Wolf Creek Lodge Newsletter

Cohousing in Grass Valley, CA since 2012

May 2024

A home is available. See below for details.

Last month your editor wrote about heat pumps and solar photovoltaic panels. This month is a bit of a stretch for a non-gardener. We are going on a Wolf Creek Lodge garden tour. However, with a bit of help from my neighbors, we should have a rewarding visit.

Thank you Deanna, Richard, and Norma for contributed photos.

Bob Miller - editor,

Suzanne Marriott - commas and columnist.

Home Available

Homes become available only infrequently at Wolf Creek Lodge, but now there is one. It is one bedroom home, on the second floor.

For more details and more pictures follow this link to our website .

Let us know if you are interested so we can put you in touch with the owner.

You can contact us by replying to this newsletter or sending an email to info@wolfcreeklodge.org.

You can also call us and leave a message at:

(800) 558-3775

National Cohousing Open House Days

On Saturday May 4th and Sunday 5th 2024, cohousing communities across the country will open their doors to neighbors, friends from their surrounding communities, and others interested in learning more about Cohousing.

Wolf Creek Lodge will host both a virtual and an in-person open house on Sunday.

The virtual one is at at 9:00 AM PDT and the in-person one at noon PDT.

See all the communities participating here:

https://www.cohousing.org/national-cohousing-open-house-days-2024/

This is the Zoom link for our virtual one:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84595298926?pwd=MGVGdnBsS290cFFxczEybng5ZEZUUT09

The Gardens at Wolf Creek Lodge

There is not one garden at Wolf Creek lodge but rather several. The gardens are irregularly shaped, following paths and the contours of the sloping land. They are tended by the active Landscaping Team.

The central garden abuts the patio and the pentanque court.

The central garden. Note the herb garden bounded by a rock wall behind the tree.

There are several areas for vegetables. Fruit trees and bushes intermingle with ornamental plants. Many potted plants are in nooks and crannies near front doors.

We are going to present you with a sampling. Please visit us to properly enjoy the displays

Some Favorites

Cherry Tree

Cherry blossoms

Freesia

Deanna weeding

Maureen trimming the lawn

Gayle hangs out the washing with a view of the azaleas up the bank

Richard is a member of the local bonsai club. He has a fine collection of succulents and bonsai on the gathering node outside his home.

Jo provides azaleas to be planted on her Big birthdays. These celebrate her 85th.

Kate with our California poppies

Gayle with a rose

Claire with a freesia

Gayle removes a root near one of the vegetable beds

Three on Trikes

We have a plague of recumbent trikes at Wolf Creek Lodge. Here Claire, Krista, and Vicki get ready to join a group ride on the American River bike trail

Getting the Work Done in Mexico

Lynda is active with Rotary. In April she joined other Rotarians on a trip to Mexico to perform medical check ups at an elementary school.

Gossip Column

Nancy A. has just added a Bolt EV to our fleet of electric vehicles. We now boast three Teslas, three Bolts, a Kia Niro, two plug-in Rav4s, a Volt, and an ebike.

Sometimes the Tesla owners talk to the Bolt owners, but not often.

Back in the mid 2000s, way before we were built, I was one of a small group of founding members who met with a landscape architect, who lived in Nevada City Cohousing, to envision our Wolf Creek Lodge landscape.

She showed us pictures of other cohousing gardens and elicited our dreams for our own. We were enthralled with the concept of a free-flowing, abundant gathering of plants and trees that would bring color, shade, and privacy to our homes, and she captured our vision in her plan.

Over the years, with the ideas and hard work of the members of our Landscape Team, our gardens have evolved. Below are some pictures that I took of our foliage over the years.

Cherry blossom in 2021

Peach blossom in 2021

Iris in 2021

Behind Freeman Lane wing in 2022 before the path was paved

Persimmon tree and red maple in 2023

Lilacs in 2024

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