A Model for Community & Ecological Renewal

PINE GULCH COMMONS

Nik Bertulis is a teacher, regenerative designer and co-founder of PLACE eco-village in Oakland. He has helped water system masterplan several villages including Berkeley Co-housing and the Canticle Farm Community in Oakland.

Melinda Stone Ph.D., co-founded and currently directs a hands-on urban agriculture program at University of San Francisco, where she successfully raised over 6M dollars and shepherded the vision of her university buying Star Route Farms in 2017.

Who we are

We are both permaculture certified instructors who have been creating community and engaging in nature based education for over 20 years. It feels like divine forces brought us together to create Pine Gulch Commons, a place where our passion for stewarding land, water and community can become a reality.