Beyond The Goddess Issue #2 June 2023

Sunbright Gardens written by Monique Ramirez @sunbrightgardens We established Sunbright Gardens in 2017 when Mendocino County began offering commercial cannabis permits. My partner Gus and I own and operate a 2500 sq ft specialty cottage garden together. Our farm is really more of a garden, with 62 cannabis ladies growing in the full sunshine. We are the smallest license type offered at the county and state level. Only 38 active licenses our size exist in California! Our garden is on the edge of the county line minutes from the North Fork of the Eel River. It’s a magical area with a diversity of trees and the quietness of a rural setting. My partner taught me all about cannabis cultivation, which added to my knowledge of growing in a regenerative way from my gardening days in Maui at an organic veggie farm.

Being a woman in the cannabis space has been important to me. I feel a deep intuitive connection to our plants, their needs and their messages. It’s a witchy cosmic divinity that exists, and being able to tap into that feminine plant energy as a female makes the relationship to the plants we grow even more harmonious. I loved being able to plant seeds while I was pregnant. It felt magical to let seeds leave my hands in the dirt, knowing I was a vessel for life to grow.

I love nature, colors, art, textiles, working with my hands and standing up for truth and justice, so coming into the cannabis space felt like the perfect thing for me. I really saw the importance of preserving our cannabis culture and way of life through community activism and started getting vocal about policy reform when the laws were being created for our county. It led me to organize my local farming community and the Covelo Cannabis Advocacy Group was born!

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