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We're each a note, together we are music.

A living community sanctuary in Perth, Ontario. A place to slow down and arrive fully.

Our Mission

One Song Collective exists to regenerate land, restore relationships, and cultivate the leaders, healers, and creators the new world needs.

This is a place to come as you are, in connection with yourself, with each other, and with the more-than-human world.

Not as a customer. As a participant. As a contributor. As part of the song.

What is a Living Community Sanctuary?

A living community sanctuary is not static. It breathes, grows, and changes with the people and land that tend it.
 

It is community because it belongs to those who gather in it, not as customers, but as participants and contributors.
 

It is sanctuary because it offers genuine safety, stillness, and belonging — the kind the body recognizes and the heart has been waiting for.

And it is living because the land itself is not a backdrop, it is a partner.
The soil, the water, the trees, the creatures, and the people are all part of one living system. Care for one is care for all.

View of gardens and home on the One Song Collective property at 2610 Scotch Line Rd in Perth, Ontario.

Community Co-Creation

We are not building this for the community. We are building it with the community. Every phase invites collaboration.

View of gardens on the One Song Collective property at 2610 Scotch Line Rd in Perth, Ontario.

Radical Inclusion

We actively welcome 2SLGBTQAI+ communities, Indigenous peoples, elders, seniors, women, and all those who have not always felt welcomed in wellness spaces.

View of two rainbows on the One Song Collective property at 2610 Scotch Line Rd in Perth, Ontario.

Regeneration

We restore the land to biodiversity health. We grow food. We compost. We plant native species. We let the wild return.

View of sunset on the One Song Collective property at 2610 Scotch Line Rd in Perth, Ontario.

Connection

Everything here is rooted in authentic human and ecological connection — not consumption.

Summer view of fire pit on the One Song Collective property at 2610 Scotch Line Rd in Perth, Ontario.

Our Values

Nature-Based Spirituality

Spirituality here lives in the land, the seasons, the body, and the relationships between all living things. It is personal, experiential, and self-connected — each person finds their own note. Together, something larger emerges.

A native spider perched on a flower on the One Song Collective property in Perth, Ontario

Land Sovereignty

The land is not just a venue. It is a living partner. We are its stewards, and we take that responsibility seriously.

An owl sits in a tree on the One Song Collective property in Perth, Ontario.

Grassroots Outreach

We connect face-to-face, voice-to-voice. Our outreach is relationship. Our growth comes through word of mouth, shared story, and lived experience.

Two people harvesting apples together on the One Song Collective property in Perth, Ontario.

Simplicity with Impact

We choose depth over breadth, relationships over reach, and meaning over metrics. Simple in form, profound in impact.

Person kayaking at a living community sanctuary Perth, Ontario.

We asked the land to hold water. It gave us an owl.

We've been listening ever since.

Aerial view of OWL pond construction at a living community sanctuary Perth, Ontario.

Collective Gatherings

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A Moment of Serenity

This is what the land sounds like on a June evening. Press play whenever you need it.

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