Kinship Plot

We create stories, places, and beautiful schemes of rooted belonging. https://linktr.ee/KinshipPlot

We do that through affordable housing, cultivation initiatives, arts-based gatherings, learning opportunities, and hospitable community.

09/22/2026

Curated Conversations was a lovely night!

A huge thank you to Snooze Plaza Midwood for so graciously opening their space, hosting, us and sponsoring the food!

We ate well. Chef Awo put a Ghanaian spin on Snooze’s dishes, bringing creativity and deliciousness to the evening.

We gathered around tables and engaged deeply with one another, exploring questions like: What does it mean to be human?

What happens inside us when we encounter disagreement in our relationships?
 How do we stay connected to our own humanity—and the humanity of others?

Is it possible to remain in deep relationship across disagreement and difference?

There were no easy answers, but there was curiosity, honesty, good listening, and a willingness to stay at the table.

And there was a beautiful and delicious pancake bar!

What does being fully human mean to you?

A special thank you to Food Lion, Harris Teeter, and Two Scoops Creamery for donating wonderful raffle prizes!

We want to bring more Curated Conversations into the community—and we’re looking for local restaurants, eateries, and other businesses who might want to help us make a little room for meaningful conversation and the beauty of being human together.

Want to partner with us? We’d love to hear from you.

Thanks to all the participants of the first Curated Conversations dinner. We are excited about what this will grow into.

Hope to see you at the next one!

09/11/2026

What’s happening in the food forest as summer winds down?

The blooms aren’t over!

Many things have been drying up and are being cut back. Yet we also have beautiful fall blooms that have been preparing all summer to burst forth! Sedum T-Rex, Spiderwort, Cutleaf Coneflower, Swamp Sunflower, Blue Mistflower, and abundant Garlic Chives among others are all peaking right now.

The labyrinth was freshly mowed today so it’s a great time to come walk, reflect, and enjoy this habitat.

You may notice some of the milkweed is stripped of its leaves— they did their job feeding monarch caterpillars. And if you pause before the garlic chives this simple allium bloom may take your breath away.

We also have some fall workday dates to share and our Garlic Fest is scheduled!

Food Forest workdays:

Sept 26th 10:30am - 12:30pm
Oct 24th 1pm - 3pm
Nov 7th 1pm - 3pm

Garlic Fest (learn about garlic and plant it with us) will be Sunday, Oct 25th 11:30-12:30pm.

Food Forest Location: 5735 East W T Harris blvd.

Thank you to Tracy Watts for sharing some of her close up photographs for this post.

09/01/2026

Wishing everyone a joyful Season of Creation! 🌿🌎

Join us this Friday for a free webinar celebrating and participating this global movement. We have an incredible lineup of speakers and panelists for a time to learn, honor, lament, listen, and connect.

Together, we’ll reflect on our shared membership in the community of all living things, our common home, and the particular lands beneath our feet—and what it means to live in right relationship with the places we call home and the waters that flow through them.

Register through the link in our bio!

08/31/2026

“Silence can be eighteen different things.” Aptly spoken by a participant at Saturday’s Oddkin Unite dinner.

How intriguing that the same thing can be and feel so different depending on the person, the moment, the story.

Silence can be awkward, calming, safe, peaceful, a cry for help, uncomfortable, isolating, or restful. It can be a survival strategy, a weapon, restorative, suspicious, fear, a place of rest.

In one evening, we experienced and explored many of these. There was calm, awkwardness, inquiry, peace, discomfort, connection, listening, and a searching for safety, dignity, and belonging as we risked encountering one another.

How do we bridge the gap? Food, always! Shurla Jobe of Meme’s Caribbean Flavour nourished us body and soul with the flavors of Trinidad and Tobago.

And art! Tyris Washington brought us into the theme with original music and improvised tunes, inviting us to sway, hum, sing, s**t, and feel the universal language of music and its power.

Then we went deep in our table conversations, exploring our own experiences and relationships to silence. There was no landing of the plane, no tying it up in a bow. Instead, there was shared space, shared experience, and time to experiment with making oddkin.

As always, we are still processing—which is what it’s all about. Being un-selfed. Agitated toward the plot of kinship.

Thank you to everyone who came and risked. To Shurla and Tyris for sharing their gifts, Ranika Chaney for facilitating, and our volunteers who made the space what it was. Thanks to Warehouse 242 for providing the venue.

Our next—and final—Oddkin Unite gathering of the year is October 24. Registration will open soon.

And if you’re looking for another space to connect deeply, Curated Conversations is happening September 18. We’ll be exploring what it means to be human—a little like Oddkin Unite, but smaller and with more time to go deep. Just a few spots remain (link in bio).

Photos by Tracy Watts

08/27/2026

Summer Apprenticeship 2026 was amazing! As sad as ends can be, there is nothing like a garden to teach you about the necessity of seasons and cycles.

