August 1st. A fated day for two women who were both missing pieces to their puzzles. Two Fire Horses who had been building their communities individually for a long time. Crea through her studio and food forest project, and Elle through her local retreats, found support in one another they didn’t even know they needed…

A food forest can create its own “microclimates.” 🌳

A tall tree can act as an umbrella and windbreak, while the layers beneath it—shrubs, herbs, groundcovers, vines, and roots—create progressively cooler, shadier, more humid conditions. In a healthy food forest, each layer changes the environment for the plants around it.

The really fascinating part? You’re not just growing plants—you’re designing relationships between plants…

There have been many stories of red feathers appearing in my life at important decision points—times of major transition, moments of opening, and gateways into creative realms and transformational passages…