The Permaculture Institute of North America Presents
Permaculture in Practice
Regenerating Western PA
A Farm-to-Table Dinner and Fundraiser
Tree Pittsburgh
May 15, 2025 – 5:30-9pm
Join PINA, regional permaculturists, and like-minded neighbors for a delicious locally sourced dinner, and to explore exciting, proactive solutions to increase the resilience of our environment and communities.
If you are unable to attend but would still like to help, Click Here.
Why Your Support Matters
PINA’s work is vital for the future of our planet. By educating youth and empowering communities with permaculture’s holistic approach, we help reverse climate change through better leadership, regenerative farming, wildland restoration, and stronger local food systems.
Our projects show practical solutions to today’s most urgent threats: fire, flood, drought, and storms—disasters that drive war, migration, and economic instability. These challenges demand fresh thinking about root causes and rapid, systemic responses.
With proper support, permaculture offers nature-based, design-driven answers that can reshape communities and ecosystems for lasting resilience. But without funding, these solutions may arrive too late for many.
Your support of this fundraiser is an investment in a livable, healthy future. By helping us reach our $50,000 goal, you ensure PINA continues its mission—expanding outreach, enhancing education, and supporting projects that build a thriving, regenerative world for generations to come.
Learn More by Viewing our Case for Support
Event Highlights
We invite you to an occasion that transcends
the ordinary.
On Thursday, May 15th, join us at Tree Pittsburgh for a Farm-to-Table Dinner with locally crafted libations, and enjoy inspiring stories from national experts and local practitioners about permaculture’s powerful impact.
Craving Adventure?
Bid on luxury vacation packages—to visit Ireland, Costa Rica, or Italy’s Amalfi Coast in high style. Silent auction items also include gift baskets featuring regional specialties.
This FUNdraising event and auction supports the Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA). As the leading body for permaculture education and holistic design in North America, PINA empowers communities through practical, ethical solutions for regeneration.
We’re building a vibrant hub in Western PA, based on decades of work by PINA principals Darrell Frey, Peter Bane, and Elizabeth Lynch. Regional efforts already span wildfire resilience in Oregon and Colorado, youth-led wildland restoration in BC, permaculture films in Guatemalan villages, school gardens in Florida, and neighborhood food systems in Colorado Springs.
In Houston, PINA supported the training of urban youth in permaculture careers. In Alberta, we’ve funded engineering for shelter resilience. Across the continent, we’re restoring land, uplifting communities, and growing the next generation of regenerative leaders.
Now we are asking for your support to expand this essential work.
PINA brings integrated solutions for landscapes, people, and climate to communities across North America and Hawaii. We invite you to partner with us to advance this urgently needed transformation.
Unable to attend but would still like to support the movement? Click Here.
“Your attendance is more than a seat at the table; it’s a commitment to the future of healthy food and greener landscapes for everyone. If you can help us raise $50,000 or more, PINA and its western PA partners can keep turning problems into solutions for a healthier, more resilient world. We invite you to be part of something truly special—an event that nourishes both body and soul.”
The Venue
Tree Pittsburgh
Location: 32 – 62nd St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
📆. Event Program - May 15, 2025
Casual Evening Attire
5:30 pm
Meet & Greet
Honey Pairing w/Appetizers
6:15 pm
Tour of Tree Pittsburgh’s beautiful facility
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Dinner and Presentation w/Silent Auction
8:30pm – 9:00pm
Auction Announcements and Mingling
The Speakers
Peter Bane
Darrell Frey
The Food
Locally Grown
Farm-to-Table Dinner with Chef Specialties
Appetizers
Pierogies (sauerkraut and potato or potato and cheese) – Polska Laska
Beet, roasted carrot, fried shallot, and blue cheese. AND ramps and morels – Black Radish Kitchen
Flatbreads – Alta Via
Locally sourced meatballs – Tavern on the Square
Salad
Salad of the Season featuring organic lettuce from local farms and wild edibles and flowers carefully curated by Darrell Frey of Three Sisters Permaculture
Main Course
Rice bowl with BBQ pulled pork from Birch Creek Farmery
or
BBQ pulled jackfruit from from Salsa Sam’s, farm fresh coleslaw from Blackberry Meadows Farm.
Dessert
Rhubarb cupcakes with honey from CoNectar
The Auction
Auction for a Cause
There will be a silent auction to raise funds to help support the Permaculture Movement in Western PA
Prizes Will Include:
Amfund Travel Packages
Bid on 3 travel packages to the Amalfi Coast, Ireland or Costa Rica. Learn more here.
Bees
Bid on Apoedia honeybee nucleus colony and honey sensory 101 class from
CoNector
Native Plant Package
Western PA Wild Ones basket filled with native plant & wildflower seeds
Kayak Trip
Kayak the Allegheny River with the 3 Rivers Outdoor Co.
Permaculture Book Package
Bid on 2 of the top primers on Permaculture, by Darrel Frey & Peter Bane
Plus books (and Sprouting Kit) by local author Elisa Beck
Receive two FREE eBooks just for visiting this page.
We want to Thank You for considering to join us at this season’s Permaculture Booster.
Whether you attend or not, we would like to give you two FREE eBooks to show our appreciation. Read and enjoy!
If you find them as inspiring as we do, perhaps you’ll find a way to join us
These two books are our gift to you.
If you are unable to attend but would still like to help, Click Here.
Special Thanks to our Sponsors
