Garden & Horticulture Tour

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Garden & Horticulture Tour

With Lisa Taranto, Menla’s Head Horticulturalist

Learn about the work that goes on behind the scenes to bring you Menla’s food and flowers!Our main garden is a source of food, flowers, herbs, medicinal plants, and pure beauty. We also have several beds around the property which are cultivated for our use. Working in harmony with nature, we create gardens which improve our soils, provide habitat for beneficial critters, and are fully organic.

For pricing, please contact us at booking@menla.org.

About the Leader

Lisa Taranto, Menla's Head Horticulturalist

Lisa has a background in architecture, but went rogue after realizing that she needed a physically engaged life to feel like a whole human. She has been practicing and implementing the design of buildings, urban agriculture, robust gardens, and ecological restoration systems for ...

Honestly, two of the best massages I’ve ever had.

Michael F

“The experience I’ve had as a volunteer here at Menla has been a unique one. I had recently experienced the loss of a number of friends, and of my father, before coming up for a retreat, and then coming back as a volunteer. Not only was the work I did up in these gorgeous mountains an amazingly cathartic experience, but the support I received from the community that exists here was unlike anything I had previously experienced.”

Reina de Beer

“It was a lovely weekend as it always is at Menla! Thank you. It truly is a special place in many ways. The people who work there and run the place really do make the difference, as they are all very nice and kind. I’ve been to other like places where that typically isn’t the case. I realized this past weekend that just being at Menla is simply awesome!”

Sasha Laumeister

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