This week Chris sits down with Willa Köerner for a wide-ranging, enlivening conversation. We dive into her journey from the tech world to the garden; developing the human-paced practice of seed saving and flower farming; her wonderful newsletter, Dark Properties, about future-focused world-building through the lens of gardening and other ecological practices; and finally The Strange Foundation, offering residencies for ecologically-focused practitioners of all kinds in the Catskills.
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Willa Köerner is a writer, editor, creative strategist, and gardener working to catalyze a more imaginative, regenerative future. Currently, Willa is a freelance creative consultant providing editorial and content strategy services to organizations and creative tech companies. Recent clients include New York Times R&D, The New Museum, Pioneer Works, the cultural DAO Friends With Benefits, and the online cultural organization Feral File.
She also writes Dark Properties, a weekly-ish newsletter connecting personal and planetary ecologies. Dispatches feature a spectrum of interviews, essays, and ideas, and aim to brighten our vision for the future(s) we can collectively grow. As a passion project, she co-founded The Strange Foundation, an internet-and-nature-infused residency and retreat space in New York’s Catskill Mountains. You can find her small-scale flower farm at Moonrock.Flowers.
