Hi, we’re Judith & Evan.

Together, we’re restoring an 1876 Italianate Victorian farmhouse in a small town in the Southern Willamette Valley. Here you’ll find our record of trying to slowly transform 4+ acres of grass into food, flowers, visiting garden, and an outdoor event space.

Over the years, we’ve renovated two homes and two vibrant yards in the Montavilla / Mount Tabor neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, and cleaned up five acres of forest near Pacific City where we built a small off-grid cabin. As often as possible, we visit our State and National Forests and Parks, and in between, we think, talk, plan, and spend a lot of time at work.

We've always been encouraged by people who are going for it, people who have realized they can't have it all and decided they don't have to. We love reading about and meeting people who have carefully chosen a project, or a way of life, and doubled down on it.

So we're trying it ourselves. The world is an amazing and fragile and very busy place, and it's not easy to find your way in it, but we think that slowing down and simplifying will always help our chances. We hope our story gives you a little encouragement to choose your own adventure, whatever that may be.