This is not a public park. It is a private, working piece of forest and garden in Duvall, Western Washington, and everyone here is out on it, in the weather, whatever it is doing.
creek ×1
streams ×2
ponds1 small, 1 medium
meadows ×3
grassy hill ×1
camp area ×1where the day gathers
fire pits ×8
gardening areas ×2
trails ×4main trails, with spurs
elevationabout 200ft change, east to west
forestmixed fir and cedar dominant
The zone
The places that matter
Ten acres, and a board in the middle of it. You will know your way around by the end of your first afternoon.
THE GATEWhere you are met on your first day.
THE BOARDWhere every afternoon starts.
THE FIREThe meeting point, always.
THE BEDSThe garden. The one you can see from the road.
THE SHEDTools.
THE BUILDThe tiny house, in progress, slowly.
We run the half of the year everyone else skips
In October you put garlic in the ground for a July you will not be here for. Someone you have never met will eat it. That is the first thing this place teaches, and most people go their whole lives without learning it.
Anyone can love the outdoors in August. We find out who you are in February.
