Our Members

We are a vibrant community of adults committed to caring for each other, sharing and celebrating our passions and skills, creating a rural community “homestead” among gardens, animals, and nature, on a path toward more ecological living on earth.

Our Common House, where we love to eat, gather, celebrate and have fun!

Many hands make light work! Our community projects are fun as well.

Meet some of the people of Elderberry.
Click on each photo to read our stories.

Carl • I grew up in Southern California around lots of orange groves and farms. After college I taught school using my Spanish and worked on a Masters in Counseling Communication. Got married in my 40s and began to work with injured workers as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. We adopted older children from Russia and moved to Vermont, where there were many therapists and parents, familiar with attachment and trauma signs. We built a highly energy-efficient green home and I had a large orchard and vegetable garden. Meditation became a needed de-stressing strategy and I practiced EEG biofeedback with our own children, then many others. I moved to North Carolina to become a Licensed Professional Counselor and practice EEG biofeedback. When I have time I like hiking, bicycle riding, singing and playing stringed acoustic music. I was attracted to elder cohousing, with a huge focus on developing the community ourselves. At Elderberry I have built my own passive solar home with autoclaved aerated concrete. I am impressed with the support, big listening and vision of sizable gardens that we plan to eat from most of the year. Communication is the most complex action. Luckily, the communication level and the Quaker model of listening positively affect our ability to embrace and accept change and differences. Wonderful empowerment values are alive here in Elderberry for community, diversity, and honest communication.

Happy to call Elderberry home!