Heathcote is an intentional community located 30 miles north of Baltimore, MD and 20 miles south of York, PA. It is nestled in a narrow wooded stream valley on a 44 acre community land trust plus a 68 acre plot of woods that's owned by some of our members. We are a community of friends and family who choose to live cooperatively and consciously create a better way of life. We strive to care for one another and for the natural systems that nurture us.

Our diet is organic and vegetarian. We have several organic vegetable, herb, and flower gardens; hiking trails; and stream-side hammocks. Heathcote is a drug-free and smoke-free community.

Members live in a 150 year-old grain mill, a 100 year-old farmhouse, a 200 year-old log cabin, and several outbuildings. We plan to build alternative, energy-efficient group housing with individual and family units. We are in the process of renovating the mill to improve our shared living spaces.

Our current big project is building a new strawbale house. The new residence features many aspects of green design and natural building, including strawbale, cob, natural plasters, natural paint, an earthen floor, and a masonry stove.

We currently have 10 adult residents and 4 child residents (ages from 4 to 12). We have an associate membership category for those who would like to be associated with Heathcote, but don't live here. (continued...)

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	We're looking for people to come live with us here at Heathcote. Maybe you'd like to live in the new eco-friendly home we're building. Is Heathcote the place for you?.
	If you'd like to visit Heathcote, please look at the visitor page. Our calendar has a schedule of upcoming visitor weekends.
	Also, please join our mailing list to receive emails about upcoming events and natural building workshops.
	We're really excited to have had an anthropology student, Angela Greco, make a film about Heathcote! You can watch the movie to find out a bit more about us.
	For information about permaculture workshops see the Permaculture page. For long-term learning experiences, please email us and we'll be happy to customize an internship experience just for you!

	Bob is looking for people go to sailing with. Give him a call if you're interested.
	A certain Heathcote member, sometimes known as Wren Tuatha, has a new blogging website called Hippie Chick Diaries. The rest of us weren't all that interested in blogging, so the Heathcote blog came down. But if you're interested in Wren's take on what's happening at Heathcote (and elsewhere) then check out the hippie chick!
	Visit Dana's Heathcote Earthings booth, coming soon to a festival near you.
	Our next visitor weekend will be the weekend of July 18 - 20. Come for all or part of the day.
	Mark your calendar for other upcoming Heathcote events. Our Summertime Party at the Cabin will be Saturday, August 2nd. Our next house concert will be Courtney Fairchild and The Stone Hand Tortillas on Saturday, September 13.
	Watch the Heathcote Movie! Take a look at our Photo Album! Visit us at MySpace!

May 2008 - Spring is here in the valley, and the flowers are out and very beautiful. The wysteria along the fence in the playground were very colorful this year.

We have some new members on the gardening committee, and the gardens are swinging into life again this year. Actually, since it was a mild winter we had a little bit coming into the kitchen from the greenhouse almost all winter.

We're glad to have Karen back from her 5-month sabbatical on the Scholar-ship. And we've been enjoying getting to know our newest member, Thia, who is going through the provisional membership process. Also, our homeschooling intern, Regina, has been here for the whole "school" year. (continued...)