌈 Accessible Virtual Pride 2025, a collaboration between Calling Up Justice, One Free Community & MouthWater will be taking place July 4th-6th on Zoom and GatherTown! Volunteer to help make the magic happen, or register as an audience member here!
💽 The PowerOn Individual Tech Grant provides life-saving and life-changing technology (cell phones, tablets, and laptops) to LGBTQ+ individuals for personal use. If you are in need of a device, please apply! Please note: This grant requires that applicants are tied to an approved LGBTQ+ organization. The Black Trans Prayer Book (the org Garden is tied to) is an approving organization. Please contact J Mase via the info@MeetAtGarden.com email or in Garden to get set up with a recommendation. Applications are due July 10th.
🪩 Bring your dancing shoes LA folks! Air Orgy LA: A COVID Safer Dance Party is back on Saturday August 23rd at 4:30PM PT. There will be DJ sets, speed friending, Yall Masking? Photobooth and more! Accessibility: Outdoor location, wheelchair accessible, high filtration mask required at all times, pre-testing and trace testing required. RSVP required, please read the policies and procedures document before RSVP-ing. For questions, ask Gata or email airorgyla@gmail.com.
🍉 Centering Palestine has a zoom every Tuesday at 5pm PST, along with other resources to show up for Palestine available here.
😷 World Health Network has a weekly call to organize community members against mask bans every Friday at 12pm PST.
🌻 We are looking to open Garden up to more community orgs who would like to share space with us here. If you are part of an org that may benefit from office/event space here, please email info@meetatgarden.com
💌 Don't forget, we can design and host non-Garden virtual events too.
Until next our avatars meet,
🪄Al, 😻Gata & 🪻J Mase
PS: Have a one-time-event or a recurring event and need a place to host? Email us at info@meetatgarden.com!
Garden is a free 24/7 space, but it does cost money for us to maintain it on Gather.Town. If you'd like to donate to this work, consider throwing some money in the pot here. To send donations directly through our 501c3 fiscal sponsor, email us!