On the Philosophy page
Every person suffering from an addiction is the expert in their unique experience of dependence on alcohol or drugs. Wildwood Farm seeks to offer every resident a comprehensive extended-care program based on the latest treatment modalities and the Farm’s purposefully designed program that supports healing and self-discovery in a comfortable and wholly accepting recovery living environment.
While LGTBQI+ individuals grow up consciously or unconsciously with the experience of oppression of sexual orienation and/or gender idently, Wildwood Farm is a place of authentic love afirming each resident as a unique individual – mind, body, spirit. As the Farm staff is animated by the mission of love, in turn, our residents are nurtured in their experience of loving the farm animals, one another, and themselves.
Every person suffering from an addiction is the expert in their unique experience of dependence on alcohol or drugs. Wildwood Farm seeks to offer every resident a comprehensive extended care program based on the latest treatment modalities coinciding with the Farm’s own immersion and adventure-based programs of recovery living, and farm-and-table program.
The poetic inspiration for the Amaryllis offers observational praise for its marvelous beauty. As a word derived from Greek it means Splendor. Sparkling. Yet, over the years throughout Europe, Victorian England, and throughout the world this bold flower exemplifies a much more powerful expression of the virtue of Pride. Often employed as a holiday flower in the winter months to contrast the cold and dark weather with brilliance and bold character.
As if a messenger of fortitude, the Amaryllis blooms beautifully in its own time. Caring for this noblest of flowers takes care and patience, one day at a time following its prescribed care of the temperature, moisture, and light. Dormancy is but part of its healthy life cycle that generates bloom after bloom for up to 75 years.
In metaphor and in fortitude, the Amaryllis is a powerful symbol for inner work, character, self-esteem, change, acceptance, and most of all, the virtue of Pride.
