A big piece of what we are about here at Full Bloom is creating a sense of belonging through how we design our buildings, our gardens, our lives in general. Last month we were fortunate enough to host a talk given by our local natural building “guru” Coenraad Rogmans. His talk a was entitled: “The […]
The expression: “many hands make light work” felt very real during our May Community Work Day at Full Bloom. I love the experience being together in the garden on these beautiful spring days on the Farm. There is a bubbling quality to the environment, to the garden that finds its way into our relationships, into our interactions. “Working” in […]
We recently welcomed in some new members to the Full Bloom Community: 8 wonderful sheep. These sweet animals will be moving through the central area mowing the abundant grass that grows abundantly on the land. Through just doing what they were born to do (graze) they will be saving us many hours of mowing and […]
Wow what an amazing 2 weeks! With the weather reaching near 80 degrees every day for the last week, the farm is bustling with activity. With this kind of heat water becomes essential to keep all the hundreds of plants, shrubs and trees thriving here at Full Bloom. So the first step of the […]
On April 5th Full Bloom hosted an “Aries Birthday Party” for the 3 community members all born around the same time. Individuals born under the sign of Aries are supposed to be fiery and passionate people, and that sure seems to be the case. Jo Ferneau, one of the four Full Bloom land partners, played […]
This past Saturday the residents of Full Bloom plus several visitors participated in a ceremony to inaugurate our new community garden. We created a ceremony that drew from multiple traditions that included some singing and offerings to the earth ( we made a mandala out of flowers, branches, beautiful colored corn and candles). Through the […]
Every year at Full Bloom we put some work into restoring are surrounding Forest acreage which amounts to over 200 acres. Much of it was logged quite severely in the 1980’s and 90’s and it has grown back in thick patches of Douglas Fir and Manzanita. In order to provide reduce the competition in the […]
Its an exciting time here at Full Bloom as we create our Enchanted Community Garden in the center of the land. Above is Micaela measuring out the space as part of the garden bed mapping out. She was our inspired designer of the garden, creating a mandala of shapes including a heart, a star, and a […]
Every month at Full Bloom we host a “Community Work Day” where all the individuals living at Full Bloom focus on an area of the community we want to improve or beautify. Our teamwork gets the job done in a relaxed fashion and deepens our relationships with each other and the land. In past work […]
Next time you take a walk in nature look around and ask yourself: “Is there any tree, animal, plant or mineral that is struggling over-efforting here?” I think that is why we receive so much nourishment and balancing in Nature; it reflects back to us an easeful way of being. Full Bloom is currently composed […]