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PATCH: cultivate resilience through living networks
What is a PATCH?
TRC’s PATCH approach is based on natural plant growth cycles.
Your “patch” is your area of impact.
At home, your patch includes the structure you live in and the people who live with, and the connections you have in your local area. Some examples are friendships and hobby groups, schools, and places of work or worship.
For organizations, your patch includes your location/facility, leadership and staff, the people you serve, and the connections you have with other organizations, agencies, and people of influence.
We use the plant growth metaphor and PATCH acronym because we believe resilience isn't a one-and-done effort. It requires attention, care, respect for the time it takes to grow inside the patch, and recognition of environmental impacts happening around the patch.
PLANT
The cycle starts by setting goals with care but without rigid timelines.
We'll work together on establishing intentions based on your values and current season, allowing you to choose what goals to plant based on available energy and resources. You'll learn how building resilience with hope but without strict timelines leads to more sustainable outcomes. Together, we'll explore planting goals with awareness of how your patch connects to other patches—to your community, networks, and systems. This interconnection work helps you understand that your resilience efforts don't exist in isolation, but are part of a larger ecosystem of support and mutual aid.
ADAPT
Adapt is all about how to adjust to changing seasons and unexpected conditions without spinning out of the cycle.
We'll practice ways to adjust how you do what you do while maintaining connection to core intentions. You'll learn that honoring change as part of growth, not automatic failure, can help you adapt in ways that strengthen connections between patches rather than creating isolated solutions. Together, we'll develop skills that are especially important when external circumstances shift rapidly, like during emergencies or crises, when the ability to pivot while staying grounded in your values can make all the difference.
TEND
Tending involves zooming out to get a good look at relationships, self, the process, others, and outcomes.
We'll work on checking in with your relationship to the goals you're working on and noticing how others are in the process with you. You'll develop ways to address conflicts and celebrate success without rushing through important moments, taking account of what you're growing and appreciating where it is without expecting perfection. Together, we'll explore how to tend the edges where your patch meets others—through actions, communication and spending time in-person like sharing a meal. These connection points are where healing spreads and systems shift, creating networks of care that extend beyond individual resilience to collective strength.
COMPOST
Compost is about how we handle what doesn't need to be kept but can still serve a purpose.
We'll work on transforming "failed" attempts into wisdom for future growth by releasing attachments to goals that no longer align with your current reality. You'll develop ways to honor what you've learned from challenges and setbacks, then turn old patterns, assumptions, and outdated goals into nourishment for new growth. Together, we'll identify patterns and competitive mindsets that prevent patches from connecting and reinforcing each other. This process of breaking down what no longer serves you creates fertile ground for what comes next.
HARVEST
Harvest notices what's ready and uses it purposefully.
We'll practice recognizing and celebrating goal accomplishments and other improvements as they occur, acknowledging that progress rarely follows a straight line. You'll begin to reflect on insights, skills, and outcomes that have become "second nature" during the cycle, appreciating how much has already integrated into your life. Together, we'll find ways to share what you've gained and learned with others, understanding that your wisdom becomes part of the collective knowledge that strengthens all our patches. We'll prepare seeds for the next cycle by reviewing original intentions and goals, and deciding how to continue into your next season. You'll discover how to harvest new connection points and successful linkages as guides for expanding the network of patches, fully honoring the impact that shared resilience makes