Wonderland Community Project is composed and governed by four families who are responsible for stewarding the Land and managing the project as a whole. It is a place for creating reciprocal relationships with the Land and each other, while working on restoring ecosystems that were lost to land development and neglect. Our work is rooted in the sharing of resources, capabilities and care.

With 121 acres to restore, in Wonderland there is a diversity of ecosystems and landscapes, from wetlands - including swamps, marshes and a fen - to kames and eskers, and oak savannas. Our work on the land meets at the intersection of social justice and climate change resiliency with a focus on adaptation and mitigation skills and projects.

Currently our space doesn’t have running water, electricity or any indoor facilities, but our vision is to practice convivial conservation, living off the land and sharing our space with others in a supportive environment accessible to all bodies, ages, genders/pronouns and identities. If you would like to come out for a visit, pitch in during one of our work days or attend an upcoming event, please go to our Support section.

We are committed to Land Back options such as paying land taxes, donations to youth programs or language programs to the Potawatomi Nation whose ancestral lands we steward.