Heartsong Sanctuary is a private residence
upon which its residents' welcome
facilitators of small workshops,
individual holistic sessions,
and nature immersion experiences.
ABOUT OUR NAME
We have kept the original name of HeartSong Sanctuary because we still seek sanctuary and are devoted to finding it in ourselves and sharing what we learn as we go. This place was born out of a desire to have a home, to love others and to love the land well.
our concept of love
A permaculturist might love a garden. The permaculturist’s method in getting a garden to thrive is not to impose what it wants to grow but to discover what naturally wants to grow and in a particular location and soil and to help those things grow and become self-sustaining. Instead of being dependent on the water from the utility company, the gardener may engage the landscape so that rainwater does not run off into a stream until it has crossed paths with the pants that need it. Rainwater might be collected in ponds or from roofs of buildings so that it can be drawn from when the rain is absent. There might even be hugelkultur beds made so that the plants can become independent from the active watering of the gardener. A garden loved in such a way becomes independent and generously fruitful.
We want to love ourselves in this way. Love our beloveds in this way. Love all the people on the planet and the earth itself in this way. To facilitate this we have gathered our most cherished offerings from our many teachers in one place. We have gathered followers of this path so that we might practice and learn how to love with each other.
“The definition of love we use here is a verb: to facilitate thriving through transformation.”
Our Goals
Outdoor Kitchen that is under cover and has hose water and gas and wood fired cob oven
Add Fence and Hugelkulter beds
Lean-tos and tent spaces
Mushroom foraging and production
2nd set of stairs down bank
Firewood sheds
Trails around property
Extend roof at lower outhouse for storage /increase rain catchment, move tank uphill better gravity for shower…maybe wrap black tubing on the roof for solar heat.
Finish Cob Temple.
Grading and planting around Sanctuary and Sauna…
Create terraced gardens down hillside to pond..
Put large rain catchment on top of hill to pump the pond into for overflow and gardening.
Create swales and berms for water movement around buildings and road.
Build a treehouse and maybe an observation deck
Create fencing and or natural piles for privacy at road for neighbors.
Put up some signs and improve look/function at beginning of road
Plant berries and some wind protection at top of hill
Erosion control at bank and at river
Build benches, arbors, bird houses, stools, tables, etc from our wood and logs and from pallets that are taken apart.
Learn to finish coat the clay walls.
Chicken and goats..maybe more 4 leggeds
Make our fire circle more comfy….stack wood, make benches..place to store cooking stuff…a stand that holds a cooler…a place to put recycle.
Add outdoor lights
Sweat lodge
COMPLETED
Yoga/dance/eating platform
Complete and Plant the lower Garden area beds
Improve side of pond to create a shallow walk in end and reduce it by 20-30%.
Plant a bee, butterfly and bird garden and begin to keep bees.
