Scenic view of Mountain Meadows with greenery and cabins in Asheville.

Asheville Mountain Meadows

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2009

What we do

Mountain Meadows on Crooked Creek is a Green community. We are Green, Organic, and Sustainably oriented and recognize the overarching value of positive human interaction in a welcoming and conscious environment. Enjoy the 5+ acre common area with organic vegetable areas by Crooked Creek and an organic orchard. Our beautiful Pavilion with local rock and wood (70% of the wood is harvested from our community) along with the Patio and grounds creates a warm surround for caring and kind interface, poetry readings, spiritual musings, yoga classes, drumming, musical events, potlucks, cornhole, etc. Boulders and a game area with fire pit are ready and 200 xeriscape plants are being nurtured. Most importantly, many of us will enjoy spontaneous chat and a cup of java or tea around the fireplace, fire pit, or grill. The Pavilion also offers a small heated kitchen, bathroom, and outdoor and indoor games in a rich stone and wood Arts Crafts setting near the entry. Come take a look at our community: 3 of our 30 lots are still available and 2 of them have long-distance views. 4 homes are being built the beginning of ’25.
25 minutes to downtown Asheville • 7 minutes to Mars Hill
All 4 lane highway to Asheville except last 2 miles of State Road• High-speed cable and all underground utilities.
High mountain air quality & south facing• mountain water supply • 5 1/2 A Organic garden & poultry patch area, orchard, Pavilion & Patio with FP, Grill, Fire Pit, Games, Sustainable & Eco-friendly •
1A-5A forest privacy • Creek & Meadows
GreenBuilt NC homes …Small and beautiful homes encouraged
See www.ashevillemountainmeadows.com for more info under the Menu items below.
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Our Mission

Mountain Meadows is a Green, Organic,and Sustainable community that listens to the land and fosters positive, fruitful, and conscious relationships. The beautiful river rock and hardwood (70% harvested from our land) Pavilion is a gathering place for spontaneous get-togethers and community events.
Our Spirit…
Born in the spirit of cooperation and camraderie, Mountain Meadows is a Green, Organic, and Sustainable community with Common Area gardens and orchard plus an artfully designed Pavilion and Patio. Our caring and kind design “listens to the land” while fostering positive, fruitful, and conscious relationships in a pastoral setting.
“When you have more than you need build a longer table – not a higher fence” (author unknown)

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Activities
  • Property management

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2009
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2012
  • Started living together

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  • 30 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
41

How to join

Lot owners are automatically Members…

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Call Bernie 828 230-0755

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

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

Decision-making process

  • Majority Vote

More than 50% agreement needed.

Governance structure

  • Representative/Democratic

Members elect leaders who make decisions within defined roles.

Conflict resolution approach

Consensus by listening to each individual until each person feels their viewpoints have been fully heard….

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
  • 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

Regular fees: $60
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
Association Fee is $700/year per “fee” mentioned above as “ongoing contribution”
NC laws require a Home Owners Association for all communities…

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

Common House, Garden(s), Outbuilding(s), Outdoor Kitchen, Fire pit

Frequency of communal meals

  • 1-3 times per month

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Dietary type

  • Vegetarian Only

Dietary restriction

  • People can cook and eat what they want in their own residence

Community activities and engagement

  • Neighborhood, Community Housing, or Homeowner's Association

Substance use culture

  • Substance use appears in public spaces but no pressure
  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Multi-generational (all ages well represented)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By a single individual, couple, or Family Trust

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Community type

  • Ecovillage

    Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • 33 - 66%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Livestock / poultry
  • Land area size
    58 acres

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Location

  • North Carolina, United States

Asheville Mountain Meadows

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Healing Love Healing Money: Trust As The Foundation For A New Culture

Money, love and power are among the hardest things any community works with, and many of us carry the same fears into both: not having enough, losing what we have, and the sense that if someone else gets money or love, we won’t. Healing Love, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture is taught by two intentional communities. Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle are from Clear Sky Meditation and Retreat Center, a Buddhist-lineage community in the BC Rockies. Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera Healing Biotope, a community of about 160 people in southern Portugal that has spent decades studying love, trust and relationship. Clear Sky has spent years working on its relationship with money, and our two communities found surprising parallels in the fears beneath both. Over four sessions we explore the roots of fear around money and belonging, love, possession and power, trust as infrastructure (community as a container for healing), and ethical livelihood. We use short meditations, body-based practices, reflection and small-group conversation. You do not need to be in a romantic relationship or live in community. When: October 27, Nov 3, 10, 17. All four sessions: 12–2pm Vancouver, 1–3pm Alberta, 7–9pm UK and Portugal, 8–10pm Central Europe. Note: US and some Canadian provinces change clocks on November 1, so the US west coast is 12–2pm on October 27, then 11am–1pm for the remaining sessions, and Eastern is 3–5pm on October 27, then 2–4pm for the rest. Cost: sliding scale Details and registration: https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/healing-love-healing-money-online/  
October 27, 2026 13:00 – November 17, 2026 15:00
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Womens Tiny Mud House Workshop

I’m Na, a regenerative designer, earthen builder and educator with the Global Ecovillage Network. I’m passionate about helping people step into action, however big or small. A women’s build I joined back in 2015 was a much needed transformational experience that set me on this path. Offering this workshop is a way of coming full circle and passing that same spark on. Sat 16 to Fri 22 January 2027 This is a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn earthen building techniques and build a tiny house from the earth up, with your own hands. Why tiny? A tiny house requires careful, creative design and asks – what space do we actually need to live? It uses far less material and takes less time to build, so it’s practical and economical. This also allows us to experience all stages of a house build, from design and brick-making to building and finishing. You’ll get your hands into every part of the build. We’ll work with mud brick (adobe), cob and bamboo, then earth plasters and finishes. This workshop is open to women of all ages and abilities are welcome. Come if you’re new and curious, if you want more practice on specific parts of a build, or simply to play in the mud with wonderful people. It’s genuinely good fun. We’ll be in my little forest, a small house on the edge of a village and national park, 20 km south of Chiang Mai, Thailand. You can stay on site in simple earthen dorms or tents, and we’ll share home-cooked Thai food in the cool, bright days of Thai winter. Read more and register here 
January 16, 2027 00:00 – January 22, 2027 23:59

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