Photos Of Landrace Gardens at East Wind Community in the Missouri Ozarks

I posted to the Going to Seed Forums some summer photos of the gardens at East Wind Community in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. Each year, we are breeding and selecting more crops to adapt to our local conditions. East Wind Community is a 50-year-old intentional community that currently has around 50 people living here and is accepting applicants for new members. Landrace gardening is only one of many projects going on here.

Hi Richard! I'm Sam. I live in the northeast Arkansas area. I've been interested in visiting East Wind for years now but haven't been able to figure out the logistics. I messaged the child branch a few years ago around the time our daughter was to be born and it didn't work out as becoming new parents was a major challenge! She's 2 now and loves helping in our garden but I still don't know if we could work a visit out with a wee toddler underfoot. Any guidance you can offer? I've been a long-time admirer of the East Wind community and I hope you're all thriving for a very long time to come. Thanks!

Hi Samantha,

Thanks for your interest. It is a more complicated process to visit East Wind with a child, as child branch has to approve it as well as membership. Personally I think it would be great to have a few more kids here, but I'm not making decisions for child branch.

Since you're at least somewhat local, possibly ww could arrange a shorter visit if it doesn't work to go through membership/child branch. I'll send you a PM with my email address.