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Learn permaculture in a living food forest alongside your children! 🌿🌈🤓🙏🏼🌸Pike Wellness, LLC is now an approved provider...
05/29/2026

Learn permaculture in a living food forest alongside your children! 🌿🌈🤓🙏🏼🌸

Pike Wellness, LLC is now an approved provider on the Step Up for Students EMA Portal for:

🌱 Gardening/Horticultural Lessons or Training Programs
✅ Catalog Item ID: 20117807

Families can now use eligible Step Up scholarship funds toward our educational programs, including our upcoming:

🌳 10-Day Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course
📍 Jupiter Farms, Florida
📅 August 17–26, 2026

This immersive course combines environmental science, ecology, gardening, agriculture, and regenerative design in a real-world food forest setting. Students and parents will explore:

🌿 Food forests and edible landscapes
🌿 Soil health and composting
🌿 Plant propagation and seed starting
🌿 Water conservation and earthworks
🌿 Sustainable agriculture
🌿 Ecology and biodiversity
🌿 Hands-on design and implementation

To locate the program in EMA, search:
🔍 Pike Wellness
🔍 Amanda Pike
🔍 Gardening/Horticultural Lessons or Training Programs

We are excited to help families connect with nature, grow food, build practical life skills, and learn how regenerative systems can create healthier communities and landscapes. 🌈🦋🌻





05/27/2026

I nearly flipped out in the food forest today because I thought I had found Styrofoam breaking apart in the garden 🧐😳🧐😳

Then my son calmly explained that it was actually the internal pith/foam from the stems of Mexican sunflower (perennial yellow tithonia) 🌻

Ironically, this plant has been somewhat of a bane of my existence because I’ve tried to remove it multiple times and it just keeps thriving 😂 But seeing that lightweight natural internal structure immediately got me thinking…

At a time when polystyrene foam pollution is everywhere …and some potting mixes now even use foam materials as substitutes for more expensive inputs …I can’t help but wonder about the potential of resilient, carbon-sequestering plants as biomaterials.

Unlike Styrofoam: plants feed pollinators, build soil, sequester carbon, biodegrade naturally, and regenerate themselves

Research on styrene/polystyrene exposure has raised concerns about possible carcinogenicity and reproductive impacts in occupational settings😷😭

These are exactly the kinds of regenerative design questions researchers, growers, and innovators should be exploring:

How do we replace toxic waste streams with living systems?

We’ll be discussing ideas like this and many more, including patent-ready plants and the process of filing a patent, during our 10-Day Permaculture Design Certification Course this August 🌿🌎🙏🏼

📍 Pike Food Forest, Jupiter Farms, FL
📅 August 17–26, 2026

https://jupiterfarmspermaculture.eventbrite.com/

20% off with discount code PDCMAMAS by 6/1/26!!





05/26/2026

Mulberry leaves cook up just like collard greens… they’re incredibly sustainable and surprisingly nutritious!! 💪🏼

Unlike many annual greens, mulberry trees produce edible leaves year after year with very little input once established. The leaves are rich in: protein, calcium, iron, fiber, vitamin C, antioxidants and polyphenols.

They’re tender when young, delicious sautéed or simmered, and can be harvested repeatedly from the same tree 🌳 🌈 A perennial vegetable hiding in plain sight!

We’ll explore this and many more ways to enjoy food directly from your food forest during our 10-Day Permaculture Design Certificate Course this August🙏🏼🌸🦋

📍 Pike Food Forest, Jupiter Farms, FL
📅 August 17–26, 2026

https://jupiterfarmspermaculture.eventbrite.com/

20% off with discount code PDCMAMAS by 6/1/26!!





SustainableLiving

05/19/2026

Ready to finally finish your food forest this year?! 🌿🌳

Pro-Tip: Order your plugs in bulk from AgriStarts!! Plugs average around just $1.20 each 🤯 I just received 72 strawberry trees for about $100!!

No business or resale certificate? No problem 🌱 Message me and I can help walk you through the process or partner on a bulk order.

