Meet our Gardeners in the Denver, Colorado Area
Zanna Ceesay
Head Gardener & Reinhabit Manager
Follow me on instagram at garden.bee.well
I cultivate and nourish – soil, plants, children, community. I teach homeowners to cycle their yard waste on site to regenerate their soil.
I’ve been a gardener for a solid 25 years and have always lived my life with an awareness of my impact—good and bad—on Mama Earth. It wasn’t until 2018 however, that I began to learn of a more harmonious way of gardening, which has many names: no-till, lasagna, sheet mulch, Deep Bed Farming, Hugelkultur, and now the catch term I love: Regenerative Agriculture. Using the methods learned from David Braden and Living Systems Institute, I rebuilt nearly all the beds on my property and then built some more on others’ properties! I love to see two simple natural materials that are often heading to the landfill instead turn into a healthy ecosystem: wood and manure. These two magical resources are the answer to keeping our earth’s surface happy and able to produce food, flowers, trees, and ultimately support all forms of life. They are the building blocks to making soil and healing the bare spots.
In 2019 I started working with David in launching what is now the Reinhabit Co-op. I took what I had learned and brought it to homeowners who wanted to heal their soils, create outdoor spaces they loved, and have a relationship with the ecosystem that is their little plot of land on this earth. I find myself in the happiest of spaces when transforming a grassy, weedy, barren landscape into what will ultimately be a lush garden teaming with life smaller than the eye can see, all the while teaching others how to do it too. I am a mother of five and care deeply about preserving and healing the earth for generations to come. The only way we can sustain our species is to take care of the planet we all live on. The issue of climate change comes from global warming; taking care of the soil can lead to global cooling and as it starts in one backyard, and then another and another, it grows exponentially and makes a BIG impact. Join us in this effort!
Emmy Fritz
Certified Gardener
(She, her) (and good boy Canis Familiaris)
Stewarding regenerative philosophy onto planet earth and its gardens is my goal in life, along with caring for all beings I encounter with loving compassion. I aspire to become established in recognizing the divine miracle all around me every day. I love the communities movement, egalitarian societies, and connecting people and resources. I’m so grateful to get to work on this team, this cooperative. Welcome to our circle!