Prairie Orchard is a community space on Niwot Rd, that will be available to people of Boulder County and beyond. Our intention is to share the healing qualities of this slice of paradise with the larger community. We want everyone to be able to enjoy the peace, beauty and magic of the area.

We will make the space available for therapeutic, educational, spiritual, and social purposes to support community and connection to the natural world.

However, there has been resistance from some property owners in the area. Despite our valiant and authentic attempts to address and solve for expressed concerns, they have been unwilling to discuss the project in a productive manner.

We believe it is essential for anyone and everyone to have access to the beauty of these agricultural lands.

• The US Surgeon General released a new advisory calling attention to the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country.

• We need more places where people can come together to heal and to experience community in a beautiful rural setting.

• Bringing people together to have positive, healing experiences in a rural environment helps bring awareness to the value of agricultural lands and the health of the planet as a whole.

• We will support environmental conservation by offering classes on traditional herbalism, permaculture, wildlife and more.

• We want the natural area to be available to all, regardless of ability, income, class or identity.

• Prairie Orchard can support local therapists, treatment centers, and teachers by offering the space for their workshops. We can support other local businesses such as caterers, florists, hotels, and more through retreats and events.

We genuinely believe the benefits of bringing Prairie Orchard to the people of Boulder County far outweigh the unwarranted fears of risks from the neighbors who have complained. And now those who agree with us can sign our petition! (Please feel free to disregard the donation feature, it is part of the petition app and not our venue.)

I am in support of Prairie Orchard, which will make a piece of agricultural land in Boulder County available to the public for healing through connection with nature and others. I support preserving equitable access to rural areas and see it as a benefit to the larger community and society as a whole. Everyone deserves a space for events in the beauty of the agricultural lands even if they can’t afford to purchase land in the area. Prairie Orchard benefits Boulder County culturally, economically, socially, and environmentally.