Our long name tells a short story. The urban Blacks Run and the rural Cub Run are two headwater creeks of the South Fork of the Shenandoah, an Anglicized name with many possible Indigenous linguistic roots. One of these might be spelled out as Silver Waters. We see in that old etymology a playful image of clean shimmering streams, moonlit pools, and sun-sparked currents glinting with trout and shaded by plants providing food and medicine for land and culture. We believe we can plant this mythic image by weaving together the farm (the life of culture) with the forest (the life of nature). Or, if you prefer, aligning the wheel of the farm with the green circle of lively land. A weaving and alignment based on feeding and giving gifts so we can all grow.

Our name is a confluence of two streams of thought, merging Silver Waters with both Blacks Run and Cub Run. Silver Run Forest Farm is a new place name, and a name for the way we live in that place. This name is a way for us to speak our tending love for Blacks and Cub, twin runs of Shenandoah in the Great Appalachian Valley.

(Formerly Blacks Run Forest Farm!)