We’ll be exploring this and so much more during our 10 Day Summer Permaculture Design Course ☀️🌴

🎉 20% OFF with discount code: PDCMAMAS
⏳ Valid through 6/1/26

📍 Jupiter Farms
💳 Step Up scholarships accepted
(Log into your Step Up EMA account and search “Pike Wellness” or “Amanda Pike,” then select Gardening/Horticultural Lessons or Training Programs)

Join us this summer for a 10-Day Permaculture Design Course (PDC)Homeschooling mamas!!! It’s approved for reimbursement ...
05/14/2026

Join us this summer for a 10-Day Permaculture Design Course (PDC)

Homeschooling mamas!!! It’s approved for reimbursement through Step Up For Students!!

📍 Pike Food Forest, Jupiter Farms, FL
📅 August 17–26, 2026

🎟️ Reserve your spot here:
https://jupiterfarmspermaculture.eventbrite.com/

(20% off with discount code PDCMAMAS by 6/1/26)

🌳✂️ Tree pruning day at the Pike food forest!! ✂️🌳We’ve done a little cleanup since the cold snap in Feb, but today is t...
05/14/2026

🌳✂️ Tree pruning day at the Pike food forest!! ✂️🌳

We’ve done a little cleanup since the cold snap in Feb, but today is the BIG reset 🌿💪🏼

The crew will be:
• cutting back deadwood
• reducing height on overgrown trees
• reshaping canopies for better harvest access
• improving airflow, light, and storm resilience 🌬️☀️

I even made field sheets for the crew so everyone knows exactly what each tree needs 🤓📋🌳

One of my favorite “children’s garden” trees? 🌸 Magnolia.Magnolias are such a sensory experience for children:✨ giant fr...
05/06/2026

One of my favorite “children’s garden” trees? 🌸 Magnolia.

Magnolias are such a sensory experience for children:
✨ giant fragrant flowers
✨ glossy climbing leaves
✨ natural shade for imaginative play
✨ pollinator habitat
✨ and even edible petals!

The flower petals of some magnolia species can actually be pickled or used fresh in small amounts for a ginger-like flavor. The scent alone makes them magical for nature-based childhood memories.

I also love that magnolias encourage children to slow down. Kids instinctively stop to smell them, touch the petals, watch the beetles and bees, and sit beneath the canopy. In a fast-paced world, that matters.

Some plants feed wonder, curiosity, pollinators, shade, beauty, and emotional connection to the land and magnolia does all of that beautifully. 🌿

😅 Just a quick reminder that some things (like food forestry!) are best learned in person… 🌱Join us this Sunday for a Fo...
04/28/2026

😅 Just a quick reminder that some things (like food forestry!) are best learned in person… 🌱

Join us this Sunday for a Food Forest Tour—walk, taste, and learn in real time. Take home free cuttings (bring a bucket + shears!). Got a plant wish list? Bring it along so we can be sure to get those cuttings for you.

Advance registration required.🙏🏼🙏🏼🌈🌈

You can register here: https://tinyurl.com/FoodForestTour

🌿 Exciting news! We are now an approved Step Up for Students provider 🎉We’re offering a hands-on Gardening & Food Forest...
04/20/2026

🌿 Exciting news! We are now an approved Step Up for Students provider 🎉

We’re offering a hands-on Gardening & Food Forest Program right here at the Pike Food Forest in Jupiter Farms.

Students will learn:
🌱 How to grow food in Florida
🌿 Plant science & sustainability
🧺 Real-life gardening skills through hands-on experience

Perfect for homeschool and scholarship students who thrive outdoors and learn by doing.

📍 Jupiter Farms
💳 Step Up scholarships accepted

👉 To enroll: Log into your Step Up EMA account and search “Pike Wellness” or “Amanda Pike”, then select Gardening/Horticultural Lessons or Training Programs

📩 Message me with any questions or if you’d like help finding it in EMA!

It’s finally here!!! 🎉🌿Years of love, learning, testing, tasting, and growing have come together in one book, and I trul...
04/15/2026

It’s finally here!!! 🎉🌿

Years of love, learning, testing, tasting, and growing have come together in one book, and I truly couldn’t have done it without this amazing community. Thank you to everyone who shared recipes, tested dishes, offered ideas, and even loaned cookbooks along the way. This really is a collective creation 💚

I’m so excited to share it with you and even more excited for all the potlucks, garden meals, and gatherings it will inspire. I hope you’ll love it as much as I do 🌱

Here’s the link if you’d like a copy: https://amzn.to/43Yb1Zl

Address

Jupiter, FL
33478

Opening Hours

5pm - 6pm

Website

https://a.co/d/fEHlRfl, https://www.airbnb.com/h/pike-food-forest

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