Solara Sanctuary: A Healing Farm Community in East Tennessee
A place to reconnect with nature, animals, creativity, community, and yourself.
HAPPENING AT SOLARA
Stories from the land, our community, and the people helping us grow.
FROM OUR COMMUNITY ·
AUGUST 2026
We Had a Great Event!
REMEMBER THE WONDER
What if there was a place where you could remember the wonder?
A place to slow down or run wild. To learn something new, make something with your hands, sit quietly with an animal, share food around a long table, explore the land, laugh until your stomach hurts, or simply do absolutely nothing at all.
We're building that place.
WHAT IS SOLARA?
Solara isn't one kind of experience. It's a place to rest, play, create, explore, learn, reconnect, spend time with animals, get your hands in the soil, gather around the Community Table, or simply be.
What happens here grows with the land, the seasons, the people who come, and the gifts our community brings with them.
Because we don't believe everyone needs the same thing.
A place built around what brings us back to life.
Sometimes healing looks like doing the work. Sometimes it looks like remembering how to play. And sometimes it looks like doing absolutely nothing.
REST
Play
Create
explore
Dissapear for a while.
You're still allowed
Make something that wasn't here yesterday.
Take the path you haven't taken.
connect
nuture
learn
wonder
There's room for you.
Care for something.
Get curious about something.
Look closer.
REST
Play
Create
explore
Dissapear for a while.
You're still allowed.
You're still allowed
Make something that wasn't here yesterday.
Take the path you haven't taken.
connect
nuture
learn
wonder
There's room for you.
Care for something.
Get curious about something.
Look closer.
REST
Play
Create
explore
Dissapear for a while.
You're still allowed.
You're still allowed
Make something that wasn't here yesterday.
Take the path you haven't taken.
connect
nuture
learn
wonder
There's room for you.
Care for something.
Get curious about something.
Look closer.
WAYS TO EXPERIENCE SOLARA
There isn't just one way to be here.
Solara is growing into a place for gathering, retreating, learning, playing and reconnecting. Our experiences evolve with the seasons, the land and the people who help bring them to life.
COMMUNITY TABLE GATHERINGS
Gather. Share. Belong.
The Community Table is a place to slow down, share what we have and spend time together. What reaches the table may come from the land, a nearby farm, a local maker, a family recipe, or something brought by a friend.
This isn't about going out to dinner. It's about gathering with people, supporting one another and letting good food, stories and laughter do what they have always done.
Bring us back together.
RETREAT EXPERIENCES
Rest. Reconnect.
Remember what matters.
Solara is growing into a place for small, intentional retreats where individuals, couples and families can step away from everyday life and reconnect with themselves, each other and the natural world.
Your time here doesn't have to follow a formula. Some experiences may be quiet and restorative. Others may include creativity, animals, movement, learning, play or simply exploring the land.
Come as you are. We'll meet you there.
WONDER & DISCOVERY EXPERIENCES
Play. Explore. Learn. Create.
Wonder & Discovery Experiences are about getting curious, trying something new and remembering how good it feels to learn with your hands, your imagination and the world around you.
Experiences may grow from nature, animals, art, music, gardening, building, practical skills, games and the knowledge shared by people in our community. Because growing up shouldn't mean outgrowing wonder.
This isn't a finished place.
It's a living one.
GROWING SOLARA
Solara is being built slowly, intentionally and with a lot of hands, heart and learning along the way. We're creating spaces to gather, places to rest and experiences that reconnect people with nature, animals, creativity and one another.
What you see today won't be exactly what you see a year from now. We believe there's something beautiful about being here before everything is finished.
You don't just get to visit the story.
You get to watch it unfold.
GROWING SOLARA
Hi From Melissa & Jesse
We wanted to create the kind of place we kept wishing existed. A place where people could slow down, look each other in the eyes, play, create, spend time with animals and nature, and remember the things that somehow get lost when life gets busy.
We believe people need each other. We believe community matters. And we believe healing doesn't always have to feel like work. Sometimes it happens around a fire, with your hands in the soil, laughing until your stomach hurts, or sharing a meal with people who were strangers not long ago.
So we're building that place.
Not perfectly. Not all at once. But with a whole lot of love and the belief that life is meant to be experienced together.
We wanted to create the kind of place we kept wishing existed. A place where people could slow down, look each other in the eyes, play, create, spend time with animals and nature, and remember the things that somehow get lost when life gets busy.
We believe people need each other. We believe community matters. And we believe healing doesn't always have to feel like work. Sometimes it happens around a fire, with your hands in the soil, laughing until your stomach hurts, or sharing a meal with people who were strangers not long ago.
So we're building that place.
Not perfectly. Not all at once. But with a whole lot of love and the belief that life is meant to be experienced together.
FRIENDS + PARTNERS OF SOLARA
Growing Together
None of this happens alone. We're incredibly grateful for the people and organizations who believe in community, connection and creating something good together, and who have helped bring pieces of the Solara vision to life.
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Come Along as Solara Grows.
LETTERS FROM THE LAND
Every so often, we'll send a little something from Solara. Stories from the land, upcoming gatherings, new experiences, things we're building, moments that made us stop and smile, and ways you can be part of what comes next.
We're building Solara as a place of healing, learning, and community slowly and with care.
Your support and belief in this vision meanmore than words can express.
