Investment & Pathways
Pricing
for a Living Practice.
Our work is relational, place-based, and designed for long-term care. These pathways are starting points, not fixed products. Every engagement begins with a Commons Conversation so we can shape the right fit together.
How We Think About Investment
We do not sell packaged programs off a shelf. We steward long conversations, careful design, and shared agreements.
Our pricing reflects the actual labor of listening, the years of practice behind our facilitation, and the ongoing care each Commons deserves after the first workday ends.
We grow what can be cared for. So do our budgets.
Pathways of Engagement
Three ways to begin. All start with a conversation.
Pathway One
Commons Conversation
Complimentary
A 45-minute listening call.
A first conversation to learn what you are tending, what land or community you are working with, and whether our practice is a fit for what wants to grow there.
Begin the ConversationPathway Two · Most Chosen
Design & Dialogue
From $8,500
A season of shared design.
Site listening, resident co-design sessions, a locally adapted food-forest design, and stewardship agreements. Scoped to the size, complexity, and care capacity of the site.
Explore This PathwayPathway Three
Network Partnership
By agreement
Multi-site, multi-year care.
For institutions, municipalities, and funders supporting a locally adapted Food Forest Network. Scoped to sites, stewardship stipends, learning, and long-term tending.
Explore PartnershipAdditional Offerings
Nourishing Dialogues & Learning
Facilitation, learning circles, and custom curriculum for communities and institutions ready to build relational capacity alongside their food-growing work.
Commons Listening Circle
$1,800A single facilitated gathering for residents, stewards, and partners. Includes preparation, facilitation, and a short reflection document.
Stewardship Agreement Design
From $3,200Co-created agreements for watering, harvesting, decision-making, repair, and shared leadership on a Commons site.
Facilitator Learning Experience
From $4,500A cohort-based learning arc for facilitators and educators who want to bring Nourishing Dialogues into their own communities.
Custom Curriculum
By agreementCurriculum, guides, and learning tools designed for a specific community, institution, or regional network.
What Our Pricing Includes
Every engagement carries the same care beneath the surface:
- ·Time for listening before proposing
- ·Design shaped by place, culture, and capacity
- ·Clear written agreements and scope
- ·Respect for resident knowledge and consent
- ·Documentation shared only by agreement
Sliding-scale and community-rooted rates are available for grassroots partners, faith communities, and youth-led groups. Please ask.
Let's Begin With a Conversation
Pricing becomes real when we understand what you are tending.
Tell us where you are. We will listen first.
