Gardening is an important center of community activity. We meet our fellow residents as well as neighbors from the greater community in the gardens. The beauty of the gardens as well as the sense of accomplishment raising our own food and creating beautiful spaces is a source of inspiration.

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• 41 individual garden plots

• Shared community garden space for our group gardens project

• Fruit orchard (53 fruit trees), including apples, cherries, pears, plums, persimmon, paw paws, peaches, hazelnuts, figs, apricots, and quince

• about 400 lineal feet of grape vines

• berry patches: 34 blueberries bushes, about 200 lineal feet of raspberries, about 80 lineal feet of Marion berries, aronia and goji berries, rose hips, and several thornless blackberries

• bamboo microforestry project, with about 350 lineal feet of 3 varieties of bamboo, including Golden Timber

• Garden tool shed & tools

• Multiple ornamental gardens: Buddha garden, native plants, hummingbird, butterfly,  and pollinator gardens

• Rain gardens and wetlands, including wildlife habitat gardens for amphibians

• Forest garden, a shady area for introspection and meditation

• Greenhouse

• Tool Area

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We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough? – Wendell Berry