6 Summer 2014 Applegater
It’s tour season
at Sanctuary One
by dEllA mERRIll
Imagine for a moment that you wake
up on a Wednesday or Saturday morning,
and the sun is shining, the birds are
singing, and you feel great. What could
possibly make the day better? A drive
through the Applegate to visit Sanctuary
One, of course!
You will be delighted when you come
face-to-face with Lulu the pig or when you
touch the soft fur of Indigo the rabbit.
You’ll laugh when you witness the antics
of our cat cottage residents. And you’ll
certainly marvel when you see the results
of our garden sheet mulch. Who knows?
You might even be inspired to take home
an idea or two.
Tour season at Sanctuary One
is in full swing. We welcome visitors by
reservation on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
It’s a wonderful opportunity to learn about
our programs and meet our residents.
Sanctuary One, a 55-acre care farm
located in the heart of the Applegate Valley,
is a place of healing for people, animals
and the earth. It’s a place where animals
are accepted despite their flaws. It’s a place
where people come for respite, peace and
beauty. And it’s a piece of land that one
can get to know intimately, learning what
it takes to care for it.
Founded in 2007, Sanctuary One is
the dream of local philanthropist Lloyd
Matthew Haines, who wanted to create
a space modeled after the European-
style care farm. But unlike the European
version, which uses animals and the earth
for the treatment of people, Sanctuary One
embraces all three, recognizing the value
of the individual elements and how they
interconnect to make up the whole.
Our earth care program is
inspired by the principles of permaculture
that value diversity, cooperation over
competition, conserving resources,
celebrating joy and beauty and personal
responsibility. We teach these principles as
we work in the gardens and interact with
the animals and each other.
Our animal care program focuses
on providing sanctuary to abandoned and/
or abused farm animals and homeless
pets such as dogs, cats, and most recently
bunnies. We shelter 70 to 100 animals at
any given time. Many are re-homed, while
some will live out their lives at the farm.
Our farm animal friends include
cows, horses, goats, sheep, ducks, geese,
pigs and more. Our dog and cat program
focuses on providing sanctuary
for animals that are the
least likely to be adopted:
elderly, injured, chronically
sick, shy—or simply those
of a less “desirable” color.
Whereas potential adopters
in a traditional shelter setting
might see these individuals
as flawed and unworthy of
adoption, we celebrate their
differences and challenges and
welcome them to our farm.
Our people care and
education programs
provide opportunities to
interns and volunteers to learn
about care farming through
hands-on par ticipation.
Interns stay a month or more,
living and working on the
farm. Volunteers help weekly,
Meet Martin, a buff silkie bantam rooster who rules the
biweekly and sometimes only
roost at the Sanctuary One hen house.
once a month.
Our education program
welcomes school groups and social service Public tours are by reservation only on
agencies, many of which visit every year. We Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:30 am.
currently partner with three organizations Tours last about 90 minutes and we request
on a frequent basis: Ruch Elementary a minimum donation of $10 per visitor.
School, Lithia Springs Boys Program and You can learn more about us by visiting
Armadillo Technical Institute, a newcomer www.sanctuaryone.org, emailing info@
sanctuaryone.org or calling 541-899-8627.
to our education program.
Della Merrill
S o i f yo u ’ r e l o o k i n g f o r
541-899-8627
something really cool to do
Sanctuary One Program Manager
between now and the end of October,
info@sanctuaryone.org
please consider visiting Sanctuary One.
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