We accomplished so much this summer it feels impossible to capture in a post. Our apprentices were able to be a part of spring planting, pruning, harvesting, leading volunteers, curing garlic, drying herbs, making tea blends, making products, traditional composting, worm composting, weighing and recording food, labeling and giving away produce, cooking new recipes together, pickling, plant identification, seed saving, fundraising, fall seed starting, and more!

We experimented with different pruning methods and observed the affects of drought. We reflected on permaculture principles and how to take better care of each other. We met more neighbors together and celebrated a send off to college!

Thank you for being such a dedicated, contemplative, and kind team! cora Simone Atkins aniya

And thank you to the community for supporting our apprenticeship program— Provide hands-on gardening skills training, earthkeeping, and a vision for land-based community development to the next generation.

Our final apprenticeship fundraiser— a raffle— closes at the end of August!

For $5 or $8 you can enter raffles for a local goods basket, a garden consultation, or a private tour and tea tasting in the food forest! The full amount of each ticket goes to supporting our apprenticeship program. Link in bio❤️

08/25/2026

What if community development began with a fuller understanding of community?

This September, we’re joining the global church to commemorate the Season of Creation by hosting a virtual conversation about what it means to seek the flourishing of people, places, and the whole community of creation. We’d love for you to join us.

💧 Living Water: Community Development and the Flourishing of All Creation
📅 Friday, September 4
⏰ 12–2 PM ET | Online

During this webinar, we will explore how our relationships with the land, water, and living world around us intersect with the work of building healthy, just, and flourishing communities.

The gathering will begin with prayer, readings, and reflection, followed by a keynote from Rev. Dr. Ben Lowe of A Rocha USA and a conversation with practitioners working across theology, watershed restoration, climate justice, community gardens, food justice, affordable housing, ecological design, and environmental justice.

We’re grateful to follow the leadership of Creation Justice Ministries, whose work helps resource congregations and communities throughout the Season of Creation.

Whether creation care is already central to your work or you’re simply curious about how a deeper attentiveness to place and ecology might shape the way you serve your community, this gathering is for you.

Hosted by Kinship Plot + the EDEN Network of CCDA.

Register at the link in bio.

08/24/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Open House last night! 🌿🏡

Thank you to the neighbors, community members, volunteers, and partners who helped make the evening possible—and to everyone who came ready to see the vision, ask good questions, and imagine what community-centered housing can look like.

We loved seeing such a beautiful group gathered together enjoying the evening, the field, food, treats, activities, and the gardens. And the tea tasting was a hit—if you tried them, which one did you prefer? We think the toasted fig leaf was the clear favorite! 🍃☕️

A special thank-you to CharlotteEAST for sponsoring the event and every volunteer for helping us create a welcoming space for connection.

Want to learn more about the housing project? You can find information and view the latest architectural renderings and answers to frequently asked questions through the link in our bio.

Three cheers for community!

08/21/2026

Come see what’s growing at Kinship Plot! 🌱 We’d love to see you Sunday—swing by The Grove for a glimpse of what’s happening with the housing project, food forest, and our growing community. All are welcome!

08/19/2026

Kinship Plots Staple Pickling Brine:

1 cup water
1 1/3 cup white vinegar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 Tbsp. kosher salt

Bring to a boil over high, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; cool at least 10 minutes before using.

Make ahead or double batch it and store extra brine in a jar in your cupboard a short while or long term in the fridge. Great for traditional pickles or pickling other veggies!

To our pickles we tend to add: plenty of fresh dill, garlic clove, onion, a grape or oak leaf (for tannins to keep pickles crisp), and sometimes spicy pepper of some kind. You can try adding peppercorns or mustard seed seeds too!

08/14/2026

Come one, come all to the Kinship Plot Community Open House!

Join us on Sunday, August 23 from 6–8 PM at Kinship Plot @ The Grove Presbyterian Church.

Come enjoy the beauty of the land, celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of the back-to-school season, and learn more about what’s planned for the Kinship Plot housing community.

You’ll be able to:
- Enjoy food and treats provided by CharlotteEAST
- View renderings of the proposed Kinship Plot homes
- Explore the gardens and food forest, either on your own or as a guided tour
- Enjoy tea tastings featuring hand-crafted herbal teas made with herbs harvested right here on the land by our team
- Enjoy a bounce house and other family-friendly activities
- Meet the Kinship Plot team and other neighbors
- Learn more about our vision for affordable, beautiful, community-centered housing

This project is about more than building homes. It’s about community and creating a place where people can belong, grow, and flourish together.

Whether you’ve been following Kinship Plot for years or are just hearing about us for the first time, come walk the land, sip some tea, ask questions, enjoy connecting with neighbors, and say hello!

No RSVP needed—just drop in! Bring the whole family!

📅 Sunday, August 23 ⏰ 6–8 PM 📍 5735 E. WT Harris Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28215

We hope to see you there!

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