Enchanted Garden Intentional Community

Formed: 1980 Established: 1989

This page last updated:11/23/2012

San Diego, California,

United States

The Enchanted Garden

Welcomes You!

Through flowers, live herbs,

and whole foods present

and circulating through

our daily lives, we can help

the world grow healthy

and beautiful from the ground up.

The Earth, through our own hands,

very close to home, beginning in our

own backyard, can become an

Enchanted Garden!

--Leslie Goldman

Your Enchanted Gardener

Eight of us live together on a 1/3-acre parcel surrounded by canyons in the state-college area of San Diego. The land exists as an oasis of green with many aromatic herbs and simple foods growing. The work that has gone into preserving this natural environment is an inspiration to many. The land is rich in nature spirits and life energies drawn here through many hands working together.

We have a large library of books in the areas of natural food, gardening, Feng Shui, personal growth, and eclectic spiritual studies. The library houses books and materials created by Leslie Goldman, founder, and works by his mentors, Bernard Jensen, natural healing arts elder, and Edmond Bordeaux Szekely, modern Essene renaissance pioneer.

The property is in private ownership and is a house offering rental to those who would like to live in shared house and join together in occasional house meetings and shared house duties. Each person does 12 hours of work per month, or pays a higher rent. Please see our website for more details. We live by basic agreements to keep the house orderly--Every Day Upkeep-- and maintain the property. Rentals occur from time to time.

The Enchanted Garden is a name for the new Earth we can each grow one person at a time, one plant at a time, organically. Growing the Enchanted Garden is a by-product of our own human flowering, and reestablishing the bonds between our highest seed dreams and the Earth.

Numbers of people join the

Enchanted Garden Club. Others

are students and likely think of

this as a good place to live

that is near San Diego State University. That University is

within walking distance.

We also have a new trolley station

at the school that gives access

to downtown and travels north.

An international network of friends spreads the message of the Enchanted Garden through joining the Enchanted Garden Club and signing a Declaration of Interdependence. See lesliegoldman.com for more info. Ongoing projects include support for local organic farming. We aspire to create more and more extended community around gardening together and shared rituals. Individuals who would like to live in this special environment while fulfilling their personal seed dreams and learning more about the Enchanted Garden are encouraged to be in touch.

Website: http://plantyourdream.net/?p=12398

Contact:

San Diego, California 92115-3809 United States
Phone: 619-582-9669, 619-384-2631 cell

Links:

Enchanted Garden Intentional Community Plant Your Dream Blog: This is the popular blog site of Leslie Goldman. See Community updates and links here.

Enchanted Garden Intentional Community: This contains basic information. Some information may have changed.

Community location is placed at the center of the zip/postal code, city/state, or city/country (not based on street addresses)

This page last updated:11/23/2012

Visitors Accepted

(walk around only at this time.)

Visitor Process: Please give Leslie Goldman a phone call and look at the website too. We are doing a lot of cleanup this summer. Volunteer help is needed.

Network Affiliations:

Fellowship for Intentional Community

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:

Because our housing is a single housing unit and requires the sharing of bathroom, kitchen and common space membership/residency may be restricted based on sex/gender in accordance with the law. Our community does not discriminate based on race/color, national origin, religion, family status (i.e. having children, not having children, or being pregnant), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, source of income, age, creed, personal appearance, political affiliation, HIV infection, military/veteran status, unfavorable military discharge, gender identity or expression, receiving public assistance, or domestic abuse.

Population Members(adults and children): 8 Open to new members: No Answer (Please check for openings.)	Government Decision Making: By the community leader (what works. People living here determine a lot of what gets done and how. We are adjusting to shared leadership.) Identified Leader: Yes (yes, though residents live here as individual living independently, mainly renting rooms.) Leadership Core Group: Yes (Decisions are influenced strongly by various members.)	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances (rooms are rented. Princes of some are $550.00) Labor Contribution: Expected (12 hours or more per month or pay $120+ higher rent. Also do every day cleanup.) Join Fee: No Regular Fees: Yes (Each room is individually rented.)
Land and Buildings Urban Area: 0.3 acres (0.1 hectares) (1/3 acre surrounded by canyons.) Land Owned By: Individual community member(s) (House is in private ownership. Some shared ownership. We may be moving to community ownership.) Number of Residences: 1 (One main house. Other structures on land.) Cohousing: No	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 1-5% (Some food grows here. Trees. Access to local grown organic food from Farmers' Market.) Share Community Meals: 1-3 times/month (Residents prepare individual meals. Frequent sharing of meals by some.) Dietary Choice or Restrictions: There are some dietary restrictions (Various healthy diets encouraged. Kitchen is maintained as Vegetarian. Not all residents are vegetarian. Whole, Pure, and Natural is preferred. Not all health this way.) Dietary Practice: Other (We have some vegetarians and some other healthy diets. Lots of food focus.) Alcohol Use: Prohibited Tobacco Use: Prohibited	Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: Yes (The preferred path are those into natural foods and living. Gardening is an option here. This is a perfect place for living in the city and feeling in natural surroundings.) Which Spiritual Traditions(s): Other (most have different spiritual or personal growth orientations. There is a library of health and Essene materials.)

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