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Wild Indigo Forest Farm · Southern Indiana

Explore the Land

Wild Indigo is not a collection of pretty things sitting on top of a piece of property. The land is part of the experience, part of the work, and part of the reason any of this exists.

The living landscape at Wild Indigo Forest Farm
Princess Leia's Pond surrounded by wetland plants and forest
Princess Leia's Pond

There are places here meant for wandering, places meant for pollinators, places meant for grief and renewal, and places where the creatures who share this land remind us very quickly that we are not the only ones who live here.

You do not have to understand every piece of Wild Indigo before you arrive.
Pick a path below and see where it takes you.

Choose a Path

Every Doorway Leads Back to the Land.

Wander toward the part of Wild Indigo that catches your attention first. There is no correct order.

Forest landscape at Wild Indigo Forest Farm
Values & Stewardship

Earth Stewardship

How we care for soil, water, habitat, wildlife, materials, and the living systems that make Wild Indigo possible.

Step Into Our Stewardship
Wild Indigo medicinal herb farm and herbal tea blending bar
Soil & Plants & Herbalism

Medicinal Herb Farm

Follow the work from erosion control and soil amendments to the useful plants already growing here, our future medicinal beds, and the Herbal Tea Blending Bar.

Explore the Medicinal Herb Farm
Daffodil Renewal Labyrinth at Wild Indigo Forest Farm
Renewal & Walking Meditation

Daffodil Renewal Labyrinth

A seasonal sanctuary for grief, renewal, becoming, and the strange in-between seasons that rarely arrive with tidy instructions.

Walk Into the Labyrinth
Honey bees at Diagon Apiary at Wild Indigo Forest Farm
Pollinators & Relationship

Diagon Apiary

Meet one of the smallest, busiest commUnities on the farm and explore our bee-centric approach to habitat, observation, stewardship, and true seasonal surplus.

Explore Diagon Apiary
Wild Indigo Forest Farm story and Wolf Pack
People & Story

Meet Our Wolf Pack

Meet the family at the heart of Wild Indigo, follow the strange little trail that grew into this place, and see the practices that keep the work connected to the land.

Meet the Pack
Wild Indigo Forest Farm landscape and lower-impact living
Lower Waste & Lower Impact

Zero Waste Guide

Our living guide to using what we have longer, consuming more slowly, reducing waste, and making thoughtful environmental choices without chasing perfection.

Explore the Guide
Pawpaw fruit growing in the Persimmon and Pawpaw Orchard at Wild Indigo Forest Farm
Native Fruit & Forest-to-Table

Persimmon & Pawpaw Orchard

Wander into the edible understory where native pawpaws grow beneath the canopy and persimmons carry the harvest from late-summer green and gold into autumn orange.

Explore the Forest Orchard

How We Make Decisions

Care Is Something We Practice.

At Wild Indigo, our values show up in what we actually do: rebuilding soil, protecting water and habitat, reducing waste, creating safer spaces, sharing resources, and taking responsibility for our impact on the people and living systems around us.

Kindness without hierarchyBelonging with boundariesCare for the living worldResponsibility over perfectionSafety over accessLand before ego

Keep Wandering

More Ways Into Wild Indigo

The land is one doorway. Staying, gathering, plant work, and bodywork are others.

Wander Slowly

If This Sounds Like Your Kind of Place, Welcome.

Come for the forest. Stay long enough to notice how many lives are already happening around you.