Eat Sleep Ride: Healing Land, Animals, and People Together
What started with one rescued pony has blossomed into something remarkable. Four years ago, Eat Sleep Ride transformed Quarry Farm—a former landfill—into a thriving 24-acre sanctuary. Ninety volunteers invested over 2,435 hours rebuilding this broken landscape into a beacon of regeneration.
Today, the sanctuary runs entirely off-grid and solar-powered. Shipping containers and a Mongolian yurt serve as buildings. Hemp and wool insulation keeps spaces comfortable. Wildlife ponds, 1,000+ trees, bee hotels, and butterfly gardens support biodiversity. Wheelchair-accessible paths and a tiny house ensure everyone belongs here.
But this is more than an environmental success story. The sanctuary now shelters rescued horses and vulnerable young people, families, and women across the Scottish Borders and beyond—proof that healing land, animals, and people happens as one interconnected work.
Now we're taking the next step. This campaign funds two critical upgrades: expanding rainwater harvesting capacity and installing off-grid thermal-storage heating. These upgrades will deepen our regenerative impact, strengthen our ecosystem, and continue the community-led approach that built this sanctuary from the ground up.
Join us in showing what's possible when we heal together.
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