Nature Observation: Native Plants & Specialty Crops at Spirit Tree Farms — A Recipe for Natural Healing & Creativity
We’re a small family-owned farm and creative retreat on the banks of the West Chickamauga Creek in Northwest Georgia, Catoosa County. At Spirit Tree Farms, our mission is to inspire, educate, and encourage others to spend time in and build relationships with Mother Earth and our Creator. We invite you to come walk the land and connect to the Creator through His creations. As you learn and expand your Nature observation skills, you’ll connect, find peace, and be healed. Then, let Nature inspire you! We’d love to help you unleash your creativity, in writing, art, music, business, and your personal life.
Our experience at Spirit Tree Farms teaches us daily that, as we listen to Nature and work with our Creator and His creations, we heal, and the Earth heals. The Earth and Nature are our partners in healing. As a creation of a loving Heavenly Father, Mother Earth wants to help us heal ourselves. This happens as we work to heal her and all of Nature, IF we take time to practice Nature observation and connecting, instead of thinking and acting like we know best.
That God/Earth/People connection not only brings folks peace and joy, but unleashes our creativity. At Spirit Tree Farms we teach Nature observation so you can hear and feel and experience God’s love and messages in Nature. As you do, we’ll show you, by example and experience, how to let Nature inspire your own unique creativity.
As part of our efforts to heal the land at Spirit Tree Farms, we’re removing non-native and invasive species, so we can grow native plants and native tree saplings like pawpaw, crownbeard (aka frostflower or iceflower), azaleas, shagbark hickory, several types of oak, honey locusts, and more. We also have elderberry, other indigenous plants, and specialty crops including cushaw, okra, leeks, and wild blackberries. We recently added sweet potatoes, cilantro, arugula, mint, Swiss chard, kale, beet greens, basil, rosemary, and oregano.
We hope we can inspire you to make your own sacred space (a portal) on your own property that opens up and connects you to the Earth, to Nature, to God. Create your own area to deliberately partner with the Earth and our Creator (even if it’s a potted plant on your patio)! As you do, you’ll find peace in Nature (the topic of Marnie’s book: “Finding Peace in a Turbulent World: Living in Sacred Nature“, and our presentations on creativity and finding peace by partnering with God and Mother Earth,) as well as ignite your creativity. See you “out there”!
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Our 3 Guiding Principles at Spirit Tree Farms
Find Joy in Nature
Hear God in Nature
Partner with the Earth
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Embracing Faith Over Fear: A Lesson from King Jehoshaphat
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About Us
We, Dave and Marnie Kuhns, are a couple of writers / authors and speakers who conduct creativity, Nature observation and experiences, and business retreats on our property bordering the Chickamauga Battlefield in Northwest Georgia.
As we developed our pollinator-friendly property, growing native plants, our garden soon began producing more than we could consume … especially our signature crops cushaw, okra, and iceflower roots.
More importantly, we discovered that Nature observation and connecting with the Earth healed us, brought us peace and joy, and unleashed us creativity in many forms. We’d love to share what we’ve learned with you!
The land is magical here. I loved taking a barefoot walk down the path of wildflowers and gathering tea leaves to dry later. Marnie and Dave know so much about the plants and animals in the area and I loved having them answer my questions! Finally, a place to peacefully connect with the earth and myself.
Elle P.
What We Grow
We grow cushaw squash, okra, beet greens, Swiss chard, kale, crookneck, green onions, leeks, sweet potatoes, jalapenos, green peppers, poblanos, zucchini, sunflowers, tomatoes and more. We also have elderberry bushes, papaws, and an assortment of native plants.
Wildflower Spiral Project
The goal of our Wildflower Spiral Project is to attract pollinators, build an environment for observing nature and pollinators up close, and to create a sacred space for emotional, spiritual and physical healing and creativity
Ready to Get Back to Nature & Simplify Your Life?
Inc. Magazine and others are calling it The Great Resignation, where corporate employees are leaving their jobs en masse as a result of what’s happening during the 2020-2021 pandemic. David Kuhns says it isn’t The Great Resignation. It’s The Great Reinvention or The Great Refocus. To learn more, visit OurGreatReinvention.com or sign up for a free strategy session with us.
Nature Observation Gallery
