Synchronicity Agriforestry Center

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About the Community

  • Forming
  • Rural

What we do

Welcome to Synchronicity Agriforestry Center — An Intentional Community in the Heart of the Horseshoe Hills, Montana
Our story begins with healing — of land, body, and spirit
After years of working with the VA and serving veterans through the WHOLEHEALTH program at our massage and wellness center in Bozeman, we felt called to go deeper. We envisioned a place where veterans, healers, builders, artists, and farmers could live in harmony with the land — restoring both nature and each other.
We found our home on over 10 acres in the ruggedly beautiful Horseshoe Hills, nestled in Montana’s Gallatin Valley near Bozeman, Yellowstone, and the Missouri Headwaters. The property had been abused and eroded for generations, but we saw it as a perfect place to regenerate—not just soil, but souls.
For the past decade, we’ve been actively rewilding the landscape in partnership with the USDA, planting hundreds of drought- and pest-resistant food forest species guided by Geoff Lawton’s permaculture principles. We’ve implemented swales, runoff capture, and pollinator corridors. Our property has been designated “highly erodible,” which makes it perfect for climate-resilient agroforestry experiments.
But more than a farm, we are building a community of purpose

Our Purpose & Principles
Restore ecological integrity through permaculture, regenerative agriculture, and agroforestry.

Provide trauma-informed care to veterans and others recovering from PTSD, addiction, incarceration, or chronic stress.

Integrate ancient healing wisdom(like Taoist breathwork, balneotherapy, and plant medicine) with cutting-edge technology (e.g. VR-assisted therapy, robotic massage, infrared saunas).

Cultivate self-sufficiency through aquaponics, renewable energy, and shared infrastructure.

Build a resilient local economy rooted in mutual aid, shared stewardship, and decentralized leadership.

Create a safe, welcoming space for people of all backgrounds who are ready to do the work of personal and planetary healing.

We’re inspired by the permaculture ethic of Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share — and we live by those ideals each day.

What We Aspire To
We’re in the early stages of building out a small cluster of cabins, a hoop house-based aquaponics system, and a shared wellness yurt that offers sauna, cold plunge, VR therapy, and bodywork for residents and guests. Our goal is to blend intentional community, therapeutic retreat, and working farm into a seamless, living model of what the future can be.

We’re also creating programs in partnership with local nonprofits and the VA to help veterans transition from isolation and pain to purpose and joy. Through gardening, sweat lodges, breathwork, and simply walking the land, many have already started the path back to themselves.

Join Us
If you feel called to live close to the land, help build something from the ground up, and participate in a meaningful way of life, we welcome you to connect. Whether you’re a seasoned farmer, an herbalist, a carpenter, or simply someone with a heart for service, there’s a place for you here.

We’re currently looking for:
Volunteers and WWOOFers
Long-term community members
Healers and therapists
Permaculture designers
Builders and off-grid enthusiasts

Come help us write the next chapter — not just of our story, but of yours.

Our Vision

Healing land and lives through regenerative farming and intentional community.

Our Mission

Healing land and lives through regenerative farming and intentional community.

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  • Ecovillage
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  • 5 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
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5

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Governance structure

  • Founder/Leader-led

Primary authority rests with the community’s founder(s) or designated leader(s).

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Additional economic information

Monthly fees/dues: Yes (amount not specified)
Labor: Encouraged or suggested
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes (some debt)

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Outbuilding(s), Hot tub or hot springs, Outdoor Kitchen, Fire pit, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • Approximately 1 meal per day

Substance use culture

  • Substance use is frequent and public in the community

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a single individual, couple, or Family Trust

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Self-produced energy

  • Over 66%

Energy sources used

  • Photovoltaic Solar

Self-produced food

  • 33 - 66%
  • Land area size
    10 acres

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Location

  • Montana, United States

Synchronicity Agriforestry Center

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1 year ago

Water Birch Co-op. Urban living in central Denver.

Large, lovely house built in 1900, two blocks from Cheeseman Park in downtown Denver.  5000 square feet. The house was a Buddhist Meditation Center for 20 years before we got it and has lovely, calm vibes. We currently have ten people and have room for one more. We are an intentional community sharing dinners, 3 living rooms, 2 new kitchens and a kitchenette, & 5 baths. Staple food (organic) is bought together. The group is self-regulating as a co-op; it decides together how the house runs. There are chores ;-) Average cost per room is about $1000 ranging from $650 to $1354. Currently available room is $875. We are just finishing renovation of three bedrooms on the third floor  they are $875 each and share our largest, newest bath (shower and separate claw foot tub) and a brand new kitchenette  they all have beautiful windows and lots of light. PLEASE CHECK OUT COMMUNITY LISTINGS FOR MORE INFO. Initial lease for 3-6 months while we and you decide if we are a good fit for each other.  Deposit in the amount of one months rent is required prior to move in.  We do background checks on all members. Utilities are currently $130 per person per month and are all-inclusive.  They will change if costs go up, that amount is insufficient to cover utilities, or more people mean the cost per person goes down.  WiFi is via mesh network from gig-speed fiberoptic service.  Heat is with radiators.  Cooling is evaporative.  We have a storage room in a nearby commercial facility.  And a new large workshop in the garage. Shared food is $125 per month per person; it is a pass-through cost divided evenly among residents; it does NOT include meat or alternative protein nor any alcohol.  We will not be surprised if that needs to go up some soon ($10 or 15). We have two dogs and three cats in the house  that seems like a sufficient quantity of furry friends for now. Our community intentions include: Communication with compassion. Shared space and life. Shared meals. Shared staple foods which are non-GMO and Organic. Group decision making. Safe, inclusive space: queer and trans friendly, anti-racist, non-violent, and feminist. The purchase of the house by the co-op in about five years. The expansion of the co-op, possibly to include other housing types (like separate apartments). Weekly meetings and house committees to manage our community. We are considering implementing Sociocracy as an organizing method. Quiet hours are from 10:00pm to 8:00am. We are looking for community members who: Want to live in a community not just have a place to sleep and eat. Want to live in a beautiful, clean, and organized house and are willing to help make and keep it that way. Residents should expect to spend 16 hours per month towards this goal. Are curious, compassionate, flexible, and open to living with others who will undoubtedly have different ideas about many things. Are interested in pioneering a new co-op. There will be work involved to get there. Are responsible and communicative. Embrace enthusiastically that living in community requires introspection and personal growth. Are not joining the community as a way of running away from something.

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