Timberlake Earth Sanctuary

09/21/2024

07/25/2024

Wonderful to have these friends on the land for this important work of slowing down, and deeply listening to our inner wisdom!

07/25/2024

“You can see a forest at twilight with its changing light forms and appreciate it without knowing it’s science; you are experiencing ‘another way of knowing’ as you do. Our gesture towards the universe should be one of supplication for greater understanding through this way of knowing that is really beyond words. In these present moments we actually discover our transformative nature.” -Thomas Berry, Recovering a Sense of the Sacred

06/12/2024

It is always wonderful to have friends from Conservation Trust for North Carolina here on the land. Check out some of the beautiful life they encountered this week!

05/07/2024

So much fun celebrating with Alex and Jake last weekend here at Timberlake!!

04/17/2024

Thank you New Garden Friends School! We are so grateful for the help on the land today; we weeded Gaia's garden and mapped out a labyrinth for the barn garden. Looking forward to the next time you can visit. ❤
Special thanks to Eli Basset for setting up the service day, to Maura Way & Briana Steele for help facilitating, & Webb Mealy for designing & guiding the labyrinth process.

03/18/2024

Carolyn & I participated in this amazing course: Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet, from Plum Village last fall; we highly recommend it! A new course starts March 24th

09/05/2023

Amidst the beautiful weddings of this summer season, we were so glad to welcome Guilford College students from the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program for their fall Orientation Retreat! The group explored and enjoyed the property to ground in community and nature before the beginning of their school year. Among other things, the students stayed in our tent village at Timberlake North, cooked meals for each other, enjoyed the fire pit, held programming in the Barn and Treehouse, and ended their visit volunteering in Gaia's Garden!

Reach out if you are interested in hosting a retreat at Timberlake, or would like to volunteer on the farm!

08/10/2023

Celebrating the life of our dear, beautiful, friend Linda Rodriguez, who passed on Tuesday morning. Linda spent her life loving, protecting, and communicating with plants and animals, and teaching humans about our connection with Earth.
We will miss you Linda!

"Great Spirit of Light, come to me out of the East (red) with the power of the rising sun. Let there be light in my words, let there be light on my path that I walk. Let me remember always that you give the gift of a new day. And never let me be burdened with sorrow by not starting over again.

Great Spirit of Love, come to me with the power of the North (white). Make me courageous when the cold wind falls upon me. Give me strength and endurance for everything that is harsh, everything that hurts, everything that makes me squint. Let me move through life ready to take what comes from the north.

Great Life-Giving Spirit, I face the West (black), the direction of sundown. Let me remember everyday that the moment will come when my sun will go down. Never let me forget that I must fade into you. Give me a beautiful color, give me a great sky for setting, so that when it is my time to meet you, I can come with glory.

Great Spirit of Creation, send me the warm and soothing winds from the South (yellow). Comfort me and caress me when I am tired and cold. Unfold me like the gentle breezes that unfold the leaves on the trees. As you give to all the earth your warm, moving wind, give to me, so that I may grow close to you in warmth. Man did not create the web of life, he is but a strand in it. Whatever man does to the web, he does to himself.

Aho... and so it is!"

~ Chief Seattle

06/26/2023

Dr. Suzanne Simard, a Professor of Forest Ecology and renowned author of "Finding the Mother Tree," reminds us of the deep connections between forests and humans.

Her groundbreaking research has profound implications for the management and healing of forests impacted by human activities, including climate change. By unraveling the intricate web of interdependence between trees, biodiversity, and carbon storage, she paves the way for innovative approaches to preserve and restore these invaluable ecosystems.

Explore forest wisdom with Dr. Simard at our upcoming Resilience and Possibility call on June 27, 2023. https://hubs.li/Q01VnDwN0